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

6 months to
25 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 67 73
Rank change year-on-year +58 +6 -3
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,814 318 366
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 15.87% 3.56% 3.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.18% 3.90% 3.90%
Number of salaries quoted 145 160 288
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,443 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,866 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,438 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,500 £72,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -11.54%

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 8,987 8,157 9,376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 78.61% 91.36% 87.12%
Number of salaries quoted 4,907 3,619 7,549
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,250
25th Percentile £33,625 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -6.38%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £66,778
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £81,357
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 25 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 25 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 +49 1,587 £57,500 +4.55% 94
Yorkshire +50 208 £51,750 +15.00% 67
North East -24 19 £50,000 +5.26% 36
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 11 (0.61%) CMS
3 8 (0.44%) Confluence
4 6 (0.33%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.11%) Drupal
5 2 (0.11%) EPiServer
5 2 (0.11%) nginx
5 2 (0.11%) WordPress
6 1 (0.055%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.055%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.28%) Sketch
3 4 (0.22%) Adobe XD
3 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.22%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
5 2 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (0.11%) InVision
5 2 (0.11%) Trello
6 1 (0.055%) Adobe Creative Suite
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 (89.03%) Cloud Computing
2 39 (2.15%) Azure
3 25 (1.38%) SaaS
4 22 (1.21%) AWS
5 21 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (1.10%) Power Platform
7 17 (0.94%) Figma
8 10 (0.55%) Adobe Analytics
9 9 (0.50%) Azure Monitor
9 9 (0.50%) OneDrive
10 8 (0.44%) Entra ID
10 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Purview
11 6 (0.33%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (0.33%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.22%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (0.22%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.17%) GCP
13 3 (0.17%) Google Ads
13 3 (0.17%) Google Analytics
13 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1,615 (89.03%) 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%) 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
3 7 (0.39%) MongoDB
3 7 (0.39%) NoSQL
4 5 (0.28%) Relational Database
4 5 (0.28%) 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
8 1 (0.055%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 14 (0.77%) Git
1 14 (0.77%) JIRA
2 5 (0.28%) JUnit
3 3 (0.17%) Xcode
4 2 (0.11%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.11%) GitLab
4 2 (0.11%) Grunt
4 2 (0.11%) gulp
4 2 (0.11%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.11%) Selenium
4 2 (0.11%) webpack
5 1 (0.055%) Axure RP
5 1 (0.055%) Maven
General
1 1,689 (93.11%) Social Skills
2 1,626 (89.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,623 (89.47%) Banking
4 31 (1.71%) Finance
5 29 (1.60%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (1.27%) Public Sector
7 20 (1.10%) Marketing
8 15 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (0.66%) Legal
10 11 (0.61%) Law
11 9 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (0.44%) Electronics
12 8 (0.44%) Manufacturing
13 7 (0.39%) Retail
14 4 (0.22%) Pharmaceutical
15 3 (0.17%) Advertising
16 2 (0.11%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.11%) Multimedia
17 1 (0.055%) Games
17 1 (0.055%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1,224 (67.48%) Lecturer
2 47 (2.59%) Developer
3 41 (2.26%) Senior
4 30 (1.65%) Analyst
5 20 (1.10%) IT Support
6 17 (0.94%) IT Analyst
7 16 (0.88%) IT Support Analyst
7 16 (0.88%) Support Analyst
8 15 (0.83%) IT Manager
9 14 (0.77%) Lead
9 14 (0.77%) Senior Manager
10 13 (0.72%) Full-Stack Developer
