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 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 37 85
Rank change year-on-year -44 +48 -23
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 301 560 267
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 3.17% 4.50% 3.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.74% 5.59% 3.68%
Number of salaries quoted 152 145 214
10th Percentile £30,500 £30,950 £28,425
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,055 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.11% +0.11% -6.98%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £62,188
90th Percentile £79,875 £73,750 £76,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% -4.00% +4.17%

All Process and 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 8,048 10,016 7,257
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 84.75% 80.52% 94.71%
Number of salaries quoted 4,476 4,720 5,500
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.73% -5.45% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,603 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

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 5 November 2025.

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 5 November 2025. 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 -34 228 £52,500 -4.55% 214
Yorkshire -29 54 £47,750 -4.50% 79
North East -24 19 £35,831 -28.34% 30
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 10 (3.32%) CMS
1 10 (3.32%) Confluence
2 3 (1.00%) SharePoint
2 3 (1.00%) WordPress
3 2 (0.66%) Drupal
3 2 (0.66%) EPiServer
3 2 (0.66%) Headless CMS
3 2 (0.66%) Umbraco
4 1 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.33%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 9 (2.99%) Chatbot
2 7 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 6 (1.99%) Adobe XD
3 6 (1.99%) Sketch
4 5 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (1.00%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.66%) InVision
6 2 (0.66%) MS Visio
7 1 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 3 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 3 (1.00%) Shopify
2 1 (0.33%) Magento
2 1 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 132 (43.85%) AWS
1 132 (43.85%) Azure
2 67 (22.26%) GCP
3 17 (5.65%) Figma
4 15 (4.98%) Google Analytics
4 15 (4.98%) Microsoft 365
5 13 (4.32%) SaaS
6 11 (3.65%) Serverless
7 10 (3.32%) AWS Lambda
8 8 (2.66%) Power Platform
9 7 (2.33%) Adobe Analytics
9 7 (2.33%) GitHub
10 4 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
10 4 (1.33%) Contentsquare
10 4 (1.33%) Google Ads
11 3 (1.00%) npm
11 3 (1.00%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.66%) MailChimp
12 2 (0.66%) OpenShift
12 2 (0.66%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (1.66%) DNS
2 4 (1.33%) LAN
3 3 (1.00%) WAN
4 2 (0.66%) AMQP
4 2 (0.66%) HTTP
4 2 (0.66%) Internet
5 1 (0.33%) Broadband
5 1 (0.33%) DHCP
5 1 (0.33%) SSH
5 1 (0.33%) SSL
5 1 (0.33%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.33%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (11.63%) SQL Server
2 9 (2.99%) DynamoDB
3 8 (2.66%) NoSQL
3 8 (2.66%) Power BI
4 7 (2.33%) MySQL
5 6 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.66%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.33%) Metadata
7 4 (1.33%) Mixpanel
7 4 (1.33%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.66%) Looker
8 2 (0.66%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.33%) Amazon Aurora
9 1 (0.33%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.33%) DocumentDB
9 1 (0.33%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.33%) Redis
Development Applications
1 44 (14.62%) JIRA
2 35 (11.63%) Selenium
3 34 (11.30%) GitLab
4 32 (10.63%) Cucumber
5 31 (10.30%) Maven
6 30 (9.97%) Bitbucket
6 30 (9.97%) SonarQube
6 30 (9.97%) Sonatype Nexus
7 16 (5.32%) Git
8 5 (1.66%) webpack
9 4 (1.33%) Cypress.io
9 4 (1.33%) Xcode
10 3 (1.00%) JUnit
11 2 (0.66%) Babel
11 2 (0.66%) Grunt
11 2 (0.66%) gulp
12 1 (0.33%) Android Studio
12 1 (0.33%) Axure RP
12 1 (0.33%) ESLint
12 1 (0.33%) Jenkins
General
1 93 (30.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 83 (27.57%) Social Skills
3 72 (23.92%) Finance
4 39 (12.96%) Banking
4 39 (12.96%) Retail
5 33 (10.96%) Marketing
6 30 (9.97%) Corporate Banking
6 30 (9.97%) Investment Banking
7 18 (5.98%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (3.99%) Law
10 9 (2.99%) Electronics
10 9 (2.99%) Games
10 9 (2.99%) Manufacturing
11 8 (2.66%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (2.66%) Public Sector
12 7 (2.33%) Legal
13 6 (1.99%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.66%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.33%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 104 (34.55%) Senior
2 100 (33.22%) Software Engineer
3 67 (22.26%) Senior Software Engineer
