User Experience Job Trends in the West Midlands

UX
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring User Experience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 113 70 89
Rank change year-on-year -43 +19 -5
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 109 113 149
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.21% 3.48% 2.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 4.02% 3.12%
Number of salaries quoted 77 71 77
10th Percentile £26,913 £41,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £50,710 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,447 £56,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.33% -5.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £66,650
90th Percentile £69,250 £68,750 £70,160
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - - -8.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,252 2,811 4,783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 69.23% 86.55% 80.24%
Number of salaries quoted 4,598 1,768 2,409
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,189 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.98% -6.40%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

User Experience job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

User Experience
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

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

User Experience
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 25 September 2026.

Salary histogram for User Experience in the West Midlands

User Experience
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 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
Birmingham -18 54 £50,000 -16.67% 61
Staffordshire +6 20 £31,500 -41.33% 10
Worcestershire -17 9 £47,500 -12.84% 7
Shropshire -16 8 £35,500 -30.73% 14
Warwickshire -32 8 £30,500 -46.96% 15
Coventry -22 4 £42,500 -5.56% 9
Sutton Coldfield - 1 - -
User Experience
England

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 10 (9.17%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 4 (3.67%) CMS
4 1 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.92%) Confluence
4 1 (0.92%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (3.67%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (1.83%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.83%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.92%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.92%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.92%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.92%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.92%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (5.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (3.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.83%) Visualfiles
4 1 (0.92%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 18 (16.51%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (15.60%) Azure
3 13 (11.93%) Entra ID
4 8 (7.34%) AWS
4 8 (7.34%) Power Platform
5 6 (5.50%) SaaS
6 5 (4.59%) Power Automate
6 5 (4.59%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.75%) OneDrive
8 2 (1.83%) Google Analytics
8 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.92%) Canva
9 1 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
9 1 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.92%) GCP
9 1 (0.92%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.92%) Meta Ads
9 1 (0.92%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 1 (0.92%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.34%) Firewall
2 5 (4.59%) DHCP
2 5 (4.59%) DNS
2 5 (4.59%) TCP/IP
2 5 (4.59%) VPN
3 3 (2.75%) Network Security
4 2 (1.83%) Internet
5 1 (0.92%) CTI
5 1 (0.92%) Intranet
5 1 (0.92%) VLAN
5 1 (0.92%) VoIP
5 1 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.59%) Power BI
2 1 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.92%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.92%) MySQL
2 1 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.92%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (9.17%) JIRA
2 4 (3.67%) Git
3 1 (0.92%) Yeoman
General
1 57 (52.29%) Social Skills
2 20 (18.35%) Finance
3 11 (10.09%) Public Sector
4 9 (8.26%) Legal
5 8 (7.34%) Law
6 7 (6.42%) Manufacturing
7 6 (5.50%) Marketing
7 6 (5.50%) Organisational Skills
7 6 (5.50%) Retail
8 4 (3.67%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.83%) Banking
9 2 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.83%) Legal Technology
9 2 (1.83%) Local Government
10 1 (0.92%) Advertising
10 1 (0.92%) Games
10 1 (0.92%) iGaming
10 1 (0.92%) Publishing
10 1 (0.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (17.43%) IT Support
2 15 (13.76%) Analyst
3 12 (11.01%) Designer
3 12 (11.01%) Developer
3 12 (11.01%) Senior
4 10 (9.17%) Business Analyst
5 9 (8.26%) 1st Line Support
6 8 (7.34%) UX Designer
7 7 (6.42%) IT Manager
7 7 (6.42%) Project Manager
7 7 (6.42%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (5.50%) Administrator
8 6 (5.50%) Digital Project Manager
8 6 (5.50%) Lead
8 6 (5.50%) SAP Developer
9 5 (4.59%) IT Engineer
9 5 (4.59%) IT Services Manager
9 5 (4.59%) IT Systems Administrator
9 5 (4.59%) Senior Business Analyst
9 5 (4.59%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.34%) Node.js
1 8 (7.34%) REST
2 6 (5.50%) JDBC
2 6 (5.50%) OAuth
2 6 (5.50%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (5.50%) SAPUI5
2 6 (5.50%) SOAP
3 3 (2.75%) .NET
3 3 (2.75%) CSS
3 3 (2.75%) HTML
4 2 (1.83%) CSS3
4 2 (1.83%) HTML5
4 2 (1.83%) Middleware
5 1 (0.92%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.92%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.92%) ASP.NET
5 1 (0.92%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (0.92%) React
5 1 (0.92%) RESTful
5 1 (0.92%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.34%) PMI
2 7 (6.42%) Onboarding
3 6 (5.50%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.67%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.67%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.67%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.67%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.75%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (2.75%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.83%) BYOD
6 2 (1.83%) IoT
6 2 (1.83%) IVR
6 2 (1.83%) Reference Data
6 2 (1.83%) Social Media
7 1 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.92%) Animation
7 1 (0.92%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.92%) Online Gambling
7 1 (0.92%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 16 (14.68%) Windows
2 7 (6.42%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.75%) Android
3 3 (2.75%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.92%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (42.20%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (36.70%) Continuous Improvement
3 24 (22.02%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (18.35%) Agile
5 19 (17.43%) AI
6 18 (16.51%) UX Design
7 17 (15.60%) Workflow
8 15 (13.76%) Customer Service
9 13 (11.93%) Analytics
9 13 (11.93%) Coaching
10 12 (11.01%) ERP
11 11 (10.09%) Cybersecurity
11 11 (10.09%) Mentoring
11 11 (10.09%) Project Delivery
11 11 (10.09%) Service Management
12 10 (9.17%) Decision-Making
12 10 (9.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 9 (8.26%) Business Analysis
13 9 (8.26%) Migration
13 9 (8.26%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.42%) SQL
2 6 (5.50%) ABAP
2 6 (5.50%) Java
3 4 (3.67%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.83%) C#
4 2 (1.83%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.83%) Python
5 1 (0.92%) Apex Code
5 1 (0.92%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (10.09%) Degree
2 8 (7.34%) PMI Certification
3 7 (6.42%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (2.75%) A+ Certification
4 3 (2.75%) CBAP
4 3 (2.75%) IIBA
4 3 (2.75%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.83%) Postgraduate
5 2 (1.83%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.83%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.92%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.92%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.92%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.92%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.34%) Accessibility
2 6 (5.50%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.50%) QA
3 2 (1.83%) GDPR
3 2 (1.83%) SLA
4 1 (0.92%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (8.26%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 34 (31.19%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.34%) SAP
3 6 (5.50%) iManage
4 5 (4.59%) Salesforce
4 5 (4.59%) ServiceNow
5 4 (3.67%) Adobe
6 2 (1.83%) Apple
6 2 (1.83%) Google
6 2 (1.83%) IFS
6 2 (1.83%) Oracle
6 2 (1.83%) Samsung
7 1 (0.92%) Avaya
7 1 (0.92%) Cisco
7 1 (0.92%) Facebook
7 1 (0.92%) Genesys
7 1 (0.92%) Instagram
7 1 (0.92%) Pinterest
7 1 (0.92%) TikTok