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 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 98 64
Rank change year-on-year +87 -34 +74
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,218 125 398
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 9.85% 2.56% 3.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.43% 2.87% 4.25%
Number of salaries quoted 124 86 263
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,750 £32,500 £34,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -11.21%
75th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £67,425 £71,875 £70,320
England median annual salary £57,985 £58,850 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.47% +12.10% -19.23%

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 9,072 4,352 9,372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 73.35% 88.96% 82.26%
Number of salaries quoted 5,337 2,621 7,104
10th Percentile £28,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £34,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,640 £65,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £58,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 24 April 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 24 April 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 +92 1,029 £45,000 -16.18% 62
East Midlands +30 201 £45,000 +28.57% 49
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 16 (1.31%) CMS
2 12 (0.99%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.74%) Confluence
4 5 (0.41%) nginx
5 2 (0.16%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.082%) Apache
6 1 (0.082%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.082%) Drupal
6 1 (0.082%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 12 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (0.82%) Adobe Illustrator
2 10 (0.82%) Photoshop
3 5 (0.41%) Adobe After Effects
4 3 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.25%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (0.082%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (0.66%) Shopify
2 5 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.082%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.082%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 1,045 (85.80%) Cloud Computing
2 24 (1.97%) GitHub
3 21 (1.72%) SaaS
4 17 (1.40%) AWS
5 14 (1.15%) Azure
5 14 (1.15%) Power Platform
6 12 (0.99%) Serverless
7 11 (0.90%) Figma
7 11 (0.90%) Firebase
7 11 (0.90%) GitHub Actions
7 11 (0.90%) Microsoft 365
7 11 (0.90%) Stripe
7 11 (0.90%) TestFlight
8 8 (0.66%) GitHub Copilot
8 8 (0.66%) Power Automate
8 8 (0.66%) PowerApps
9 6 (0.49%) Dynamics 365
10 5 (0.41%) Google Analytics
11 4 (0.33%) Azure DevOps
11 4 (0.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1,045 (85.80%) Internet
2 3 (0.25%) Firewall
2 3 (0.25%) Intranet
3 1 (0.082%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.082%) Broadband
3 1 (0.082%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (0.66%) Power BI
2 5 (0.41%) MySQL
3 3 (0.25%) BigQuery
3 3 (0.25%) Looker
3 3 (0.25%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.16%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.082%) Amazon Redshift
5 1 (0.082%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.082%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.082%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 11 (0.90%) Crashlytics
1 11 (0.90%) XCTest
2 9 (0.74%) Git
3 8 (0.66%) JIRA
3 8 (0.66%) Visual Studio
4 5 (0.41%) Vite
5 3 (0.25%) Storybook
5 3 (0.25%) XCUITest
6 2 (0.16%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.082%) Balsamiq
7 1 (0.082%) JMeter
7 1 (0.082%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.082%) Selenium
7 1 (0.082%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.082%) TestRail
7 1 (0.082%) Toad
7 1 (0.082%) Zephyr
General
1 1,098 (90.15%) Social Skills
2 1,051 (86.29%) Banking
2 1,051 (86.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 30 (2.46%) Finance
4 18 (1.48%) Marketing
5 16 (1.31%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (1.23%) Organisational Skills
7 11 (0.90%) Retail
8 10 (0.82%) Legal
9 8 (0.66%) Law
10 7 (0.57%) Public Sector
11 6 (0.49%) Games
11 6 (0.49%) Manufacturing
12 5 (0.41%) iGaming
13 4 (0.33%) Documentation Skills
13 4 (0.33%) Front Office
13 4 (0.33%) Military
14 1 (0.082%) Advertising
14 1 (0.082%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.082%) Police
Job Titles
