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

6 months to
4 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 68 60
Rank change year-on-year +59 -8 +38
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,944 323 589
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 10.57% 4.49% 3.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.57% 4.75% 4.26%
Number of salaries quoted 265 185 396
10th Percentile £29,605 £32,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% -17.39%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,389 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £58,500 £51,000
% change year-on-year -1.71% +14.71% -21.54%

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 13,338 6,803 13,838
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 72.50% 94.59% 83.11%
Number of salaries quoted 8,235 3,797 11,027
10th Percentile £29,500 £27,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,772 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -12.00%

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 4 May 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 4 May 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 +48 1,661 £57,500 +4.55% 246
Yorkshire +36 247 £55,000 +27.91% 63
North East -20 36 £55,000 +14.58% 24
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 21 (1.08%) CMS
2 20 (1.03%) SharePoint
3 11 (0.57%) WordPress
4 9 (0.46%) Confluence
5 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.26%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.10%) nginx
8 1 (0.051%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 9 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
3 6 (0.31%) Sketch
4 3 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.15%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.10%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (0.10%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.10%) Trello
6 1 (0.051%) Blender
6 1 (0.051%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (0.051%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.051%) InDesign
6 1 (0.051%) MadCap Flare
6 1 (0.051%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (0.41%) Magento
1 8 (0.41%) Shopify
2 6 (0.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.051%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 1,616 (83.13%) Cloud Computing
2 55 (2.83%) Azure
3 37 (1.90%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (1.70%) SaaS
5 29 (1.49%) Power Platform
6 28 (1.44%) Figma
7 23 (1.18%) Entra ID
8 19 (0.98%) Google Analytics
9 15 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
10 13 (0.67%) AWS
11 12 (0.62%) Power Automate
11 12 (0.62%) PowerApps
12 11 (0.57%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (0.46%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (0.46%) Microsoft Copilot
13 9 (0.46%) OneDrive
14 8 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
15 7 (0.36%) Adobe Analytics
16 5 (0.26%) Azure Logic Apps
16 5 (0.26%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 1,615 (83.08%) Internet
2 5 (0.26%) HTTP
3 2 (0.10%) Intranet
4 1 (0.051%) DHCP
4 1 (0.051%) DNS
4 1 (0.051%) Firewall
4 1 (0.051%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.051%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.051%) VLAN
4 1 (0.051%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (0.46%) Looker
2 8 (0.41%) SQL Server
3 7 (0.36%) Power BI
4 5 (0.26%) MongoDB
4 5 (0.26%) MySQL
4 5 (0.26%) NoSQL
5 4 (0.21%) BigQuery
5 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.15%) Metadata
6 3 (0.15%) Relational Database
7 2 (0.10%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.10%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.10%) Mixpanel
7 2 (0.10%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.10%) PostHog
7 2 (0.10%) Redis
7 2 (0.10%) Tableau
8 1 (0.051%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.051%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 19 (0.98%) JIRA
2 17 (0.87%) Git
3 5 (0.26%) JUnit
4 4 (0.21%) NUnit
5 3 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (0.15%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.15%) fastlane
5 3 (0.15%) GitLab
5 3 (0.15%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.15%) Selenium
6 2 (0.10%) Postman
6 2 (0.10%) Vagrant
7 1 (0.051%) Claude Code
7 1 (0.051%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.051%) gulp
7 1 (0.051%) JMeter
7 1 (0.051%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.051%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.051%) webpack
General
1 1,702 (87.55%) Social Skills
2 1,628 (83.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,621 (83.38%) Banking
4 62 (3.19%) Finance
5 58 (2.98%) Marketing
6 39 (2.01%) Analytical Skills
6 39 (2.01%) Public Sector
7 15 (0.77%) Retail
8 14 (0.72%) Law
9 12 (0.62%) Legal
10 11 (0.57%) Manufacturing
11 10 (0.51%) Organisational Skills
12 8 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (0.31%) Advertising
