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

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 77 63
Rank change year-on-year +68 -14 +37
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,941 262 584
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 10.62% 3.69% 3.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.62% 3.90% 4.22%
Number of salaries quoted 263 184 393
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% -17.39%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,389 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £58,500 £51,500
% change year-on-year -1.71% +13.59% -20.77%

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 13,274 6,710 13,845
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 72.60% 94.57% 83.23%
Number of salaries quoted 8,190 3,770 11,039
10th Percentile £29,000 £27,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% +4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £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 2 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 2 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 +61 1,658 £56,800 +3.27% 88
Yorkshire +31 248 £55,000 +27.91% 34
North East -22 35 £55,000 +14.58% 20
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 21 (1.08%) CMS
2 20 (1.03%) SharePoint
3 11 (0.57%) WordPress
4 9 (0.46%) Confluence
5 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.26%) Umbraco
7 2 (0.10%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.10%) nginx
8 1 (0.052%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 9 (0.46%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
3 6 (0.31%) Sketch
4 3 (0.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.15%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (0.15%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.15%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.10%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.10%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (0.10%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.10%) Trello
6 1 (0.052%) Blender
6 1 (0.052%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (0.052%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.052%) InDesign
6 1 (0.052%) MadCap Flare
6 1 (0.052%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (0.41%) Magento
1 8 (0.41%) Shopify
2 5 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.10%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.052%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 1,616 (83.26%) Cloud Computing
2 53 (2.73%) Azure
3 36 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
4 33 (1.70%) SaaS
5 28 (1.44%) Figma
5 28 (1.44%) Power Platform
6 22 (1.13%) Entra ID
7 19 (0.98%) Google Analytics
8 15 (0.77%) Microsoft Purview
9 13 (0.67%) AWS
10 11 (0.57%) Azure Monitor
10 11 (0.57%) Power Automate
10 11 (0.57%) PowerApps
11 9 (0.46%) Microsoft Copilot
11 9 (0.46%) OneDrive
12 8 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
12 8 (0.41%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (0.36%) Adobe Analytics
14 5 (0.26%) GCP
15 4 (0.21%) Dropbox
Communications & Networking
1 1,615 (83.20%) Internet
2 5 (0.26%) HTTP
3 2 (0.10%) Intranet
4 1 (0.052%) DHCP
4 1 (0.052%) DNS
4 1 (0.052%) Firewall
4 1 (0.052%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.052%) Unified Communications
4 1 (0.052%) VLAN
4 1 (0.052%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (0.46%) Looker
2 7 (0.36%) Power BI
2 7 (0.36%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.31%) MySQL
3 6 (0.31%) NoSQL
4 5 (0.26%) MongoDB
5 4 (0.21%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.15%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.15%) Metadata
6 3 (0.15%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.15%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.10%) Amazon Redshift
7 2 (0.10%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.10%) Mixpanel
7 2 (0.10%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (0.10%) PostHog
7 2 (0.10%) Redis
7 2 (0.10%) Tableau
8 1 (0.052%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.052%) Data Lake
Development Applications
1 19 (0.98%) JIRA
2 18 (0.93%) Git
3 5 (0.26%) JUnit
4 4 (0.21%) NUnit
5 3 (0.15%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 3 (0.15%) Bitbucket
5 3 (0.15%) fastlane
5 3 (0.15%) GitLab
5 3 (0.15%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.15%) Selenium
6 2 (0.10%) Postman
6 2 (0.10%) Vagrant
7 1 (0.052%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.052%) gulp
7 1 (0.052%) JMeter
7 1 (0.052%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.052%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.052%) webpack
General
1 1,702 (87.69%) Social Skills
2 1,628 (83.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,621 (83.51%) Banking
4 62 (3.19%) Finance
5 58 (2.99%) Marketing
6 39 (2.01%) Analytical Skills
6 39 (2.01%) Public Sector
7 14 (0.72%) Retail
8 13 (0.67%) Law
9 12 (0.62%) Legal
10 11 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
