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 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 48 40
Rank change year-on-year -28 -8 +79
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 372 493 834
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.90% 6.15% 4.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.76% 6.56% 5.43%
Number of salaries quoted 304 164 408
10th Percentile £29,342 £32,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +15.79% -15.56%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,350 £75,750
England median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -5.83% +17.65% -20.93%

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 13,462 7,510 15,348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 68.74% 93.64% 79.64%
Number of salaries quoted 9,923 3,633 11,723
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,250 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £79,530
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -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 10 June 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 10 June 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 -38 207 £52,500 -4.62% 83
Yorkshire +3 109 £55,000 +24.29% 25
North East -4 56 £49,310 -1.87% 15
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 27 (7.26%) SharePoint
2 20 (5.38%) CMS
3 16 (4.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 14 (3.76%) WordPress
5 8 (2.15%) Confluence
6 3 (0.81%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.54%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.54%) Moodle
7 2 (0.54%) nginx
7 2 (0.54%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.54%) Totara
8 1 (0.27%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 15 (4.03%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (2.15%) Sketch
3 7 (1.88%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (1.08%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (1.08%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.81%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.81%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.81%) Photoshop
5 3 (0.81%) Trello
6 2 (0.54%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.54%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.54%) Camtasia
6 2 (0.54%) InVision
7 1 (0.27%) Blender
7 1 (0.27%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.27%) InDesign
7 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.15%) Magento
1 8 (2.15%) Shopify
2 6 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.81%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.27%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 76 (20.43%) Azure
2 56 (15.05%) Microsoft 365
3 33 (8.87%) Power Platform
3 33 (8.87%) SaaS
4 31 (8.33%) Figma
5 26 (6.99%) Entra ID
6 21 (5.65%) Azure DevOps
7 19 (5.11%) Google Analytics
7 19 (5.11%) Microsoft Copilot
8 18 (4.84%) AWS
8 18 (4.84%) Power Automate
8 18 (4.84%) PowerApps
9 17 (4.57%) Microsoft Purview
10 10 (2.69%) Copilot Studio
10 10 (2.69%) Firebase
11 9 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
12 7 (1.88%) Azure Logic Apps
12 7 (1.88%) Azure Monitor
13 5 (1.34%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (1.34%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.15%) DHCP
1 8 (2.15%) DNS
1 8 (2.15%) Firewall
2 3 (0.81%) HTTP
2 3 (0.81%) VLAN
2 3 (0.81%) VPN
3 2 (0.54%) Skype
3 2 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
3 2 (0.54%) Wireless
4 1 (0.27%) Intranet
4 1 (0.27%) SAN
4 1 (0.27%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.27%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.42%) Looker
2 8 (2.15%) Power BI
3 5 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.34%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.34%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (1.08%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.08%) MySQL
5 3 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.81%) NoSQL
5 3 (0.81%) Tableau
6 2 (0.54%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.54%) GIS
6 2 (0.54%) Metadata
6 2 (0.54%) Mixpanel
6 2 (0.54%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.54%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.27%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.27%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 19 (5.11%) Git
2 17 (4.57%) JIRA
3 13 (3.49%) fastlane
4 12 (3.23%) Jenkins
5 5 (1.34%) Android Studio
5 5 (1.34%) Crashlytics
5 5 (1.34%) Gradle
5 5 (1.34%) Xcode
6 4 (1.08%) NUnit
7 3 (0.81%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 3 (0.81%) Bitbucket
7 3 (0.81%) JUnit
8 2 (0.54%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.54%) Claude Code
8 2 (0.54%) GitLab
8 2 (0.54%) Postman
8 2 (0.54%) Selenium
8 2 (0.54%) Vagrant
9 1 (0.27%) JMeter
9 1 (0.27%) LoadRunner
General
1 88 (23.66%) Social Skills
2 64 (17.20%) Finance
3 62 (16.67%) Marketing
4 52 (13.98%) Public Sector
5 40 (10.75%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (6.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (5.38%) Legal
8 19 (5.11%) Law
9 18 (4.84%) Retail
10 11 (2.96%) Manufacturing
11 9 (2.42%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (1.61%) Banking
