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 27 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 67 71
Rank change year-on-year +59 +4 -12
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,819 329 261
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 16.96% 3.44% 3.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.63% 3.84% 3.80%
Number of salaries quoted 151 159 195
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,790 £29,850
25th Percentile £41,016 £40,988 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,803 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.58% +1.61% -13.04%
75th Percentile £66,875 £64,625 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,750 £80,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 8,818 8,577 6,871
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 82.22% 89.72% 90.66%
Number of salaries quoted 4,684 3,910 5,337
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £29,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -0.94%
75th Percentile £66,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 27 December 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 27 December 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 +46 1,594 £52,500 -4.55% 326
Yorkshire +57 206 £50,500 +12.22% 222
North East -9 19 £50,000 +11.11% 44
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 15 (0.82%) SharePoint
2 10 (0.55%) CMS
3 8 (0.44%) Confluence
4 4 (0.22%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.16%) WordPress
6 2 (0.11%) Drupal
6 2 (0.11%) EPiServer
6 2 (0.11%) nginx
7 1 (0.055%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.055%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.27%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.27%) Sketch
3 4 (0.22%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.16%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.11%) InVision
5 2 (0.11%) Trello
6 1 (0.055%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.055%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.055%) MadCap Flare
6 1 (0.055%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.055%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.16%) Shopify
3 1 (0.055%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.055%) Magento
3 1 (0.055%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.055%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 1,615 (88.79%) Cloud Computing
2 43 (2.36%) Azure
3 26 (1.43%) SaaS
4 23 (1.26%) AWS
5 21 (1.15%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (1.10%) Power Platform
7 16 (0.88%) Figma
8 9 (0.49%) Adobe Analytics
8 9 (0.49%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (0.49%) OneDrive
9 8 (0.44%) Azure DevOps
9 8 (0.44%) Entra ID
9 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Purview
10 6 (0.33%) Power Automate
11 5 (0.27%) Google Analytics
12 4 (0.22%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (0.22%) Google Ads
12 4 (0.22%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (0.16%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1,615 (88.79%) Internet
2 5 (0.27%) DNS
3 4 (0.22%) HTTP
3 4 (0.22%) LAN
4 3 (0.16%) WAN
5 2 (0.11%) AMQP
5 2 (0.11%) Intranet
6 1 (0.055%) DHCP
6 1 (0.055%) SSH
6 1 (0.055%) SSL
6 1 (0.055%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.055%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (0.55%) Power BI
2 9 (0.49%) MySQL
2 9 (0.49%) NoSQL
3 7 (0.38%) MongoDB
4 6 (0.33%) Relational Database
4 6 (0.33%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.22%) Metadata
6 3 (0.16%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.11%) Looker
7 2 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.11%) PostHog
7 2 (0.11%) Redis
8 1 (0.055%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 18 (0.99%) Git
2 14 (0.77%) JIRA
3 5 (0.27%) JUnit
3 5 (0.27%) webpack
4 3 (0.16%) Xcode
5 2 (0.11%) Babel
5 2 (0.11%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.11%) GitLab
5 2 (0.11%) Grunt
5 2 (0.11%) gulp
5 2 (0.11%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.11%) Selenium
6 1 (0.055%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.055%) ESLint
6 1 (0.055%) Maven
6 1 (0.055%) Storybook
General
1 1,697 (93.29%) Social Skills
2 1,626 (89.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,622 (89.17%) Banking
4 34 (1.87%) Finance
5 29 (1.59%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (1.26%) Marketing
7 15 (0.82%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (0.82%) Public Sector
8 11 (0.60%) Law
9 10 (0.55%) Legal
9 10 (0.55%) Manufacturing
10 8 (0.44%) Electronics
10 8 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (0.38%) Retail
12 6 (0.33%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.16%) Advertising
14 2 (0.11%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.11%) Games
15 1 (0.055%) Digital Health
