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 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 85 71 40
Rank change year-on-year -14 -31 +12
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 3,112 4,635 11,935
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.17% 4.43% 7.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.69% 4.63% 8.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,996 2,485 4,415
10th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £39,720 £47,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.40% +4.17% +11.63%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.91% +4.76% +7.14%

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 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%

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 27 April 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 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 -14 2,606 £52,500 -19.23% 848
UK excluding London +7 2,330 £49,000 -10.91% 513
Work from Home -17 1,263 £51,000 -21.54% 447
London -54 661 £65,000 -7.14% 358
North of England +48 615 £47,500 -17.39% 193
South East -42 445 £50,000 -9.09% 93
Midlands +76 419 £47,500 -11.21% 86
North West +59 396 £45,000 -22.16% 124
Scotland -15 346 £49,000 -14.78% 36
South West +34 321 £55,000 +4.76% 61
West Midlands +60 251 £50,000 -4.76% 57
East Midlands +57 160 £36,000 -40.00% 28
Yorkshire +8 159 £50,000 -13.04% 50
East of England -60 130 £40,000 -33.33% 39
North East +17 60 £42,500 +4.94% 20
Wales -20 36 £37,000 -22.11% 11
Northern Ireland +30 21 £45,000 +20.00% 2
Isle of Man - 1 £36,000 - 1

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 (3.02%) WordPress
2 90 (2.89%) CMS
3 59 (1.90%) Confluence
4 46 (1.48%) Apache Spark
5 43 (1.38%) SharePoint
6 28 (0.90%) JBoss
6 28 (0.90%) Red Hat Fuse
7 21 (0.67%) Microsoft Exchange
8 17 (0.55%) Apache
9 13 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
9 13 (0.42%) Drupal
10 10 (0.32%) Umbraco
11 8 (0.26%) EPiServer
12 7 (0.22%) nginx
13 6 (0.19%) Ethereum
14 5 (0.16%) Joomla!
14 5 (0.16%) Kentico
14 5 (0.16%) Solana
15 4 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 4 (0.13%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 151 (4.85%) Sketch
2 85 (2.73%) Adobe XD
3 79 (2.54%) Microsoft Excel
4 70 (2.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 69 (2.22%) Photoshop
6 62 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
7 57 (1.83%) Adobe Illustrator
8 38 (1.22%) UserZoom
9 37 (1.19%) InVision
10 36 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 25 (0.80%) InDesign
12 24 (0.77%) Adobe After Effects
13 15 (0.48%) Trello
14 14 (0.45%) MS Visio
14 14 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
15 12 (0.39%) Blender
16 11 (0.35%) Chatbot
17 9 (0.29%) Adobe Captivate
18 7 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
19 5 (0.16%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 40 (1.29%) Magento
2 39 (1.25%) Shopify
3 19 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 11 (0.35%) 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
9 2 (0.064%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.064%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.032%) Data Workbench
10 1 (0.032%) SAP CRM
10 1 (0.032%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 512 (16.45%) Azure
2 366 (11.76%) AWS
3 336 (10.80%) Figma
4 221 (7.10%) IBM Cloud
5 207 (6.65%) Power Platform
6 196 (6.30%) Azure DevOps
7 195 (6.27%) SaaS
8 150 (4.82%) Serverless
9 126 (4.05%) Azure Logic Apps
10 124 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
11 121 (3.89%) Azure Functions
12 117 (3.76%) Azure API Management
12 117 (3.76%) Azure Service Bus
13 106 (3.41%) Power Automate
13 106 (3.41%) PowerApps
14 95 (3.05%) Miro
15 89 (2.86%) GCP
16 75 (2.41%) SurveyMonkey
17 64 (2.06%) GitHub
18 58 (1.86%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 41 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
2 40 (1.29%) Firewall
3 30 (0.96%) HTTP