14 4 (0.21%) Brand Awareness
14 4 (0.21%) Health Technology
15 2 (0.10%) Digital Health
15 2 (0.10%) Games
15 2 (0.10%) Retail Banking
15 2 (0.10%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 1,224 (62.96%) Lecturer
2 60 (3.09%) Senior
3 53 (2.73%) Designer
4 38 (1.95%) Developer
5 33 (1.70%) UX Designer
6 29 (1.49%) Analyst
7 23 (1.18%) IT Manager
8 22 (1.13%) Lead
8 22 (1.13%) Service Manager
9 20 (1.03%) Senior Manager
10 19 (0.98%) Product Designer
11 17 (0.87%) IT Services Manager
11 17 (0.87%) Senior IT Manager
11 17 (0.87%) Senior Service Manager
12 15 (0.77%) Product Manager
13 13 (0.67%) E-Commerce Specialist
13 13 (0.67%) Senior Designer
13 13 (0.67%) Senior UX Designer
13 13 (0.67%) Support Engineer
14 12 (0.62%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (1.95%) HTML
2 36 (1.85%) CSS
3 24 (1.23%) .NET
4 19 (0.98%) React
5 17 (0.87%) AngularJS
6 14 (0.72%) RESTful
7 12 (0.62%) ASP.NET
8 11 (0.57%) Node.js
9 10 (0.51%) .NET Framework
10 8 (0.41%) REST
11 7 (0.36%) Spring
12 6 (0.31%) .NET Core
12 6 (0.31%) ASP.NET Core
12 6 (0.31%) Entity Framework
12 6 (0.31%) HTML5
12 6 (0.31%) jQuery
12 6 (0.31%) Web Services
13 5 (0.26%) Spring Boot
14 4 (0.21%) LangChain
14 4 (0.21%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 1,616 (83.13%) IoT
2 25 (1.29%) Product Ownership
3 17 (0.87%) Onboarding
4 14 (0.72%) Mobile App
5 12 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (0.41%) Cloud Native
7 8 (0.41%) Social Media
8 6 (0.31%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (0.31%) Low-Code
9 5 (0.26%) Photography
10 4 (0.21%) AI Agents
10 4 (0.21%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.21%) Media Streaming
11 3 (0.15%) Animation
11 3 (0.15%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.15%) FMCG
11 3 (0.15%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.15%) NHS
11 3 (0.15%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 19 (0.98%) Windows
2 9 (0.46%) Windows 10
3 8 (0.41%) Apple iOS
4 4 (0.21%) Android
5 2 (0.10%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.051%) Mac OS
6 1 (0.051%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,657 (85.24%) AI
2 1,629 (83.80%) Web Development
3 1,622 (83.44%) Cybersecurity
4 1,617 (83.18%) Machine Learning
5 90 (4.63%) Continuous Improvement
6 87 (4.48%) Agile
6 87 (4.48%) UX Design
7 68 (3.50%) Problem-Solving
8 59 (3.03%) Mentoring
9 54 (2.78%) Analytics
10 40 (2.06%) E-Commerce
10 40 (2.06%) SEO
11 38 (1.95%) ITIL
12 36 (1.85%) CRM
13 34 (1.75%) Coaching
13 34 (1.75%) Decision-Making
13 34 (1.75%) DevOps
14 33 (1.70%) Service Management
15 32 (1.65%) Roadmaps
15 32 (1.65%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 37 (1.90%) JavaScript
2 26 (1.34%) TypeScript
3 24 (1.23%) SQL
4 20 (1.03%) C#
5 12 (0.62%) Python
6 9 (0.46%) Java
7 4 (0.21%) Bicep
7 4 (0.21%) Swift
8 3 (0.15%) PHP
9 1 (0.051%) Go
9 1 (0.051%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.051%) VB
Qualifications
1 1,647 (84.72%) Degree
2 1,617 (83.18%) Master's Degree
3 1,615 (83.08%) PhD
3 1,615 (83.08%) Postgraduate
4 9 (0.46%) Security Cleared
5 5 (0.26%) DBS Check
6 4 (0.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.21%) DV Cleared
6 4 (0.21%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.15%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.10%) IIBA
8 2 (0.10%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.10%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.051%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.051%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.051%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (2.01%) Accessibility
2 27 (1.39%) QA
3 18 (0.93%) GDPR
4 13 (0.67%) Data Quality
5 10 (0.51%) PCI DSS
6 8 (0.41%) WCAG
7 7 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.21%) SLA
9 3 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 2 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 1 (0.051%) HL7
11 1 (0.051%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (1.03%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.41%) Docker
Systems Management
1 18 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (0.67%) Terraform
3 8 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (0.36%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.10%) Grafana
5 2 (0.10%) Packer
5 2 (0.10%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.051%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 69 (3.55%) Microsoft
2 22 (1.13%) Google
3 21 (1.08%) Adobe
4 10 (0.51%) ServiceNow
5 9 (0.46%) New Relic
6 8 (0.41%) Splunk
7 6 (0.31%) Hotjar
8 4 (0.21%) DevExpress
8 4 (0.21%) OneLogin
9 3 (0.15%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.10%) Amplitude
10 2 (0.10%) Databricks
10 2 (0.10%) Hootsuite
10 2 (0.10%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.10%) SAP
11 1 (0.051%) Adyen
11 1 (0.051%) Ahrefs
11 1 (0.051%) Oracle
11 1 (0.051%) Qualtrics
11 1 (0.051%) Screaming Frog