14 4 (1.08%) Advertising
14 4 (1.08%) Brand Awareness
14 4 (1.08%) Health Technology
15 3 (0.81%) Billing
15 3 (0.81%) Games
16 2 (0.54%) Multimedia
16 2 (0.54%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 60 (16.13%) Senior
2 59 (15.86%) Designer
3 57 (15.32%) Developer
4 35 (9.41%) UX Designer
5 31 (8.33%) IT Manager
6 30 (8.06%) Analyst
6 30 (8.06%) Lead
7 24 (6.45%) Support Engineer
8 23 (6.18%) Service Manager
9 20 (5.38%) Senior Manager
10 19 (5.11%) Desktop Engineer
10 19 (5.11%) Product Designer
11 18 (4.84%) Desktop Support
11 18 (4.84%) IT Services Manager
12 17 (4.57%) Desktop Support Engineer
12 17 (4.57%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 17 (4.57%) Senior Developer
12 17 (4.57%) Senior IT Manager
12 17 (4.57%) Senior Service Manager
13 15 (4.03%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (8.87%) HTML
2 32 (8.60%) CSS
3 24 (6.45%) React
4 20 (5.38%) RESTful
5 19 (5.11%) .NET
6 11 (2.96%) AngularJS
7 10 (2.69%) REST
8 8 (2.15%) Node.js
9 6 (1.61%) iOS SDK
9 6 (1.61%) Next.js
9 6 (1.61%) SwiftUI
10 5 (1.34%) Android Jetpack
10 5 (1.34%) Android SDK
10 5 (1.34%) ASP.NET
10 5 (1.34%) Core Data
10 5 (1.34%) HTML5
10 5 (1.34%) Jetpack Compose
10 5 (1.34%) jQuery
10 5 (1.34%) Retrofit
10 5 (1.34%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 40 (10.75%) Product Ownership
2 26 (6.99%) Mobile App
3 19 (5.11%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.69%) Driving Licence
5 9 (2.42%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.15%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.61%) Cloud Native
7 6 (1.61%) Low-Code
7 6 (1.61%) Social Media
8 5 (1.34%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.34%) Photography
9 4 (1.08%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.08%) Media Streaming
9 4 (1.08%) PropTech
10 3 (0.81%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.81%) Animation
10 3 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.81%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.81%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 39 (10.48%) Windows
2 17 (4.57%) Windows 10
3 14 (3.76%) Apple iOS
4 10 (2.69%) Android
4 10 (2.69%) Windows Server
5 3 (0.81%) Mac OS
6 2 (0.54%) Linux
6 2 (0.54%) Windows 7
6 2 (0.54%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (28.23%) UX Design
2 99 (26.61%) Continuous Improvement
3 86 (23.12%) Agile
4 83 (22.31%) Problem-Solving
5 69 (18.55%) Analytics
6 56 (15.05%) Mentoring
7 50 (13.44%) AI
8 44 (11.83%) ITIL
9 42 (11.29%) CRM
9 42 (11.29%) DevOps
10 40 (10.75%) Roadmaps
11 39 (10.48%) CI/CD
12 38 (10.22%) E-Commerce
12 38 (10.22%) Service Management
13 35 (9.41%) Decision-Making
13 35 (9.41%) SEO
14 31 (8.33%) Coaching
14 31 (8.33%) Customer Service
15 30 (8.06%) Front End Development
16 29 (7.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 34 (9.14%) JavaScript
2 24 (6.45%) TypeScript
3 22 (5.91%) SQL
4 17 (4.57%) C#
5 15 (4.03%) Python
6 13 (3.49%) Java
7 9 (2.42%) Swift
8 8 (2.15%) PowerShell
9 7 (1.88%) PHP
10 6 (1.61%) VBScript
11 5 (1.34%) Kotlin
12 4 (1.08%) Bicep
13 3 (0.81%) VB
14 2 (0.54%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 1 (0.27%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.27%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 35 (9.41%) Degree
2 13 (3.49%) Security Cleared
3 7 (1.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 6 (1.61%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.34%) DV Cleared
6 4 (1.08%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.81%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.81%) Postgraduate
8 2 (0.54%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.54%) IIBA
8 2 (0.54%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.54%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.54%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (12.90%) Accessibility
2 25 (6.72%) QA
3 21 (5.65%) WCAG
4 19 (5.11%) GDPR
5 12 (3.23%) Data Quality
6 8 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.88%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (1.08%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (1.08%) SLA
10 3 (0.81%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.27%) HL7
11 1 (0.27%) PMO
System Software
1 22 (5.91%) Active Directory
2 6 (1.61%) BitLocker
3 5 (1.34%) Docker
4 2 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.27%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 19 (5.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (2.42%) Terraform
3 6 (1.61%) SCCM
4 4 (1.08%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
5 2 (0.54%) Packer
5 2 (0.54%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.27%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 94 (25.27%) Microsoft
2 26 (6.99%) Google
3 20 (5.38%) Adobe
4 14 (3.76%) ServiceNow
5 10 (2.69%) Dynatrace
6 6 (1.61%) Apple
7 5 (1.34%) Hotjar
8 4 (1.08%) DevExpress
8 4 (1.08%) New Relic
8 4 (1.08%) OneLogin
8 4 (1.08%) Splunk
9 3 (0.81%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.81%) Meraki
9 3 (0.81%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.54%) Amplitude
10 2 (0.54%) CheckPoint
10 2 (0.54%) Databricks
10 2 (0.54%) Hootsuite
10 2 (0.54%) iManage
10 2 (0.54%) Synthesia