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 8 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 31 85
Rank change year-on-year -44 +54 -5
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 77 139 91
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.85% 7.17% 2.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 7.45% 3.19%
Number of salaries quoted 34 101 64
10th Percentile £51,400 £47,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £58,750 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% +11.11% -15.63%
75th Percentile £85,000 £97,500 £80,625
90th Percentile £91,125 £117,500 £90,000
Central London median annual salary £71,121 £81,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year -12.47% +25.00% -18.75%

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 1,865 2,853
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.13% 96.18% 91.41%
Number of salaries quoted 2,426 1,429 2,319
10th Percentile £46,875 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £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 - £122,500 £114,000
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 8 July 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 8 (10.39%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.19%) CMS
3 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (2.60%) Confluence
5 1 (1.30%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 5 (6.49%) Adobe Illustrator
1 5 (6.49%) InDesign
1 5 (6.49%) Photoshop
2 3 (3.90%) UserZoom
3 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.30%) Chatbot
4 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (1.30%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (5.19%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.60%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.30%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 25 (32.47%) Figma
2 21 (27.27%) Azure
3 16 (20.78%) SaaS
4 13 (16.88%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (12.99%) Entra ID
6 8 (10.39%) Power Platform
7 7 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
7 7 (9.09%) PaaS
8 5 (6.49%) Adobe Analytics
8 5 (6.49%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 5 (6.49%) Microsoft Purview
8 5 (6.49%) Serverless
9 4 (5.19%) Contentsquare
10 3 (3.90%) AWS
10 3 (3.90%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (3.90%) GCP
10 3 (3.90%) Lucidchart
11 2 (2.60%) Mimecast
11 2 (2.60%) OneDrive
11 2 (2.60%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.49%) Broadband
2 3 (3.90%) DHCP
2 3 (3.90%) DNS
2 3 (3.90%) TCP/IP
2 3 (3.90%) VPN
3 2 (2.60%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.30%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (1.30%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.30%) GIS
1 1 (1.30%) Metadata
1 1 (1.30%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (6.49%) JIRA
2 3 (3.90%) Balsamiq
3 2 (2.60%) Git
4 1 (1.30%) Vite
4 1 (1.30%) webpack
General
1 27 (35.06%) Finance
2 15 (19.48%) Marketing
3 12 (15.58%) Legal
3 12 (15.58%) Social Skills
4 9 (11.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (6.49%) Advertising
5 5 (6.49%) Multimedia
6 4 (5.19%) Banking
6 4 (5.19%) Games
6 4 (5.19%) Law
6 4 (5.19%) Legal Technology
6 4 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
7 3 (3.90%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (3.90%) Front Office
7 3 (3.90%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.30%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (27.27%) Senior
2 16 (20.78%) Designer
3 14 (18.18%) UX Designer
4 13 (16.88%) UI Designer
4 13 (16.88%) UI/UX Designer
5 12 (15.58%) Architect
6 11 (14.29%) Senior Designer
7 10 (12.99%) Lead
8 9 (11.69%) Senior UI Designer
8 9 (11.69%) Senior UI/UX Designer
8 9 (11.69%) Senior UX Designer
9 7 (9.09%) Developer
9 7 (9.09%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (6.49%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 5 (6.49%) Senior Developer
10 5 (6.49%) Senior Front-End Developer
11 4 (5.19%) Senior UX Developer
11 4 (5.19%) UI/UX Developer
11 4 (5.19%) User Experience Architect
11 4 (5.19%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (16.88%) React
2 7 (9.09%) CSS
2 7 (9.09%) HTML
3 5 (6.49%) .NET
3 5 (6.49%) .NET Framework
3 5 (6.49%) Framer.js
4 4 (5.19%) SAP Fiori
4 4 (5.19%) SAPUI5
5 3 (3.90%) Model Context Protocol
6 2 (2.60%) jQuery
6 2 (2.60%) Next.js
7 1 (1.30%) .NET Core
7 1 (1.30%) CSS3
7 1 (1.30%) Dapper ORM
7 1 (1.30%) Entity Framework
7 1 (1.30%) HTML5
7 1 (1.30%) REST
7 1 (1.30%) RESTful
7 1 (1.30%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 12 (15.58%) Product Ownership
2 10 (12.99%) Cloud Native
3 3 (3.90%) Public Cloud
3 3 (3.90%) Social Media
4 2 (2.60%) Mobile App
4 2 (2.60%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.60%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.30%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.30%) CMDB
5 1 (1.30%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.30%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.79%) Windows
2 3 (3.90%) Android
2 3 (3.90%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.30%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.30%) VMS
3 1 (1.30%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.30%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (45.45%) UX Design
2 30 (38.96%) Agile
3 19 (24.68%) Mentoring
4 18 (23.38%) AI
4 18 (23.38%) Roadmaps
5 16 (20.78%) Coaching
6 12 (15.58%) DevOps
6 12 (15.58%) Product Management
6 12 (15.58%) Scrum
7 11 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 11 (14.29%) Product Roadmap
7 11 (14.29%) Workflow
8 10 (12.99%) Backlog Management
8 10 (12.99%) Creative Thinking
8 10 (12.99%) Decision-Making
8 10 (12.99%) Product Backlog
9 9 (11.69%) Front End Development
9 9 (11.69%) Prototyping
10 8 (10.39%) Business Case
10 8 (10.39%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 13 (16.88%) JavaScript
2 4 (5.19%) C#
2 4 (5.19%) Python
2 4 (5.19%) SQL
3 3 (3.90%) TypeScript
4 1 (1.30%) Bicep
4 1 (1.30%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (10.39%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.90%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 1 (1.30%) Degree
3 1 (1.30%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.30%) ISTQB
3 1 (1.30%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (16.88%) Accessibility
2 5 (6.49%) WCAG
3 2 (2.60%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.30%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.30%) GDPR
4 1 (1.30%) QA
4 1 (1.30%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (10.39%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.60%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (7.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.60%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (23.38%) Microsoft
2 11 (14.29%) Adobe
3 5 (6.49%) SAP
4 4 (5.19%) ServiceNow
5 2 (2.60%) iManage
5 2 (2.60%) Intapp
5 2 (2.60%) Litera
5 2 (2.60%) Oracle
5 2 (2.60%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.30%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.30%) Guidewire
6 1 (1.30%) Hotjar
6 1 (1.30%) Meraki
6 1 (1.30%) Optimizely
6 1 (1.30%) Pega
6 1 (1.30%) Qualtrics
6 1 (1.30%) VMware
6 1 (1.30%) Workday