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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 113 75
Rank change year-on-year +105 -38 +55
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,208 120 306
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 12.20% 2.29% 3.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 15.78% 2.48% 3.72%
Number of salaries quoted 117 84 248
10th Percentile £31,750 £30,725 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £39,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% -11.67% -18.18%
75th Percentile £53,875 £57,813 £61,250
90th Percentile £67,250 £72,125 £71,625
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -14.06%

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 7,654 4,843 8,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 77.33% 92.49% 84.61%
Number of salaries quoted 4,349 2,560 6,546
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +8.25% -7.62%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 12 March 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 March 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 +122 1,031 £45,000 -14.29% 58
East Midlands +32 189 £42,500 +21.43% 35
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 (1.32%) CMS
2 12 (0.99%) SharePoint
3 9 (0.75%) Confluence
4 5 (0.41%) nginx
5 2 (0.17%) Apache
5 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.17%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.083%) Drupal
Applications
1 12 (0.99%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (0.75%) Adobe Illustrator
2 9 (0.75%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
3 4 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.083%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (0.66%) Shopify
2 2 (0.17%) SAP Business One
3 1 (0.083%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.083%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.083%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 1,045 (86.51%) Cloud Computing
2 21 (1.74%) SaaS
3 19 (1.57%) GitHub
4 12 (0.99%) AWS
4 12 (0.99%) Power Platform
5 11 (0.91%) Figma
5 11 (0.91%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (0.83%) Azure
7 8 (0.66%) GitHub Copilot
8 7 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (0.58%) Serverless
9 6 (0.50%) Firebase
9 6 (0.50%) GitHub Actions
9 6 (0.50%) PowerApps
9 6 (0.50%) Stripe
9 6 (0.50%) TestFlight
10 5 (0.41%) Google Analytics
10 5 (0.41%) OCI
10 5 (0.41%) Power Automate
11 3 (0.25%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 1,045 (86.51%) Internet
2 4 (0.33%) Intranet
3 1 (0.083%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.083%) Broadband
3 1 (0.083%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (0.66%) Power BI
2 5 (0.41%) MySQL
2 5 (0.41%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (0.25%) SQL Server
4 2 (0.17%) Looker
4 2 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.083%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.083%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.083%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.083%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (0.83%) Git
2 8 (0.66%) JIRA
2 8 (0.66%) Visual Studio
3 6 (0.50%) Crashlytics
3 6 (0.50%) Vite
3 6 (0.50%) XCTest
4 3 (0.25%) Storybook
5 1 (0.083%) Babel
5 1 (0.083%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.083%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.083%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.083%) Selenium
5 1 (0.083%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.083%) TestRail
5 1 (0.083%) Toad
5 1 (0.083%) webpack
5 1 (0.083%) XCUITest
5 1 (0.083%) Zephyr
General
1 1,087 (89.98%) Social Skills
2 1,051 (87.00%) Banking
2 1,051 (87.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 25 (2.07%) Finance
4 21 (1.74%) Marketing
5 15 (1.24%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (0.99%) Legal
7 11 (0.91%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (0.83%) Law
9 9 (0.75%) Retail
10 6 (0.50%) Games
10 6 (0.50%) Public Sector
11 4 (0.33%) iGaming
12 3 (0.25%) Manufacturing
13 2 (0.17%) Advertising
14 1 (0.083%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.083%) Brand Awareness
14 1 (0.083%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.083%) Police
14 1 (0.083%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 783 (64.82%) Lecturer
2 30 (2.48%) Developer
3 22 (1.82%) Designer
4 21 (1.74%) UX Designer
