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

6 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 74 70
Rank change year-on-year -10 -4 +64
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 116 102 272
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.53% 3.39% 3.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.23% 3.83% 4.06%
Number of salaries quoted 85 59 192
10th Percentile £34,850 £41,000 £31,280
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,875 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,497 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.28% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £55,000 £63,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £67,250 £69,500 £70,235
England median annual salary £56,500 £59,900 £51,000
% change year-on-year -5.68% +17.45% -20.91%

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 5,211 2,665 6,696
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 68.77% 88.66% 80.36%
Number of salaries quoted 3,798 1,613 4,750
10th Percentile £30,987 £28,822 £26,725
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £36,000
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 £79,750 £77,500
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 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 9 June 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 9 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
Birmingham -10 45 £50,000 -16.67% 19
Worcestershire -4 14 £36,500 -35.40% 2
Warwickshire -8 11 £40,000 -27.27% 4
Staffordshire -11 9 £35,000 -34.81% 7
Coventry -16 8 £42,500 -34.62%
Shropshire -16 7 £82,500 +13.79% 1
Halesowen - 5 £32,500 -
Bilston - 4 £66,500 -
Stourbridge - 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 9 (7.76%) SharePoint
2 6 (5.17%) CMS
3 4 (3.45%) nginx
4 2 (1.72%) Confluence
4 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.86%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 10 (8.62%) Photoshop
2 9 (7.76%) Adobe Illustrator
3 6 (5.17%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (4.31%) Adobe After Effects
5 3 (2.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (2.59%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (1.72%) Sketch
6 2 (1.72%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.86%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 6 (5.17%) Shopify
2 5 (4.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.86%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 14 (12.07%) SaaS
2 11 (9.48%) Cloud Computing
2 11 (9.48%) GitHub
3 10 (8.62%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (7.76%) Figma
4 9 (7.76%) Power Platform
5 8 (6.90%) Azure
6 7 (6.03%) AWS
6 7 (6.03%) GitHub Copilot
7 5 (4.31%) Power Automate
7 5 (4.31%) PowerApps
8 4 (3.45%) Entra ID
8 4 (3.45%) Google Analytics
9 3 (2.59%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (2.59%) GCP
10 2 (1.72%) Google Tag Manager
10 2 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.72%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.86%) Google Drive
11 1 (0.86%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 11 (9.48%) Internet
2 3 (2.59%) Firewall
3 1 (0.86%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.86%) RFID
3 1 (0.86%) VLAN
3 1 (0.86%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.45%) MySQL
1 4 (3.45%) Power BI
2 3 (2.59%) BigQuery
2 3 (2.59%) Looker
3 2 (1.72%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.86%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.86%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.86%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (6.03%) Visual Studio
2 6 (5.17%) Git
3 4 (3.45%) Vite
4 2 (1.72%) JIRA
5 1 (0.86%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.86%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.86%) Selenium
5 1 (0.86%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.86%) TestRail
5 1 (0.86%) Toad
5 1 (0.86%) Zephyr
General
1 43 (37.07%) Social Skills
2 17 (14.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 16 (13.79%) Finance
4 12 (10.34%) Banking
5 8 (6.90%) Retail
6 7 (6.03%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (6.03%) Manufacturing
6 7 (6.03%) Public Sector
7 5 (4.31%) Games
7 5 (4.31%) iGaming
8 4 (3.45%) Legal
8 4 (3.45%) Marketing
9 2 (1.72%) Law
