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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 75 71
Rank change year-on-year -16 -4 +71
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 107 103 272
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 1.42% 3.42% 3.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 3.86% 3.98%
Number of salaries quoted 86 59 192
10th Percentile £34,875 £41,000 £31,280
25th Percentile £35,188 £45,875 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,499 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.46% +10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £54,813 £63,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £67,250 £69,500 £70,235
England median annual salary £56,500 £60,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -5.83% +17.65% -20.93%

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 5,161 2,670 6,832
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 68.58% 88.65% 80.44%
Number of salaries quoted 3,788 1,614 4,772
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,822 £26,750
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 £78,750 £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 10 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 10 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 -3 46 £50,000 -16.67% 17
Worcestershire -2 16 £45,000 -20.35% 2
Warwickshire -10 8 £40,000 -27.27% 4
Coventry -17 7 £42,500 -34.62%
Shropshire -14 6 £82,500 +13.79% 1
Staffordshire -14 6 £35,000 -34.81% 6
Halesowen - 4 £32,500 -
Bilston - 4 £66,500 -
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 6 (5.61%) CMS
3 4 (3.74%) nginx
4 2 (1.87%) Confluence
4 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 10 (9.35%) Photoshop
2 9 (8.41%) Adobe Illustrator
3 6 (5.61%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (4.67%) Adobe After Effects
5 3 (2.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (2.80%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (1.87%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.93%) Adobe XD
7 1 (0.93%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (5.61%) Shopify
2 5 (4.67%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.87%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.93%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 14 (13.08%) SaaS
2 11 (10.28%) GitHub
3 10 (9.35%) Microsoft 365
4 9 (8.41%) Power Platform
5 8 (7.48%) Azure
5 8 (7.48%) Figma
6 7 (6.54%) AWS
6 7 (6.54%) GitHub Copilot
7 5 (4.67%) Power Automate
7 5 (4.67%) PowerApps
8 4 (3.74%) Entra ID
8 4 (3.74%) Google Analytics
9 3 (2.80%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (2.80%) GCP
10 2 (1.87%) Google Tag Manager
10 2 (1.87%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (1.87%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.93%) Adobe Analytics
11 1 (0.93%) Google Drive
11 1 (0.93%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.80%) Firewall
2 1 (0.93%) VLAN
2 1 (0.93%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (3.74%) MySQL
1 4 (3.74%) Power BI
2 3 (2.80%) BigQuery
2 3 (2.80%) Looker
3 2 (1.87%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.93%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.93%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.93%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.93%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (6.54%) Visual Studio
2 6 (5.61%) Git
3 4 (3.74%) JIRA
3 4 (3.74%) Vite
4 1 (0.93%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.93%) Selenium
4 1 (0.93%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.93%) TestRail
4 1 (0.93%) Toad
4 1 (0.93%) Zephyr
General
1 33 (30.84%) Social Skills
2 17 (15.89%) Finance
3 8 (7.48%) Retail
4 7 (6.54%) Manufacturing
4 7 (6.54%) Public Sector
5 6 (5.61%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (5.61%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (4.67%) Games
6 5 (4.67%) iGaming
6 5 (4.67%) Legal
7 4 (3.74%) Marketing
8 3 (2.80%) Law
9 2 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.93%) Banking
Job Titles
1 20 (18.69%) Designer
1 20 (18.69%) Developer
2 17 (15.89%) UX Designer
