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

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 65 79
Rank change year-on-year +57 +14 -11
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,817 326 266
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 16.94% 3.53% 3.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.02% 3.91% 3.71%
Number of salaries quoted 149 157 198
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,270 £31,400
25th Percentile £41,163 £41,000 £39,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,000 £79,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 8,644 8,336 7,172
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 80.60% 90.27% 88.28%
Number of salaries quoted 4,602 3,745 5,620
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £29,500
25th Percentile £32,425 £40,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,585 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.07% -1.74% -1.17%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 8 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 8 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 +46 1,592 £52,500 -4.55% 94
Yorkshire +51 206 £51,750 +12.50% 66
North East -21 19 £50,000 +5.26% 26
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 10 (0.55%) CMS
3 8 (0.44%) Confluence
4 4 (0.22%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.17%) WordPress
6 2 (0.11%) Drupal
6 2 (0.11%) EPiServer
6 2 (0.11%) nginx
7 1 (0.055%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.055%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.28%) Adobe XD
2 5 (0.28%) Sketch
3 4 (0.22%) Chatbot
3 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.11%) InVision
5 2 (0.11%) Trello
6 1 (0.055%) Adobe Illustrator
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 (88.88%) Cloud Computing
2 42 (2.31%) Azure
3 26 (1.43%) SaaS
4 22 (1.21%) AWS
5 21 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (1.10%) Power Platform
7 16 (0.88%) Figma
8 9 (0.50%) Adobe Analytics
8 9 (0.50%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (0.50%) OneDrive
9 8 (0.44%) Entra ID
9 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Purview
10 7 (0.39%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (0.33%) Power Automate
12 5 (0.28%) Google Analytics
13 4 (0.22%) Dynamics 365
13 4 (0.22%) Google Ads
13 4 (0.22%) PowerApps
14 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Copilot
15 2 (0.11%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 1,615 (88.88%) 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%) AMQP
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
2 9 (0.50%) NoSQL
3 7 (0.39%) MongoDB
4 6 (0.33%) Relational Database
4 6 (0.33%) 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
Development Applications
1 18 (0.99%) Git
2 14 (0.77%) JIRA
3 5 (0.28%) JUnit
4 4 (0.22%) webpack
5 3 (0.17%) Xcode
6 2 (0.11%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.11%) GitLab
6 2 (0.11%) Grunt
6 2 (0.11%) gulp
6 2 (0.11%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.11%) Selenium
7 1 (0.055%) Axure RP
7 1 (0.055%) Babel
7 1 (0.055%) ESLint
7 1 (0.055%) Maven
7 1 (0.055%) Storybook
General
1 1,695 (93.29%) Social Skills
2 1,626 (89.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,622 (89.27%) Banking
4 33 (1.82%) Finance
5 29 (1.60%) Analytical Skills
6 22 (1.21%) Marketing
7 15 (0.83%) Organisational Skills
7 15 (0.83%) Public Sector
8 12 (0.66%) Law
9 11 (0.61%) Legal
10 10 (0.55%) Manufacturing
11 8 (0.44%) Electronics
11 8 (0.44%) Influencing Skills
12 7 (0.39%) Retail
13 6 (0.33%) Pharmaceutical
14 3 (0.17%) Advertising
15 2 (0.11%) Aerospace
16 1 (0.055%) Games
16 1 (0.055%) Publishing
16 1 (0.055%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1,224 (67.36%) Lecturer
2 48 (2.64%) Developer
3 33 (1.82%) Senior
4 32 (1.76%) Analyst
5 22 (1.21%) IT Support
6 19 (1.05%) IT Analyst
7 18 (0.99%) IT Support Analyst
7 18 (0.99%) Support Analyst
8 14 (0.77%) Lead
9 13 (0.72%) Full-Stack Developer
10 9 (0.50%) .NET Developer
10 9 (0.50%) Designer
10 9 (0.50%) IT Manager
10 9 (0.50%) Software Engineer
11 8 (0.44%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 8 (0.44%) Platform Engineer
11 8 (0.44%) Senior Developer
11 8 (0.44%) Senior Manager
