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 22 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 7 139 69
Rank change year-on-year +132 -70 +36
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,028 58 192
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 16.96% 1.50% 3.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 21.50% 1.61% 4.06%
Number of salaries quoted 88 25 164
10th Percentile £33,227 £38,500 £32,211
25th Percentile £35,000 £44,708 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +16.67% -17.81%
75th Percentile £55,000 £66,389 £66,250
90th Percentile £67,250 £78,750 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

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 4,782 3,606 4,725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 78.90% 93.52% 86.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2,586 1,654 3,849
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £26,250
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 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 22 February 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 22 February 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 +44 263 £35,000 -36.36% 3
Warwickshire +43 233 £35,000 -30.00% 8
Worcestershire - 169 £35,000 -
Birmingham +64 98 £51,250 -6.82% 17
Shropshire +10 43 £60,000 - 7
Wolverhampton - 16 £64,000 - 2
Sutton Coldfield - 14 - - 1
Bilston - 13 £66,500 - 1
Halesowen - 13 £32,500 -
Coventry +1 12 £52,500 -38.24% 4
Brierley Hill - 9 - -
Tipton - 9 - -
Solihull - 9 - -
Stourbridge - 9 - -
Wednesbury +2 8 - - 1
Walsall - 8 - - 1
Smethwick - 8 - -
Kingswinford - 8 - -
Dudley - 8 - -
Rowley Regis - 7 - -
West Bromwich - 7 - -
Willenhall - 6 - - 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 10 (0.97%) CMS
2 9 (0.88%) SharePoint
3 5 (0.49%) nginx
4 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.19%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.097%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (0.78%) Adobe Illustrator
1 8 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
1 8 (0.78%) Photoshop
2 4 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (0.29%) Adobe After Effects
3 3 (0.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.097%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 7 (0.68%) Shopify
2 2 (0.19%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.097%) Sage X3
3 1 (0.097%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 915 (89.01%) Cloud Computing
2 19 (1.85%) SaaS
3 13 (1.26%) GitHub
4 10 (0.97%) Figma
4 10 (0.97%) Power Platform
5 9 (0.88%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (0.78%) AWS
6 8 (0.78%) GitHub Copilot
7 6 (0.58%) PowerApps
8 5 (0.49%) Azure
8 5 (0.49%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (0.49%) Google Analytics
8 5 (0.49%) OCI
9 4 (0.39%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.19%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.19%) Google Ads
10 2 (0.19%) OneDrive
11 1 (0.097%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.097%) GCP
11 1 (0.097%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 916 (89.11%) Internet
2 2 (0.19%) Intranet
3 1 (0.097%) Bluetooth
3 1 (0.097%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (0.58%) Power BI
2 5 (0.49%) MySQL
2 5 (0.49%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (0.29%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.19%) Looker
5 1 (0.097%) BigQuery
5 1 (0.097%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.097%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.097%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (0.78%) Git
1 8 (0.78%) Visual Studio
2 6 (0.58%) Vite
3 1 (0.097%) Babel
3 1 (0.097%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.097%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.097%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.097%) SpecFlow
3 1 (0.097%) webpack
General
1 941 (91.54%) Social Skills
2 919 (89.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 917 (89.20%) Banking
4 18 (1.75%) Finance
5 15 (1.46%) Marketing
6 13 (1.26%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (0.97%) Legal
8 7 (0.68%) Retail
9 6 (0.58%) Public Sector
10 4 (0.39%) Games
11 3 (0.29%) iGaming
11 3 (0.29%) Law
11 3 (0.29%) Manufacturing
