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 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 112 81
Rank change year-on-year +104 -31 +20
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,186 153 173
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 15.12% 2.38% 3.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.59% 2.64% 3.64%
Number of salaries quoted 105 95 159
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,800 £31,491
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £39,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.97% -22.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £58,750 £57,500 £63,250
90th Percentile £67,400 £70,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 6,380 5,787 4,755
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.35% 90.15% 86.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3,536 2,533 3,914
10th Percentile £28,080 £31,250 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,438
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 9 January 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 9 January 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 +124 1,014 £50,000 -9.09% 80
East Midlands +35 185 £40,000 +14.29% 60
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 (0.93%) SharePoint
2 10 (0.84%) CMS
3 7 (0.59%) Confluence
4 3 (0.25%) Apache
4 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.25%) nginx
5 2 (0.17%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.084%) Appian
6 1 (0.084%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.42%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.25%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (0.25%) InDesign
3 3 (0.25%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.084%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.084%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.084%) Sketch
4 1 (0.084%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.34%) Shopify
2 3 (0.25%) SAP Business One
3 2 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 2 (0.17%) OpenCart
4 1 (0.084%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.084%) Magento
4 1 (0.084%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.084%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 1,045 (88.11%) Cloud Computing
2 21 (1.77%) SaaS
3 10 (0.84%) Figma
3 10 (0.84%) Power Platform
4 9 (0.76%) AWS
4 9 (0.76%) Azure
4 9 (0.76%) GitHub
4 9 (0.76%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (0.59%) PowerApps
6 6 (0.51%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (0.51%) GitHub Copilot
6 6 (0.51%) OCI
7 5 (0.42%) Entra ID
7 5 (0.42%) Google Analytics
7 5 (0.42%) Power Automate
8 3 (0.25%) ChatGPT
8 3 (0.25%) OneDrive
9 2 (0.17%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.17%) Google Ads
10 1 (0.084%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 1,046 (88.20%) Internet
2 5 (0.42%) Intranet
3 1 (0.084%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.084%) RFID
3 1 (0.084%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.51%) Oracle Reports
1 6 (0.51%) Power BI
2 5 (0.42%) SQL Server
3 4 (0.34%) MySQL
4 2 (0.17%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.17%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.084%) Oracle BI Publisher
5 1 (0.084%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 9 (0.76%) Git
1 9 (0.76%) JIRA
2 6 (0.51%) Visual Studio
3 4 (0.34%) Vite
4 2 (0.17%) Babel
4 2 (0.17%) webpack
5 1 (0.084%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.084%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.084%) JMeter
5 1 (0.084%) Selenium
5 1 (0.084%) WebDriver
General
1 1,079 (90.98%) Social Skills
2 1,051 (88.62%) Banking
3 1,049 (88.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 25 (2.11%) Finance
5 21 (1.77%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (1.60%) Marketing
7 15 (1.26%) Retail
8 11 (0.93%) Legal
9 9 (0.76%) Law
10 5 (0.42%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (0.42%) Public Sector
11 4 (0.34%) Advertising
12 2 (0.17%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.084%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.084%) Back Office
13 1 (0.084%) Games
13 1 (0.084%) Local Government
13 1 (0.084%) Police
13 1 (0.084%) Social Housing
13 1 (0.084%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 783 (66.02%) Lecturer
2 27 (2.28%) Developer
