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

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 105 75 79
Rank change year-on-year -30 +4 +25
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 107 115 189
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.25% 3.34% 2.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.82% 3.93% 3.71%
Number of salaries quoted 79 70 110
10th Percentile £26,913 £41,125 £31,225
25th Percentile £34,750 £49,105 £40,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,447 £55,750 £56,988
Median % change year-on-year -20.27% -2.17% +3.61%
75th Percentile £59,375 £63,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £68,750 £68,875 £70,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.70%

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 5,885 2,923 5,092
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 68.97% 84.92% 78.53%
Number of salaries quoted 4,421 1,865 3,082
10th Percentile £31,711 £29,000 £28,119
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,400 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -2.10% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -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 19 August 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 19 August 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 -24 48 £50,000 -18.37% 47
Staffordshire -4 18 £35,000 -34.81% 3
Shropshire -14 11 - - 8
Worcestershire -16 9 £47,500 -12.84% 2
Warwickshire -16 8 £37,250 -35.22% 7
Coventry -15 6 £38,750 -13.89%
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 (8.41%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.74%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (1.87%) CMS
3 2 (1.87%) Confluence
4 1 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 4 (3.74%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (3.74%) Spreadsheet
2 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (2.80%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.87%) Adobe After Effects
3 2 (1.87%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.93%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.93%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.93%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (5.61%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (4.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.87%) Shopify
3 2 (1.87%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 18 (16.82%) Azure
2 16 (14.95%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (9.35%) Entra ID
4 8 (7.48%) AWS
5 7 (6.54%) Power Platform
6 6 (5.61%) Power Automate
6 6 (5.61%) PowerApps
6 6 (5.61%) SaaS
7 4 (3.74%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (3.74%) Google Analytics
8 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Copilot
9 2 (1.87%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (1.87%) GCP
9 2 (1.87%) OneDrive
10 1 (0.93%) Figma
10 1 (0.93%) Google Ads
10 1 (0.93%) Google Tag Manager
10 1 (0.93%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 1 (0.93%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 1 (0.93%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.54%) Firewall
2 4 (3.74%) DHCP
2 4 (3.74%) DNS
2 4 (3.74%) TCP/IP
2 4 (3.74%) VPN
3 3 (2.80%) Network Security
4 1 (0.93%) CTI
4 1 (0.93%) Internet
4 1 (0.93%) VLAN
4 1 (0.93%) VoIP
4 1 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (2.80%) Power BI
2 2 (1.87%) BigQuery
2 2 (1.87%) SQL Server
3 1 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
3 1 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.93%) Looker
3 1 (0.93%) MySQL
3 1 (0.93%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.93%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (10.28%) JIRA
2 4 (3.74%) Git
3 1 (0.93%) Selenium
3 1 (0.93%) TestRail
3 1 (0.93%) Toad
3 1 (0.93%) Yeoman
3 1 (0.93%) Zephyr
General
1 50 (46.73%) Social Skills
2 19 (17.76%) Finance
3 11 (10.28%) Public Sector
4 10 (9.35%) Retail
5 8 (7.48%) Legal
6 7 (6.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (6.54%) Law
6 7 (6.54%) Manufacturing
7 5 (4.67%) Marketing
8 4 (3.74%) Analytical Skills
8 4 (3.74%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.87%) Games