11 10 (0.52%) Manufacturing
12 8 (0.41%) Influencing Skills
13 6 (0.31%) Advertising
14 4 (0.21%) Brand Awareness
14 4 (0.21%) Health Technology
15 2 (0.10%) Billing
15 2 (0.10%) Digital Health
15 2 (0.10%) Games
15 2 (0.10%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 1,224 (63.06%) Lecturer
2 60 (3.09%) Senior
3 49 (2.52%) Designer
4 38 (1.96%) Developer
5 30 (1.55%) UX Designer
6 29 (1.49%) Analyst
7 24 (1.24%) IT Manager
8 23 (1.18%) Lead
9 22 (1.13%) Service Manager
10 20 (1.03%) Senior Manager
11 18 (0.93%) Product Designer
12 17 (0.88%) IT Services Manager
12 17 (0.88%) Senior IT Manager
12 17 (0.88%) Senior Service Manager
13 15 (0.77%) Product Manager
14 13 (0.67%) E-Commerce Specialist
14 13 (0.67%) Senior Designer
14 13 (0.67%) Senior UX Designer
15 12 (0.62%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 12 (0.62%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (2.01%) HTML
2 37 (1.91%) CSS
3 24 (1.24%) .NET
4 18 (0.93%) React
5 17 (0.88%) AngularJS
6 14 (0.72%) RESTful
7 12 (0.62%) ASP.NET
8 11 (0.57%) .NET Framework
8 11 (0.57%) Node.js
9 8 (0.41%) REST
10 7 (0.36%) Spring
11 6 (0.31%) .NET Core
11 6 (0.31%) ASP.NET Core
11 6 (0.31%) Entity Framework
11 6 (0.31%) HTML5
11 6 (0.31%) jQuery
11 6 (0.31%) Web Services
12 5 (0.26%) Spring Boot
13 4 (0.21%) LangChain
13 4 (0.21%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 1,616 (83.26%) IoT
2 25 (1.29%) Product Ownership
3 17 (0.88%) Onboarding
4 14 (0.72%) Mobile App
5 12 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (0.46%) Cloud Native
6 9 (0.46%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (0.41%) Social Media
8 6 (0.31%) Distributed Systems
8 6 (0.31%) Low-Code
9 5 (0.26%) Photography
10 4 (0.21%) AI Agents
10 4 (0.21%) Analytical Mindset
10 4 (0.21%) Media Streaming
11 3 (0.15%) Animation
11 3 (0.15%) Distributed Computing
11 3 (0.15%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.15%) Greenfield Project
11 3 (0.15%) NHS
11 3 (0.15%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 17 (0.88%) Windows
2 8 (0.41%) Apple iOS
2 8 (0.41%) Windows 10
3 4 (0.21%) Android
4 2 (0.10%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.052%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.052%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,657 (85.37%) AI
2 1,629 (83.93%) Web Development
3 1,622 (83.57%) Cybersecurity
4 1,617 (83.31%) Machine Learning
5 89 (4.59%) Continuous Improvement
6 88 (4.53%) Agile
7 83 (4.28%) UX Design
8 66 (3.40%) Problem-Solving
9 60 (3.09%) Mentoring
10 55 (2.83%) Analytics
11 40 (2.06%) SEO
12 39 (2.01%) E-Commerce
13 38 (1.96%) ITIL
14 35 (1.80%) CRM
14 35 (1.80%) Decision-Making
14 35 (1.80%) Service Management
15 34 (1.75%) Coaching
16 33 (1.70%) DevOps
17 32 (1.65%) Roadmaps
18 31 (1.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 37 (1.91%) JavaScript
2 27 (1.39%) TypeScript
3 25 (1.29%) SQL
4 19 (0.98%) C#
5 11 (0.57%) Python
6 9 (0.46%) Java
7 4 (0.21%) Bicep
7 4 (0.21%) Swift
8 3 (0.15%) PHP
9 1 (0.052%) Go
9 1 (0.052%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.052%) VB
Qualifications
1 1,647 (84.85%) Degree
2 1,617 (83.31%) Master's Degree
3 1,615 (83.20%) PhD
3 1,615 (83.20%) Postgraduate
4 8 (0.41%) Security Cleared
5 5 (0.26%) DBS Check
6 4 (0.21%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.15%) DV Cleared
7 3 (0.15%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (0.15%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.10%) IIBA
8 2 (0.10%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.10%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (0.10%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
9 1 (0.052%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.052%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (2.01%) Accessibility
2 27 (1.39%) QA
3 19 (0.98%) GDPR
4 14 (0.72%) Data Quality
5 10 (0.52%) PCI DSS
6 8 (0.41%) WCAG
7 7 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
8 3 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.15%) SLA
9 2 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 1 (0.052%) HL7
10 1 (0.052%) PMO
System Software
1 19 (0.98%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.46%) Docker
Systems Management
1 17 (0.88%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (0.67%) Terraform
3 8 (0.41%) Kubernetes
3 8 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.10%) Grafana
4 2 (0.10%) Packer
4 2 (0.10%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.052%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 67 (3.45%) Microsoft
2 22 (1.13%) Google
3 21 (1.08%) Adobe
4 11 (0.57%) ServiceNow
5 9 (0.46%) New Relic
6 8 (0.41%) Splunk
7 6 (0.31%) Hotjar
8 4 (0.21%) DevExpress
8 4 (0.21%) OneLogin
9 3 (0.15%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.10%) Amplitude
10 2 (0.10%) Databricks
10 2 (0.10%) Hootsuite
10 2 (0.10%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.10%) SAP
11 1 (0.052%) Adyen
11 1 (0.052%) Ahrefs
11 1 (0.052%) Oracle
11 1 (0.052%) Qualtrics
11 1 (0.052%) Screaming Frog