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 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 55 37
Rank change year-on-year -24 -18 +80
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 422 498 707
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.96% 5.21% 4.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.79% 5.82% 5.79%
Number of salaries quoted 340 173 259
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,650 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.53% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £76,250 £78,500 £77,750
England median annual salary £57,000 £58,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.56% +6.36% -12.00%

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 15,122 8,563 12,206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.30% 89.54% 78.50%
Number of salaries quoted 11,316 4,282 8,402
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,016
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £49,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% -2.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £66,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -11.41%

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 1 August 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 1 August 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 -34 227 £51,000 -7.27% 92
Yorkshire +30 123 £55,000 +15.79% 55
North East +2 72 £50,810 +63.90% 21
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 32 (7.58%) SharePoint
2 21 (4.98%) Microsoft Exchange
3 19 (4.50%) CMS
4 15 (3.55%) WordPress
5 12 (2.84%) Confluence
6 4 (0.95%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.47%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.47%) Moodle
7 2 (0.47%) nginx
7 2 (0.47%) Totara
8 1 (0.24%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.24%) Umbraco
Applications
1 18 (4.27%) Microsoft Office
2 8 (1.90%) Chatbot
2 8 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 8 (1.90%) Sketch
3 5 (1.18%) Spreadsheet
4 4 (0.95%) Adobe XD
4 4 (0.95%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.71%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.71%) Trello
6 2 (0.47%) Camtasia
6 2 (0.47%) InVision
7 1 (0.24%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.24%) Blender
7 1 (0.24%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.24%) InDesign
7 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.24%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (1.90%) Magento
1 8 (1.90%) Shopify
2 5 (1.18%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.71%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.47%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 92 (21.80%) Azure
2 67 (15.88%) Microsoft 365
3 34 (8.06%) Power Platform
4 32 (7.58%) Figma
5 29 (6.87%) SaaS
6 26 (6.16%) Entra ID
7 24 (5.69%) Microsoft Copilot
8 23 (5.45%) Azure DevOps
9 22 (5.21%) PowerApps
10 21 (4.98%) AWS
11 18 (4.27%) Power Automate
12 17 (4.03%) Google Analytics
12 17 (4.03%) Microsoft Purview
13 11 (2.61%) Firebase
14 10 (2.37%) Copilot Studio
15 9 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
16 7 (1.66%) Azure Logic Apps
17 5 (1.18%) Azure AI
17 5 (1.18%) GitHub Actions
17 5 (1.18%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.37%) Firewall
2 8 (1.90%) CTI
2 8 (1.90%) DHCP
2 8 (1.90%) DNS
2 8 (1.90%) VoIP
3 4 (0.95%) Skype
3 4 (0.95%) Wireless
4 3 (0.71%) VLAN
4 3 (0.71%) VPN
5 2 (0.47%) FTP
5 2 (0.47%) HTTP
5 2 (0.47%) Intranet
5 2 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.24%) SAN
6 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.24%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.13%) Looker
1 9 (2.13%) Power BI
2 6 (1.42%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.18%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (0.95%) BigQuery
5 3 (0.71%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.71%) GIS
5 3 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.71%) Tableau
6 2 (0.47%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.47%) Metadata
6 2 (0.47%) Mixpanel
6 2 (0.47%) MySQL
6 2 (0.47%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.24%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (5.69%) Git
2 23 (5.45%) JIRA
3 17 (4.03%) fastlane
4 13 (3.08%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.42%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 6 (1.42%) Xcode
6 5 (1.18%) Android Studio
6 5 (1.18%) Crashlytics
6 5 (1.18%) Gradle
7 4 (0.95%) NUnit
8 3 (0.71%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.47%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.47%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.47%) GitLab
9 2 (0.47%) JUnit
9 2 (0.47%) Postman
9 2 (0.47%) Selenium
10 1 (0.24%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.24%) JMeter
10 1 (0.24%) LoadRunner
General
1 99 (23.46%) Social Skills
2 73 (17.30%) Finance
3 66 (15.64%) Public Sector
4 59 (13.98%) Marketing
5 45 (10.66%) Analytical Skills
6 26 (6.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (4.74%) Law
8 19 (4.50%) Legal
9 18 (4.27%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (4.27%) Retail
10 10 (2.37%) Manufacturing