11 11 (0.61%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 11 (0.61%) Senior Developer
12 10 (0.55%) Service Manager
13 9 (0.50%) Designer
13 9 (0.50%) IT Services Manager
13 9 (0.50%) Senior IT Manager
13 9 (0.50%) Senior Service Manager
14 8 (0.44%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (2.37%) CSS
2 39 (2.15%) HTML
3 30 (1.65%) .NET
4 21 (1.16%) React
5 18 (0.99%) RESTful
6 12 (0.66%) ASP.NET
6 12 (0.66%) Node.js
7 10 (0.55%) AngularJS
8 9 (0.50%) REST
9 8 (0.44%) .NET Framework
9 8 (0.44%) HTML5
10 7 (0.39%) Spring
11 6 (0.33%) Apache Cordova
11 6 (0.33%) ASP.NET Core
11 6 (0.33%) CSS3
11 6 (0.33%) Kafka
11 6 (0.33%) Spring Boot
12 5 (0.28%) .NET Core
12 5 (0.28%) Next.js
13 4 (0.22%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 1,615 (89.03%) IoT
2 13 (0.72%) Product Ownership
3 10 (0.55%) Cloud Native
4 8 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (0.39%) Distributed Systems
5 7 (0.39%) Mobile App
6 6 (0.33%) Onboarding
6 6 (0.33%) Social Media
7 4 (0.22%) AI Agents
7 4 (0.22%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (0.17%) Digital Signage
8 3 (0.17%) Distributed Computing
8 3 (0.17%) FMCG
8 3 (0.17%) LIMS
8 3 (0.17%) SCADA
9 2 (0.11%) Animation
9 2 (0.11%) Blog
9 2 (0.11%) Graphic Design
9 2 (0.11%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.11%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 9 (0.50%) Apple iOS
2 5 (0.28%) Windows
3 4 (0.22%) Android
4 3 (0.17%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.17%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.055%) Linux
5 1 (0.055%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,653 (91.12%) AI
2 1,625 (89.58%) Machine Learning
3 1,622 (89.42%) Cybersecurity
4 1,621 (89.36%) Web Development
5 80 (4.41%) Agile
6 54 (2.98%) Continuous Improvement
7 46 (2.54%) Problem-Solving
8 38 (2.09%) Mentoring
8 38 (2.09%) UX Design
9 33 (1.82%) ITIL
9 33 (1.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 32 (1.76%) Service Management
11 30 (1.65%) CI/CD
12 29 (1.60%) Analytics
12 29 (1.60%) DevOps
13 28 (1.54%) Full-Stack Development
13 28 (1.54%) Software Engineering
14 26 (1.43%) Coaching
14 26 (1.43%) Roadmaps
15 21 (1.16%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 41 (2.26%) JavaScript
2 33 (1.82%) C#
3 24 (1.32%) TypeScript
4 15 (0.83%) SQL
5 14 (0.77%) Java
6 9 (0.50%) Python
7 4 (0.22%) Swift
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
9 2 (0.11%) R
10 1 (0.055%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,635 (90.13%) Degree
2 1,616 (89.08%) PhD
3 1,615 (89.03%) Master's Degree
3 1,615 (89.03%) Postgraduate
4 13 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 7 (0.39%) Security Cleared
6 6 (0.33%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.17%) A+ Certification
7 3 (0.17%) CCNA
7 3 (0.17%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.17%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.17%) MCSA
7 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.17%) Network+ Certification
8 2 (0.11%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.055%) CISSP
9 1 (0.055%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.055%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.055%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (1.93%) Accessibility
2 13 (0.72%) GDPR
3 12 (0.66%) QA
4 6 (0.33%) Data Quality
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%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.17%) GxP
6 3 (0.17%) HL7
7 1 (0.055%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.055%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (0.83%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.44%) Docker
3 3 (0.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (0.55%) Terraform
2 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (0.33%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.11%) Grafana
5 1 (0.055%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 32 (1.76%) Microsoft
2 19 (1.05%) Adobe
3 11 (0.61%) Google
4 9 (0.50%) New Relic
5 8 (0.44%) Splunk
6 7 (0.39%) Qualtrics
7 6 (0.33%) ServiceNow
8 5 (0.28%) SAP
9 3 (0.17%) Apple
9 3 (0.17%) Cisco
9 3 (0.17%) Genesys
9 3 (0.17%) Hotjar
10 2 (0.11%) Ahrefs
10 2 (0.11%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.11%) Hootsuite
10 2 (0.11%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.11%) OneLogin
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle
10 2 (0.11%) Screaming Frog
11 1 (0.055%) TikTok