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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 66 86 93
Rank change year-on-year +20 +7 -22
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 113 153 109
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 3.47% 2.53% 2.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.03% 3.18% 2.98%
Number of salaries quoted 71 80 94
10th Percentile £41,750 £32,500 £37,650
25th Percentile £50,710 £45,563 £42,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £66,650 £70,313
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,040 £73,900
England median annual salary £57,500 £57,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +0.88% -8.80% +4.17%

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 2,804 4,818 3,661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 86.14% 79.72% 94.21%
Number of salaries quoted 1,786 2,505 2,763
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,850 £27,500
25th Percentile £36,009 £37,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £66,498 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% -8.00% +4.17%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing User Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience 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 20 September 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 20 September 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 +13 40 £60,000 -3.23% 24
Warwickshire +25 22 £57,500 +57.53% 11
Staffordshire +12 22 £53,688 +60.26% 5
Worcestershire +4 5 £54,500 -22.14% 2
Wolverhampton - 5 £64,000 - 1
Solihull -10 3 £40,000 -36.00% 2
Willenhall - 3 £45,000 -
Shropshire +5 2 £51,250 +2.50%
Herefordshire - 2 - - 3
Coventry - 2 £45,000 - 5
User Experience
England

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 17 (15.04%) SharePoint
2 10 (8.85%) CMS
3 9 (7.96%) Skype for Business
4 7 (6.19%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (1.77%) Confluence
5 2 (1.77%) WordPress
6 1 (0.88%) Appian
6 1 (0.88%) ColdFusion
6 1 (0.88%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (2.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 3 (2.65%) Adobe XD
1 3 (2.65%) InDesign
1 3 (2.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (2.65%) Sketch
2 2 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (1.77%) Trello
3 1 (0.88%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (0.88%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.88%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.88%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 7 (6.19%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (1.77%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 2 (1.77%) Shopify
3 1 (0.88%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.88%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 31 (27.43%) Azure
2 18 (15.93%) Microsoft 365
3 16 (14.16%) AWS
3 16 (14.16%) SaaS
4 15 (13.27%) Power Platform
5 13 (11.50%) Entra ID
6 12 (10.62%) PowerApps
7 10 (8.85%) Power Automate
8 9 (7.96%) Figma
9 7 (6.19%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (6.19%) OneDrive
10 5 (4.42%) Azure Key Vault
10 5 (4.42%) Dynamics 365
11 2 (1.77%) OCI
12 1 (0.88%) Azure Data Factory
12 1 (0.88%) Azure Logic Apps
12 1 (0.88%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 1 (0.88%) Google Data Studio
12 1 (0.88%) ShareGate
12 1 (0.88%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 9 (7.96%) Skype
1 9 (7.96%) Unified Communications
1 9 (7.96%) Wireless
2 1 (0.88%) Ethernet
2 1 (0.88%) Internet
2 1 (0.88%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (16.81%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.54%) Power BI
3 2 (1.77%) Hazelcast
3 2 (1.77%) MySQL
3 2 (1.77%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (1.77%) Relational Database
4 1 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.88%) Power Query
4 1 (0.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (14.16%) JIRA
2 14 (12.39%) GitLab
3 13 (11.50%) Selenium
4 11 (9.73%) Bitbucket
4 11 (9.73%) Cucumber
4 11 (9.73%) Maven
4 11 (9.73%) SonarQube
4 11 (9.73%) Sonatype Nexus
5 5 (4.42%) Git
6 2 (1.77%) JMeter
6 2 (1.77%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.88%) Subversion
General
1 43 (38.05%) Finance
2 35 (30.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 27 (23.89%) Social Skills
4 19 (16.81%) Retail
5 13 (11.50%) Marketing
6 12 (10.62%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (9.73%) Banking
7 11 (9.73%) Corporate Banking
7 11 (9.73%) Investment Banking
8 8 (7.08%) Police
9 6 (5.31%) Automotive
10 4 (3.54%) Law
