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

6 months to
29 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 138 63
Rank change year-on-year +131 -75 +46
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,027 65 177
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 18.72% 1.60% 3.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 23.11% 1.73% 4.21%
Number of salaries quoted 85 29 153
10th Percentile £34,123 £36,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £66,389 £66,250
90th Percentile £67,400 £76,250 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -11.54%

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 4,444 3,764 4,205
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 80.99% 92.64% 86.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,331 1,677 3,489
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £61,110 £57,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +6.28% -8.00%

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 29 January 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 29 January 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
Staffordshire +49 266 £35,000 -36.36% 1
Warwickshire +48 234 £47,500 -5.00% 13
Worcestershire +29 169 £35,000 -50.00% 4
Birmingham +74 99 £54,250 +3.33% 12
Shropshire +14 43 £51,250 - 4
Wolverhampton - 16 £64,000 - 3
Sutton Coldfield - 14 - -
Halesowen - 13 £32,500 - 1
Bilston - 12 £66,500 -
Coventry +8 11 £53,750 -36.76% 1
Solihull +12 9 - - 1
Stourbridge - 9 - -
Tipton - 9 - -
Brierley Hill - 9 - -
Wednesbury +3 8 - -
Walsall - 8 - - 3
Dudley - 8 - -
Smethwick - 8 - -
Kingswinford - 8 - -
Rowley Regis - 7 - -
West Bromwich - 7 - -
Willenhall - 6 - -
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 (0.97%) CMS
2 9 (0.88%) SharePoint
3 4 (0.39%) nginx
4 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.097%) Appian
5 1 (0.097%) Confluence
5 1 (0.097%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (0.58%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (0.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.39%) Photoshop
4 3 (0.29%) InDesign
5 1 (0.097%) Sketch
5 1 (0.097%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.49%) Shopify
2 2 (0.19%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.097%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.097%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 915 (89.09%) Cloud Computing
2 25 (2.43%) SaaS
3 12 (1.17%) GitHub
4 11 (1.07%) Figma
5 9 (0.88%) AWS
5 9 (0.88%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (0.78%) GitHub Copilot
6 8 (0.78%) Power Platform
7 6 (0.58%) Azure
7 6 (0.58%) PowerApps
8 5 (0.49%) OCI
9 4 (0.39%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (0.39%) Power Automate
10 3 (0.29%) Entra ID
10 3 (0.29%) Google Analytics
11 2 (0.19%) Google Ads
11 2 (0.19%) OneDrive
12 1 (0.097%) AWS Lambda
12 1 (0.097%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.097%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 916 (89.19%) Internet
2 2 (0.19%) Intranet
3 1 (0.097%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.097%) RFID
3 1 (0.097%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.49%) MySQL
1 5 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
1 5 (0.49%) Power BI
2 3 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (0.19%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.097%) Looker
4 1 (0.097%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.097%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.097%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (0.097%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (0.78%) Git
1 8 (0.78%) Visual Studio
2 5 (0.49%) Vite
3 3 (0.29%) JIRA
4 1 (0.097%) Babel
4 1 (0.097%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.097%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.097%) Cypress.io
4 1 (0.097%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.097%) webpack
General
1 938 (91.33%) Social Skills
2 919 (89.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 917 (89.29%) Banking
4 15 (1.46%) Finance
4 15 (1.46%) Marketing
5 9 (0.88%) Analytical Skills
6 8 (0.78%) Legal
7 5 (0.49%) Public Sector
7 5 (0.49%) Retail
8 3 (0.29%) Law
8 3 (0.29%) Manufacturing
9 2 (0.19%) Advertising
10 1 (0.097%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.097%) Back Office
10 1 (0.097%) Games
10 1 (0.097%) Local Government