4 24 (0.77%) Internet
4 24 (0.77%) Wireless
5 22 (0.71%) MQTT
6 19 (0.61%) 4G
7 18 (0.58%) DSL
8 16 (0.51%) Intranet
9 14 (0.45%) DNS
9 14 (0.45%) LAN
10 12 (0.39%) 3G
10 12 (0.39%) RS-485
10 12 (0.39%) VPN
11 11 (0.35%) SAN
12 10 (0.32%) DHCP
13 9 (0.29%) TCP/IP
13 9 (0.29%) WAN
14 7 (0.22%) Ethernet
14 7 (0.22%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 298 (9.58%) MongoDB
2 295 (9.48%) PostgreSQL
3 239 (7.68%) DB2
4 236 (7.58%) NoSQL
5 166 (5.33%) Power BI
6 152 (4.88%) Relational Database
7 133 (4.27%) MySQL
8 97 (3.12%) SQL Server
9 70 (2.25%) Tableau
10 52 (1.67%) Big Data
11 44 (1.41%) Redis
12 39 (1.25%) Elasticsearch
13 25 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
14 24 (0.77%) Hadoop
15 23 (0.74%) Scylla
16 22 (0.71%) Data Lake
17 16 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
18 15 (0.48%) GIS
19 13 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
20 12 (0.39%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 299 (9.61%) Git
2 190 (6.11%) JIRA
3 64 (2.06%) Jenkins
4 36 (1.16%) webpack
5 34 (1.09%) Visual Studio
6 33 (1.06%) Cypress.io
7 32 (1.03%) IntelliJ
8 28 (0.90%) Cucumber
9 27 (0.87%) Bitbucket
10 24 (0.77%) Selenium
11 19 (0.61%) Axure RP
11 19 (0.61%) gulp
11 19 (0.61%) Postman
12 15 (0.48%) PHPUnit
13 14 (0.45%) Balsamiq
14 12 (0.39%) Jasmine
14 12 (0.39%) Maven
15 10 (0.32%) Android Studio
15 10 (0.32%) Moq
15 10 (0.32%) Xcode
General
1 964 (30.98%) Social Skills
2 657 (21.11%) Finance
3 563 (18.09%) Marketing
4 476 (15.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 400 (12.85%) Public Sector
6 340 (10.93%) Analytical Skills
7 248 (7.97%) Law
8 151 (4.85%) Retail
9 133 (4.27%) Banking
10 95 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
11 89 (2.86%) Manufacturing
12 88 (2.83%) Organisational Skills
13 75 (2.41%) Legal
14 59 (1.90%) Games
15 47 (1.51%) Investment Banking
16 41 (1.32%) Influencing Skills
17 39 (1.25%) Advertising
17 39 (1.25%) Automotive
18 35 (1.12%) Electronics
19 34 (1.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1,006 (32.33%) Developer
2 532 (17.10%) Senior
3 376 (12.08%) Designer
4 327 (10.51%) Lead
5 254 (8.16%) Full Stack Developer
6 251 (8.07%) UX Designer
7 235 (7.55%) Software Engineer
8 195 (6.27%) Senior Developer
9 178 (5.72%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 163 (5.24%) UI Designer
11 145 (4.66%) UI/UX Designer
12 139 (4.47%) Analyst
13 129 (4.15%) Azure Developer
14 125 (4.02%) Full Stack Engineer
15 118 (3.79%) Architect
16 103 (3.31%) Azure Engineer
17 101 (3.25%) Senior Designer
18 93 (2.99%) Product Manager
19 91 (2.92%) React Developer
20 85 (2.73%) Senior UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 852 (27.38%) HTML
2 796 (25.58%) CSS
3 692 (22.24%) React
4 485 (15.58%) AngularJS
5 431 (13.85%) .NET
6 406 (13.05%) Vue
7 376 (12.08%) REST
8 344 (11.05%) jQuery
9 309 (9.93%) Web Services
10 289 (9.29%) Node.js
11 288 (9.25%) ASP.NET
12 267 (8.58%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 236 (7.58%) Backbone.js
14 225 (7.23%) ASP.NET Core
15 221 (7.10%) Ember.js
16 166 (5.33%) RESTful
17 119 (3.82%) Sass
18 113 (3.63%) HTML5
19 98 (3.15%) JSON
20 97 (3.12%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 323 (10.38%) Algorithms
2 299 (9.61%) Data Structures
3 279 (8.97%) Product Ownership
4 270 (8.68%) Blockchain
5 221 (7.10%) Hybrid Cloud
6 165 (5.30%) Mobile App
7 116 (3.73%) e-Learning
8 101 (3.25%) Management Information System
9 76 (2.44%) Onboarding
10 69 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
10 69 (2.22%) Social Media
11 67 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
12 60 (1.93%) Cloud Native
13 52 (1.67%) Graphic Design
14 38 (1.22%) Market Risk
15 36 (1.16%) Data Centre
16 35 (1.12%) Virtual Team
17 34 (1.09%) Animation
18 32 (1.03%) IoT
19 27 (0.87%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 397 (12.76%) Windows
2 334 (10.73%) Linux
3 312 (10.03%) Apple iOS
4 311 (9.99%) Android
5 47 (1.51%) Windows Server
6 37 (1.19%) Windows Server 2016
