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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 52 37
Rank change year-on-year -28 -15 +58
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 431 477 638
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.88% 5.12% 4.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.67% 5.85% 5.68%
Number of salaries quoted 331 160 188
10th Percentile £29,076 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,755 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £50,000 £47,234
Median % change year-on-year +6.00% +5.86% -5.53%
75th Percentile £65,945 £70,000 £61,563
90th Percentile £78,957 £77,500 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%

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 16,157 8,159 11,235
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.43% 87.65% 77.79%
Number of salaries quoted 12,118 4,089 6,713
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,683 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.35% -4.63% -9.09%
75th Percentile £74,985 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -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 4 September 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 4 September 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 -40 229 £52,500 -4.55% 147
Yorkshire +23 118 £55,000 +46.67% 69
North East -2 84 £50,000 +61.29% 31
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 30 (6.96%) SharePoint
2 18 (4.18%) Microsoft Exchange
3 14 (3.25%) WordPress
4 13 (3.02%) Confluence
5 11 (2.55%) CMS
6 4 (0.93%) Skype for Business
7 2 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.46%) Moodle
7 2 (0.46%) nginx
7 2 (0.46%) Totara
8 1 (0.23%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.23%) Umbraco
Applications
1 18 (4.18%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.86%) Chatbot
4 7 (1.62%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.70%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.70%) Sketch
6 2 (0.46%) Camtasia
6 2 (0.46%) InVision
6 2 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
6 2 (0.46%) Trello
7 1 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.23%) InDesign
7 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.23%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 8 (1.86%) Magento
2 5 (1.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.16%) Shopify
3 4 (0.93%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.70%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 99 (22.97%) Azure
2 59 (13.69%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (8.12%) Power Platform
4 29 (6.73%) SaaS
5 28 (6.50%) AWS
6 27 (6.26%) Entra ID
7 26 (6.03%) Azure DevOps
8 24 (5.57%) Figma
9 23 (5.34%) PowerApps
10 21 (4.87%) Microsoft Copilot
11 19 (4.41%) Power Automate
12 14 (3.25%) Google Analytics
13 13 (3.02%) Microsoft Purview
14 11 (2.55%) Copilot Studio
14 11 (2.55%) Firebase
15 10 (2.32%) Dynamics 365
16 7 (1.62%) Azure Logic Apps
17 6 (1.39%) OneDrive
18 5 (1.16%) GitHub
18 5 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.32%) Firewall
2 9 (2.09%) DNS
3 8 (1.86%) CTI
3 8 (1.86%) DHCP
3 8 (1.86%) VoIP
4 6 (1.39%) Network Security
5 4 (0.93%) Skype
5 4 (0.93%) Wireless
6 3 (0.70%) FTP
6 3 (0.70%) VLAN
6 3 (0.70%) VPN
7 2 (0.46%) Intranet
7 2 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.23%) HTTP
8 1 (0.23%) Internet
8 1 (0.23%) SAN
8 1 (0.23%) SSL
8 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.86%) Looker
1 8 (1.86%) Power BI
2 7 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (0.93%) GIS
4 4 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.93%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.70%) BigQuery
5 3 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.70%) Tableau
6 2 (0.46%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.46%) Metadata
6 2 (0.46%) Mixpanel
6 2 (0.46%) MySQL
6 2 (0.46%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.23%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.23%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 24 (5.57%) Git
2 22 (5.10%) JIRA
3 15 (3.48%) fastlane
4 12 (2.78%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.39%) Xcode
6 5 (1.16%) Android Studio
6 5 (1.16%) Crashlytics
6 5 (1.16%) Gradle
7 4 (0.93%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 4 (0.93%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.93%) NUnit
8 3 (0.70%) Selenium
9 2 (0.46%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.46%) Balsamiq
9 2 (0.46%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.23%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.23%) Cypress.io
10 1 (0.23%) Postman
10 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.23%) webpack
General
1 97 (22.51%) Social Skills
2 80 (18.56%) Public Sector
3 71 (16.47%) Finance
4 54 (12.53%) Analytical Skills
5 51 (11.83%) Marketing
6 35 (8.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (4.87%) Influencing Skills
8 19 (4.41%) Legal
9 18 (4.18%) Law
9 18 (4.18%) Retail
