User Experience Job Trends in the Midlands

UX
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring User Experience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 103 78
Rank change year-on-year +28 -25 +23
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 177 200 162
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.89% 2.38% 3.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.56% 2.81% 3.58%
Number of salaries quoted 91 113 143
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,600 £37,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £43,385
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,390 £41,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -25.45% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,041 £58,750 £65,718
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £62,000
% change year-on-year - -7.26% -0.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,966 7,128 4,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 80.95% 84.76% 92.88%
Number of salaries quoted 3,317 3,195 3,524
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -3.23%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

User Experience job vacancy trend in the Midlands

User Experience
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing User Experience.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing User Experience

User Experience
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in the Midlands over the 6 months to 30 November 2025.

Salary histogram for User Experience in the Midlands

User Experience
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 30 November 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
East Midlands +16 93 £40,000 +14.29% 18
West Midlands +35 85 £53,688 -0.12% 50
User Experience
England

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 11 (6.21%) SharePoint
2 9 (5.08%) CMS
3 5 (2.82%) Confluence
4 3 (1.69%) Apache
4 3 (1.69%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.13%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.56%) Appian
6 1 (0.56%) nginx
6 1 (0.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.39%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.69%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (1.69%) InDesign
4 1 (0.56%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.56%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.56%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.56%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (2.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.69%) SAP Business One
2 3 (1.69%) Shopify
3 2 (1.13%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 2 (1.13%) OpenCart
4 1 (0.56%) Magento
4 1 (0.56%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.56%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 58 (32.77%) Cloud Computing
2 14 (7.91%) Azure
2 14 (7.91%) SaaS
3 10 (5.65%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (5.65%) Power Platform
4 9 (5.08%) Entra ID
5 8 (4.52%) AWS
5 8 (4.52%) PowerApps
6 7 (3.95%) Dynamics 365
6 7 (3.95%) OCI
7 6 (3.39%) Power Automate
8 5 (2.82%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (2.82%) Google Analytics
9 4 (2.26%) Azure Key Vault
9 4 (2.26%) Figma
9 4 (2.26%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.69%) ChatGPT
11 2 (1.13%) Google Ads
12 1 (0.56%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.56%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 59 (33.33%) Internet
2 5 (2.82%) Intranet
3 1 (0.56%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.56%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.52%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.95%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (3.39%) Power BI
4 2 (1.13%) MySQL
4 2 (1.13%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.13%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.56%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.56%) Hazelcast
5 1 (0.56%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (4.52%) JIRA
2 7 (3.95%) Git
3 3 (1.69%) Babel
3 3 (1.69%) webpack
4 2 (1.13%) Vite
5 1 (0.56%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.56%) GitLab
5 1 (0.56%) JMeter
5 1 (0.56%) Selenium
5 1 (0.56%) WebDriver
General
1 94 (53.11%) Social Skills
2 66 (37.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 64 (36.16%) Banking
4 34 (19.21%) Finance
5 23 (12.99%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (12.99%) Marketing
6 16 (9.04%) Retail
7 13 (7.34%) Legal
8 8 (4.52%) Law
9 6 (3.39%) Public Sector
