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 24 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 73 76
Rank change year-on-year -36 +3 +47
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 99 109 215
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.21% 3.23% 2.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.76% 3.79% 3.76%
Number of salaries quoted 80 65 135
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,031 £44,708 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,260 £63,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £68,875 £68,750 £70,240
England median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £53,100
% change year-on-year -5.83% +12.99% -15.71%

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 5,614 2,879 5,721
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 68.78% 85.33% 79.48%
Number of salaries quoted 4,215 1,837 3,702
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,822 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,189 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,387 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.99% +4.77% -4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -12.00%

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 24 July 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 24 July 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 -21 42 £52,375 -12.71% 24
Staffordshire -11 17 £35,000 -34.81% 3
Worcestershire -11 8 £47,500 -15.93% 2
Shropshire -13 7 £82,500 +13.79% 2
Warwickshire -16 7 £40,000 -28.89% 4
Coventry -10 6 £38,750 -13.89% 2
Bilston - 1 £66,500 -
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 9 (9.09%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.03%) CMS
4 2 (2.02%) Confluence
5 1 (1.01%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (1.01%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (7.07%) Photoshop
2 6 (6.06%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (5.05%) Adobe After Effects
3 5 (5.05%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (3.03%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (3.03%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (1.01%) Adobe XD
6 1 (1.01%) Chatbot
6 1 (1.01%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (6.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (5.05%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (3.03%) Shopify
4 2 (2.02%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 13 (13.13%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (11.11%) Azure
3 9 (9.09%) Power Platform
4 6 (6.06%) Entra ID
4 6 (6.06%) Power Automate
4 6 (6.06%) PowerApps
5 5 (5.05%) AWS
6 4 (4.04%) Google Analytics
6 4 (4.04%) SaaS
7 3 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (3.03%) GCP
7 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (3.03%) OneDrive
8 2 (2.02%) Google Tag Manager
9 1 (1.01%) Azure DevOps
9 1 (1.01%) Azure Logic Apps
9 1 (1.01%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (1.01%) Google Docs
9 1 (1.01%) Miro
9 1 (1.01%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.03%) Firewall
2 1 (1.01%) CTI
2 1 (1.01%) VLAN
2 1 (1.01%) VoIP
2 1 (1.01%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.04%) Power BI
2 3 (3.03%) BigQuery
3 2 (2.02%) Looker
4 1 (1.01%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (1.01%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.01%) MySQL
4 1 (1.01%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (5.05%) JIRA
2 1 (1.01%) Git
2 1 (1.01%) Selenium
2 1 (1.01%) TestRail
2 1 (1.01%) Toad
2 1 (1.01%) Vite
2 1 (1.01%) Yeoman
2 1 (1.01%) Zephyr
General
1 42 (42.42%) Social Skills
2 21 (21.21%) Finance
3 10 (10.10%) Legal
3 10 (10.10%) Public Sector
3 10 (10.10%) Retail
4 8 (8.08%) Law
5 7 (7.07%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (6.06%) Manufacturing
7 5 (5.05%) Games
7 5 (5.05%) iGaming
8 4 (4.04%) Marketing
9 3 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (2.02%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (2.02%) Legal Technology
11 1 (1.01%) Banking
11 1 (1.01%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 17 (17.17%) Designer
2 15 (15.15%) Analyst
2 15 (15.15%) Developer
3 13 (13.13%) UX Designer
4 10 (10.10%) IT Support
4 10 (10.10%) Senior
5 9 (9.09%) Business Analyst
6 8 (8.08%) UI Designer
6 8 (8.08%) UI/UX Designer
7 7 (7.07%) IT Manager
8 6 (6.06%) 1st Line Support
8 6 (6.06%) SAP Developer
9 5 (5.05%) Animator
9 5 (5.05%) Lead
9 5 (5.05%) Service Manager
10 4 (4.04%) IT Services Manager
10 4 (4.04%) Project Manager
10 4 (4.04%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (4.04%) Systems Manager
11 3 (3.03%) Senior IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.08%) REST
2 6 (6.06%) CSS
2 6 (6.06%) HTML
2 6 (6.06%) JDBC
2 6 (6.06%) Node.js
2 6 (6.06%) OAuth
2 6 (6.06%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (6.06%) SAPUI5
2 6 (6.06%) SOAP
3 3 (3.03%) .NET
3 3 (3.03%) XML
4 2 (2.02%) Middleware
5 1 (1.01%) CSS3
5 1 (1.01%) HTML5
5 1 (1.01%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (1.01%) Laravel
5 1 (1.01%) React
5 1 (1.01%) Sass
5 1 (1.01%) Vue
5 1 (1.01%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.06%) Onboarding
2 5 (5.05%) Animation
3 4 (4.04%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.03%) Graphic Design
4 3 (3.03%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.02%) BYOD
5 2 (2.02%) Driving Licence
5 2 (2.02%) Management Information System
5 2 (2.02%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.02%) Photography
6 1 (1.01%) AI Agents
6 1 (1.01%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.01%) IVR
6 1 (1.01%) Low-Code
6 1 (1.01%) Online Gambling
6 1 (1.01%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.09%) Windows
2 3 (3.03%) Android
2 3 (3.03%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.02%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.01%) Linux
4 1 (1.01%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (37.37%) Continuous Improvement
2 29 (29.29%) Problem-Solving
3 23 (23.23%) UX Design
4 19 (19.19%) Workflow
5 18 (18.18%) Agile
6 14 (14.14%) ERP
7 13 (13.13%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 11 (11.11%) Analytics
8 11 (11.11%) CRM
8 11 (11.11%) Decision-Making
8 11 (11.11%) Roadmaps
9 10 (10.10%) Coaching
9 10 (10.10%) Customer Service
9 10 (10.10%) E-Commerce
9 10 (10.10%) Migration
9 10 (10.10%) Service Management
10 9 (9.09%) Service Delivery
11 8 (8.08%) Mentoring
11 8 (8.08%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (7.07%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.08%) SQL
2 7 (7.07%) Java
3 6 (6.06%) ABAP
3 6 (6.06%) JavaScript
4 4 (4.04%) PHP
5 3 (3.03%) C#
5 3 (3.03%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.01%) Apex Code
6 1 (1.01%) Bash
6 1 (1.01%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (7.07%) Degree
1 7 (7.07%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (3.03%) A+ Certification
2 3 (3.03%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.01%) CBAP
4 1 (1.01%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.01%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.01%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.01%) PMP
4 1 (1.01%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.01%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.01%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.08%) Data Quality
2 6 (6.06%) Accessibility
2 6 (6.06%) QA
3 4 (4.04%) GDPR
4 1 (1.01%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.01%) SLA
4 1 (1.01%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (4.04%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.02%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.01%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.01%) HP ALM
2 1 (1.01%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.01%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (26.26%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.08%) SAP
3 7 (7.07%) Adobe
4 6 (6.06%) iManage
4 6 (6.06%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.03%) Google
5 3 (3.03%) Oracle
5 3 (3.03%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.02%) Apple
6 2 (2.02%) IFS
6 2 (2.02%) Samsung
7 1 (1.01%) Avaya
7 1 (1.01%) Cisco
7 1 (1.01%) Genesys
7 1 (1.01%) HP