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 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 112 66
Rank change year-on-year +14 -46 +63
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 183 147 367
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.27% 2.56% 3.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.82% 3.01% 4.38%
Number of salaries quoted 123 92 192
10th Percentile £25,883 £32,500 £27,250
25th Percentile £34,875 £41,250 £32,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,688 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.18% +7.38% -9.09%
75th Percentile £59,375 £62,813 £65,313
90th Percentile £69,750 £68,750 £70,400
England median annual salary £57,000 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.56% +6.36% -12.70%

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 10,061 4,889 8,375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.80% 85.07% 77.85%
Number of salaries quoted 7,161 2,983 5,073
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,968 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,640 £63,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +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 12 August 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 12 August 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 -21 108 £45,497 -17.28% 81
East Midlands +21 75 £42,500 +13.33% 29
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 (4.92%) CMS
1 9 (4.92%) SharePoint
2 4 (2.19%) Confluence
2 4 (2.19%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.55%) Drupal
3 1 (0.55%) nginx
Applications
1 8 (4.37%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (2.73%) Photoshop
3 4 (2.19%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (2.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (2.19%) Spreadsheet
4 3 (1.64%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.55%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.55%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.55%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (4.92%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (4.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.28%) Shopify
3 3 (1.64%) Dynamics GP
4 2 (1.09%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.55%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 29 (15.85%) Azure
2 22 (12.02%) Microsoft 365
3 21 (11.48%) AWS
4 16 (8.74%) Entra ID
5 14 (7.65%) GitHub
5 14 (7.65%) Serverless
6 13 (7.10%) Firebase
6 13 (7.10%) GitHub Actions
6 13 (7.10%) Stripe
6 13 (7.10%) TestFlight
7 12 (6.56%) Figma
7 12 (6.56%) SaaS
8 10 (5.46%) Azure DevOps
9 9 (4.92%) Power Platform
10 7 (3.83%) Dynamics 365
11 6 (3.28%) Power Automate
11 6 (3.28%) PowerApps
12 5 (2.73%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 4 (2.19%) Google Analytics
14 3 (1.64%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 6 (3.28%) Firewall
2 3 (1.64%) DHCP
2 3 (1.64%) DNS
2 3 (1.64%) Remote Desktop
2 3 (1.64%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.64%) VPN
3 2 (1.09%) Network Security
4 1 (0.55%) Broadband
4 1 (0.55%) CTI
4 1 (0.55%) VLAN
4 1 (0.55%) VoIP
4 1 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.19%) Power BI
2 3 (1.64%) BigQuery
3 2 (1.09%) Looker
3 2 (1.09%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.55%) MySQL
4 1 (0.55%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (7.10%) Crashlytics
1 13 (7.10%) XCTest
2 12 (6.56%) JIRA
3 8 (4.37%) Git
4 3 (1.64%) XCUITest
5 1 (0.55%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.55%) gulp
5 1 (0.55%) JMeter
5 1 (0.55%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.55%) NUnit
5 1 (0.55%) Selenium
5 1 (0.55%) Storybook
5 1 (0.55%) TestRail
5 1 (0.55%) Toad
5 1 (0.55%) Vite
5 1 (0.55%) webpack
5 1 (0.55%) Yeoman
5 1 (0.55%) Zephyr
General
1 94 (51.37%) Social Skills
2 38 (20.77%) Finance
3 21 (11.48%) Retail
4 20 (10.93%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (8.74%) Law
5 16 (8.74%) Marketing
6 15 (8.20%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (7.10%) Legal
8 12 (6.56%) Public Sector
9 10 (5.46%) Manufacturing
10 7 (3.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 4 (2.19%) Documentation Skills
11 4 (2.19%) Front Office
11 4 (2.19%) Games
11 4 (2.19%) Military
12 3 (1.64%) Advertising
12 3 (1.64%) iGaming
