User Experience Job Trends in Somerset

UX
South West > Somerset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Somerset requiring User Experience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 38 50
Rank change year-on-year -9 +12 +10
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 15 4 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Somerset 2.19% 1.50% 1.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.79% 1.70% 2.47%
Number of salaries quoted 8 2 12
10th Percentile - £34,250 £38,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,875 £47,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,250 £42,500 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% -20.93% +2.38%
75th Percentile £57,188 £46,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £48,750 £67,250
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.80% +3.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Somerset

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 Somerset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 538 235 526
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Somerset 78.43% 88.35% 77.01%
Number of salaries quoted 249 127 435
10th Percentile £26,200 £32,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £30,780 £37,878 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,784 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.51% +16.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £57,500 £67,500 £57,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £66,250
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +8.91% -3.81%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in Somerset

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

User Experience job vacancy trend in Somerset

User Experience
Salary Trend in Somerset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing User Experience.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Somerset citing User Experience

User Experience
Salary Histogram in Somerset

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in Somerset over the 6 months to 24 March 2026.

Salary histogram for User Experience in Somerset

User Experience
Job Locations in Somerset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience within the Somerset region over the 6 months to 24 March 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
Taunton - 8 £32,500 - 3
Street - 6 - - 3
Bath -17 1 £52,500 +5.00% 1
User Experience
South West

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Somerset 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 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 6 (40.00%) Cloud Computing
2 4 (26.67%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (6.67%) AWS
3 1 (6.67%) Azure
3 1 (6.67%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 6 (40.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle Database
1 2 (13.33%) PostgreSQL
1 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (6.67%) GIS
General
1 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (40.00%) Banking
2 6 (40.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (26.67%) Advertising
3 4 (26.67%) Manufacturing
4 2 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Finance
5 1 (6.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Lecturer
2 4 (26.67%) Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) IT Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) IT Support
2 4 (26.67%) IT Support Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) Support Analyst
3 2 (13.33%) Administrator
3 2 (13.33%) DBA
3 2 (13.33%) Designer
3 2 (13.33%) Senior
3 2 (13.33%) Senior DBA
4 1 (6.67%) 3rd Line Engineer
4 1 (6.67%) Digital Designer
4 1 (6.67%) Interaction Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.67%) CSS
1 1 (6.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) IoT
2 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (13.33%) Replication
2 2 (13.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
1 2 (13.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (40.00%) AI
1 6 (40.00%) Cybersecurity
1 6 (40.00%) Machine Learning
1 6 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 6 (40.00%) Web Development
2 4 (26.67%) Case Management
2 4 (26.67%) Workflow
3 3 (20.00%) Hydrography
4 2 (13.33%) Business Continuity
4 2 (13.33%) Database Security
4 2 (13.33%) Decision-Making
4 2 (13.33%) High Availability
4 2 (13.33%) Roadmaps
4 2 (13.33%) Technical Leadership
4 2 (13.33%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (6.67%) DevOps
5 1 (6.67%) Interaction Design
5 1 (6.67%) Project Delivery
5 1 (6.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 1 (6.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (13.33%) SQL
2 1 (6.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (46.67%) Degree
2 6 (40.00%) Master's Degree
2 6 (40.00%) PhD
2 6 (40.00%) Postgraduate
3 2 (13.33%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (13.33%) DV Cleared
3 2 (13.33%) Security Cleared
4 1 (6.67%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
System Software
1 4 (26.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) Data Guard
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle RMAN
Vendors
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (13.33%) Oracle
3 1 (6.67%) arcserve
3 1 (6.67%) Cisco
3 1 (6.67%) Veeam