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 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 112 81
Rank change year-on-year +104 -31 +39
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,203 121 271
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 12.59% 2.22% 3.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.22% 2.38% 3.58%
Number of salaries quoted 117 78 226
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,275 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £38,250 £45,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.03% -15.93% -17.27%
75th Percentile £53,875 £53,438 £61,250
90th Percentile £67,250 £69,125 £71,450
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -13.73%

All Process & 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 7,418 5,078 7,568
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 77.65% 93.02% 84.99%
Number of salaries quoted 4,202 2,490 6,064
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,975 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £34,553
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +7.14% -6.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,967 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%

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 5 March 2026.

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 5 March 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
West Midlands +122 1,029 £47,500 -7.32% 59
East Midlands +36 186 £42,500 +21.43% 51
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 15 (1.25%) CMS
2 12 (1.00%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.58%) Confluence
4 5 (0.42%) nginx
5 2 (0.17%) Apache
5 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.17%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.083%) Drupal
Applications
1 12 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (0.67%) Adobe Illustrator
2 8 (0.67%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.25%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.083%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (0.67%) Shopify
2 2 (0.17%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.083%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.083%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.083%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 1,045 (86.87%) Cloud Computing
2 20 (1.66%) SaaS
3 16 (1.33%) GitHub
4 13 (1.08%) Power Platform
5 11 (0.91%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (0.83%) Figma
7 9 (0.75%) AWS
8 8 (0.67%) Azure
8 8 (0.67%) GitHub Copilot
9 7 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (0.58%) PowerApps
10 5 (0.42%) Google Analytics
10 5 (0.42%) OCI
10 5 (0.42%) Power Automate
11 4 (0.33%) Serverless
12 3 (0.25%) Firebase
12 3 (0.25%) GitHub Actions
12 3 (0.25%) Stripe
12 3 (0.25%) TestFlight
13 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1,045 (86.87%) Internet
2 4 (0.33%) Intranet
3 1 (0.083%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.083%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (0.67%) Power BI
2 5 (0.42%) MySQL
2 5 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.17%) Looker
4 2 (0.17%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.083%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.083%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.083%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.083%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (0.83%) Git
2 8 (0.67%) Visual Studio
3 7 (0.58%) JIRA
4 6 (0.50%) Vite
5 3 (0.25%) Crashlytics
5 3 (0.25%) XCTest
6 2 (0.17%) Storybook
7 1 (0.083%) Babel
7 1 (0.083%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.083%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.083%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.083%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.083%) webpack
General
1 1,086 (90.27%) Social Skills
2 1,051 (87.36%) Banking
3 1,050 (87.28%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 24 (2.00%) Finance
5 19 (1.58%) Analytical Skills
5 19 (1.58%) Marketing
6 13 (1.08%) Retail
7 11 (0.91%) Law
7 11 (0.91%) Legal
7 11 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (0.50%) Public Sector
9 4 (0.33%) Games
10 3 (0.25%) iGaming
10 3 (0.25%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.17%) Advertising
12 1 (0.083%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.083%) Back Office
12 1 (0.083%) Local Government
12 1 (0.083%) Police
