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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 89 42 21
Rank change year-on-year -47 -21 +59
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 204 383 452
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.59% 7.36% 6.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.17% 8.25% 7.67%
Number of salaries quoted 125 95 115
10th Percentile £30,200 £35,000 £30,950
25th Percentile £35,250 £45,625 £40,994
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £50,803
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +8.26% +1.61%
75th Percentile £61,500 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £74,491 £84,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £57,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -0.87% - -4.96%

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 9,393 4,645 5,894
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 73.00% 89.26% 80.30%
Number of salaries quoted 6,969 2,191 3,077
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,803
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -1.58% -7.63%
75th Percentile £75,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

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 October 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 October 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
Manchester -88 96 £52,500 -12.50% 184
Cheshire -12 40 £55,000 +4.76% 39
Merseyside +5 33 £54,250 +14.21% 17
Cumbria +9 18 £35,500 -1.39% 1
Lancashire -22 17 £45,497 +7.34% 15
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 19 (9.31%) SharePoint
2 8 (3.92%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (1.96%) Confluence
3 4 (1.96%) Skype for Business
4 2 (0.98%) Moodle
4 2 (0.98%) nginx
4 2 (0.98%) Totara
4 2 (0.98%) WordPress
5 1 (0.49%) CMS
5 1 (0.49%) IIS
5 1 (0.49%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (0.49%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 11 (5.39%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (0.98%) Camtasia
4 1 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.49%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.49%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.49%) InDesign
4 1 (0.49%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.49%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
1 4 (1.96%) Workday HCM
2 3 (1.47%) Dynamics AX
3 1 (0.49%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 35 (17.16%) Azure
2 33 (16.18%) Microsoft 365
3 30 (14.71%) Power Platform
4 21 (10.29%) SaaS
5 20 (9.80%) PowerApps
6 15 (7.35%) Microsoft Copilot
7 14 (6.86%) AWS
7 14 (6.86%) Figma
8 11 (5.39%) Microsoft Purview
9 10 (4.90%) Power Automate
10 6 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.94%) Copilot Studio
10 6 (2.94%) Serverless
11 5 (2.45%) Azure AI
11 5 (2.45%) Azure Cognitive Services
11 5 (2.45%) Azure Logic Apps
11 5 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
12 3 (1.47%) Canva
12 3 (1.47%) OneDrive
13 2 (0.98%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 7 (3.43%) DNS
2 6 (2.94%) DHCP
3 4 (1.96%) Skype
4 3 (1.47%) Firewall
4 3 (1.47%) FTP
5 2 (0.98%) NetScaler
6 1 (0.49%) CTI
6 1 (0.49%) SSL
6 1 (0.49%) VoIP
6 1 (0.49%) VPN
6 1 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.96%) SQL Server
2 3 (1.47%) Amazon RDS
2 3 (1.47%) MySQL
2 3 (1.47%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (0.98%) NoSQL
3 2 (0.98%) Power BI
4 1 (0.49%) BigQuery
4 1 (0.49%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.49%) Metadata
4 1 (0.49%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 8 (3.92%) Git
2 4 (1.96%) JIRA
2 4 (1.96%) Vagrant
3 3 (1.47%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 3 (1.47%) fastlane
4 2 (0.98%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.49%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 33 (16.18%) Finance
2 30 (14.71%) Social Skills
3 26 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (9.31%) Marketing
5 18 (8.82%) Public Sector
6 15 (7.35%) Law
7 11 (5.39%) Legal
8 9 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (4.41%) Retail
9 5 (2.45%) Banking
9 5 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.96%) Advertising
10 4 (1.96%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.47%) Billing
11 3 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
12 2 (0.98%) Aerospace
12 2 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
13 1 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
13 1 (0.49%) Games
13 1 (0.49%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 31 (15.20%) Designer
