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 15 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 126 105 70
Rank change year-on-year -21 -35 +33
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 169 147 309
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.10% 2.63% 3.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.59% 3.08% 3.96%
Number of salaries quoted 114 97 145
10th Percentile £26,011 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £30,125 £41,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,688 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.18% +2.26% -4.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,041 £66,250
90th Percentile £71,750 £69,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year - +0.88% -8.80%

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 10,658 4,770 7,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.48% 85.35% 78.16%
Number of salaries quoted 7,593 2,851 4,046
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £28,822
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%

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 15 September 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 15 September 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 -39 103 £45,497 -18.39% 129
East Midlands -1 66 £42,500 +13.33% 48
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 10 (5.92%) SharePoint
2 5 (2.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (2.37%) CMS
4 1 (0.59%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.59%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (3.55%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.37%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.37%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (1.18%) Chatbot
3 2 (1.18%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.59%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.59%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.59%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.59%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (5.33%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (5.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (1.78%) Dynamics GP
2 3 (1.78%) Shopify
3 2 (1.18%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.59%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 26 (15.38%) Azure
2 24 (14.20%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (10.65%) Entra ID
4 15 (8.88%) AWS
5 14 (8.28%) Figma
6 11 (6.51%) SaaS
7 10 (5.92%) Power Platform
8 8 (4.73%) Serverless
9 7 (4.14%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 7 (4.14%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (4.14%) Firebase
9 7 (4.14%) GitHub
9 7 (4.14%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (4.14%) Stripe
9 7 (4.14%) TestFlight
10 6 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
10 6 (3.55%) Power Automate
10 6 (3.55%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.78%) Cloud Computing
11 3 (1.78%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 7 (4.14%) Firewall
2 4 (2.37%) DHCP
2 4 (2.37%) DNS
2 4 (2.37%) TCP/IP
2 4 (2.37%) VPN
3 3 (1.78%) Network Security
3 3 (1.78%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (1.18%) Internet
5 1 (0.59%) CTI
5 1 (0.59%) VLAN
5 1 (0.59%) VoIP
5 1 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.96%) Power BI
2 2 (1.18%) BigQuery
2 2 (1.18%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.59%) Looker
3 1 (0.59%) MySQL
3 1 (0.59%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.59%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (5.92%) JIRA
2 8 (4.73%) Git
3 7 (4.14%) Crashlytics
3 7 (4.14%) XCTest
4 1 (0.59%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.59%) gulp
4 1 (0.59%) JMeter
4 1 (0.59%) LoadRunner
4 1 (0.59%) NUnit
4 1 (0.59%) webpack
4 1 (0.59%) XCUITest
4 1 (0.59%) Yeoman
General
1 93 (55.03%) Social Skills
2 34 (20.12%) Finance
3 19 (11.24%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (10.06%) Retail
5 16 (9.47%) Law
6 12 (7.10%) Marketing
6 12 (7.10%) Public Sector
7 11 (6.51%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (6.51%) Legal
8 10 (5.92%) Manufacturing
9 5 (2.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (2.37%) Advertising
