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 7 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 67 75
Rank change year-on-year +58 +8 -3
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,819 288 412
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 15.09% 3.48% 3.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.37% 3.78% 3.86%
Number of salaries quoted 153 152 334
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,750 £72,375 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £56,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +6.19% -11.72%

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 9,391 7,621 10,672
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 77.88% 92.19% 86.50%
Number of salaries quoted 5,161 3,536 8,727
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,728 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £83,750 £80,435
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,967 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.24% +12.67% -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 7 February 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 7 February 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 +59 1,591 £57,500 +4.55% 91
Yorkshire +42 210 £52,500 +16.67% 55
North East -29 18 £50,000 +11.11% 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 15 (0.82%) SharePoint
2 14 (0.77%) CMS
3 8 (0.44%) Confluence
4 7 (0.38%) WordPress
5 4 (0.22%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.11%) nginx
7 1 (0.055%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.055%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 6 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
3 3 (0.16%) Sketch
4 2 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (0.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.11%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.11%) Adobe Premiere
4 2 (0.11%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (0.11%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.11%) Trello
5 1 (0.055%) Chatbot
5 1 (0.055%) FrameMaker
5 1 (0.055%) InVision
5 1 (0.055%) MadCap Flare
5 1 (0.055%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (0.27%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.16%) Shopify
3 2 (0.11%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.055%) Magento
4 1 (0.055%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.055%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 1,615 (88.79%) Cloud Computing
2 38 (2.09%) Azure
3 25 (1.37%) SaaS
4 23 (1.26%) AWS
4 23 (1.26%) Microsoft 365
5 18 (0.99%) Power Platform
6 14 (0.77%) Figma
7 10 (0.55%) Adobe Analytics
8 9 (0.49%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (0.49%) OneDrive
9 8 (0.44%) Entra ID
9 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Purview
10 7 (0.38%) Google Analytics
11 6 (0.33%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (0.33%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.22%) Dynamics 365
12 4 (0.22%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.16%) Google Ads
13 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Copilot
13 3 (0.16%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1,615 (88.79%) 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 (0.055%) DHCP
6 1 (0.055%) SSH
6 1 (0.055%) SSL
6 1 (0.055%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.055%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (0.49%) MySQL
2 8 (0.44%) Power BI
3 7 (0.38%) MongoDB
3 7 (0.38%) NoSQL
4 5 (0.27%) Relational Database
4 5 (0.27%) SQL Server
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 (0.055%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 14 (0.77%) JIRA
2 12 (0.66%) Git
3 5 (0.27%) JUnit
4 3 (0.16%) Xcode
5 2 (0.11%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.11%) GitLab
5 2 (0.11%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.11%) Selenium
6 1 (0.055%) Maven
6 1 (0.055%) Vagrant
General
1 1,688 (92.80%) Social Skills
2 1,626 (89.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,623 (89.22%) Banking
4 32 (1.76%) Finance
5 30 (1.65%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (1.32%) Marketing
7 22 (1.21%) Public Sector
8 19 (1.04%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (0.71%) Legal
10 11 (0.60%) Law
11 9 (0.49%) Influencing Skills
12 8 (0.44%) Electronics
13 7 (0.38%) Retail
14 6 (0.33%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.16%) Advertising
16 2 (0.11%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.11%) Multimedia
16 2 (0.11%) Pharmaceutical
17 1 (0.055%) Games
17 1 (0.055%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1,224 (67.29%) Lecturer
2 45 (2.47%) Developer
3 44 (2.42%) Senior
4 28 (1.54%) Analyst
5 18 (0.99%) IT Support
