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

6 months to
29 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 62 48
Rank change year-on-year +56 -14 +48
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,626 149 351
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 18.67% 4.09% 4.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 24.80% 4.35% 4.90%
Number of salaries quoted 105 97 213
10th Percentile £28,500 £34,755 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +15.79% -20.83%
75th Percentile £68,666 £66,389 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,075 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.88% +14.29% -19.23%

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 6,557 3,427 7,157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 75.28% 94.17% 83.65%
Number of salaries quoted 3,713 2,139 5,723
10th Percentile £28,500 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,620 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,125 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £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 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 29 March 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 29 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
Lancashire +52 585 £45,249 -19.76% 15
Cheshire +32 525 £50,000 +17.65% 15
Manchester +31 501 £55,000 - 61
Merseyside -3 17 £66,250 +17.78% 6
Cumbria -5 6 £68,000 +126.67% 5
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 15 (0.92%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.68%) CMS
3 9 (0.55%) Confluence
4 8 (0.49%) WordPress
5 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.12%) nginx
7 1 (0.062%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 7 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
2 5 (0.31%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (0.31%) Sketch
3 3 (0.18%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.062%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.062%) Blender
5 1 (0.062%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (0.062%) InDesign
5 1 (0.062%) MS Visio
5 1 (0.062%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.062%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (0.43%) Magento
2 3 (0.18%) Shopify
3 2 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.062%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.062%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 1,477 (90.84%) Cloud Computing
2 22 (1.35%) Azure
3 20 (1.23%) Microsoft 365
4 18 (1.11%) Power Platform
5 15 (0.92%) Figma
5 15 (0.92%) Google Analytics
6 12 (0.74%) Microsoft Purview
6 12 (0.74%) SaaS
7 11 (0.68%) AWS
7 11 (0.68%) Entra ID
8 10 (0.62%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (0.49%) OneDrive
10 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (0.25%) Adobe Analytics
11 4 (0.25%) Dropbox
12 3 (0.18%) Heroku
12 3 (0.18%) Power Automate
13 2 (0.12%) Azure AKS
13 2 (0.12%) Azure Key Vault
13 2 (0.12%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1,477 (90.84%) Internet
2 3 (0.18%) HTTP
3 1 (0.062%) DHCP
3 1 (0.062%) DNS
3 1 (0.062%) LAN
3 1 (0.062%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.062%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.062%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (0.49%) MySQL
2 7 (0.43%) Looker
3 6 (0.37%) MongoDB
3 6 (0.37%) NoSQL
3 6 (0.37%) SQL Server
4 5 (0.31%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.25%) Power BI
6 2 (0.12%) Metadata
6 2 (0.12%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.12%) PostHog
6 2 (0.12%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.12%) Redis
7 1 (0.062%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.062%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.062%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 14 (0.86%) JIRA
2 11 (0.68%) Git
3 3 (0.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 3 (0.18%) fastlane
3 3 (0.18%) JUnit
4 2 (0.12%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.12%) NUnit
4 2 (0.12%) Vagrant
5 1 (0.062%) Bitbucket
5 1 (0.062%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.062%) GitLab
5 1 (0.062%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.062%) JMeter
5 1 (0.062%) LoadRunner
General
1 1,512 (92.99%) Social Skills
2 1,488 (91.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,484 (91.27%) Banking
4 28 (1.72%) Analytical Skills
5 27 (1.66%) Finance
6 24 (1.48%) Marketing
7 9 (0.55%) Public Sector