11 8 (0.44%) Software Developer
12 6 (0.33%) Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (2.48%) CSS
2 41 (2.26%) HTML
3 32 (1.76%) .NET
4 24 (1.32%) React
5 16 (0.88%) RESTful
6 13 (0.72%) ASP.NET
7 12 (0.66%) Node.js
8 11 (0.61%) AngularJS
9 10 (0.55%) REST
9 10 (0.55%) Spring
10 9 (0.50%) HTML5
10 9 (0.50%) Spring Boot
11 8 (0.44%) .NET Framework
12 7 (0.39%) CSS3
13 6 (0.33%) .NET Core
13 6 (0.33%) Apache Cordova
13 6 (0.33%) ASP.NET Core
13 6 (0.33%) Kafka
13 6 (0.33%) Next.js
14 4 (0.22%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 1,615 (88.88%) IoT
2 16 (0.88%) Product Ownership
3 12 (0.66%) Cloud Native
4 9 (0.50%) Distributed Systems
5 8 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (0.33%) Onboarding
6 6 (0.33%) Social Media
7 5 (0.28%) AI Agents
7 5 (0.28%) LIMS
7 5 (0.28%) Mobile App
7 5 (0.28%) SCADA
8 3 (0.17%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.17%) Distributed Computing
8 3 (0.17%) FMCG
8 3 (0.17%) Self-Motivation
9 2 (0.11%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.11%) Blog
9 2 (0.11%) Educational Technology
9 2 (0.11%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.11%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.39%) Apple iOS
1 7 (0.39%) Windows
2 5 (0.28%) Windows 10
2 5 (0.28%) Windows Server
3 4 (0.22%) Android
4 1 (0.055%) Linux
4 1 (0.055%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,651 (90.86%) AI
2 1,626 (89.49%) Machine Learning
3 1,623 (89.32%) Web Development
4 1,622 (89.27%) Cybersecurity
5 80 (4.40%) Agile
6 50 (2.75%) Continuous Improvement
7 45 (2.48%) Problem-Solving
8 39 (2.15%) UX Design
9 36 (1.98%) DevOps
10 35 (1.93%) CI/CD
11 33 (1.82%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 32 (1.76%) ITIL
12 32 (1.76%) Mentoring
13 30 (1.65%) Analytics
14 29 (1.60%) Full-Stack Development
14 29 (1.60%) Service Management
14 29 (1.60%) Software Engineering
15 27 (1.49%) Roadmaps
16 22 (1.21%) Coaching
16 22 (1.21%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 45 (2.48%) JavaScript
2 37 (2.04%) C#
3 25 (1.38%) TypeScript
4 17 (0.94%) Java
5 16 (0.88%) SQL
6 9 (0.50%) Python
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
8 3 (0.17%) Swift
9 2 (0.11%) R
10 1 (0.055%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,636 (90.04%) Degree
2 1,616 (88.94%) PhD
3 1,615 (88.88%) Master's Degree
3 1,615 (88.88%) Postgraduate
4 13 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 7 (0.39%) Security Cleared
6 6 (0.33%) SC Cleared
7 5 (0.28%) A+ Certification
7 5 (0.28%) CCNA
7 5 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (0.28%) MCSA
7 5 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
7 5 (0.28%) Network+ Certification
8 3 (0.17%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.11%) BPSS Clearance
9 2 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (0.055%) CISSP
10 1 (0.055%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.055%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (1.87%) Accessibility
2 15 (0.83%) QA
3 13 (0.72%) GDPR
4 6 (0.33%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.28%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 5 (0.28%) GxP
6 4 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
6 4 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.22%) PCI DSS
6 4 (0.22%) WCAG
7 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (0.17%) HL7
8 1 (0.055%) Disclosure Scotland
8 1 (0.055%) SLA
System Software
1 17 (0.94%) Active Directory
2 11 (0.61%) Docker
3 3 (0.17%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (0.55%) Terraform
2 8 (0.44%) Kubernetes
2 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.17%) Grafana
4 1 (0.055%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 36 (1.98%) Microsoft
2 19 (1.05%) Adobe
3 14 (0.77%) Google
4 9 (0.50%) New Relic
5 8 (0.44%) ServiceNow
5 8 (0.44%) Splunk
6 6 (0.33%) Qualtrics
7 5 (0.28%) Cisco
7 5 (0.28%) SAP
8 4 (0.22%) Genesys
8 4 (0.22%) Hotjar
9 3 (0.17%) Apple
9 3 (0.17%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.11%) Ahrefs
10 2 (0.11%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle
10 2 (0.11%) Screaming Frog
11 1 (0.055%) Instagram
11 1 (0.055%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.055%) TikTok