12 1 (0.083%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 783 (65.09%) Lecturer
2 28 (2.33%) Developer
3 21 (1.75%) Designer
4 20 (1.66%) UX Designer
5 17 (1.41%) Product Owner
6 15 (1.25%) Analyst
7 11 (0.91%) Senior
8 9 (0.75%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 9 (0.75%) Java Developer
8 9 (0.75%) UI Designer
8 9 (0.75%) UI/UX Designer
9 8 (0.67%) Coordinator
10 7 (0.58%) Blazor Developer
10 7 (0.58%) UX Developer
11 6 (0.50%) Service Manager
12 5 (0.42%) Agile Product Owner
12 5 (0.42%) Business Analyst
12 5 (0.42%) IT Manager
13 4 (0.33%) Senior User Experience Researcher
13 4 (0.33%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.25%) CSS
1 15 (1.25%) HTML
2 12 (1.00%) .NET
3 8 (0.67%) Blazor
3 8 (0.67%) Material Design
3 8 (0.67%) WebAssembly
4 7 (0.58%) Laravel
4 7 (0.58%) React
5 6 (0.50%) Tailwind CSS
5 6 (0.50%) Vue
6 5 (0.42%) LEMP Stack
6 5 (0.42%) REST
6 5 (0.42%) RESTful
6 5 (0.42%) Spring
6 5 (0.42%) YAML
7 4 (0.33%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (0.33%) Spring Boot
8 3 (0.25%) SwiftUI
8 3 (0.25%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 1,046 (86.95%) IoT
2 26 (2.16%) Product Ownership
3 9 (0.75%) Driving Licence
4 5 (0.42%) Mobile App
5 4 (0.33%) e-Learning
5 4 (0.33%) Legacy Systems
6 3 (0.25%) Animation
6 3 (0.25%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (0.25%) Graphic Design
6 3 (0.25%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (0.25%) Security Posture
6 3 (0.25%) Virtual Team
7 2 (0.17%) AI Agents
7 2 (0.17%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.17%) CMDB
7 2 (0.17%) Digital Media
7 2 (0.17%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.17%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.17%) Photography
7 2 (0.17%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.58%) Windows
2 5 (0.42%) Linux
3 4 (0.33%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.17%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.083%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,065 (88.53%) AI
2 1,050 (87.28%) Cybersecurity
3 1,048 (87.12%) Web Development
4 1,046 (86.95%) Machine Learning
5 40 (3.33%) Agile
6 34 (2.83%) UX Design
7 31 (2.58%) Continuous Improvement
8 28 (2.33%) Problem-Solving
9 20 (1.66%) Analytics
9 20 (1.66%) Roadmaps
10 18 (1.50%) CRM
10 18 (1.50%) Front End Development
11 16 (1.33%) E-Commerce
12 14 (1.16%) Product Backlog
12 14 (1.16%) Stakeholder Management
12 14 (1.16%) Wireframes
13 13 (1.08%) Decision-Making
13 13 (1.08%) User Stories
14 12 (1.00%) Business Intelligence
15 11 (0.91%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 19 (1.58%) JavaScript
2 13 (1.08%) Java
3 11 (0.91%) C#
4 9 (0.75%) PHP
4 9 (0.75%) SQL
5 6 (0.50%) Bash
6 4 (0.33%) Python
6 4 (0.33%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.25%) Kotlin
7 3 (0.25%) Swift
8 1 (0.083%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1,052 (87.45%) Degree
2 1,046 (86.95%) Master's Degree
3 1,045 (86.87%) PhD
3 1,045 (86.87%) Postgraduate
4 7 (0.58%) SC Cleared
4 7 (0.58%) Security Cleared
5 4 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.17%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.083%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.083%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.083%) CBAP
7 1 (0.083%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.083%) MCDST
7 1 (0.083%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.083%) PMP
7 1 (0.083%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (1.75%) Accessibility
2 17 (1.41%) QA
3 11 (0.91%) WCAG
4 5 (0.42%) GDPR
5 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.25%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.25%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 19770
7 1 (0.083%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 6 (0.50%) Active Directory
1 6 (0.50%) Docker
2 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.17%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.083%) MOM
2 1 (0.083%) SCCM
2 1 (0.083%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.083%) Terraform
Vendors
1 27 (2.24%) Microsoft
2 6 (0.50%) SAP
2 6 (0.50%) ServiceNow
3 5 (0.42%) Nexthink
3 5 (0.42%) Oracle
4 4 (0.33%) Adobe
4 4 (0.33%) Google
5 3 (0.25%) Amplitude
5 3 (0.25%) Citrix
5 3 (0.25%) Infor
6 2 (0.17%) Apple
6 2 (0.17%) Facebook
6 2 (0.17%) Instagram
6 2 (0.17%) OpenAI
6 2 (0.17%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.17%) TikTok
6 2 (0.17%) YouTube
7 1 (0.083%) Epicor
7 1 (0.083%) Planon
7 1 (0.083%) Sage