11 3 (0.29%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.19%) Advertising
13 1 (0.097%) Aerospace
13 1 (0.097%) Back Office
13 1 (0.097%) Local Government
13 1 (0.097%) Police
13 1 (0.097%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 681 (66.25%) Lecturer
2 23 (2.24%) Developer
3 13 (1.26%) Analyst
3 13 (1.26%) Designer
4 12 (1.17%) UX Designer
5 9 (0.88%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 9 (0.88%) Java Developer
5 9 (0.88%) Product Owner
6 8 (0.78%) Coordinator
6 8 (0.78%) Senior
7 7 (0.68%) Blazor Developer
7 7 (0.68%) UX Developer
8 6 (0.58%) Service Manager
9 5 (0.49%) Business Analyst
9 5 (0.49%) IT Manager
10 4 (0.39%) Administrator
10 4 (0.39%) IT Support
10 4 (0.39%) IT Support Engineer
10 4 (0.39%) Support Analyst
10 4 (0.39%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (1.17%) .NET
2 10 (0.97%) CSS
2 10 (0.97%) HTML
3 8 (0.78%) Blazor
3 8 (0.78%) Material Design
3 8 (0.78%) WebAssembly
4 7 (0.68%) React
5 6 (0.58%) Tailwind CSS
5 6 (0.58%) Vue
6 5 (0.49%) Laravel
6 5 (0.49%) LEMP Stack
6 5 (0.49%) Spring
6 5 (0.49%) YAML
7 4 (0.39%) Oracle Fusion
7 4 (0.39%) Spring Boot
8 3 (0.29%) EDI
8 3 (0.29%) Hibernate
8 3 (0.29%) JPA
8 3 (0.29%) REST
9 2 (0.19%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 917 (89.20%) IoT
2 17 (1.65%) 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%) Management Information System
5 3 (0.29%) Security Posture
5 3 (0.29%) Virtual Team
6 2 (0.19%) AI Agents
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%) Low-Code
6 2 (0.19%) Mobile App
6 2 (0.19%) Social Media
7 1 (0.097%) Legacy Applications
7 1 (0.097%) Photography
7 1 (0.097%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 5 (0.49%) Linux
2 4 (0.39%) Windows
3 1 (0.097%) Android
3 1 (0.097%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 934 (90.86%) AI
2 920 (89.49%) Cybersecurity
3 918 (89.30%) Web Development
4 916 (89.11%) Machine Learning
5 29 (2.82%) Agile
6 25 (2.43%) UX Design
7 23 (2.24%) Continuous Improvement
8 18 (1.75%) Front End Development
8 18 (1.75%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (1.56%) CRM
10 14 (1.36%) Wireframes
11 13 (1.26%) Analytics
11 13 (1.26%) E-Commerce
11 13 (1.26%) Roadmaps
12 12 (1.17%) User Stories
13 11 (1.07%) Decision-Making
13 11 (1.07%) Full-Stack Development
14 10 (0.97%) Business Intelligence
14 10 (0.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 9 (0.88%) Data Integration
Programming Languages
1 14 (1.36%) JavaScript
2 13 (1.26%) Java
3 11 (1.07%) C#
4 6 (0.58%) Bash
4 6 (0.58%) SQL
5 5 (0.49%) PHP
6 4 (0.39%) Python
7 2 (0.19%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.097%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 919 (89.40%) Degree
2 917 (89.20%) Master's Degree
3 915 (89.01%) PhD
3 915 (89.01%) Postgraduate
4 8 (0.78%) SC Cleared
4 8 (0.78%) Security Cleared
5 4 (0.39%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.19%) DBS Check
6 2 (0.19%) PMI Certification
6 2 (0.19%) PMP
7 1 (0.097%) CBAP
7 1 (0.097%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.097%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (1.85%) Accessibility
2 11 (1.07%) WCAG
3 10 (0.97%) QA
4 6 (0.58%) GDPR
5 3 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials
5 3 (0.29%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
5 3 (0.29%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.29%) HIPAA
6 2 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 19770
7 1 (0.097%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 6 (0.58%) Docker
2 2 (0.19%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.19%) Virtual Desktop
2 2 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (0.19%) Kubernetes
1 2 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.097%) SCCM
2 1 (0.097%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.097%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (1.56%) Microsoft
2 6 (0.58%) ServiceNow
3 5 (0.49%) Google
3 5 (0.49%) Oracle
4 4 (0.39%) Adobe
5 3 (0.29%) Citrix
5 3 (0.29%) Infor
6 2 (0.19%) Apple
6 2 (0.19%) Facebook
6 2 (0.19%) Instagram
6 2 (0.19%) Planon
6 2 (0.19%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.19%) TikTok
6 2 (0.19%) YouTube
7 1 (0.097%) Databricks
7 1 (0.097%) Hotjar
7 1 (0.097%) HubSpot
7 1 (0.097%) IBM
7 1 (0.097%) IFS
7 1 (0.097%) Sage