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

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 112 91
Rank change year-on-year +15 -21 +1
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 143 199 161
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 2.52% 2.25% 3.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.98% 2.77% 3.40%
Number of salaries quoted 93 113 138
10th Percentile £27,600 £31,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £32,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £42,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.88% -22.73% +5.31%
75th Percentile £61,041 £60,000 £66,436
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% +4.17%

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 4,796 7,185 4,736
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 84.41% 81.13% 93.01%
Number of salaries quoted 3,065 3,241 3,639
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £38,500 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,500 £52,008 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.59% +4.02% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,250 £64,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 8 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 8 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 +30 92 £55,000 +7.32% 58
East Midlands -9 52 £40,000 +14.29% 54
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 (6.29%) SharePoint
2 7 (4.90%) CMS
3 4 (2.80%) Confluence
3 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (2.10%) Apache
5 1 (0.70%) Appian
5 1 (0.70%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (4.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (2.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (2.10%) InDesign
4 1 (0.70%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.70%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.70%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.70%) Simulink
4 1 (0.70%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (4.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (2.10%) SAP Business One
2 3 (2.10%) Shopify
3 2 (1.40%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 2 (1.40%) OpenCart
4 1 (0.70%) Magento
4 1 (0.70%) Sage X3
4 1 (0.70%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.70%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 23 (16.08%) Azure
2 17 (11.89%) Cloud Computing
3 16 (11.19%) SaaS
4 13 (9.09%) AWS
5 11 (7.69%) Entra ID
5 11 (7.69%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (5.59%) Power Platform
7 7 (4.90%) Azure DevOps
8 6 (4.20%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (4.20%) OCI
9 5 (3.50%) Azure Key Vault
9 5 (3.50%) Google Analytics
9 5 (3.50%) OneDrive
9 5 (3.50%) PowerApps
10 4 (2.80%) Figma
11 3 (2.10%) ChatGPT
11 3 (2.10%) Power Automate
12 2 (1.40%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (1.40%) Google Ads
13 1 (0.70%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 18 (12.59%) Internet
2 3 (2.10%) Intranet
3 1 (0.70%) Ethernet
3 1 (0.70%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (10.49%) SQL Server
2 6 (4.20%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (2.10%) Power BI
4 2 (1.40%) Hazelcast
4 2 (1.40%) Oracle BI Publisher
4 2 (1.40%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (1.40%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.70%) DynamoDB
5 1 (0.70%) MySQL
5 1 (0.70%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.70%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 12 (8.39%) JIRA
2 8 (5.59%) Git
2 8 (5.59%) GitLab
3 6 (4.20%) Selenium
4 5 (3.50%) Bitbucket
4 5 (3.50%) Cucumber
4 5 (3.50%) Maven
4 5 (3.50%) SonarQube
4 5 (3.50%) Sonatype Nexus
5 3 (2.10%) Babel
5 3 (2.10%) webpack
6 1 (0.70%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.70%) JMeter
6 1 (0.70%) Subversion
6 1 (0.70%) Vite
6 1 (0.70%) WebDriver
General
1 53 (37.06%) Social Skills
2 43 (30.07%) Finance
3 35 (24.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 24 (16.78%) Banking
5 22 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
5 22 (15.38%) Retail
6 20 (13.99%) Marketing
7 10 (6.99%) Legal
8 8 (5.59%) Law
9 5 (3.50%) Advertising
9 5 (3.50%) Corporate Banking
9 5 (3.50%) Investment Banking
10 4 (2.80%) Public Sector
11 3 (2.10%) Automotive
11 3 (2.10%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.40%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.40%) Local Government
12 2 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
13 1 (0.70%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.70%) Police