3 15 (1.26%) Designer
4 14 (1.18%) Product Owner
5 12 (1.01%) Analyst
6 11 (0.93%) UX Designer
7 10 (0.84%) 1st Line Support
8 9 (0.76%) Senior
9 8 (0.67%) Coordinator
9 8 (0.67%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 8 (0.67%) Java Developer
10 7 (0.59%) Blazor Developer
10 7 (0.59%) UX Developer
11 6 (0.51%) Service Manager
12 5 (0.42%) Chief Technology Officer
12 5 (0.42%) Support Analyst
12 5 (0.42%) UI Designer
12 5 (0.42%) UI/UX Designer
13 4 (0.34%) Agile Product Owner
13 4 (0.34%) Senior User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.10%) HTML
2 12 (1.01%) CSS
3 10 (0.84%) .NET
4 7 (0.59%) Blazor
5 6 (0.51%) Laravel
5 6 (0.51%) Material Design
5 6 (0.51%) React
5 6 (0.51%) WebAssembly
6 5 (0.42%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (0.42%) REST
6 5 (0.42%) RESTful
7 4 (0.34%) Spring
7 4 (0.34%) Spring Boot
7 4 (0.34%) Tailwind CSS
8 3 (0.25%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.25%) jQuery
8 3 (0.25%) JSON
8 3 (0.25%) LEMP Stack
8 3 (0.25%) Vue
8 3 (0.25%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1,047 (88.28%) IoT
2 20 (1.69%) Product Ownership
3 15 (1.26%) Driving Licence
4 13 (1.10%) e-Learning
5 5 (0.42%) Graphic Design
5 5 (0.42%) Social Media
6 3 (0.25%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (0.25%) Animation
6 3 (0.25%) Learning Management System
6 3 (0.25%) Legacy Code
6 3 (0.25%) Mobile App
6 3 (0.25%) Video Editing
6 3 (0.25%) Web Conferencing
7 2 (0.17%) Blog
7 2 (0.17%) CMDB
7 2 (0.17%) Digital Media
7 2 (0.17%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.17%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.17%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.084%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.59%) Windows
2 4 (0.34%) Windows Server
3 3 (0.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,071 (90.30%) AI
2 1,050 (88.53%) Cybersecurity
3 1,048 (88.36%) Web Development
4 1,046 (88.20%) Machine Learning
5 40 (3.37%) Agile
6 31 (2.61%) Continuous Improvement
6 31 (2.61%) Problem-Solving
7 30 (2.53%) UX Design
8 17 (1.43%) Analytics
8 17 (1.43%) Service Management
8 17 (1.43%) Stakeholder Management
9 16 (1.35%) CRM
9 16 (1.35%) Roadmaps
10 14 (1.18%) Front End Development
11 13 (1.10%) E-Commerce
12 12 (1.01%) DevOps
12 12 (1.01%) User Stories
12 12 (1.01%) Wireframes
13 11 (0.93%) Full-Stack Development
13 11 (0.93%) Sprint Planning
Programming Languages
1 15 (1.26%) JavaScript
2 10 (0.84%) C#
2 10 (0.84%) Java
3 9 (0.76%) SQL
4 6 (0.51%) PHP
5 4 (0.34%) Bash
5 4 (0.34%) TypeScript
6 3 (0.25%) PowerShell
6 3 (0.25%) Python
7 1 (0.084%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 1,049 (88.45%) Degree
2 1,046 (88.20%) Master's Degree
3 1,045 (88.11%) PhD
3 1,045 (88.11%) Postgraduate
4 5 (0.42%) SC Cleared
4 5 (0.42%) Security Cleared
5 4 (0.34%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.17%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.084%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.084%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.084%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.084%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (1.26%) Accessibility
2 14 (1.18%) QA
3 9 (0.76%) WCAG
4 2 (0.17%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 19770
5 1 (0.084%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.084%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.084%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 1 (0.084%) GDPR
5 1 (0.084%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (1.10%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.25%) Docker
3 2 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 4 (0.34%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.084%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.084%) MOM
2 1 (0.084%) SCCM
2 1 (0.084%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.084%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (2.19%) Microsoft
2 13 (1.10%) SAP
3 6 (0.51%) Adobe
3 6 (0.51%) Oracle
3 6 (0.51%) ServiceNow
4 5 (0.42%) Google
5 4 (0.34%) Citrix
5 4 (0.34%) Nexthink
6 3 (0.25%) Apple
6 3 (0.25%) OpenAI
7 2 (0.17%) Ahrefs
7 2 (0.17%) Facebook
7 2 (0.17%) Instagram
7 2 (0.17%) Planon
7 2 (0.17%) TikTok
7 2 (0.17%) YouTube
8 1 (0.084%) Aareon
8 1 (0.084%) CA Agile Central
8 1 (0.084%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.084%) IFS