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

6 months to
11 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 53 35
Rank change year-on-year -33 -18 +66
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 431 479 636
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 1.84% 5.09% 4.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.61% 5.82% 5.73%
Number of salaries quoted 329 161 175
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,250 £34,755 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,786 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.57% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,640 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,957 £78,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +4.55% -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 16,528 8,231 11,101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 70.46% 87.51% 78.07%
Number of salaries quoted 12,384 4,135 6,278
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,004 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £39,267
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,136 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.26% -3.73% -9.09%
75th Percentile £74,987 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £79,233
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 11 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 11 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 -39 229 £52,500 -4.55% 113
Yorkshire +12 117 £55,000 +46.67% 66
North East +6 85 £50,000 +61.29% 27
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 19 (4.41%) 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 62 (14.39%) Microsoft 365
3 35 (8.12%) Power Platform
4 31 (7.19%) AWS
5 29 (6.73%) SaaS
6 26 (6.03%) Azure DevOps
6 26 (6.03%) Entra ID
7 23 (5.34%) PowerApps
8 22 (5.10%) Figma
9 21 (4.87%) Microsoft Copilot
10 19 (4.41%) Power Automate
11 14 (3.25%) Google Analytics
12 13 (3.02%) Microsoft Purview
13 11 (2.55%) Copilot Studio
13 11 (2.55%) Firebase
14 10 (2.32%) Dynamics 365
15 7 (1.62%) Azure Logic Apps
16 6 (1.39%) OneDrive
17 5 (1.16%) GitHub
17 5 (1.16%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.32%) DNS
1 10 (2.32%) Firewall
2 9 (2.09%) DHCP
3 8 (1.86%) CTI
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%) NetScaler
8 1 (0.23%) SAN
8 1 (0.23%) SSL
8 1 (0.23%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (1.86%) Looker
2 7 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
2 7 (1.62%) Power BI
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%) Metadata
6 2 (0.46%) Mixpanel
6 2 (0.46%) MySQL
6 2 (0.46%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.23%) Azure SQL Database
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
8 3 (0.70%) NUnit
8 3 (0.70%) Selenium
9 2 (0.46%) Axure RP
9 2 (0.46%) Balsamiq
9 2 (0.46%) Claude Code
9 2 (0.46%) Vagrant
10 1 (0.23%) GitLab
10 1 (0.23%) Postman
10 1 (0.23%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.23%) webpack
General
1 96 (22.27%) Social Skills
2 80 (18.56%) Public Sector
3 73 (16.94%) Finance
4 54 (12.53%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (11.37%) Marketing
6 36 (8.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 20 (4.64%) Influencing Skills
8 19 (4.41%) Legal
9 18 (4.18%) Law
10 17 (3.94%) Retail
11 8 (1.86%) Manufacturing
12 7 (1.62%) Banking
13 5 (1.16%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (0.93%) Brand Awareness
15 3 (0.70%) Billing
15 3 (0.70%) Financial Institution
15 3 (0.70%) Local Government
15 3 (0.70%) Publishing
15 3 (0.70%) Tech for Good
16 2 (0.46%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 67 (15.55%) Developer
2 64 (14.85%) Senior
3 60 (13.92%) Designer
4 59 (13.69%) Lead
5 40 (9.28%) Analyst
5 40 (9.28%) UX Designer
6 29 (6.73%) 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%) IT Support
11 18 (4.18%) Business Analyst
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
11 18 (4.18%) Service Manager
