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 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 77 105 80
Rank change year-on-year +28 -25 +15
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 179 202 166
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 3.05% 2.26% 3.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.66% 2.76% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 94 111 143
10th Percentile £27,900 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £43,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -22.73% +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,874 £59,250 £65,718
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +2.46%

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 4,889 7,322 4,739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 83.32% 81.85% 93.09%
Number of salaries quoted 3,172 3,247 3,635
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,768
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% -0.59%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,980 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%

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 15 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 15 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
West Midlands +25 90 £55,000 +7.32% 48
East Midlands +21 90 £40,000 +14.29% 31
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 8 (4.47%) CMS
1 8 (4.47%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.23%) Confluence
3 3 (1.68%) Apache
3 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.56%) Appian
4 1 (0.56%) nginx
4 1 (0.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (3.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (3.35%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (1.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (1.68%) 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%) Simulink
4 1 (0.56%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (3.91%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.23%) Shopify
3 3 (1.68%) SAP Business One
4 2 (1.12%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 2 (1.12%) OpenCart
5 1 (0.56%) Magento
5 1 (0.56%) Sage X3
5 1 (0.56%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.56%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 58 (32.40%) Cloud Computing
2 16 (8.94%) Azure
2 16 (8.94%) SaaS
3 10 (5.59%) Entra ID
4 9 (5.03%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (4.47%) AWS
5 8 (4.47%) Power Platform
6 7 (3.91%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (3.91%) OCI
7 6 (3.35%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (2.79%) Azure Key Vault
8 5 (2.79%) Google Analytics
8 5 (2.79%) PowerApps
9 4 (2.23%) Figma
9 4 (2.23%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.68%) ChatGPT
10 3 (1.68%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.12%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (1.12%) Google Ads
12 1 (0.56%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 59 (32.96%) Internet
2 3 (1.68%) Intranet
3 1 (0.56%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.56%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (5.59%) SQL Server
2 7 (3.91%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (1.68%) Power BI
4 2 (1.12%) Hazelcast
4 2 (1.12%) MySQL
4 2 (1.12%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (1.12%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.12%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.56%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.56%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.56%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 9 (5.03%) Git
2 7 (3.91%) JIRA
3 3 (1.68%) Babel
3 3 (1.68%) GitLab
3 3 (1.68%) webpack
4 2 (1.12%) Vite
5 1 (0.56%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.56%) JMeter
5 1 (0.56%) Selenium
5 1 (0.56%) Subversion
5 1 (0.56%) WebDriver
General
1 94 (52.51%) Social Skills
2 69 (38.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 60 (33.52%) Banking
4 37 (20.67%) Finance
5 23 (12.85%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (12.29%) Marketing
7 17 (9.50%) Retail
8 11 (6.15%) Legal
9 8 (4.47%) Law
10 5 (2.79%) Advertising
11 4 (2.23%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.12%) Automotive
12 2 (1.12%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.12%) Local Government
12 2 (1.12%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.56%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.56%) Back Office
13 1 (0.56%) Games
13 1 (0.56%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 48 (26.82%) Lecturer
