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

6 months to
15 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 75 67
Rank change year-on-year +68 -8 +20
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,868 240 513
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 13.06% 3.47% 3.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 17.23% 3.64% 4.08%
Number of salaries quoted 197 172 372
10th Percentile £30,500 £31,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £38,222
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £68,666 £66,389 £63,125
90th Percentile £79,250 £73,750 £81,766
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £52,550
% change year-on-year -8.33% +14.18% -19.15%

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 10,844 6,587 12,559
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 75.81% 95.12% 85.37%
Number of salaries quoted 6,338 3,639 10,098
10th Percentile £28,250 £29,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £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 £65,620
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 15 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 15 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 +61 1,612 £55,000 - 90
Yorkshire +47 234 £56,723 +33.46% 45
North East -16 22 £50,000 +4.71% 38
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 (1.12%) CMS
1 21 (1.12%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.59%) Confluence
3 9 (0.48%) WordPress
4 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (0.21%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.11%) nginx
7 1 (0.054%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.054%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 8 (0.43%) Sketch
2 7 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
3 6 (0.32%) Microsoft Excel
4 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (0.16%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.16%) Adobe XD
5 3 (0.16%) Photoshop
6 2 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.11%) Trello
7 1 (0.054%) Blender
7 1 (0.054%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.054%) FrameMaker
7 1 (0.054%) InDesign
7 1 (0.054%) InVision
7 1 (0.054%) MadCap Flare
7 1 (0.054%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.27%) Shopify
2 4 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
3 3 (0.16%) Magento
4 2 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.054%) Payment Gateway
5 1 (0.054%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 1,615 (86.46%) Cloud Computing
2 45 (2.41%) Azure
3 33 (1.77%) Microsoft 365
4 32 (1.71%) SaaS
5 26 (1.39%) Figma
6 23 (1.23%) Power Platform
7 17 (0.91%) AWS
8 13 (0.70%) Adobe Analytics
9 12 (0.64%) Entra ID
9 12 (0.64%) Microsoft Purview
10 11 (0.59%) Google Analytics
11 10 (0.54%) Azure Monitor
12 9 (0.48%) OneDrive
13 8 (0.43%) Microsoft Copilot
14 6 (0.32%) Azure DevOps
14 6 (0.32%) Power Automate
15 4 (0.21%) Dropbox
15 4 (0.21%) Dynamics 365
15 4 (0.21%) Heroku
15 4 (0.21%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1,615 (86.46%) Internet
2 6 (0.32%) DNS
3 4 (0.21%) HTTP
3 4 (0.21%) LAN
4 3 (0.16%) WAN
5 2 (0.11%) DHCP
5 2 (0.11%) Intranet
5 2 (0.11%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.054%) SSL
6 1 (0.054%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.054%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (0.48%) Power BI
2 8 (0.43%) MySQL
3 6 (0.32%) MongoDB
3 6 (0.32%) NoSQL
3 6 (0.32%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.27%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.21%) Looker
6 2 (0.11%) Metadata
6 2 (0.11%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.11%) PostHog
6 2 (0.11%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.11%) Redis
7 1 (0.054%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.054%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.054%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.054%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 18 (0.96%) JIRA
2 13 (0.70%) Git
3 4 (0.21%) JUnit
4 3 (0.16%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (0.16%) fastlane
4 3 (0.16%) GitLab
4 3 (0.16%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.11%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.11%) NUnit
5 2 (0.11%) Selenium
5 2 (0.11%) Vagrant
6 1 (0.054%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.054%) Postman
General
1 1,696 (90.79%) Social Skills
2 1,627 (87.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,625 (86.99%) Banking
4 40 (2.14%) Finance
5 38 (2.03%) Marketing
6 34 (1.82%) Analytical Skills
7 27 (1.45%) Public Sector
8 14 (0.75%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (0.70%) Legal
10 12 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
