Prototyping
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Prototyping skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Prototyping over the 6 months to 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 363 329 206
Rank change year-on-year -34 -123 +108
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 745 1,053 3,144
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.75% 1.04% 2.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 1.09% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 394 582 903
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,750 £41,265
25th Percentile £42,500 £52,662 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.16% +6.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £94,750 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Prototyping 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 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Prototyping
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Prototyping in the UK

Prototyping
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Prototyping.

Salary trend for Prototyping in the UK

Prototyping
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Prototyping over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Prototyping in the UK

Prototyping
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Prototyping within the UK over the 6 months to 9 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 -27 631 £57,500 -11.54% 287
UK excluding London +20 587 £55,000 -8.33% 222
Work from Home -103 170 £55,000 -12.00% 89
North of England +151 168 £55,000 -15.38% 38
South East -10 153 £53,000 -11.67% 64
London -101 117 £70,000 +3.70% 81
North West +75 102 £57,965 -17.19% 29
Midlands -58 73 £43,750 -31.64% 42
South West -23 61 £56,250 -2.17% 29
Scotland -30 58 £52,500 -16.00% 19
East of England -45 50 £65,000 - 33
West Midlands -52 46 £42,500 -33.59% 29
Yorkshire +111 45 £42,500 -20.56% 5
East Midlands -2 27 £49,000 -2.00% 13
North East +15 21 £53,982 - 6
Northern Ireland +39 14 £58,800 - 1
Wales +4 12 £58,800 +51.77% 2

