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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 7 53 55
Rank change year-on-year +46 +2 +23
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,037 227 170
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 19.67% 3.73% 4.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.02% 4.34% 4.96%
Number of salaries quoted 79 108 110
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,250 £23,850
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,741 £39,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £68,375 £64,063 £61,250
90th Percentile £81,250 £73,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £58,000 £62,000
% change year-on-year -0.86% -6.45% -0.80%

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 4,504 5,228 3,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 85.43% 85.80% 94.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2,379 2,705 2,599
10th Percentile £27,750 £32,114 £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% +2.98%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £83,750
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 6 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 6 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 +54 371 £45,000 -10.77% 24
Manchester +33 332 £55,000 - 41
Cheshire +43 320 £57,500 +35.29% 9
Merseyside +1 11 £77,500 +34.78% 8
Cumbria +5 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 6 (0.58%) CMS
1 6 (0.58%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.48%) Confluence
3 2 (0.19%) Headless CMS
3 2 (0.19%) nginx
4 1 (0.096%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.096%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (0.48%) Adobe XD
1 5 (0.48%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.39%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.39%) Sketch
3 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.096%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.096%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.096%) InVision
4 1 (0.096%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.096%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.096%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.096%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.096%) Magento
1 1 (0.096%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.096%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 924 (89.10%) Cloud Computing
2 23 (2.22%) Azure
3 22 (2.12%) AWS
4 13 (1.25%) Figma
5 12 (1.16%) SaaS
6 11 (1.06%) Power Platform
7 8 (0.77%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (0.68%) Adobe Analytics
8 7 (0.68%) Google Analytics
9 5 (0.48%) AWS Lambda
9 5 (0.48%) Azure Monitor
9 5 (0.48%) Serverless
10 4 (0.39%) Entra ID
10 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (0.39%) OneDrive
11 3 (0.29%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (0.29%) GitHub
11 3 (0.29%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.19%) GCP
12 2 (0.19%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 924 (89.10%) Internet
2 3 (0.29%) HTTP
3 1 (0.096%) DHCP
3 1 (0.096%) DNS
3 1 (0.096%) LAN
3 1 (0.096%) SSH
3 1 (0.096%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.096%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (0.77%) MySQL
2 6 (0.58%) MongoDB
2 6 (0.58%) NoSQL
2 6 (0.58%) Power BI
2 6 (0.58%) SQL Server
3 5 (0.48%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.39%) DynamoDB
5 2 (0.19%) Looker
5 2 (0.19%) Metadata
5 2 (0.19%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.19%) PostHog
5 2 (0.19%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.19%) Redis
6 1 (0.096%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.096%) DocumentDB
6 1 (0.096%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 15 (1.45%) Git
2 10 (0.96%) JIRA
3 4 (0.39%) JUnit
4 3 (0.29%) webpack
4 3 (0.29%) Xcode
5 2 (0.19%) Babel
5 2 (0.19%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.096%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.096%) ESLint
6 1 (0.096%) GitLab
6 1 (0.096%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.096%) Maven
6 1 (0.096%) Selenium
6 1 (0.096%) Storybook
General
1 963 (92.86%) Social Skills
2 931 (89.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 930 (89.68%) Banking
4 27 (2.60%) Finance
5 21 (2.03%) Analytical Skills
6 19 (1.83%) Marketing
7 8 (0.77%) Influencing Skills
8 6 (0.58%) Public Sector
9 5 (0.48%) Law
10 4 (0.39%) Electronics
10 4 (0.39%) Games
10 4 (0.39%) Legal
11 3 (0.29%) Retail
12 2 (0.19%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.096%) Digital Health
