User Experience Job Trends in the North of England

UX
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring User Experience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 53 36
Rank change year-on-year -35 -17 +61
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 421 476 624
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.76% 5.08% 4.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.49% 5.81% 5.64%
Number of salaries quoted 305 159 174
10th Percentile £29,076 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £50,000 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% +2.56% -2.50%
75th Percentile £65,640 £69,375 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,957 £79,000 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,250
% change year-on-year - +0.44% -8.40%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North of England

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 of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16,897 8,193 11,066
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.71% 87.43% 78.77%
Number of salaries quoted 12,533 4,077 6,026
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -2.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,560
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.45% -7.90%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

User Experience job vacancy trend in the North of England

User Experience
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing User Experience

User Experience
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in the North of England over the 6 months to 21 September 2026.

Salary histogram for User Experience in the North of England

User Experience
Job Locations in the North of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 21 September 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
North West -46 230 £55,000 - 235
Yorkshire +15 111 £55,000 +46.67% 82
North East -1 80 £50,000 +61.29% 47
User Experience
England

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 30 (7.13%) SharePoint
2 18 (4.28%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.09%) Confluence
4 12 (2.85%) WordPress
5 8 (1.90%) CMS
6 4 (0.95%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.48%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.48%) Moodle
7 2 (0.48%) nginx
7 2 (0.48%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.48%) Totara
8 1 (0.24%) IIS
8 1 (0.24%) Umbraco
Applications
1 18 (4.28%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (2.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.90%) Chatbot
4 7 (1.66%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.71%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.71%) Sketch
6 2 (0.48%) Camtasia
6 2 (0.48%) InVision
6 2 (0.48%) Trello
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.24%) InDesign
7 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.24%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (1.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.95%) Magento
2 4 (0.95%) Workday HCM
3 3 (0.71%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.71%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 96 (22.80%) Azure
2 65 (15.44%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (8.55%) Power Platform
4 31 (7.36%) AWS
5 25 (5.94%) SaaS
6 24 (5.70%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (5.70%) Entra ID
7 23 (5.46%) Figma
7 23 (5.46%) PowerApps
8 20 (4.75%) Microsoft Copilot
9 19 (4.51%) Power Automate
10 13 (3.09%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (2.61%) Copilot Studio
11 11 (2.61%) Firebase
12 10 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (1.66%) Azure Logic Apps
13 7 (1.66%) Google Analytics
14 6 (1.43%) OneDrive
15 5 (1.19%) GitHub
15 5 (1.19%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.38%) DNS
1 10 (2.38%) Firewall
2 9 (2.14%) DHCP
3 8 (1.90%) CTI
3 8 (1.90%) VoIP
4 6 (1.43%) Network Security
5 4 (0.95%) Skype
5 4 (0.95%) Wireless
6 3 (0.71%) FTP
6 3 (0.71%) VPN
7 2 (0.48%) Intranet
7 2 (0.48%) NetScaler
7 2 (0.48%) VLAN
8 1 (0.24%) Internet
8 1 (0.24%) SAN
8 1 (0.24%) SSL
8 1 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (1.43%) Power BI
3 5 (1.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (0.95%) GIS
4 4 (0.95%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.95%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.71%) BigQuery
5 3 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.71%) Looker
5 3 (0.71%) Metadata
5 3 (0.71%) Tableau
6 2 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.48%) Mixpanel
6 2 (0.48%) MySQL
6 2 (0.48%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 22 (5.23%) Git
2 21 (4.99%) JIRA
3 14 (3.33%) fastlane
4 11 (2.61%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.43%) Xcode
6 5 (1.19%) Android Studio
6 5 (1.19%) Crashlytics
6 5 (1.19%) Gradle
7 3 (0.71%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (0.71%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.48%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.48%) Balsamiq
8 2 (0.48%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.48%) NUnit
8 2 (0.48%) Selenium
8 2 (0.48%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.24%) JMeter
9 1 (0.24%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.24%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 97 (23.04%) Social Skills
2 74 (17.58%) Public Sector
3 64 (15.20%) Finance
4 54 (12.83%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (9.26%) Marketing
6 38 (9.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (4.75%) Influencing Skills
8 18 (4.28%) Law
8 18 (4.28%) Legal
9 16 (3.80%) Retail