10 5 (2.82%) Advertising
10 5 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (1.13%) Local Government
11 2 (1.13%) Manufacturing
11 2 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
12 1 (0.56%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.56%) Automotive
12 1 (0.56%) Games
12 1 (0.56%) Police
12 1 (0.56%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 48 (27.12%) Lecturer
2 25 (14.12%) Developer
3 14 (7.91%) Analyst
4 11 (6.21%) Senior
5 10 (5.65%) 1st Line Support
6 9 (5.08%) Product Owner
7 8 (4.52%) Coordinator
8 7 (3.95%) Designer
9 6 (3.39%) React Developer
9 6 (3.39%) Support Analyst
10 5 (2.82%) Chief Technology Officer
10 5 (2.82%) Full-Stack Developer
11 4 (2.26%) Business Analyst
11 4 (2.26%) Java Developer
11 4 (2.26%) Junior
11 4 (2.26%) Oracle Analyst
11 4 (2.26%) Oracle Support Analyst
11 4 (2.26%) Service Manager
11 4 (2.26%) Software Developer
11 4 (2.26%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (9.04%) HTML
2 15 (8.47%) CSS
3 11 (6.21%) React
4 8 (4.52%) .NET
5 7 (3.95%) RESTful
6 6 (3.39%) .NET Framework
6 6 (3.39%) Oracle Fusion
6 6 (3.39%) REST
7 5 (2.82%) Spring
8 4 (2.26%) Blazor
8 4 (2.26%) Entity Framework
8 4 (2.26%) Laravel
8 4 (2.26%) Spring Boot
9 3 (1.69%) CSS3
9 3 (1.69%) EDI
9 3 (1.69%) HTML5
9 3 (1.69%) jQuery
9 3 (1.69%) JSON
10 2 (1.13%) SOAP
10 2 (1.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 61 (34.46%) IoT
2 15 (8.47%) Driving Licence
3 13 (7.34%) e-Learning
4 10 (5.65%) Product Ownership
5 5 (2.82%) Graphic Design
5 5 (2.82%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.82%) Social Media
6 3 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (1.69%) Animation
6 3 (1.69%) Learning Management System
6 3 (1.69%) Legacy Code
6 3 (1.69%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.69%) Video Editing
6 3 (1.69%) Web Conferencing
7 2 (1.13%) Blog
7 2 (1.13%) CMDB
7 2 (1.13%) Digital Media
7 2 (1.13%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.13%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.39%) Windows
2 4 (2.26%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (46.33%) AI
2 63 (35.59%) Cybersecurity
3 61 (34.46%) Web Development
4 59 (33.33%) Machine Learning
5 38 (21.47%) Agile
6 35 (19.77%) Continuous Improvement
6 35 (19.77%) Problem-Solving
7 22 (12.43%) UX Design
8 21 (11.86%) DevOps
9 15 (8.47%) Analytics
9 15 (8.47%) Service Management
9 15 (8.47%) Stakeholder Management
10 14 (7.91%) E-Commerce
10 14 (7.91%) Roadmaps
11 12 (6.78%) ITIL
12 11 (6.21%) Business Intelligence
12 11 (6.21%) CI/CD
12 11 (6.21%) Coaching
12 11 (6.21%) Full-Stack Development
13 10 (5.65%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 18 (10.17%) JavaScript
2 12 (6.78%) SQL
3 9 (5.08%) C#
4 7 (3.95%) Java
4 7 (3.95%) PowerShell
5 5 (2.82%) Python
6 4 (2.26%) Bicep
6 4 (2.26%) PHP
6 4 (2.26%) TypeScript
7 2 (1.13%) Bash
7 2 (1.13%) VB
8 1 (0.56%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.56%) XAML
Qualifications
1 63 (35.59%) Degree
2 59 (33.33%) Master's Degree
3 58 (32.77%) PhD
3 58 (32.77%) Postgraduate
4 5 (2.82%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.82%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.26%) DBS Check
6 2 (1.13%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.56%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.56%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.65%) Accessibility
2 9 (5.08%) QA
3 3 (1.69%) WCAG
4 2 (1.13%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.13%) ISO/IEC 19770
4 2 (1.13%) SLA
5 1 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.56%) GDPR
System Software
1 14 (7.91%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.13%) Docker
2 2 (1.13%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (1.13%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 5 (2.82%) Terraform
2 4 (2.26%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (1.13%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.56%) SCCM
4 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 32 (18.08%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.34%) SAP
3 7 (3.95%) Oracle
4 6 (3.39%) Adobe
5 5 (2.82%) Google
5 5 (2.82%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.26%) Citrix
6 4 (2.26%) Guidewire
7 3 (1.69%) Ahrefs
7 3 (1.69%) Apple
7 3 (1.69%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.13%) Facebook
8 2 (1.13%) Instagram
8 2 (1.13%) JD Edwards
8 2 (1.13%) Planon
8 2 (1.13%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.13%) TikTok
8 2 (1.13%) YouTube
9 1 (0.56%) HP
9 1 (0.56%) Sage