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 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 111 108 72
Rank change year-on-year -3 -36 +59
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 174 138 380
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.26% 2.42% 3.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.81% 2.83% 4.22%
Number of salaries quoted 122 84 206
10th Percentile £24,613 £33,100 £27,250
25th Percentile £35,750 £41,625 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,688 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.18% +7.38% -4.76%
75th Percentile £62,135 £60,906 £63,750
90th Percentile £77,125 £68,750 £70,825
England median annual salary £56,750 £58,500 £54,750
% change year-on-year -2.99% +6.85% -12.40%

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 9,615 4,870 8,995
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.79% 85.38% 78.42%
Number of salaries quoted 6,846 2,941 5,693
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,500
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 £67,000 £63,750 £63,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,772
England median annual salary £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -11.29%

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 28 July 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 28 July 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 -24 100 £47,500 -13.64% 49
East Midlands +20 74 £45,000 +20.00% 12
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 12 (6.90%) CMS
2 9 (5.17%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.87%) Confluence
4 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.57%) Apache
5 1 (0.57%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.57%) Drupal
5 1 (0.57%) nginx
Applications
1 11 (6.32%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (4.02%) Photoshop
3 6 (3.45%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (2.87%) Adobe After Effects
5 4 (2.30%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (1.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (1.72%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.57%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.57%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.57%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 10 (5.75%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (5.17%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (1.72%) Dynamics GP
3 3 (1.72%) Shopify
4 2 (1.15%) Visualfiles
5 1 (0.57%) Magento
5 1 (0.57%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 25 (14.37%) Azure
2 20 (11.49%) AWS
2 20 (11.49%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (8.62%) GitHub
3 15 (8.62%) Serverless
4 14 (8.05%) Firebase
4 14 (8.05%) GitHub Actions
4 14 (8.05%) Stripe
4 14 (8.05%) TestFlight
5 12 (6.90%) Entra ID
5 12 (6.90%) SaaS
6 10 (5.75%) Power Platform
7 9 (5.17%) Figma
8 8 (4.60%) Azure DevOps
8 8 (4.60%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (3.45%) Power Automate
9 6 (3.45%) PowerApps
10 4 (2.30%) Google Analytics
11 3 (1.72%) GCP
11 3 (1.72%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.72%) Firewall
1 3 (1.72%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.57%) Broadband
2 1 (0.57%) CTI
2 1 (0.57%) Intranet
2 1 (0.57%) VLAN
2 1 (0.57%) VoIP
2 1 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (2.30%) Power BI
2 3 (1.72%) BigQuery
2 3 (1.72%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.15%) Looker
4 1 (0.57%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.57%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.57%) MySQL
4 1 (0.57%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (8.05%) Crashlytics
1 14 (8.05%) XCTest
2 9 (5.17%) JIRA
3 4 (2.30%) Git
4 3 (1.72%) Storybook
4 3 (1.72%) XCUITest
5 1 (0.57%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.57%) gulp
5 1 (0.57%) JMeter
5 1 (0.57%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.57%) NUnit
5 1 (0.57%) Selenium
5 1 (0.57%) TestRail
5 1 (0.57%) Toad
5 1 (0.57%) Vite
5 1 (0.57%) webpack
5 1 (0.57%) Yeoman
5 1 (0.57%) Zephyr
General
1 85 (48.85%) Social Skills
2 36 (20.69%) Finance
3 21 (12.07%) Retail
4 16 (9.20%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (9.20%) Law
4 16 (9.20%) Marketing
4 16 (9.20%) Organisational Skills
5 14 (8.05%) Legal
6 10 (5.75%) Manufacturing
6 10 (5.75%) Public Sector
7 6 (3.45%) Games
7 6 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 5 (2.87%) iGaming
9 4 (2.30%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (2.30%) Front Office
9 4 (2.30%) Military
