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 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 63 76
Rank change year-on-year +54 +13 -10
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,809 327 286
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 16.66% 3.59% 3.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.86% 3.95% 3.82%
Number of salaries quoted 144 159 214
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,385 £30,375
25th Percentile £42,478 £40,994 £37,699
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,500 £81,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.38%

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 8,671 8,283 7,485
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 79.86% 90.85% 88.34%
Number of salaries quoted 4,668 3,697 5,882
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,010
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £38,856
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,100 £82,500
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 15 January 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 15 January 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 1,584 £55,000 - 72
Yorkshire +52 206 £52,500 +15.38% 57
North East -16 19 £50,000 +5.26% 26
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 (0.83%) SharePoint
2 9 (0.50%) CMS
3 8 (0.44%) Confluence
4 4 (0.22%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.17%) 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 (0.28%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.28%) Sketch
3 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
4 3 (0.17%) 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 (0.17%) 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 (89.28%) Cloud Computing
2 39 (2.16%) Azure
3 27 (1.49%) SaaS
4 21 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
5 20 (1.11%) AWS
5 20 (1.11%) Power Platform
6 16 (0.88%) Figma
7 9 (0.50%) Adobe Analytics
7 9 (0.50%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (0.50%) OneDrive
8 8 (0.44%) Entra ID
8 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Purview
9 6 (0.33%) Azure DevOps
9 6 (0.33%) Power Automate
10 4 (0.22%) Dynamics 365
10 4 (0.22%) Google Analytics
10 4 (0.22%) PowerApps
11 3 (0.17%) Google Ads
11 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.11%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 1,615 (89.28%) Internet
2 5 (0.28%) DNS
3 4 (0.22%) HTTP
3 4 (0.22%) LAN
4 3 (0.17%) 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 (0.50%) MySQL
2 9 (0.50%) NoSQL
3 7 (0.39%) MongoDB
4 6 (0.33%) Relational Database
4 6 (0.33%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.22%) Metadata
6 3 (0.17%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.11%) Looker
7 2 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.11%) PostHog
7 2 (0.11%) Redis
Development Applications
1 15 (0.83%) Git
2 14 (0.77%) JIRA
3 5 (0.28%) JUnit
4 3 (0.17%) webpack
4 3 (0.17%) Xcode
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%) Babel
6 1 (0.055%) Maven
General
1 1,693 (93.59%) Social Skills
2 1,626 (89.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,622 (89.66%) Banking
4 33 (1.82%) Finance
5 28 (1.55%) Analytical Skills
6 20 (1.11%) Marketing
7 15 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (0.83%) Public Sector
8 13 (0.72%) Law
9 12 (0.66%) Legal
10 10 (0.55%) Manufacturing
11 8 (0.44%) Electronics
11 8 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (0.39%) Retail
13 6 (0.33%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.17%) Advertising
15 2 (0.11%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.055%) Games
16 1 (0.055%) Publishing
16 1 (0.055%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1,224 (67.66%) Lecturer
2 45 (2.49%) Developer
3 33 (1.82%) Senior
4 32 (1.77%) Analyst
5 22 (1.22%) IT Support
6 19 (1.05%) IT Analyst
7 18 (1.00%) IT Support Analyst
7 18 (1.00%) Support Analyst
8 13 (0.72%) Full-Stack Developer
8 13 (0.72%) Lead
9 9 (0.50%) .NET Developer
9 9 (0.50%) Designer
9 9 (0.50%) IT Manager
9 9 (0.50%) Software Engineer
10 8 (0.44%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 8 (0.44%) Platform Engineer
