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

3 months to
7 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 59 38 38
Rank change year-on-year -21 0 +58
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 128 262 226
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 2.20% 10.03% 4.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.14% 10.55% 6.09%
Number of salaries quoted 98 68 113
10th Percentile £29,342 £34,927 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,871 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,800 £55,043 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.19% +15.88% -29.63%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,313 £62,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £87,500 £82,420
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -16.00%

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 4,080 2,484 3,711
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 70.16% 95.14% 81.29%
Number of salaries quoted 3,032 1,130 2,791
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,474 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,371 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.06% +0.73% -7.27%
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 3 months to 7 May 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 3 months to 7 May 2026. 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
Manchester -29 83 £58,598 +1.91% 64
Cheshire -14 22 £40,000 +3.55% 12
Cumbria -11 10 £70,000 - 7
Lancashire -15 7 £42,500 - 9
Merseyside -9 6 £72,500 -6.45% 7
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 16 (0.96%) SharePoint
2 11 (0.66%) CMS
3 9 (0.54%) WordPress
4 8 (0.48%) Confluence
5 5 (0.30%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.12%) nginx
7 1 (0.060%) Apache Airflow
7 1 (0.060%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.060%) Umbraco
Applications
1 7 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (0.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (0.18%) Sketch
3 2 (0.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.060%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.060%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.060%) Blender
4 1 (0.060%) CINEMA 4D
4 1 (0.060%) InDesign
4 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (0.060%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.060%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (0.48%) Magento
2 6 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.18%) Dynamics AX
3 3 (0.18%) Shopify
4 2 (0.12%) SAP S/4HANA
5 1 (0.060%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 1,476 (88.76%) Cloud Computing
2 29 (1.74%) Azure
3 26 (1.56%) Power Platform
4 21 (1.26%) Microsoft 365
5 19 (1.14%) Figma
6 17 (1.02%) Google Analytics
7 14 (0.84%) Microsoft Purview
8 13 (0.78%) Entra ID
9 12 (0.72%) SaaS
10 11 (0.66%) Azure Monitor
10 11 (0.66%) PowerApps
11 10 (0.60%) Power Automate
12 9 (0.54%) AWS
12 9 (0.54%) Microsoft Copilot
13 8 (0.48%) OneDrive
14 6 (0.36%) Dynamics 365
15 5 (0.30%) Azure Logic Apps
16 4 (0.24%) Azure Key Vault
16 4 (0.24%) n8n
16 4 (0.24%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 1,476 (88.76%) Internet
2 3 (0.18%) HTTP
3 1 (0.060%) DHCP
3 1 (0.060%) DNS
3 1 (0.060%) Unified Communications
3 1 (0.060%) VPN
3 1 (0.060%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (0.48%) SQL Server
2 7 (0.42%) Looker
3 5 (0.30%) MongoDB
3 5 (0.30%) MySQL
3 5 (0.30%) NoSQL
4 4 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 3 (0.18%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.12%) Azure SQL Database
6 2 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.12%) Mixpanel
6 2 (0.12%) PostHog
6 2 (0.12%) Power BI
6 2 (0.12%) Redis
7 1 (0.060%) Amazon Redshift
7 1 (0.060%) BigQuery
7 1 (0.060%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.060%) Elasticsearch
7 1 (0.060%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.060%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.060%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (0.78%) Git
1 13 (0.78%) JIRA
2 4 (0.24%) NUnit
3 3 (0.18%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 3 (0.18%) Bitbucket
3 3 (0.18%) fastlane
3 3 (0.18%) JUnit
4 2 (0.12%) Vagrant
5 1 (0.060%) Claude Code
5 1 (0.060%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.060%) gulp
5 1 (0.060%) JMeter
5 1 (0.060%) LoadRunner
5 1 (0.060%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (0.060%) webpack
General
1 1,506 (90.56%) Social Skills