11 11 (0.59%) Law
12 8 (0.43%) Manufacturing
13 7 (0.37%) Retail
14 6 (0.32%) Advertising
15 5 (0.27%) Electronics
16 4 (0.21%) Health Technology
17 3 (0.16%) Games
18 2 (0.11%) Aerospace
18 2 (0.11%) Brand Awareness
18 2 (0.11%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 1,224 (65.52%) Lecturer
2 51 (2.73%) Senior
3 44 (2.36%) Developer
4 25 (1.34%) Analyst
5 18 (0.96%) Designer
5 18 (0.96%) IT Manager
6 15 (0.80%) Senior Manager
7 14 (0.75%) Senior Developer
8 13 (0.70%) Full-Stack Developer
9 12 (0.64%) Service Manager
9 12 (0.64%) Software Engineer
10 11 (0.59%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 11 (0.59%) IT Support
10 11 (0.59%) Lead
11 10 (0.54%) IT Services Manager
11 10 (0.54%) Senior IT Manager
11 10 (0.54%) Senior Service Manager
12 8 (0.43%) Platform Engineer
12 8 (0.43%) Product Manager
12 8 (0.43%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 48 (2.57%) CSS
1 48 (2.57%) HTML
2 33 (1.77%) .NET
3 23 (1.23%) React
4 16 (0.86%) RESTful
5 15 (0.80%) AngularJS
6 14 (0.75%) ASP.NET
7 10 (0.54%) HTML5
8 9 (0.48%) .NET Framework
8 9 (0.48%) Node.js
9 8 (0.43%) ASP.NET Core
10 7 (0.37%) Next.js
10 7 (0.37%) Spring
11 6 (0.32%) Apache Cordova
11 6 (0.32%) REST
11 6 (0.32%) Spring Boot
12 5 (0.27%) .NET Core
12 5 (0.27%) CSS3
12 5 (0.27%) jQuery
13 4 (0.21%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1,616 (86.51%) IoT
2 14 (0.75%) Mobile App
3 11 (0.59%) Onboarding
3 11 (0.59%) Product Ownership
4 10 (0.54%) Cloud Native
4 10 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (0.54%) Social Media
5 8 (0.43%) Legacy Systems
6 6 (0.32%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (0.21%) Analytical Mindset
7 4 (0.21%) NHS
8 3 (0.16%) Animation
8 3 (0.16%) Distributed Computing
8 3 (0.16%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (0.16%) Photography
9 2 (0.11%) Digital Signage
9 2 (0.11%) Educational Technology
9 2 (0.11%) PropTech
9 2 (0.11%) Security Posture
9 2 (0.11%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 11 (0.59%) Apple iOS
2 8 (0.43%) Windows
3 7 (0.37%) Android
4 2 (0.11%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.054%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.054%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,655 (88.60%) AI
2 1,625 (86.99%) Web Development
3 1,624 (86.94%) Cybersecurity
4 1,621 (86.78%) Machine Learning
5 85 (4.55%) Agile
6 75 (4.01%) Continuous Improvement
7 60 (3.21%) Problem-Solving
8 57 (3.05%) UX Design
9 51 (2.73%) Mentoring
10 47 (2.52%) Analytics
11 38 (2.03%) DevOps
12 37 (1.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 35 (1.87%) CI/CD
13 35 (1.87%) Software Engineering
14 34 (1.82%) Coaching
14 34 (1.82%) SEO
15 33 (1.77%) Full-Stack Development
16 32 (1.71%) Service Management
17 29 (1.55%) Roadmaps
18 28 (1.50%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 42 (2.25%) JavaScript
2 31 (1.66%) C#
3 29 (1.55%) TypeScript
4 19 (1.02%) SQL
5 10 (0.54%) Java
6 6 (0.32%) Python
7 4 (0.21%) PHP
7 4 (0.21%) Swift
7 4 (0.21%) XAML
8 2 (0.11%) ABAP
8 2 (0.11%) Bicep
8 2 (0.11%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.11%) R
9 1 (0.054%) Go
9 1 (0.054%) Rust
Qualifications
1 1,647 (88.17%) Degree
2 1,617 (86.56%) Master's Degree
3 1,615 (86.46%) PhD
3 1,615 (86.46%) Postgraduate
4 6 (0.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 5 (0.27%) Security Cleared
6 4 (0.21%) DBS Check
7 3 (0.16%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (0.16%) SC Cleared
8 2 (0.11%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.11%) Numerate 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 42 (2.25%) Accessibility
2 24 (1.28%) QA
3 20 (1.07%) GDPR
4 10 (0.54%) PCI DSS
5 9 (0.48%) Data Quality
6 8 (0.43%) WCAG
7 4 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
7 4 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.11%) HL7
10 1 (0.054%) Disclosure Scotland
10 1 (0.054%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (0.75%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.48%) Docker
3 3 (0.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 12 (0.64%) Terraform
2 9 (0.48%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (0.37%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.11%) Grafana
5 2 (0.11%) Packer
5 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.054%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 47 (2.52%) Microsoft
2 25 (1.34%) Adobe
3 16 (0.86%) Google
4 9 (0.48%) New Relic
4 9 (0.48%) ServiceNow
5 8 (0.43%) Splunk
6 7 (0.37%) Hotjar
6 7 (0.37%) Qualtrics
7 5 (0.27%) SAP
8 4 (0.21%) Apple
9 2 (0.11%) Ahrefs
9 2 (0.11%) DevExpress
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%) HubSpot
10 1 (0.054%) iManage
10 1 (0.054%) Meraki
10 1 (0.054%) Sitecore