10 8 (0.44%) Senior Developer
10 8 (0.44%) Senior Manager
10 8 (0.44%) Software Developer
11 7 (0.39%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (2.49%) CSS
2 41 (2.27%) HTML
3 31 (1.71%) .NET
4 23 (1.27%) React
5 16 (0.88%) RESTful
6 13 (0.72%) ASP.NET
7 12 (0.66%) Node.js
8 11 (0.61%) AngularJS
9 10 (0.55%) Spring
10 9 (0.50%) HTML5
10 9 (0.50%) REST
10 9 (0.50%) Spring Boot
11 8 (0.44%) .NET Framework
12 7 (0.39%) CSS3
13 6 (0.33%) .NET Core
13 6 (0.33%) Apache Cordova
13 6 (0.33%) ASP.NET Core
13 6 (0.33%) Kafka
14 5 (0.28%) Next.js
15 4 (0.22%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 1,615 (89.28%) IoT
2 15 (0.83%) Product Ownership
3 12 (0.66%) Cloud Native
4 9 (0.50%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (0.33%) Onboarding
7 5 (0.28%) LIMS
7 5 (0.28%) Mobile App
7 5 (0.28%) SCADA
7 5 (0.28%) Social Media
8 4 (0.22%) AI Agents
9 3 (0.17%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (0.17%) FMCG
10 2 (0.11%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.11%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.11%) Animation
10 2 (0.11%) Blog
10 2 (0.11%) Graphic Design
10 2 (0.11%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.39%) Apple iOS
1 7 (0.39%) Windows
2 5 (0.28%) Windows 10
2 5 (0.28%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.22%) Android
4 1 (0.055%) Linux
4 1 (0.055%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,650 (91.21%) AI
2 1,625 (89.83%) Machine Learning
3 1,622 (89.66%) Cybersecurity
3 1,622 (89.66%) Web Development
4 79 (4.37%) Agile
5 49 (2.71%) Continuous Improvement
6 45 (2.49%) Problem-Solving
7 38 (2.10%) UX Design
8 33 (1.82%) CI/CD
8 33 (1.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 32 (1.77%) DevOps
9 32 (1.77%) Mentoring
10 31 (1.71%) ITIL
11 29 (1.60%) Analytics
11 29 (1.60%) Software Engineering
12 28 (1.55%) Full-Stack Development
12 28 (1.55%) Roadmaps
12 28 (1.55%) Service Management
13 22 (1.22%) Coaching
13 22 (1.22%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 44 (2.43%) JavaScript
2 34 (1.88%) C#
3 24 (1.33%) TypeScript
4 17 (0.94%) Java
5 16 (0.88%) SQL
6 9 (0.50%) Python
7 4 (0.22%) XAML
8 3 (0.17%) ABAP
8 3 (0.17%) PHP
8 3 (0.17%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.17%) Rust
8 3 (0.17%) Swift
9 2 (0.11%) R
10 1 (0.055%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,635 (90.38%) Degree
2 1,616 (89.33%) PhD
3 1,615 (89.28%) Master's Degree
3 1,615 (89.28%) Postgraduate
4 13 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 7 (0.39%) Security Cleared
6 6 (0.33%) SC Cleared
7 5 (0.28%) A+ Certification
7 5 (0.28%) CCNA
7 5 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (0.28%) MCSA
7 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (0.28%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (0.17%) 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 34 (1.88%) Accessibility
2 13 (0.72%) GDPR
2 13 (0.72%) QA
3 6 (0.33%) Data Quality
4 5 (0.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 5 (0.28%) GxP
5 4 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.22%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.22%) WCAG
6 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.17%) HL7
7 1 (0.055%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.055%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (0.94%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.55%) Docker
3 3 (0.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (0.55%) Terraform
2 8 (0.44%) Kubernetes
2 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.11%) Grafana
4 1 (0.055%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 35 (1.93%) Microsoft
2 18 (1.00%) Adobe
3 12 (0.66%) Google
4 9 (0.50%) New Relic
5 8 (0.44%) Splunk
6 6 (0.33%) Qualtrics
6 6 (0.33%) ServiceNow
7 5 (0.28%) Cisco
7 5 (0.28%) SAP
8 3 (0.17%) Apple
8 3 (0.17%) Genesys
8 3 (0.17%) Hotjar
8 3 (0.17%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.11%) Ahrefs
9 2 (0.11%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle
9 2 (0.11%) Screaming Frog
10 1 (0.055%) Facebook
10 1 (0.055%) Instagram
10 1 (0.055%) Sitecore