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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 41 21
Rank change year-on-year -53 -20 +55
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 204 386 452
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 1.58% 7.36% 6.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.17% 8.24% 7.70%
Number of salaries quoted 125 97 114
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £30,900
25th Percentile £35,250 £46,250 £40,991
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £50,429
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +9.06% +0.86%
75th Percentile £61,500 £72,500 £64,688
90th Percentile £74,491 £85,000 £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 9,387 4,686 5,873
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 72.89% 89.38% 80.20%
Number of salaries quoted 6,981 2,204 3,068
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,073 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -0.99% -8.18%
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% -1.64%

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 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 9 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 -91 97 £52,500 -16.00% 151
Cheshire -11 40 £55,000 +4.76% 35
Merseyside +4 33 £54,250 +14.21% 17
Cumbria +11 18 £35,500 -1.39% 1
Lancashire -27 16 £45,497 +7.34% 17
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
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
8 13 (6.37%) Figma
9 11 (5.39%) Microsoft Purview
10 10 (4.90%) Power Automate
11 6 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
11 6 (2.94%) Copilot Studio
11 6 (2.94%) Serverless
12 5 (2.45%) Azure AI
12 5 (2.45%) Azure Cognitive Services
12 5 (2.45%) Azure Logic Apps
12 5 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
13 3 (1.47%) OneDrive
14 2 (0.98%) Google Ads
14 2 (0.98%) npm
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 31 (15.20%) Social Skills
3 26 (12.75%) Analytical Skills
4 18 (8.82%) Marketing
4 18 (8.82%) Public Sector
5 15 (7.35%) Law
6 11 (5.39%) Legal
7 9 (4.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (4.41%) Retail
8 5 (2.45%) Banking
8 5 (2.45%) Influencing Skills
9 4 (1.96%) Advertising
9 4 (1.96%) Manufacturing
10 3 (1.47%) Billing
10 3 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
11 2 (0.98%) Aerospace
11 2 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
12 1 (0.49%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (0.49%) Games
12 1 (0.49%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 31 (15.20%) Designer
2 26 (12.75%) Senior
3 25 (12.25%) Lead
4 24 (11.76%) UX Designer
5 21 (10.29%) Developer
6 18 (8.82%) Analyst
7 14 (6.86%) Desktop Engineer
7 14 (6.86%) IT Manager
7 14 (6.86%) IT Support
8 12 (5.88%) IT Engineer
8 12 (5.88%) IT Support Engineer
8 12 (5.88%) Support Engineer
9 11 (5.39%) Microsoft 365 Manager
10 10 (4.90%) Platform Specialist
10 10 (4.90%) Power Platform Specialist
10 10 (4.90%) Product Specialist
11 9 (4.41%) 2nd Line Desktop Support
11 9 (4.41%) 2nd Line Engineer
11 9 (4.41%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 9 (4.41%) Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.86%) React
2 9 (4.41%) .NET
3 8 (3.92%) CSS
3 8 (3.92%) HTML
4 5 (2.45%) Model Context Protocol
4 5 (2.45%) REST
4 5 (2.45%) Terraform
5 4 (1.96%) Spring
5 4 (1.96%) Spring Boot
5 4 (1.96%) Web Services
6 3 (1.47%) EDI
6 3 (1.47%) Laravel
6 3 (1.47%) Node.js
6 3 (1.47%) Sass
7 2 (0.98%) LAMP
7 2 (0.98%) LangChain
7 2 (0.98%) LEMP Stack
7 2 (0.98%) LESS
7 2 (0.98%) Microsoft Graph
7 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 60 (29.41%) Continuous Improvement
2 57 (27.94%) Problem-Solving
3 48 (23.53%) UX Design
4 36 (17.65%) AI
5 35 (17.16%) Mentoring
6 33 (16.18%) Stakeholder Management
7 30 (14.71%) Roadmaps
8 28 (13.73%) Agile
8 28 (13.73%) Analytics
8 28 (13.73%) ITIL
9 25 (12.25%) Decision-Making
10 21 (10.29%) Customer Service
10 21 (10.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 20 (9.80%) CI/CD
11 20 (9.80%) Workflow
12 19 (9.31%) CRM
12 19 (9.31%) Performance Management
13 18 (8.82%) Project Management
13 18 (8.82%) Software Engineering
14 17 (8.33%) Change Management
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 66 (32.35%) Microsoft
2 9 (4.41%) 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