User Experience Jobs in Manchester

UX
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring User Experience skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited User Experience over the 6 months leading up to 7 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 40 94
Rank change year-on-year +15 +54 -34
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 207 267 179
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 9.40% 5.19% 3.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.88% 5.99% 3.73%
Number of salaries quoted 98 137 110
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,300 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% -5.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £72,500 £70,938
90th Percentile £83,625 £85,000 £82,500
North West median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +22.22% -21.74% +9.52%

All Process and 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 2,095 4,460 4,803
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 95.10% 86.69% 96.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,301 3,407 2,566
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,500 £41,250 £43,800
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,840 £69,650 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,250 £82,500 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing User Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in Manchester

User Experience
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Experience in Manchester.

Salary trend for User Experience in Manchester

User Experience
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in Manchester over the 6 months to 7 May 2025.

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 7 May 2025. 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
Altrincham +15 17 £58,750 +80.77% 13
Bolton -22 7 £55,000 - 7
Stockport +3 6 £62,500 - 13
Oldham - 5 - - 2
Salford +6 4 £33,000 - 1
Heywood - 4 - -
Sale - 4 - -
Cheadle - 4 - - 3
Ashton-under-Lyne - 4 - - 4
Bury - 3 - - 5
Dukinfield - 3 - -
Stalybridge - 3 - -
Wigan - 1 - - 1
User Experience
North West