2 30 (16.76%) Developer
3 17 (9.50%) Analyst
4 10 (5.59%) 1st Line Support
4 10 (5.59%) Designer
5 8 (4.47%) Senior
6 7 (3.91%) Coordinator
6 7 (3.91%) Full-Stack Developer
6 7 (3.91%) Product Owner
7 6 (3.35%) React Developer
7 6 (3.35%) Support Analyst
8 5 (2.79%) Chief Technology Officer
8 5 (2.79%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 5 (2.79%) Java Developer
8 5 (2.79%) Senior Developer
8 5 (2.79%) Software Developer
8 5 (2.79%) Solutions Designer
9 4 (2.23%) E-Commerce Manager
9 4 (2.23%) Oracle Analyst
9 4 (2.23%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.94%) HTML
2 15 (8.38%) CSS
3 13 (7.26%) React
4 8 (4.47%) .NET
4 8 (4.47%) RESTful
5 7 (3.91%) REST
6 6 (3.35%) .NET Framework
6 6 (3.35%) Entity Framework
6 6 (3.35%) Oracle Fusion
6 6 (3.35%) Spring
7 5 (2.79%) AngularJS
7 5 (2.79%) Blazor
7 5 (2.79%) HTML5
8 4 (2.23%) jQuery
8 4 (2.23%) Laravel
8 4 (2.23%) Spring Boot
9 3 (1.68%) EDI
9 3 (1.68%) JSON
9 3 (1.68%) SOAP
9 3 (1.68%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 62 (34.64%) IoT
2 15 (8.38%) Driving Licence
3 13 (7.26%) e-Learning
4 8 (4.47%) Product Ownership
5 6 (3.35%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.79%) Graphic Design
6 5 (2.79%) Social Media
7 3 (1.68%) Animation
7 3 (1.68%) Learning Management System
7 3 (1.68%) Legacy Code
7 3 (1.68%) Mobile App
7 3 (1.68%) Video Editing
7 3 (1.68%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (1.12%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.12%) Blog
8 2 (1.12%) Digital Media
8 2 (1.12%) Embedded Systems
8 2 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.12%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 7 (3.91%) Windows
2 4 (2.23%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.12%) Linux
4 1 (0.56%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (45.81%) AI
2 63 (35.20%) Cybersecurity
3 60 (33.52%) Web Development
4 59 (32.96%) Machine Learning
5 38 (21.23%) Agile
6 37 (20.67%) Problem-Solving
7 33 (18.44%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (13.97%) DevOps
9 24 (13.41%) UX Design
10 15 (8.38%) Analytics
10 15 (8.38%) CI/CD
10 15 (8.38%) ITIL
10 15 (8.38%) Service Management
11 13 (7.26%) E-Commerce
11 13 (7.26%) Full-Stack Development
12 12 (6.70%) CRM
12 12 (6.70%) Roadmaps
13 11 (6.15%) Stakeholder Management
14 10 (5.59%) Change Management
14 10 (5.59%) Customer Service
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.50%) JavaScript
2 13 (7.26%) SQL
3 9 (5.03%) C#
4 8 (4.47%) Java
4 8 (4.47%) PowerShell
5 6 (3.35%) Python
6 5 (2.79%) Bicep
6 5 (2.79%) TypeScript
7 4 (2.23%) PHP
8 3 (1.68%) VB
9 2 (1.12%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.12%) Bash
9 2 (1.12%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.56%) C
10 1 (0.56%) C++
10 1 (0.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.56%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.56%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.56%) XAML
Qualifications
1 65 (36.31%) Degree
2 59 (32.96%) Master's Degree
3 58 (32.40%) PhD
3 58 (32.40%) Postgraduate
4 5 (2.79%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.23%) SC Cleared
6 3 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (1.12%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
8 1 (0.56%) A+ Certification
8 1 (0.56%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.56%) MCDST
8 1 (0.56%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.56%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (3.91%) Accessibility
1 7 (3.91%) QA
2 3 (1.68%) COBIT
3 2 (1.12%) Data Quality
3 2 (1.12%) GDPR
3 2 (1.12%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 2 (1.12%) SLA
4 1 (0.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (7.82%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.12%) Docker
2 2 (1.12%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (1.12%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 6 (3.35%) Terraform
2 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Intune
3 3 (1.68%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.56%) SCCM
4 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 35 (19.55%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.26%) SAP
3 7 (3.91%) Oracle
4 6 (3.35%) Adobe
5 5 (2.79%) Google
5 5 (2.79%) Guidewire
5 5 (2.79%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.23%) Ahrefs
6 4 (2.23%) Citrix
6 4 (2.23%) Salesforce
7 3 (1.68%) Apple
7 3 (1.68%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.12%) Facebook
8 2 (1.12%) Instagram
8 2 (1.12%) JD Edwards
8 2 (1.12%) Planon
8 2 (1.12%) TikTok
8 2 (1.12%) YouTube
9 1 (0.56%) IBM
9 1 (0.56%) Sage