10 4 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.37%) Front Office
10 4 (2.37%) Military
11 2 (1.18%) Banking
11 2 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.18%) Legal Technology
12 1 (0.59%) Brand Awareness
12 1 (0.59%) iGaming
Job Titles
1 26 (15.38%) Designer
2 24 (14.20%) Analyst
3 22 (13.02%) Developer
4 21 (12.43%) IT Support
5 18 (10.65%) Senior
6 15 (8.88%) UX Designer
7 14 (8.28%) Business Analyst
8 11 (6.51%) Support Engineer
9 10 (5.92%) IT Engineer
10 9 (5.33%) Digital Designer
10 9 (5.33%) Mid-Level Digital Designer
10 9 (5.33%) SAP Developer
10 9 (5.33%) Senior Analyst
10 9 (5.33%) Service Manager
11 8 (4.73%) 1st Line Support
11 8 (4.73%) IT Support Engineer
12 7 (4.14%) Lead
12 7 (4.14%) Mobile Engineer
12 7 (4.14%) Project Manager
12 7 (4.14%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (7.10%) REST
2 11 (6.51%) Node.js
3 9 (5.33%) JDBC
3 9 (5.33%) OAuth
3 9 (5.33%) SAP Fiori
3 9 (5.33%) SAPUI5
3 9 (5.33%) SOAP
4 8 (4.73%) SwiftUI
5 7 (4.14%) CSS
5 7 (4.14%) HTML
5 7 (4.14%) UIKit
6 6 (3.55%) React
6 6 (3.55%) React Native
7 5 (2.96%) .NET
8 3 (1.78%) jQuery
9 2 (1.18%) CSS3
9 2 (1.18%) Gherkin
9 2 (1.18%) HTML5
9 2 (1.18%) Middleware
9 2 (1.18%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.65%) Mobile App
2 12 (7.10%) Onboarding
2 12 (7.10%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.14%) Greenfield Project
3 7 (4.14%) PMI
4 6 (3.55%) Self-Motivation
5 5 (2.96%) Driving Licence
6 4 (2.37%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (2.37%) CMDB
6 4 (2.37%) Culture of Ownership
7 3 (1.78%) Cyber Threat
7 3 (1.78%) Data Centre
7 3 (1.78%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.78%) Legacy Systems
7 3 (1.78%) Management Information System
8 2 (1.18%) BYOD
8 2 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
8 2 (1.18%) IoT
8 2 (1.18%) IVR
9 1 (0.59%) Online Gambling
Operating Systems
1 21 (12.43%) Windows
2 11 (6.51%) Apple iOS
3 6 (3.55%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.78%) Android
5 1 (0.59%) Linux
5 1 (0.59%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (35.50%) Problem-Solving
2 54 (31.95%) Continuous Improvement
3 31 (18.34%) Agile
4 25 (14.79%) Analytics
4 25 (14.79%) E-Commerce
5 24 (14.20%) Stakeholder Management
5 24 (14.20%) UX Design
6 21 (12.43%) Workflow
7 20 (11.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 18 (10.65%) AI
8 18 (10.65%) Coaching
9 17 (10.06%) ITIL
10 16 (9.47%) Mentoring
10 16 (9.47%) Service Management
11 14 (8.28%) CRM
11 14 (8.28%) Customer Service
11 14 (8.28%) Decision-Making
11 14 (8.28%) ERP
11 14 (8.28%) Process Improvement
12 13 (7.69%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 12 (7.10%) SQL
2 10 (5.92%) Java
3 9 (5.33%) ABAP
4 8 (4.73%) Swift
5 7 (4.14%) JavaScript
5 7 (4.14%) Kotlin
6 6 (3.55%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.96%) PowerShell
8 4 (2.37%) C#
9 2 (1.18%) Python
10 1 (0.59%) Apex Code
10 1 (0.59%) PHP
Qualifications
1 16 (9.47%) Degree
2 11 (6.51%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (4.14%) PMI Certification
4 5 (2.96%) Security Cleared
5 3 (1.78%) A+ Certification
5 3 (1.78%) CBAP
5 3 (1.78%) IIBA
5 3 (1.78%) Network+ Certification
6 2 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (0.59%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.59%) ISTQB
7 1 (0.59%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.59%) PhD
7 1 (0.59%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.59%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.73%) Accessibility
2 7 (4.14%) Data Quality
3 6 (3.55%) QA
4 2 (1.18%) GDPR
4 2 (1.18%) SLA
5 1 (0.59%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (7.69%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.18%) Firmware
2 2 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (4.73%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 46 (27.22%) Microsoft
2 13 (7.69%) Adobe
3 11 (6.51%) SAP
4 9 (5.33%) iManage
5 7 (4.14%) Amplitude
5 7 (4.14%) Braze
6 6 (3.55%) Salesforce
7 4 (2.37%) Google
7 4 (2.37%) ServiceNow
8 3 (1.78%) Apple
8 3 (1.78%) Cisco
9 2 (1.18%) IFS
9 2 (1.18%) Oracle
9 2 (1.18%) Samsung
10 1 (0.59%) Avaya
10 1 (0.59%) Facebook
10 1 (0.59%) Genesys
10 1 (0.59%) Instagram
10 1 (0.59%) OpenAI