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 3 months leading up to 27 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
27 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 56 48
Rank change year-on-year +48 -8 +24
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 636 116 82
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 22.02% 3.94% 4.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 25.49% 4.25% 5.30%
Number of salaries quoted 39 62 40
10th Percentile £42,500 £37,750 £23,850
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +10.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £72,500 £67,222 £59,063
90th Percentile £85,000 £73,750 £70,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 2,495 2,731 1,547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 86.39% 92.76% 93.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1,283 1,267 1,182
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,346 £31,250
25th Percentile £33,355 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -7.27% +1.03%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,603 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,319 £80,100 £82,543
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 3 months to 27 November 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 3 months to 27 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 3 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Lancashire +32 227 £45,000 -30.92% 30
Cheshire +28 204 £57,500 +35.29% 17
Manchester +30 199 £57,500 +4.55% 53
Merseyside -3 6 £77,500 +34.78% 6
Cumbria - 2 £68,000 -
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 (0.86%) CMS
2 5 (0.71%) Confluence
3 4 (0.57%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.29%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.14%) nginx
5 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (0.71%) Adobe XD
1 5 (0.71%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (0.57%) Chatbot
2 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (0.57%) Sketch
3 2 (0.29%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.14%) InVision
4 1 (0.14%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.14%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Magento
1 1 (0.14%) Payment Gateway
1 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 574 (81.88%) Cloud Computing
2 28 (3.99%) AWS
3 25 (3.57%) Azure
4 13 (1.85%) Figma
5 12 (1.71%) Google Analytics
6 11 (1.57%) SaaS
7 10 (1.43%) Power Platform
8 8 (1.14%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (1.00%) Adobe Analytics
9 7 (1.00%) AWS Lambda
9 7 (1.00%) Serverless
10 5 (0.71%) GitHub
11 4 (0.57%) GCP
12 3 (0.43%) Azure Monitor
12 3 (0.43%) Entra ID
12 3 (0.43%) Microsoft Purview
12 3 (0.43%) OneDrive
12 3 (0.43%) Power Automate
12 3 (0.43%) PowerApps
13 2 (0.29%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 574 (81.88%) Internet
2 2 (0.29%) HTTP
3 1 (0.14%) DHCP
3 1 (0.14%) DNS
3 1 (0.14%) LAN
3 1 (0.14%) SSH
3 1 (0.14%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.14%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.28%) MySQL
2 7 (1.00%) Power BI
3 6 (0.86%) DynamoDB
3 6 (0.86%) NoSQL
4 5 (0.71%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (0.71%) Relational Database
4 5 (0.71%) SQL Server
5 4 (0.57%) Mixpanel
5 4 (0.57%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.29%) Looker
6 2 (0.29%) Metadata
6 2 (0.29%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.29%) Redis
7 1 (0.14%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.14%) DocumentDB
7 1 (0.14%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.14%) PostHog
Development Applications
1 18 (2.57%) Git
2 9 (1.28%) JIRA
3 4 (0.57%) Xcode
4 3 (0.43%) JUnit
4 3 (0.43%) webpack
5 2 (0.29%) Babel
5 2 (0.29%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.29%) GitLab
6 1 (0.14%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.14%) Axure RP
6 1 (0.14%) ESLint
6 1 (0.14%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.14%) Maven
6 1 (0.14%) Selenium
6 1 (0.14%) Storybook
General
1 618 (88.16%) Social Skills
2 580 (82.74%) Banking
2 580 (82.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 31 (4.42%) Finance
4 23 (3.28%) Marketing
5 21 (3.00%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
7 6 (0.86%) Games
7 6 (0.86%) Law
7 6 (0.86%) Public Sector
8 5 (0.71%) Electronics
9 4 (0.57%) Legal
9 4 (0.57%) Retail
