User Experience Job Trends in Manchester

UX
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring User Experience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 35 57
Rank change year-on-year +29 +22 +10
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 477 163 110
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 17.12% 6.00% 4.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.27% 6.44% 5.14%
Number of salaries quoted 44 65 52
10th Percentile £42,500 £35,300 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,500 £67,813
90th Percentile £84,250 £74,500 £74,750
North West median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -13.04%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Manchester

User Experience falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,243 2,532 2,141
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 80.51% 93.23% 92.24%
Number of salaries quoted 1,320 1,181 1,706
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £33,858
25th Percentile £35,486 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £72,325
90th Percentile £87,500 £86,250 £84,858
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% -3.70% -1.82%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing User Experience relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

User Experience job vacancy trend in Manchester

User Experience
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing User Experience.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing User Experience

User Experience
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in Manchester over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for User Experience in Manchester

User Experience
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 3 January 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Stockport +15 34 - - 5
Bolton +17 14 - - 11
Cheadle - 14 - -
Wigan - 14 - -
Salford +12 13 - - 1
Altrincham -1 13 - - 1
Ashton-under-Lyne - 13 - - 1
Bury - 13 - - 1
Dukinfield - 13 - -
Stalybridge - 13 - -
Rochdale +11 12 - -
Heywood - 12 - -
Littleborough - 12 - -
Oldham - 12 - -
Sale - 11 - -
User Experience
North West

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 10 (2.10%) SharePoint
2 5 (1.05%) Confluence
3 2 (0.42%) CMS
4 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.21%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (1.05%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.84%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.84%) Sketch
3 3 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.21%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.21%) InVision
4 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.21%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.21%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.21%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.21%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 402 (84.28%) Cloud Computing
2 19 (3.98%) Azure
3 17 (3.56%) AWS
4 12 (2.52%) Figma
4 12 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (2.52%) Power Platform
5 10 (2.10%) SaaS
6 9 (1.89%) Azure Monitor
7 8 (1.68%) Entra ID
7 8 (1.68%) Microsoft Purview
7 8 (1.68%) OneDrive
8 7 (1.47%) Adobe Analytics
9 2 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.42%) GCP
9 2 (0.42%) Google Analytics
10 1 (0.21%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.21%) Azure DevOps
10 1 (0.21%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.21%) GitHub
10 1 (0.21%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 402 (84.28%) Internet
2 4 (0.84%) HTTP
3 1 (0.21%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.68%) MySQL
2 7 (1.47%) NoSQL
3 5 (1.05%) MongoDB
3 5 (1.05%) Relational Database
4 3 (0.63%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.42%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.42%) Power BI
6 1 (0.21%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (2.52%) Git
2 10 (2.10%) JIRA
3 5 (1.05%) JUnit
4 3 (0.63%) Xcode
5 2 (0.42%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.21%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.21%) GitLab
6 1 (0.21%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.21%) Maven
6 1 (0.21%) Selenium
General
1 429 (89.94%) Social Skills
2 413 (86.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 408 (85.53%) Banking
4 17 (3.56%) Finance
5 15 (3.14%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
7 7 (1.47%) Public Sector
8 5 (1.05%) Law
8 5 (1.05%) Marketing
9 4 (0.84%) Electronics
10 2 (0.42%) Legal
10 2 (0.42%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.21%) Games
11 1 (0.21%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.21%) Publishing
11 1 (0.21%) Retail
11 1 (0.21%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 314 (65.83%) Lecturer
2 21 (4.40%) Developer
3 13 (2.73%) Senior
4 8 (1.68%) Platform Engineer
5 7 (1.47%) Lead
6 6 (1.26%) Analyst
6 6 (1.26%) Software Engineer
6 6 (1.26%) Strategy Manager
7 5 (1.05%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 5 (1.05%) Software Developer
8 4 (0.84%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
8 4 (0.84%) Automation Engineer
8 4 (0.84%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 4 (0.84%) Senior Developer
9 3 (0.63%) Consultant
9 3 (0.63%) Digital Analyst
9 3 (0.63%) Integration Analyst
9 3 (0.63%) Lead iOS Developer
9 3 (0.63%) Senior Manager
9 3 (0.63%) Senior Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (4.82%) CSS
2 19 (3.98%) HTML
3 12 (2.52%) React
3 12 (2.52%) RESTful
4 10 (2.10%) .NET
5 9 (1.89%) REST
6 7 (1.47%) AngularJS
7 6 (1.26%) Kafka
7 6 (1.26%) Node.js
7 6 (1.26%) Spring
7 6 (1.26%) Spring Boot
8 4 (0.84%) ASP.NET
8 4 (0.84%) ASP.NET Core
8 4 (0.84%) CSS3
8 4 (0.84%) gRPC
8 4 (0.84%) HTML5
8 4 (0.84%) Spring Batch
9 3 (0.63%) .NET Framework
9 3 (0.63%) iOS SDK
9 3 (0.63%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 402 (84.28%) IoT
2 10 (2.10%) Product Ownership
3 8 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (1.05%) Cloud Native
6 4 (0.84%) AI Agents
7 3 (0.63%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (0.42%) Animation
8 2 (0.42%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.21%) Analytical Mindset
9 1 (0.21%) EMV
9 1 (0.21%) Life Science
9 1 (0.21%) Linux Command Line
9 1 (0.21%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.21%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.63%) Apple iOS
2 1 (0.21%) Linux
2 1 (0.21%) Unix
2 1 (0.21%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 426 (89.31%) AI
2 408 (85.53%) Machine Learning
3 404 (84.70%) Web Development
4 402 (84.28%) Cybersecurity
5 48 (10.06%) Agile
6 21 (4.40%) CI/CD
7 19 (3.98%) Problem-Solving
8 16 (3.35%) DevOps
9 15 (3.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 15 (3.14%) UX Design
10 14 (2.94%) Continuous Improvement
11 13 (2.73%) Analytics
11 13 (2.73%) Software Engineering
12 12 (2.52%) Full-Stack Development
12 12 (2.52%) Stakeholder Management
13 11 (2.31%) Change Management
13 11 (2.31%) Platform Engineering
13 11 (2.31%) Proactive Monitoring
13 11 (2.31%) Prototyping
14 10 (2.10%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 23 (4.82%) JavaScript
2 19 (3.98%) TypeScript
3 14 (2.94%) C#
4 12 (2.52%) Java
5 6 (1.26%) SQL
6 5 (1.05%) Python
7 3 (0.63%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.63%) Rust
7 3 (0.63%) Swift
8 2 (0.42%) PHP
9 1 (0.21%) Go
Qualifications
1 405 (84.91%) Degree
2 403 (84.49%) PhD
3 402 (84.28%) Master's Degree
3 402 (84.28%) Postgraduate
4 4 (0.84%) Security Cleared
5 3 (0.63%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.21%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (3.14%) Accessibility
2 4 (0.84%) QA
3 3 (0.63%) HL7
4 2 (0.42%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.21%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.21%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (1.89%) Active Directory
2 5 (1.05%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (1.89%) Terraform
2 8 (1.68%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.68%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (0.84%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.21%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 12 (2.52%) Microsoft
2 9 (1.89%) Adobe
3 8 (1.68%) New Relic
3 8 (1.68%) Splunk
4 6 (1.26%) Qualtrics
4 6 (1.26%) ServiceNow
5 4 (0.84%) Genesys
6 2 (0.42%) Google
6 2 (0.42%) Oracle
7 1 (0.21%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.21%) Hotjar
7 1 (0.21%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.21%) iManage
7 1 (0.21%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.21%) SAP