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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 15 37 77
Rank change year-on-year +22 +40 -12
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 828 589 266
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 8.74% 4.84% 3.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.36% 5.81% 3.84%
Number of salaries quoted 151 179 201
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,150 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,625 £40,494 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £66,875 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £73,750 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £62,000
% change year-on-year - -7.26% -0.80%

All Process and 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 7,994 10,140 6,936
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 84.41% 83.24% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 4,577 4,802 5,240
10th Percentile £26,500 £31,250 £29,750
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £50,811 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.06% -7.62% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,067 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £83,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.44%

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 26 November 2025.

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 26 November 2025. 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 +14 701 £52,500 - 109
Yorkshire +16 111 £44,705 -10.59% 71
North East -19 16 £44,081 +3.72% 31
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 13 (1.57%) CMS
2 9 (1.09%) SharePoint
3 8 (0.97%) Confluence
4 4 (0.48%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.36%) WordPress
6 2 (0.24%) Drupal
6 2 (0.24%) EPiServer
6 2 (0.24%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 7 (0.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.60%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.60%) Chatbot
2 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.60%) Sketch
3 3 (0.36%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.24%) InVision
4 2 (0.24%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.12%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.12%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.12%) MadCap Flare
5 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
5 1 (0.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (0.36%) Shopify
2 1 (0.12%) Magento
2 1 (0.12%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.12%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 625 (75.48%) Cloud Computing
2 40 (4.83%) Azure
3 32 (3.86%) AWS
4 18 (2.17%) SaaS
5 16 (1.93%) Figma
5 16 (1.93%) Microsoft 365
6 14 (1.69%) Power Platform
7 12 (1.45%) Google Analytics
8 8 (0.97%) Serverless
9 7 (0.85%) Adobe Analytics
9 7 (0.85%) AWS Lambda
10 6 (0.72%) Power Automate
11 5 (0.60%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (0.60%) GitHub
11 5 (0.60%) PowerApps
12 4 (0.48%) GCP
12 4 (0.48%) Google Ads
12 4 (0.48%) OneDrive
13 3 (0.36%) Entra ID
13 3 (0.36%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 626 (75.60%) Internet
2 5 (0.60%) DNS
3 4 (0.48%) LAN
4 3 (0.36%) WAN
5 2 (0.24%) AMQP
5 2 (0.24%) HTTP
5 2 (0.24%) Intranet
6 1 (0.12%) Broadband
6 1 (0.12%) DHCP
6 1 (0.12%) SSH
6 1 (0.12%) SSL
6 1 (0.12%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.12%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.12%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (1.33%) Power BI
2 9 (1.09%) MySQL
3 8 (0.97%) NoSQL
4 6 (0.72%) DynamoDB
5 5 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (0.60%) Relational Database
5 5 (0.60%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.48%) Metadata
6 4 (0.48%) Mixpanel
7 3 (0.36%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.24%) Looker
8 2 (0.24%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.12%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.12%) DocumentDB
9 1 (0.12%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.12%) Redis
Development Applications
1 20 (2.42%) Git
2 11 (1.33%) JIRA
3 5 (0.60%) webpack
4 4 (0.48%) Xcode
5 3 (0.36%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.36%) JUnit
6 2 (0.24%) Babel
6 2 (0.24%) GitLab
6 2 (0.24%) Grunt
6 2 (0.24%) gulp
6 2 (0.24%) Selenium
7 1 (0.12%) Android Studio
7 1 (0.12%) Axure RP
7 1 (0.12%) ESLint
7 1 (0.12%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.12%) Maven
7 1 (0.12%) Storybook
General
1 708 (85.51%) Social Skills
2 632 (76.33%) Banking
3 631 (76.21%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 37 (4.47%) Finance
5 30 (3.62%) Marketing
6 24 (2.90%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (1.69%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (1.45%) Law
9 11 (1.33%) Public Sector
10 9 (1.09%) Electronics
10 9 (1.09%) Legal
10 9 (1.09%) Manufacturing
11 8 (0.97%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (0.97%) Retail
12 6 (0.72%) Games
12 6 (0.72%) Pharmaceutical
13 2 (0.24%) Advertising
