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 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 58 59
Rank change year-on-year +51 +1 +11
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,596 214 156
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 26.10% 4.04% 4.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 30.98% 4.49% 4.72%
Number of salaries quoted 82 99 96
10th Percentile £35,125 £35,000 £23,850
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £37,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £67,875 £65,695 £60,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £73,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

All Process and 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 5,152 4,771 3,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 84.27% 90.14% 92.00%
Number of salaries quoted 2,483 2,379 2,510
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% -5.45% +0.22%
75th Percentile £65,000 £66,033 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,842
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 24 December 2025.

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 24 December 2025. 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 +47 586 £45,000 -10.77% 44
Cheshire +39 514 £57,500 +35.29% 42
Manchester +28 480 £55,000 - 131
Merseyside -5 16 £77,500 +34.78% 23
Cumbria +12 6 £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 9 (0.56%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.31%) CMS
2 5 (0.31%) Confluence
3 2 (0.13%) nginx
4 1 (0.063%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.063%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (0.31%) Adobe XD
2 4 (0.25%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.25%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.25%) Sketch
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 (92.54%) Cloud Computing
2 27 (1.69%) Azure
3 21 (1.32%) AWS
4 15 (0.94%) Power Platform
4 15 (0.94%) SaaS
5 13 (0.81%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (0.75%) Figma
7 8 (0.50%) Azure Monitor
8 7 (0.44%) Adobe Analytics
8 7 (0.44%) Entra ID
8 7 (0.44%) Microsoft Purview
8 7 (0.44%) OneDrive
9 6 (0.38%) Google Analytics
10 3 (0.19%) AWS Lambda
10 3 (0.19%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.19%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.19%) Serverless
11 2 (0.13%) Azure AI
11 2 (0.13%) GitHub Actions
11 2 (0.13%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1,477 (92.54%) 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 (0.56%) 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%) DynamoDB
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
6 1 (0.063%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.063%) DocumentDB
Development Applications
1 16 (1.00%) Git
2 12 (0.75%) JIRA
3 5 (0.31%) JUnit
4 3 (0.19%) webpack
4 3 (0.19%) Xcode
5 2 (0.13%) Babel
5 2 (0.13%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.063%) Axure RP
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 1,518 (95.11%) Social Skills
2 1,487 (93.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,483 (92.92%) Banking
4 26 (1.63%) Finance
5 25 (1.57%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (1.00%) Marketing
7 9 (0.56%) Public Sector
8 8 (0.50%) Influencing Skills
9 5 (0.31%) Law
10 4 (0.25%) Electronics
10 4 (0.25%) Legal
11 2 (0.13%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.13%) Games
11 2 (0.13%) Manufacturing
11 2 (0.13%) Retail
12 1 (0.063%) Digital Health
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 (70.61%) Lecturer
2 30 (1.88%) Developer
3 20 (1.25%) Senior
4 14 (0.88%) Lead
5 9 (0.56%) Analyst
6 7 (0.44%) IT Manager
6 7 (0.44%) Platform Engineer
6 7 (0.44%) Senior Manager
7 6 (0.38%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 6 (0.38%) Software Engineer
7 6 (0.38%) Strategy Manager
8 5 (0.31%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 5 (0.31%) Help Desk Manager
8 5 (0.31%) Infrastructure Manager
8 5 (0.31%) IT Infrastructure Manager
8 5 (0.31%) React Developer
8 5 (0.31%) Senior Developer
8 5 (0.31%) Software Developer
9 4 (0.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 4 (0.25%) Web Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (1.75%) CSS
2 24 (1.50%) HTML
3 19 (1.19%) React
4 18 (1.13%) .NET
5 14 (0.88%) RESTful
6 10 (0.63%) REST
7 8 (0.50%) AngularJS
7 8 (0.50%) Spring
7 8 (0.50%) Spring Boot
8 7 (0.44%) Kafka
8 7 (0.44%) Next.js
9 6 (0.38%) CSS3
9 6 (0.38%) HTML5
9 6 (0.38%) Node.js
10 5 (0.31%) .NET Framework
10 5 (0.31%) ASP.NET
11 4 (0.25%) gRPC
11 4 (0.25%) JSON
11 4 (0.25%) Loki
11 4 (0.25%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 1,477 (92.54%) IoT
2 12 (0.75%) Product Ownership
3 8 (0.50%) Cloud Native
4 7 (0.44%) Distributed Systems
4 7 (0.44%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (0.44%) Social Media
5 4 (0.25%) AI Agents
5 4 (0.25%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (0.19%) Distributed Computing
7 2 (0.13%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.13%) Animation
7 2 (0.13%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.13%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.063%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.063%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.063%) e-Learning
8 1 (0.063%) EMV
8 1 (0.063%) FMCG
8 1 (0.063%) Life Science
8 1 (0.063%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.19%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.13%) Linux
2 2 (0.13%) Windows
3 1 (0.063%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,506 (94.36%) AI
2 1,487 (93.17%) Machine Learning
3 1,484 (92.98%) Web Development
4 1,483 (92.92%) Cybersecurity
5 55 (3.45%) Agile
6 32 (2.01%) Problem-Solving
7 29 (1.82%) Continuous Improvement
8 27 (1.69%) CI/CD
9 25 (1.57%) Analytics
10 21 (1.32%) DevOps
10 21 (1.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 20 (1.25%) UX Design
12 17 (1.07%) Full-Stack Development
12 17 (1.07%) Software Engineering
13 15 (0.94%) Clean Code
13 15 (0.94%) Mentoring
13 15 (0.94%) Service Delivery
13 15 (0.94%) Stakeholder Management
14 14 (0.88%) Coaching
14 14 (0.88%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 30 (1.88%) JavaScript
2 23 (1.44%) C#
2 23 (1.44%) TypeScript
3 15 (0.94%) Java
4 9 (0.56%) Python
4 9 (0.56%) SQL
5 3 (0.19%) PHP
5 3 (0.19%) PowerShell
5 3 (0.19%) Rust
5 3 (0.19%) Swift
6 2 (0.13%) R
7 1 (0.063%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,489 (93.30%) Degree
2 1,478 (92.61%) PhD
3 1,477 (92.54%) Master's Degree
3 1,477 (92.54%) Postgraduate
4 5 (0.31%) 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 20 (1.25%) Accessibility
2 9 (0.56%) 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 11 (0.69%) Docker
2 8 (0.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (0.63%) Terraform
2 8 (0.50%) Kubernetes
3 7 (0.44%) Microsoft Intune
3 7 (0.44%) Single Sign-On
4 4 (0.25%) Grafana
5 1 (0.063%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 21 (1.32%) Microsoft
2 11 (0.69%) Google
3 9 (0.56%) Adobe
4 7 (0.44%) New Relic
4 7 (0.44%) Splunk
5 6 (0.38%) Qualtrics
5 6 (0.38%) ServiceNow
6 5 (0.31%) Hotjar
7 4 (0.25%) Genesys
8 2 (0.13%) Ahrefs
8 2 (0.13%) Oracle
8 2 (0.13%) SAP
8 2 (0.13%) Screaming Frog
9 1 (0.063%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.063%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.063%) iManage
9 1 (0.063%) Marin
9 1 (0.063%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.063%) TikTok
9 1 (0.063%) WooCommerce