User Experience Job Trends in the South West

UX
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring User Experience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 78 70
Rank change year-on-year -13 -8 +41
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 129 83 323
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 1.68% 3.00% 3.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.42% 3.32% 4.10%
Number of salaries quoted 95 50 228
10th Percentile £36,250 £37,475 £36,365
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £66,250 £68,114 £65,000
90th Percentile £79,750 £80,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,550 £59,150 £51,000
% change year-on-year -6.09% +15.98% -20.89%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South 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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 5,325 2,497 7,884
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 69.37% 90.24% 79.86%
Number of salaries quoted 3,538 1,543 5,831
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £32,544 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £51,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +2.94% -6.18%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,525 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -12.00%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

User Experience job vacancy trend in the South West

User Experience
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing User Experience.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing User Experience

User Experience
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in the South West over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for User Experience in the South West

User Experience
Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 7 June 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
Bristol -28 39 £51,250 -14.58% 16
Gloucestershire -9 22 £42,500 -12.82% 6
Dorset +3 16 £47,500 +13.77% 4
Devon -12 15 £77,500 +31.91% 5
Somerset -14 13 £40,000 +6.67% 3
Cornwall - 13 £35,000 -
Wiltshire -13 11 £65,000 +42.08% 2
User Experience
England

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 (12.40%) CMS
2 12 (9.30%) Confluence
3 6 (4.65%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.78%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (4.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (2.33%) Adobe After Effects
2 3 (2.33%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (2.33%) InDesign
2 3 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (2.33%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.78%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.78%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (5.43%) Dynamics CRM
1 7 (5.43%) Dynamics NAV
1 7 (5.43%) Magento
1 7 (5.43%) Shopify
2 2 (1.55%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 20 (15.50%) Microsoft 365
2 18 (13.95%) Figma
3 17 (13.18%) Azure
4 8 (6.20%) AWS
4 8 (6.20%) Cloud Computing
4 8 (6.20%) Power Platform
5 7 (5.43%) Adobe Analytics
5 7 (5.43%) Contentsquare
5 7 (5.43%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (4.65%) GCP
7 4 (3.10%) Google Workspace
7 4 (3.10%) SaaS
8 2 (1.55%) Entra ID
8 2 (1.55%) Serverless
9 1 (0.78%) Anthropic Claude
9 1 (0.78%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (0.78%) Azure Functions
9 1 (0.78%) Cloud Functions
9 1 (0.78%) DigitalOcean
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.53%) Broadband
2 8 (6.20%) Internet
3 6 (4.65%) VPN
4 4 (3.10%) Firewall
5 3 (2.33%) Unified Communications
6 2 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.78%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.75%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.88%) NoSQL
3 4 (3.10%) MySQL
3 4 (3.10%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.33%) MongoDB
4 3 (2.33%) Power BI
5 2 (1.55%) GIS
5 2 (1.55%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
6 1 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (0.78%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (9.30%) JIRA
2 8 (6.20%) Git
3 1 (0.78%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.78%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.78%) Claude Code
3 1 (0.78%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.78%) Maven
3 1 (0.78%) Octopus Deploy
3 1 (0.78%) Rational DOORS
3 1 (0.78%) Rational Rhapsody
3 1 (0.78%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 40 (31.01%) Social Skills