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 26 (6.03%) .NET
3 26 (6.03%) React
4 17 (3.94%) Node.js
4 17 (3.94%) RESTful
5 11 (2.55%) Terraform
6 9 (2.09%) REST
7 8 (1.86%) Next.js
8 7 (1.62%) CSS3
8 7 (1.62%) HTML5
8 7 (1.62%) iOS SDK
9 6 (1.39%) .NET Core
9 6 (1.39%) Core Data
9 6 (1.39%) SwiftUI
9 6 (1.39%) UIKit
10 5 (1.16%) Android Jetpack
10 5 (1.16%) Jetpack Compose
10 5 (1.16%) Model Context Protocol
10 5 (1.16%) Retrofit
Miscellaneous
1 53 (12.30%) Product Ownership
2 27 (6.26%) Mobile App
3 14 (3.25%) Onboarding
4 13 (3.02%) Driving Licence
5 10 (2.32%) Cloud Native
6 8 (1.86%) IVR
7 7 (1.62%) Data Centre
7 7 (1.62%) Low-Code
8 6 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
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%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 48 (11.14%) Windows
2 22 (5.10%) Windows 10
3 17 (3.94%) Apple iOS
4 14 (3.25%) Windows Server
5 12 (2.78%) Android
6 9 (2.09%) Mac OS
7 5 (1.16%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.93%) Windows Server 2019
9 3 (0.70%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 119 (27.61%) Continuous Improvement
2 116 (26.91%) UX Design
3 114 (26.45%) Agile
4 102 (23.67%) Problem-Solving
5 77 (17.87%) Analytics
6 76 (17.63%) Mentoring
7 74 (17.17%) Roadmaps
8 71 (16.47%) AI
9 57 (13.23%) CI/CD
10 51 (11.83%) Coaching
11 47 (10.90%) DevOps
12 44 (10.21%) Decision-Making
13 41 (9.51%) ITIL
14 39 (9.05%) Stakeholder Management
15 38 (8.82%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 37 (8.58%) Customer Service
17 36 (8.35%) CRM
18 35 (8.12%) Product Roadmap
19 32 (7.42%) E-Commerce
20 28 (6.50%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 39 (9.05%) JavaScript
2 31 (7.19%) TypeScript
3 25 (5.80%) C#
4 19 (4.41%) SQL
5 18 (4.18%) Python
6 13 (3.02%) 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 3 (0.70%) Bicep
10 3 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 3 (0.70%) VB.NET
11 1 (0.23%) Apex Code
11 1 (0.23%) Scala
Qualifications
1 33 (7.66%) Degree
2 23 (5.34%) Security Cleared
3 11 (2.55%) SC Cleared
4 8 (1.86%) DBS Check
4 8 (1.86%) Postgraduate
5 7 (1.62%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (1.16%) DV Cleared
6 5 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.93%) AWS Certification
8 3 (0.70%) IIBA
8 3 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.23%) CSPO
10 1 (0.23%) ISTQB
10 1 (0.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (0.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 1 (0.23%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.23%) MCSE
10 1 (0.23%) PhD
10 1 (0.23%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (14.15%) Accessibility
2 28 (6.50%) WCAG
3 19 (4.41%) GDPR
3 19 (4.41%) QA
4 14 (3.25%) Data Quality
5 10 (2.32%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (1.39%) SLA
7 5 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 4 (0.93%) Actionable Recommendations
9 2 (0.46%) PCI DSS
10 1 (0.23%) GRC
10 1 (0.23%) PMO
System Software
1 24 (5.57%) Active Directory
2 8 (1.86%) BitLocker
2 8 (1.86%) Docker
3 2 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.46%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.23%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.23%) UAG
Systems Management
1 22 (5.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (2.32%) SCCM
3 7 (1.62%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.46%) Jamf Pro
4 2 (0.46%) Packer
4 2 (0.46%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.23%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.23%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 111 (25.75%) Microsoft
2 22 (5.10%) Google
3 12 (2.78%) Adobe
3 12 (2.78%) Cisco
4 11 (2.55%) Dynatrace
5 9 (2.09%) Apple
5 9 (2.09%) ServiceNow
6 8 (1.86%) Avaya
6 8 (1.86%) Genesys
7 7 (1.62%) Meraki
8 4 (0.93%) CheckPoint
8 4 (0.93%) iManage
8 4 (0.93%) Salesforce
8 4 (0.93%) Workday
9 3 (0.70%) DevExpress
9 3 (0.70%) HubSpot
9 3 (0.70%) OpenAI
10 2 (0.46%) Amplitude
10 2 (0.46%) OneLogin
10 2 (0.46%) VMware