10 4 (3.54%) Organisational Skills
11 3 (2.65%) Legal
11 3 (2.65%) Public Sector
12 2 (1.77%) Advertising
12 2 (1.77%) Financial Institution
12 2 (1.77%) Local Government
13 1 (0.88%) Back Office
13 1 (0.88%) Games
Job Titles
1 26 (23.01%) Developer
2 18 (15.93%) Designer
3 12 (10.62%) Software Engineer
4 9 (7.96%) Collaboration Specialist
5 8 (7.08%) Analyst
5 8 (7.08%) Full-Stack Developer
5 8 (7.08%) Microsoft 365 Developer
5 8 (7.08%) Senior
6 6 (5.31%) Solutions Designer
7 5 (4.42%) E-Commerce Manager
7 5 (4.42%) Power Platform Developer
7 5 (4.42%) Software Developer
7 5 (4.42%) Systems Designer
7 5 (4.42%) UX Designer
8 4 (3.54%) Blazor Developer
8 4 (3.54%) Chief Technology Officer
8 4 (3.54%) Digital Developer
8 4 (3.54%) Senior Developer
9 3 (2.65%) UI Designer
9 3 (2.65%) Web Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (23.01%) HTML
2 25 (22.12%) CSS
3 21 (18.58%) React
4 16 (14.16%) REST
5 15 (13.27%) .NET
6 14 (12.39%) RESTful
6 14 (12.39%) Spring
7 12 (10.62%) HTML5
7 12 (10.62%) JPA
7 12 (10.62%) Spring Boot
8 11 (9.73%) CSS3
8 11 (9.73%) Jest
8 11 (9.73%) Kafka
8 11 (9.73%) Redux
8 11 (9.73%) Sass
9 5 (4.42%) .NET Framework
9 5 (4.42%) AngularJS
9 5 (4.42%) Blazor
9 5 (4.42%) Entity Framework
10 4 (3.54%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (12.39%) Product Ownership
2 11 (9.73%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (7.96%) Digital Signage
3 9 (7.96%) Video Conferencing
4 6 (5.31%) Animation
4 6 (5.31%) Mobile App
4 6 (5.31%) Onboarding
4 6 (5.31%) Video Editing
5 5 (4.42%) Graphic Design
6 4 (3.54%) IoT
7 3 (2.65%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (2.65%) e-Learning
7 3 (2.65%) Learning Management System
8 2 (1.77%) Driving Licence
8 2 (1.77%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (1.77%) Life Science
8 2 (1.77%) Low-Code
8 2 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.77%) Social Media
8 2 (1.77%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.54%) Windows
2 2 (1.77%) Linux
3 1 (0.88%) Android
3 1 (0.88%) CentOS
3 1 (0.88%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (33.63%) Agile
2 34 (30.09%) DevOps
3 27 (23.89%) Continuous Improvement
4 26 (23.01%) UX Design
5 24 (21.24%) Problem-Solving
6 23 (20.35%) CI/CD
7 22 (19.47%) Front End Development
8 20 (17.70%) Full-Stack Development
8 20 (17.70%) ITIL
9 19 (16.81%) Mentoring
9 19 (16.81%) SDLC
10 17 (15.04%) Artificial Intelligence
11 15 (13.27%) Containerisation
12 14 (12.39%) Migration
13 13 (11.50%) Microservices
13 13 (11.50%) Roadmaps
13 13 (11.50%) Software Engineering
13 13 (11.50%) Test Automation
14 12 (10.62%) Strategic Thinking
15 11 (9.73%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 25 (22.12%) SQL
2 23 (20.35%) Java
3 22 (19.47%) JavaScript
4 16 (14.16%) C#
5 14 (12.39%) TypeScript
6 9 (7.96%) PowerShell
7 5 (4.42%) Bicep
7 5 (4.42%) Python
8 3 (2.65%) VB
9 2 (1.77%) Apex Code
9 2 (1.77%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.88%) Bash
10 1 (0.88%) C
10 1 (0.88%) C++
10 1 (0.88%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 1 (0.88%) Kotlin
10 1 (0.88%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.88%) PHP
10 1 (0.88%) XAML
Qualifications
1 10 (8.85%) Degree
2 4 (3.54%) ITIL Certification
2 4 (3.54%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.65%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.88%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.88%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
4 1 (0.88%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.88%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.88%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.88%) PMP
4 1 (0.88%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (20.35%) QA
2 15 (13.27%) Accessibility
3 6 (5.31%) COBIT
4 3 (2.65%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (1.77%) Data Quality
5 2 (1.77%) GDPR
5 2 (1.77%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (9.73%) Docker
2 8 (7.08%) Active Directory
3 3 (2.65%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 13 (11.50%) Kubernetes
2 7 (6.19%) Microsoft Intune
3 5 (4.42%) Terraform
4 1 (0.88%) SCCM
4 1 (0.88%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (30.09%) Microsoft
2 11 (9.73%) Solace
3 9 (7.96%) Adobe
3 9 (7.96%) Cisco
3 9 (7.96%) Mitel
3 9 (7.96%) Polycom
3 9 (7.96%) ShoreTel
4 7 (6.19%) Citrix
5 6 (5.31%) Guidewire
6 4 (3.54%) Salesforce
7 2 (1.77%) Ahrefs
7 2 (1.77%) Google
7 2 (1.77%) Oracle
7 2 (1.77%) Planon
7 2 (1.77%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.88%) Dell
8 1 (0.88%) HP
8 1 (0.88%) HubSpot
8 1 (0.88%) IBM
8 1 (0.88%) Instagram