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

6 months to
8 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 66 65
Rank change year-on-year +59 -1 +14
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,591 168 243
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 22.41% 3.52% 3.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 28.48% 3.79% 4.29%
Number of salaries quoted 79 85 175
10th Percentile £40,500 £35,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £44,986 £42,250 £36,085
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +22.22% -21.74%
75th Percentile £71,250 £66,389 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,250 £73,750 £82,340
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 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 5,586 4,432 5,665
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 78.66% 92.74% 85.91%
Number of salaries quoted 2,858 2,183 4,631
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £65,640 £67,500 £66,778
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
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 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 8 February 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 8 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
Lancashire +54 584 £45,497 -27.53% 22
Cheshire +39 515 £57,500 +35.29% 12
Manchester +41 480 £56,250 +2.27% 53
Merseyside -5 16 £77,500 +34.78% 5
Cumbria +10 3 £56,500 +88.33% 2
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 8 (0.50%) CMS
3 5 (0.31%) Confluence
3 5 (0.31%) WordPress
4 2 (0.13%) nginx
5 1 (0.063%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.13%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.13%) Sketch
3 2 (0.13%) Trello
4 1 (0.063%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.063%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.063%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.063%) Magento
2 1 (0.063%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.063%) SAP EWM
2 1 (0.063%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1,477 (92.83%) Cloud Computing
2 21 (1.32%) Azure
3 19 (1.19%) AWS
4 15 (0.94%) Microsoft 365
5 14 (0.88%) Power Platform
6 12 (0.75%) Figma
7 11 (0.69%) SaaS
8 9 (0.57%) Azure Monitor
9 8 (0.50%) Adobe Analytics
9 8 (0.50%) Entra ID
9 8 (0.50%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (0.50%) OneDrive
10 7 (0.44%) 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%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.13%) GCP
12 2 (0.13%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.13%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 1,477 (92.83%) 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 5 (0.31%) Relational Database
3 5 (0.31%) SQL Server
4 4 (0.25%) Power BI
5 3 (0.19%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.13%) Looker
6 2 (0.13%) Metadata
6 2 (0.13%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.13%) PostHog
6 2 (0.13%) Redis
7 1 (0.063%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 12 (0.75%) Git
1 12 (0.75%) JIRA
2 5 (0.31%) JUnit
3 3 (0.19%) Xcode
4 2 (0.13%) Cypress.io
5 1 (0.063%) GitLab
5 1 (0.063%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.063%) Maven
5 1 (0.063%) Selenium
5 1 (0.063%) Vagrant
General
1 1,515 (95.22%) Social Skills
2 1,488 (93.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,484 (93.27%) Banking
4 26 (1.63%) Analytical Skills
5 21 (1.32%) Finance
6 14 (0.88%) Marketing
7 9 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (0.57%) Public Sector
8 5 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (0.25%) Electronics
9 4 (0.25%) Law
9 4 (0.25%) Legal
10 2 (0.13%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.13%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.13%) Retail
11 1 (0.063%) Games
11 1 (0.063%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.063%) Publishing
11 1 (0.063%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1,127 (70.84%) Lecturer
2 26 (1.63%) Senior
3 23 (1.45%) Developer
4 11 (0.69%) IT Manager
4 11 (0.69%) Lead
5 10 (0.63%) Senior Manager