2 14 (10.85%) Analytical Skills
3 12 (9.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 12 (9.30%) Marketing
4 10 (7.75%) Organisational Skills
5 8 (6.20%) Back Office
5 8 (6.20%) Banking
6 7 (5.43%) Games
6 7 (5.43%) Legal
7 6 (4.65%) Advertising
8 5 (3.88%) Documentation Skills
9 4 (3.10%) Manufacturing
9 4 (3.10%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (2.33%) Multimedia
11 2 (1.55%) Automotive
11 2 (1.55%) Billing
11 2 (1.55%) Finance
11 2 (1.55%) Local Government
11 2 (1.55%) Tech for Good
12 1 (0.78%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 31 (24.03%) Designer
2 25 (19.38%) Senior
3 21 (16.28%) UX Designer
4 17 (13.18%) Lead
5 16 (12.40%) Analyst
6 15 (11.63%) Senior Designer
7 14 (10.85%) Senior UX Designer
8 11 (8.53%) Support Analyst
9 9 (6.98%) Content Manager
10 8 (6.20%) Content Editor
10 8 (6.20%) Developer
10 8 (6.20%) Web Content Editor
10 8 (6.20%) Web Content Manager
10 8 (6.20%) Web Editor
10 8 (6.20%) Web Manager
11 7 (5.43%) Applications Support
11 7 (5.43%) Digital Designer
11 7 (5.43%) Lecturer
11 7 (5.43%) Senior User Experience Researcher
11 7 (5.43%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (11.63%) CSS
2 12 (9.30%) HTML
2 12 (9.30%) REST
3 11 (8.53%) React
4 7 (5.43%) Middleware
4 7 (5.43%) SOAP
4 7 (5.43%) Vue
5 6 (4.65%) AngularJS
5 6 (4.65%) RESTful
6 5 (3.88%) GraphQL
6 5 (3.88%) Node.js
7 4 (3.10%) Tailwind CSS
8 3 (2.33%) Flutter
8 3 (2.33%) Next.js
8 3 (2.33%) React Native
9 2 (1.55%) Bootstrap
9 2 (1.55%) JSF
9 2 (1.55%) PrimeFaces
9 2 (1.55%) Prisma
10 1 (0.78%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.08%) Mobile App
2 12 (9.30%) IoT
3 8 (6.20%) Enterprise Software
4 6 (4.65%) Graphic Design
4 6 (4.65%) Product Ownership
4 6 (4.65%) Social Media
5 4 (3.10%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (3.10%) Video\Live Streaming
6 3 (2.33%) iPad
6 3 (2.33%) Photography
6 3 (2.33%) Replication
6 3 (2.33%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.55%) Hybrid Cloud
7 2 (1.55%) iPhone
7 2 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (1.55%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.55%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.78%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.78%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.78%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 7 (5.43%) Apple iOS
1 7 (5.43%) Windows
2 5 (3.88%) Android
2 5 (3.88%) Windows Server
3 2 (1.55%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.78%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (27.13%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (24.81%) Continuous Improvement
3 31 (24.03%) UX Design
4 29 (22.48%) AI
5 24 (18.60%) Agile
6 17 (13.18%) Roadmaps
7 16 (12.40%) CRM
7 16 (12.40%) Decision-Making
8 15 (11.63%) Full-Stack Development
8 15 (11.63%) Mentoring
9 13 (10.08%) Analytics
9 13 (10.08%) ITSM
9 13 (10.08%) LLM
10 12 (9.30%) Customer Experience
10 12 (9.30%) E-Commerce
10 12 (9.30%) ERP
10 12 (9.30%) Web Development
11 11 (8.53%) Content Strategy
12 10 (7.75%) CI/CD
12 10 (7.75%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 25 (19.38%) SQL
2 18 (13.95%) JavaScript
3 9 (6.98%) Python
3 9 (6.98%) TypeScript
4 7 (5.43%) C#
4 7 (5.43%) T-SQL
5 6 (4.65%) Java
6 2 (1.55%) PHP
6 2 (1.55%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.78%) Bash
7 1 (0.78%) Go
7 1 (0.78%) VB
Qualifications
1 12 (9.30%) Degree
2 8 (6.20%) Master's Degree
2 8 (6.20%) PhD
2 8 (6.20%) Postgraduate
3 6 (4.65%) Security Cleared
4 4 (3.10%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (3.10%) DV Cleared
5 3 (2.33%) CIPD
6 1 (0.78%) CSPO
6 1 (0.78%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (20.16%) Accessibility
2 9 (6.98%) WCAG
3 8 (6.20%) QA
4 5 (3.88%) Data Quality
5 4 (3.10%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (2.33%) GDPR
System Software
1 8 (6.20%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (1.55%) Data Guard
3 2 (1.55%) Jamf Pro
3 2 (1.55%) Kubernetes
3 2 (1.55%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
3 2 (1.55%) Oracle RMAN
4 1 (0.78%) Ansible
4 1 (0.78%) Grafana
4 1 (0.78%) Kibana
4 1 (0.78%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.78%) Terraform
Vendors
1 28 (21.71%) Microsoft
2 18 (13.95%) Adobe
3 9 (6.98%) ServiceNow
4 7 (5.43%) ConnectWise
4 7 (5.43%) WooCommerce
5 4 (3.10%) Google
6 3 (2.33%) Oracle
7 2 (1.55%) Apple
7 2 (1.55%) Citrix
7 2 (1.55%) Okta
7 2 (1.55%) Remedy
8 1 (0.78%) DocuSign
8 1 (0.78%) OpenAI