UX
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for User Experience skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited User Experience over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 72 37
Rank change year-on-year -13 -35 +11
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 3,123 4,158 14,005
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.04% 4.27% 8.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.61% 4.47% 8.75%
Number of salaries quoted 1,955 2,293 4,283
10th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,875 £47,500 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £97,320 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.82% +4.76% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

User Experience is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 86,445 93,025 160,114
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.24% 95.56% 95.90%
Number of salaries quoted 60,550 54,985 83,280
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing User Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Experience.

Salary trend for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience within the UK over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
England -14 2,630 £51,000 -20.93% 872
UK excluding London +17 2,365 £48,500 -11.82% 493
Work from Home -17 1,223 £50,000 -23.08% 462
London -61 637 £65,000 -7.14% 379
North of England +46 624 £47,500 -17.39% 176
South East -39 446 £50,000 -9.09% 99
Midlands +90 439 £47,500 -9.52% 97
North West +63 407 £45,000 -21.74% 124
South West +46 336 £55,000 - 52
Scotland -13 331 £49,000 -15.24% 29
West Midlands +66 260 £50,000 -4.76% 61
East Midlands +70 171 £35,000 -37.78% 36
Yorkshire +9 156 £50,000 -6.98% 41
East of England -54 130 £40,000 -33.33% 32
North East +23 61 £43,750 +8.70% 11
Wales -21 39 £37,436 -26.75% 6
Northern Ireland +14 23 £47,500 +26.67% 6
Isle of Man - 1 £36,000 -

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 94 (3.01%) CMS
2 91 (2.91%) WordPress
3 59 (1.89%) Confluence
4 41 (1.31%) SharePoint
5 38 (1.22%) Apache Spark
6 26 (0.83%) Apache
7 20 (0.64%) Apache Airflow
7 20 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
8 13 (0.42%) Drupal
9 9 (0.29%) Umbraco
10 8 (0.26%) EPiServer
11 7 (0.22%) nginx
12 6 (0.19%) Ethereum
13 5 (0.16%) IIS
13 5 (0.16%) Joomla!
13 5 (0.16%) Kentico
13 5 (0.16%) Solana
14 4 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 4 (0.13%) Headless CMS
15 3 (0.096%) OpenZeppelin
Applications
1 146 (4.67%) Sketch
2 83 (2.66%) Adobe XD
3 78 (2.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 71 (2.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 69 (2.21%) Photoshop
6 59 (1.89%) Adobe Illustrator
6 59 (1.89%) Microsoft Office
7 37 (1.18%) UserZoom
8 34 (1.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 33 (1.06%) InVision
10 24 (0.77%) Adobe After Effects
10 24 (0.77%) InDesign
11 15 (0.48%) MS Visio
11 15 (0.48%) Trello
12 14 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
13 11 (0.35%) Blender
14 10 (0.32%) Chatbot
15 8 (0.26%) Adobe Captivate
16 7 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
17 5 (0.16%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 42 (1.34%) Magento
2 39 (1.25%) Shopify
3 16 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 13 (0.42%) Payment Gateway
6 9 (0.29%) SAP CO
6 9 (0.29%) SAP FI
6 9 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
7 7 (0.22%) NetSuite
8 5 (0.16%) Distributed Ledger
8 5 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.064%) CiviCRM
9 2 (0.064%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.064%) Endur
9 2 (0.064%) Infor SunSystems
10 1 (0.032%) Data Workbench
10 1 (0.032%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.032%) SAP CRM
10 1 (0.032%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 553 (17.71%) Azure
2 399 (12.78%) AWS
3 334 (10.69%) Figma
4 238 (7.62%) IBM Cloud
5 231 (7.40%) Power Platform
6 197 (6.31%) Azure DevOps
7 186 (5.96%) SaaS
8 161 (5.16%) Serverless
9 133 (4.26%) Azure Logic Apps
10 129 (4.13%) Azure Functions
11 127 (4.07%) Azure Service Bus
12 125 (4.00%) Azure API Management
13 118 (3.78%) Microsoft 365
14 106 (3.39%) PowerApps
15 104 (3.33%) Power Automate
