UX Design Job Trends in Cambridge

User Experience Design (UXD)
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring UX Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 55 58
Rank change year-on-year +8 +3 -1
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 7 7 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 1.37% 1.41% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.65% 1.63% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 2
10th Percentile £43,000 - £34,375
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,925 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year +5.40% +30.11% -33.71%
75th Percentile £71,750 £71,250 £49,688
90th Percentile £75,800 £78,000 £52,125
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £43,750
% change year-on-year +9.09% +25.71% -33.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cambridge

UX Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 423 430 365
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 82.94% 86.87% 97.33%
Number of salaries quoted 277 224 238
10th Percentile £29,550 £38,750 £27,000
25th Percentile £34,750 £49,563 £38,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £67,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.52% +22.73% -1.61%
75th Percentile £70,000 £78,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £86,750 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +10.09% -0.91%

UX Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing UX Design relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Cambridge.

UX Design job vacancy trend in Cambridge

UX Design
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing UX Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing UX Design

UX Design
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing UX Design in Cambridge over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Salary histogram for UX Design in Cambridge

UX Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (14.29%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (14.29%) Redis
General
1 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Software Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Lead
2 2 (28.57%) Lead Software Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) Product Owner
2 2 (28.57%) Technical Product Owner
3 1 (14.29%) Applications Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
3 1 (14.29%) JavaScript Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) UI Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) UX Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (71.43%) React
2 3 (42.86%) AngularJS
2 3 (42.86%) Vue
3 2 (28.57%) Web Services
4 1 (14.29%) Boost C++ Libraries
4 1 (14.29%) CSS
4 1 (14.29%) HTML
4 1 (14.29%) HTML5
4 1 (14.29%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Product Ownership
2 2 (28.57%) Educational Technology
2 2 (28.57%) e-Learning
3 1 (14.29%) Algorithms
3 1 (14.29%) Data Structures
3 1 (14.29%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (14.29%) Android
1 1 (14.29%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) User Experience
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Product Vision
2 4 (57.14%) Scrum
3 3 (42.86%) AI
3 3 (42.86%) Front End Development
3 3 (42.86%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
3 3 (42.86%) Software Engineering
4 2 (28.57%) Agile Coaching
4 2 (28.57%) Business Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Coaching
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (28.57%) Product Roadmap
4 2 (28.57%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 2 (28.57%) Scrum-ban
4 2 (28.57%) Test Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) User Stories
4 2 (28.57%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Java
1 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
1 4 (57.14%) Python
2 2 (28.57%) TypeScript
3 1 (14.29%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) DBS Check
2 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 1 (14.29%) Master's Degree
3 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
3 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Huawei