13 1 (0.096%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.096%) Pharmaceutical
13 1 (0.096%) Publishing
13 1 (0.096%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 686 (66.15%) Lecturer
2 31 (2.99%) Developer
3 20 (1.93%) Senior
4 14 (1.35%) Lead
5 6 (0.58%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
5 6 (0.58%) Java Developer
5 6 (0.58%) React Developer
5 6 (0.58%) Senior Developer
5 6 (0.58%) Senior Manager
5 6 (0.58%) Software Engineer
5 6 (0.58%) Strategy Manager
6 5 (0.48%) Analyst
6 5 (0.48%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 5 (0.48%) Software Developer
7 4 (0.39%) Help Desk Manager
7 4 (0.39%) Infrastructure Manager
7 4 (0.39%) IT Manager
7 4 (0.39%) Lead Developer
7 4 (0.39%) Operations Manager
7 4 (0.39%) Website Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (2.51%) CSS
2 22 (2.12%) HTML
2 22 (2.12%) React
3 18 (1.74%) .NET
4 13 (1.25%) RESTful
5 8 (0.77%) REST
6 7 (0.68%) Next.js
6 7 (0.68%) Spring
6 7 (0.68%) Spring Boot
7 6 (0.58%) AngularJS
7 6 (0.58%) CSS3
7 6 (0.58%) HTML5
7 6 (0.58%) Kafka
8 5 (0.48%) .NET Framework
8 5 (0.48%) ASP.NET
8 5 (0.48%) Node.js
9 4 (0.39%) ASP.NET Core
9 4 (0.39%) Loki
10 3 (0.29%) gRPC
10 3 (0.29%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 924 (89.10%) IoT
2 10 (0.96%) Product Ownership
3 8 (0.77%) Cloud Native
3 8 (0.77%) Social Media
4 6 (0.58%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (0.39%) AI Agents
5 4 (0.39%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (0.39%) Enterprise Software
6 3 (0.29%) Animation
6 3 (0.29%) Distributed Computing
6 3 (0.29%) e-Learning
7 2 (0.19%) Algorithms
7 2 (0.19%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.19%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.096%) Data Protection Act
8 1 (0.096%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.096%) EMV
8 1 (0.096%) iPad
8 1 (0.096%) Life Science
8 1 (0.096%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (0.29%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.19%) Linux
3 1 (0.096%) Unix
3 1 (0.096%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 950 (91.61%) AI
2 934 (90.07%) Machine Learning
3 930 (89.68%) Web Development
4 929 (89.59%) Cybersecurity
5 56 (5.40%) Agile
6 28 (2.70%) Problem-Solving
7 27 (2.60%) Analytics
7 27 (2.60%) Continuous Improvement
8 25 (2.41%) CI/CD
9 21 (2.03%) UX Design
10 20 (1.93%) DevOps
11 17 (1.64%) Software Engineering
11 17 (1.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 16 (1.54%) Full-Stack Development
13 15 (1.45%) Clean Code
14 14 (1.35%) Front End Development
14 14 (1.35%) Stakeholder Management
15 13 (1.25%) Mentoring
15 13 (1.25%) Microservices
15 13 (1.25%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 28 (2.70%) JavaScript
2 24 (2.31%) TypeScript
3 23 (2.22%) C#
4 16 (1.54%) Java
5 9 (0.87%) Python
6 8 (0.77%) SQL
7 3 (0.29%) PHP
7 3 (0.29%) Rust
7 3 (0.29%) Swift
8 2 (0.19%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.19%) R
9 1 (0.096%) Go
Qualifications
1 936 (90.26%) Degree
2 925 (89.20%) PhD
3 924 (89.10%) Master's Degree
3 924 (89.10%) Postgraduate
4 5 (0.48%) Security Cleared
5 4 (0.39%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.19%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.096%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.096%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (1.83%) Accessibility
2 10 (0.96%) QA
3 6 (0.58%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.19%) GDPR
4 2 (0.19%) HL7
5 1 (0.096%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.096%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (0.096%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.096%) WCAG
System Software
1 12 (1.16%) Docker
2 4 (0.39%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (0.96%) Kubernetes
2 9 (0.87%) Terraform
3 4 (0.39%) Grafana
3 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Intune
3 4 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.096%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 18 (1.74%) Microsoft
2 12 (1.16%) Google
3 9 (0.87%) Adobe
4 6 (0.58%) Qualtrics
5 5 (0.48%) Hotjar
5 5 (0.48%) ServiceNow
6 4 (0.39%) Genesys
6 4 (0.39%) New Relic
6 4 (0.39%) Splunk
7 2 (0.19%) Ahrefs
7 2 (0.19%) Facebook
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle
7 2 (0.19%) Screaming Frog
8 1 (0.096%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.096%) Bloomberg
8 1 (0.096%) Marin
8 1 (0.096%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.096%) SAP
8 1 (0.096%) TikTok
8 1 (0.096%) WooCommerce