UX Designer Job Trends in the North East

User Experience Designer
England > North East

The median User Experience Designer salary in the North East is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 83 68
Rank change year-on-year +7 -15 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a UX Designer 2 3 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.20% 0.31% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.33% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 1
10th Percentile - £29,850 -
25th Percentile - £34,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% -15.00% -14.53%
75th Percentile - £42,750 £52,500
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -12.00%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
North East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North East. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North East with a recognized job title 944 923 630
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.91% 95.75% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 638 411 545
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,686 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.63% - +1.86%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £61,250
90th Percentile £78,790 £85,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.44%

UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'UX Designer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North East.

UX Designer job vacancy trend in the North East

UX Designer
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for UX Designer job vacancies in the North East.

Salary distribution trend for UX Designer job vacancies in the North East

UX Designer
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 UX Designer within the North East region over the 6 months to 5 January 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 +7 2 £55,000 +29.41%
UX Designer
England

UX Designer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East

For the 6 months to 5 January 2026, UX Designer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North East region featuring UX Designer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe
1 2 (100.00%) Figma
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Front End Development
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusive Design
2 1 (50.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (50.00%) InVision
2 1 (50.00%) Journey Map
2 1 (50.00%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile First
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) React Native
2 1 (50.00%) Responsive Web Design
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Sketch
2 1 (50.00%) Storyboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (50.00%) UX Research
2 1 (50.00%) Wireframes
2 1 (50.00%) WordPress

UX Designer Skill Set
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 1 (50.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (50.00%) InVision
1 1 (50.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Figma
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Data Protection
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Front End Development
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusive Design
2 1 (50.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (50.00%) Journey Map
2 1 (50.00%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile First
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Product Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Responsive Web Design
2 1 (50.00%) Storyboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (50.00%) UX Research
2 1 (50.00%) Wireframes
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe