The first table below looks at the demand for the Head of User Experience role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Head of User Experience in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Head of User Experience
Rank 847 892 869
Rank change year-on-year
+45 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Head of User Experience 15 7 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.014% 0.006% 0.010%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.006% 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 10 7 10
Average salary £80,250 £60,000 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.75% -
90% offered a salary of more than £45,500 £57,500 £50,000
10% offered a salary of more than £82,500 £66,000 £69,500
UK excluding London average salary £45,500 £60,000 -
% change year-on-year
-24.16% -
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102035 114410 117207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.80% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 84835 98106 99148
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Head of User Experience
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Head of User Experience within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Head of User Experience Jobs Demand Trend

Head of User Experience
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Head of User Experience within the UK.

Head of User Experience Salary Trend

Head of User Experience
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Head of User Experience over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

Head of User Experience Salary Histogram

Head of User Experience
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Head of User Experience within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
England +33 15 £80,250 +33.75%
London +60 13 £82,250 +26.53%
City of London - 10 £82,500 -
Yorkshire - 2 £45,500 -
South Yorkshire - 2 £45,500 -
Sheffield - 2 £45,500 -

Head of User Experience
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Head of User Experience in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Head of User Experience in their job title.

1 14 (66.67%) Marketing
2 10 (47.62%) B2C
2 10 (47.62%) Project Management
3 9 (42.86%) Finance
4 8 (38.10%) Social Media
5 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (28.57%) Balsamiq Mockups
6 6 (28.57%) Axure RP
6 6 (28.57%) Change Management
6 6 (28.57%) E-Commerce
7 5 (23.81%) Retail
8 4 (19.05%) Advertising
9 3 (14.29%) Digital Media
9 3 (14.29%) Information Architecture
9 3 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (14.29%) Usability Testing
10 2 (9.524%) Apache Flex
10 2 (9.524%) Silverlight
10 2 (9.524%) Analytics
10 2 (9.524%) Publishing
10 2 (9.524%) MS Visio
10 2 (9.524%) Internet
10 2 (9.524%) DHTML
10 2 (9.524%) HTML
10 2 (9.524%) JavaScript
10 2 (9.524%) CSS
10 2 (9.524%) Flash
11 1 (4.762%) Dreamweaver
11 1 (4.762%) Telecoms
11 1 (4.762%) Investment Banking

Head of User Experience
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Head of User Experience in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Head of User Experience in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (9.524%) Apache Flex
1 2 (9.524%) Silverlight
1 2 (9.524%) DHTML
1 2 (9.524%) HTML
1 2 (9.524%) CSS
1 2 (9.524%) Flash
Applications
1 2 (9.524%) MS Visio
2 1 (4.762%) OmniGraffle
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.524%) Internet
Development Applications
1 6 (28.57%) Balsamiq Mockups
1 6 (28.57%) Axure RP
2 1 (4.762%) Dreamweaver
General
1 14 (66.67%) Marketing
2 9 (42.86%) Finance
3 5 (23.81%) Retail
4 4 (19.05%) Advertising
5 2 (9.524%) Publishing
6 1 (4.762%) Telecoms
6 1 (4.762%) Investment Banking
6 1 (4.762%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 8 (38.10%) Social Media
2 3 (14.29%) Digital Media
3 1 (4.762%) New Media
3 1 (4.762%) Psychology
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (47.62%) B2C
1 10 (47.62%) Project Management
2 7 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (28.57%) Change Management
3 6 (28.57%) E-Commerce
4 3 (14.29%) Information Architecture
4 3 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (14.29%) Usability Testing
5 2 (9.524%) Analytics
6 1 (4.762%) Competitor Analysis
6 1 (4.762%) Web Analytics
6 1 (4.762%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (4.762%) Product Marketing
6 1 (4.762%) Online Marketing
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.524%) JavaScript