13 2 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
13 2 (1.09%) Legal Technology
14 1 (0.55%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 27 (14.75%) Designer
2 26 (14.21%) Analyst
3 25 (13.66%) Developer
4 19 (10.38%) Senior
5 18 (9.84%) UX Designer
6 15 (8.20%) IT Support
7 14 (7.65%) Business Analyst
8 13 (7.10%) Mobile Engineer
9 9 (4.92%) Lead
9 9 (4.92%) SAP Developer
9 9 (4.92%) Senior Analyst
9 9 (4.92%) UI Designer
9 9 (4.92%) UI/UX Designer
10 8 (4.37%) Service Manager
11 7 (3.83%) 1st Line Support
11 7 (3.83%) Project Manager
11 7 (3.83%) Senior Business Analyst
12 6 (3.28%) Digital Project Manager
12 6 (3.28%) IT Manager
12 6 (3.28%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (8.74%) SwiftUI
2 13 (7.10%) UIKit
3 12 (6.56%) REST
4 11 (6.01%) CSS
4 11 (6.01%) HTML
5 9 (4.92%) JDBC
5 9 (4.92%) Node.js
5 9 (4.92%) OAuth
5 9 (4.92%) SAP Fiori
5 9 (4.92%) SAPUI5
5 9 (4.92%) SOAP
6 6 (3.28%) React Native
7 5 (2.73%) React
8 4 (2.19%) .NET
8 4 (2.19%) RESTful
9 3 (1.64%) jQuery
9 3 (1.64%) Sass
9 3 (1.64%) XML
10 2 (1.09%) HTML5
10 2 (1.09%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 26 (14.21%) Mobile App
2 18 (9.84%) Product Ownership
3 13 (7.10%) Greenfield Project
4 12 (6.56%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.28%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.28%) PMI
6 5 (2.73%) Driving Licence
7 4 (2.19%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (2.19%) CMDB
7 4 (2.19%) Culture of Ownership
7 4 (2.19%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.64%) Animation
8 3 (1.64%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.09%) BYOD
9 2 (1.09%) Cyber Threat
9 2 (1.09%) Data Centre
9 2 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.09%) Photography
10 1 (0.55%) IVR
10 1 (0.55%) Online Gambling
Operating Systems
1 20 (10.93%) Windows
2 19 (10.38%) Apple iOS
3 5 (2.73%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.64%) Android
5 2 (1.09%) Linux
6 1 (0.55%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (32.79%) Problem-Solving
2 58 (31.69%) Continuous Improvement
3 38 (20.77%) Agile
4 30 (16.39%) Analytics
5 29 (15.85%) UX Design
6 26 (14.21%) E-Commerce
7 23 (12.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 23 (12.57%) Workflow
8 21 (11.48%) Stakeholder Management
9 20 (10.93%) Process Improvement
10 19 (10.38%) Test Automation
11 18 (9.84%) Roadmaps
12 17 (9.29%) CI/CD
12 17 (9.29%) Code Quality
12 17 (9.29%) Decision-Making
13 16 (8.74%) ERP
13 16 (8.74%) iOS Development
13 16 (8.74%) ITIL
14 15 (8.20%) AI
14 15 (8.20%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 16 (8.74%) Swift
2 13 (7.10%) Kotlin
2 13 (7.10%) SQL
3 11 (6.01%) Java
4 10 (5.46%) JavaScript
5 9 (4.92%) ABAP
6 6 (3.28%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.73%) PHP
7 5 (2.73%) PowerShell
8 4 (2.19%) C#
9 1 (0.55%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.55%) Bash
9 1 (0.55%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (8.74%) Degree
2 11 (6.01%) Microsoft Certification
3 6 (3.28%) PMI Certification
4 4 (2.19%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.64%) A+ Certification
5 3 (1.64%) CBAP
5 3 (1.64%) IIBA
5 3 (1.64%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (1.09%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.55%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.56%) Accessibility
2 9 (4.92%) QA
3 8 (4.37%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.09%) GDPR
5 1 (0.55%) SLA
5 1 (0.55%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (0.55%) WCAG
System Software
1 11 (6.01%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.09%) Firmware
2 2 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.55%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (4.37%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.55%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.55%) Terraform
Vendors
1 42 (22.95%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.10%) Adobe
2 13 (7.10%) Amplitude
2 13 (7.10%) Braze
3 11 (6.01%) SAP
4 9 (4.92%) iManage
5 5 (2.73%) Apple
5 5 (2.73%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.19%) Google
7 3 (1.64%) Cisco
7 3 (1.64%) Oracle
7 3 (1.64%) ServiceNow
8 2 (1.09%) IFS
8 2 (1.09%) Samsung
9 1 (0.55%) Avaya
9 1 (0.55%) Genesys
9 1 (0.55%) HP
9 1 (0.55%) OpenAI