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 14 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 68 71
Rank change year-on-year +59 +3 +3
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,826 278 429
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 14.59% 3.50% 3.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.84% 3.79% 3.99%
Number of salaries quoted 161 153 339
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -13.51%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £72,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -14.10%

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 9,693 7,339 10,739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 77.46% 92.47% 86.38%
Number of salaries quoted 5,463 3,470 8,746
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,050 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £80,435
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 14 February 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 14 February 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 +59 1,591 £55,000 - 71
Yorkshire +43 219 £55,000 +26.44% 45
North East -31 16 £50,000 +11.11% 19
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 (0.82%) CMS
1 15 (0.82%) SharePoint
2 7 (0.38%) Confluence
2 7 (0.38%) WordPress
3 4 (0.22%) Umbraco
4 2 (0.11%) nginx
5 1 (0.055%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.055%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
3 3 (0.16%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.16%) Sketch
4 2 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
4 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.11%) Trello
5 1 (0.055%) Blender
5 1 (0.055%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.055%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (0.055%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.055%) InDesign
5 1 (0.055%) InVision
5 1 (0.055%) MadCap Flare
5 1 (0.055%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.22%) Shopify
3 2 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.055%) Magento
4 1 (0.055%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.055%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 1,615 (88.44%) Cloud Computing
2 39 (2.14%) Azure
3 28 (1.53%) SaaS
4 24 (1.31%) Microsoft 365
5 22 (1.20%) AWS
6 17 (0.93%) Power Platform
7 15 (0.82%) Figma
8 11 (0.60%) Adobe Analytics
9 9 (0.49%) Azure Monitor
9 9 (0.49%) OneDrive
10 8 (0.44%) Entra ID
10 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Purview
11 7 (0.38%) Google Analytics
12 6 (0.33%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (0.33%) Power Automate
13 4 (0.22%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (0.22%) PowerApps
14 3 (0.16%) GCP
14 3 (0.16%) Google Ads
14 3 (0.16%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1,615 (88.44%) Internet
2 5 (0.27%) DNS
3 4 (0.22%) HTTP
3 4 (0.22%) LAN
4 3 (0.16%) 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 9 (0.49%) MySQL
2 7 (0.38%) MongoDB
2 7 (0.38%) NoSQL
2 7 (0.38%) Power BI
3 5 (0.27%) Relational Database
3 5 (0.27%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.16%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.11%) Looker
5 2 (0.11%) Metadata
5 2 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.11%) PostHog
5 2 (0.11%) Redis
6 1 (0.055%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 13 (0.71%) JIRA
2 12 (0.66%) Git
3 5 (0.27%) JUnit
4 2 (0.11%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.11%) GitLab
4 2 (0.11%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.11%) Selenium
4 2 (0.11%) Vagrant
4 2 (0.11%) Xcode
5 1 (0.055%) Maven
General
1 1,687 (92.39%) Social Skills
2 1,626 (89.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,622 (88.83%) Banking
4 31 (1.70%) Finance
5 30 (1.64%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (1.48%) Marketing
7 22 (1.20%) Public Sector
8 19 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (0.71%) Legal
10 11 (0.60%) Law
11 10 (0.55%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (0.38%) Electronics
12 7 (0.38%) Retail
13 5 (0.27%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.16%) Advertising
15 2 (0.11%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.11%) Multimedia
16 1 (0.055%) Games
16 1 (0.055%) Publishing
16 1 (0.055%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1,224 (67.03%) Lecturer
2 47 (2.57%) Senior
3 44 (2.41%) Developer
4 27 (1.48%) Analyst