8 8 (0.49%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (0.37%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.25%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (0.12%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.12%) Games
11 2 (0.12%) Law
11 2 (0.12%) Legal
12 1 (0.062%) Electronics
12 1 (0.062%) Retail
12 1 (0.062%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1,127 (69.31%) Lecturer
2 29 (1.78%) Senior
3 20 (1.23%) Designer
4 17 (1.05%) Developer
5 13 (0.80%) IT Manager
6 12 (0.74%) UX Designer
7 11 (0.68%) E-Commerce Specialist
8 10 (0.62%) Senior Manager
8 10 (0.62%) Software Engineer
9 9 (0.55%) Lead
10 8 (0.49%) Platform Engineer
11 7 (0.43%) Analyst
11 7 (0.43%) Coordinator
11 7 (0.43%) Senior Designer
11 7 (0.43%) Senior UX Designer
11 7 (0.43%) Service Manager
11 7 (0.43%) Software Developer
12 6 (0.37%) Senior Developer
13 5 (0.31%) Help Desk Manager
13 5 (0.31%) IT Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (1.60%) CSS
2 25 (1.54%) HTML
3 14 (0.86%) .NET
3 14 (0.86%) React
4 13 (0.80%) RESTful
5 8 (0.49%) AngularJS
6 7 (0.43%) .NET Framework
7 6 (0.37%) ASP.NET
7 6 (0.37%) ASP.NET Core
7 6 (0.37%) Next.js
7 6 (0.37%) REST
7 6 (0.37%) Spring
7 6 (0.37%) Spring Boot
8 5 (0.31%) CSS3
8 5 (0.31%) HTML5
9 4 (0.25%) Entity Framework
9 4 (0.25%) Node.js
9 4 (0.25%) Web Services
10 3 (0.18%) Laravel
10 3 (0.18%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 1,477 (90.84%) IoT
2 12 (0.74%) Product Ownership
3 9 (0.55%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (0.55%) Onboarding
4 8 (0.49%) Cloud Native
5 7 (0.43%) Mobile App
5 7 (0.43%) Social Media
6 6 (0.37%) Distributed Systems
7 3 (0.18%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (0.18%) Distributed Computing
7 3 (0.18%) Driving Licence
8 2 (0.12%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.12%) Animation
8 2 (0.12%) FMCG
8 2 (0.12%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.12%) NHS
8 2 (0.12%) PropTech
9 1 (0.062%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.062%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.062%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.37%) Apple iOS
1 6 (0.37%) Windows
2 2 (0.12%) Android
3 1 (0.062%) Unix
3 1 (0.062%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,510 (92.87%) AI
2 1,483 (91.21%) Cybersecurity
3 1,481 (91.08%) Web Development
4 1,480 (91.02%) Machine Learning
5 47 (2.89%) Agile
6 37 (2.28%) Continuous Improvement
6 37 (2.28%) UX Design
7 36 (2.21%) Problem-Solving
8 28 (1.72%) Analytics
9 24 (1.48%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 23 (1.41%) CI/CD
11 22 (1.35%) Mentoring
12 21 (1.29%) SEO
13 19 (1.17%) E-Commerce
14 18 (1.11%) DevOps
14 18 (1.11%) Digital Marketing
14 18 (1.11%) Software Engineering
15 15 (0.92%) Coaching
16 14 (0.86%) Decision-Making
16 14 (0.86%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 24 (1.48%) TypeScript
2 20 (1.23%) JavaScript
3 14 (0.86%) C#
4 9 (0.55%) SQL
5 7 (0.43%) Java
6 4 (0.25%) Python
6 4 (0.25%) Swift
7 3 (0.18%) PHP
8 2 (0.12%) Bicep
8 2 (0.12%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.062%) Go
9 1 (0.062%) R
Qualifications
1 1,497 (92.07%) Degree
2 1,477 (90.84%) Master's Degree
2 1,477 (90.84%) PhD
2 1,477 (90.84%) Postgraduate
3 4 (0.25%) DBS Check
4 2 (0.12%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (0.12%) Numerate Degree
4 2 (0.12%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.062%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.062%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.062%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (0.98%) Accessibility
2 13 (0.80%) QA
3 4 (0.25%) Data Quality
3 4 (0.25%) WCAG
4 2 (0.12%) GDPR
4 2 (0.12%) HL7
5 1 (0.062%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.062%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.062%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.062%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (0.68%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (0.68%) Terraform
2 9 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (0.43%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.12%) Grafana
5 2 (0.12%) Packer
5 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 31 (1.91%) Microsoft
2 18 (1.11%) Google
3 9 (0.55%) Adobe
4 8 (0.49%) New Relic
4 8 (0.49%) Splunk
5 4 (0.25%) Qualtrics
6 3 (0.18%) Hotjar
6 3 (0.18%) SAP
7 2 (0.12%) Ahrefs
7 2 (0.12%) DevExpress
7 2 (0.12%) OneLogin
7 2 (0.12%) Oracle
7 2 (0.12%) Screaming Frog
8 1 (0.062%) Apple
8 1 (0.062%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.062%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.062%) ServiceNow