User Experience Job Trends in the City of London

UX
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring User Experience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 40 79
Rank change year-on-year -35 +39 +2
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 86 125 103
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 2.07% 6.23% 3.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.58% 6.48% 3.57%
Number of salaries quoted 36 95 81
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £57,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -12.50%
75th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £87,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £117,500 £90,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +11.11% -15.63%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,330 1,929 2,889
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.32% 96.07% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,416 1,471 2,402
10th Percentile £45,000 £41,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £53,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -3.33%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

User Experience job vacancy trend in the City of London

User Experience
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing User Experience.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing User Experience

User Experience
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in the City of London over the 6 months to 19 May 2026.

Salary histogram for User Experience in the City of London

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 7 (8.14%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.65%) CMS
2 4 (4.65%) Confluence
3 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.16%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.16%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.16%) InDesign
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.16%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 5 (5.81%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 33 (38.37%) Azure
2 26 (30.23%) Figma
3 18 (20.93%) Microsoft 365
4 17 (19.77%) SaaS
5 11 (12.79%) Power Platform
6 10 (11.63%) Azure DevOps
6 10 (11.63%) Entra ID
6 10 (11.63%) PaaS
7 7 (8.14%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (5.81%) Lucidchart
8 5 (5.81%) Serverless
9 4 (4.65%) AWS
9 4 (4.65%) GCP
10 3 (3.49%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (3.49%) PowerApps
11 2 (2.33%) Azure App Service
11 2 (2.33%) Power Automate
11 2 (2.33%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.65%) DHCP
1 4 (4.65%) DNS
1 4 (4.65%) TCP/IP
1 4 (4.65%) VPN
2 3 (3.49%) Broadband
2 3 (3.49%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.16%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.16%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (1.16%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (1.16%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 1 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.16%) DynamoDB
1 1 (1.16%) GIS
1 1 (1.16%) MySQL
1 1 (1.16%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.16%) SAP BW
1 1 (1.16%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (11.63%) JIRA
2 5 (5.81%) Balsamiq
3 2 (2.33%) Git
4 1 (1.16%) Vite
4 1 (1.16%) webpack
General
1 40 (46.51%) Finance
2 20 (23.26%) Social Skills
3 18 (20.93%) Marketing
4 16 (18.60%) Legal
5 7 (8.14%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (6.98%) Banking
6 6 (6.98%) Law
7 4 (4.65%) Front Office
7 4 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.16%) Advertising
9 1 (1.16%) Billing
9 1 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.16%) Games
9 1 (1.16%) Multimedia
9 1 (1.16%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 24 (27.91%) Senior
2 16 (18.60%) Designer
3 14 (16.28%) Architect
4 13 (15.12%) UX Designer
5 11 (12.79%) Developer
6 10 (11.63%) UI Designer
6 10 (11.63%) UI/UX Designer
7 9 (10.47%) Senior Designer
8 8 (9.30%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (8.14%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 7 (8.14%) Lead
9 7 (8.14%) Senior UX Designer
10 6 (6.98%) Innovation Manager
10 6 (6.98%) Mobile Designer
10 6 (6.98%) Mobile UI Designer
10 6 (6.98%) Mobile UI Developer
10 6 (6.98%) Mobile UI/UX Designer
10 6 (6.98%) Mobile UX Designer
10 6 (6.98%) Mobile UX Developer
10 6 (6.98%) UI/UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (18.60%) React
2 9 (10.47%) CSS
2 9 (10.47%) HTML
3 6 (6.98%) .NET
3 6 (6.98%) .NET Framework
4 5 (5.81%) Model Context Protocol
5 4 (4.65%) SAP Fiori
5 4 (4.65%) SAPUI5
6 3 (3.49%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (2.33%) jQuery
7 2 (2.33%) Vue
8 1 (1.16%) .NET Core
8 1 (1.16%) CSS3
8 1 (1.16%) Dapper ORM
8 1 (1.16%) Entity Framework
8 1 (1.16%) HTML5
8 1 (1.16%) Node.js
8 1 (1.16%) RESTful
8 1 (1.16%) Web Services
8 1 (1.16%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 17 (19.77%) Product Ownership
2 11 (12.79%) Cloud Native
3 6 (6.98%) Mobile App
4 5 (5.81%) Onboarding
4 5 (5.81%) Public Cloud
5 3 (3.49%) Low-Code
5 3 (3.49%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.16%) CMDB
6 1 (1.16%) IoT
6 1 (1.16%) iPad
6 1 (1.16%) iPhone
6 1 (1.16%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.14%) Windows
2 4 (4.65%) Apple iOS
3 3 (3.49%) Android
4 2 (2.33%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.16%) VMS
5 1 (1.16%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.16%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (53.49%) UX Design
2 44 (51.16%) Agile
3 31 (36.05%) Mentoring
4 28 (32.56%) Coaching
5 25 (29.07%) AI
6 22 (25.58%) Creative Thinking
7 21 (24.42%) DevOps
7 21 (24.42%) Roadmaps
8 18 (20.93%) Scrum
9 16 (18.60%) Product Backlog
10 15 (17.44%) Backlog Management
11 14 (16.28%) Product Roadmap
12 13 (15.12%) Business Strategy
12 13 (15.12%) Front End Development
13 12 (13.95%) Business Case
13 12 (13.95%) Change Control
13 12 (13.95%) Co-Creation
13 12 (13.95%) Epics
13 12 (13.95%) Product Requirements
14 11 (12.79%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 19 (22.09%) JavaScript
2 8 (9.30%) C#
2 8 (9.30%) Python
3 6 (6.98%) SQL
4 5 (5.81%) Bicep
5 2 (2.33%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.33%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.16%) Bash
6 1 (1.16%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (11.63%) Security Cleared
2 5 (5.81%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 3 (3.49%) Degree
4 1 (1.16%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.16%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.16%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (1.16%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.16%) PhD
4 1 (1.16%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.63%) Accessibility
2 6 (6.98%) WCAG
3 2 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.16%) QA
4 1 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.16%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (10.47%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (8.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.33%) Terraform
3 1 (1.16%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (26.74%) Microsoft
2 6 (6.98%) Adobe
2 6 (6.98%) SAP
3 4 (4.65%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.49%) Atlassian
5 2 (2.33%) Hotjar
5 2 (2.33%) iManage
5 2 (2.33%) Intapp
5 2 (2.33%) Oracle
6 1 (1.16%) Apple
6 1 (1.16%) Google
6 1 (1.16%) Guidewire
6 1 (1.16%) Meraki
6 1 (1.16%) Okta
6 1 (1.16%) Optimizely
6 1 (1.16%) Pega
6 1 (1.16%) Qualtrics
6 1 (1.16%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.16%) VMware
6 1 (1.16%) Workday