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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 112 79
Rank change year-on-year -12 -33 +21
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 174 147 272
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.10% 2.62% 2.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.57% 3.01% 3.52%
Number of salaries quoted 112 99 132
10th Percentile £25,754 £31,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,750 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,750 £53,688 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.37% +7.38% -9.09%
75th Percentile £57,813 £63,125 £63,750
90th Percentile £68,625 £69,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -0.87% - -4.96%

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 11,072 4,879 7,725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 70.19% 86.88% 80.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7,837 2,822 3,643
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,356 £45,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.25% -8.50% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,650
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -39 109 £44,972 -21.10% 156
East Midlands -12 65 £42,500 +9.68% 108
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 (5.17%) CMS
1 9 (5.17%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.15%) WordPress
4 1 (0.57%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.57%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.87%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.30%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (1.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (1.15%) Chatbot
4 2 (1.15%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.57%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.57%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.57%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.57%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (5.17%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (4.02%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.72%) Dynamics GP
3 3 (1.72%) Magento
3 3 (1.72%) Shopify
4 2 (1.15%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 28 (16.09%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (14.94%) Azure
3 20 (11.49%) Entra ID
4 14 (8.05%) Figma
5 13 (7.47%) AWS
6 11 (6.32%) SaaS
7 8 (4.60%) Power Platform
8 7 (4.02%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 6 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.87%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (2.87%) Firebase
10 5 (2.87%) GitHub
10 5 (2.87%) GitHub Actions
10 5 (2.87%) Serverless
10 5 (2.87%) Stripe
10 5 (2.87%) TestFlight
11 4 (2.30%) Power Automate
11 4 (2.30%) PowerApps
12 3 (1.72%) Google Analytics
12 3 (1.72%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.60%) Firewall
2 5 (2.87%) DHCP
2 5 (2.87%) DNS
2 5 (2.87%) TCP/IP
2 5 (2.87%) VPN
3 3 (1.72%) Network Security
3 3 (1.72%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (1.15%) Internet
5 1 (0.57%) CTI
5 1 (0.57%) Intranet
5 1 (0.57%) VLAN
5 1 (0.57%) VoIP
5 1 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.87%) Power BI
2 2 (1.15%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.57%) MySQL
3 1 (0.57%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.57%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.57%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (5.75%) JIRA
2 8 (4.60%) Git
3 5 (2.87%) Crashlytics
3 5 (2.87%) XCTest
4 1 (0.57%) gulp
4 1 (0.57%) NUnit
4 1 (0.57%) webpack
4 1 (0.57%) Yeoman
General
1 96 (55.17%) Social Skills
2 36 (20.69%) Finance
3 21 (12.07%) Organisational Skills
4 18 (10.34%) Retail
5 16 (9.20%) Law
6 15 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (8.62%) Marketing
7 12 (6.90%) Legal
8 11 (6.32%) Public Sector
9 9 (5.17%) Manufacturing
10 6 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.30%) Advertising
12 3 (1.72%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.72%) Front Office
12 3 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
12 3 (1.72%) Military
13 2 (1.15%) Banking
13 2 (1.15%) Legal Technology
13 2 (1.15%) Local Government
14 1 (0.57%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 26 (14.94%) Designer
2 23 (13.22%) Analyst