11 8 (1.90%) Banking
12 6 (1.42%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.18%) Advertising
14 4 (0.95%) Brand Awareness
14 4 (0.95%) Games
14 4 (0.95%) Health Technology
15 3 (0.71%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.71%) Publishing
15 3 (0.71%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 64 (15.17%) Designer
1 64 (15.17%) Developer
2 55 (13.03%) Senior
3 53 (12.56%) Lead
4 38 (9.00%) Analyst
4 38 (9.00%) UX Designer
5 30 (7.11%) IT Manager
6 25 (5.92%) Support Engineer
7 23 (5.45%) Desktop Engineer
8 19 (4.50%) Desktop Support
8 19 (4.50%) Service Manager
9 18 (4.27%) Business Analyst
9 18 (4.27%) Desktop Support Engineer
9 18 (4.27%) IT Support
9 18 (4.27%) Product Designer
9 18 (4.27%) Senior Developer
10 16 (3.79%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 16 (3.79%) Product Manager
11 14 (3.32%) IT Services Manager
12 13 (3.08%) E-Commerce Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (8.06%) HTML
2 33 (7.82%) CSS
3 26 (6.16%) .NET
4 25 (5.92%) React
5 17 (4.03%) RESTful
6 12 (2.84%) Node.js
7 9 (2.13%) AngularJS
7 9 (2.13%) HTML5
7 9 (2.13%) Next.js
7 9 (2.13%) REST
8 7 (1.66%) iOS SDK
9 6 (1.42%) Core Data
9 6 (1.42%) CSS3
9 6 (1.42%) jQuery
9 6 (1.42%) SwiftUI
9 6 (1.42%) UIKit
10 5 (1.18%) .NET Core
10 5 (1.18%) Android Jetpack
10 5 (1.18%) Jetpack Compose
10 5 (1.18%) Retrofit
Miscellaneous
1 46 (10.90%) Product Ownership
2 28 (6.64%) Mobile App
3 17 (4.03%) Onboarding
4 12 (2.84%) Driving Licence
5 8 (1.90%) IVR
6 6 (1.42%) Cloud Native
6 6 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (1.42%) Low-Code
6 6 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (0.95%) AI Agents
7 4 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (0.95%) Learning Management System
7 4 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (0.95%) Media Streaming
7 4 (0.95%) PropTech
7 4 (0.95%) Security Posture
7 4 (0.95%) Social Media
8 3 (0.71%) Animation
8 3 (0.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (0.71%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 48 (11.37%) Windows
2 21 (4.98%) Windows 10
3 18 (4.27%) Apple iOS
4 13 (3.08%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.84%) Android
6 6 (1.42%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.95%) Windows 7
7 4 (0.95%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.47%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (28.44%) Continuous Improvement
2 115 (27.25%) UX Design
3 104 (24.64%) Agile
4 102 (24.17%) Problem-Solving
5 84 (19.91%) Analytics
6 67 (15.88%) Mentoring
7 61 (14.45%) AI
8 59 (13.98%) Roadmaps
9 53 (12.56%) CI/CD
10 46 (10.90%) ITIL
11 45 (10.66%) CRM
11 45 (10.66%) DevOps
12 44 (10.43%) E-Commerce
13 41 (9.72%) Stakeholder Management
14 40 (9.48%) Decision-Making
15 39 (9.24%) Coaching
16 38 (9.00%) Customer Service
17 37 (8.77%) ITSM
17 37 (8.77%) Service Management
18 33 (7.82%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 37 (8.77%) JavaScript
2 24 (5.69%) TypeScript
3 23 (5.45%) C#
4 21 (4.98%) SQL
5 16 (3.79%) Python
6 12 (2.84%) Swift
7 11 (2.61%) Java
8 10 (2.37%) PHP
9 9 (2.13%) PowerShell
10 8 (1.90%) VBScript
11 5 (1.18%) Kotlin
11 5 (1.18%) VB
12 4 (0.95%) Bicep
13 3 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 3 (0.71%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.24%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 36 (8.53%) Degree
2 17 (4.03%) Security Cleared
3 9 (2.13%) SC Cleared
4 7 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (1.66%) Postgraduate
5 5 (1.18%) DV Cleared
6 4 (0.95%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.71%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.71%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.47%) IIBA
8 2 (0.47%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.47%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.47%) Master's Degree
8 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (14.45%) Accessibility
2 26 (6.16%) WCAG
3 23 (5.45%) GDPR
4 20 (4.74%) QA
5 15 (3.55%) Data Quality
6 10 (2.37%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (1.66%) PCI DSS
8 5 (1.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 5 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 4 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
9 4 (0.95%) SLA
10 1 (0.24%) PMO
System Software
1 23 (5.45%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.90%) BitLocker
3 6 (1.42%) Docker
4 2 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.24%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 21 (4.98%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.90%) SCCM
3 6 (1.42%) Terraform
4 5 (1.18%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.24%) Packer
6 1 (0.24%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 109 (25.83%) Microsoft
2 24 (5.69%) Google
3 16 (3.79%) Adobe
4 15 (3.55%) ServiceNow
5 12 (2.84%) Cisco
6 11 (2.61%) Dynatrace
7 10 (2.37%) Apple
8 8 (1.90%) Avaya
8 8 (1.90%) Genesys
9 7 (1.66%) Meraki
10 5 (1.18%) Hotjar
11 4 (0.95%) CheckPoint
11 4 (0.95%) DevExpress
11 4 (0.95%) iManage
12 3 (0.71%) HubSpot
12 3 (0.71%) OpenAI
12 3 (0.71%) Salesforce
13 2 (0.47%) Amplitude
13 2 (0.47%) Databricks
13 2 (0.47%) OneLogin