6 8 (0.50%) Platform Engineer
6 8 (0.50%) Software Engineer
7 7 (0.44%) Analyst
7 7 (0.44%) Strategy Manager
8 6 (0.38%) Senior Developer
9 5 (0.31%) Designer
9 5 (0.31%) Help Desk Manager
9 5 (0.31%) Infrastructure Manager
9 5 (0.31%) iOS Developer
9 5 (0.31%) IT Services Manager
9 5 (0.31%) Senior IT Manager
9 5 (0.31%) Senior Service Manager
9 5 (0.31%) Service Manager
9 5 (0.31%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (1.82%) CSS
2 25 (1.57%) HTML
3 16 (1.01%) React
4 15 (0.94%) RESTful
5 14 (0.88%) .NET
6 9 (0.57%) REST
7 8 (0.50%) AngularJS
8 7 (0.44%) Spring
8 7 (0.44%) Spring Boot
9 6 (0.38%) Kafka
9 6 (0.38%) Node.js
10 5 (0.31%) .NET Framework
10 5 (0.31%) CSS3
10 5 (0.31%) HTML5
10 5 (0.31%) Next.js
11 4 (0.25%) ASP.NET Core
11 4 (0.25%) gRPC
11 4 (0.25%) Spring Batch
11 4 (0.25%) SwiftUI
11 4 (0.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1,477 (92.83%) IoT
2 12 (0.75%) Product Ownership
3 8 (0.50%) Cloud Native
3 8 (0.50%) Enterprise Software
4 7 (0.44%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (0.25%) Mobile App
5 4 (0.25%) Onboarding
6 3 (0.19%) Analytical Mindset
6 3 (0.19%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (0.19%) Social Media
7 2 (0.13%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.13%) Animation
7 2 (0.13%) FMCG
7 2 (0.13%) Management Information System
8 1 (0.063%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.063%) iPad
8 1 (0.063%) Legacy Systems
8 1 (0.063%) Life Science
8 1 (0.063%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.063%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.31%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.19%) Windows
3 1 (0.063%) Linux
3 1 (0.063%) Unix
3 1 (0.063%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,509 (94.85%) AI
2 1,484 (93.27%) Machine Learning
3 1,483 (93.21%) Cybersecurity
4 1,479 (92.96%) Web Development
5 53 (3.33%) Agile
6 35 (2.20%) Continuous Improvement
7 32 (2.01%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (1.57%) Analytics
9 24 (1.51%) UX Design
10 23 (1.45%) CI/CD
10 23 (1.45%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 20 (1.26%) Software Engineering
12 17 (1.07%) Mentoring
13 16 (1.01%) Coaching
13 16 (1.01%) DevOps
14 13 (0.82%) Customer-Centricity
14 13 (0.82%) Full-Stack Development
14 13 (0.82%) Stakeholder Management
15 12 (0.75%) Decision-Making
15 12 (0.75%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 25 (1.57%) JavaScript
2 23 (1.45%) TypeScript
3 18 (1.13%) C#
4 13 (0.82%) Java
5 9 (0.57%) SQL
6 8 (0.50%) Python
7 4 (0.25%) Swift
8 3 (0.19%) PHP
8 3 (0.19%) PowerShell
8 3 (0.19%) Rust
9 2 (0.13%) R
10 1 (0.063%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,494 (93.90%) Degree
2 1,478 (92.90%) PhD
3 1,477 (92.83%) Master's Degree
3 1,477 (92.83%) Postgraduate
4 3 (0.19%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.13%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (0.13%) Numerate Degree
6 1 (0.063%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.063%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.063%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.063%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (0.063%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (1.07%) Accessibility
2 8 (0.50%) QA
3 4 (0.25%) 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 10 (0.63%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 10 (0.63%) Terraform
2 8 (0.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 8 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
3 7 (0.44%) Kubernetes
4 2 (0.13%) Grafana
4 2 (0.13%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.063%) Packer
Vendors
1 18 (1.13%) Microsoft
2 10 (0.63%) Google
3 9 (0.57%) Adobe
4 8 (0.50%) New Relic
4 8 (0.50%) Splunk
5 7 (0.44%) Qualtrics
6 3 (0.19%) Hotjar
6 3 (0.19%) SAP
7 2 (0.13%) Ahrefs
7 2 (0.13%) OneLogin
7 2 (0.13%) Oracle
7 2 (0.13%) Screaming Frog
7 2 (0.13%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.063%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.063%) Genesys
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