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 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 83 115 73
Rank change year-on-year +32 -42 +19
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 86 112 111
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 2.30% 2.08% 3.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.82% 2.43% 3.64%
Number of salaries quoted 63 51 98
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,125 £43,125 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.39% - +7.84%
75th Percentile £64,375 £66,520 £70,313
90th Percentile £73,000 £70,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £61,250
% change year-on-year - -6.12% -2.00%

All Process and 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 3,053 4,604 3,047
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 81.59% 85.51% 92.81%
Number of salaries quoted 2,067 2,095 2,440
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,125 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -3.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,344 £81,250 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -2.44%

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 28 November 2025.

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 28 November 2025. 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 +31 35 £59,527 +19.05% 24
Warwickshire +38 20 £55,000 +50.68% 8
Staffordshire +7 14 £35,000 -22.22% 9
Worcestershire +11 5 £35,750 -48.93% 1
Solihull +6 3 £40,000 -30.43% 1
Shropshire -2 2 £51,250 - 3
Wolverhampton - 2 £64,000 -
Coventry - 1 £45,000 - 3
Bilston - 1 £66,500 - 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 (10.47%) SharePoint
2 8 (9.30%) CMS
3 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (2.33%) Umbraco
5 1 (1.16%) Appian
5 1 (1.16%) Confluence
5 1 (1.16%) nginx
5 1 (1.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (8.14%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.49%) InDesign
4 1 (1.16%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (1.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (1.16%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (1.16%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (1.16%) MS Visio
4 1 (1.16%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.16%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (6.98%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (3.49%) Shopify
3 2 (2.33%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (1.16%) Sage X3
4 1 (1.16%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (1.16%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 14 (16.28%) SaaS
2 12 (13.95%) Azure
3 9 (10.47%) Power Platform
4 8 (9.30%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (9.30%) Entra ID
4 8 (9.30%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (8.14%) OCI
5 7 (8.14%) PowerApps
6 6 (6.98%) AWS
7 5 (5.81%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (5.81%) Power Automate
8 4 (4.65%) Azure Key Vault
8 4 (4.65%) Figma
8 4 (4.65%) OneDrive
9 3 (3.49%) Google Analytics
10 2 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
10 2 (2.33%) Google Ads
11 1 (1.16%) Amazon ECS
11 1 (1.16%) Serverless
11 1 (1.16%) ShareGate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.33%) Intranet
2 1 (1.16%) Ethernet
2 1 (1.16%) Internet
2 1 (1.16%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.14%) Oracle Reports
2 6 (6.98%) SQL Server
3 5 (5.81%) Power BI
4 2 (2.33%) MySQL
5 1 (1.16%) Hazelcast
5 1 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.16%) Power Query
5 1 (1.16%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (1.16%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 5 (5.81%) Git
2 4 (4.65%) JIRA
3 2 (2.33%) Vite
4 1 (1.16%) Babel
4 1 (1.16%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.16%) GitLab
4 1 (1.16%) JMeter
4 1 (1.16%) Selenium
4 1 (1.16%) WebDriver
4 1 (1.16%) webpack
General
1 26 (30.23%) Finance
2 24 (27.91%) Social Skills
3 20 (23.26%) Marketing
4 13 (15.12%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (11.63%) Legal
6 8 (9.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (5.81%) Public Sector
7 5 (5.81%) Retail
8 3 (3.49%) Advertising
8 3 (3.49%) Law
9 2 (2.33%) Banking
9 2 (2.33%) Local Government