13 2 (0.24%) Aerospace
14 1 (0.12%) Digital Health
14 1 (0.12%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 496 (59.90%) Lecturer
2 60 (7.25%) Developer
3 31 (3.74%) Senior
4 28 (3.38%) Analyst
5 24 (2.90%) IT Support
6 18 (2.17%) IT Analyst
6 18 (2.17%) IT Support Analyst
6 18 (2.17%) Support Analyst
7 14 (1.69%) Full-Stack Developer
8 12 (1.45%) Lead
9 11 (1.33%) Senior Developer
10 10 (1.21%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 9 (1.09%) .NET Developer
11 9 (1.09%) Software Engineer
12 8 (0.97%) Designer
12 8 (0.97%) Java Developer
12 8 (0.97%) React Developer
12 8 (0.97%) Software Developer
13 7 (0.85%) Senior Manager
14 6 (0.72%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (5.31%) CSS
2 40 (4.83%) HTML
3 35 (4.23%) React
4 31 (3.74%) .NET
5 19 (2.29%) RESTful
6 13 (1.57%) CSS3
6 13 (1.57%) HTML5
6 13 (1.57%) Node.js
7 10 (1.21%) ASP.NET
8 9 (1.09%) AngularJS
9 8 (0.97%) Next.js
9 8 (0.97%) Spring
9 8 (0.97%) Spring Boot
10 7 (0.85%) ASP.NET Core
10 7 (0.85%) REST
11 6 (0.72%) .NET Framework
12 5 (0.60%) .NET Core
12 5 (0.60%) Amazon Corretto
12 5 (0.60%) Kafka
13 4 (0.48%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 625 (75.48%) IoT
2 14 (1.69%) Product Ownership
3 11 (1.33%) Cloud Native
4 9 (1.09%) Social Media
5 7 (0.85%) Distributed Systems
6 6 (0.72%) Onboarding
7 5 (0.60%) AI Agents
7 5 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (0.60%) e-Learning
7 5 (0.60%) LIMS
7 5 (0.60%) Mobile App
7 5 (0.60%) SCADA
8 4 (0.48%) Animation
8 4 (0.48%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.36%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (0.36%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (0.24%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.24%) Blog
10 2 (0.24%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.24%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.97%) Apple iOS
1 8 (0.97%) Windows
2 7 (0.85%) Windows Server
3 5 (0.60%) Android
3 5 (0.60%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.24%) Linux
5 1 (0.12%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 659 (79.59%) AI
2 637 (76.93%) Machine Learning
3 633 (76.45%) Web Development
4 631 (76.21%) Cybersecurity
5 81 (9.78%) Agile
6 44 (5.31%) Continuous Improvement
7 43 (5.19%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (4.83%) UX Design
9 36 (4.35%) Analytics
9 36 (4.35%) DevOps
10 32 (3.86%) Full-Stack Development
11 31 (3.74%) CI/CD
12 30 (3.62%) ITIL
13 26 (3.14%) Roadmaps
13 26 (3.14%) Software Engineering
13 26 (3.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 25 (3.02%) Service Management
15 22 (2.66%) Front End Development
15 22 (2.66%) Mentoring
15 22 (2.66%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 47 (5.68%) JavaScript
2 34 (4.11%) C#
3 29 (3.50%) TypeScript
4 23 (2.78%) Java
5 16 (1.93%) SQL
6 13 (1.57%) Python
7 4 (0.48%) PHP
7 4 (0.48%) Swift
7 4 (0.48%) XAML
8 3 (0.36%) ABAP
8 3 (0.36%) Rust
9 2 (0.24%) PowerShell
9 2 (0.24%) R
10 1 (0.12%) Go
10 1 (0.12%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.12%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 649 (78.38%) Degree
2 626 (75.60%) PhD
3 625 (75.48%) Master's Degree
3 625 (75.48%) Postgraduate
4 13 (1.57%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 6 (0.72%) Security Cleared
6 5 (0.60%) A+ Certification
6 5 (0.60%) CCNA
6 5 (0.60%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (0.60%) MCSA
6 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (0.60%) Network+ Certification
6 5 (0.60%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.36%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.24%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.12%) CISSP
9 1 (0.12%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (3.38%) Accessibility
2 14 (1.69%) QA
3 13 (1.57%) GDPR
4 6 (0.72%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.60%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 5 (0.60%) GxP
6 4 (0.48%) WCAG
7 3 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.24%) HL7
8 2 (0.24%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.12%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.12%) SLA
System Software
1 19 (2.29%) Docker
2 11 (1.33%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.36%) Firmware
4 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 15 (1.81%) Kubernetes
2 11 (1.33%) Terraform
3 5 (0.60%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.24%) Grafana
6 1 (0.12%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 35 (4.23%) Microsoft
2 22 (2.66%) Google
3 17 (2.05%) Adobe
4 9 (1.09%) Hotjar
5 7 (0.85%) ServiceNow
6 6 (0.72%) Qualtrics
7 5 (0.60%) Cisco
8 4 (0.48%) Facebook
8 4 (0.48%) Genesys
8 4 (0.48%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.48%) SAP
9 3 (0.36%) Apple
9 3 (0.36%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.36%) New Relic
9 3 (0.36%) Splunk
10 2 (0.24%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.24%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.24%) Screaming Frog
10 2 (0.24%) Veeam
10 2 (0.24%) VMware