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

6 months to
24 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 115 66 88
Rank change year-on-year -49 +22 +4
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 109 113 147
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.21% 3.49% 2.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 4.04% 3.09%
Number of salaries quoted 78 71 76
10th Percentile £26,913 £41,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £50,710 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,972 £56,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.40% -5.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £63,750 £66,650
90th Percentile £69,125 £68,750 £70,200
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year - - -8.00%

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 6,259 2,797 4,755
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 69.31% 86.46% 80.17%
Number of salaries quoted 4,599 1,774 2,397
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,204 £37,689
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -7.41% +2.86%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £58,298
% change year-on-year +9.09% -5.66% -6.72%

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 24 September 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 24 September 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 -20 55 £50,000 -16.67% 67
Staffordshire -2 20 £31,500 -41.33% 10
Worcestershire -19 9 £47,500 -12.84% 7
Shropshire -16 8 £35,500 -30.73% 12
Warwickshire -26 8 £30,500 -46.96% 14
Coventry -22 4 £42,500 -5.56% 9
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 (9.17%) SharePoint
2 5 (4.59%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (2.75%) CMS
4 1 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.92%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (3.67%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (1.83%) Chatbot
2 2 (1.83%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.83%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.92%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.92%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.92%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.92%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (5.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (3.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.83%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 18 (16.51%) Microsoft 365
2 17 (15.60%) Azure
3 13 (11.93%) Entra ID
4 8 (7.34%) AWS
4 8 (7.34%) Power Platform
5 6 (5.50%) SaaS
6 5 (4.59%) Power Automate
6 5 (4.59%) PowerApps
7 3 (2.75%) Azure DevOps
7 3 (2.75%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (2.75%) OneDrive
8 1 (0.92%) Canva
8 1 (0.92%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.92%) Dynamics 365
8 1 (0.92%) Figma
8 1 (0.92%) GCP
8 1 (0.92%) Google Ads
8 1 (0.92%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.92%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 1 (0.92%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (7.34%) Firewall
2 5 (4.59%) DHCP
2 5 (4.59%) DNS
2 5 (4.59%) TCP/IP
2 5 (4.59%) VPN
3 3 (2.75%) Network Security
4 2 (1.83%) Internet
5 1 (0.92%) CTI
5 1 (0.92%) Intranet
5 1 (0.92%) VLAN
5 1 (0.92%) VoIP
5 1 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.59%) Power BI
2 1 (0.92%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.92%) BigQuery
2 1 (0.92%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.92%) MySQL
2 1 (0.92%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.92%) Relational Database
2 1 (0.92%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (9.17%) JIRA
2 4 (3.67%) Git
3 1 (0.92%) Yeoman
General
1 57 (52.29%) Social Skills
2 20 (18.35%) Finance
3 11 (10.09%) Public Sector
4 9 (8.26%) Legal
5 8 (7.34%) Law
6 7 (6.42%) Manufacturing
7 6 (5.50%) Retail
8 5 (4.59%) Marketing
8 5 (4.59%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 3 (2.75%) Analytical Skills
11 2 (1.83%) Banking
11 2 (1.83%) Influencing Skills
11 2 (1.83%) Legal Technology
11 2 (1.83%) Local Government
12 1 (0.92%) Advertising
12 1 (0.92%) Games
12 1 (0.92%) iGaming