10 3 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.15%) Advertising
11 2 (1.15%) Legal Technology
12 1 (0.57%) Banking
Job Titles
1 24 (13.79%) Analyst
1 24 (13.79%) Developer
2 22 (12.64%) Designer
3 17 (9.77%) Senior
3 17 (9.77%) UX Designer
4 14 (8.05%) IT Support
4 14 (8.05%) Mobile Engineer
5 13 (7.47%) Business Analyst
6 9 (5.17%) Lead
6 9 (5.17%) SAP Developer
7 8 (4.60%) Service Manager
7 8 (4.60%) UI Designer
7 8 (4.60%) UI/UX Designer
8 7 (4.02%) 1st Line Support
8 7 (4.02%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (3.45%) IT Manager
9 6 (3.45%) Products Support Technician
9 6 (3.45%) Senior Business Analyst
9 6 (3.45%) Support Engineer
9 6 (3.45%) Support Technician
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (9.77%) SwiftUI
2 14 (8.05%) UIKit
3 12 (6.90%) REST
4 11 (6.32%) CSS
4 11 (6.32%) HTML
5 9 (5.17%) JDBC
5 9 (5.17%) Node.js
5 9 (5.17%) OAuth
5 9 (5.17%) SAP Fiori
5 9 (5.17%) SAPUI5
5 9 (5.17%) SOAP
6 7 (4.02%) RESTful
7 5 (2.87%) React
7 5 (2.87%) React Native
7 5 (2.87%) Sass
8 4 (2.30%) .NET
8 4 (2.30%) HTML5
9 3 (1.72%) AngularJS
9 3 (1.72%) Laravel
9 3 (1.72%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 25 (14.37%) Mobile App
2 17 (9.77%) Product Ownership
3 14 (8.05%) Greenfield Project
4 10 (5.75%) Onboarding
5 6 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
5 6 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (2.87%) Animation
7 4 (2.30%) CMDB
7 4 (2.30%) Culture of Ownership
8 3 (1.72%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.72%) Driving Licence
8 3 (1.72%) Graphic Design
8 3 (1.72%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.15%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.15%) BYOD
9 2 (1.15%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.15%) Photography
10 1 (0.57%) IVR
10 1 (0.57%) Online Gambling
10 1 (0.57%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 20 (11.49%) Apple iOS
2 17 (9.77%) Windows
3 3 (1.72%) Android
3 3 (1.72%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.15%) Linux
5 1 (0.57%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (32.76%) Continuous Improvement
2 50 (28.74%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (21.26%) Agile
4 30 (17.24%) Analytics
5 29 (16.67%) UX Design
6 23 (13.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 22 (12.64%) Test Automation
7 22 (12.64%) Workflow
8 21 (12.07%) Roadmaps
9 20 (11.49%) Code Quality
9 20 (11.49%) Process Improvement
10 19 (10.92%) E-Commerce
11 18 (10.34%) CI/CD
11 18 (10.34%) Decision-Making
12 17 (9.77%) Clean Code
12 17 (9.77%) iOS Development
12 17 (9.77%) Storyboarding
13 16 (9.20%) Community of Practice
13 16 (9.20%) ERP
13 16 (9.20%) Product Vision
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.77%) Swift
2 14 (8.05%) Kotlin
3 12 (6.90%) SQL
4 11 (6.32%) Java
4 11 (6.32%) JavaScript
5 9 (5.17%) ABAP
6 7 (4.02%) TypeScript
7 6 (3.45%) PHP
8 4 (2.30%) C#
8 4 (2.30%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.57%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.57%) Bash
9 1 (0.57%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (9.20%) Degree
2 10 (5.75%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (2.87%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.72%) A+ Certification
4 3 (1.72%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (1.15%) CBAP
5 2 (1.15%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.15%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (0.57%) IIBA
6 1 (0.57%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.57%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.57%) PMP
6 1 (0.57%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.57%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (8.05%) Accessibility
2 9 (5.17%) QA
3 8 (4.60%) Data Quality
4 4 (2.30%) GDPR
5 1 (0.57%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.57%) SLA
5 1 (0.57%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (0.57%) WCAG
System Software
1 8 (4.60%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.57%) Docker
3 1 (0.57%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 7 (4.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.57%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 39 (22.41%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.05%) Amplitude
2 14 (8.05%) Braze
3 12 (6.90%) SAP
4 11 (6.32%) Adobe
5 9 (5.17%) iManage
6 6 (3.45%) Salesforce
7 5 (2.87%) Apple
8 4 (2.30%) Google
9 3 (1.72%) Oracle
9 3 (1.72%) ServiceNow
10 2 (1.15%) Cisco
10 2 (1.15%) IFS
10 2 (1.15%) OpenAI
10 2 (1.15%) Samsung
11 1 (0.57%) Avaya
11 1 (0.57%) Genesys
11 1 (0.57%) HP