Job Titles
1 30 (20.98%) Developer
2 17 (11.89%) Analyst
3 16 (11.19%) Lecturer
4 12 (8.39%) Designer
5 10 (6.99%) 1st Line Support
6 9 (6.29%) Senior
7 7 (4.90%) Full-Stack Developer
8 6 (4.20%) Product Owner
8 6 (4.20%) React Developer
8 6 (4.20%) Software Engineer
8 6 (4.20%) Solutions Designer
9 5 (3.50%) Chief Technology Officer
9 5 (3.50%) Coordinator
9 5 (3.50%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 5 (3.50%) Java Developer
9 5 (3.50%) Senior Developer
9 5 (3.50%) Software Developer
9 5 (3.50%) Support Analyst
9 5 (3.50%) Systems Designer
10 4 (2.80%) E-Commerce Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (13.99%) HTML
2 19 (13.29%) CSS
3 18 (12.59%) React
4 13 (9.09%) RESTful
5 12 (8.39%) REST
6 11 (7.69%) Spring
7 10 (6.99%) HTML5
8 9 (6.29%) Spring Boot
9 8 (5.59%) .NET
9 8 (5.59%) CSS3
10 7 (4.90%) Redux
11 6 (4.20%) .NET Framework
11 6 (4.20%) Entity Framework
11 6 (4.20%) Jest
11 6 (4.20%) JPA
11 6 (4.20%) Sass
12 5 (3.50%) AngularJS
12 5 (3.50%) Blazor
12 5 (3.50%) Kafka
12 5 (3.50%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 21 (14.69%) IoT
2 15 (10.49%) Driving Licence
3 13 (9.09%) e-Learning
4 12 (8.39%) Product Ownership
5 6 (4.20%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.50%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (3.50%) Graphic Design
6 5 (3.50%) Social Media
7 3 (2.10%) Animation
7 3 (2.10%) Learning Management System
7 3 (2.10%) Legacy Code
7 3 (2.10%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.10%) Video Editing
7 3 (2.10%) Web Conferencing
8 2 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
8 2 (1.40%) Blog
8 2 (1.40%) CMDB
8 2 (1.40%) Life Science
8 2 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.40%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 8 (5.59%) Windows
2 4 (2.80%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.70%) Android
3 1 (0.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (28.67%) Agile
2 40 (27.97%) AI
3 37 (25.87%) Problem-Solving
4 34 (23.78%) Continuous Improvement
5 30 (20.98%) DevOps
6 23 (16.08%) UX Design
7 22 (15.38%) Cybersecurity
8 20 (13.99%) CI/CD
9 19 (13.29%) Web Development
10 18 (12.59%) Full-Stack Development
10 18 (12.59%) ITIL
10 18 (12.59%) Machine Learning
11 15 (10.49%) Front End Development
11 15 (10.49%) Service Management
12 14 (9.79%) Analytics
13 13 (9.09%) Roadmaps
14 12 (8.39%) CRM
14 12 (8.39%) Mentoring
14 12 (8.39%) Stakeholder Management
15 11 (7.69%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 21 (14.69%) JavaScript
2 18 (12.59%) SQL
3 13 (9.09%) Java
4 10 (6.99%) TypeScript
5 9 (6.29%) C#
6 8 (5.59%) PowerShell
7 6 (4.20%) Python
8 5 (3.50%) Bicep
9 3 (2.10%) PHP
9 3 (2.10%) VB
10 2 (1.40%) Apex Code
10 2 (1.40%) PL/SQL
11 1 (0.70%) Bash
11 1 (0.70%) C
11 1 (0.70%) C++
11 1 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 1 (0.70%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.70%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.70%) XAML
Qualifications
1 25 (17.48%) Degree
2 18 (12.59%) Master's Degree
3 17 (11.89%) PhD
3 17 (11.89%) Postgraduate
4 5 (3.50%) Security Cleared
5 4 (2.80%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (2.80%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.10%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (1.40%) A+ Certification
7 2 (1.40%) DBS Check
7 2 (1.40%) MCDST
8 1 (0.70%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.70%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.70%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.70%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.39%) Accessibility
2 11 (7.69%) QA
3 5 (3.50%) COBIT
4 2 (1.40%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.40%) GDPR
4 2 (1.40%) ISO/IEC 19770
4 2 (1.40%) SLA
5 1 (0.70%) WCAG
System Software
1 15 (10.49%) Active Directory
2 6 (4.20%) Docker
3 2 (1.40%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.40%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (5.59%) Kubernetes
2 6 (4.20%) Terraform
3 5 (3.50%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.70%) SCCM
4 1 (0.70%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 37 (25.87%) Microsoft
2 13 (9.09%) SAP
3 6 (4.20%) Adobe
3 6 (4.20%) Oracle
4 5 (3.50%) Citrix
4 5 (3.50%) Google
4 5 (3.50%) Guidewire
4 5 (3.50%) ServiceNow
4 5 (3.50%) Solace
5 4 (2.80%) Ahrefs
5 4 (2.80%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.10%) Apple
6 3 (2.10%) OpenAI
7 2 (1.40%) Facebook
7 2 (1.40%) Instagram
7 2 (1.40%) JD Edwards
7 2 (1.40%) Planon
7 2 (1.40%) TikTok
7 2 (1.40%) YouTube
8 1 (0.70%) Sage