10 1 (1.16%) Aerospace
10 1 (1.16%) Automotive
10 1 (1.16%) Back Office
10 1 (1.16%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.16%) Games
10 1 (1.16%) Police
10 1 (1.16%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 22 (25.58%) Developer
2 9 (10.47%) Analyst
3 8 (9.30%) Coordinator
4 6 (6.98%) Designer
4 6 (6.98%) Senior
4 6 (6.98%) Support Analyst
5 5 (5.81%) Full-Stack Developer
5 5 (5.81%) Product Owner
6 4 (4.65%) Chief Technology Officer
6 4 (4.65%) Digital Developer
6 4 (4.65%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 4 (4.65%) Oracle Analyst
6 4 (4.65%) Oracle Support Analyst
6 4 (4.65%) React Developer
6 4 (4.65%) Service Manager
6 4 (4.65%) Software Developer
7 3 (3.49%) Blazor Developer
7 3 (3.49%) Content Designer
7 3 (3.49%) e-Learning Designer
7 3 (3.49%) Power Platform Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (13.95%) HTML
2 11 (12.79%) CSS
3 10 (11.63%) React
4 8 (9.30%) .NET
5 6 (6.98%) .NET Framework
5 6 (6.98%) Oracle Fusion
6 5 (5.81%) REST
7 4 (4.65%) Blazor
7 4 (4.65%) Entity Framework
8 3 (3.49%) AngularJS
8 3 (3.49%) JSON
8 3 (3.49%) RESTful
8 3 (3.49%) SOAP
8 3 (3.49%) Spring
9 2 (2.33%) ASP.NET
9 2 (2.33%) Hibernate
9 2 (2.33%) HTML5
9 2 (2.33%) HTML5 Canvas
9 2 (2.33%) Razor View Engine
9 2 (2.33%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.98%) Product Ownership
2 5 (5.81%) Driving Licence
2 5 (5.81%) Graphic Design
2 5 (5.81%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.49%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.49%) Animation
3 3 (3.49%) e-Learning
3 3 (3.49%) IoT
3 3 (3.49%) Learning Management System
3 3 (3.49%) Mobile App
3 3 (3.49%) Social Media
3 3 (3.49%) Video Editing
3 3 (3.49%) Web Conferencing
4 2 (2.33%) CMDB
4 2 (2.33%) Data Structures
4 2 (2.33%) Digital Media
4 2 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.16%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.16%) Life Science
5 1 (1.16%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.33%) Windows
2 1 (1.16%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (33.72%) Agile
2 28 (32.56%) Continuous Improvement
3 26 (30.23%) Problem-Solving
4 21 (24.42%) DevOps
4 21 (24.42%) UX Design
5 19 (22.09%) AI
6 13 (15.12%) Analytics
7 12 (13.95%) CI/CD
7 12 (13.95%) ITIL
8 11 (12.79%) E-Commerce
9 10 (11.63%) Change Management
9 10 (11.63%) Coaching
9 10 (11.63%) Roadmaps
10 9 (10.47%) CRM
10 9 (10.47%) Full-Stack Development
11 8 (9.30%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (9.30%) Customer Experience
11 8 (9.30%) Test Scripting
12 7 (8.14%) Front End Development
12 7 (8.14%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 14 (16.28%) JavaScript
2 13 (15.12%) SQL
3 9 (10.47%) C#
4 7 (8.14%) PowerShell
5 5 (5.81%) Java
6 4 (4.65%) Bicep
6 4 (4.65%) Python
6 4 (4.65%) TypeScript
7 2 (2.33%) Apex Code
7 2 (2.33%) Bash
7 2 (2.33%) VB
8 1 (1.16%) Data Analysis Expressions
8 1 (1.16%) PHP
8 1 (1.16%) PL/SQL
8 1 (1.16%) XAML
Qualifications
1 6 (6.98%) Degree
2 5 (5.81%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.65%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.33%) DBS Check
4 2 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.16%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (1.16%) PMI Certification
5 1 (1.16%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (5.81%) Accessibility
1 5 (5.81%) QA
2 3 (3.49%) WCAG
3 2 (2.33%) Data Quality
3 2 (2.33%) GDPR
3 2 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 2 (2.33%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (4.65%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (2.33%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
1 4 (4.65%) Terraform
2 2 (2.33%) Kubernetes
3 1 (1.16%) SCCM
3 1 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (24.42%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.14%) Oracle
3 5 (5.81%) ServiceNow
4 4 (4.65%) Adobe
4 4 (4.65%) Citrix
4 4 (4.65%) Guidewire
4 4 (4.65%) Salesforce
5 3 (3.49%) Apple
5 3 (3.49%) Google
6 2 (2.33%) Facebook
6 2 (2.33%) Instagram
6 2 (2.33%) Planon
6 2 (2.33%) TikTok
6 2 (2.33%) YouTube
7 1 (1.16%) Ahrefs
7 1 (1.16%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (1.16%) Databricks
7 1 (1.16%) HubSpot
7 1 (1.16%) IFS
7 1 (1.16%) Sage