User Experience Job Trends in the North West

UX
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North West requiring User Experience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 52 60
Rank change year-on-year +45 +8 +12
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,587 206 170
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 25.18% 4.08% 3.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 30.95% 4.49% 4.41%
Number of salaries quoted 73 94 103
10th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £23,850
25th Percentile £44,972 £41,250 £37,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,389 £60,000
90th Percentile £81,000 £73,750 £72,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,128 4,593 3,854
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 81.36% 90.97% 87.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,500 2,247 2,985
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,114 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -0.95% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £81,250 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing User Experience relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the North West.

User Experience job vacancy trend in the North West

User Experience
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing User Experience.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing User Experience

User Experience
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in the North West over the 6 months to 10 January 2026.

Salary histogram for User Experience in the North West

User Experience
Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 10 January 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
Lancashire +53 584 £45,497 -10.44% 25
Cheshire +40 514 £57,500 +35.29% 10
Manchester +28 475 £55,000 - 43
Merseyside -2 16 £77,500 +34.78% 8
Cumbria +11 4 £36,000 +3.60%
User Experience
England

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West 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 10 (0.63%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.32%) Confluence
3 3 (0.19%) CMS
4 2 (0.13%) nginx
5 1 (0.063%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.063%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (0.32%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.25%) Sketch
3 3 (0.19%) Chatbot
3 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.13%) Trello
5 1 (0.063%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.063%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.063%) InVision
5 1 (0.063%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.063%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.063%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.063%) Magento
1 1 (0.063%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.063%) SAP EWM
1 1 (0.063%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.063%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,477 (93.07%) Cloud Computing
2 25 (1.58%) Azure
3 17 (1.07%) AWS
4 16 (1.01%) Power Platform
5 14 (0.88%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (0.88%) SaaS
6 12 (0.76%) Figma
7 9 (0.57%) Azure Monitor
8 8 (0.50%) Entra ID
8 8 (0.50%) Microsoft Purview
8 8 (0.50%) OneDrive
9 7 (0.44%) Adobe Analytics
10 4 (0.25%) Google Analytics
11 3 (0.19%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.13%) Azure AKS
12 2 (0.13%) Azure Cognitive Services
12 2 (0.13%) GCP
12 2 (0.13%) Google Ads
12 2 (0.13%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.13%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 1,477 (93.07%) Internet
2 4 (0.25%) HTTP
3 1 (0.063%) DHCP
3 1 (0.063%) DNS
3 1 (0.063%) LAN
3 1 (0.063%) SSH
3 1 (0.063%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.063%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (0.57%) MySQL
2 7 (0.44%) MongoDB
2 7 (0.44%) NoSQL
3 6 (0.38%) Power BI
3 6 (0.38%) Relational Database
3 6 (0.38%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.19%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.13%) Looker
5 2 (0.13%) Metadata
5 2 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.13%) PostHog
5 2 (0.13%) Redis
Development Applications
1 14 (0.88%) Git
2 12 (0.76%) JIRA
3 5 (0.32%) JUnit
4 3 (0.19%) Xcode
5 2 (0.13%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.13%) webpack
6 1 (0.063%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.063%) Babel
6 1 (0.063%) ESLint
6 1 (0.063%) GitLab
6 1 (0.063%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.063%) Maven
6 1 (0.063%) Selenium
6 1 (0.063%) Storybook
General
1 1,516 (95.53%) Social Skills
2 1,488 (93.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,483 (93.45%) Banking
4 24 (1.51%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (1.45%) Finance
6 12 (0.76%) Marketing
7 9 (0.57%) Public Sector
8 8 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (0.32%) Law
10 4 (0.25%) Electronics
10 4 (0.25%) Legal