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 10 (4.83%) IBM Domino
2 9 (4.35%) Skype for Business
3 6 (2.90%) CMS
4 4 (1.93%) WordPress
5 2 (0.97%) IIS
6 1 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.48%) Apache Solr
6 1 (0.48%) Confluence
6 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (6.28%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (2.42%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (1.93%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.97%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.97%) Sketch
5 1 (0.48%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.48%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.48%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.48%) Blender
5 1 (0.48%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (0.48%) InDesign
5 1 (0.48%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 88 (42.51%) AWS
2 79 (38.16%) Azure
3 59 (28.50%) GCP
4 15 (7.25%) Figma
5 11 (5.31%) Google Analytics
6 10 (4.83%) Microsoft 365
7 6 (2.90%) Serverless
8 5 (2.42%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.93%) Amazon SQS
9 4 (1.93%) Google Workspace
9 4 (1.93%) Kibo
9 4 (1.93%) Miro
9 4 (1.93%) SaaS
9 4 (1.93%) Slack
10 3 (1.45%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (1.45%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (1.45%) Google Ads
10 3 (1.45%) Google Data Studio
11 2 (0.97%) AWS Fargate
11 2 (0.97%) Cloudflare
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.83%) Unified Communications
2 9 (4.35%) Skype
2 9 (4.35%) Wireless
3 4 (1.93%) Internet
3 4 (1.93%) LoRaWAN
4 3 (1.45%) HTTP
5 2 (0.97%) DMZ
5 2 (0.97%) DNS
5 2 (0.97%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.97%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.21%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.38%) MySQL
3 6 (2.90%) BigQuery
4 5 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (1.45%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (1.45%) MongoDB
5 3 (1.45%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.97%) Data Lake
6 2 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.97%) Redis
6 2 (0.97%) TimescaleDB
7 1 (0.48%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.48%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.48%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 21 (10.14%) JIRA
2 15 (7.25%) Git
3 13 (6.28%) Selenium
4 10 (4.83%) Bitbucket
5 9 (4.35%) Cucumber
5 9 (4.35%) GitLab
5 9 (4.35%) Maven
5 9 (4.35%) SonarQube
5 9 (4.35%) Sonatype Nexus
6 4 (1.93%) Appium
6 4 (1.93%) Balsamiq
6 4 (1.93%) Fiddler
6 4 (1.93%) JMeter
6 4 (1.93%) LoadRunner
6 4 (1.93%) Postman
7 3 (1.45%) JUnit
7 3 (1.45%) Storybook
8 2 (0.97%) Jasmine
9 1 (0.48%) fastlane
9 1 (0.48%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 77 (37.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 43 (20.77%) Social Skills
3 40 (19.32%) Finance
4 16 (7.73%) Retail
5 12 (5.80%) Banking
6 11 (5.31%) Financial Institution
7 10 (4.83%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (4.83%) Marketing
8 9 (4.35%) Corporate Banking
8 9 (4.35%) Investment Banking
9 7 (3.38%) Mandarin Language
10 5 (2.42%) Games
10 5 (2.42%) Manufacturing
11 4 (1.93%) Cantonese Language
12 3 (1.45%) Law
12 3 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.97%) Local Government
13 2 (0.97%) Presentation Skills
13 2 (0.97%) Public Sector
13 2 (0.97%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 82 (39.61%) Senior
2 71 (34.30%) Software Engineer
3 55 (26.57%) Senior Software Engineer
4 19 (9.18%) Developer
5 16 (7.73%) Lead
6 11 (5.31%) Analyst
6 11 (5.31%) Designer
7 10 (4.83%) IT Support
8 9 (4.35%) Collaboration Specialist
9 8 (3.86%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
10 7 (3.38%) Senior Developer
11 6 (2.90%) Applications Support
11 6 (2.90%) E-Commerce Analyst
11 6 (2.90%) Head of AI
11 6 (2.90%) Head of Digital
11 6 (2.90%) Head of IT
11 6 (2.90%) Head of Support
11 6 (2.90%) Product Analyst
11 6 (2.90%) Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
12 5 (2.42%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (29.95%) .NET
2 60 (28.99%) Node.js
3 30 (14.49%) React
4 26 (12.56%) CSS
5 25 (12.08%) HTML
5 25 (12.08%) RESTful
6 17 (8.21%) AngularJS
7 16 (7.73%) Kafka
8 14 (6.76%) Jest
8 14 (6.76%) REST
9 13 (6.28%) Spring Boot
10 12 (5.80%) Spring
11 11 (5.31%) Redux
11 11 (5.31%) Sass
12 9 (4.35%) CSS3
12 9 (4.35%) HTML5
12 9 (4.35%) JPA
13 8 (3.86%) Laravel
14 7 (3.38%) Vue
15 5 (2.42%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 53 (25.60%) Cyberattack
1 53 (25.60%) Linux Command Line
1 53 (25.60%) Self-Motivation
2 25 (12.08%) Product Ownership
3 10 (4.83%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (4.35%) Digital Signage
4 9 (4.35%) Video Conferencing
5 6 (2.90%) Data Protection Act
5 6 (2.90%) IoT
5 6 (2.90%) Social Media
6 5 (2.42%) Mobile App
6 5 (2.42%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.42%) Renewable Energy
7 4 (1.93%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (1.93%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 3 (1.45%) Distributed Architecture
8 3 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.45%) PropTech
9 2 (0.97%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 60 (28.99%) Linux
2 13 (6.28%) Windows
3 7 (3.38%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.90%) Android
4 6 (2.90%) Apple iOS
5 5 (2.42%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.48%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 116 (56.04%) Agile
2 84 (40.58%) Mentoring
3 81 (39.13%) Software Engineering
4 76 (36.71%) Microservices
5 68 (32.85%) Scrum
6 59 (28.50%) Machine Learning
7 54 (26.09%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 53 (25.60%) Cloud Security
8 53 (25.60%) Data Engineering
9 30 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
10 29 (14.01%) CI/CD
11 28 (13.53%) DevOps
12 26 (12.56%) UX Design
13 25 (12.08%) Analytics
14 23 (11.11%) Roadmaps
14 23 (11.11%) SDLC
14 23 (11.11%) Test Automation
15 21 (10.14%) Front End Development
16 17 (8.21%) Full-Stack Development
17 16 (7.73%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 102 (49.28%) JavaScript
2 75 (36.23%) Java
3 65 (31.40%) Python
4 53 (25.60%) C++
4 53 (25.60%) Go
4 53 (25.60%) Rust
5 41 (19.81%) TypeScript
6 25 (12.08%) SQL
7 10 (4.83%) PHP
8 7 (3.38%) C#
9 1 (0.48%) Bash
9 1 (0.48%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.48%) ReasonML
Qualifications
1 54 (26.09%) Security Cleared
2 53 (25.60%) AWS Certification
2 53 (25.60%) AWS Certified Developer
2 53 (25.60%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 53 (25.60%) DV Cleared
3 24 (11.59%) Degree
4 5 (2.42%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (2.42%) DBS Check
4 5 (2.42%) PMI Certification
4 5 (2.42%) PMP
4 5 (2.42%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 4 (1.93%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.97%) CISM
6 2 (0.97%) CISSP
6 2 (0.97%) CompTIA Security+
6 2 (0.97%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.97%) TOGAF Certification
7 1 (0.48%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (10.63%) QA
2 20 (9.66%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.93%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (0.97%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (0.97%) NCSC
4 2 (0.97%) NIST
4 2 (0.97%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.48%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.48%) WCAG
System Software
1 21 (10.14%) Docker
2 4 (1.93%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 18 (8.70%) Kubernetes
2 7 (3.38%) Terraform
3 5 (2.42%) Grafana
4 4 (1.93%) Kibana
4 4 (1.93%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.97%) Puppet
Vendors
1 31 (14.98%) Microsoft
2 21 (10.14%) Google
3 10 (4.83%) Cisco
4 9 (4.35%) Mitel
4 9 (4.35%) Polycom
4 9 (4.35%) ShoreTel
4 9 (4.35%) Solace
5 8 (3.86%) Bloomberg
6 6 (2.90%) Adobe
7 5 (2.42%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.93%) Facebook
8 4 (1.93%) Oracle
8 4 (1.93%) Veeam
8 4 (1.93%) VMware
9 2 (0.97%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.48%) Hotjar
10 1 (0.48%) Talend