User Experience Job Trends in the North East

UX
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring User Experience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 68 42 60
Rank change year-on-year -26 +18 +12
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 31 19 60
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 1.72% 3.42% 3.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 3.74% 3.81%
Number of salaries quoted 28 16 43
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,866 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £48,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% +12.94% +4.94%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,854 £54,375
90th Percentile £65,192 £70,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.71% +11.43% -19.23%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

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 North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,323 508 1,575
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 73.42% 91.53% 86.73%
Number of salaries quoted 911 329 1,289
10th Percentile £28,250 £27,950 £27,873
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -2.06%
75th Percentile £68,125 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,250 £82,500 £75,772
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing User Experience relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.

User Experience job vacancy trend in the North East

User Experience
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing User Experience.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing User Experience

User Experience
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in the North East over the 6 months to 20 April 2026.

Salary histogram for User Experience in the North East

User Experience
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience within the North East region over the 6 months to 20 April 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
Tyne and Wear -24 30 £55,000 +9.45% 17
Durham -16 1 £33,000 -26.67% 2
User Experience
England

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 2 (6.45%) WordPress
2 1 (3.23%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (3.23%) InVision
2 1 (3.23%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 3 (9.68%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 8 (25.81%) Azure
2 4 (12.90%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (12.90%) GCP
3 3 (9.68%) Figma
4 2 (6.45%) AWS
4 2 (6.45%) Google Analytics
4 2 (6.45%) Google Tag Manager
4 2 (6.45%) Power Platform
5 1 (3.23%) Dagster
5 1 (3.23%) Pulumi
5 1 (3.23%) SaaS
5 1 (3.23%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.68%) BigQuery
2 2 (6.45%) Looker
2 2 (6.45%) Power BI
3 1 (3.23%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
General
1 8 (25.81%) Finance
2 7 (22.58%) Marketing
3 6 (19.35%) Social Skills
4 5 (16.13%) Public Sector
5 2 (6.45%) Digital Health
5 2 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (6.45%) Wearables
6 1 (3.23%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (3.23%) Electronics
6 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (32.26%) Analyst
2 8 (25.81%) Business Analyst
3 5 (16.13%) Developer
3 5 (16.13%) Full-Stack Developer
3 5 (16.13%) Senior
4 3 (9.68%) CRM Specialist
4 3 (9.68%) Designer
4 3 (9.68%) Lead
5 2 (6.45%) Data Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) IT Manager
5 2 (6.45%) IT Services Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Senior IT Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Senior Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Senior Service Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Service Manager
5 2 (6.45%) UX Designer
6 1 (3.23%) .NET Developer
6 1 (3.23%) C# Developer
6 1 (3.23%) Senior Developer
6 1 (3.23%) Web Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (19.35%) CSS
1 6 (19.35%) HTML
2 5 (16.13%) .NET
3 4 (12.90%) .NET Core
3 4 (12.90%) ASP.NET
3 4 (12.90%) Node.js
4 1 (3.23%) Apache Cordova
4 1 (3.23%) React Native
4 1 (3.23%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 7 (22.58%) Product Ownership
2 3 (9.68%) Animation
2 3 (9.68%) Onboarding
2 3 (9.68%) Photography
3 2 (6.45%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.23%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.23%) Online Gambling
4 1 (3.23%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.23%) Android
1 1 (3.23%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (35.48%) Mentoring
2 9 (29.03%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 8 (25.81%) UX Design
4 7 (22.58%) Agile
5 6 (19.35%) Analytics
5 6 (19.35%) Full-Stack Development
6 5 (16.13%) Coaching
6 5 (16.13%) DevOps
6 5 (16.13%) Roadmaps
7 4 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 4 (12.90%) SEO
7 4 (12.90%) Software Engineering
7 4 (12.90%) Technology Roadmap
7 4 (12.90%) Validation
8 3 (9.68%) CRM
8 3 (9.68%) Customer Retention
8 3 (9.68%) E-Commerce
8 3 (9.68%) Project Delivery
8 3 (9.68%) Project Management
8 3 (9.68%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 6 (19.35%) JavaScript
2 5 (16.13%) C#
3 1 (3.23%) Python
3 1 (3.23%) SQL
3 1 (3.23%) XAML
Qualifications
1 3 (9.68%) Degree
2 2 (6.45%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.23%) IIBA
3 1 (3.23%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.23%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) Accessibility
2 5 (16.13%) QA
3 3 (9.68%) GDPR
4 2 (6.45%) Data Quality
5 1 (3.23%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (3.23%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (3.23%) Terraform
Vendors
1 6 (19.35%) Adobe
2 3 (9.68%) HubSpot
3 2 (6.45%) Google
3 2 (6.45%) Microsoft