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 30 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 55 36
Rank change year-on-year -35 -19 +56
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 417 464 606
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.73% 4.87% 4.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% 5.53% 5.61%
Number of salaries quoted 291 151 164
10th Percentile £29,076 £30,500 £30,225
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,625 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,786 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.57% - -
75th Percentile £65,640 £69,375 £63,750
90th Percentile £84,000 £81,250 £72,625
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - - -4.96%

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 17,129 8,393 10,803
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 71.01% 88.11% 79.45%
Number of salaries quoted 12,710 4,016 5,538
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £39,720
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,735 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.86% -2.53% -9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £79,225
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -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 30 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 30 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 -46 223 £54,250 -1.36% 227
Yorkshire +13 110 £55,000 +30.18% 129
North East -2 84 £50,000 +61.29% 54
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 29 (6.95%) SharePoint
2 18 (4.32%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (3.12%) Confluence
4 12 (2.88%) WordPress
5 9 (2.16%) CMS
6 4 (0.96%) 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%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.24%) Umbraco
Applications
1 17 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
2 9 (2.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.92%) Chatbot
4 7 (1.68%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.48%) Adobe XD
6 2 (0.48%) Camtasia
6 2 (0.48%) InVision
6 2 (0.48%) Sketch
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 (1.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (0.96%) Workday HCM
3 3 (0.72%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.72%) Shopify
4 2 (0.48%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 97 (23.26%) Azure
2 67 (16.07%) Microsoft 365
3 36 (8.63%) Power Platform
4 33 (7.91%) AWS
5 28 (6.71%) Entra ID
6 24 (5.76%) Azure DevOps
6 24 (5.76%) SaaS
7 22 (5.28%) Figma
7 22 (5.28%) PowerApps
8 20 (4.80%) Microsoft Copilot
9 18 (4.32%) Power Automate
10 12 (2.88%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (2.64%) Copilot Studio
11 11 (2.64%) Firebase
12 9 (2.16%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (1.68%) Azure Logic Apps
14 6 (1.44%) OneDrive
14 6 (1.44%) Serverless
15 5 (1.20%) GitHub
15 5 (1.20%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.40%) DNS
1 10 (2.40%) Firewall
2 9 (2.16%) DHCP
3 8 (1.92%) CTI
3 8 (1.92%) VoIP
4 6 (1.44%) LAN
4 6 (1.44%) Network Security
4 6 (1.44%) WAN
5 4 (0.96%) Skype
5 4 (0.96%) Wireless
6 3 (0.72%) FTP
6 3 (0.72%) 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 (1.68%) Amazon RDS
2 5 (1.20%) Power BI
2 5 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 4 (0.96%) GIS
3 4 (0.96%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (0.96%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.72%) BigQuery
4 3 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (0.72%) Tableau
5 2 (0.48%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.48%) Metadata
5 2 (0.48%) Mixpanel
5 2 (0.48%) MySQL
5 2 (0.48%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.24%) Looker
6 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 22 (5.28%) Git
2 21 (5.04%) JIRA
3 14 (3.36%) fastlane
4 11 (2.64%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.44%) Xcode
6 5 (1.20%) Android Studio
6 5 (1.20%) Crashlytics
6 5 (1.20%) Gradle
7 4 (0.96%) Vagrant
8 3 (0.72%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 3 (0.72%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.48%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.48%) Balsamiq
9 2 (0.48%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.48%) NUnit
9 2 (0.48%) Selenium
10 1 (0.24%) Appium
10 1 (0.24%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.24%) webpack
General
1 105 (25.18%) Social Skills
2 73 (17.51%) Public Sector
3 58 (13.91%) Finance
4 55 (13.19%) Analytical Skills
5 39 (9.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (9.11%) Marketing
7 20 (4.80%) Influencing Skills
8 18 (4.32%) Law
9 17 (4.08%) Legal
10 13 (3.12%) Retail
11 9 (2.16%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (1.68%) Banking
13 6 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.20%) Local Government
14 5 (1.20%) Manufacturing
15 4 (0.96%) Advertising
16 3 (0.72%) Billing
16 3 (0.72%) Financial Institution
16 3 (0.72%) Military
16 3 (0.72%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 65 (15.59%) Senior
2 64 (15.35%) Developer
3 57 (13.67%) Lead
