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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 70 51
Rank change year-on-year +64 -19 +48
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,652 168 360
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 16.76% 4.22% 3.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 22.56% 4.45% 4.78%
Number of salaries quoted 129 101 223
10th Percentile £29,173 £34,755 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year - +18.92% -20.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £58,675 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% +11.76% -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 7,322 3,776 7,527
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 74.27% 94.78% 82.68%
Number of salaries quoted 4,283 2,148 6,012
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £54,793 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.18% +9.59% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £86,250 £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 18 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 18 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 +72 588 £45,000 -20.20% 30
Cheshire +33 528 £50,000 +29.44% 49
Manchester +29 517 £58,598 +6.54% 148
Merseyside -7 17 £56,100 +2.00% 11
Cumbria -13 10 £70,000 +133.33% 1
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 9 (0.54%) WordPress
4 8 (0.48%) Confluence
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 (0.42%) 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 (0.54%) Magento
2 4 (0.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.18%) Shopify
4 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.061%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.061%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 1,477 (89.41%) Cloud Computing
2 24 (1.45%) 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
8 11 (0.67%) Azure Monitor
8 11 (0.67%) SaaS
9 10 (0.61%) AWS
10 8 (0.48%) OneDrive
11 7 (0.42%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (0.36%) Power Automate
13 5 (0.30%) PowerApps
14 4 (0.24%) Azure Key Vault
14 4 (0.24%) Dropbox
14 4 (0.24%) Dynamics 365
15 3 (0.18%) Azure DevOps
15 3 (0.18%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 1,477 (89.41%) 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 (0.48%) Looker
2 7 (0.42%) MySQL
2 7 (0.42%) SQL Server
3 6 (0.36%) NoSQL
4 5 (0.30%) MongoDB
5 4 (0.24%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.18%) Power BI
7 2 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.12%) Metadata
7 2 (0.12%) PostHog
7 2 (0.12%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.12%) Redis
7 2 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.061%) Amazon Redshift
8 1 (0.061%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.061%) Elasticsearch
8 1 (0.061%) Mixpanel
8 1 (0.061%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.061%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 14 (0.85%) Git
2 13 (0.79%) JIRA
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 1,512 (91.53%) Social Skills
2 1,488 (90.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,483 (89.77%) Banking
4 31 (1.88%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (1.88%) Finance
5 27 (1.63%) Marketing
6 11 (0.67%) Public Sector
7 9 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
8 7 (0.42%) Manufacturing
9 4 (0.24%) Influencing Skills
10 3 (0.18%) Law
11 2 (0.12%) Games
11 2 (0.12%) Legal
11 2 (0.12%) Retail
12 1 (0.061%) Local Government
12 1 (0.061%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 1,127 (68.22%) Lecturer
2 35 (2.12%) Designer
3 33 (2.00%) Senior
4 25 (1.51%) UX Designer
5 15 (0.91%) Developer
5 15 (0.91%) IT Manager
6 14 (0.85%) E-Commerce Specialist
6 14 (0.85%) Product Designer
7 13 (0.79%) Senior Designer
7 13 (0.79%) Senior UX Designer
7 13 (0.79%) Service Manager
8 12 (0.73%) Lead
9 10 (0.61%) Software Engineer
10 9 (0.54%) Senior Manager
11 8 (0.48%) IT Services Manager
11 8 (0.48%) Platform Engineer
11 8 (0.48%) Senior IT Manager
11 8 (0.48%) Senior Service Manager
12 7 (0.42%) Analyst
12 7 (0.42%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (1.45%) CSS
2 23 (1.39%) HTML
3 13 (0.79%) .NET
3 13 (0.79%) React
4 12 (0.73%) RESTful
5 11 (0.67%) AngularJS
6 9 (0.54%) .NET Framework
7 6 (0.36%) Entity Framework
7 6 (0.36%) REST
8 5 (0.30%) ASP.NET
8 5 (0.30%) ASP.NET Core
8 5 (0.30%) Next.js
8 5 (0.30%) Spring
8 5 (0.30%) Spring Boot
8 5 (0.30%) Web Services
9 4 (0.24%) Vitest
10 3 (0.18%) gRPC
10 3 (0.18%) Kafka
10 3 (0.18%) LangChain
10 3 (0.18%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 1,477 (89.41%) IoT
2 12 (0.73%) Product Ownership
3 11 (0.67%) Onboarding
4 10 (0.61%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (0.54%) Mobile App
6 7 (0.42%) Cloud Native
6 7 (0.42%) Social Media
7 6 (0.36%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (0.24%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (0.24%) Low-Code
9 3 (0.18%) AI Agents
9 3 (0.18%) Distributed Computing
9 3 (0.18%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.12%) Algorithms
10 2 (0.12%) Animation
10 2 (0.12%) FMCG
10 2 (0.12%) Management Information System
10 2 (0.12%) NHS
10 2 (0.12%) PropTech
11 1 (0.061%) EMV
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.42%) Apple iOS
1 7 (0.42%) Windows
2 3 (0.18%) Android
3 1 (0.061%) Unix
3 1 (0.061%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,510 (91.40%) AI
2 1,483 (89.77%) Web Development
3 1,482 (89.71%) Cybersecurity
4 1,477 (89.41%) Machine Learning
5 53 (3.21%) UX Design
6 44 (2.66%) Agile
7 42 (2.54%) Problem-Solving
8 40 (2.42%) Continuous Improvement
9 26 (1.57%) Analytics
10 24 (1.45%) Mentoring
11 23 (1.39%) CI/CD
12 22 (1.33%) E-Commerce
13 21 (1.27%) SEO
13 21 (1.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 19 (1.15%) Decision-Making
15 18 (1.09%) DevOps
15 18 (1.09%) Digital Marketing
15 18 (1.09%) Software Engineering
16 15 (0.91%) Service Delivery
16 15 (0.91%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 23 (1.39%) TypeScript
2 20 (1.21%) JavaScript
3 12 (0.73%) C#
3 12 (0.73%) SQL
4 6 (0.36%) Java
5 4 (0.24%) Bicep
5 4 (0.24%) Swift
6 2 (0.12%) PHP
6 2 (0.12%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.061%) Go
7 1 (0.061%) Python
Qualifications
1 1,493 (90.38%) Degree
2 1,477 (89.41%) Master's Degree
2 1,477 (89.41%) PhD
2 1,477 (89.41%) Postgraduate
3 3 (0.18%) DBS Check
4 2 (0.12%) ITIL Certification
4 2 (0.12%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.061%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.061%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.061%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (0.97%) Accessibility
2 14 (0.85%) QA
3 4 (0.24%) WCAG
4 3 (0.18%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.18%) GDPR
5 2 (0.12%) HL7
5 2 (0.12%) SLA
6 1 (0.061%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.061%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.061%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (0.67%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.48%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (0.73%) Terraform
2 9 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
4 7 (0.42%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.12%) Grafana
5 2 (0.12%) Packer
5 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 39 (2.36%) Microsoft
2 20 (1.21%) Google
3 8 (0.48%) Adobe
3 8 (0.48%) New Relic
3 8 (0.48%) Splunk
4 4 (0.24%) DevExpress
4 4 (0.24%) OneLogin
5 3 (0.18%) Hotjar
5 3 (0.18%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.12%) Ahrefs
6 2 (0.12%) Qualtrics
6 2 (0.12%) SAP
6 2 (0.12%) Screaming Frog
7 1 (0.061%) Adyen
7 1 (0.061%) Amplitude
7 1 (0.061%) Apple
7 1 (0.061%) Oracle