10 7 (1.66%) Banking
11 6 (1.43%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.19%) Local Government
13 3 (0.71%) Advertising
13 3 (0.71%) Billing
13 3 (0.71%) Financial Institution
13 3 (0.71%) Military
13 3 (0.71%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (0.71%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (0.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 66 (15.68%) Senior
2 64 (15.20%) Developer
3 61 (14.49%) Designer
4 58 (13.78%) Lead
5 42 (9.98%) UX Designer
6 41 (9.74%) Analyst
7 28 (6.65%) IT Manager
8 23 (5.46%) Desktop Engineer
9 21 (4.99%) Product Manager
9 21 (4.99%) Support Engineer
10 20 (4.75%) Senior Developer
11 18 (4.28%) Desktop Support
11 18 (4.28%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 18 (4.28%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 18 (4.28%) IT Support
11 18 (4.28%) Product Designer
11 18 (4.28%) Service Manager
12 16 (3.80%) Business Analyst
13 14 (3.33%) IT Services Manager
13 14 (3.33%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (7.13%) CSS
2 29 (6.89%) HTML
3 25 (5.94%) React
4 23 (5.46%) .NET
5 16 (3.80%) Node.js
5 16 (3.80%) RESTful
6 10 (2.38%) Terraform
7 9 (2.14%) REST
8 7 (1.66%) CSS3
8 7 (1.66%) HTML5
8 7 (1.66%) iOS SDK
8 7 (1.66%) Next.js
9 6 (1.43%) Core Data
9 6 (1.43%) SwiftUI
9 6 (1.43%) UIKit
10 5 (1.19%) Android Jetpack
10 5 (1.19%) Android SDK
10 5 (1.19%) Jetpack Compose
10 5 (1.19%) Model Context Protocol
10 5 (1.19%) Retrofit
Miscellaneous
1 49 (11.64%) Product Ownership
2 28 (6.65%) Mobile App
3 13 (3.09%) Onboarding
4 11 (2.61%) Driving Licence
5 10 (2.38%) Cloud Native
6 8 (1.90%) Data Centre
6 8 (1.90%) IVR
7 7 (1.66%) Low-Code
8 6 (1.43%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (1.43%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.19%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.95%) AI Agents
10 4 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (0.95%) Learning Management System
10 4 (0.95%) Media Streaming
10 4 (0.95%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (0.95%) Video\Live Streaming
11 3 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
11 3 (0.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
11 3 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 51 (12.11%) Windows
2 23 (5.46%) Windows 10
3 16 (3.80%) Apple iOS
4 14 (3.33%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.85%) Android
6 8 (1.90%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.43%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.95%) Linux
8 4 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 117 (27.79%) Continuous Improvement
2 115 (27.32%) UX Design
3 110 (26.13%) Agile
4 101 (23.99%) Problem-Solving
5 75 (17.81%) Mentoring
6 71 (16.86%) Roadmaps
7 69 (16.39%) Analytics
8 68 (16.15%) AI
9 54 (12.83%) CI/CD
10 47 (11.16%) Coaching
11 46 (10.93%) ITIL
12 43 (10.21%) Decision-Making
12 43 (10.21%) DevOps
13 40 (9.50%) Stakeholder Management
14 39 (9.26%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 38 (9.03%) Customer Service
16 33 (7.84%) Product Roadmap
17 32 (7.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 30 (7.13%) ITSM
19 29 (6.89%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 39 (9.26%) JavaScript
2 29 (6.89%) TypeScript
3 23 (5.46%) C#
4 19 (4.51%) SQL
5 18 (4.28%) Python
6 13 (3.09%) Java
7 11 (2.61%) PowerShell
8 9 (2.14%) PHP
8 9 (2.14%) Swift
8 9 (2.14%) VBScript
9 5 (1.19%) Kotlin
9 5 (1.19%) VB
10 3 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.71%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.48%) Bicep
12 1 (0.24%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.24%) Scala
Qualifications
1 33 (7.84%) Degree
2 25 (5.94%) Security Cleared
3 12 (2.85%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.14%) DBS Check
5 8 (1.90%) Postgraduate
6 6 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.19%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.95%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.71%) IIBA
9 3 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.48%) MCSE
10 2 (0.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.24%) CSPO
11 1 (0.24%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.24%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (14.25%) Accessibility
2 28 (6.65%) WCAG
3 16 (3.80%) GDPR
4 13 (3.09%) QA
5 10 (2.38%) Cyber Essentials
6 9 (2.14%) Data Quality
7 7 (1.66%) SLA
8 5 (1.19%) Actionable Recommendations
8 5 (1.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (1.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.24%) GRC
9 1 (0.24%) PMO
System Software
1 24 (5.70%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.90%) BitLocker
2 8 (1.90%) Docker
3 3 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.48%) UAG
4 2 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 23 (5.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (2.85%) SCCM
3 7 (1.66%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.48%) AirWatch
4 2 (0.48%) Packer
4 2 (0.48%) Progress Chef
4 2 (0.48%) vCenter Server
5 1 (0.24%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 111 (26.37%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.04%) Google
3 12 (2.85%) Cisco
4 11 (2.61%) Dynatrace
5 10 (2.38%) ServiceNow
6 9 (2.14%) Apple
7 8 (1.90%) Adobe
7 8 (1.90%) Avaya
7 8 (1.90%) Genesys
8 6 (1.43%) Meraki
9 4 (0.95%) CheckPoint
9 4 (0.95%) iManage
9 4 (0.95%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.95%) Workday
10 3 (0.71%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.71%) VMware
11 2 (0.48%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.48%) DevExpress
11 2 (0.48%) HubSpot
11 2 (0.48%) SolarWinds