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

6 months to
1 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 107 104 68
Rank change year-on-year -3 -36 +74
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 170 133 457
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.32% 2.54% 3.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 2.91% 4.19%
Number of salaries quoted 120 81 273
10th Percentile £32,375 £32,500 £27,050
25th Percentile £37,188 £41,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,688 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.18% +13.03% -13.64%
75th Percentile £58,710 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £74,125 £68,750 £70,400
England median annual salary £57,150 £60,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -4.75% +17.65% -20.31%

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 8,946 4,568 10,911
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 69.57% 87.26% 79.15%
Number of salaries quoted 6,314 2,669 7,448
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,700 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.25% +2.11% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,438 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 1 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 1 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 -26 101 £47,500 -13.64% 42
East Midlands +14 69 £45,000 +28.57% 25
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 15 (8.82%) CMS
2 11 (6.47%) SharePoint
3 7 (4.12%) Confluence
4 3 (1.76%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (1.76%) nginx
5 1 (0.59%) Apache
5 1 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.59%) Drupal
Applications
1 14 (8.24%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (5.29%) Photoshop
3 8 (4.71%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (2.94%) Adobe After Effects
5 4 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
6 3 (1.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.59%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.59%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.59%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (4.12%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (4.12%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (2.94%) Shopify
3 2 (1.18%) Dynamics GP
3 2 (1.18%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.59%) Magento
4 1 (0.59%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 20 (11.76%) AWS
1 20 (11.76%) GitHub
2 17 (10.00%) Azure
2 17 (10.00%) SaaS
3 16 (9.41%) Microsoft 365
4 15 (8.82%) Serverless
5 14 (8.24%) Firebase
5 14 (8.24%) GitHub Actions
5 14 (8.24%) Stripe
5 14 (8.24%) TestFlight
6 11 (6.47%) Figma
7 10 (5.88%) Power Platform
8 7 (4.12%) Entra ID
9 6 (3.53%) Power Automate
9 6 (3.53%) PowerApps
10 5 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
11 4 (2.35%) Google Analytics
12 3 (1.76%) GCP
12 3 (1.76%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.76%) Firewall
2 1 (0.59%) Broadband
2 1 (0.59%) CTI
2 1 (0.59%) Intranet
2 1 (0.59%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.59%) VLAN
2 1 (0.59%) VoIP
2 1 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.94%) Power BI
2 3 (1.76%) BigQuery
2 3 (1.76%) Looker
2 3 (1.76%) MySQL
2 3 (1.76%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.18%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.59%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (8.24%) Crashlytics
1 14 (8.24%) XCTest
2 8 (4.71%) JIRA
3 6 (3.53%) Git
4 3 (1.76%) Storybook
4 3 (1.76%) Visual Studio
4 3 (1.76%) Vite
4 3 (1.76%) XCUITest
5 2 (1.18%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.59%) gulp
6 1 (0.59%) JMeter
6 1 (0.59%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.59%) NUnit
6 1 (0.59%) Selenium
6 1 (0.59%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.59%) TestRail
6 1 (0.59%) Toad
6 1 (0.59%) webpack
6 1 (0.59%) Zephyr
General
1 70 (41.18%) Social Skills
2 29 (17.06%) Finance
3 16 (9.41%) Marketing
3 16 (9.41%) Retail
4 15 (8.82%) Law
5 13 (7.65%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (7.65%) Organisational Skills
6 12 (7.06%) Legal
7 9 (5.29%) Manufacturing
7 9 (5.29%) Public Sector
8 6 (3.53%) Games
8 6 (3.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (2.94%) iGaming
10 4 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (2.35%) Front Office
10 4 (2.35%) Military
