Customer Experience (CX)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Customer Experience skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Customer Experience over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 91 90
Rank change year-on-year -36 -1 +72
Permanent jobs citing Customer Experience 2,190 3,841 5,873
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.23% 3.67% 3.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.60% 3.84% 3.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1,439 1,420 2,167
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,569 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,087 £45,000 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.40% +4.17% +8.48%
75th Percentile £67,500 £80,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,290 £89,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £54,882 £55,000
% change year-on-year -30.76% -0.21% +13.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Customer 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 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £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%

Customer Experience
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Customer Experience in the UK

Customer Experience
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Customer Experience in the UK

Customer Experience
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Experience over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Customer Experience in the UK

Customer Experience
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Experience within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 -41 1,905 £42,500 -32.00% 717
UK excluding London -43 1,500 £38,000 -30.76% 492
Work from Home -38 949 £40,000 -38.46% 287
London -41 589 £60,000 -14.29% 258
South East +34 469 £38,000 -20.00% 108
North of England -70 370 £43,461 -27.57% 150
Midlands +24 250 £42,500 -15.00% 85
North West -21 186 £42,481 -29.20% 85
West Midlands +32 185 £42,250 -15.50% 56
South West -13 150 £45,000 -5.26% 59
Yorkshire -65 147 £43,500 -29.27% 45
Scotland -111 102 £60,000 -13.60% 33
East of England -18 71 £52,500 +25.00% 46
Wales +24 70 £37,500 -23.26% 21
East Midlands -5 64 £45,000 -10.00% 29
Northern Ireland +63 45 £35,000 - 10
North East +21 41 £47,500 +2.70% 22