4 60 (19.93%) Developer
5 27 (8.97%) Analyst
6 26 (8.64%) IT Support
7 18 (5.98%) IT Analyst
7 18 (5.98%) IT Support Analyst
7 18 (5.98%) Support Analyst
8 14 (4.65%) Senior Developer
9 13 (4.32%) Full-Stack Developer
10 12 (3.99%) Applications Support
11 11 (3.65%) Java Developer
11 11 (3.65%) Senior Manager
12 10 (3.32%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 9 (2.99%) .NET Developer
13 9 (2.99%) Designer
13 9 (2.99%) Lead
13 9 (2.99%) React Developer
13 9 (2.99%) Senior Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 89 (29.57%) .NET
2 72 (23.92%) Node.js
3 69 (22.92%) CSS
4 67 (22.26%) React
5 65 (21.59%) HTML
6 49 (16.28%) RESTful
7 44 (14.62%) CSS3
7 44 (14.62%) HTML5
8 40 (13.29%) Spring
8 40 (13.29%) Spring Boot
9 37 (12.29%) Kafka
9 37 (12.29%) REST
10 34 (11.30%) Redux
11 33 (10.96%) Jest
12 32 (10.63%) Sass
13 30 (9.97%) JPA
14 11 (3.65%) AngularJS
15 9 (2.99%) Next.js
16 8 (2.66%) Amazon Corretto
17 7 (2.33%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 65 (21.59%) Self-Motivation
2 62 (20.60%) Linux Command Line
3 61 (20.27%) Cyberattack
4 45 (14.95%) Product Ownership
5 30 (9.97%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (3.65%) Social Media
7 9 (2.99%) Cloud Native
8 8 (2.66%) e-Learning
9 6 (1.99%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.66%) AI Agents
10 5 (1.66%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.66%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.66%) Greenfield Project
10 5 (1.66%) LIMS
10 5 (1.66%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.66%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (1.66%) SCADA
11 4 (1.33%) Animation
12 3 (1.00%) Graphic Design
13 2 (0.66%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 63 (20.93%) Linux
2 11 (3.65%) Windows
3 10 (3.32%) Windows Server
4 8 (2.66%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.66%) Android
5 5 (1.66%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 179 (59.47%) Agile
2 119 (39.53%) Software Engineering
3 108 (35.88%) Mentoring
4 104 (34.55%) Microservices
5 74 (24.58%) Machine Learning
6 73 (24.25%) Scrum
7 71 (23.59%) DevOps
8 65 (21.59%) Full-Stack Development
9 62 (20.60%) Cloud Security
9 62 (20.60%) Site Reliability Engineering
10 61 (20.27%) Data Engineering
11 60 (19.93%) CI/CD
12 55 (18.27%) Front End Development
13 48 (15.95%) Test Automation
14 45 (14.95%) UX Design
15 41 (13.62%) Continuous Improvement
16 40 (13.29%) Containerisation
17 39 (12.96%) Performance Optimisation
17 39 (12.96%) Responsive Web Design
17 39 (12.96%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 135 (44.85%) JavaScript
2 124 (41.20%) Java
3 79 (26.25%) Python
4 64 (21.26%) Rust
5 61 (20.27%) C++
5 61 (20.27%) Go
5 61 (20.27%) TypeScript
6 43 (14.29%) SQL
7 28 (9.30%) C#
8 4 (1.33%) PHP
8 4 (1.33%) Swift
8 4 (1.33%) XAML
9 3 (1.00%) ABAP
10 2 (0.66%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.66%) R
11 1 (0.33%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.33%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 66 (21.93%) Security Cleared
2 62 (20.60%) DV Cleared
3 61 (20.27%) AWS Certification
3 61 (20.27%) AWS Certified Developer
3 61 (20.27%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 25 (8.31%) Degree
5 13 (4.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 5 (1.66%) A+ Certification
6 5 (1.66%) CCNA
6 5 (1.66%) Cisco Certification
6 5 (1.66%) MCSA
6 5 (1.66%) Microsoft Certification
6 5 (1.66%) Network+ Certification
7 4 (1.33%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.66%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.66%) PhD
9 1 (0.33%) CISSP
9 1 (0.33%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.33%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (18.27%) Accessibility
2 42 (13.95%) QA
3 9 (2.99%) GDPR
4 5 (1.66%) 21 CFR Part 11
4 5 (1.66%) Data Quality
4 5 (1.66%) GxP
5 3 (1.00%) WCAG
6 2 (0.66%) HL7
7 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.33%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.33%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.33%) SLA
System Software
1 52 (17.28%) Docker
2 8 (2.66%) Active Directory
3 5 (1.66%) VMware ESXi
4 3 (1.00%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 48 (15.95%) Kubernetes
2 11 (3.65%) Terraform
3 5 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.66%) Grafana
5 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 35 (11.63%) Microsoft
2 30 (9.97%) Solace
3 25 (8.31%) Google
4 17 (5.65%) Adobe
5 10 (3.32%) Hotjar
6 8 (2.66%) Facebook
7 7 (2.33%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.99%) Qualtrics
9 5 (1.66%) Cisco
9 5 (1.66%) Salesforce
9 5 (1.66%) Veeam
9 5 (1.66%) VMware
10 4 (1.33%) Bloomberg
10 4 (1.33%) Genesys
10 4 (1.33%) SAP
11 3 (1.00%) Apple
11 3 (1.00%) HubSpot
12 2 (0.66%) Atlassian
12 2 (0.66%) IBM
12 2 (0.66%) Screaming Frog