15 1 (0.055%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1,224 (67.29%) Lecturer
2 50 (2.75%) Developer
3 32 (1.76%) Senior
4 31 (1.70%) Analyst
5 22 (1.21%) IT Support
6 19 (1.04%) IT Analyst
7 18 (0.99%) IT Support Analyst
7 18 (0.99%) Support Analyst
8 15 (0.82%) Lead
9 13 (0.71%) Full-Stack Developer
10 9 (0.49%) .NET Developer
10 9 (0.49%) IT Manager
10 9 (0.49%) Senior Developer
10 9 (0.49%) Software Engineer
11 8 (0.44%) Designer
11 8 (0.44%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 8 (0.44%) Platform Engineer
11 8 (0.44%) Senior Manager
11 8 (0.44%) Software Developer
12 6 (0.33%) Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (2.53%) CSS
2 42 (2.31%) HTML
3 33 (1.81%) .NET
4 26 (1.43%) React
5 17 (0.93%) RESTful
6 13 (0.71%) ASP.NET
7 12 (0.66%) Node.js
8 11 (0.60%) AngularJS
8 11 (0.60%) Spring
9 10 (0.55%) HTML5
9 10 (0.55%) REST
9 10 (0.55%) Spring Boot
10 8 (0.44%) .NET Framework
10 8 (0.44%) CSS3
11 7 (0.38%) Next.js
12 6 (0.33%) .NET Core
12 6 (0.33%) Apache Cordova
12 6 (0.33%) ASP.NET Core
12 6 (0.33%) Kafka
13 5 (0.27%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 1,615 (88.79%) IoT
2 16 (0.88%) Product Ownership
3 12 (0.66%) Cloud Native
4 9 (0.49%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (0.38%) Social Media
7 6 (0.33%) Mobile App
7 6 (0.33%) Onboarding
8 5 (0.27%) AI Agents
8 5 (0.27%) LIMS
8 5 (0.27%) SCADA
9 4 (0.22%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.16%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.16%) Distributed Computing
10 3 (0.16%) FMCG
11 2 (0.11%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.11%) Blog
11 2 (0.11%) Educational Technology
11 2 (0.11%) Robotics
11 2 (0.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.38%) Apple iOS
1 7 (0.38%) Windows
2 5 (0.27%) Windows 10
2 5 (0.27%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.22%) Android
4 1 (0.055%) Linux
4 1 (0.055%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,650 (90.71%) AI
2 1,626 (89.39%) Machine Learning
3 1,624 (89.28%) Web Development
4 1,622 (89.17%) Cybersecurity
5 82 (4.51%) Agile
6 50 (2.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 46 (2.53%) Problem-Solving
8 38 (2.09%) DevOps
8 38 (2.09%) UX Design
9 36 (1.98%) CI/CD
10 33 (1.81%) Mentoring
10 33 (1.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 32 (1.76%) ITIL
12 31 (1.70%) Full-Stack Development
13 30 (1.65%) Analytics
14 29 (1.59%) Service Management
14 29 (1.59%) Software Engineering
15 27 (1.48%) Roadmaps
16 24 (1.32%) Customer Experience
17 22 (1.21%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 46 (2.53%) JavaScript
2 38 (2.09%) C#
3 26 (1.43%) TypeScript
4 19 (1.04%) Java
5 16 (0.88%) SQL
6 9 (0.49%) Python
7 4 (0.22%) XAML
8 3 (0.16%) ABAP
8 3 (0.16%) PHP
8 3 (0.16%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.16%) Rust
8 3 (0.16%) Swift
9 2 (0.11%) R
10 1 (0.055%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,636 (89.94%) Degree
2 1,616 (88.84%) PhD
3 1,615 (88.79%) Master's Degree
3 1,615 (88.79%) Postgraduate
4 13 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 7 (0.38%) Security Cleared
6 6 (0.33%) SC Cleared
7 5 (0.27%) A+ Certification
7 5 (0.27%) CCNA
7 5 (0.27%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (0.27%) MCSA
7 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (0.27%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (0.16%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.11%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.055%) CISSP
10 1 (0.055%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.055%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (1.92%) Accessibility
2 14 (0.77%) QA
3 13 (0.71%) GDPR
4 6 (0.33%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.27%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 5 (0.27%) GxP
6 4 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.22%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.22%) WCAG
7 3 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.16%) HL7
8 1 (0.055%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.055%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (0.93%) Active Directory
2 13 (0.71%) Docker
3 3 (0.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (0.60%) Terraform
2 10 (0.55%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.22%) Grafana
5 1 (0.055%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 37 (2.03%) Microsoft
2 20 (1.10%) Adobe
3 14 (0.77%) Google
4 9 (0.49%) New Relic
5 8 (0.44%) ServiceNow
5 8 (0.44%) Splunk
6 6 (0.33%) Qualtrics
7 5 (0.27%) Cisco
7 5 (0.27%) SAP
8 4 (0.22%) Genesys
8 4 (0.22%) Hotjar
9 3 (0.16%) Apple
9 3 (0.16%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.11%) Ahrefs
10 2 (0.11%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle
10 2 (0.11%) Screaming Frog
11 1 (0.055%) Instagram
11 1 (0.055%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.055%) TikTok