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

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 6 68 58
Rank change year-on-year +62 -10 +20
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,594 163 255
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 21.58% 3.58% 3.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 27.70% 3.84% 4.46%
Number of salaries quoted 80 85 177
10th Percentile £32,500 £35,000 £28,150
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - +22.22% -23.89%
75th Percentile £69,063 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,125 £74,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.70%

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 5,755 4,249 5,715
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 77.92% 93.22% 85.79%
Number of salaries quoted 3,029 2,099 4,660
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,620 £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 £67,500 £67,500 £66,778
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £80,070
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 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 18 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 +55 584 £45,497 -27.53% 14
Cheshire +38 516 £57,500 +35.29% 9
Manchester +38 482 £55,000 - 52
Merseyside -1 16 £77,500 +34.78% 6
Cumbria 0 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 11 (0.69%) SharePoint
2 8 (0.50%) CMS
3 6 (0.38%) Confluence
4 5 (0.31%) WordPress
5 2 (0.13%) nginx
6 1 (0.063%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.063%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (0.19%) Adobe XD
2 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.19%) Sketch
3 2 (0.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (0.13%) Trello
4 1 (0.063%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.063%) Blender
4 1 (0.063%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.063%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (0.063%) InDesign
4 1 (0.063%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.063%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (0.19%) Shopify
2 2 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.063%) Magento
3 1 (0.063%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.063%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 1,477 (92.66%) Cloud Computing
2 21 (1.32%) Azure
3 18 (1.13%) AWS
4 16 (1.00%) Microsoft 365
5 15 (0.94%) Power Platform
6 13 (0.82%) Figma
7 11 (0.69%) SaaS
8 9 (0.56%) Azure Monitor
8 9 (0.56%) Microsoft Purview
9 8 (0.50%) Adobe Analytics
9 8 (0.50%) Entra ID
9 8 (0.50%) OneDrive
10 7 (0.44%) Google Analytics
11 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Copilot
11 3 (0.19%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.13%) Azure AI
12 2 (0.13%) Azure AKS
12 2 (0.13%) Azure Cognitive Services
12 2 (0.13%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.13%) Sentry
Communications & Networking
1 1,477 (92.66%) 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 (0.56%) 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 13 (0.82%) JIRA
2 12 (0.75%) Git
3 5 (0.31%) JUnit
4 2 (0.13%) Cypress.io
4 2 (0.13%) Vagrant
5 1 (0.063%) GitLab
5 1 (0.063%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.063%) Maven
5 1 (0.063%) Selenium
5 1 (0.063%) Xcode
General
1 1,515 (95.04%) Social Skills
2 1,488 (93.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,484 (93.10%) Banking
4 26 (1.63%) Analytical Skills
5 20 (1.25%) Finance
6 17 (1.07%) Marketing
7 9 (0.56%) Influencing Skills
7 9 (0.56%) Public Sector
8 5 (0.31%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (0.25%) Law
9 4 (0.25%) Legal
10 2 (0.13%) Aerospace
10 2 (0.13%) Electronics
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 (70.70%) Lecturer
2 25 (1.57%) Senior
3 19 (1.19%) Developer
4 11 (0.69%) IT Manager
5 10 (0.63%) Senior Manager
6 9 (0.56%) Lead
6 9 (0.56%) Software Engineer
7 8 (0.50%) Platform Engineer
8 7 (0.44%) Analyst
8 7 (0.44%) Designer
8 7 (0.44%) Strategy Manager
9 5 (0.31%) Help Desk Manager
9 5 (0.31%) Infrastructure Manager
9 5 (0.31%) IT Infrastructure Manager
9 5 (0.31%) IT Services Manager
9 5 (0.31%) Senior Developer
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 28 (1.76%) CSS
2 26 (1.63%) HTML
3 15 (0.94%) React
3 15 (0.94%) RESTful
4 14 (0.88%) .NET
5 8 (0.50%) AngularJS
5 8 (0.50%) REST
6 7 (0.44%) Spring
6 7 (0.44%) Spring Boot
7 6 (0.38%) Kafka
8 5 (0.31%) .NET Framework
8 5 (0.31%) CSS3
8 5 (0.31%) HTML5
8 5 (0.31%) Next.js
8 5 (0.31%) Node.js
9 4 (0.25%) ASP.NET
9 4 (0.25%) ASP.NET Core
9 4 (0.25%) gRPC
9 4 (0.25%) Spring Batch
9 4 (0.25%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1,477 (92.66%) 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 6 (0.38%) Social Media
6 4 (0.25%) Mobile App
6 4 (0.25%) Onboarding
7 3 (0.19%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (0.19%) Distributed Computing
8 2 (0.13%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.13%) Animation
8 2 (0.13%) FMCG
8 2 (0.13%) Management Information System
9 1 (0.063%) 3D Graphics
9 1 (0.063%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.063%) EMV
9 1 (0.063%) iPad
9 1 (0.063%) Life Science
9 1 (0.063%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.25%) Windows
2 3 (0.19%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.063%) Linux
3 1 (0.063%) Unix
3 1 (0.063%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,508 (94.60%) AI
2 1,483 (93.04%) Cybersecurity
2 1,483 (93.04%) Machine Learning
3 1,481 (92.91%) Web Development
4 54 (3.39%) Agile
5 36 (2.26%) Continuous Improvement
6 35 (2.20%) Problem-Solving
7 26 (1.63%) UX Design
8 25 (1.57%) Analytics
9 24 (1.51%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 23 (1.44%) CI/CD
11 20 (1.25%) Software Engineering
12 17 (1.07%) Coaching
12 17 (1.07%) Mentoring
13 16 (1.00%) DevOps
14 14 (0.88%) Decision-Making
15 13 (0.82%) Customer-Centricity
15 13 (0.82%) Full-Stack Development
15 13 (0.82%) Prototyping
15 13 (0.82%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 25 (1.57%) JavaScript
2 23 (1.44%) TypeScript
3 18 (1.13%) C#
4 13 (0.82%) Java
5 9 (0.56%) SQL
6 7 (0.44%) Python
7 3 (0.19%) PHP
7 3 (0.19%) PowerShell
7 3 (0.19%) Rust
8 2 (0.13%) R
8 2 (0.13%) Swift
9 1 (0.063%) Go
Qualifications
1 1,494 (93.73%) Degree
2 1,478 (92.72%) PhD
3 1,477 (92.66%) Master's Degree
3 1,477 (92.66%) 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 18 (1.13%) Accessibility
2 8 (0.50%) QA
3 4 (0.25%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.19%) HL7
5 2 (0.13%) GDPR
5 2 (0.13%) WCAG
6 1 (0.063%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.063%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.063%) PCI DSS
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%) Packer
4 2 (0.13%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 19 (1.19%) Microsoft
2 10 (0.63%) Adobe
2 10 (0.63%) Google
3 8 (0.50%) New Relic
3 8 (0.50%) Splunk
4 7 (0.44%) Qualtrics
5 3 (0.19%) Hotjar
5 3 (0.19%) SAP
6 2 (0.13%) Ahrefs
6 2 (0.13%) OneLogin
6 2 (0.13%) Oracle
6 2 (0.13%) Screaming Frog
6 2 (0.13%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.063%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.063%) Genesys
7 1 (0.063%) iManage
7 1 (0.063%) Marin
7 1 (0.063%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.063%) TikTok
7 1 (0.063%) WooCommerce