1 783 (64.29%) Lecturer
2 30 (2.46%) Developer
3 23 (1.89%) Designer
4 22 (1.81%) UX Designer
5 19 (1.56%) Senior
6 17 (1.40%) Analyst
7 16 (1.31%) Product Owner
8 12 (0.99%) Service Manager
9 11 (0.90%) Mobile Engineer
9 11 (0.90%) UI Designer
9 11 (0.90%) UI/UX Designer
10 9 (0.74%) Java Developer
11 8 (0.66%) Business Analyst
11 8 (0.66%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 7 (0.57%) Blazor Developer
12 7 (0.57%) IT Manager
12 7 (0.57%) IT Support
12 7 (0.57%) UX Developer
13 5 (0.41%) Agile Product Owner
13 5 (0.41%) Animator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (1.23%) CSS
1 15 (1.23%) HTML
2 14 (1.15%) SwiftUI
3 13 (1.07%) .NET
4 11 (0.90%) UIKit
5 8 (0.66%) Blazor
5 8 (0.66%) Material Design
5 8 (0.66%) WebAssembly
6 7 (0.57%) RESTful
7 6 (0.49%) Laravel
7 6 (0.49%) Vue
8 5 (0.41%) LEMP Stack
8 5 (0.41%) React
8 5 (0.41%) Tailwind CSS
8 5 (0.41%) YAML
9 4 (0.33%) AngularJS
9 4 (0.33%) Spring
10 3 (0.25%) Hibernate
10 3 (0.25%) Oracle Fusion
10 3 (0.25%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1,045 (85.80%) IoT
2 30 (2.46%) Product Ownership
3 16 (1.31%) Mobile App
4 11 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
5 7 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (0.49%) CMDB
7 5 (0.41%) Animation
8 4 (0.33%) Culture of Ownership
9 3 (0.25%) Cyber Security Posture
9 3 (0.25%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.25%) Graphic Design
9 3 (0.25%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.25%) Onboarding
9 3 (0.25%) Security Posture
9 3 (0.25%) Virtual Team
10 2 (0.16%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.16%) Data Protection Act
10 2 (0.16%) Photography
11 1 (0.082%) AI Agents
11 1 (0.082%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 15 (1.23%) Apple iOS
2 8 (0.66%) Windows
3 5 (0.41%) Linux
4 1 (0.082%) Android
4 1 (0.082%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,061 (87.11%) AI
2 1,053 (86.45%) Cybersecurity
3 1,048 (86.04%) Web Development
4 1,045 (85.80%) Machine Learning
5 43 (3.53%) Agile
6 37 (3.04%) UX Design
7 35 (2.87%) Continuous Improvement
8 26 (2.13%) Analytics
9 23 (1.89%) Roadmaps
10 22 (1.81%) CRM
11 19 (1.56%) Test Automation
12 18 (1.48%) Product Vision
13 17 (1.40%) Code Quality
13 17 (1.40%) Front End Development
14 16 (1.31%) Problem-Solving
14 16 (1.31%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 16 (1.31%) Wireframes
15 15 (1.23%) CI/CD
15 15 (1.23%) Decision-Making
16 14 (1.15%) Storyboarding
Programming Languages
1 20 (1.64%) JavaScript
2 14 (1.15%) Swift
3 13 (1.07%) Java
4 12 (0.99%) C#
5 11 (0.90%) Kotlin
6 9 (0.74%) PHP
6 9 (0.74%) SQL
7 5 (0.41%) Bash
8 3 (0.25%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.16%) Python
Qualifications
1 1,057 (86.78%) Degree
2 1,046 (85.88%) Master's Degree
3 1,045 (85.80%) PhD
3 1,045 (85.80%) Postgraduate
4 9 (0.74%) Security Cleared
5 5 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (0.41%) SC Cleared
6 4 (0.33%) A+ Certification
6 4 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.25%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (0.16%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.082%) CBAP
9 1 (0.082%) MCDST
9 1 (0.082%) PMI Certification
9 1 (0.082%) PMP
9 1 (0.082%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (2.13%) Accessibility
2 19 (1.56%) QA
3 11 (0.90%) WCAG
4 7 (0.57%) GDPR
5 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.25%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.16%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 19770
7 1 (0.082%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.082%) SLA
7 1 (0.082%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 6 (0.49%) Docker
2 4 (0.33%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.16%) Terraform
2 1 (0.082%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.082%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.082%) MOM
2 1 (0.082%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (2.05%) Microsoft
2 11 (0.90%) Amplitude
2 11 (0.90%) Braze
3 7 (0.57%) Adobe
4 5 (0.41%) Nexthink
5 4 (0.33%) Apple
5 4 (0.33%) Google
5 4 (0.33%) Oracle
5 4 (0.33%) ServiceNow
6 3 (0.25%) Infor
7 1 (0.082%) Databricks
7 1 (0.082%) Facebook
7 1 (0.082%) Hotjar
7 1 (0.082%) Instagram
7 1 (0.082%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.082%) Sage
7 1 (0.082%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.082%) SAP
7 1 (0.082%) TikTok
7 1 (0.082%) YouTube