Prototyping
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 32 (4.30%) IIS
2 9 (1.21%) Confluence
3 6 (0.81%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.67%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.54%) CMS
5 4 (0.54%) IBM Domino
6 2 (0.27%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.27%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (0.27%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.13%) Apache
7 1 (0.13%) Drupal
7 1 (0.13%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.13%) Kentico
7 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.13%) WordPress
Applications
1 87 (11.68%) Sketch
2 20 (2.68%) InVision
3 18 (2.42%) Adobe XD
4 16 (2.15%) Photoshop
5 15 (2.01%) Microsoft Office
6 14 (1.88%) Adobe Illustrator
7 11 (1.48%) Simulink
8 8 (1.07%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.54%) Blender
9 4 (0.54%) InDesign
9 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
9 4 (0.54%) OrCAD
10 3 (0.40%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.40%) CINEMA 4D
10 3 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 3 (0.40%) Microsoft Project
10 3 (0.40%) UserZoom
11 2 (0.27%) MS Visio
11 2 (0.27%) Zeplin
12 1 (0.13%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 4 (0.54%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.27%) Shopify
3 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
3 1 (0.13%) WebTrends
3 1 (0.13%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 99 (13.29%) Azure
2 97 (13.02%) Figma
3 57 (7.65%) AWS
4 53 (7.11%) Heroku
4 53 (7.11%) Miro
5 30 (4.03%) Cloud Computing
6 29 (3.89%) SaaS
7 26 (3.49%) Power Platform
8 14 (1.88%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (1.61%) GCP
10 10 (1.34%) PaaS
11 7 (0.94%) dbt
11 7 (0.94%) Power Automate
11 7 (0.94%) PowerApps
12 6 (0.81%) GitHub
12 6 (0.81%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (0.81%) Serverless
13 5 (0.67%) Collibra
13 5 (0.67%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (0.67%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 32 (4.30%) WAN
2 18 (2.42%) Wireless
3 17 (2.28%) Bluetooth
4 10 (1.34%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (1.07%) BGP
5 8 (1.07%) DMVPN
5 8 (1.07%) EIGRP
5 8 (1.07%) OSPF
6 6 (0.81%) 3G
6 6 (0.81%) 4G
6 6 (0.81%) Modbus
7 5 (0.67%) Ethernet
8 4 (0.54%) GPRS
9 3 (0.40%) ZigBee
10 2 (0.27%) 2G
10 2 (0.27%) DSL
10 2 (0.27%) HTTP
10 2 (0.27%) TCP/IP
11 1 (0.13%) IPsec
11 1 (0.13%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (6.31%) SQL Server
2 34 (4.56%) Metadata
2 34 (4.56%) NoSQL
3 26 (3.49%) Power BI
4 23 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
5 15 (2.01%) Data Lake
5 15 (2.01%) MySQL
6 13 (1.74%) Relational Database
7 11 (1.48%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (1.21%) MongoDB
9 7 (0.94%) Tableau
10 6 (0.81%) Big Data
10 6 (0.81%) Geospatial Data
10 6 (0.81%) GIS
10 6 (0.81%) Redis
11 5 (0.67%) Hadoop
12 3 (0.40%) Power Query
13 2 (0.27%) BigQuery
13 2 (0.27%) DynamoDB
13 2 (0.27%) Looker
Development Applications
1 21 (2.82%) Git
2 20 (2.68%) JIRA
3 8 (1.07%) Cypress.io
3 8 (1.07%) Postman
3 8 (1.07%) Subversion
4 7 (0.94%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.81%) SoapUI
5 6 (0.81%) Spinnaker
5 6 (0.81%) Visual Studio
6 5 (0.67%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.67%) Selenium
7 4 (0.54%) Appium
7 4 (0.54%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.54%) MSI
7 4 (0.54%) Robot Framework
7 4 (0.54%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.27%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.27%) CANoe
9 1 (0.13%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.13%) webpack
General
1 193 (25.91%) Social Skills
2 110 (14.77%) Finance
3 109 (14.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 78 (10.47%) Marketing
5 63 (8.46%) Public Sector
6 53 (7.11%) Electronics
7 36 (4.83%) Analytical Skills
8 34 (4.56%) Aerospace
9 29 (3.89%) Telecoms
10 25 (3.36%) Manufacturing
10 25 (3.36%) Retail
11 24 (3.22%) Law
12 22 (2.95%) Banking
13 21 (2.82%) Brand Awareness
13 21 (2.82%) Publishing
14 19 (2.55%) Presentation Skills
15 16 (2.15%) Legal
16 13 (1.74%) Automotive
17 12 (1.61%) Advertising
18 8 (1.07%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 220 (29.53%) Designer
2 192 (25.77%) Senior
3 133 (17.85%) Architect
4 118 (15.84%) UX Designer
5 92 (12.35%) UI Designer
6 87 (11.68%) UI/UX Designer
7 86 (11.54%) Lead
8 76 (10.20%) Senior Designer
9 66 (8.86%) Developer
10 64 (8.59%) Software Engineer
11 56 (7.52%) Senior UX Designer
12 50 (6.71%) Interaction Designer
13 49 (6.58%) Senior UI Designer
13 49 (6.58%) Senior UI/UX Designer
13 49 (6.58%) Systems Engineer
14 48 (6.44%) Solutions Architect
15 42 (5.64%) Senior Architect
16 32 (4.30%) Embedded Engineer
17 29 (3.89%) Data Architect
