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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 53 37
Rank change year-on-year -24 -16 +71
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 437 495 670
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.93% 5.17% 4.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.75% 5.84% 5.62%
Number of salaries quoted 339 175 219
10th Percentile £29,076 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,786 £52,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.51% +9.47% -9.52%
75th Percentile £65,640 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,300 £73,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £59,900 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.01% +8.91% -13.39%

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 15,898 8,474 11,923
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.26% 88.46% 78.08%
Number of salaries quoted 11,928 4,280 7,519
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,427
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -1.79% -10.40%

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 24 August 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 24 August 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 -38 234 £52,500 -4.55% 56
Yorkshire +31 119 £55,000 +29.41% 38
North East +5 84 £50,000 +61.29% 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 33 (7.55%) SharePoint
2 21 (4.81%) Microsoft Exchange
3 15 (3.43%) CMS
3 15 (3.43%) Confluence
4 14 (3.20%) WordPress
5 4 (0.92%) Skype for Business
6 2 (0.46%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.46%) Moodle
6 2 (0.46%) nginx
6 2 (0.46%) Totara
7 1 (0.23%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.23%) Umbraco
Applications
1 18 (4.12%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (2.75%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (1.83%) Chatbot
4 7 (1.60%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.14%) Sketch
6 3 (0.69%) Adobe XD
6 3 (0.69%) Spreadsheet
7 2 (0.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (0.46%) Camtasia
7 2 (0.46%) InVision
7 2 (0.46%) Trello
8 1 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (1.83%) Magento
2 5 (1.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (0.92%) Shopify
3 4 (0.92%) Workday HCM
4 3 (0.69%) Dynamics AX
Cloud Services
1 100 (22.88%) Azure
2 65 (14.87%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (8.01%) Power Platform
4 28 (6.41%) AWS
4 28 (6.41%) Entra ID
5 27 (6.18%) Figma
5 27 (6.18%) SaaS
6 25 (5.72%) Azure DevOps
7 24 (5.49%) Microsoft Copilot
8 23 (5.26%) PowerApps
9 19 (4.35%) Power Automate
10 15 (3.43%) Google Analytics
10 15 (3.43%) Microsoft Purview
11 11 (2.52%) Copilot Studio
11 11 (2.52%) Firebase
12 10 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
13 7 (1.60%) Azure Logic Apps
14 6 (1.37%) OneDrive
15 5 (1.14%) Azure AI
15 5 (1.14%) Google Play
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.29%) Firewall
2 9 (2.06%) DNS
3 8 (1.83%) CTI
3 8 (1.83%) DHCP
3 8 (1.83%) VoIP
4 6 (1.37%) Network Security
5 4 (0.92%) Skype
5 4 (0.92%) Wireless
6 3 (0.69%) FTP
6 3 (0.69%) VLAN
6 3 (0.69%) VPN
7 2 (0.46%) Intranet
7 2 (0.46%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.23%) HTTP
8 1 (0.23%) SAN
8 1 (0.23%) SSL
8 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.83%) Looker
1 8 (1.83%) Power BI
2 7 (1.60%) Amazon RDS
3 5 (1.14%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 4 (0.92%) GIS
4 4 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
5 3 (0.69%) BigQuery
5 3 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
5 3 (0.69%) 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 25 (5.72%) JIRA
2 24 (5.49%) Git
3 16 (3.66%) fastlane
4 12 (2.75%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.37%) Xcode
6 5 (1.14%) Android Studio
6 5 (1.14%) Atlassian Bamboo
6 5 (1.14%) Crashlytics
6 5 (1.14%) Gradle
7 4 (0.92%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.92%) NUnit
8 3 (0.69%) 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%) GitLab
10 1 (0.23%) Postman
10 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 104 (23.80%) Social Skills
2 77 (17.62%) Public Sector
3 73 (16.70%) Finance
4 53 (12.13%) Analytical Skills
5 52 (11.90%) Marketing
6 34 (7.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 21 (4.81%) Influencing Skills
8 19 (4.35%) Law
8 19 (4.35%) Legal
9 17 (3.89%) Retail
10 9 (2.06%) Manufacturing
11 7 (1.60%) Banking
12 5 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (0.92%) Advertising
13 4 (0.92%) Brand Awareness
13 4 (0.92%) Games
14 3 (0.69%) Billing
14 3 (0.69%) Financial Institution
14 3 (0.69%) Publishing
14 3 (0.69%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 65 (14.87%) Designer