6 37 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
7 32 (1.03%) Windows Server 2012
8 30 (0.96%) CentOS
9 28 (0.90%) Mac OS
10 22 (0.71%) Windows 10
11 12 (0.39%) Embedded Linux
12 9 (0.29%) Unix
13 6 (0.19%) Ubuntu
13 6 (0.19%) VMS
14 4 (0.13%) Mac OS X
15 3 (0.096%) SUSE
15 3 (0.096%) Windows Server 2003
16 2 (0.064%) Windows 7
16 2 (0.064%) Windows Embedded Compact
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,099 (35.31%) UX Design
2 1,092 (35.09%) Agile
3 823 (26.45%) Problem-Solving
4 518 (16.65%) Full Stack Development
5 472 (15.17%) DevOps
6 438 (14.07%) Web Development
7 424 (13.62%) Mentoring
8 418 (13.43%) Software Engineering
9 384 (12.34%) Front End Development
10 383 (12.31%) Artificial Intelligence
11 380 (12.21%) Analytics
12 370 (11.89%) Design Patterns
13 345 (11.09%) Roadmaps
14 314 (10.09%) Responsive Web Design
15 302 (9.70%) Actionable Insight
15 302 (9.70%) Design Thinking
16 295 (9.48%) User Research
17 279 (8.97%) MVC
18 278 (8.93%) OO
19 268 (8.61%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 930 (29.88%) JavaScript
2 587 (18.86%) SQL
3 436 (14.01%) C#
4 356 (11.44%) Python
5 345 (11.09%) Java
6 295 (9.48%) TypeScript
7 195 (6.27%) PHP
8 65 (2.09%) Bash
9 60 (1.93%) PowerShell
10 55 (1.77%) Go
11 47 (1.51%) Kotlin
12 46 (1.48%) Scala
13 40 (1.29%) C++
13 40 (1.29%) R
14 36 (1.16%) Swift
15 34 (1.09%) C
15 34 (1.09%) T-SQL
16 23 (0.74%) SystemVerilog
16 23 (0.74%) Tcl
17 21 (0.67%) Rust
Qualifications
1 582 (18.70%) Degree
2 204 (6.56%) Security Cleared
3 138 (4.43%) SC Cleared
4 115 (3.70%) Master's Degree
5 111 (3.57%) Computer Science Degree
6 45 (1.45%) PhD
7 42 (1.35%) DV Cleared
8 34 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
9 31 (1.00%) Microsoft Certification
10 20 (0.64%) CIPD
10 20 (0.64%) CSPO
11 16 (0.51%) MBA
12 15 (0.48%) ISTQB
13 10 (0.32%) DBS Check
14 8 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (0.26%) HND
14 8 (0.26%) PMI Certification
15 7 (0.22%) Azure Certification
16 6 (0.19%) IIBA
16 6 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 253 (8.13%) Accessibility
2 165 (5.30%) QA
3 98 (3.15%) WCAG
4 52 (1.67%) GDPR
5 51 (1.64%) SLA
6 46 (1.48%) Actionable Recommendations
7 10 (0.32%) Data Quality
7 10 (0.32%) PMO
8 9 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (0.22%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.16%) ISO 26262
11 3 (0.096%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.064%) Disclosure Scotland
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%) NIST
13 1 (0.032%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.032%) SOC 3
System Software
1 84 (2.70%) Docker
2 71 (2.28%) Active Directory
3 36 (1.16%) VMware Infrastructure
4 30 (0.96%) Hyper-V
5 14 (0.45%) Firmware
6 10 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.16%) 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%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.032%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 75 (2.41%) Kubernetes
2 23 (0.74%) Terraform
3 22 (0.71%) Microsoft Intune
3 22 (0.71%) SCCM
4 6 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
4 6 (0.19%) Progress Chef
4 6 (0.19%) ServiceCenter
5 4 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
5 4 (0.13%) vCenter Server
6 3 (0.096%) Ansible
6 3 (0.096%) Grafana
6 3 (0.096%) SysTrack
6 3 (0.096%) Trend Micro Deep Security
6 3 (0.096%) WSUS
7 2 (0.064%) Backup Exec
7 2 (0.064%) cPanel
7 2 (0.064%) Nessus
7 2 (0.064%) Plesk
7 2 (0.064%) Single Sign-On
7 2 (0.064%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 459 (14.75%) Microsoft
2 252 (8.10%) Red Hat
3 231 (7.42%) Adobe
4 222 (7.13%) IBM
5 181 (5.82%) Google
6 85 (2.73%) Oracle
7 70 (2.25%) Qualtrics
8 59 (1.90%) Apple
9 58 (1.86%) VMware
10 54 (1.74%) Dell
11 52 (1.67%) ServiceNow
12 47 (1.51%) Salesforce
13 37 (1.19%) SAP
14 36 (1.16%) HP
15 32 (1.03%) Samsung
16 27 (0.87%) Facebook
17 26 (0.84%) Databricks
18 24 (0.77%) Alteryx
19 22 (0.71%) WooCommerce
19 22 (0.71%) Xamarin