5 17 (1.41%) Product Owner
6 16 (1.32%) Analyst
7 14 (1.16%) Senior
8 10 (0.83%) UI Designer
8 10 (0.83%) UI/UX Designer
9 9 (0.75%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 9 (0.75%) Java Developer
10 8 (0.66%) Coordinator
11 7 (0.58%) Blazor Developer
11 7 (0.58%) UX Developer
12 6 (0.50%) Mobile Engineer
13 5 (0.41%) Agile Product Owner
13 5 (0.41%) Business Analyst
13 5 (0.41%) Service Manager
14 4 (0.33%) Administrator
14 4 (0.33%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (1.41%) CSS
1 17 (1.41%) HTML
2 12 (0.99%) .NET
3 8 (0.66%) Blazor
3 8 (0.66%) Material Design
3 8 (0.66%) WebAssembly
4 7 (0.58%) Laravel
4 7 (0.58%) React
4 7 (0.58%) RESTful
4 7 (0.58%) SwiftUI
5 6 (0.50%) Tailwind CSS
5 6 (0.50%) UIKit
5 6 (0.50%) Vue
6 5 (0.41%) AngularJS
6 5 (0.41%) LEMP Stack
6 5 (0.41%) Spring
6 5 (0.41%) YAML
7 4 (0.33%) HTML5
7 4 (0.33%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (0.33%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 1,046 (86.59%) IoT
2 28 (2.32%) Product Ownership
3 9 (0.75%) Mobile App
4 6 (0.50%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (0.41%) Driving Licence
5 5 (0.41%) Legacy Systems
6 4 (0.33%) Animation
7 3 (0.25%) Cyber Security Posture
7 3 (0.25%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (0.25%) Graphic Design
7 3 (0.25%) Management Information System
7 3 (0.25%) Security Posture
7 3 (0.25%) Virtual Team
8 2 (0.17%) AI Agents
8 2 (0.17%) CMDB
8 2 (0.17%) Digital Media
8 2 (0.17%) Legacy Code
8 2 (0.17%) Low-Code
8 2 (0.17%) Photography
8 2 (0.17%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.66%) Apple iOS
2 6 (0.50%) Windows
3 5 (0.41%) Linux
4 2 (0.17%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.083%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,066 (88.25%) AI
2 1,050 (86.92%) Cybersecurity
3 1,048 (86.75%) Web Development
4 1,046 (86.59%) Machine Learning
5 43 (3.56%) Agile
6 36 (2.98%) UX Design
7 31 (2.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (1.99%) Analytics
9 23 (1.90%) Problem-Solving
9 23 (1.90%) Roadmaps
10 18 (1.49%) CRM
10 18 (1.49%) Front End Development
11 16 (1.32%) E-Commerce
12 15 (1.24%) Decision-Making
13 14 (1.16%) Product Backlog
13 14 (1.16%) Stakeholder Management
13 14 (1.16%) User Stories
13 14 (1.16%) Wireframes
14 13 (1.08%) Product Vision
15 12 (0.99%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 21 (1.74%) JavaScript
2 13 (1.08%) Java
3 11 (0.91%) C#
4 10 (0.83%) PHP
4 10 (0.83%) SQL
5 7 (0.58%) Swift
6 6 (0.50%) Kotlin
7 5 (0.41%) Bash
7 5 (0.41%) TypeScript
8 3 (0.25%) Python
Qualifications
1 1,053 (87.17%) Degree
2 1,046 (86.59%) Master's Degree
3 1,045 (86.51%) PhD
3 1,045 (86.51%) Postgraduate
4 7 (0.58%) SC Cleared
4 7 (0.58%) Security Cleared
5 4 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.17%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.083%) A+ Certification
7 1 (0.083%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.083%) CBAP
7 1 (0.083%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.083%) MCDST
7 1 (0.083%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.083%) PMP
7 1 (0.083%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (2.07%) Accessibility
2 18 (1.49%) QA
3 12 (0.99%) WCAG
4 5 (0.41%) GDPR
5 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.25%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.25%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 19770
7 1 (0.083%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.083%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 6 (0.50%) Docker
2 3 (0.25%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.17%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.083%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (0.17%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.083%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.083%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.083%) MOM
2 1 (0.083%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.083%) Terraform
Vendors
1 24 (1.99%) Microsoft
2 6 (0.50%) Adobe
2 6 (0.50%) Amplitude
2 6 (0.50%) Oracle
2 6 (0.50%) ServiceNow
3 5 (0.41%) Nexthink
4 4 (0.33%) Google
5 3 (0.25%) Apple
5 3 (0.25%) Infor
5 3 (0.25%) SAP
6 2 (0.17%) Citrix
6 2 (0.17%) Facebook
6 2 (0.17%) Instagram
6 2 (0.17%) OpenAI
6 2 (0.17%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.17%) TikTok
6 2 (0.17%) YouTube
7 1 (0.083%) Databricks
7 1 (0.083%) Hotjar
7 1 (0.083%) IFS