Customer 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 79 (3.61%) SharePoint
2 61 (2.79%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (1.23%) SAS
4 19 (0.87%) CMS
5 17 (0.78%) Confluence
6 15 (0.68%) Umbraco
7 13 (0.59%) Apache Spark
7 13 (0.59%) WordPress
8 11 (0.50%) Apache
9 9 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
10 6 (0.27%) IBM Domino
10 6 (0.27%) IIS
11 4 (0.18%) JBoss
12 3 (0.14%) GlassFish
12 3 (0.14%) Moodle
12 3 (0.14%) Tomcat
13 2 (0.091%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.091%) Drupal
13 2 (0.091%) Oracle Workflow
14 1 (0.046%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 217 (9.91%) Microsoft Office
2 157 (7.17%) Microsoft Excel
3 55 (2.51%) Sketch
4 21 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.23%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.14%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.14%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.14%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.091%) Trello
9 1 (0.046%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.046%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.046%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.046%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.046%) InVision
9 1 (0.046%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.046%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 32 (1.46%) Endur
2 19 (0.87%) SAP CX
3 18 (0.82%) SAP S/4HANA
4 13 (0.59%) Adobe Campaign
4 13 (0.59%) Dynamics CRM
5 11 (0.50%) SAP ERP
6 10 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
6 10 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
7 8 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
8 7 (0.32%) Magento
9 6 (0.27%) OpenLink RightAngle
10 5 (0.23%) Oracle General Ledger
10 5 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
10 5 (0.23%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
10 5 (0.23%) Shopify
11 4 (0.18%) Lawson
11 4 (0.18%) Oracle Applications
11 4 (0.18%) SAP CRM
12 3 (0.14%) NetSuite
12 3 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 247 (11.28%) Azure
2 155 (7.08%) Microsoft 365
3 137 (6.26%) AWS
4 125 (5.71%) SaaS
5 85 (3.88%) Power Platform
6 69 (3.15%) Figma
7 58 (2.65%) GCP
8 51 (2.33%) Miro
9 46 (2.10%) Heroku
10 24 (1.10%) Entra ID
10 24 (1.10%) Google Analytics
11 22 (1.00%) Snowflake
12 19 (0.87%) Serverless
13 18 (0.82%) AWS Lambda
13 18 (0.82%) Azure DevOps
14 17 (0.78%) Dynamics 365
14 17 (0.78%) Power Automate
15 15 (0.68%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 15 (0.68%) IaaS
16 14 (0.64%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 96 (4.38%) Firewall
2 71 (3.24%) VPN
3 68 (3.11%) DNS
4 62 (2.83%) TCP/IP
5 59 (2.69%) WAN
6 50 (2.28%) LAN
7 48 (2.19%) DHCP
8 39 (1.78%) Internet
9 37 (1.69%) Wireless
10 20 (0.91%) VLAN
11 18 (0.82%) SAN
12 17 (0.78%) Network Security
13 12 (0.55%) Unified Communications
14 11 (0.50%) SD-WAN
15 10 (0.46%) HTTP
15 10 (0.46%) SMS
15 10 (0.46%) VoIP
16 9 (0.41%) HTTPS
16 9 (0.41%) SSL
17 8 (0.37%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (3.79%) Tableau
2 64 (2.92%) Power BI
3 43 (1.96%) SQL Server
4 34 (1.55%) Data Warehouse
5 32 (1.46%) Relational Database
6 31 (1.42%) MySQL
7 22 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
7 22 (1.00%) Big Data
7 22 (1.00%) MongoDB
8 21 (0.96%) NoSQL
9 20 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
10 19 (0.87%) Metadata
11 18 (0.82%) BigQuery
12 15 (0.68%) Amazon QuickSight
13 14 (0.64%) Data Lake
13 14 (0.64%) Data Mining
14 13 (0.59%) Looker
15 12 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
15 12 (0.55%) RDBMS
16 8 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 98 (4.47%) Git
2 57 (2.60%) JIRA
3 14 (0.64%) Jenkins
4 11 (0.50%) GitLab
5 8 (0.37%) Vagrant
6 7 (0.32%) Visual Studio
7 6 (0.27%) Bitbucket
8 5 (0.23%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.23%) Subversion
9 4 (0.18%) Postman
9 4 (0.18%) Sonatype Nexus
10 3 (0.14%) JUnit
10 3 (0.14%) Octopus Deploy
10 3 (0.14%) Visual Website Optimizer
11 2 (0.091%) Axure RP
11 2 (0.091%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.091%) NUnit
11 2 (0.091%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.091%) Spinnaker
11 2 (0.091%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 615 (28.08%) Social Skills
2 529 (24.16%) Finance
3 320 (14.61%) Analytical Skills
4 246 (11.23%) Marketing
5 202 (9.22%) Retail
6 135 (6.16%) Telecoms
7 127 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 107 (4.89%) Banking
9 88 (4.02%) Public Sector
10 86 (3.93%) Military
11 84 (3.84%) Presentation Skills
12 79 (3.61%) Legal
13 55 (2.51%) Manufacturing
14 49 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
15 34 (1.55%) Electronics
16 32 (1.46%) Brand Awareness
17 28 (1.28%) Games
18 27 (1.23%) Publishing
19 25 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
20 24 (1.10%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 341 (15.57%) Senior
2 328 (14.98%) Development Manager
3 323 (14.75%) Business Manager
4 316 (14.43%) Business Development Manager
5 221 (10.09%) Analyst
6 126 (5.75%) Lead
7 117 (5.34%) Designer
8 109 (4.98%) Architect
9 97 (4.43%) Support Engineer
10 96 (4.38%) Graduate
11 92 (4.20%) Developer
12 85 (3.88%) Consultant
13 70 (3.20%) Product Manager
14 63 (2.88%) UI Designer
15 58 (2.65%) UX Designer
16 57 (2.60%) Software Engineer
17 55 (2.51%) UI/UX Designer
18 54 (2.47%) Data Scientist
19 51 (2.33%) Senior Designer