3 22 (12.64%) IT Support
4 21 (12.07%) Developer
5 18 (10.34%) Senior
6 15 (8.62%) UX Designer
7 14 (8.05%) Business Analyst
8 11 (6.32%) Support Engineer
9 10 (5.75%) 1st Line Support
9 10 (5.75%) IT Engineer
10 9 (5.17%) Digital Designer
10 9 (5.17%) Lead
10 9 (5.17%) Mid-Level Digital Designer
10 9 (5.17%) SAP Developer
10 9 (5.17%) Senior Analyst
10 9 (5.17%) Service Manager
11 8 (4.60%) IT Support Engineer
12 7 (4.02%) IT Manager
12 7 (4.02%) Project Manager
12 7 (4.02%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.90%) REST
2 11 (6.32%) Node.js
3 9 (5.17%) JDBC
3 9 (5.17%) OAuth
3 9 (5.17%) SAP Fiori
3 9 (5.17%) SAPUI5
3 9 (5.17%) SOAP
4 7 (4.02%) CSS
4 7 (4.02%) HTML
5 6 (3.45%) React
5 6 (3.45%) React Native
6 5 (2.87%) SwiftUI
6 5 (2.87%) UIKit
7 4 (2.30%) .NET
8 3 (1.72%) jQuery
9 2 (1.15%) CSS3
9 2 (1.15%) Gherkin
9 2 (1.15%) HTML5
9 2 (1.15%) Middleware
9 2 (1.15%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 14 (8.05%) Mobile App
2 11 (6.32%) Onboarding
3 10 (5.75%) Product Ownership
4 8 (4.60%) PMI
5 7 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (3.45%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.87%) Driving Licence
7 5 (2.87%) Greenfield Project
8 4 (2.30%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (1.72%) CMDB
9 3 (1.72%) Culture of Ownership
9 3 (1.72%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.72%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.72%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.15%) AI Agents
10 2 (1.15%) BYOD
10 2 (1.15%) IoT
10 2 (1.15%) Reference Data
10 2 (1.15%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 25 (14.37%) Windows
2 9 (5.17%) Apple iOS
3 8 (4.60%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.72%) Android
5 2 (1.15%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.57%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (40.23%) Problem-Solving
2 57 (32.76%) Continuous Improvement
3 30 (17.24%) Agile
3 30 (17.24%) Stakeholder Management
4 25 (14.37%) Analytics
4 25 (14.37%) E-Commerce
5 24 (13.79%) UX Design
6 21 (12.07%) AI
6 21 (12.07%) Coaching
7 20 (11.49%) ITIL
8 19 (10.92%) Mentoring
8 19 (10.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 19 (10.92%) Workflow
9 18 (10.34%) Service Management
10 17 (9.77%) Customer Service
11 13 (7.47%) Decision-Making
11 13 (7.47%) ERP
11 13 (7.47%) Roadmaps
12 12 (6.90%) CRM
12 12 (6.90%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 13 (7.47%) SQL
2 9 (5.17%) ABAP
2 9 (5.17%) Java
3 8 (4.60%) PowerShell
4 6 (3.45%) JavaScript
4 6 (3.45%) TypeScript
5 5 (2.87%) Kotlin
5 5 (2.87%) Swift
6 3 (1.72%) C#
7 1 (0.57%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.57%) PHP
7 1 (0.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (9.20%) Degree
2 9 (5.17%) Microsoft Certification
3 8 (4.60%) PMI Certification
4 6 (3.45%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.72%) A+ Certification
5 3 (1.72%) CBAP
5 3 (1.72%) IIBA
6 2 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (1.15%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (1.15%) Postgraduate
6 2 (1.15%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.57%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.57%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.57%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.57%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.57%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.75%) Accessibility
2 8 (4.60%) QA
3 6 (3.45%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.15%) GDPR
4 2 (1.15%) SLA
5 1 (0.57%) WCAG
System Software
1 14 (8.05%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.72%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.15%) Firmware
4 1 (0.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (5.75%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 47 (27.01%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.62%) Adobe
3 11 (6.32%) SAP
4 9 (5.17%) iManage
5 6 (3.45%) Salesforce
6 5 (2.87%) Amplitude
6 5 (2.87%) Braze
6 5 (2.87%) Google
6 5 (2.87%) ServiceNow
7 3 (1.72%) Cisco
8 2 (1.15%) Apple
8 2 (1.15%) IFS
8 2 (1.15%) Oracle
8 2 (1.15%) Samsung
9 1 (0.57%) Avaya
9 1 (0.57%) Facebook
9 1 (0.57%) Instagram
9 1 (0.57%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.57%) Pinterest
9 1 (0.57%) TikTok