User Experience Job Trends in Northern Ireland

UX
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring User Experience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 31 36
Rank change year-on-year -15 +5 +4
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 96 9 21
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 5.97% 2.91% 4.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 8.96% 3.26% 5.21%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 9
10th Percentile - - £45,200
25th Percentile £34,250 - £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 - £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +33.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 - £60,000
90th Percentile - - £66,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £57,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% +0.88% -5.79%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,072 276 403
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 66.67% 89.32% 79.02%
Number of salaries quoted 306 129 210
10th Percentile £29,250 £30,000 £29,875
25th Percentile £42,813 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.00% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £69,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing User Experience relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland.

User Experience job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

User Experience
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing User Experience.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing User Experience

User Experience
Salary Histogram in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in Northern Ireland over the 6 months to 29 September 2026.

Salary histogram for User Experience in Northern Ireland

User Experience
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 29 September 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
County Antrim -18 50 £46,000 - 59
County Down - 30 - - 1
County Armagh - 16 - - 3
User Experience
UK

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Cloud Services
1 9 (9.38%) Entra ID
General
1 81 (84.38%) Social Skills
2 78 (81.25%) Analytical Skills
3 67 (69.79%) Presentation Skills
4 16 (16.67%) Finance
5 14 (14.58%) Law
6 3 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.13%) Marketing
7 2 (2.08%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 78 (81.25%) Analyst
1 78 (81.25%) ITSM Analyst
2 64 (66.67%) Senior
3 63 (65.63%) Senior Analyst
4 54 (56.25%) Process Analyst
5 50 (52.08%) Support Analyst
6 39 (40.63%) Senior Process Analyst
7 35 (36.46%) Senior Support Analyst
8 18 (18.75%) IT Analyst
8 18 (18.75%) Service Analyst
8 18 (18.75%) Service Management Analyst
9 9 (9.38%) Lead
10 5 (5.21%) Designer
10 5 (5.21%) UX Designer
11 2 (2.08%) Business Sales Executive
11 2 (2.08%) New Business Sales Executive
11 2 (2.08%) Sales Executive
12 1 (1.04%) UI Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.04%) D3.js
1 1 (1.04%) React
Miscellaneous
1 14 (14.58%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.08%) Algorithms
2 2 (2.08%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.38%) Mac OS
1 9 (9.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (90.63%) Continuous Improvement
2 79 (82.29%) Service Design
3 78 (81.25%) Acceptance Criteria
3 78 (81.25%) Change Management
3 78 (81.25%) ITIL
3 78 (81.25%) ITSM
3 78 (81.25%) Logistics
3 78 (81.25%) Problem Management
3 78 (81.25%) Project Delivery
3 78 (81.25%) Release Management
3 78 (81.25%) Risk Management
3 78 (81.25%) Root Cause Analysis
3 78 (81.25%) Service Management
3 78 (81.25%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 68 (70.83%) Decision-Making
5 25 (26.04%) Collaborative Working
6 16 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (10.42%) Stakeholder Management
8 9 (9.38%) Data Protection
8 9 (9.38%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.04%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 78 (81.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.08%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 9 (9.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.04%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 9 (9.38%) Microsoft
2 5 (5.21%) Workday