16 89 (2.85%) Miro
17 88 (2.82%) GCP
18 80 (2.56%) SurveyMonkey
19 64 (2.05%) GitHub
20 58 (1.86%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 41 (1.31%) Firewall
2 37 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
3 32 (1.02%) HTTP
4 22 (0.70%) Wireless
5 21 (0.67%) MQTT
6 20 (0.64%) Internet
7 19 (0.61%) 4G
8 18 (0.58%) DNS
9 17 (0.54%) DSL
10 16 (0.51%) Intranet
11 12 (0.38%) 3G
11 12 (0.38%) LAN
11 12 (0.38%) RS-485
12 11 (0.35%) DHCP
13 10 (0.32%) SAN
14 9 (0.29%) TCP/IP
14 9 (0.29%) VPN
15 8 (0.26%) VoIP
15 8 (0.26%) WAN
16 7 (0.22%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 321 (10.28%) MongoDB
2 312 (9.99%) PostgreSQL
3 256 (8.20%) NoSQL
4 255 (8.17%) DB2
5 195 (6.24%) Power BI
6 161 (5.16%) Relational Database
7 138 (4.42%) MySQL
8 101 (3.23%) SQL Server
9 91 (2.91%) Tableau
10 51 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
11 45 (1.44%) Big Data
12 37 (1.18%) Redis
13 36 (1.15%) Data Vault
14 32 (1.02%) Elasticsearch
15 23 (0.74%) Data Lake
16 18 (0.58%) Apache Ignite
16 18 (0.58%) Hadoop
17 17 (0.54%) Scylla
18 16 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
19 14 (0.45%) GIS
Development Applications
1 286 (9.16%) Git
2 181 (5.80%) JIRA
3 64 (2.05%) Jenkins
4 34 (1.09%) webpack
5 33 (1.06%) Visual Studio
6 31 (0.99%) Cypress.io
7 25 (0.80%) Bitbucket
7 25 (0.80%) Selenium
8 21 (0.67%) Cucumber
9 18 (0.58%) Axure RP
10 17 (0.54%) gulp
11 16 (0.51%) Balsamiq
12 15 (0.48%) PHPUnit
13 14 (0.45%) Postman
14 11 (0.35%) Maven
15 10 (0.32%) Android Studio
15 10 (0.32%) Jasmine
15 10 (0.32%) Moq
15 10 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
16 8 (0.26%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 948 (30.36%) Social Skills
2 642 (20.56%) Finance
3 561 (17.96%) Marketing
4 473 (15.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 387 (12.39%) Public Sector
6 339 (10.85%) Analytical Skills
7 258 (8.26%) Law
8 149 (4.77%) Retail
9 123 (3.94%) Banking
9 123 (3.94%) Presentation Skills
10 92 (2.95%) Manufacturing
11 87 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
12 76 (2.43%) Legal
13 59 (1.89%) Games
14 48 (1.54%) Investment Banking
15 40 (1.28%) Automotive
16 39 (1.25%) Social Science
17 38 (1.22%) Advertising
18 35 (1.12%) Electronics
18 35 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 1,015 (32.50%) Developer
2 493 (15.79%) Senior
3 362 (11.59%) Designer
4 330 (10.57%) Lead
5 260 (8.33%) Full Stack Developer
6 239 (7.65%) UX Designer
7 207 (6.63%) Software Engineer
8 200 (6.40%) Senior Developer
9 184 (5.89%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 158 (5.06%) UI Designer
11 146 (4.67%) Architect
12 142 (4.55%) UI/UX Designer
13 137 (4.39%) Azure Developer
14 134 (4.29%) Analyst
14 134 (4.29%) Full Stack Engineer
15 111 (3.55%) Azure Engineer
16 99 (3.17%) React Developer
17 95 (3.04%) Senior Designer
18 94 (3.01%) Product Manager
19 82 (2.63%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 878 (28.11%) HTML
2 823 (26.35%) CSS
3 711 (22.77%) React
4 463 (14.83%) AngularJS
5 451 (14.44%) .NET
6 426 (13.64%) Vue
7 367 (11.75%) jQuery
8 357 (11.43%) REST
9 308 (9.86%) Node.js
10 305 (9.77%) ASP.NET
11 294 (9.41%) Web Services
12 284 (9.09%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 253 (8.10%) Backbone.js
14 242 (7.75%) ASP.NET Core
15 238 (7.62%) Ember.js
16 130 (4.16%) RESTful
17 117 (3.75%) Sass
18 111 (3.55%) HTML5
19 104 (3.33%) Laravel
20 72 (2.31%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 334 (10.69%) Algorithms
2 310 (9.93%) Data Structures
3 288 (9.22%) Blockchain
4 284 (9.09%) Product Ownership
5 241 (7.72%) Hybrid Cloud
6 166 (5.32%) Mobile App
7 125 (4.00%) e-Learning
8 103 (3.30%) Management Information System
9 75 (2.40%) Onboarding
10 72 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
10 72 (2.31%) Social Media
11 68 (2.18%) Greenfield Project
12 63 (2.02%) Cloud Native
13 51 (1.63%) Graphic Design
14 42 (1.34%) Data Centre
15 38 (1.22%) Market Risk
16 35 (1.12%) Virtual Team
17 32 (1.02%) Animation
18 27 (0.86%) Digital Media
18 27 (0.86%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 405 (12.97%) Windows
2 356 (11.40%) Linux
3 326 (10.44%) Android
4 325 (10.41%) Apple iOS
5 41 (1.31%) Windows Server