11 2 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.18%) Legal Technology
12 1 (0.59%) Banking
12 1 (0.59%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 25 (14.71%) Designer
1 25 (14.71%) Developer
2 21 (12.35%) Analyst
2 21 (12.35%) UX Designer
3 16 (9.41%) Senior
4 14 (8.24%) Mobile Engineer
5 12 (7.06%) Business Analyst
6 9 (5.29%) Product Owner
7 8 (4.71%) Service Manager
8 7 (4.12%) IT Support
8 7 (4.12%) Lead
8 7 (4.12%) Products Support Technician
8 7 (4.12%) SAP Developer
8 7 (4.12%) Support Technician
8 7 (4.12%) UI Designer
8 7 (4.12%) UI/UX Designer
9 6 (3.53%) IT Manager
10 5 (2.94%) Animator
10 5 (2.94%) Support Engineer
11 4 (2.35%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (10.00%) SwiftUI
2 14 (8.24%) UIKit
3 13 (7.65%) CSS
3 13 (7.65%) HTML
4 11 (6.47%) REST
5 8 (4.71%) .NET
5 8 (4.71%) Node.js
6 7 (4.12%) JDBC
6 7 (4.12%) OAuth
6 7 (4.12%) RESTful
6 7 (4.12%) SAP Fiori
6 7 (4.12%) SAPUI5
6 7 (4.12%) SOAP
7 5 (2.94%) Laravel
7 5 (2.94%) React
7 5 (2.94%) Sass
8 4 (2.35%) AngularJS
8 4 (2.35%) HTML5
8 4 (2.35%) React Native
8 4 (2.35%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 22 (12.94%) Mobile App
2 20 (11.76%) Product Ownership
3 14 (8.24%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (4.12%) Legacy Systems
5 6 (3.53%) Onboarding
6 5 (2.94%) Animation
6 5 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (2.35%) CMDB
7 4 (2.35%) Culture of Ownership
8 3 (1.76%) Cyber Security Posture
8 3 (1.76%) Graphic Design
8 3 (1.76%) Security Posture
9 2 (1.18%) AI Agents
9 2 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (1.18%) BYOD
9 2 (1.18%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.18%) Management Information System
9 2 (1.18%) Photography
10 1 (0.59%) Driving Licence
10 1 (0.59%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 21 (12.35%) Apple iOS
2 16 (9.41%) Windows
3 4 (2.35%) Android
3 4 (2.35%) Linux
4 3 (1.76%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.59%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (26.47%) Continuous Improvement
2 37 (21.76%) Agile
3 33 (19.41%) UX Design
4 32 (18.82%) Analytics
4 32 (18.82%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (13.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 23 (13.53%) Test Automation
6 20 (11.76%) Code Quality
6 20 (11.76%) Process Improvement
7 19 (11.18%) CI/CD
7 19 (11.18%) Product Vision
7 19 (11.18%) Workflow
8 18 (10.59%) Decision-Making
8 18 (10.59%) Roadmaps
9 17 (10.00%) Clean Code
9 17 (10.00%) ERP
9 17 (10.00%) iOS Development
9 17 (10.00%) Storyboarding
10 16 (9.41%) CRM
11 15 (8.82%) Deployment Automation
Programming Languages
1 17 (10.00%) Swift
2 14 (8.24%) JavaScript
2 14 (8.24%) Kotlin
3 13 (7.65%) Java
4 10 (5.88%) SQL
5 8 (4.71%) PHP
6 7 (4.12%) ABAP
6 7 (4.12%) C#
7 5 (2.94%) TypeScript
8 3 (1.76%) Bash
9 2 (1.18%) PowerShell
9 2 (1.18%) Python
10 1 (0.59%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 17 (10.00%) Degree
2 8 (4.71%) Microsoft Certification
2 8 (4.71%) Security Cleared
3 4 (2.35%) A+ Certification
3 4 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (2.35%) SC Cleared
4 3 (1.76%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.59%) CBAP
6 1 (0.59%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.59%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.59%) MCDST
6 1 (0.59%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.59%) PMP
6 1 (0.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (11.76%) Accessibility
2 13 (7.65%) QA
3 7 (4.12%) GDPR
4 6 (3.53%) Data Quality
5 4 (2.35%) WCAG
6 3 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.76%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.76%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.59%) SLA
7 1 (0.59%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 5 (2.94%) Active Directory
2 4 (2.35%) Docker
3 2 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (1.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.18%) Terraform
3 1 (0.59%) HP ALM
3 1 (0.59%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 14 (8.24%) Amplitude
2 14 (8.24%) Braze
3 10 (5.88%) SAP
4 9 (5.29%) Adobe
5 7 (4.12%) iManage
6 5 (2.94%) Apple
7 3 (1.76%) Google
7 3 (1.76%) Infor
7 3 (1.76%) Nexthink
7 3 (1.76%) Oracle
7 3 (1.76%) Salesforce
8 2 (1.18%) IFS
8 2 (1.18%) OpenAI
8 2 (1.18%) Samsung
8 2 (1.18%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.59%) Cisco
9 1 (0.59%) Databricks
9 1 (0.59%) Hotjar
9 1 (0.59%) HP