10 8 (1.86%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.62%) Banking
12 5 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.93%) Brand Awareness
14 3 (0.70%) Billing
14 3 (0.70%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.70%) Publishing
14 3 (0.70%) Tech for Good
15 2 (0.46%) Advertising
15 2 (0.46%) Games
Job Titles
1 67 (15.55%) Developer
2 65 (15.08%) Senior
3 62 (14.39%) Designer
4 57 (13.23%) Lead
5 41 (9.51%) Analyst
5 41 (9.51%) UX Designer
6 30 (6.96%) IT Manager
7 26 (6.03%) Product Manager
8 23 (5.34%) Desktop Engineer
9 22 (5.10%) Senior Developer
9 22 (5.10%) Support Engineer
10 19 (4.41%) Business Analyst
10 19 (4.41%) IT Support
10 19 (4.41%) Service Manager
11 18 (4.18%) Desktop Support
11 18 (4.18%) Desktop Support Engineer
11 18 (4.18%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 18 (4.18%) Product Designer
12 14 (3.25%) IT Services Manager
12 14 (3.25%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (7.66%) CSS
2 32 (7.42%) HTML
3 27 (6.26%) .NET
4 24 (5.57%) React
5 18 (4.18%) RESTful
6 17 (3.94%) Node.js
7 10 (2.32%) REST
8 9 (2.09%) Terraform
9 8 (1.86%) Next.js
10 7 (1.62%) CSS3
10 7 (1.62%) HTML5
10 7 (1.62%) iOS SDK
11 6 (1.39%) .NET Core
11 6 (1.39%) AngularJS
11 6 (1.39%) Core Data
11 6 (1.39%) SwiftUI
11 6 (1.39%) UIKit
12 5 (1.16%) Android Jetpack
12 5 (1.16%) Model Context Protocol
12 5 (1.16%) Retrofit
Miscellaneous
1 53 (12.30%) Product Ownership
2 29 (6.73%) Mobile App
3 14 (3.25%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.02%) Driving Licence
5 9 (2.09%) Cloud Native
6 8 (1.86%) IVR
7 7 (1.62%) Low-Code
8 6 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
8 6 (1.39%) Data Centre
8 6 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.16%) Enterprise Software
9 5 (1.16%) Security Posture
10 4 (0.93%) AI Agents
10 4 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
10 4 (0.93%) Learning Management System
10 4 (0.93%) Media Streaming
10 4 (0.93%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (0.93%) Video\Live Streaming
11 3 (0.70%) Animation
11 3 (0.70%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 47 (10.90%) Windows
2 21 (4.87%) Windows 10
3 18 (4.18%) Apple iOS
4 14 (3.25%) Windows Server
5 13 (3.02%) Android
6 9 (2.09%) Mac OS
7 4 (0.93%) Windows 7
7 4 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.46%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (27.38%) Continuous Improvement
2 116 (26.91%) UX Design
3 111 (25.75%) Agile
4 99 (22.97%) Problem-Solving
5 78 (18.10%) Analytics
6 75 (17.40%) Mentoring
7 74 (17.17%) Roadmaps
8 71 (16.47%) AI
9 56 (12.99%) CI/CD
10 52 (12.06%) Coaching
11 46 (10.67%) DevOps
12 45 (10.44%) Decision-Making
13 40 (9.28%) ITIL
14 38 (8.82%) Customer Service
14 38 (8.82%) Stakeholder Management
14 38 (8.82%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 36 (8.35%) CRM
16 35 (8.12%) Product Roadmap
17 34 (7.89%) E-Commerce
18 29 (6.73%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 39 (9.05%) JavaScript
2 30 (6.96%) TypeScript
3 25 (5.80%) C#
4 20 (4.64%) SQL
5 18 (4.18%) Python
6 11 (2.55%) Java
7 10 (2.32%) PowerShell
7 10 (2.32%) Swift
8 9 (2.09%) PHP
8 9 (2.09%) VBScript
9 5 (1.16%) Kotlin
9 5 (1.16%) VB
10 4 (0.93%) Bicep
11 3 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.70%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.23%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.23%) Scala
Qualifications
1 33 (7.66%) Degree
2 22 (5.10%) Security Cleared
3 11 (2.55%) SC Cleared
4 8 (1.86%) Computer Science Degree
4 8 (1.86%) Postgraduate
5 5 (1.16%) DBS Check
5 5 (1.16%) DV Cleared
6 4 (0.93%) AWS Certification
6 4 (0.93%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.70%) IIBA
7 3 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
9 1 (0.23%) CSPO
9 1 (0.23%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.23%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.23%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (14.39%) Accessibility
2 28 (6.50%) WCAG
3 21 (4.87%) QA
4 20 (4.64%) GDPR
5 14 (3.25%) Data Quality
6 10 (2.32%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
9 3 (0.70%) PCI DSS
9 3 (0.70%) SLA
10 1 (0.23%) GRC
10 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 24 (5.57%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.86%) BitLocker
3 6 (1.39%) Docker
4 2 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 22 (5.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 9 (2.09%) SCCM
3 5 (1.16%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 107 (24.83%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.10%) Google
3 13 (3.02%) Adobe
4 12 (2.78%) Cisco
5 11 (2.55%) Dynatrace
6 9 (2.09%) Apple
6 9 (2.09%) ServiceNow
7 8 (1.86%) Avaya
7 8 (1.86%) Genesys
8 7 (1.62%) Meraki
9 4 (0.93%) CheckPoint
9 4 (0.93%) DevExpress
9 4 (0.93%) iManage
9 4 (0.93%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.93%) Workday
10 3 (0.70%) HubSpot
10 3 (0.70%) OpenAI
11 2 (0.46%) Amplitude
11 2 (0.46%) Databricks
11 2 (0.46%) OneLogin