User Experience Job Trends in Central London

UX
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring User Experience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 41 77 78
Rank change year-on-year +36 +1 -6
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 119 122 104
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 5.04% 3.74% 3.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.70% 3.92% 3.57%
Number of salaries quoted 76 73 96
10th Percentile £42,500 £52,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.36% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £111,875 £87,500 £89,063
90th Percentile £120,000 £117,500 £101,250
London median annual salary £70,000 £77,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -9.68% +10.71% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Central London

User Experience 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 Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,089 3,116 2,917
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 88.48% 95.64% 94.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,557 1,921 2,592
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £117,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £73,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -2.00% - -

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing User Experience relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Central London.

User Experience job vacancy trend in Central London

User Experience
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing User Experience.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing User Experience

User Experience
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in Central London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for User Experience in Central London

User Experience
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience within the Central London region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
City of London +28 87 £67,500 -3.57% 77
Lambeth +1 8 - -
City of Westminster +34 3 £66,648 -
West End of London +4 2 £57,443 -23.41%
User Experience
London

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (1.68%) Confluence
2 1 (0.84%) Apache
2 1 (0.84%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (0.84%) Apache Spark
2 1 (0.84%) Appian
2 1 (0.84%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (2.52%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 1 (0.84%) Oracle SCM
1 1 (0.84%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.84%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 27 (22.69%) Azure
2 21 (17.65%) AWS
3 15 (12.61%) Microsoft 365
4 11 (9.24%) SaaS
5 10 (8.40%) Cloud Computing
5 10 (8.40%) Figma
6 9 (7.56%) Power Platform
7 7 (5.88%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (4.20%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (3.36%) Copilot Studio
9 4 (3.36%) Entra ID
9 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (2.52%) Miro
10 3 (2.52%) PaaS
11 2 (1.68%) Google Workspace
11 2 (1.68%) Lucidchart
11 2 (1.68%) npm
11 2 (1.68%) PowerApps
11 2 (1.68%) Yarn
12 1 (0.84%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 10 (8.40%) Internet
2 3 (2.52%) VPN
3 2 (1.68%) DHCP
3 2 (1.68%) DNS
3 2 (1.68%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.84%) Broadband
4 1 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (8.40%) SQL Server
2 4 (3.36%) Relational Database
3 1 (0.84%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (0.84%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 1 (0.84%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.84%) MySQL
3 1 (0.84%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (0.84%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 11 (9.24%) Git
2 7 (5.88%) JIRA
3 2 (1.68%) Balsamiq
3 2 (1.68%) Vite
3 2 (1.68%) webpack
4 1 (0.84%) Cypress.io
General
1 51 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 29 (24.37%) Finance
3 24 (20.17%) Law
3 24 (20.17%) Legal
4 19 (15.97%) Banking
5 13 (10.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 10 (8.40%) Marketing
7 9 (7.56%) Retail
8 3 (2.52%) Digital Health
8 3 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.84%) Billing