5 17 (0.93%) IT Manager
5 17 (0.93%) IT Support
6 15 (0.82%) Senior Manager
7 14 (0.77%) IT Analyst
8 13 (0.71%) Full-Stack Developer
8 13 (0.71%) IT Support Analyst
8 13 (0.71%) Lead
8 13 (0.71%) Support Analyst
9 12 (0.66%) Senior Developer
10 11 (0.60%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 11 (0.60%) Service Manager
10 11 (0.60%) Software Engineer
11 10 (0.55%) Designer
11 10 (0.55%) IT Services Manager
11 10 (0.55%) Senior IT Manager
11 10 (0.55%) Senior Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (2.57%) CSS
2 44 (2.41%) HTML
3 33 (1.81%) .NET
4 21 (1.15%) React
5 17 (0.93%) RESTful
6 14 (0.77%) AngularJS
7 12 (0.66%) ASP.NET
8 10 (0.55%) HTML5
9 9 (0.49%) Node.js
10 8 (0.44%) .NET Framework
10 8 (0.44%) REST
10 8 (0.44%) Spring
11 7 (0.38%) Spring Boot
12 6 (0.33%) Apache Cordova
12 6 (0.33%) ASP.NET Core
12 6 (0.33%) Kafka
13 5 (0.27%) .NET Core
13 5 (0.27%) CSS3
13 5 (0.27%) jQuery
13 5 (0.27%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 1,615 (88.44%) IoT
2 12 (0.66%) Product Ownership
3 11 (0.60%) Cloud Native
4 10 (0.55%) Mobile App
5 8 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
5 8 (0.44%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (0.44%) Social Media
6 7 (0.38%) Distributed Systems
7 6 (0.33%) Onboarding
8 4 (0.22%) FMCG
9 3 (0.16%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.16%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (0.16%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.11%) AI Agents
10 2 (0.11%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.11%) Animation
10 2 (0.11%) Blog
10 2 (0.11%) Digital Signage
10 2 (0.11%) Educational Technology
10 2 (0.11%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.44%) Apple iOS
2 4 (0.22%) Android
3 3 (0.16%) Windows
4 1 (0.055%) Linux
4 1 (0.055%) Unix
4 1 (0.055%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,654 (90.58%) AI
2 1,624 (88.94%) Web Development
3 1,622 (88.83%) Cybersecurity
3 1,622 (88.83%) Machine Learning
4 79 (4.33%) Agile
5 60 (3.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 49 (2.68%) Problem-Solving
7 46 (2.52%) UX Design
8 42 (2.30%) Mentoring
9 37 (2.03%) Analytics
10 34 (1.86%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 33 (1.81%) DevOps
11 33 (1.81%) ITIL
11 33 (1.81%) Software Engineering
12 31 (1.70%) CI/CD
12 31 (1.70%) Full-Stack Development
12 31 (1.70%) Service Management
13 29 (1.59%) Coaching
14 25 (1.37%) Roadmaps
15 24 (1.31%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 44 (2.41%) JavaScript
2 33 (1.81%) C#
3 26 (1.42%) TypeScript
4 17 (0.93%) SQL
5 15 (0.82%) Java
6 8 (0.44%) Python
7 4 (0.22%) XAML
8 3 (0.16%) ABAP
8 3 (0.16%) PHP
8 3 (0.16%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.16%) Rust
8 3 (0.16%) Swift
9 2 (0.11%) R
10 1 (0.055%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,638 (89.70%) Degree
2 1,616 (88.50%) PhD
3 1,615 (88.44%) Master's Degree
3 1,615 (88.44%) Postgraduate
4 13 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 6 (0.33%) Security Cleared
6 4 (0.22%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.16%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.11%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.055%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.055%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.055%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (1.75%) Accessibility
2 16 (0.88%) GDPR
3 15 (0.82%) QA
4 7 (0.38%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.38%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 4 (0.22%) WCAG
6 3 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.16%) HL7
7 1 (0.055%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.055%) SLA
System Software
1 13 (0.71%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.49%) Docker
3 3 (0.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (0.60%) Terraform
2 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (0.38%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.11%) Grafana
4 2 (0.11%) Packer
4 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 31 (1.70%) Microsoft
2 21 (1.15%) Adobe
3 14 (0.77%) Google
4 9 (0.49%) New Relic
5 8 (0.44%) Splunk
6 7 (0.38%) Qualtrics
6 7 (0.38%) ServiceNow
7 6 (0.33%) SAP
8 4 (0.22%) Hotjar
9 3 (0.16%) Apple
10 2 (0.11%) Ahrefs
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%) Facebook
11 1 (0.055%) Instagram
11 1 (0.055%) TikTok
11 1 (0.055%) WooCommerce