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

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 8 73 67
Rank change year-on-year +65 -6 +20
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,856 244 501
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 13.26% 3.52% 3.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.45% 3.70% 4.03%
Number of salaries quoted 182 170 369
10th Percentile £30,575 £31,925 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,125 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +10.53% -17.39%
75th Percentile £68,666 £66,389 £62,500
90th Percentile £79,875 £73,750 £82,101
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -15.06%

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 10,636 6,586 12,418
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 75.97% 95.15% 85.60%
Number of salaries quoted 6,114 3,535 10,025
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,500 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,820 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +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 10 March 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 10 March 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 +56 1,607 £55,000 - 100
Yorkshire +45 230 £55,000 +29.41% 56
North East -29 19 £50,000 +5.26% 32
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 20 (1.08%) CMS
1 20 (1.08%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.59%) Confluence
3 8 (0.43%) WordPress
4 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.22%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.11%) nginx
7 1 (0.054%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.054%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 8 (0.43%) Sketch
2 6 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
3 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (0.16%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.16%) Trello
5 2 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.054%) Blender
6 1 (0.054%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (0.054%) FrameMaker
6 1 (0.054%) InDesign
6 1 (0.054%) InVision
6 1 (0.054%) MadCap Flare
6 1 (0.054%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
1 5 (0.27%) Shopify
2 2 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.054%) Magento
3 1 (0.054%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.054%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 1,615 (87.02%) Cloud Computing
2 42 (2.26%) Azure
3 33 (1.78%) Microsoft 365
4 28 (1.51%) SaaS
5 23 (1.24%) Figma
6 22 (1.19%) Power Platform
7 18 (0.97%) AWS
8 13 (0.70%) Adobe Analytics
9 12 (0.65%) Microsoft Purview
10 9 (0.48%) Azure Monitor
10 9 (0.48%) Entra ID
10 9 (0.48%) OneDrive
11 8 (0.43%) Google Analytics
12 7 (0.38%) Microsoft Copilot
13 6 (0.32%) Power Automate
14 5 (0.27%) Azure DevOps
15 4 (0.22%) Dropbox
15 4 (0.22%) Dynamics 365
15 4 (0.22%) Heroku
15 4 (0.22%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1,615 (87.02%) Internet
2 5 (0.27%) DNS
3 4 (0.22%) HTTP
3 4 (0.22%) LAN
4 3 (0.16%) WAN
5 2 (0.11%) Intranet
6 1 (0.054%) DHCP
6 1 (0.054%) SSH
6 1 (0.054%) SSL
6 1 (0.054%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.054%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.054%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (0.48%) MySQL
2 8 (0.43%) Power BI
3 6 (0.32%) MongoDB
3 6 (0.32%) NoSQL
3 6 (0.32%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.27%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.16%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.11%) Looker
6 2 (0.11%) Metadata
6 2 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.11%) PostHog
6 2 (0.11%) Redis
7 1 (0.054%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.054%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 19 (1.02%) JIRA
2 13 (0.70%) Git
3 5 (0.27%) JUnit
4 3 (0.16%) GitLab
4 3 (0.16%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.16%) Selenium
5 2 (0.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (0.11%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.11%) fastlane
5 2 (0.11%) Vagrant
6 1 (0.054%) Maven
6 1 (0.054%) Postman
General
1 1,693 (91.22%) Social Skills
2 1,627 (87.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,624 (87.50%) Banking
4 37 (1.99%) Finance
5 31 (1.67%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (1.67%) Marketing
6 25 (1.35%) Public Sector
7 14 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (0.70%) Legal
9 11 (0.59%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (0.59%) Law
10 7 (0.38%) Manufacturing
10 7 (0.38%) Retail
11 6 (0.32%) Advertising
12 5 (0.27%) Electronics
13 3 (0.16%) Games
13 3 (0.16%) Health Technology
14 2 (0.11%) Digital Health
14 2 (0.11%) Multimedia
14 2 (0.11%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 1,224 (65.95%) Lecturer