9 1 (0.84%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.84%) Front Office
9 1 (0.84%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.84%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.84%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (19.33%) Lead
2 20 (16.81%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 17 (14.29%) Designer
4 16 (13.45%) Developer
5 15 (12.61%) Senior
6 10 (8.40%) UX Designer
7 9 (7.56%) Software Developer
8 8 (6.72%) Asset and Configuration Manager
8 8 (6.72%) Configuration Manager
8 8 (6.72%) Service Designer
8 8 (6.72%) Service Manager
9 7 (5.88%) Innovation Manager
9 7 (5.88%) IT Manager
9 7 (5.88%) User Researcher
10 6 (5.04%) Consultant
10 6 (5.04%) Full-Stack Developer
10 6 (5.04%) Lecturer
11 5 (4.20%) Architect
11 5 (4.20%) Product Designer
11 5 (4.20%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (25.21%) React
2 29 (24.37%) .NET
3 17 (14.29%) Node.js
4 14 (11.76%) HTML
5 13 (10.92%) CSS
6 8 (6.72%) .NET Core
7 6 (5.04%) .NET Framework
7 6 (5.04%) CSS3
7 6 (5.04%) HTML5
7 6 (5.04%) Vue
8 5 (4.20%) Entity Framework
8 5 (4.20%) RESTful
9 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Graph
10 3 (2.52%) AngularJS
10 3 (2.52%) Next.js
11 1 (0.84%) Blazor
11 1 (0.84%) Dapper ORM
11 1 (0.84%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 19 (15.97%) Cloud Native
2 17 (14.29%) Product Ownership
3 10 (8.40%) IoT
4 8 (6.72%) CMDB
5 5 (4.20%) Low-Code
5 5 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
6 4 (3.36%) Mobile App
7 3 (2.52%) Onboarding
8 2 (1.68%) Public Cloud
8 2 (1.68%) Video Conferencing
9 1 (0.84%) e-Learning
9 1 (0.84%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.84%) iPad
9 1 (0.84%) iPhone
9 1 (0.84%) Learning Management System
9 1 (0.84%) Life Science
9 1 (0.84%) Reinsurance
9 1 (0.84%) Social Media
9 1 (0.84%) Video Editing
9 1 (0.84%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (3.36%) Windows
2 2 (1.68%) Mac OS
2 2 (1.68%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.84%) Android
3 1 (0.84%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (56.30%) Agile
2 54 (45.38%) Problem-Solving
3 41 (34.45%) UX Design
4 37 (31.09%) Continuous Improvement
5 33 (27.73%) Full-Stack Development
6 27 (22.69%) AI
7 23 (19.33%) CI/CD
8 20 (16.81%) Software Testing
9 19 (15.97%) Stakeholder Management
10 18 (15.13%) Coaching
10 18 (15.13%) Computer Science
10 18 (15.13%) Cybersecurity
10 18 (15.13%) Prototyping
10 18 (15.13%) Test Automation
10 18 (15.13%) User Research
11 17 (14.29%) Clean Code
11 17 (14.29%) Mentoring
12 16 (13.45%) Roadmaps
12 16 (13.45%) Software Delivery
12 16 (13.45%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 31 (26.05%) JavaScript
2 26 (21.85%) TypeScript
3 17 (14.29%) Java
4 11 (9.24%) C#
5 8 (6.72%) Python
6 5 (4.20%) Bicep
6 5 (4.20%) SQL
7 4 (3.36%) PowerShell
8 3 (2.52%) Bash
Qualifications
1 33 (27.73%) Degree
2 12 (10.08%) Security Cleared
3 10 (8.40%) Master's Degree
3 10 (8.40%) PhD
3 10 (8.40%) Postgraduate
4 5 (4.20%) SC Cleared
5 2 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.68%) MCP
6 1 (0.84%) DBS Check
6 1 (0.84%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.84%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (11.76%) Accessibility
2 8 (6.72%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 5 (4.20%) QA
3 5 (4.20%) WCAG
4 2 (1.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.68%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (6.72%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (3.36%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.84%) BitLocker
3 1 (0.84%) Docker
3 1 (0.84%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.84%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (3.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.68%) SCCM
3 1 (0.84%) Ansible
3 1 (0.84%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.84%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.84%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (10.08%) Microsoft
2 9 (7.56%) ServiceNow
3 5 (4.20%) Adobe
4 3 (2.52%) Citrix
5 2 (1.68%) Atlassian
5 2 (1.68%) Google
5 2 (1.68%) Oracle
5 2 (1.68%) Salesforce
5 2 (1.68%) SAP
6 1 (0.84%) Apple
6 1 (0.84%) CyberArk
6 1 (0.84%) Hotjar
6 1 (0.84%) iManage
6 1 (0.84%) Okta
6 1 (0.84%) Workday