17 29 (3.89%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 102 (13.69%) HTML
2 49 (6.58%) React
3 43 (5.77%) CSS
4 36 (4.83%) .NET
5 21 (2.82%) RESTful
6 18 (2.42%) JSON
6 18 (2.42%) TensorFlow
7 17 (2.28%) NumPy
8 16 (2.15%) AngularJS
8 16 (2.15%) ASP.NET
8 16 (2.15%) Keras
8 16 (2.15%) Node.js
9 15 (2.01%) HTML5
10 13 (1.74%) Web Services
10 13 (1.74%) XML
11 12 (1.61%) .NET Core
12 10 (1.34%) REST
12 10 (1.34%) SOAP
13 9 (1.21%) .NET Framework
13 9 (1.21%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 61 (8.19%) Algorithms
2 50 (6.71%) Management Information System
3 49 (6.58%) Product Ownership
4 32 (4.30%) Clustering
5 30 (4.03%) IoT
6 29 (3.89%) Distributed Systems
7 28 (3.76%) Public Cloud
8 22 (2.95%) Cloud Native
9 16 (2.15%) Data Structures
10 15 (2.01%) Legacy Applications
11 13 (1.74%) Embedded Systems
11 13 (1.74%) Operational Technology
11 13 (1.74%) Self-Motivation
12 11 (1.48%) CUDA
12 11 (1.48%) Cyber Defence
12 11 (1.48%) Cyber Threat
12 11 (1.48%) Renewable Energy
13 10 (1.34%) Blockchain
14 8 (1.07%) Greenfield Project
14 8 (1.07%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 76 (10.20%) Linux
2 49 (6.58%) Windows
3 9 (1.21%) Unix
3 9 (1.21%) Windows Server
4 8 (1.07%) Android
5 5 (0.67%) Debian
5 5 (0.67%) Ubuntu
5 5 (0.67%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.27%) CentOS
6 2 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.13%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 246 (33.02%) Problem-Solving
2 238 (31.95%) Agile
3 194 (26.04%) User Experience
4 173 (23.22%) UX Design
5 162 (21.74%) Coaching
6 159 (21.34%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 137 (18.39%) Mentoring
8 118 (15.84%) Actionable Insight
9 110 (14.77%) Customer Experience
10 107 (14.36%) Software Engineering
11 101 (13.56%) Wireframes
12 97 (13.02%) User Research
13 96 (12.89%) Analytics
13 96 (12.89%) Design Patterns
13 96 (12.89%) Workshop Facilitation
14 89 (11.95%) Line Management
15 85 (11.41%) Service Design
16 80 (10.74%) DevOps
17 77 (10.34%) Stakeholder Management
18 74 (9.93%) Interaction Design
Programming Languages
1 128 (17.18%) Python
2 83 (11.14%) C
3 73 (9.80%) JavaScript
4 67 (8.99%) SQL
5 62 (8.32%) C#
6 55 (7.38%) Java
7 36 (4.83%) C++
8 26 (3.49%) MATLAB
8 26 (3.49%) TypeScript
9 20 (2.68%) Embedded C
10 14 (1.88%) Fortran
10 14 (1.88%) PHP
11 12 (1.61%) Bash
12 9 (1.21%) PowerShell
12 9 (1.21%) XAML
13 7 (0.94%) Haskell
13 7 (0.94%) Kotlin
13 7 (0.94%) Rust
14 5 (0.67%) Assembly Language
14 5 (0.67%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 215 (28.86%) Degree
2 195 (26.17%) Security Cleared
3 113 (15.17%) SC Cleared
4 45 (6.04%) Master's Degree
5 31 (4.16%) PhD
6 27 (3.62%) DV Cleared
7 21 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (0.94%) HNC
10 2 (0.27%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (0.27%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.27%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.13%) APMP
11 1 (0.13%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.13%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.13%) HND
11 1 (0.13%) ISEB
11 1 (0.13%) MCSA
11 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 155 (20.81%) Accessibility
2 100 (13.42%) WCAG
3 40 (5.37%) Data Quality
4 23 (3.09%) QA
5 22 (2.95%) GDPR
6 17 (2.28%) ISO 13485
7 10 (1.34%) IEC 62304
8 8 (1.07%) ITGC
9 5 (0.67%) JTAG
10 4 (0.54%) IEC 61131
11 2 (0.27%) AUTOSAR
11 2 (0.27%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.27%) ISO 26262
11 2 (0.27%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.13%) COSHH
12 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 1 (0.13%) PMO
12 1 (0.13%) TickIT
System Software
1 32 (4.30%) VMware NSX
2 12 (1.61%) Active Directory
2 12 (1.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 10 (1.34%) Firmware
4 3 (0.40%) Docker
4 3 (0.40%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.13%) RACF
5 1 (0.13%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (1.34%) Ansible
2 8 (1.07%) FortiGate
2 8 (1.07%) Terraform
3 7 (0.94%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.54%) Functional Safety
4 4 (0.54%) WMI
5 2 (0.27%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.13%) Grafana
6 1 (0.13%) Nessus
6 1 (0.13%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.13%) Puppet
6 1 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.13%) VxRail
Vendors
1 82 (11.01%) Microsoft
2 39 (5.23%) VMware
3 23 (3.09%) Adobe
3 23 (3.09%) Oracle
4 13 (1.74%) Google
5 10 (1.34%) EMC
6 9 (1.21%) SAP
7 8 (1.07%) Cisco
7 8 (1.07%) Fortinet
7 8 (1.07%) Juniper
8 6 (0.81%) Databricks
8 6 (0.81%) Salesforce
9 5 (0.67%) ESRI
10 4 (0.54%) Mercator
10 4 (0.54%) Workday
11 3 (0.40%) Apple
11 3 (0.40%) Hotjar
11 3 (0.40%) OpenAI
11 3 (0.40%) Qualtrics
12 2 (0.27%) Siemens