User Experience Jobs in the North West

UX
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring User Experience skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited User Experience over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 48 108
Rank change year-on-year -14 +60 -50
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 413 403 240
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 5.16% 4.09% 3.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.39% 4.94% 3.20%
Number of salaries quoted 110 233 147
10th Percentile £34,530 £29,000 £37,039
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £57,810
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -22.16% +10.11%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £70,625
90th Percentile £82,875 £82,500 £94,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £51,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +12.75% -21.54% +8.33%

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 7,669 8,165 7,493
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.77% 82.81% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 4,125 6,197 3,919
10th Percentile £26,500 £27,500 £30,831
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing User Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in the North West

User Experience
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Experience in the North West.

Salary trend for User Experience in the North West

User Experience
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in the North West over the 6 months to 12 May 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 6 months to 12 May 2025. 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 +22 242 £55,021 -1.75% 185
Lancashire -24 85 £56,389 +61.11% 92
Cheshire +29 70 £42,500 +41.67% 35
Merseyside -2 12 £56,250 +27.84% 9
Cumbria -67 4 £30,000 -24.05% 2
User Experience
England

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (2.18%) Skype for Business
2 7 (1.69%) CMS
3 6 (1.45%) IBM Domino
3 6 (1.45%) WordPress
4 2 (0.48%) Confluence
4 2 (0.48%) IIS
5 1 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.24%) Apache Solr
5 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 13 (3.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (1.21%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (0.97%) MS Visio
4 3 (0.73%) Adobe XD
4 3 (0.73%) Sketch
5 2 (0.48%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (0.48%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.48%) InDesign
5 2 (0.48%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.24%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.24%) Blender
6 1 (0.24%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.24%) CINEMA 4D
Business Applications
1 1 (0.24%) Magento
1 1 (0.24%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 279 (67.55%) AWS
2 263 (63.68%) Azure
3 179 (43.34%) GCP
4 16 (3.87%) Figma
5 12 (2.91%) Google Analytics
6 10 (2.42%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (1.69%) Serverless
8 6 (1.45%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (0.97%) Amazon SQS
9 4 (0.97%) Google Ads
9 4 (0.97%) Google Workspace
9 4 (0.97%) Kibo
9 4 (0.97%) Miro
9 4 (0.97%) Power Platform
9 4 (0.97%) SaaS
9 4 (0.97%) Slack
10 3 (0.73%) Amazon CloudWatch
10 3 (0.73%) AWS CloudFormation
10 3 (0.73%) Facebook Ads
10 3 (0.73%) Google Data Studio
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.42%) Unified Communications
2 9 (2.18%) Skype
2 9 (2.18%) Wireless
3 4 (0.97%) Internet
3 4 (0.97%) LoRaWAN
4 3 (0.73%) HTTP
5 2 (0.48%) DMZ
5 2 (0.48%) DNS
5 2 (0.48%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.48%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (18.89%) SQL Server
2 14 (3.39%) MySQL
3 12 (2.91%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (0.97%) Power BI
5 3 (0.73%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (0.73%) Data Lake
5 3 (0.73%) MongoDB
5 3 (0.73%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.48%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.48%) DynamoDB
6 2 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.48%) Redis
6 2 (0.48%) TimescaleDB
7 1 (0.24%) Amazon Aurora
7 1 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.24%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.24%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 84 (20.34%) JIRA
2 74 (17.92%) Selenium
3 73 (17.68%) GitLab
4 72 (17.43%) Bitbucket
5 70 (16.95%) Cucumber
5 70 (16.95%) Maven
5 70 (16.95%) SonarQube
5 70 (16.95%) Sonatype Nexus
6 23 (5.57%) Git
7 4 (0.97%) Appium
7 4 (0.97%) Balsamiq
7 4 (0.97%) Fiddler
7 4 (0.97%) JMeter
7 4 (0.97%) LoadRunner
7 4 (0.97%) Postman
7 4 (0.97%) Storybook
7 4 (0.97%) webpack
8 3 (0.73%) Babel
8 3 (0.73%) JUnit
9 2 (0.48%) Jasmine
General
1 257 (62.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 106 (25.67%) Finance
3 82 (19.85%) Retail
4 72 (17.43%) Banking
5 70 (16.95%) Corporate Banking
5 70 (16.95%) Investment Banking
6 53 (12.83%) Social Skills
7 19 (4.60%) Marketing