11 2 (0.13%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.13%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.13%) Retail
12 1 (0.063%) Games
12 1 (0.063%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.063%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.063%) Publishing
12 1 (0.063%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1,127 (71.01%) Lecturer
2 25 (1.58%) Developer
3 21 (1.32%) Senior
4 12 (0.76%) Lead
5 9 (0.57%) Analyst
6 8 (0.50%) Platform Engineer
7 7 (0.44%) IT Manager
7 7 (0.44%) Senior Manager
8 6 (0.38%) Software Engineer
8 6 (0.38%) Strategy Manager
9 5 (0.32%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
9 5 (0.32%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 5 (0.32%) Help Desk Manager
9 5 (0.32%) Infrastructure Manager
9 5 (0.32%) IT Infrastructure Manager
9 5 (0.32%) Software Developer
10 4 (0.25%) Designer
10 4 (0.25%) Digital Analyst
10 4 (0.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 4 (0.25%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 27 (1.70%) CSS
2 23 (1.45%) HTML
3 16 (1.01%) .NET
3 16 (1.01%) React
4 13 (0.82%) RESTful
5 10 (0.63%) REST
6 8 (0.50%) AngularJS
7 7 (0.44%) Spring
7 7 (0.44%) Spring Boot
8 6 (0.38%) Kafka
8 6 (0.38%) Next.js
8 6 (0.38%) Node.js
9 5 (0.32%) .NET Framework
9 5 (0.32%) ASP.NET
9 5 (0.32%) CSS3
9 5 (0.32%) HTML5
10 4 (0.25%) ASP.NET Core
10 4 (0.25%) gRPC
10 4 (0.25%) JSON
10 4 (0.25%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 1,477 (93.07%) IoT
2 13 (0.82%) Product Ownership
3 8 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (0.44%) Cloud Native
4 7 (0.44%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (0.32%) Social Media
6 3 (0.19%) AI Agents
6 3 (0.19%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (0.13%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.13%) Analytical Mindset
7 2 (0.13%) Animation
7 2 (0.13%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.063%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.063%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.063%) EMV
8 1 (0.063%) FMCG
8 1 (0.063%) Hybrid Cloud
8 1 (0.063%) iPad
8 1 (0.063%) Life Science
8 1 (0.063%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.19%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.13%) Windows
3 1 (0.063%) Linux
3 1 (0.063%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,504 (94.77%) AI
2 1,486 (93.64%) Machine Learning
3 1,483 (93.45%) Cybersecurity
4 1,482 (93.38%) Web Development
5 53 (3.34%) Agile
6 32 (2.02%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (1.83%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (1.58%) CI/CD
9 22 (1.39%) Analytics
9 22 (1.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 18 (1.13%) DevOps
10 18 (1.13%) UX Design
11 17 (1.07%) Software Engineering
12 15 (0.95%) Full-Stack Development
13 14 (0.88%) Coaching
13 14 (0.88%) Mentoring
13 14 (0.88%) Service Delivery
13 14 (0.88%) Stakeholder Management
14 12 (0.76%) Clean Code
14 12 (0.76%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 28 (1.76%) JavaScript
2 22 (1.39%) TypeScript
3 20 (1.26%) C#
4 13 (0.82%) Java
5 9 (0.57%) SQL
6 8 (0.50%) Python
7 3 (0.19%) PHP
7 3 (0.19%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.19%) Rust
7 3 (0.19%) Swift
8 2 (0.13%) R
9 1 (0.063%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,489 (93.82%) Degree
2 1,478 (93.13%) PhD
3 1,477 (93.07%) Master's Degree
3 1,477 (93.07%) Postgraduate
4 5 (0.32%) Security Cleared
5 4 (0.25%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.13%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.13%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.063%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.063%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.063%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (1.20%) Accessibility
2 7 (0.44%) QA
3 6 (0.38%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.19%) HL7
5 2 (0.13%) GDPR
6 1 (0.063%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.063%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.063%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.063%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (0.57%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (0.57%) Terraform
2 8 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
3 6 (0.38%) Kubernetes
4 3 (0.19%) Grafana
5 1 (0.063%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 20 (1.26%) Microsoft
2 9 (0.57%) Adobe
2 9 (0.57%) Google
3 8 (0.50%) New Relic
3 8 (0.50%) Splunk
4 6 (0.38%) Qualtrics
5 5 (0.32%) ServiceNow
6 3 (0.19%) Genesys
6 3 (0.19%) Hotjar
7 2 (0.13%) Ahrefs
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle
7 2 (0.13%) SAP
7 2 (0.13%) Screaming Frog
8 1 (0.063%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.063%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.063%) iManage
8 1 (0.063%) Marin
8 1 (0.063%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.063%) TikTok
8 1 (0.063%) WooCommerce