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 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 49 59
Rank change year-on-year +35 +10 +46
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,353 488 594
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 6.81% 6.27% 3.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.63% 6.63% 4.16%
Number of salaries quoted 299 160 398
10th Percentile £29,868 £32,175 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -17.39%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,875
England median annual salary £55,550 £60,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -7.42% +17.65% -20.93%

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 14,044 7,365 14,270
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.73% 94.65% 81.24%
Number of salaries quoted 9,465 3,457 11,306
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £34,755 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.88% +0.11% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £88,750 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -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 29 May 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 29 May 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 +29 1,107 £55,000 -4.35% 86
Yorkshire +38 194 £55,000 +37.50% 24
North East -4 52 £50,810 +1.11% 24
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 27 (2.00%) SharePoint
2 21 (1.55%) CMS
3 13 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
3 13 (0.96%) WordPress
4 9 (0.67%) Confluence
5 3 (0.22%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.15%) Moodle
6 2 (0.15%) nginx
6 2 (0.15%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.15%) Totara
7 1 (0.074%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 13 (0.96%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.52%) Sketch
2 7 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (0.22%) Adobe XD
3 3 (0.22%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.22%) Photoshop
3 3 (0.22%) Trello
4 2 (0.15%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (0.15%) Adobe Premiere
4 2 (0.15%) Camtasia
5 1 (0.074%) Blender
5 1 (0.074%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (0.074%) InDesign
5 1 (0.074%) InVision
5 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (0.59%) Magento
1 8 (0.59%) Shopify
2 7 (0.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.22%) Dynamics AX
4 2 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.074%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 992 (73.32%) Cloud Computing
2 76 (5.62%) Azure
3 54 (3.99%) Microsoft 365
4 35 (2.59%) SaaS
5 33 (2.44%) Power Platform
6 30 (2.22%) Figma
7 27 (2.00%) Entra ID
8 19 (1.40%) Azure DevOps
8 19 (1.40%) Google Analytics
9 18 (1.33%) Microsoft Purview
9 18 (1.33%) Power Automate
10 17 (1.26%) Microsoft Copilot
10 17 (1.26%) PowerApps
11 16 (1.18%) AWS
12 11 (0.81%) Dynamics 365
13 9 (0.67%) Azure Monitor
13 9 (0.67%) Copilot Studio
14 8 (0.59%) Firebase
15 6 (0.44%) Azure Logic Apps
15 6 (0.44%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 990 (73.17%) Internet
2 6 (0.44%) DHCP
2 6 (0.44%) DNS
3 5 (0.37%) Firewall
4 4 (0.30%) HTTP
5 3 (0.22%) VLAN
5 3 (0.22%) VPN
6 2 (0.15%) Skype
6 2 (0.15%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.074%) SAN
7 1 (0.074%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.074%) Unified Communications
7 1 (0.074%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (0.67%) Looker
2 7 (0.52%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.37%) Power BI
3 5 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (0.30%) BigQuery
4 4 (0.30%) MySQL
5 3 (0.22%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.22%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.22%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.22%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.15%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.15%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.15%) GIS
6 2 (0.15%) Metadata
6 2 (0.15%) Mixpanel
6 2 (0.15%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.15%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.15%) Tableau
7 1 (0.074%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.074%) PostHog
Development Applications
1 20 (1.48%) JIRA
2 19 (1.40%) Git
3 11 (0.81%) fastlane
4 10 (0.74%) Jenkins
5 4 (0.30%) Android Studio
5 4 (0.30%) Crashlytics
5 4 (0.30%) Gradle
5 4 (0.30%) JUnit
5 4 (0.30%) NUnit
5 4 (0.30%) Xcode
6 3 (0.22%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 3 (0.22%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.15%) Claude Code
7 2 (0.15%) GitLab
7 2 (0.15%) Postman
7 2 (0.15%) Selenium
7 2 (0.15%) Vagrant
8 1 (0.074%) JMeter
8 1 (0.074%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.074%) webpack
General
1 1,076 (79.53%) Social Skills
2 1,010 (74.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 996 (73.61%) Banking
4 64 (4.73%) Finance
5 61 (4.51%) Marketing
6 47 (3.47%) Public Sector
7 41 (3.03%) Analytical Skills
8 20 (1.48%) Legal
9 19 (1.40%) Law
10 18 (1.33%) Retail
11 11 (0.81%) Manufacturing
