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 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 115 79
Rank change year-on-year +108 -36 +25
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,200 141 253
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 14.49% 2.28% 3.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.15% 2.50% 3.61%
Number of salaries quoted 115 86 224
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,125 £30,375
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £35,000 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -29.29% -10.00%
75th Percentile £55,125 £52,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £67,250 £68,195 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -10.20%

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 6,610 5,650 7,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 79.81% 91.25% 86.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,680 2,483 5,765
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £49,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +6.06% -5.71%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,350 £56,000
% change year-on-year -10.35% +9.55% -10.40%

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 2 February 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 2 February 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 +129 1,027 £50,000 -9.09% 54
East Midlands +31 186 £40,000 +14.29% 25
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 13 (1.08%) CMS
2 12 (1.00%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.58%) Confluence
4 4 (0.33%) nginx
5 3 (0.25%) Apache
6 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.17%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.083%) Appian
7 1 (0.083%) WordPress
Applications
1 9 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.33%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.25%) InDesign
4 2 (0.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.083%) Sketch
5 1 (0.083%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.42%) Shopify
2 3 (0.25%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 2 (0.17%) OpenCart
4 1 (0.083%) Magento
4 1 (0.083%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.083%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 1,045 (87.08%) Cloud Computing
2 26 (2.17%) SaaS
3 12 (1.00%) Figma
3 12 (1.00%) GitHub
4 11 (0.92%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (0.92%) Power Platform
5 10 (0.83%) AWS
6 8 (0.67%) Azure
6 8 (0.67%) GitHub Copilot
7 7 (0.58%) PowerApps
8 5 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (0.42%) Google Analytics
8 5 (0.42%) OCI
8 5 (0.42%) Power Automate
9 4 (0.33%) Entra ID
10 3 (0.25%) ChatGPT
11 2 (0.17%) Azure DevOps
11 2 (0.17%) Google Ads
11 2 (0.17%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.083%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 1,046 (87.17%) Internet
2 5 (0.42%) Intranet
3 1 (0.083%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.083%) RFID
3 1 (0.083%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (0.58%) Power BI
2 5 (0.42%) MySQL
2 5 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (0.42%) SQL Server
3 3 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.17%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.083%) Looker
5 1 (0.083%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.083%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (0.92%) Git
2 8 (0.67%) JIRA
2 8 (0.67%) Visual Studio
3 5 (0.42%) Vite
4 1 (0.083%) Babel
4 1 (0.083%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.083%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.083%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.083%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.083%) webpack
General
1 1,083 (90.25%) Social Skills
2 1,051 (87.58%) Banking
3 1,049 (87.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 20 (1.67%) Finance
5 18 (1.50%) Analytical Skills
6 17 (1.42%) Marketing
7 14 (1.17%) Retail
8 10 (0.83%) Law
9 9 (0.75%) Legal
10 7 (0.58%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (0.42%) Public Sector
12 4 (0.33%) Advertising
13 3 (0.25%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.083%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.083%) Back Office
14 1 (0.083%) Games
14 1 (0.083%) Local Government
14 1 (0.083%) Police
