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

6 months to
12 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 116 79
Rank change year-on-year -5 -37 +16
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 179 133 255
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.14% 2.40% 2.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.62% 2.76% 3.38%
Number of salaries quoted 112 91 121
10th Percentile £25,754 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,688 £40,625 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,724 £53,688 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.56% +19.31% -18.18%
75th Percentile £55,625 £61,041 £62,556
90th Percentile £67,250 £70,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -0.87% - -4.96%

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 11,065 4,815 7,536
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 70.75% 86.85% 80.52%
Number of salaries quoted 7,812 2,803 3,480
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £39,500 £32,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,281 £45,390 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.77% -9.22% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

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 October 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 October 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 -31 111 £45,497 -19.47% 89
East Midlands +1 68 £42,500 +6.25% 52
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 (5.03%) CMS
2 8 (4.47%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.79%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.68%) WordPress
5 1 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (2.79%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (2.23%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (1.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (1.68%) Chatbot
4 2 (1.12%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.56%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (0.56%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.56%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.56%) Elementor
5 1 (0.56%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 9 (5.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (3.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.68%) Dynamics GP
3 3 (1.68%) Magento
3 3 (1.68%) Shopify
4 2 (1.12%) NetSuite
4 2 (1.12%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 28 (15.64%) Microsoft 365
2 26 (14.53%) Azure
3 19 (10.61%) Entra ID
4 14 (7.82%) Figma
5 12 (6.70%) AWS
6 11 (6.15%) SaaS
7 7 (3.91%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 7 (3.91%) Power Platform
8 6 (3.35%) Azure DevOps
9 5 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (2.23%) Firebase
10 4 (2.23%) GitHub
10 4 (2.23%) GitHub Actions
10 4 (2.23%) Google Analytics
10 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (2.23%) Serverless
10 4 (2.23%) Stripe
10 4 (2.23%) TestFlight
11 3 (1.68%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.68%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (4.47%) Firewall
2 6 (3.35%) DNS
3 5 (2.79%) DHCP
3 5 (2.79%) TCP/IP
3 5 (2.79%) VPN
4 3 (1.68%) Network Security
4 3 (1.68%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (1.12%) Internet
6 1 (0.56%) CTI
6 1 (0.56%) Intranet
6 1 (0.56%) SSL
6 1 (0.56%) VLAN
6 1 (0.56%) VoIP
6 1 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.79%) Power BI
2 2 (1.12%) MySQL
2 2 (1.12%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.56%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (5.59%) JIRA
2 9 (5.03%) Git
3 4 (2.23%) Crashlytics
3 4 (2.23%) XCTest
4 1 (0.56%) gulp
4 1 (0.56%) NUnit
4 1 (0.56%) webpack
4 1 (0.56%) Yeoman
General
1 95 (53.07%) Social Skills
2 39 (21.79%) Finance
3 20 (11.17%) Organisational Skills
4 17 (9.50%) Analytical Skills
4 17 (9.50%) Retail
5 16 (8.94%) Law
5 16 (8.94%) Marketing
6 12 (6.70%) Legal
7 11 (6.15%) Public Sector
8 8 (4.47%) Manufacturing
9 7 (3.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
11 4 (2.23%) Advertising
11 4 (2.23%) Banking
12 2 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
12 2 (1.12%) Front Office
12 2 (1.12%) Legal Technology
12 2 (1.12%) Local Government
12 2 (1.12%) Military