4 55 (13.19%) Designer
5 44 (10.55%) Analyst
6 38 (9.11%) UX Designer
7 28 (6.71%) IT Manager
8 23 (5.52%) Desktop Engineer
9 21 (5.04%) Senior Developer
9 21 (5.04%) Support Engineer
10 18 (4.32%) Desktop Support
10 18 (4.32%) Desktop Support Engineer
10 18 (4.32%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 18 (4.32%) IT Support
10 18 (4.32%) Product Manager
11 16 (3.84%) Service Manager
12 15 (3.60%) Business Analyst
12 15 (3.60%) IT Engineer
13 14 (3.36%) IT Services Manager
13 14 (3.36%) Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (7.19%) CSS
2 29 (6.95%) HTML
3 27 (6.47%) React
4 22 (5.28%) .NET
5 16 (3.84%) Node.js
5 16 (3.84%) RESTful
6 12 (2.88%) Terraform
7 8 (1.92%) REST
8 7 (1.68%) CSS3
8 7 (1.68%) HTML5
8 7 (1.68%) iOS SDK
8 7 (1.68%) Next.js
9 6 (1.44%) Core Data
9 6 (1.44%) SwiftUI
9 6 (1.44%) UIKit
10 5 (1.20%) Android Jetpack
10 5 (1.20%) Android SDK
10 5 (1.20%) Jetpack Compose
10 5 (1.20%) Model Context Protocol
10 5 (1.20%) Retrofit
Miscellaneous
1 48 (11.51%) Product Ownership
2 26 (6.24%) Mobile App
3 13 (3.12%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.40%) Cloud Native
4 10 (2.40%) Driving Licence
5 8 (1.92%) Data Centre
5 8 (1.92%) IVR
6 6 (1.44%) Cyber Threat
6 6 (1.44%) Low-Code
6 6 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.20%) Security Posture
8 4 (0.96%) AI Agents
8 4 (0.96%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (0.96%) Learning Management System
8 4 (0.96%) Media Streaming
8 4 (0.96%) Renewable Energy
8 4 (0.96%) Video\Live Streaming
9 3 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
9 3 (0.72%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (0.72%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 55 (13.19%) Windows
2 23 (5.52%) Windows 10
3 17 (4.08%) Windows Server
4 16 (3.84%) Apple iOS
5 12 (2.88%) Android
6 9 (2.16%) Mac OS
7 6 (1.44%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.96%) Linux
8 4 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 125 (29.98%) Continuous Improvement
2 111 (26.62%) UX Design
3 109 (26.14%) Agile
4 103 (24.70%) Problem-Solving
5 75 (17.99%) Mentoring
6 70 (16.79%) Roadmaps
7 66 (15.83%) AI
7 66 (15.83%) Analytics
8 56 (13.43%) CI/CD
9 52 (12.47%) ITIL
10 51 (12.23%) Decision-Making
11 48 (11.51%) Coaching
12 45 (10.79%) DevOps
13 42 (10.07%) Stakeholder Management
14 41 (9.83%) Customer Service
15 39 (9.35%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 35 (8.39%) Service Management
16 35 (8.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 33 (7.91%) ITSM
18 31 (7.43%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 38 (9.11%) JavaScript
2 31 (7.43%) TypeScript
3 22 (5.28%) C#
4 19 (4.56%) Python
4 19 (4.56%) SQL
5 14 (3.36%) Java
6 11 (2.64%) PowerShell
7 9 (2.16%) PHP
7 9 (2.16%) Swift
7 9 (2.16%) VBScript
8 5 (1.20%) Kotlin
9 4 (0.96%) VB
10 3 (0.72%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.72%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.48%) Bicep
12 1 (0.24%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.24%) Scala
Qualifications
1 38 (9.11%) Degree
2 25 (6.00%) Security Cleared
3 12 (2.88%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.16%) Postgraduate
5 8 (1.92%) DBS Check
6 6 (1.44%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (1.44%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (1.20%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.96%) AWS Certification
9 3 (0.72%) IIBA
9 3 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
10 2 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.48%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 2 (0.48%) Master's Degree
10 2 (0.48%) MCSE
10 2 (0.48%) PhD
10 2 (0.48%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 1 (0.24%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 60 (14.39%) Accessibility
2 28 (6.71%) WCAG
3 16 (3.84%) GDPR
4 13 (3.12%) QA
5 10 (2.40%) Cyber Essentials
6 8 (1.92%) Data Quality
7 7 (1.68%) SLA
8 6 (1.44%) Actionable Recommendations
9 5 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 5 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.24%) GRC
10 1 (0.24%) PMO
System Software
1 27 (6.47%) Active Directory
2 10 (2.40%) Docker
3 8 (1.92%) BitLocker
4 3 (0.72%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.48%) UAG
5 2 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 27 (6.47%) Microsoft Intune
2 12 (2.88%) SCCM
3 9 (2.16%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.96%) Jamf Pro
4 4 (0.96%) Packer
4 4 (0.96%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.48%) AirWatch
5 2 (0.48%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 113 (27.10%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.56%) Google
3 15 (3.60%) Cisco
4 11 (2.64%) Dynatrace
5 10 (2.40%) ServiceNow
6 9 (2.16%) Apple
6 9 (2.16%) Meraki
7 8 (1.92%) Avaya
7 8 (1.92%) Genesys
8 7 (1.68%) Adobe
9 4 (0.96%) CheckPoint
9 4 (0.96%) iManage
9 4 (0.96%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.96%) Workday
10 3 (0.72%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.72%) VMware
10 3 (0.72%) YouTube
11 2 (0.48%) CyberArk
11 2 (0.48%) DevExpress
11 2 (0.48%) HubSpot