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 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 56 49
Rank change year-on-year +50 -7 +51
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,647 160 358
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 17.58% 4.47% 4.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.51% 4.75% 4.87%
Number of salaries quoted 122 98 215
10th Percentile £28,650 £34,755 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,800 £55,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +3.27% +18.92% -22.92%
75th Percentile £68,750 £66,389 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 7,005 3,367 7,345
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 74.77% 94.02% 82.88%
Number of salaries quoted 4,057 2,139 5,864
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £54,793 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.92% +9.59% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +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 9 April 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 9 April 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 +55 586 £45,000 -20.20% 15
Cheshire +28 530 £50,000 +29.44% 15
Manchester +29 512 £58,765 +6.85% 61
Merseyside -4 17 £56,100 +2.00% 6
Cumbria -2 10 £70,000 +133.33% 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 14 (0.85%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.67%) CMS
3 10 (0.61%) Confluence
4 9 (0.55%) WordPress
5 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.12%) nginx
7 1 (0.061%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.061%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.061%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.43%) Spreadsheet
2 5 (0.30%) Sketch
3 4 (0.24%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.18%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.12%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.061%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (0.061%) Blender
6 1 (0.061%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (0.061%) InDesign
6 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.061%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.061%) Trello
Business Applications
1 9 (0.55%) Magento
2 3 (0.18%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.18%) Shopify
3 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.061%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 1,477 (89.68%) Cloud Computing
2 24 (1.46%) Azure
3 20 (1.21%) Microsoft 365
3 20 (1.21%) Power Platform
4 18 (1.09%) Figma
5 17 (1.03%) Google Analytics
6 13 (0.79%) Entra ID
7 12 (0.73%) Microsoft Purview
7 12 (0.73%) SaaS
8 11 (0.67%) AWS
8 11 (0.67%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (0.49%) OneDrive
10 7 (0.43%) Microsoft Copilot
11 5 (0.30%) Power Automate
12 4 (0.24%) Adobe Analytics
12 4 (0.24%) Azure Key Vault
12 4 (0.24%) Dropbox
12 4 (0.24%) PowerApps
13 3 (0.18%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (0.18%) Heroku
Communications & Networking
1 1,477 (89.68%) Internet
2 3 (0.18%) HTTP
3 1 (0.061%) DHCP
3 1 (0.061%) DNS
3 1 (0.061%) LAN
3 1 (0.061%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.061%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.061%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (0.49%) Looker
1 8 (0.49%) MySQL
2 6 (0.36%) NoSQL
2 6 (0.36%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.30%) MongoDB
3 5 (0.30%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.24%) Power BI
5 2 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
5 2 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.12%) Metadata
5 2 (0.12%) PostHog
5 2 (0.12%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.12%) Redis
6 1 (0.061%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.061%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.061%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.061%) Mixpanel
6 1 (0.061%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.061%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.061%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 15 (0.91%) JIRA
2 13 (0.79%) Git
3 4 (0.24%) NUnit
4 3 (0.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (0.18%) Bitbucket
4 3 (0.18%) fastlane
4 3 (0.18%) JUnit
5 2 (0.12%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.12%) Vagrant
6 1 (0.061%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.061%) gulp
6 1 (0.061%) JMeter
6 1 (0.061%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.061%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.061%) webpack
General
1 1,513 (91.86%) Social Skills