12 9 (0.67%) Influencing Skills
12 9 (0.67%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.30%) Advertising
13 4 (0.30%) Brand Awareness
13 4 (0.30%) Health Technology
14 3 (0.22%) Billing
14 3 (0.22%) Games
15 2 (0.15%) Multimedia
15 2 (0.15%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 728 (53.81%) Lecturer
2 62 (4.58%) Senior
3 59 (4.36%) Developer
4 56 (4.14%) Designer
5 34 (2.51%) UX Designer
6 32 (2.37%) IT Manager
7 31 (2.29%) Analyst
8 26 (1.92%) Lead
9 23 (1.70%) Service Manager
10 20 (1.48%) Senior Manager
11 19 (1.40%) Product Designer
11 19 (1.40%) Senior Developer
12 18 (1.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 18 (1.33%) IT Services Manager
12 18 (1.33%) Support Engineer
13 17 (1.26%) Senior IT Manager
13 17 (1.26%) Senior Service Manager
14 15 (1.11%) Desktop Engineer
14 15 (1.11%) Product Manager
15 14 (1.03%) Desktop Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (2.59%) HTML
2 34 (2.51%) CSS
3 25 (1.85%) React
4 19 (1.40%) .NET
4 19 (1.40%) RESTful
5 13 (0.96%) AngularJS
6 9 (0.67%) Node.js
6 9 (0.67%) REST
7 6 (0.44%) ASP.NET
7 6 (0.44%) Next.js
8 5 (0.37%) .NET Core
8 5 (0.37%) .NET Framework
8 5 (0.37%) Entity Framework
8 5 (0.37%) HTML5
8 5 (0.37%) iOS SDK
8 5 (0.37%) jQuery
8 5 (0.37%) Spring
8 5 (0.37%) SwiftUI
9 4 (0.30%) Laravel
9 4 (0.30%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 991 (73.24%) IoT
2 39 (2.88%) Product Ownership
3 22 (1.63%) Mobile App
4 18 (1.33%) Onboarding
5 9 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (0.67%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (0.52%) Low-Code
7 6 (0.44%) Cloud Native
7 6 (0.44%) Driving Licence
7 6 (0.44%) Social Media
8 5 (0.37%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (0.37%) Photography
9 4 (0.30%) AI Agents
9 4 (0.30%) Media Streaming
10 3 (0.22%) Animation
10 3 (0.22%) FMCG
10 3 (0.22%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.22%) NHS
10 3 (0.22%) Security Posture
10 3 (0.22%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 34 (2.51%) Windows
2 14 (1.03%) Windows 10
3 12 (0.89%) Apple iOS
4 8 (0.59%) Android
5 7 (0.52%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.22%) Mac OS
7 2 (0.15%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.074%) Linux
8 1 (0.074%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,037 (76.64%) AI
2 1,007 (74.43%) Web Development
3 1,005 (74.28%) Cybersecurity
4 993 (73.39%) Machine Learning
5 101 (7.46%) UX Design
6 98 (7.24%) Continuous Improvement
7 85 (6.28%) Agile
8 81 (5.99%) Problem-Solving
9 63 (4.66%) Analytics
10 59 (4.36%) Mentoring
11 45 (3.33%) ITIL
12 43 (3.18%) CRM
13 40 (2.96%) DevOps
14 39 (2.88%) E-Commerce
14 39 (2.88%) Roadmaps
15 38 (2.81%) CI/CD
15 38 (2.81%) Service Management
16 34 (2.51%) SEO
17 32 (2.37%) Coaching
17 32 (2.37%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 37 (2.73%) JavaScript
2 28 (2.07%) TypeScript
3 20 (1.48%) SQL
4 16 (1.18%) C#
5 14 (1.03%) Python
6 13 (0.96%) Java
7 8 (0.59%) Swift
8 7 (0.52%) PHP
9 6 (0.44%) PowerShell
10 4 (0.30%) Bicep
10 4 (0.30%) Kotlin
10 4 (0.30%) VBScript
11 3 (0.22%) VB
12 1 (0.074%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 1,024 (75.68%) Degree
2 992 (73.32%) Master's Degree
3 991 (73.24%) Postgraduate
4 990 (73.17%) PhD
5 11 (0.81%) Security Cleared
6 7 (0.52%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (0.37%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.30%) ITIL Certification
8 4 (0.30%) SC Cleared
9 3 (0.22%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.15%) AWS Certification
10 2 (0.15%) IIBA
10 2 (0.15%) ISTQB
10 2 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.074%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (3.10%) Accessibility
2 26 (1.92%) QA
3 20 (1.48%) GDPR
4 16 (1.18%) WCAG
5 12 (0.89%) Data Quality
6 8 (0.59%) Cyber Essentials
7 7 (0.52%) PCI DSS
8 6 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 4 (0.30%) SLA
10 3 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
10 3 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.074%) HL7
11 1 (0.074%) PMO
System Software
1 20 (1.48%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.52%) Docker
3 4 (0.30%) BitLocker
4 2 (0.15%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.074%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.074%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 20 (1.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (0.74%) Terraform
3 5 (0.37%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.30%) SCCM
5 2 (0.15%) Packer
5 2 (0.15%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.074%) Grafana
6 1 (0.074%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 90 (6.65%) Microsoft
2 24 (1.77%) Google
3 18 (1.33%) Adobe
4 12 (0.89%) ServiceNow
5 8 (0.59%) Dynatrace
6 5 (0.37%) Apple
6 5 (0.37%) Hotjar
6 5 (0.37%) New Relic
6 5 (0.37%) Splunk
7 4 (0.30%) DevExpress
7 4 (0.30%) OneLogin
8 3 (0.22%) HubSpot
8 3 (0.22%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.15%) Amplitude
9 2 (0.15%) Databricks
9 2 (0.15%) Hootsuite
9 2 (0.15%) Meraki
9 2 (0.15%) Oracle
9 2 (0.15%) SAP
9 2 (0.15%) Synthesia