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

6 months to
25 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 73 82
Rank change year-on-year -30 +9 +43
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 97 109 208
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.19% 3.23% 2.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 3.78% 3.69%
Number of salaries quoted 78 65 129
10th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,844 £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 £60,780 £63,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £69,125 £68,750 £70,080
England median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.83% +9.09% -12.00%

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 5,625 2,881 5,642
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 68.78% 85.31% 79.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4,224 1,840 3,622
10th Percentile £31,325 £28,822 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,235 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -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% -11.29%

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 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 25 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 -23 40 £51,250 -14.58% 26
Staffordshire -8 17 £35,000 -34.81% 3
Worcestershire -14 8 £47,500 -15.93% 3
Warwickshire -16 7 £40,000 -28.89% 4
Shropshire -17 7 £82,500 +13.79% 2
Coventry -8 6 £38,750 -13.89% 1
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 (9.28%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.12%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (3.09%) CMS
4 2 (2.06%) Confluence
5 1 (1.03%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (1.03%) nginx
Applications
1 7 (7.22%) Photoshop
2 6 (6.19%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (5.15%) Adobe After Effects
3 5 (5.15%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (4.12%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (3.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (3.09%) Spreadsheet
6 1 (1.03%) Adobe XD
6 1 (1.03%) Chatbot
6 1 (1.03%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (6.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (5.15%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (3.09%) Shopify
4 2 (2.06%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 13 (13.40%) Microsoft 365
2 11 (11.34%) Azure
3 9 (9.28%) Power Platform
4 6 (6.19%) Entra ID
4 6 (6.19%) Power Automate
4 6 (6.19%) PowerApps
5 5 (5.15%) AWS
6 4 (4.12%) Google Analytics
7 3 (3.09%) Dynamics 365
7 3 (3.09%) GCP
7 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (3.09%) OneDrive
7 3 (3.09%) SaaS
8 2 (2.06%) Google Tag Manager
9 1 (1.03%) Copilot Studio
9 1 (1.03%) GitHub
9 1 (1.03%) Google Drive
9 1 (1.03%) Google Workspace
9 1 (1.03%) Microsoft Purview
9 1 (1.03%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.09%) Firewall
2 1 (1.03%) CTI
2 1 (1.03%) VLAN
2 1 (1.03%) VoIP
2 1 (1.03%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.12%) Power BI
2 3 (3.09%) BigQuery
3 2 (2.06%) Looker
4 1 (1.03%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (1.03%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (1.03%) MySQL
4 1 (1.03%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (5.15%) JIRA
2 1 (1.03%) Git
2 1 (1.03%) Selenium
2 1 (1.03%) TestRail
2 1 (1.03%) Toad
2 1 (1.03%) Vite
2 1 (1.03%) Yeoman
2 1 (1.03%) Zephyr
General
1 42 (43.30%) Social Skills
2 21 (21.65%) Finance
3 10 (10.31%) Legal
3 10 (10.31%) Retail
4 9 (9.28%) Public Sector
5 8 (8.25%) Law
6 7 (7.22%) Analytical Skills
7 6 (6.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (6.19%) Manufacturing
8 5 (5.15%) Games
8 5 (5.15%) iGaming
9 4 (4.12%) Marketing
10 3 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (2.06%) Legal Technology
12 1 (1.03%) Banking
12 1 (1.03%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 16 (16.49%) Designer
2 15 (15.46%) Analyst
2 15 (15.46%) Developer
3 12 (12.37%) UX Designer
4 10 (10.31%) IT Support
5 9 (9.28%) Business Analyst
5 9 (9.28%) Senior
6 8 (8.25%) UI Designer
6 8 (8.25%) UI/UX Designer
7 6 (6.19%) 1st Line Support
7 6 (6.19%) IT Manager
7 6 (6.19%) SAP Developer
8 5 (5.15%) Animator
8 5 (5.15%) Lead
9 4 (4.12%) Project Manager
9 4 (4.12%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (4.12%) Service Manager
9 4 (4.12%) Systems Manager
10 3 (3.09%) Product Manager
10 3 (3.09%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.25%) REST
2 6 (6.19%) CSS
2 6 (6.19%) HTML
2 6 (6.19%) JDBC
2 6 (6.19%) Node.js
2 6 (6.19%) OAuth
2 6 (6.19%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (6.19%) SAPUI5
2 6 (6.19%) SOAP
3 3 (3.09%) .NET
3 3 (3.09%) XML
4 2 (2.06%) Middleware
5 1 (1.03%) CSS3
5 1 (1.03%) HTML5
5 1 (1.03%) HTML5 Canvas
5 1 (1.03%) Laravel
5 1 (1.03%) Lightning Web Components
5 1 (1.03%) React
5 1 (1.03%) Sass
5 1 (1.03%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.19%) Onboarding
2 5 (5.15%) Animation
3 3 (3.09%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (3.09%) Graphic Design
3 3 (3.09%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (3.09%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.06%) BYOD
4 2 (2.06%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.06%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.06%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.06%) Photography
5 1 (1.03%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.03%) IVR
5 1 (1.03%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.03%) Online Gambling
5 1 (1.03%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 9 (9.28%) Windows
2 3 (3.09%) Android
2 3 (3.09%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.06%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.03%) Linux
4 1 (1.03%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (37.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 29 (29.90%) Problem-Solving
3 22 (22.68%) UX Design
4 19 (19.59%) Workflow
5 17 (17.53%) Agile
6 14 (14.43%) ERP
7 13 (13.40%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 11 (11.34%) Analytics
8 11 (11.34%) Decision-Making
8 11 (11.34%) Roadmaps
9 10 (10.31%) CRM
9 10 (10.31%) Customer Service
9 10 (10.31%) E-Commerce
10 9 (9.28%) Coaching
10 9 (9.28%) Migration
10 9 (9.28%) Service Delivery
10 9 (9.28%) Service Management
11 8 (8.25%) Stakeholder Management
12 7 (7.22%) AI
12 7 (7.22%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.25%) SQL
2 7 (7.22%) Java
3 6 (6.19%) ABAP
3 6 (6.19%) JavaScript
4 4 (4.12%) PHP
5 3 (3.09%) C#
5 3 (3.09%) PowerShell
6 1 (1.03%) Apex Code
6 1 (1.03%) Bash
6 1 (1.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (7.22%) Degree
1 7 (7.22%) Microsoft Certification
2 3 (3.09%) A+ Certification
2 3 (3.09%) Network+ Certification
3 2 (2.06%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.03%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.03%) CBAP
4 1 (1.03%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.03%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.03%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.03%) PMP
4 1 (1.03%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 1 (1.03%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.25%) Data Quality
2 6 (6.19%) Accessibility
2 6 (6.19%) QA
3 4 (4.12%) GDPR
4 1 (1.03%) HIPAA
4 1 (1.03%) SLA
4 1 (1.03%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (4.12%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.06%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.03%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.03%) HP ALM
2 1 (1.03%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (1.03%) Terraform
Vendors
1 26 (26.80%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.25%) SAP
3 7 (7.22%) Adobe
4 6 (6.19%) iManage
4 6 (6.19%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.09%) Google
5 3 (3.09%) Oracle
5 3 (3.09%) ServiceNow
6 2 (2.06%) Apple
6 2 (2.06%) IFS
6 2 (2.06%) Samsung
7 1 (1.03%) Avaya
7 1 (1.03%) Cisco
7 1 (1.03%) Genesys
7 1 (1.03%) HP