2 1,488 (90.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,485 (90.16%) Banking
4 34 (2.06%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (1.76%) Finance
6 25 (1.52%) Marketing
7 10 (0.61%) Public Sector
8 9 (0.55%) Organisational Skills
9 6 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
9 6 (0.36%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.12%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.12%) Games
10 2 (0.12%) Law
10 2 (0.12%) Legal
11 1 (0.061%) Local Government
11 1 (0.061%) Retail
11 1 (0.061%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 1,127 (68.43%) Lecturer
2 34 (2.06%) Senior
3 29 (1.76%) Designer
4 20 (1.21%) UX Designer
5 17 (1.03%) Developer
6 15 (0.91%) IT Manager
7 13 (0.79%) E-Commerce Specialist
8 12 (0.73%) Lead
8 12 (0.73%) Senior Manager
9 11 (0.67%) Senior Designer
9 11 (0.67%) Senior UX Designer
9 11 (0.67%) Service Manager
10 10 (0.61%) Product Designer
10 10 (0.61%) Software Engineer
11 8 (0.49%) Platform Engineer
12 7 (0.43%) Coordinator
12 7 (0.43%) IT Services Manager
12 7 (0.43%) Senior IT Manager
12 7 (0.43%) Senior Service Manager
13 6 (0.36%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (1.52%) CSS
2 24 (1.46%) HTML
3 14 (0.85%) .NET
4 13 (0.79%) React
4 13 (0.79%) RESTful
5 11 (0.67%) AngularJS
6 9 (0.55%) .NET Framework
7 6 (0.36%) ASP.NET
7 6 (0.36%) ASP.NET Core
7 6 (0.36%) Entity Framework
7 6 (0.36%) REST
8 5 (0.30%) Next.js
8 5 (0.30%) Spring
8 5 (0.30%) Spring Boot
9 4 (0.24%) Vitest
9 4 (0.24%) Web Services
10 3 (0.18%) CSS3
10 3 (0.18%) Laravel
10 3 (0.18%) Node.js
10 3 (0.18%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 1,477 (89.68%) IoT
2 11 (0.67%) Onboarding
2 11 (0.67%) Product Ownership
3 10 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
4 9 (0.55%) Mobile App
5 7 (0.43%) Cloud Native
5 7 (0.43%) Social Media
6 6 (0.36%) Distributed Systems
7 4 (0.24%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.18%) Distributed Computing
8 3 (0.18%) Driving Licence
8 3 (0.18%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.12%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.12%) Algorithms
9 2 (0.12%) Animation
9 2 (0.12%) FMCG
9 2 (0.12%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.12%) NHS
9 2 (0.12%) PropTech
10 1 (0.061%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.43%) Apple iOS
2 6 (0.36%) Windows
3 3 (0.18%) Android
4 1 (0.061%) Unix
4 1 (0.061%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,511 (91.74%) AI
2 1,483 (90.04%) Cybersecurity
3 1,482 (89.98%) Web Development
4 1,480 (89.86%) Machine Learning
5 48 (2.91%) UX Design
6 45 (2.73%) Agile
7 43 (2.61%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (2.43%) Continuous Improvement
9 31 (1.88%) Analytics
10 23 (1.40%) CI/CD
11 22 (1.34%) Mentoring
11 22 (1.34%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 21 (1.28%) SEO
13 20 (1.21%) E-Commerce
14 19 (1.15%) Decision-Making
14 19 (1.15%) DevOps
15 18 (1.09%) Digital Marketing
15 18 (1.09%) Software Engineering
16 15 (0.91%) Coaching
16 15 (0.91%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 23 (1.40%) TypeScript
2 19 (1.15%) JavaScript
3 13 (0.79%) SQL
4 12 (0.73%) C#
5 6 (0.36%) Java
6 4 (0.24%) Bicep
6 4 (0.24%) Python
6 4 (0.24%) Swift
7 3 (0.18%) PHP
8 2 (0.12%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.061%) Go
9 1 (0.061%) R
Qualifications
1 1,497 (90.89%) Degree
2 1,477 (89.68%) Master's Degree
2 1,477 (89.68%) PhD
2 1,477 (89.68%) Postgraduate
3 4 (0.24%) DBS Check
4 2 (0.12%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (0.12%) Numerate Degree
4 2 (0.12%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.061%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.061%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.061%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (1.09%) Accessibility
2 14 (0.85%) QA
3 4 (0.24%) Data Quality
3 4 (0.24%) WCAG
4 3 (0.18%) GDPR
5 2 (0.12%) HL7
6 1 (0.061%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.061%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.061%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.061%) PMO
6 1 (0.061%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (0.67%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.49%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (0.73%) 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 36 (2.19%) Microsoft
2 20 (1.21%) Google
3 10 (0.61%) Adobe
4 8 (0.49%) New Relic
4 8 (0.49%) Splunk
5 4 (0.24%) DevExpress
5 4 (0.24%) OneLogin
5 4 (0.24%) Qualtrics
6 3 (0.18%) Hotjar
7 2 (0.12%) Ahrefs
7 2 (0.12%) SAP
7 2 (0.12%) Screaming Frog
8 1 (0.061%) Adyen
8 1 (0.061%) Amplitude
8 1 (0.061%) Apple
8 1 (0.061%) Oracle
8 1 (0.061%) ServiceNow