14 1 (0.083%) Presentation Skills
14 1 (0.083%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 783 (65.25%) Lecturer
2 28 (2.33%) Developer
3 22 (1.83%) Designer
4 18 (1.50%) UX Designer
5 15 (1.25%) Product Owner
6 13 (1.08%) Analyst
7 12 (1.00%) Senior
8 9 (0.75%) 1st Line Support
8 9 (0.75%) Java Developer
9 8 (0.67%) Coordinator
9 8 (0.67%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 7 (0.58%) Blazor Developer
10 7 (0.58%) UX Developer
11 6 (0.50%) Service Manager
12 5 (0.42%) Chief Technology Officer
12 5 (0.42%) IT Manager
12 5 (0.42%) Support Engineer
12 5 (0.42%) UI Designer
12 5 (0.42%) UI/UX Designer
13 4 (0.33%) Agile Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.08%) .NET
1 13 (1.08%) HTML
2 12 (1.00%) CSS
3 9 (0.75%) Blazor
4 8 (0.67%) Material Design
4 8 (0.67%) WebAssembly
5 7 (0.58%) Laravel
5 7 (0.58%) React
6 6 (0.50%) REST
7 5 (0.42%) Spring
7 5 (0.42%) Tailwind CSS
7 5 (0.42%) Vue
8 4 (0.33%) LEMP Stack
8 4 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
8 4 (0.33%) RESTful
8 4 (0.33%) Spring Boot
8 4 (0.33%) YAML
9 3 (0.25%) .NET Framework
9 3 (0.25%) JPA
9 3 (0.25%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1,047 (87.25%) IoT
2 23 (1.92%) Product Ownership
3 14 (1.17%) Driving Licence
4 12 (1.00%) e-Learning
5 4 (0.33%) Graphic Design
5 4 (0.33%) Social Media
6 3 (0.25%) Animation
6 3 (0.25%) Cyber Security Posture
6 3 (0.25%) Learning Management System
6 3 (0.25%) Legacy Code
6 3 (0.25%) Mobile App
6 3 (0.25%) Security Posture
6 3 (0.25%) Video Editing
6 3 (0.25%) Virtual Team
6 3 (0.25%) Web Conferencing
7 2 (0.17%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.17%) Blog
7 2 (0.17%) CMDB
7 2 (0.17%) Digital Media
7 2 (0.17%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 10 (0.83%) Windows
2 4 (0.33%) Linux
2 4 (0.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.083%) Android
3 1 (0.083%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,074 (89.50%) AI
2 1,051 (87.58%) Cybersecurity
3 1,048 (87.33%) Web Development
4 1,046 (87.17%) Machine Learning
5 42 (3.50%) Agile
6 34 (2.83%) UX Design
7 33 (2.75%) Problem-Solving
8 29 (2.42%) Continuous Improvement
9 19 (1.58%) Analytics
9 19 (1.58%) CRM
10 18 (1.50%) Front End Development
10 18 (1.50%) Roadmaps
11 16 (1.33%) Service Management
11 16 (1.33%) Stakeholder Management
11 16 (1.33%) Wireframes
12 14 (1.17%) E-Commerce
13 13 (1.08%) User Stories
14 12 (1.00%) Full-Stack Development
14 12 (1.00%) Product Backlog
15 11 (0.92%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 15 (1.25%) JavaScript
2 12 (1.00%) C#
2 12 (1.00%) Java
3 9 (0.75%) SQL
4 7 (0.58%) PHP
5 5 (0.42%) Bash
6 4 (0.33%) Python
7 3 (0.25%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.25%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.083%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 1,050 (87.50%) Degree
2 1,046 (87.17%) Master's Degree
3 1,045 (87.08%) PhD
3 1,045 (87.08%) Postgraduate
4 7 (0.58%) SC Cleared
4 7 (0.58%) Security Cleared
5 3 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (0.25%) DBS Check
5 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.083%) A+ Certification
6 1 (0.083%) Azure Certification
6 1 (0.083%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.083%) MCDST
6 1 (0.083%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.083%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (1.67%) Accessibility
2 15 (1.25%) QA
3 11 (0.92%) WCAG
4 5 (0.42%) GDPR
5 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.25%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.17%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 19770
7 1 (0.083%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 11 (0.92%) Active Directory
2 5 (0.42%) Docker
3 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.17%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.17%) Terraform
3 1 (0.083%) MOM
3 1 (0.083%) SCCM
3 1 (0.083%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 30 (2.50%) Microsoft
2 12 (1.00%) SAP
3 6 (0.50%) Adobe
3 6 (0.50%) ServiceNow
4 5 (0.42%) Google
4 5 (0.42%) Nexthink
4 5 (0.42%) Oracle
5 3 (0.25%) Apple
5 3 (0.25%) Citrix
5 3 (0.25%) Infor
5 3 (0.25%) OpenAI
6 2 (0.17%) Ahrefs
6 2 (0.17%) Facebook
6 2 (0.17%) Instagram
6 2 (0.17%) Planon
6 2 (0.17%) TikTok
6 2 (0.17%) YouTube
7 1 (0.083%) Epicor
7 1 (0.083%) Sage
7 1 (0.083%) Salesforce