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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 68 75
Rank change year-on-year +59 +7 -6
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,816 310 359
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 15.68% 3.51% 3.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 20.00% 3.82% 3.77%
Number of salaries quoted 149 159 287
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,385 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,500 £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 £64,625 £66,250
90th Percentile £79,000 £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 9,078 8,105 9,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 78.36% 91.83% 86.82%
Number of salaries quoted 4,969 3,597 7,722
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,750 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £66,750 £68,750 £66,778
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,110 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +6.28% -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 29 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 29 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 +50 1,589 £57,500 +4.55% 70
Yorkshire +50 208 £52,500 +18.64% 42
North East -28 19 £50,000 +5.26% 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 (0.83%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.61%) CMS
3 8 (0.44%) Confluence
4 5 (0.28%) Umbraco
5 3 (0.17%) WordPress
6 2 (0.11%) nginx
7 1 (0.055%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.055%) Drupal
7 1 (0.055%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.055%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.22%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.22%) Sketch
3 3 (0.17%) Adobe XD
3 3 (0.17%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.17%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
4 2 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
4 2 (0.11%) Trello
5 1 (0.055%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.055%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.055%) InVision
5 1 (0.055%) MadCap Flare
5 1 (0.055%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.28%) 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 (88.93%) Cloud Computing
2 39 (2.15%) Azure
3 24 (1.32%) SaaS
4 22 (1.21%) AWS
5 21 (1.16%) Microsoft 365
6 20 (1.10%) Power Platform
7 16 (0.88%) 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%) Google Analytics
12 4 (0.22%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.17%) GCP
13 3 (0.17%) Google Ads
13 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1,615 (88.93%) 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 3 (0.17%) Metadata
5 3 (0.17%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.11%) Looker
6 2 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.11%) PostHog
6 2 (0.11%) Redis
7 1 (0.055%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 14 (0.77%) JIRA
2 13 (0.72%) Git
3 5 (0.28%) JUnit
4 3 (0.17%) Xcode
5 2 (0.11%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.11%) GitLab
5 2 (0.11%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.11%) Selenium
6 1 (0.055%) Grunt
6 1 (0.055%) gulp
6 1 (0.055%) Maven
6 1 (0.055%) webpack
General
1 1,690 (93.06%) Social Skills
2 1,626 (89.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,623 (89.37%) Banking
4 32 (1.76%) Finance
5 30 (1.65%) Analytical Skills
6 23 (1.27%) Public Sector
7 21 (1.16%) Marketing
8 16 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
9 12 (0.66%) Legal
10 10 (0.55%) 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 (67.40%) Lecturer
2 45 (2.48%) Developer
3 42 (2.31%) Senior
4 30 (1.65%) Analyst
5 20 (1.10%) IT Support
6 17 (0.94%) IT Analyst
7 16 (0.88%) IT Manager
7 16 (0.88%) IT Support Analyst
7 16 (0.88%) Support Analyst
8 15 (0.83%) Senior Manager
9 14 (0.77%) Lead
10 13 (0.72%) Full-Stack Developer
11 11 (0.61%) Designer
11 11 (0.61%) Senior Developer
11 11 (0.61%) Service Manager
12 10 (0.55%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 10 (0.55%) IT Services Manager
12 10 (0.55%) Senior IT Manager
12 10 (0.55%) Senior Service Manager
13 8 (0.44%) Platform Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (2.31%) CSS
2 38 (2.09%) HTML
3 30 (1.65%) .NET
4 21 (1.16%) React
5 17 (0.94%) RESTful
6 12 (0.66%) ASP.NET
7 11 (0.61%) Node.js
8 10 (0.55%) AngularJS
9 9 (0.50%) REST
10 8 (0.44%) .NET Framework
11 7 (0.39%) HTML5
11 7 (0.39%) Spring
12 6 (0.33%) Apache Cordova
12 6 (0.33%) ASP.NET Core
12 6 (0.33%) Kafka
12 6 (0.33%) Spring Boot
13 5 (0.28%) .NET Core
13 5 (0.28%) CSS3
13 5 (0.28%) Next.js
14 4 (0.22%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 1,615 (88.93%) IoT
2 13 (0.72%) Product Ownership
3 10 (0.55%) Cloud Native
4 9 (0.50%) Mobile App
5 8 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (0.39%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (0.39%) Onboarding
7 6 (0.33%) Social Media
8 5 (0.28%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (0.22%) AI Agents
9 4 (0.22%) FMCG
10 3 (0.17%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.17%) Distributed Computing
10 3 (0.17%) LIMS
10 3 (0.17%) SCADA
11 2 (0.11%) Animation
11 2 (0.11%) Blog
11 2 (0.11%) Educational Technology
11 2 (0.11%) Management Information System
11 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 1,655 (91.13%) AI
2 1,625 (89.48%) Machine Learning
3 1,622 (89.32%) Cybersecurity
4 1,621 (89.26%) Web Development
5 79 (4.35%) Agile
6 56 (3.08%) Continuous Improvement
7 46 (2.53%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (2.20%) UX Design
9 39 (2.15%) Mentoring
10 35 (1.93%) ITIL
11 34 (1.87%) Service Management
11 34 (1.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 31 (1.71%) Analytics
13 30 (1.65%) CI/CD
14 29 (1.60%) DevOps
14 29 (1.60%) Software Engineering
15 28 (1.54%) Full-Stack Development
16 27 (1.49%) Coaching
17 26 (1.43%) Roadmaps
18 20 (1.10%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 39 (2.15%) 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 1,636 (90.09%) Degree
2 1,616 (88.99%) PhD
3 1,615 (88.93%) Master's Degree
3 1,615 (88.93%) Postgraduate
4 13 (0.72%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 5 (0.28%) Security Cleared
6 3 (0.17%) A+ Certification
6 3 (0.17%) CCNA
6 3 (0.17%) Cisco Certification
6 3 (0.17%) DBS Check
6 3 (0.17%) MCSA
6 3 (0.17%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (0.17%) Network+ Certification
6 3 (0.17%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 2 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.055%) CISSP
8 1 (0.055%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.055%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.055%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 33 (1.82%) Accessibility
2 13 (0.72%) GDPR
2 13 (0.72%) QA
3 6 (0.33%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.22%) PCI DSS
4 4 (0.22%) WCAG
5 3 (0.17%) 21 CFR Part 11
5 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.17%) GxP
5 3 (0.17%) HL7
6 1 (0.055%) Disclosure Scotland
6 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 18 (0.99%) 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%) SAP
7 6 (0.33%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.17%) Apple
8 3 (0.17%) Cisco
8 3 (0.17%) Genesys
8 3 (0.17%) Hotjar
9 2 (0.11%) Ahrefs
9 2 (0.11%) Atlassian
9 2 (0.11%) Hootsuite
9 2 (0.11%) HubSpot
9 2 (0.11%) OneLogin
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle
9 2 (0.11%) Screaming Frog
10 1 (0.055%) TikTok