20 50 (2.28%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 147 (6.71%) HTML
2 74 (3.38%) CSS
3 61 (2.79%) React
4 49 (2.24%) .NET
5 41 (1.87%) Pandas
6 39 (1.78%) RESTful
6 39 (1.78%) Web Services
7 36 (1.64%) Node.js
8 32 (1.46%) PySpark
9 28 (1.28%) AngularJS
9 28 (1.28%) scikit-learn
9 28 (1.28%) TensorFlow
10 24 (1.10%) XML
11 22 (1.00%) REST
12 20 (0.91%) jQuery
12 20 (0.91%) JSON
13 19 (0.87%) .NET Core
14 14 (0.64%) GraphQL
14 14 (0.64%) Vue
15 12 (0.55%) MEAN Stack
Miscellaneous
1 191 (8.72%) Onboarding
2 165 (7.53%) Product Ownership
3 72 (3.29%) Management Information System
4 68 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
5 50 (2.28%) Algorithms
6 44 (2.01%) Data Centre
7 42 (1.92%) Driving Licence
8 40 (1.83%) Data Structures
8 40 (1.83%) Social Media
9 23 (1.05%) Robotics
10 22 (1.00%) Mobile App
11 21 (0.96%) IoT
11 21 (0.96%) Virtual Team
12 19 (0.87%) Cloud Native
13 15 (0.68%) PlayStation
14 14 (0.64%) Credit Risk
15 13 (0.59%) Reinsurance
15 13 (0.59%) Smartphone
16 12 (0.55%) Greenfield Project
16 12 (0.55%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 147 (6.71%) Windows
2 73 (3.33%) Windows Server
3 63 (2.88%) Linux
4 30 (1.37%) Windows 10
5 29 (1.32%) Windows Server 2012
5 29 (1.32%) Windows Server 2016
6 25 (1.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 21 (0.96%) Apple iOS
8 17 (0.78%) Ubuntu
9 15 (0.68%) Android
10 14 (0.64%) Mac OS
11 13 (0.59%) Windows 8
12 12 (0.55%) CentOS
12 12 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 10 (0.46%) Windows 7
14 9 (0.41%) Debian
15 6 (0.27%) Unix
16 5 (0.23%) AIX
17 4 (0.18%) CoreOS
18 3 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 501 (22.88%) Problem-Solving
2 450 (20.55%) Agile
3 434 (19.82%) Customer Service
4 356 (16.26%) Business Development
5 330 (15.07%) Client Onboarding
6 292 (13.33%) Continuous Improvement
7 239 (10.91%) Analytics
8 232 (10.59%) Roadmaps
9 210 (9.59%) Coaching
10 191 (8.72%) Stakeholder Management
11 181 (8.26%) User Experience
12 174 (7.95%) Data Analysis
13 171 (7.81%) Decision-Making
14 161 (7.35%) Actionable Insight
15 158 (7.21%) Customer-Centricity
16 146 (6.67%) Mentoring
17 144 (6.58%) Project Management
18 141 (6.44%) CRM
19 136 (6.21%) Process Improvement
20 132 (6.03%) Digital Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 248 (11.32%) SQL
2 161 (7.35%) Python
3 98 (4.47%) JavaScript
4 81 (3.70%) Java
5 48 (2.19%) C#
6 45 (2.05%) R
7 36 (1.64%) TypeScript
8 30 (1.37%) Bash
9 27 (1.23%) C
10 23 (1.05%) PowerShell
11 18 (0.82%) PHP
12 12 (0.55%) VBA
13 10 (0.46%) C++
14 8 (0.37%) Ruby
14 8 (0.37%) Shell Script
15 6 (0.27%) Go
15 6 (0.27%) VB
16 5 (0.23%) Kotlin
16 5 (0.23%) Scala
17 4 (0.18%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 455 (20.78%) Degree
2 151 (6.89%) Security Cleared
3 135 (6.16%) SC Cleared
4 74 (3.38%) Master's Degree
5 40 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 40 (1.83%) DBS Check
6 39 (1.78%) Microsoft Certification
7 30 (1.37%) Azure Certification
8 20 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
9 15 (0.68%) PMP
10 14 (0.64%) A+ Certification
10 14 (0.64%) PMI Certification
11 13 (0.59%) MBA
12 12 (0.55%) Numerate Degree
13 10 (0.46%) CISSP
13 10 (0.46%) Network+ Certification
14 8 (0.37%) DV Cleared
15 7 (0.32%) MCP
15 7 (0.32%) MCSE
15 7 (0.32%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (5.66%) Accessibility
2 102 (4.66%) SLA
3 49 (2.24%) QA
4 48 (2.19%) WCAG
5 19 (0.87%) Data Quality
6 17 (0.78%) GDPR
7 16 (0.73%) PMO
8 14 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (0.32%) NIST
10 6 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
10 6 (0.27%) ISO 20022
10 6 (0.27%) ISO 9001
10 6 (0.27%) NEBOSH
10 6 (0.27%) PSD2
11 5 (0.23%) GAAP
11 5 (0.23%) IFRS
12 4 (0.18%) ISO 22301
13 3 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.091%) COBIT
System Software
1 86 (3.93%) Active Directory
2 65 (2.97%) Docker
3 53 (2.42%) Hyper-V
4 33 (1.51%) VMware Infrastructure
5 21 (0.96%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.41%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.27%) XenApp
7 6 (0.27%) XenDesktop
8 5 (0.23%) Firmware
8 5 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
8 5 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
9 3 (0.14%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.091%) NFS
11 1 (0.046%) pfSense
11 1 (0.046%) Squid
11 1 (0.046%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 53 (2.42%) Kubernetes
2 43 (1.96%) Ansible
3 32 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (0.96%) Terraform
5 20 (0.91%) SCCM
6 15 (0.68%) SCOM
7 14 (0.64%) Docker Swarm
8 11 (0.50%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 7 (0.32%) Prometheus
10 6 (0.27%) FortiGate
10 6 (0.27%) Puppet
10 6 (0.27%) SCDPM
11 5 (0.23%) Failover Clustering
11 5 (0.23%) Grafana
12 4 (0.18%) Autotask
13 3 (0.14%) Oracle Statspack
13 3 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
14 2 (0.091%) CASB
14 2 (0.091%) Core Impact
14 2 (0.091%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 379 (17.31%) Salesforce
2 316 (14.43%) Microsoft
3 85 (3.88%) SAP
4 67 (3.06%) Oracle
5 57 (2.60%) Adobe
5 57 (2.60%) VMware
6 41 (1.87%) Google
7 35 (1.60%) Citrix
8 32 (1.46%) Databricks
8 32 (1.46%) Fortinet
9 30 (1.37%) Juniper
10 28 (1.28%) ServiceNow
11 26 (1.19%) IBM
12 25 (1.14%) Cisco
13 24 (1.10%) Facebook
14 23 (1.05%) Dell
14 23 (1.05%) Sandvine
15 16 (0.73%) Samsung
16 15 (0.68%) Sony
17 13 (0.59%) Commvault