UX Design Job Trends in Cardiff

User Experience Design (UXD)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring UX Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 37 32 55
Rank change year-on-year -5 +23 -7
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 1 13 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 0.28% 4.28% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 5.08% 1.09%
Number of salaries quoted 1 11 5
10th Percentile - - £25,250
25th Percentile - £23,750 £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £27,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year +63.64% -15.38% -50.00%
75th Percentile - £31,250 £33,750
90th Percentile - - £45,000
South Wales median annual salary £45,000 £27,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year +63.64% -8.33% -50.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 261 256 459
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 72.30% 84.21% 86.28%
Number of salaries quoted 180 154 415
10th Percentile £30,700 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,844 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -7.14% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,790 £80,000 £77,500
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +5.26%

UX Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

UX Design job vacancy trend in Cardiff

UX Design
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing UX Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing UX Design

UX Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) UX Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)