2 1,486 (89.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,482 (89.12%) Banking
4 31 (1.86%) Finance
5 28 (1.68%) Marketing
6 27 (1.62%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (0.78%) Public Sector
8 9 (0.54%) Manufacturing
8 9 (0.54%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (0.42%) Law
10 5 (0.30%) Retail
11 4 (0.24%) Influencing Skills
12 2 (0.12%) Billing
12 2 (0.12%) Games
12 2 (0.12%) Legal
12 2 (0.12%) Retail Banking
13 1 (0.060%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1,127 (67.77%) Lecturer
2 44 (2.65%) Designer
3 34 (2.04%) Senior
4 33 (1.98%) UX Designer
5 18 (1.08%) Product Designer
6 16 (0.96%) Developer
7 15 (0.90%) IT Manager
7 15 (0.90%) Service Manager
8 13 (0.78%) E-Commerce Specialist
8 13 (0.78%) Senior Designer
8 13 (0.78%) Senior UX Designer
9 10 (0.60%) IT Services Manager
9 10 (0.60%) Lead
9 10 (0.60%) Senior IT Manager
9 10 (0.60%) Senior Manager
9 10 (0.60%) Senior Service Manager
10 9 (0.54%) Analyst
11 8 (0.48%) Platform Engineer
11 8 (0.48%) Software Engineer
12 7 (0.42%) Coordinator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (1.20%) HTML
2 19 (1.14%) CSS
3 12 (0.72%) AngularJS
4 11 (0.66%) .NET
4 11 (0.66%) React
4 11 (0.66%) RESTful
5 8 (0.48%) .NET Framework
6 6 (0.36%) Entity Framework
6 6 (0.36%) REST
6 6 (0.36%) Web Services
7 5 (0.30%) Spring
7 5 (0.30%) Spring Boot
8 4 (0.24%) ASP.NET
8 4 (0.24%) ASP.NET Core
8 4 (0.24%) EDI
8 4 (0.24%) LangChain
8 4 (0.24%) Vitest
9 3 (0.18%) gRPC
9 3 (0.18%) Next.js
9 3 (0.18%) Spring Batch
Miscellaneous
1 1,476 (88.76%) IoT
2 14 (0.84%) Product Ownership
3 13 (0.78%) Onboarding
4 10 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (0.54%) Mobile App
6 6 (0.36%) Cloud Native
6 6 (0.36%) Distributed Systems
7 5 (0.30%) Low-Code
8 4 (0.24%) AI Agents
8 4 (0.24%) Social Media
9 3 (0.18%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.12%) Analytical Mindset
10 2 (0.12%) Distributed Computing
10 2 (0.12%) FMCG
10 2 (0.12%) NHS
10 2 (0.12%) PropTech
11 1 (0.060%) 3D Graphics
11 1 (0.060%) Data Protection Act
11 1 (0.060%) Management Information System
11 1 (0.060%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 9 (0.54%) Windows
2 7 (0.42%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.18%) Android
4 1 (0.060%) Unix
4 1 (0.060%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,511 (90.86%) AI
2 1,483 (89.18%) Web Development
3 1,478 (88.88%) Cybersecurity
4 1,476 (88.76%) Machine Learning
5 63 (3.79%) UX Design
6 49 (2.95%) Problem-Solving
7 41 (2.47%) Continuous Improvement
8 39 (2.35%) Agile
9 28 (1.68%) Mentoring
10 26 (1.56%) Analytics
11 24 (1.44%) E-Commerce
12 22 (1.32%) CI/CD
13 19 (1.14%) CRM
13 19 (1.14%) Decision-Making
13 19 (1.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 18 (1.08%) DevOps
14 18 (1.08%) SEO
14 18 (1.08%) Service Management
15 17 (1.02%) Digital Marketing
16 16 (0.96%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 19 (1.14%) TypeScript
2 18 (1.08%) JavaScript
3 12 (0.72%) C#
4 10 (0.60%) SQL
5 6 (0.36%) Java
6 4 (0.24%) Bicep
6 4 (0.24%) Swift
7 2 (0.12%) PHP
8 1 (0.060%) Go
8 1 (0.060%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.060%) Python
Qualifications
1 1,492 (89.72%) Degree
2 1,476 (88.76%) Master's Degree
2 1,476 (88.76%) PhD
2 1,476 (88.76%) Postgraduate
3 6 (0.36%) Security Cleared
4 5 (0.30%) DV Cleared
5 4 (0.24%) ITIL Certification
6 3 (0.18%) DBS Check
7 2 (0.12%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.060%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (0.84%) QA
2 12 (0.72%) Accessibility
3 4 (0.24%) GDPR
3 4 (0.24%) SLA
3 4 (0.24%) WCAG
4 2 (0.12%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.060%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.060%) HL7
5 1 (0.060%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.060%) PMO
System Software
1 11 (0.66%) Active Directory
2 7 (0.42%) Docker
Systems Management
1 12 (0.72%) Terraform
2 9 (0.54%) Microsoft Intune
3 8 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
4 6 (0.36%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.12%) Grafana
5 2 (0.12%) Packer
5 2 (0.12%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 41 (2.47%) Microsoft
2 18 (1.08%) Google
3 8 (0.48%) New Relic
3 8 (0.48%) Splunk
4 7 (0.42%) Adobe
5 4 (0.24%) DevExpress
5 4 (0.24%) OneLogin
5 4 (0.24%) ServiceNow
6 3 (0.18%) OpenAI
7 2 (0.12%) Amplitude
7 2 (0.12%) SAP
8 1 (0.060%) Adyen
8 1 (0.060%) Apple
8 1 (0.060%) Hotjar
8 1 (0.060%) Oracle
8 1 (0.060%) Qualtrics