10 2 (0.29%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.14%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.14%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.14%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (0.14%) Publishing
11 1 (0.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 460 (65.62%) Lecturer
2 41 (5.85%) Developer
3 23 (3.28%) Senior
4 12 (1.71%) Lead
5 8 (1.14%) Java Developer
6 7 (1.00%) Analyst
6 7 (1.00%) Full-Stack Developer
6 7 (1.00%) Senior Developer
6 7 (1.00%) Senior Manager
7 6 (0.86%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 6 (0.86%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 6 (0.86%) React Developer
7 6 (0.86%) Senior Java Developer
7 6 (0.86%) Software Engineer
7 6 (0.86%) Strategy Manager
8 5 (0.71%) Designer
8 5 (0.71%) Software Developer
9 4 (0.57%) Help Desk Manager
9 4 (0.57%) Infrastructure Manager
9 4 (0.57%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (4.14%) React
2 27 (3.85%) CSS
3 23 (3.28%) HTML
4 18 (2.57%) .NET
5 16 (2.28%) RESTful
6 9 (1.28%) Next.js
7 8 (1.14%) CSS3
7 8 (1.14%) HTML5
7 8 (1.14%) Node.js
8 7 (1.00%) REST
9 6 (0.86%) ASP.NET
9 6 (0.86%) Spring
9 6 (0.86%) Spring Boot
10 5 (0.71%) Amazon Corretto
10 5 (0.71%) AngularJS
10 5 (0.71%) ASP.NET Core
10 5 (0.71%) Kafka
11 4 (0.57%) .NET Framework
11 4 (0.57%) SwiftUI
11 4 (0.57%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 574 (81.88%) IoT
2 10 (1.43%) Product Ownership
3 9 (1.28%) Social Media
4 7 (1.00%) Cloud Native
5 5 (0.71%) Analytical Mindset
5 5 (0.71%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (0.71%) e-Learning
6 4 (0.57%) AI Agents
6 4 (0.57%) Animation
7 3 (0.43%) Distributed Computing
7 3 (0.43%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.29%) Algorithms
8 2 (0.29%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.29%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.14%) Data Protection Act
9 1 (0.14%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.14%) Digital Signage
9 1 (0.14%) iPad
9 1 (0.14%) Life Science
9 1 (0.14%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 4 (0.57%) Apple iOS
2 2 (0.29%) Linux
2 2 (0.29%) Windows
3 1 (0.14%) Android
3 1 (0.14%) Unix
3 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 602 (85.88%) AI
2 586 (83.59%) Machine Learning
3 580 (82.74%) Web Development
4 579 (82.60%) Cybersecurity
5 59 (8.42%) Agile
6 33 (4.71%) Analytics
7 32 (4.56%) Problem-Solving
8 27 (3.85%) UX Design
9 26 (3.71%) Continuous Improvement
10 24 (3.42%) CI/CD
11 22 (3.14%) DevOps
12 20 (2.85%) Full-Stack Development
13 19 (2.71%) Clean Code
14 18 (2.57%) Front End Development
15 17 (2.43%) Software Engineering
15 17 (2.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 16 (2.28%) TDD
17 15 (2.14%) Stakeholder Management
18 13 (1.85%) SEO
19 12 (1.71%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 32 (4.56%) JavaScript
2 28 (3.99%) TypeScript
3 23 (3.28%) C#
4 19 (2.71%) Java
5 10 (1.43%) Python
5 10 (1.43%) SQL
6 4 (0.57%) Swift
7 3 (0.43%) PHP
7 3 (0.43%) Rust
8 2 (0.29%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.29%) R
9 1 (0.14%) Go
9 1 (0.14%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.14%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 591 (84.31%) Degree
2 575 (82.03%) PhD
3 574 (81.88%) Master's Degree
3 574 (81.88%) Postgraduate
4 5 (0.71%) Security Cleared
5 4 (0.57%) SC Cleared
6 2 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.29%) Numerate Degree
7 1 (0.14%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.14%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (2.85%) Accessibility
2 9 (1.28%) QA
3 6 (0.86%) Data Quality
4 4 (0.57%) GDPR
5 2 (0.29%) HL7
6 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
6 1 (0.14%) WCAG
System Software
1 17 (2.43%) Docker
2 3 (0.43%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 14 (2.00%) Kubernetes
2 10 (1.43%) Terraform
3 4 (0.57%) Microsoft Intune
4 3 (0.43%) Grafana
4 3 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 19 (2.71%) Google
1 19 (2.71%) Microsoft
2 9 (1.28%) Adobe
2 9 (1.28%) Hotjar
3 6 (0.86%) Qualtrics
4 5 (0.71%) ServiceNow
5 4 (0.57%) Genesys
6 3 (0.43%) Facebook
6 3 (0.43%) New Relic
6 3 (0.43%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.43%) Splunk
7 2 (0.29%) Ahrefs
7 2 (0.29%) Bloomberg
7 2 (0.29%) Screaming Frog
8 1 (0.14%) Atlassian
8 1 (0.14%) Oracle
8 1 (0.14%) SAP
8 1 (0.14%) TikTok
8 1 (0.14%) Veeam
8 1 (0.14%) VMware