8 17 (4.12%) Analytical Skills
9 12 (2.91%) Financial Institution
10 8 (1.94%) Mandarin Language
11 5 (1.21%) Games
11 5 (1.21%) Law
11 5 (1.21%) Manufacturing
11 5 (1.21%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (0.97%) Advertising
12 4 (0.97%) Cantonese Language
13 3 (0.73%) Brand Awareness
13 3 (0.73%) Pharmaceutical
13 3 (0.73%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 251 (60.77%) Software Engineer
2 207 (50.12%) Senior
3 174 (42.13%) Senior Software Engineer
4 35 (8.47%) Developer
5 17 (4.12%) Lead
6 12 (2.91%) Designer
7 11 (2.66%) Analyst
7 11 (2.66%) IT Support
8 10 (2.42%) Senior Developer
9 9 (2.18%) Collaboration Specialist
9 9 (2.18%) Full-Stack Developer
9 9 (2.18%) JavaScript Developer
10 8 (1.94%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
11 7 (1.69%) Applications Support
11 7 (1.69%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
12 6 (1.45%) Architect
12 6 (1.45%) Head of IT
12 6 (1.45%) Java Developer
12 6 (1.45%) Senior Java Developer
12 6 (1.45%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 187 (45.28%) Node.js
2 186 (45.04%) .NET
3 100 (24.21%) React
4 96 (23.24%) CSS
5 95 (23.00%) HTML
6 89 (21.55%) RESTful
7 78 (18.89%) REST
8 77 (18.64%) Kafka
9 76 (18.40%) Jest
10 74 (17.92%) HTML5
10 74 (17.92%) Redux
10 74 (17.92%) Spring Boot
11 73 (17.68%) Spring
12 72 (17.43%) CSS3
12 72 (17.43%) Sass
13 70 (16.95%) JPA
14 18 (4.36%) AngularJS
15 8 (1.94%) Laravel
15 8 (1.94%) Vue
16 7 (1.69%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 172 (41.65%) Cyberattack
1 172 (41.65%) Linux Command Line
1 172 (41.65%) Self-Motivation
2 87 (21.07%) Product Ownership
3 71 (17.19%) Enterprise Software
4 10 (2.42%) Social Media
5 9 (2.18%) Digital Signage
5 9 (2.18%) Video Conferencing
6 6 (1.45%) IoT
6 6 (1.45%) Mobile App
7 5 (1.21%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.21%) Onboarding
7 5 (1.21%) Renewable Energy
7 5 (1.21%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 4 (0.97%) Distributed Architecture
8 4 (0.97%) Distributed Systems
8 4 (0.97%) FMCG
9 3 (0.73%) Data Structures
9 3 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (0.73%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 179 (43.34%) Linux
2 12 (2.91%) Windows
3 7 (1.69%) Windows Server
4 6 (1.45%) Android
4 6 (1.45%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.97%) Windows Vista
6 1 (0.24%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 308 (74.58%) Agile
2 265 (64.16%) Mentoring
3 262 (63.44%) Software Engineering
4 258 (62.47%) Microservices
5 188 (45.52%) Scrum
6 178 (43.10%) Machine Learning
7 173 (41.89%) Site Reliability Engineering
8 172 (41.65%) Cloud Security
8 172 (41.65%) Data Engineering
9 95 (23.00%) CI/CD
10 93 (22.52%) DevOps
10 93 (22.52%) Front End Development
11 88 (21.31%) Test Automation
12 86 (20.82%) Full-Stack Development
13 84 (20.34%) SDLC
14 79 (19.13%) Performance Optimisation
15 74 (17.92%) Containerisation
15 74 (17.92%) Responsive Web Design
16 73 (17.68%) Strategic Thinking
17 71 (17.19%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 299 (72.40%) JavaScript
2 257 (62.23%) Java
3 185 (44.79%) Python
4 172 (41.65%) C++
4 172 (41.65%) Go
4 172 (41.65%) Rust
5 114 (27.60%) TypeScript
6 83 (20.10%) SQL
7 12 (2.91%) PHP
8 9 (2.18%) C#
9 1 (0.24%) Bash
9 1 (0.24%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.24%) ReasonML
Qualifications
1 174 (42.13%) Security Cleared
2 172 (41.65%) AWS Certification
2 172 (41.65%) AWS Certified Developer
2 172 (41.65%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
2 172 (41.65%) DV Cleared
3 24 (5.81%) Degree
4 9 (2.18%) DBS Check
5 7 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
6 4 (0.97%) ISTQB
6 4 (0.97%) PMI Certification
6 4 (0.97%) PMP
6 4 (0.97%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 2 (0.48%) CISM
7 2 (0.48%) CISSP
7 2 (0.48%) CompTIA Security+
7 2 (0.48%) ITIL Certification
7 2 (0.48%) SC Cleared
7 2 (0.48%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (21.55%) QA
2 82 (19.85%) Accessibility
3 5 (1.21%) Data Quality
3 5 (1.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (1.21%) PCI DSS
4 3 (0.73%) GDPR
5 2 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
5 2 (0.48%) NCSC
5 2 (0.48%) NIST
6 1 (0.24%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.24%) SLA
6 1 (0.24%) WCAG
System Software
1 87 (21.07%) Docker
2 4 (0.97%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 80 (19.37%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.94%) Terraform
3 6 (1.45%) Grafana
4 4 (0.97%) Kibana
4 4 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.48%) Puppet
6 1 (0.24%) cPanel
Vendors
1 70 (16.95%) Solace
2 34 (8.23%) Microsoft
3 26 (6.30%) Google
4 10 (2.42%) Cisco
4 10 (2.42%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.18%) Mitel
5 9 (2.18%) Polycom
5 9 (2.18%) ShoreTel
6 8 (1.94%) Adobe
6 8 (1.94%) Bloomberg
7 7 (1.69%) Facebook
8 4 (0.97%) Oracle
8 4 (0.97%) Veeam
8 4 (0.97%) VMware
9 2 (0.48%) ServiceNow
10 1 (0.24%) Hotjar
10 1 (0.24%) IBM
10 1 (0.24%) Talend