10 1 (0.097%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.097%) Police
10 1 (0.097%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 681 (66.31%) Lecturer
2 24 (2.34%) Developer
3 16 (1.56%) Designer
4 12 (1.17%) UX Designer
5 11 (1.07%) Analyst
6 10 (0.97%) Product Owner
7 9 (0.88%) Java Developer
8 8 (0.78%) Coordinator
8 8 (0.78%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 7 (0.68%) Blazor Developer
9 7 (0.68%) Senior
9 7 (0.68%) UX Developer
10 6 (0.58%) Service Manager
11 5 (0.49%) Support Engineer
12 4 (0.39%) Business Analyst
12 4 (0.39%) Chief Technology Officer
12 4 (0.39%) IT Manager
12 4 (0.39%) IT Support
12 4 (0.39%) IT Support Engineer
12 4 (0.39%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (1.27%) .NET
2 10 (0.97%) HTML
3 9 (0.88%) Blazor
3 9 (0.88%) CSS
4 8 (0.78%) Material Design
4 8 (0.78%) WebAssembly
5 7 (0.68%) React
6 5 (0.49%) Spring
6 5 (0.49%) Tailwind CSS
6 5 (0.49%) Vue
7 4 (0.39%) Laravel
7 4 (0.39%) LEMP Stack
7 4 (0.39%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (0.39%) REST
7 4 (0.39%) Spring Boot
7 4 (0.39%) YAML
8 3 (0.29%) .NET Framework
8 3 (0.29%) Hibernate
8 3 (0.29%) JPA
8 3 (0.29%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 917 (89.29%) IoT
2 18 (1.75%) Product Ownership
3 5 (0.49%) Driving Licence
4 4 (0.39%) Graphic Design
5 3 (0.29%) Animation
5 3 (0.29%) Cyber Security Posture
5 3 (0.29%) e-Learning
5 3 (0.29%) Learning Management System
5 3 (0.29%) Mobile App
5 3 (0.29%) Security Posture
5 3 (0.29%) Video Editing
5 3 (0.29%) Virtual Team
5 3 (0.29%) Web Conferencing
6 2 (0.19%) Analytical Mindset
6 2 (0.19%) CMDB
6 2 (0.19%) Digital Media
6 2 (0.19%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (0.19%) Management Information System
6 2 (0.19%) Social Media
7 1 (0.097%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.49%) Windows
2 4 (0.39%) Linux
3 1 (0.097%) Android
3 1 (0.097%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 939 (91.43%) AI
2 920 (89.58%) Cybersecurity
3 918 (89.39%) Web Development
4 916 (89.19%) Machine Learning
5 33 (3.21%) Agile
6 29 (2.82%) UX Design
7 22 (2.14%) Continuous Improvement
8 21 (2.04%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (1.75%) Front End Development
10 17 (1.66%) CRM
11 16 (1.56%) Wireframes
12 14 (1.36%) Roadmaps
12 14 (1.36%) User Stories
13 12 (1.17%) Analytics
13 12 (1.17%) Full-Stack Development
14 11 (1.07%) E-Commerce
15 10 (0.97%) DevOps
15 10 (0.97%) ITIL
16 9 (0.88%) Data Integration
16 9 (0.88%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 12 (1.17%) C#
1 12 (1.17%) Java
1 12 (1.17%) JavaScript
2 8 (0.78%) SQL
3 5 (0.49%) Bash
4 4 (0.39%) PHP
4 4 (0.39%) Python
5 3 (0.29%) PowerShell
5 3 (0.29%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.097%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 918 (89.39%) Degree
2 916 (89.19%) Master's Degree
3 915 (89.09%) PhD
3 915 (89.09%) Postgraduate
4 7 (0.68%) SC Cleared
4 7 (0.68%) Security Cleared
5 3 (0.29%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.19%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.097%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.097%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.097%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.097%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (1.66%) Accessibility
2 11 (1.07%) WCAG
3 9 (0.88%) QA
4 4 (0.39%) GDPR
5 3 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 2 (0.19%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.19%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 19770
7 1 (0.097%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 5 (0.49%) Docker
2 2 (0.19%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 3 (0.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (0.19%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.19%) Terraform
3 1 (0.097%) SCCM
3 1 (0.097%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (1.56%) Microsoft
2 6 (0.58%) ServiceNow
3 5 (0.49%) Oracle
4 4 (0.39%) Adobe
5 3 (0.29%) Apple
5 3 (0.29%) Citrix
5 3 (0.29%) Google
5 3 (0.29%) Infor
6 2 (0.19%) Facebook
6 2 (0.19%) Instagram
6 2 (0.19%) Planon
6 2 (0.19%) TikTok
6 2 (0.19%) YouTube
7 1 (0.097%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (0.097%) Databricks
7 1 (0.097%) Hotjar
7 1 (0.097%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.097%) IFS
7 1 (0.097%) Sage
7 1 (0.097%) Salesforce