3 14 (13.08%) Analyst
4 10 (9.35%) Business Analyst
4 10 (9.35%) Senior
5 7 (6.54%) IT Support
5 7 (6.54%) Java Developer
5 7 (6.54%) UI Designer
5 7 (6.54%) UI/UX Designer
6 5 (4.67%) Animator
6 5 (4.67%) IT Manager
6 5 (4.67%) Product Owner
7 4 (3.74%) Administrator
7 4 (3.74%) IT Engineer
7 4 (3.74%) IT Support Engineer
7 4 (3.74%) Senior Analyst
7 4 (3.74%) Senior Business Analyst
7 4 (3.74%) Service Manager
7 4 (3.74%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.35%) .NET
2 9 (8.41%) CSS
2 9 (8.41%) HTML
3 7 (6.54%) Blazor
3 7 (6.54%) Material Design
3 7 (6.54%) WebAssembly
4 5 (4.67%) Vue
5 4 (3.74%) Laravel
5 4 (3.74%) LEMP Stack
5 4 (3.74%) React
5 4 (3.74%) REST
5 4 (3.74%) Tailwind CSS
5 4 (3.74%) YAML
6 3 (2.80%) Node.js
6 3 (2.80%) Spring
6 3 (2.80%) XML
7 2 (1.87%) Hibernate
7 2 (1.87%) JDBC
7 2 (1.87%) Middleware
7 2 (1.87%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (13.08%) Product Ownership
2 5 (4.67%) Animation
3 4 (3.74%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (3.74%) Onboarding
4 3 (2.80%) Cyber Security Posture
4 3 (2.80%) Graphic Design
4 3 (2.80%) Security Posture
5 2 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.87%) Management Information System
5 2 (1.87%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.87%) Photography
6 1 (0.93%) AI Agents
6 1 (0.93%) BYOD
6 1 (0.93%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.93%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.93%) Online Gambling
6 1 (0.93%) Sports Betting
6 1 (0.93%) Taxonomies
6 1 (0.93%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (9.35%) Windows
2 4 (3.74%) Linux
3 3 (2.80%) Android
3 3 (2.80%) Apple iOS
4 2 (1.87%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.93%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (27.10%) UX Design
2 26 (24.30%) Agile
3 21 (19.63%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (16.82%) CRM
5 16 (14.95%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 13 (12.15%) AI
6 13 (12.15%) Front End Development
6 13 (12.15%) Workflow
7 12 (11.21%) ERP
7 12 (11.21%) Problem-Solving
7 12 (11.21%) Wireframes
8 11 (10.28%) Roadmaps
8 11 (10.28%) User Stories
9 10 (9.35%) Decision-Making
10 8 (7.48%) Analytics
10 8 (7.48%) Coaching
10 8 (7.48%) Data Protection
10 8 (7.48%) Interaction Design
10 8 (7.48%) Service Management
10 8 (7.48%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.28%) Java
1 11 (10.28%) JavaScript
2 9 (8.41%) C#
3 8 (7.48%) SQL
4 7 (6.54%) PHP
5 4 (3.74%) Bash
6 2 (1.87%) ABAP
6 2 (1.87%) Python
7 1 (0.93%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.93%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (7.48%) Degree
2 5 (4.67%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (3.74%) BPSS Clearance
3 4 (3.74%) SC Cleared
3 4 (3.74%) Security Cleared
4 3 (2.80%) A+ Certification
4 3 (2.80%) Network+ Certification
5 2 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.93%) CBAP
6 1 (0.93%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.93%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.93%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.93%) PMP
6 1 (0.93%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (14.02%) Accessibility
2 9 (8.41%) QA
3 7 (6.54%) GDPR
3 7 (6.54%) WCAG
4 4 (3.74%) Data Quality
5 3 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (2.80%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (2.80%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.93%) SLA
6 1 (0.93%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 5 (4.67%) Docker
2 4 (3.74%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.93%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (1.87%) Terraform
2 1 (0.93%) HP ALM
2 1 (0.93%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.93%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 24 (22.43%) Microsoft
2 8 (7.48%) Adobe
3 3 (2.80%) Google
3 3 (2.80%) Infor
3 3 (2.80%) SAP
4 2 (1.87%) IFS
4 2 (1.87%) iManage
4 2 (1.87%) Oracle
4 2 (1.87%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.87%) ServiceNow
5 1 (0.93%) Apple
5 1 (0.93%) Databricks
5 1 (0.93%) Hotjar
5 1 (0.93%) HP
5 1 (0.93%) Samsung