2 63 (14.42%) Developer
3 60 (13.73%) Senior
4 57 (13.04%) Lead
5 44 (10.07%) Analyst
6 42 (9.61%) UX Designer
7 30 (6.86%) IT Manager
8 26 (5.95%) Product Manager
9 23 (5.26%) Desktop Engineer
10 22 (5.03%) Support Engineer
11 20 (4.58%) Business Analyst
12 19 (4.35%) Desktop Support
12 19 (4.35%) IT Support
12 19 (4.35%) Service Manager
13 18 (4.12%) Desktop Support Engineer
13 18 (4.12%) Product Designer
13 18 (4.12%) Senior Developer
14 14 (3.20%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 14 (3.20%) IT Services Manager
14 14 (3.20%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (6.86%) CSS
2 29 (6.64%) HTML
3 26 (5.95%) .NET
4 25 (5.72%) React
5 18 (4.12%) RESTful
6 14 (3.20%) Node.js
7 10 (2.29%) REST
8 9 (2.06%) Terraform
9 8 (1.83%) Next.js
10 7 (1.60%) CSS3
10 7 (1.60%) HTML5
10 7 (1.60%) iOS SDK
11 6 (1.37%) .NET Core
11 6 (1.37%) AngularJS
11 6 (1.37%) Core Data
11 6 (1.37%) SwiftUI
11 6 (1.37%) UIKit
12 5 (1.14%) Android Jetpack
12 5 (1.14%) Jetpack Compose
12 5 (1.14%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 52 (11.90%) Product Ownership
2 29 (6.64%) Mobile App
3 17 (3.89%) Onboarding
4 13 (2.97%) Driving Licence
5 8 (1.83%) Cloud Native
5 8 (1.83%) IVR
6 7 (1.60%) Low-Code
7 6 (1.37%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (1.37%) Data Centre
7 6 (1.37%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.14%) Enterprise Software
8 5 (1.14%) Security Posture
9 4 (0.92%) AI Agents
9 4 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (0.92%) Learning Management System
9 4 (0.92%) Media Streaming
9 4 (0.92%) PropTech
9 4 (0.92%) Renewable Energy
9 4 (0.92%) Video\Live Streaming
10 3 (0.69%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 49 (11.21%) Windows
2 21 (4.81%) Windows 10
3 19 (4.35%) Apple iOS
4 14 (3.20%) Android
4 14 (3.20%) Windows Server
5 9 (2.06%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.92%) Windows 7
6 4 (0.92%) Windows Server 2019
7 2 (0.46%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 120 (27.46%) Continuous Improvement
2 118 (27.00%) UX Design
3 110 (25.17%) Agile
4 100 (22.88%) Problem-Solving
5 81 (18.54%) Analytics
6 77 (17.62%) Mentoring
7 72 (16.48%) Roadmaps
8 71 (16.25%) AI
9 57 (13.04%) CI/CD
10 51 (11.67%) Coaching
11 47 (10.76%) DevOps
12 46 (10.53%) Decision-Making
13 42 (9.61%) ITIL
13 42 (9.61%) Stakeholder Management
14 39 (8.92%) Customer Service
15 38 (8.70%) CRM
16 36 (8.24%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 35 (8.01%) E-Commerce
18 33 (7.55%) Product Roadmap
19 32 (7.32%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 35 (8.01%) JavaScript
2 27 (6.18%) TypeScript
3 26 (5.95%) C#
4 21 (4.81%) SQL
5 18 (4.12%) Python
6 11 (2.52%) Java
6 11 (2.52%) Swift
7 9 (2.06%) PHP
7 9 (2.06%) PowerShell
8 8 (1.83%) VBScript
9 5 (1.14%) Kotlin
9 5 (1.14%) VB
10 4 (0.92%) Bicep
11 3 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 3 (0.69%) VB.NET
12 1 (0.23%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.23%) Scala
Qualifications
1 35 (8.01%) Degree
2 22 (5.03%) Security Cleared
3 11 (2.52%) SC Cleared
4 7 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
4 7 (1.60%) Postgraduate
5 5 (1.14%) DBS Check
5 5 (1.14%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.14%) Microsoft Certification
6 4 (0.92%) AWS Certification
7 3 (0.69%) IIBA
7 3 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
8 2 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.46%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.23%) CSPO
9 1 (0.23%) ISTQB
9 1 (0.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (13.96%) Accessibility
2 25 (5.72%) WCAG
3 22 (5.03%) QA
4 20 (4.58%) GDPR
5 14 (3.20%) Data Quality
6 10 (2.29%) Cyber Essentials
7 5 (1.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.92%) SLA
9 3 (0.69%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.23%) GRC
10 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 24 (5.49%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.83%) BitLocker
3 6 (1.37%) Docker
4 2 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.23%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (5.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (1.83%) SCCM
3 5 (1.14%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 110 (25.17%) Microsoft
2 23 (5.26%) Google
3 12 (2.75%) Adobe
3 12 (2.75%) Cisco
4 11 (2.52%) Dynatrace
4 11 (2.52%) ServiceNow
5 10 (2.29%) Apple
6 8 (1.83%) Avaya
6 8 (1.83%) Genesys
7 7 (1.60%) Meraki
8 4 (0.92%) CheckPoint
8 4 (0.92%) DevExpress
8 4 (0.92%) iManage
8 4 (0.92%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.92%) Workday
9 3 (0.69%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.69%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.46%) Amplitude
10 2 (0.46%) OneLogin
10 2 (0.46%) Synthesia