6 17 (0.93%) IT Manager
7 15 (0.82%) IT Analyst
7 15 (0.82%) Senior Manager
8 14 (0.77%) IT Support Analyst
8 14 (0.77%) Lead
8 14 (0.77%) Support Analyst
9 13 (0.71%) Full-Stack Developer
10 12 (0.66%) Senior Developer
11 11 (0.60%) Service Manager
12 10 (0.55%) Designer
12 10 (0.55%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 10 (0.55%) IT Services Manager
12 10 (0.55%) Senior IT Manager
12 10 (0.55%) Senior Service Manager
12 10 (0.55%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 45 (2.47%) CSS
2 41 (2.25%) HTML
3 30 (1.65%) .NET
4 22 (1.21%) React
5 17 (0.93%) RESTful
6 12 (0.66%) ASP.NET
7 11 (0.60%) AngularJS
8 10 (0.55%) Node.js
9 9 (0.49%) REST
10 8 (0.44%) .NET Framework
10 8 (0.44%) Spring
11 7 (0.38%) HTML5
11 7 (0.38%) Spring Boot
12 6 (0.33%) Apache Cordova
12 6 (0.33%) ASP.NET Core
12 6 (0.33%) Kafka
13 5 (0.27%) .NET Core
13 5 (0.27%) CSS3
13 5 (0.27%) Next.js
14 4 (0.22%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 1,615 (88.79%) IoT
2 13 (0.71%) Product Ownership
3 11 (0.60%) Cloud Native
4 9 (0.49%) Mobile App
5 8 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
6 7 (0.38%) Distributed Systems
6 7 (0.38%) Onboarding
7 6 (0.33%) Social Media
8 5 (0.27%) Legacy Systems
9 4 (0.22%) FMCG
10 3 (0.16%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.16%) Distributed Computing
11 2 (0.11%) AI Agents
11 2 (0.11%) Algorithms
11 2 (0.11%) Animation
11 2 (0.11%) Blog
11 2 (0.11%) Digital Signage
11 2 (0.11%) Educational Technology
11 2 (0.11%) Management Information System
11 2 (0.11%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 9 (0.49%) Apple iOS
2 4 (0.22%) Android
2 4 (0.22%) Windows
3 2 (0.11%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.055%) Linux
4 1 (0.055%) Unix
4 1 (0.055%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,655 (90.98%) AI
2 1,623 (89.22%) Machine Learning
3 1,622 (89.17%) Cybersecurity
3 1,622 (89.17%) Web Development
4 80 (4.40%) Agile
5 57 (3.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 46 (2.53%) Problem-Solving
7 42 (2.31%) UX Design
8 41 (2.25%) Mentoring
9 35 (1.92%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 33 (1.81%) ITIL
11 32 (1.76%) Analytics
11 32 (1.76%) Software Engineering
12 31 (1.70%) CI/CD
12 31 (1.70%) DevOps
12 31 (1.70%) Service Management
13 28 (1.54%) Coaching
13 28 (1.54%) Full-Stack Development
14 26 (1.43%) Roadmaps
15 19 (1.04%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 40 (2.20%) JavaScript
2 33 (1.81%) C#
3 26 (1.43%) TypeScript
4 16 (0.88%) SQL
5 15 (0.82%) Java
6 9 (0.49%) Python
7 4 (0.22%) Swift
7 4 (0.22%) XAML
8 3 (0.16%) ABAP
8 3 (0.16%) PHP
8 3 (0.16%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.16%) Rust
9 2 (0.11%) R
10 1 (0.055%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,639 (90.10%) Degree
2 1,616 (88.84%) PhD
3 1,615 (88.79%) Master's Degree
3 1,615 (88.79%) Postgraduate
4 13 (0.71%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 6 (0.33%) Security Cleared
6 4 (0.22%) SC Cleared
7 3 (0.16%) DBS Check
8 2 (0.11%) BPSS Clearance
8 2 (0.11%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (0.055%) A+ Certification
9 1 (0.055%) CCNA
9 1 (0.055%) Cisco Certification
9 1 (0.055%) CISSP
9 1 (0.055%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.055%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.055%) ITIL Certification
9 1 (0.055%) MCSA
9 1 (0.055%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.055%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (1.65%) Accessibility
2 15 (0.82%) QA
3 13 (0.71%) GDPR
4 4 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
4 4 (0.22%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (0.22%) PCI DSS
4 4 (0.22%) WCAG
5 3 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.16%) HL7
6 1 (0.055%) 21 CFR Part 11
6 1 (0.055%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.055%) GxP
6 1 (0.055%) SLA
System Software
1 14 (0.77%) Active Directory
2 9 (0.49%) Docker
3 3 (0.16%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (0.60%) Terraform
2 8 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (0.38%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.11%) Grafana
4 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.055%) Packer
Vendors
1 31 (1.70%) Microsoft
2 19 (1.04%) Adobe
3 14 (0.77%) Google
4 9 (0.49%) New Relic
5 8 (0.44%) Splunk
6 7 (0.38%) Qualtrics
7 6 (0.33%) SAP
8 5 (0.27%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.16%) Apple
9 3 (0.16%) Hotjar
10 2 (0.11%) Ahrefs
10 2 (0.11%) Atlassian
10 2 (0.11%) Hootsuite
10 2 (0.11%) HubSpot
10 2 (0.11%) OneLogin
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle
10 2 (0.11%) Screaming Frog
11 1 (0.055%) Instagram
11 1 (0.055%) TikTok
11 1 (0.055%) WooCommerce