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 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 109 68
Rank change year-on-year -2 -41 +57
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 179 151 357
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.23% 2.60% 3.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.76% 3.06% 4.32%
Number of salaries quoted 117 96 188
10th Percentile £26,398 £32,500 £27,250
25th Percentile £33,250 £41,250 £32,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,000 £54,344 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.87% +8.69% -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £69,375 £70,120
England median annual salary £57,500 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.71% +6.36% -12.70%

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 10,156 4,928 8,266
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.72% 84.99% 77.41%
Number of salaries quoted 7,261 2,954 4,921
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,968 £28,119
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,225
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -0.90% -11.20%

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 21 August 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 21 August 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 -35 107 £43,000 -22.87% 50
East Midlands +17 72 £43,750 +19.05% 21
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 9 (5.03%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.79%) CMS
3 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.68%) Confluence
5 1 (0.56%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 6 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.23%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (1.68%) Photoshop
4 2 (1.12%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (1.12%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.56%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.56%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.56%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (5.03%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (5.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.79%) Shopify
3 3 (1.68%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (1.12%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.56%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 30 (16.76%) Azure
2 23 (12.85%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (10.61%) AWS
4 17 (9.50%) Entra ID
5 14 (7.82%) Figma
6 12 (6.70%) SaaS
6 12 (6.70%) Serverless
7 11 (6.15%) Firebase
7 11 (6.15%) GitHub
7 11 (6.15%) GitHub Actions
7 11 (6.15%) Stripe
7 11 (6.15%) TestFlight
8 10 (5.59%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (4.47%) Power Platform
10 7 (3.91%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 6 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (3.35%) Power Automate
11 6 (3.35%) PowerApps
12 3 (1.68%) Adobe Analytics
12 3 (1.68%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.91%) Firewall
2 4 (2.23%) DHCP
2 4 (2.23%) DNS
2 4 (2.23%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.23%) VPN
3 3 (1.68%) Network Security
3 3 (1.68%) Remote Desktop
4 1 (0.56%) Broadband
4 1 (0.56%) CTI
4 1 (0.56%) Internet
4 1 (0.56%) VLAN
4 1 (0.56%) VoIP
4 1 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.68%) Power BI
1 3 (1.68%) SQL Server
2 2 (1.12%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.56%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.56%) Looker
3 1 (0.56%) MySQL
3 1 (0.56%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (6.15%) Crashlytics
1 11 (6.15%) JIRA
1 11 (6.15%) XCTest
2 8 (4.47%) Git
3 3 (1.68%) XCUITest
4 1 (0.56%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.56%) gulp
4 1 (0.56%) JMeter
4 1 (0.56%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.56%) NUnit
4 1 (0.56%) Selenium
4 1 (0.56%) Storybook
4 1 (0.56%) TestRail
4 1 (0.56%) Toad
4 1 (0.56%) webpack
4 1 (0.56%) Yeoman
4 1 (0.56%) Zephyr
General
1 95 (53.07%) Social Skills
2 35 (19.55%) Finance
3 20 (11.17%) Retail
4 19 (10.61%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (8.94%) Marketing
6 15 (8.38%) Law
7 12 (6.70%) Analytical Skills
7 12 (6.70%) Legal
8 11 (6.15%) Public Sector
9 10 (5.59%) Manufacturing
10 7 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.23%) Advertising