9 2 (1.72%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (17.24%) Designer
2 17 (14.66%) Developer
2 17 (14.66%) UX Designer
3 14 (12.07%) Analyst
4 10 (8.62%) Business Analyst
4 10 (8.62%) Senior
5 7 (6.03%) IT Support
5 7 (6.03%) Java Developer
5 7 (6.03%) UI Designer
5 7 (6.03%) UI/UX Designer
6 6 (5.17%) Product Owner
7 5 (4.31%) Animator
7 5 (4.31%) IT Manager
8 4 (3.45%) Administrator
8 4 (3.45%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 4 (3.45%) IT Support Engineer
8 4 (3.45%) Senior Analyst
8 4 (3.45%) Senior Business Analyst
8 4 (3.45%) Service Manager
8 4 (3.45%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.62%) .NET
2 9 (7.76%) CSS
2 9 (7.76%) HTML
3 7 (6.03%) Blazor
3 7 (6.03%) Material Design
3 7 (6.03%) WebAssembly
4 5 (4.31%) Vue
5 4 (3.45%) Laravel
5 4 (3.45%) LEMP Stack
5 4 (3.45%) React
5 4 (3.45%) Tailwind CSS
5 4 (3.45%) YAML
6 3 (2.59%) REST
6 3 (2.59%) Spring
6 3 (2.59%) XML
7 2 (1.72%) EDI
7 2 (1.72%) Hibernate
7 2 (1.72%) JPA
7 2 (1.72%) Node.js
7 2 (1.72%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.93%) Product Ownership
2 11 (9.48%) IoT
3 5 (4.31%) Animation
4 4 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
4 4 (3.45%) Onboarding
5 3 (2.59%) Cyber Security Posture
5 3 (2.59%) Graphic Design
5 3 (2.59%) Security Posture
6 2 (1.72%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.72%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.72%) Photography
6 2 (1.72%) Virtual Team
7 1 (0.86%) AI Agents
7 1 (0.86%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.86%) BYOD
7 1 (0.86%) Driving Licence
7 1 (0.86%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.86%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.86%) Sports Betting
7 1 (0.86%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 8 (6.90%) Windows
2 4 (3.45%) Linux
3 3 (2.59%) Android
3 3 (2.59%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.86%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (25.86%) UX Design
2 27 (23.28%) Agile
3 24 (20.69%) AI
4 20 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (15.52%) CRM
6 17 (14.66%) Cybersecurity
7 16 (13.79%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 13 (11.21%) Front End Development
8 13 (11.21%) Wireframes
9 12 (10.34%) ERP
9 12 (10.34%) Roadmaps
9 12 (10.34%) User Stories
9 12 (10.34%) Workflow
10 11 (9.48%) Machine Learning
10 11 (9.48%) Web Development
11 10 (8.62%) Decision-Making
11 10 (8.62%) Problem-Solving
12 8 (6.90%) Coaching
12 8 (6.90%) Interaction Design
12 8 (6.90%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.48%) JavaScript
2 10 (8.62%) Java
3 9 (7.76%) C#
4 7 (6.03%) PHP
5 6 (5.17%) SQL
6 4 (3.45%) Bash
7 2 (1.72%) Python
8 1 (0.86%) ABAP
8 1 (0.86%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.86%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 19 (16.38%) Degree
2 12 (10.34%) Master's Degree
3 11 (9.48%) PhD
3 11 (9.48%) Postgraduate
4 5 (4.31%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.45%) SC Cleared
5 4 (3.45%) Security Cleared
6 3 (2.59%) A+ Certification
6 3 (2.59%) Network+ Certification
7 2 (1.72%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.86%) CBAP
8 1 (0.86%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.86%) PMI Certification
8 1 (0.86%) PMP
8 1 (0.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (12.93%) Accessibility
2 10 (8.62%) QA
3 7 (6.03%) GDPR
3 7 (6.03%) WCAG
4 4 (3.45%) Data Quality
5 3 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.59%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (2.59%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.86%) SLA
6 1 (0.86%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 5 (4.31%) Docker
2 4 (3.45%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.86%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (1.72%) Terraform
2 1 (0.86%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.86%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.86%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (20.69%) Microsoft
2 8 (6.90%) Adobe
3 3 (2.59%) Google
3 3 (2.59%) Infor
4 2 (1.72%) IFS
4 2 (1.72%) Oracle
4 2 (1.72%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.72%) SAP
4 2 (1.72%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.86%) Apple
5 1 (0.86%) Databricks
5 1 (0.86%) Hotjar
5 1 (0.86%) HP
5 1 (0.86%) iManage
5 1 (0.86%) Samsung