12 1 (0.92%) Publishing
12 1 (0.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (17.43%) IT Support
2 15 (13.76%) Analyst
3 12 (11.01%) Designer
3 12 (11.01%) Developer
3 12 (11.01%) Senior
4 10 (9.17%) Business Analyst
5 9 (8.26%) 1st Line Support
6 8 (7.34%) UX Designer
7 7 (6.42%) IT Manager
7 7 (6.42%) Project Manager
7 7 (6.42%) Senior Analyst
8 6 (5.50%) Administrator
8 6 (5.50%) Digital Project Manager
8 6 (5.50%) SAP Developer
8 6 (5.50%) Service Manager
9 5 (4.59%) IT Engineer
9 5 (4.59%) IT Services Manager
9 5 (4.59%) IT Support Engineer
9 5 (4.59%) IT Systems Administrator
9 5 (4.59%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.34%) Node.js
1 8 (7.34%) REST
2 6 (5.50%) JDBC
2 6 (5.50%) OAuth
2 6 (5.50%) SAP Fiori
2 6 (5.50%) SAPUI5
2 6 (5.50%) SOAP
3 3 (2.75%) .NET
3 3 (2.75%) CSS
3 3 (2.75%) HTML
4 2 (1.83%) CSS3
4 2 (1.83%) HTML5
4 2 (1.83%) Middleware
5 1 (0.92%) .NET Framework
5 1 (0.92%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.92%) ASP.NET Web API
5 1 (0.92%) React
5 1 (0.92%) RESTful
5 1 (0.92%) Sass
5 1 (0.92%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.34%) PMI
2 7 (6.42%) Onboarding
3 6 (5.50%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (3.67%) Driving Licence
4 4 (3.67%) Management Information System
4 4 (3.67%) Mobile App
4 4 (3.67%) Product Ownership
5 3 (2.75%) Cyber Threat
5 3 (2.75%) Data Centre
5 3 (2.75%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.83%) BYOD
6 2 (1.83%) IoT
6 2 (1.83%) IVR
6 2 (1.83%) Reference Data
6 2 (1.83%) Social Media
7 1 (0.92%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.92%) Animation
7 1 (0.92%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.92%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.92%) Online Gambling
Operating Systems
1 16 (14.68%) Windows
2 7 (6.42%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.75%) Android
3 3 (2.75%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.92%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (41.28%) Problem-Solving
2 40 (36.70%) Continuous Improvement
3 24 (22.02%) Stakeholder Management
4 20 (18.35%) Agile
5 19 (17.43%) AI
6 18 (16.51%) UX Design
7 17 (15.60%) Workflow
8 15 (13.76%) Customer Service
9 13 (11.93%) Coaching
10 12 (11.01%) Analytics
10 12 (11.01%) ERP
10 12 (11.01%) Service Management
11 11 (10.09%) Cybersecurity
11 11 (10.09%) Mentoring
11 11 (10.09%) Project Delivery
12 10 (9.17%) Decision-Making
12 10 (9.17%) Migration
12 10 (9.17%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 9 (8.26%) Business Analysis
13 9 (8.26%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.42%) SQL
2 6 (5.50%) ABAP
2 6 (5.50%) Java
3 4 (3.67%) PowerShell
4 2 (1.83%) C#
4 2 (1.83%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.83%) Python
5 1 (0.92%) Apex Code
5 1 (0.92%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (10.09%) Degree
2 8 (7.34%) PMI Certification
3 7 (6.42%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (2.75%) A+ Certification
4 3 (2.75%) CBAP
4 3 (2.75%) IIBA
4 3 (2.75%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.83%) Postgraduate
5 2 (1.83%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.83%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.92%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.92%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.92%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.92%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (7.34%) Accessibility
2 6 (5.50%) Data Quality
2 6 (5.50%) QA
3 3 (2.75%) SLA
4 2 (1.83%) GDPR
5 1 (0.92%) WCAG
System Software
1 9 (8.26%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.83%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.92%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (3.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 35 (32.11%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.34%) SAP
3 6 (5.50%) iManage
4 5 (4.59%) Salesforce
4 5 (4.59%) ServiceNow
5 3 (2.75%) Adobe
6 2 (1.83%) Apple
6 2 (1.83%) IFS
6 2 (1.83%) Oracle
6 2 (1.83%) Samsung
7 1 (0.92%) Avaya
7 1 (0.92%) Cisco
7 1 (0.92%) Facebook
7 1 (0.92%) Genesys
7 1 (0.92%) Google
7 1 (0.92%) Instagram
7 1 (0.92%) Pinterest
7 1 (0.92%) TikTok