12 2 (1.12%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 26 (14.53%) Designer
2 23 (12.85%) Analyst
2 23 (12.85%) Developer
3 22 (12.29%) IT Support
4 20 (11.17%) Senior
5 15 (8.38%) Business Analyst
5 15 (8.38%) UX Designer
6 11 (6.15%) 1st Line Support
6 11 (6.15%) Support Engineer
7 10 (5.59%) IT Engineer
7 10 (5.59%) Lead
8 9 (5.03%) Digital Designer
8 9 (5.03%) Mid-Level Digital Designer
8 9 (5.03%) SAP Developer
8 9 (5.03%) Senior Analyst
9 8 (4.47%) IT Support Engineer
9 8 (4.47%) Service Manager
10 7 (3.91%) IT Manager
10 7 (3.91%) Project Manager
10 7 (3.91%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (6.70%) REST
2 11 (6.15%) Node.js
3 9 (5.03%) JDBC
3 9 (5.03%) OAuth
3 9 (5.03%) SAP Fiori
3 9 (5.03%) SAPUI5
3 9 (5.03%) SOAP
4 8 (4.47%) CSS
4 8 (4.47%) HTML
5 6 (3.35%) React
5 6 (3.35%) React Native
6 4 (2.23%) .NET
6 4 (2.23%) Middleware
6 4 (2.23%) SwiftUI
6 4 (2.23%) UIKit
7 3 (1.68%) CSS3
7 3 (1.68%) Gherkin
7 3 (1.68%) HTML5
7 3 (1.68%) jQuery
8 2 (1.12%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 13 (7.26%) Mobile App
2 11 (6.15%) Product Ownership
3 10 (5.59%) Onboarding
4 8 (4.47%) PMI
5 7 (3.91%) Self-Motivation
6 6 (3.35%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.79%) Driving Licence
8 4 (2.23%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (2.23%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.68%) AI Agents
9 3 (1.68%) Cyber Threat
9 3 (1.68%) Data Centre
9 3 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (1.68%) Legacy Systems
10 2 (1.12%) BYOD
10 2 (1.12%) CMDB
10 2 (1.12%) Culture of Ownership
10 2 (1.12%) IoT
10 2 (1.12%) IVR
10 2 (1.12%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 25 (13.97%) Windows
2 9 (5.03%) Apple iOS
2 9 (5.03%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.68%) Android
3 3 (1.68%) macOS
4 1 (0.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (43.02%) Problem-Solving
2 59 (32.96%) Continuous Improvement
3 33 (18.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 31 (17.32%) Agile
5 26 (14.53%) Analytics
5 26 (14.53%) E-Commerce
6 24 (13.41%) AI
6 24 (13.41%) UX Design
7 23 (12.85%) Coaching
8 21 (11.73%) ITIL
9 20 (11.17%) Mentoring
10 19 (10.61%) Service Management
10 19 (10.61%) Workflow
11 18 (10.06%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 17 (9.50%) Customer Service
13 15 (8.38%) Roadmaps
14 14 (7.82%) Project Delivery
15 13 (7.26%) Decision-Making
15 13 (7.26%) ITSM
16 12 (6.70%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 15 (8.38%) SQL
2 9 (5.03%) ABAP
2 9 (5.03%) Java
2 9 (5.03%) PowerShell
3 7 (3.91%) JavaScript
4 6 (3.35%) TypeScript
5 4 (2.23%) Kotlin
5 4 (2.23%) Swift
6 3 (1.68%) C#
7 2 (1.12%) PHP
8 1 (0.56%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 16 (8.94%) Degree
2 8 (4.47%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (4.47%) PMI Certification
3 5 (2.79%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.68%) CBAP
4 3 (1.68%) IIBA
5 2 (1.12%) A+ Certification
5 2 (1.12%) Azure Certification
5 2 (1.12%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.12%) Postgraduate
5 2 (1.12%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.56%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.56%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.56%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.56%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.56%) Network+ Certification
6 1 (0.56%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.70%) QA
2 11 (6.15%) Accessibility
3 6 (3.35%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.12%) GDPR
4 2 (1.12%) SLA
5 1 (0.56%) WCAG
System Software
1 13 (7.26%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.23%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (1.12%) Firmware
4 1 (0.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (6.15%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 47 (26.26%) Microsoft
2 15 (8.38%) Adobe
3 11 (6.15%) SAP
4 9 (5.03%) iManage
5 6 (3.35%) Google
5 6 (3.35%) Salesforce
5 6 (3.35%) ServiceNow
6 4 (2.23%) Amplitude
6 4 (2.23%) Braze
7 3 (1.68%) Cisco
8 2 (1.12%) Apple
8 2 (1.12%) IFS
8 2 (1.12%) Oracle
8 2 (1.12%) Samsung
9 1 (0.56%) Facebook
9 1 (0.56%) Instagram
9 1 (0.56%) OpenAI
9 1 (0.56%) Pinterest
9 1 (0.56%) TikTok
9 1 (0.56%) WooCommerce