11 4 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (2.23%) Front Office
11 4 (2.23%) Military
12 3 (1.68%) Games
13 2 (1.12%) iGaming
13 2 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.12%) Legal Technology
14 1 (0.56%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 28 (15.64%) Designer
2 26 (14.53%) Developer
3 25 (13.97%) Analyst
4 19 (10.61%) Senior
5 17 (9.50%) IT Support
5 17 (9.50%) UX Designer
6 14 (7.82%) Business Analyst
7 11 (6.15%) Mobile Engineer
8 9 (5.03%) SAP Developer
8 9 (5.03%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (4.47%) Lead
9 8 (4.47%) Service Manager
9 8 (4.47%) Support Engineer
9 8 (4.47%) UI Designer
9 8 (4.47%) UI/UX Designer
10 7 (3.91%) 1st Line Support
10 7 (3.91%) IT Engineer
10 7 (3.91%) Mid-Level Digital Designer
10 7 (3.91%) Project Manager
10 7 (3.91%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (7.82%) SwiftUI
2 12 (6.70%) REST
3 11 (6.15%) UIKit
4 10 (5.59%) CSS
4 10 (5.59%) HTML
4 10 (5.59%) Node.js
5 9 (5.03%) JDBC
5 9 (5.03%) OAuth
5 9 (5.03%) SAP Fiori
5 9 (5.03%) SAPUI5
5 9 (5.03%) SOAP
6 6 (3.35%) React
6 6 (3.35%) React Native
7 5 (2.79%) .NET
7 5 (2.79%) RESTful
8 3 (1.68%) HTML5
8 3 (1.68%) jQuery
8 3 (1.68%) Sass
8 3 (1.68%) XML
9 2 (1.12%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 24 (13.41%) Mobile App
2 15 (8.38%) Product Ownership
3 12 (6.70%) Onboarding
4 11 (6.15%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (3.91%) PMI
6 6 (3.35%) Legacy Systems
7 5 (2.79%) Driving Licence
8 4 (2.23%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.23%) CMDB
8 4 (2.23%) Culture of Ownership
8 4 (2.23%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.68%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.68%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.12%) Animation
10 2 (1.12%) BYOD
10 2 (1.12%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.56%) Online Gambling
11 1 (0.56%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 21 (11.73%) Windows
2 17 (9.50%) Apple iOS
3 6 (3.35%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.68%) Android
5 1 (0.56%) Linux
5 1 (0.56%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (32.96%) Problem-Solving
2 53 (29.61%) Continuous Improvement
3 34 (18.99%) Agile
4 29 (16.20%) Analytics
5 28 (15.64%) UX Design
6 27 (15.08%) E-Commerce
7 23 (12.85%) Workflow
8 21 (11.73%) Stakeholder Management
9 20 (11.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 18 (10.06%) Process Improvement
10 18 (10.06%) Test Automation
11 16 (8.94%) AI
11 16 (8.94%) ITIL
12 15 (8.38%) CI/CD
12 15 (8.38%) Coaching
12 15 (8.38%) Code Quality
12 15 (8.38%) Decision-Making
12 15 (8.38%) Roadmaps
12 15 (8.38%) Service Management
13 14 (7.82%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 14 (7.82%) SQL
1 14 (7.82%) Swift
2 11 (6.15%) Kotlin
3 10 (5.59%) Java
3 10 (5.59%) JavaScript
4 9 (5.03%) ABAP
5 6 (3.35%) TypeScript
6 5 (2.79%) PowerShell
7 4 (2.23%) C#
7 4 (2.23%) PHP
8 2 (1.12%) Python
9 1 (0.56%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 16 (8.94%) Degree
2 11 (6.15%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (3.91%) PMI Certification
4 4 (2.23%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.68%) A+ Certification
5 3 (1.68%) CBAP
5 3 (1.68%) IIBA
5 3 (1.68%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.56%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.59%) Accessibility
2 7 (3.91%) Data Quality
2 7 (3.91%) QA
3 2 (1.12%) GDPR
4 1 (0.56%) SLA
4 1 (0.56%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (0.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (6.70%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.12%) Firmware
2 2 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (4.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.56%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 45 (25.14%) Microsoft
2 14 (7.82%) Adobe
3 11 (6.15%) Amplitude
3 11 (6.15%) Braze
3 11 (6.15%) SAP
4 9 (5.03%) iManage
5 5 (2.79%) Apple
5 5 (2.79%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.23%) Google
7 3 (1.68%) Cisco
7 3 (1.68%) Oracle
7 3 (1.68%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.12%) IFS
8 2 (1.12%) Samsung
9 1 (0.56%) Avaya
9 1 (0.56%) Facebook
9 1 (0.56%) Genesys
9 1 (0.56%) HP
9 1 (0.56%) Instagram
9 1 (0.56%) OpenAI