6 39 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
7 38 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
8 37 (1.18%) Windows Server 2012
9 35 (1.12%) CentOS
10 24 (0.77%) Mac OS
11 12 (0.38%) Embedded Linux
11 12 (0.38%) Windows 10
12 8 (0.26%) Unix
13 7 (0.22%) VMS
14 6 (0.19%) Ubuntu
15 3 (0.096%) Windows Embedded Compact
16 2 (0.064%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 2 (0.064%) SUSE
16 2 (0.064%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,057 (33.85%) UX Design
2 1,052 (33.69%) Agile
3 807 (25.84%) Problem-Solving
4 529 (16.94%) Full Stack Development
5 491 (15.72%) DevOps
6 457 (14.63%) Web Development
7 406 (13.00%) Mentoring
8 393 (12.58%) Analytics
9 385 (12.33%) Software Engineering
10 384 (12.30%) Artificial Intelligence
11 381 (12.20%) Design Patterns
12 361 (11.56%) Front End Development
13 346 (11.08%) Roadmaps
14 322 (10.31%) Responsive Web Design
15 318 (10.18%) Design Thinking
16 300 (9.61%) MVC
17 296 (9.48%) OO
18 289 (9.25%) User Research
19 286 (9.16%) OOP
20 281 (9.00%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 975 (31.22%) JavaScript
2 601 (19.24%) SQL
3 449 (14.38%) C#
4 364 (11.66%) Python
5 311 (9.96%) Java
6 305 (9.77%) TypeScript
7 197 (6.31%) PHP
8 61 (1.95%) Bash
9 56 (1.79%) PowerShell
10 47 (1.50%) Go
11 45 (1.44%) Kotlin
12 42 (1.34%) C++
12 42 (1.34%) R
13 39 (1.25%) Scala
14 35 (1.12%) C
15 34 (1.09%) T-SQL
16 32 (1.02%) Swift
17 23 (0.74%) SystemVerilog
17 23 (0.74%) Tcl
18 17 (0.54%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 583 (18.67%) Degree
2 176 (5.64%) Security Cleared
3 119 (3.81%) Master's Degree
4 109 (3.49%) SC Cleared
5 105 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 46 (1.47%) PhD
7 39 (1.25%) DV Cleared
8 34 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
9 30 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
10 21 (0.67%) CIPD
11 20 (0.64%) CSPO
12 16 (0.51%) MBA
13 15 (0.48%) ISTQB
14 11 (0.35%) DBS Check
15 8 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
15 8 (0.26%) HND
16 7 (0.22%) Azure Certification
16 7 (0.22%) PMI Certification
17 6 (0.19%) IIBA
17 6 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 240 (7.68%) Accessibility
2 159 (5.09%) QA
3 90 (2.88%) WCAG
4 50 (1.60%) GDPR
5 49 (1.57%) SLA
6 43 (1.38%) Actionable Recommendations
7 10 (0.32%) Data Quality
7 10 (0.32%) PMO
8 8 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (0.22%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.16%) ISO 26262
11 3 (0.096%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.064%) GLP
12 2 (0.064%) HL7
12 2 (0.064%) IEC 62304
12 2 (0.064%) ISO 13485
12 2 (0.064%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.032%) MiFID
13 1 (0.032%) NIST
13 1 (0.032%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 84 (2.69%) Docker
2 69 (2.21%) Active Directory
3 30 (0.96%) VMware Infrastructure
4 25 (0.80%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (0.29%) Firmware
7 7 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.096%) XenDesktop
10 2 (0.064%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.064%) XenApp
11 1 (0.032%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 68 (2.18%) Kubernetes
2 27 (0.86%) Terraform
3 23 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 18 (0.58%) SCCM
5 7 (0.22%) Progress Chef
6 6 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 6 (0.19%) Ansible
6 6 (0.19%) ServiceCenter
7 5 (0.16%) Grafana
8 4 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.13%) vCenter Server
8 4 (0.13%) WSUS
9 3 (0.096%) ZABBIX
10 2 (0.064%) Backup Exec
10 2 (0.064%) cPanel
10 2 (0.064%) Plesk
10 2 (0.064%) Single Sign-On
10 2 (0.064%) Trend Micro Deep Security
10 2 (0.064%) WebSphere Cast Iron
11 1 (0.032%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 452 (14.47%) Microsoft
2 274 (8.77%) Red Hat
3 238 (7.62%) IBM
4 229 (7.33%) Adobe
5 172 (5.51%) Google
6 85 (2.72%) Oracle
7 75 (2.40%) Qualtrics
8 58 (1.86%) Apple
9 50 (1.60%) Dell
9 50 (1.60%) VMware
10 49 (1.57%) ServiceNow
11 47 (1.50%) Salesforce
12 38 (1.22%) HP
13 37 (1.18%) SAP
14 35 (1.12%) Samsung
15 26 (0.83%) Databricks
16 25 (0.80%) Facebook
17 23 (0.74%) WooCommerce
18 22 (0.70%) Intel
18 22 (0.70%) Xamarin