2 26 (12.75%) Lead
2 26 (12.75%) Senior
3 24 (11.76%) UX Designer
4 21 (10.29%) Developer
5 18 (8.82%) Analyst
6 14 (6.86%) Desktop Engineer
6 14 (6.86%) IT Manager
6 14 (6.86%) IT Support
7 12 (5.88%) IT Engineer
7 12 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
7 12 (5.88%) Support Engineer
8 11 (5.39%) Microsoft 365 Manager
9 10 (4.90%) Platform Specialist
9 10 (4.90%) Power Platform Specialist
9 10 (4.90%) Product Specialist
10 9 (4.41%) 2nd Line Support
10 9 (4.41%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
10 9 (4.41%) Desktop Support
10 9 (4.41%) Desktop Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.86%) React
2 9 (4.41%) .NET
2 9 (4.41%) CSS
2 9 (4.41%) HTML
3 5 (2.45%) Model Context Protocol
3 5 (2.45%) REST
3 5 (2.45%) Terraform
4 4 (1.96%) Spring
4 4 (1.96%) Spring Boot
4 4 (1.96%) Web Services
5 3 (1.47%) EDI
5 3 (1.47%) Laravel
5 3 (1.47%) Node.js
5 3 (1.47%) Sass
6 2 (0.98%) LAMP
6 2 (0.98%) LangChain
6 2 (0.98%) LEMP Stack
6 2 (0.98%) LESS
6 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Graph
6 2 (0.98%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 20 (9.80%) Product Ownership
2 11 (5.39%) Mobile App
3 10 (4.90%) Driving Licence
4 5 (2.45%) Onboarding
4 5 (2.45%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (1.96%) Cloud Native
5 4 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (1.96%) Learning Management System
5 4 (1.96%) Low-Code
5 4 (1.96%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.96%) Video\Live Streaming
6 2 (0.98%) AI Agents
6 2 (0.98%) CSOC
6 2 (0.98%) Data Centre
6 2 (0.98%) Educational Technology
6 2 (0.98%) e-Learning
6 2 (0.98%) Fat Client
6 2 (0.98%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 2 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.98%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 25 (12.25%) Windows
2 10 (4.90%) Windows 10
3 6 (2.94%) Windows 7
4 5 (2.45%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.96%) Linux
5 4 (1.96%) Mac OS
5 4 (1.96%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.98%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (28.92%) Continuous Improvement
2 56 (27.45%) Problem-Solving
3 49 (24.02%) UX Design
4 36 (17.65%) AI
4 36 (17.65%) Mentoring
5 33 (16.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 30 (14.71%) Roadmaps
7 29 (14.22%) Analytics
8 28 (13.73%) ITIL
9 27 (13.24%) Agile
10 25 (12.25%) Decision-Making
11 21 (10.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 20 (9.80%) CI/CD
12 20 (9.80%) Customer Service
12 20 (9.80%) Workflow
13 19 (9.31%) CRM
13 19 (9.31%) Performance Management
14 18 (8.82%) Project Management
14 18 (8.82%) Software Engineering
15 17 (8.33%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 17 (8.33%) JavaScript
2 14 (6.86%) C#
3 10 (4.90%) PowerShell
3 10 (4.90%) TypeScript
4 9 (4.41%) VBScript
5 5 (2.45%) Java
5 5 (2.45%) Python
6 4 (1.96%) VB
7 3 (1.47%) PHP
7 3 (1.47%) SQL
7 3 (1.47%) Swift
8 1 (0.49%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 23 (11.27%) Degree
2 13 (6.37%) Security Cleared
3 11 (5.39%) Postgraduate
4 7 (3.43%) SC Cleared
5 5 (2.45%) DBS Check
6 4 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (1.96%) DV Cleared
7 3 (1.47%) ITIL Certification
7 3 (1.47%) Master's Degree
7 3 (1.47%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.47%) PhD
8 2 (0.98%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
8 2 (0.98%) MCSE
8 2 (0.98%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (7.84%) Accessibility
2 13 (6.37%) GDPR
3 5 (2.45%) SLA
4 4 (1.96%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.96%) WCAG
5 2 (0.98%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.98%) QA
System Software
1 8 (3.92%) BitLocker
2 4 (1.96%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.96%) Docker
3 2 (0.98%) UAG
3 2 (0.98%) Virtual Desktop
3 2 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 12 (5.88%) SCCM
2 4 (1.96%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.96%) Packer
2 4 (1.96%) Progress Chef
3 3 (1.47%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.98%) AirWatch
4 2 (0.98%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 65 (31.86%) Microsoft
2 8 (3.92%) ServiceNow
3 6 (2.94%) Google
4 4 (1.96%) Workday
5 3 (1.47%) OpenAI
6 2 (0.98%) BeyondTrust
6 2 (0.98%) CyberArk
6 2 (0.98%) F5
6 2 (0.98%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.98%) SolarWinds
6 2 (0.98%) Synthesia
6 2 (0.98%) Thales
6 2 (0.98%) VMware
7 1 (0.49%) Adobe
7 1 (0.49%) Apple
7 1 (0.49%) Avaya
7 1 (0.49%) Cisco
7 1 (0.49%) Genesys
7 1 (0.49%) Oracle
7 1 (0.49%) Sitecore