9 2 (1.87%) iGaming
9 2 (1.87%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (1.87%) Legal Technology
10 1 (0.93%) Advertising
10 1 (0.93%) Banking
10 1 (0.93%) Local Government
10 1 (0.93%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (15.89%) Analyst
2 16 (14.95%) Designer
3 15 (14.02%) Developer
4 13 (12.15%) IT Support
5 12 (11.21%) Senior
5 12 (11.21%) UX Designer
6 10 (9.35%) Business Analyst
7 8 (7.48%) UI Designer
7 8 (7.48%) UI/UX Designer
8 7 (6.54%) 1st Line Support
8 7 (6.54%) Project Manager
8 7 (6.54%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (5.61%) Digital Project Manager
9 6 (5.61%) SAP Developer
10 5 (4.67%) Administrator
10 5 (4.67%) IT Manager
10 5 (4.67%) Lead
10 5 (4.67%) Senior Business Analyst
11 4 (3.74%) IT Systems Administrator
11 4 (3.74%) Systems Administrator
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.48%) REST
2 7 (6.54%) Node.js
3 6 (5.61%) JDBC
3 6 (5.61%) OAuth
3 6 (5.61%) SAP Fiori
3 6 (5.61%) SAPUI5
3 6 (5.61%) SOAP
4 5 (4.67%) CSS
4 5 (4.67%) HTML
5 4 (3.74%) .NET
6 3 (2.80%) XML
7 2 (1.87%) CSS3
7 2 (1.87%) HTML5
7 2 (1.87%) Middleware
8 1 (0.93%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.93%) ASP.NET Web API
8 1 (0.93%) HTML5 Canvas
8 1 (0.93%) React
8 1 (0.93%) RESTful
8 1 (0.93%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.54%) Onboarding
1 7 (6.54%) PMI
2 5 (4.67%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.74%) Driving Licence
3 4 (3.74%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.80%) Cyber Threat
4 3 (2.80%) Data Centre
4 3 (2.80%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
5 2 (1.87%) Animation
5 2 (1.87%) BYOD
5 2 (1.87%) Photography
6 1 (0.93%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (0.93%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.93%) IoT
6 1 (0.93%) IVR
6 1 (0.93%) Management Information System
6 1 (0.93%) Online Gambling
6 1 (0.93%) Social Media
6 1 (0.93%) Sports Betting
Operating Systems
1 14 (13.08%) Windows
2 6 (5.61%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.80%) Android
3 3 (2.80%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.93%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (38.32%) Problem-Solving
2 37 (34.58%) Continuous Improvement
3 22 (20.56%) UX Design
4 21 (19.63%) Agile
5 20 (18.69%) Workflow
6 17 (15.89%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (13.08%) AI
8 13 (12.15%) Customer Service
9 12 (11.21%) ERP
10 11 (10.28%) Analytics
11 10 (9.35%) CRM
11 10 (9.35%) Cybersecurity
11 10 (9.35%) Decision-Making
11 10 (9.35%) E-Commerce
11 10 (9.35%) Project Delivery
11 10 (9.35%) Service Delivery
11 10 (9.35%) Service Management
11 10 (9.35%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 9 (8.41%) Coaching
12 9 (8.41%) Integration Patterns
Programming Languages
1 9 (8.41%) SQL
2 6 (5.61%) ABAP
2 6 (5.61%) Java
3 5 (4.67%) JavaScript
4 3 (2.80%) C#
4 3 (2.80%) PHP
4 3 (2.80%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.87%) Python
6 1 (0.93%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 11 (10.28%) Degree
2 8 (7.48%) Microsoft Certification
3 7 (6.54%) PMI Certification
4 3 (2.80%) A+ Certification
4 3 (2.80%) CBAP
4 3 (2.80%) IIBA
4 3 (2.80%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.93%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.54%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.61%) QA
3 5 (4.67%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.87%) GDPR
5 1 (0.93%) SLA
5 1 (0.93%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 7 (6.54%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.87%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.93%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.93%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.93%) Terraform
Vendors
1 33 (30.84%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.48%) SAP
3 6 (5.61%) iManage
4 5 (4.67%) Salesforce
5 4 (3.74%) Adobe
6 3 (2.80%) Oracle
6 3 (2.80%) ServiceNow
7 2 (1.87%) Apple
7 2 (1.87%) Google
7 2 (1.87%) IFS
7 2 (1.87%) Samsung
8 1 (0.93%) Avaya
8 1 (0.93%) Cisco
8 1 (0.93%) Facebook
8 1 (0.93%) Genesys
8 1 (0.93%) HP
8 1 (0.93%) Instagram