2 49 (2.64%) Senior
3 42 (2.26%) Developer
4 26 (1.40%) Analyst
5 18 (0.97%) Designer
5 18 (0.97%) IT Manager
6 15 (0.81%) Senior Manager
7 13 (0.70%) Full-Stack Developer
7 13 (0.70%) Senior Developer
8 12 (0.65%) Service Manager
9 11 (0.59%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 11 (0.59%) IT Support
9 11 (0.59%) Lead
9 11 (0.59%) Software Engineer
10 10 (0.54%) IT Services Manager
10 10 (0.54%) Senior IT Manager
10 10 (0.54%) Senior Service Manager
11 8 (0.43%) IT Analyst
11 8 (0.43%) Platform Engineer
11 8 (0.43%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (2.59%) CSS
1 48 (2.59%) HTML
2 30 (1.62%) .NET
3 22 (1.19%) React
4 14 (0.75%) RESTful
5 13 (0.70%) AngularJS
6 12 (0.65%) ASP.NET
7 10 (0.54%) HTML5
8 9 (0.48%) Node.js
9 7 (0.38%) .NET Framework
9 7 (0.38%) Spring
10 6 (0.32%) Apache Cordova
10 6 (0.32%) ASP.NET Core
10 6 (0.32%) Next.js
10 6 (0.32%) REST
10 6 (0.32%) Spring Boot
11 5 (0.27%) CSS3
11 5 (0.27%) jQuery
12 4 (0.22%) Kafka
12 4 (0.22%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 1,616 (87.07%) IoT
2 12 (0.65%) Mobile App
3 11 (0.59%) Cloud Native
3 11 (0.59%) Product Ownership
4 10 (0.54%) Social Media
5 9 (0.48%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (0.48%) Onboarding
6 8 (0.43%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (0.32%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (0.22%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.22%) NHS
9 3 (0.16%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (0.16%) FMCG
9 3 (0.16%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.11%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.11%) Animation
10 2 (0.11%) Digital Signage
10 2 (0.11%) Educational Technology
10 2 (0.11%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.11%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.43%) Apple iOS
2 7 (0.38%) Windows
3 5 (0.27%) Android
4 1 (0.054%) Linux
4 1 (0.054%) Unix
4 1 (0.054%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,653 (89.06%) AI
2 1,626 (87.61%) Web Development
3 1,623 (87.45%) Cybersecurity
4 1,621 (87.34%) Machine Learning
5 86 (4.63%) Agile
6 73 (3.93%) Continuous Improvement
7 57 (3.07%) UX Design
8 56 (3.02%) Problem-Solving
9 50 (2.69%) Mentoring
10 42 (2.26%) Analytics
11 37 (1.99%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 36 (1.94%) DevOps
13 33 (1.78%) Service Management
14 31 (1.67%) CI/CD
14 31 (1.67%) Coaching
14 31 (1.67%) Full-Stack Development
14 31 (1.67%) SEO
15 30 (1.62%) Software Engineering
16 29 (1.56%) ITIL
17 27 (1.45%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 44 (2.37%) JavaScript
2 30 (1.62%) C#
3 26 (1.40%) TypeScript
4 18 (0.97%) SQL
5 11 (0.59%) Java
6 7 (0.38%) Python
7 4 (0.22%) PHP
7 4 (0.22%) XAML
8 3 (0.16%) ABAP
8 3 (0.16%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.16%) Swift
9 2 (0.11%) R
10 1 (0.054%) Go
10 1 (0.054%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1,644 (88.58%) Degree
2 1,617 (87.12%) Master's Degree
3 1,616 (87.07%) PhD
4 1,615 (87.02%) Postgraduate
5 7 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 5 (0.27%) Security Cleared
7 3 (0.16%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.16%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.11%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.054%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.054%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.054%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.054%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (0.054%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.054%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (2.21%) Accessibility
2 19 (1.02%) QA
3 17 (0.92%) GDPR
4 8 (0.43%) Data Quality
4 8 (0.43%) PCI DSS
4 8 (0.43%) WCAG
5 4 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
5 4 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (0.16%) HL7
7 2 (0.11%) SLA
8 1 (0.054%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 14 (0.75%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.48%) Docker
3 3 (0.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (0.59%) Terraform
2 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (0.38%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.11%) Grafana
5 2 (0.11%) Packer
5 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 41 (2.21%) Microsoft
2 23 (1.24%) Adobe
3 13 (0.70%) Google
4 9 (0.48%) New Relic
4 9 (0.48%) ServiceNow
5 8 (0.43%) Splunk
6 7 (0.38%) Qualtrics
7 6 (0.32%) Hotjar
7 6 (0.32%) SAP
8 4 (0.22%) Apple
9 2 (0.11%) Ahrefs
9 2 (0.11%) Hootsuite
9 2 (0.11%) OneLogin
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle
9 2 (0.11%) Screaming Frog
10 1 (0.054%) Facebook
10 1 (0.054%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.054%) iManage
10 1 (0.054%) Instagram
10 1 (0.054%) Salesforce