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 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 49 66 80
Rank change year-on-year +17 +14 +7
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 85 103 91
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 3.81% 3.87% 3.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.40% 4.05% 3.41%
Number of salaries quoted 51 67 84
10th Percentile £40,000 £52,500 £37,375
25th Percentile £47,500 £58,750 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £76,250 £90,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £117,500 £101,250
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.57% -6.67% +7.14%

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 1,933 2,541 2,667
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 86.64% 95.49% 94.78%
Number of salaries quoted 1,427 1,630 2,386
10th Percentile £42,500 £46,250 £40,625
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 £113,750 £116,375 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +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 9 January 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 3 (3.53%) Confluence
2 1 (1.18%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.35%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 1 (1.18%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (1.18%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 22 (25.88%) Azure
2 14 (16.47%) Microsoft 365
3 10 (11.76%) Figma
4 9 (10.59%) SaaS
5 8 (9.41%) Power Platform
6 7 (8.24%) Azure Logic Apps
7 5 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (4.71%) AWS
8 4 (4.71%) Copilot Studio
8 4 (4.71%) Entra ID
8 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (3.53%) PaaS
10 2 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (2.35%) Google Workspace
10 2 (2.35%) Lucidchart
10 2 (2.35%) Miro
10 2 (2.35%) npm
10 2 (2.35%) PowerApps
10 2 (2.35%) Yarn
11 1 (1.18%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.53%) VPN
2 2 (2.35%) DHCP
2 2 (2.35%) DNS
2 2 (2.35%) Internet
2 2 (2.35%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.18%) Broadband
3 1 (1.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.88%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.18%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.18%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 1 (1.18%) DynamoDB
2 1 (1.18%) MySQL
2 1 (1.18%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.18%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 8 (9.41%) JIRA
2 6 (7.06%) Git
3 2 (2.35%) Balsamiq
4 1 (1.18%) Vite
4 1 (1.18%) webpack
General
1 29 (34.12%) Finance
2 22 (25.88%) Social Skills
3 21 (24.71%) Legal
4 20 (23.53%) Law
5 12 (14.12%) Banking
6 11 (12.94%) Marketing
7 9 (10.59%) Retail
8 4 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (3.53%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.35%) Digital Health
11 1 (1.18%) Billing
11 1 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.18%) Front Office
11 1 (1.18%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (18.82%) Designer
2 15 (17.65%) Senior
3 12 (14.12%) Developer
4 10 (11.76%) UX Designer
5 8 (9.41%) Asset and Configuration Manager
5 8 (9.41%) Configuration Manager
5 8 (9.41%) Service Designer
5 8 (9.41%) Service Manager
6 7 (8.24%) Innovation Manager
6 7 (8.24%) IT Manager
6 7 (8.24%) User Researcher
7 6 (7.06%) Full-Stack Developer
8 5 (5.88%) Architect
8 5 (5.88%) Consultant
8 5 (5.88%) Lead
8 5 (5.88%) Product Manager
8 5 (5.88%) Software Developer
9 4 (4.71%) Business Development Manager
9 4 (4.71%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 4 (4.71%) Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (16.47%) React
2 13 (15.29%) HTML
3 12 (14.12%) CSS
4 9 (10.59%) .NET
5 8 (9.41%) .NET Core
6 6 (7.06%) .NET Framework
7 5 (5.88%) CSS3
7 5 (5.88%) Entity Framework
7 5 (5.88%) HTML5
7 5 (5.88%) RESTful
8 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Graph
9 3 (3.53%) AngularJS
9 3 (3.53%) Next.js
10 2 (2.35%) Vue
11 1 (1.18%) Blazor
11 1 (1.18%) Dapper ORM
11 1 (1.18%) Node.js
11 1 (1.18%) Redux
11 1 (1.18%) Web Services
11 1 (1.18%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 15 (17.65%) Product Ownership
2 8 (9.41%) CMDB
3 4 (4.71%) Low-Code
3 4 (4.71%) Mobile App
3 4 (4.71%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.53%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.35%) IoT
5 2 (2.35%) Public Cloud
5 2 (2.35%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.18%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.18%) iPad
6 1 (1.18%) iPhone
6 1 (1.18%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.18%) Social Media
6 1 (1.18%) Video Editing
6 1 (1.18%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.71%) Windows
2 2 (2.35%) Mac OS
2 2 (2.35%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.18%) Android
3 1 (1.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (50.59%) Agile
2 38 (44.71%) UX Design
3 32 (37.65%) Problem-Solving
4 18 (21.18%) AI
5 17 (20.00%) Coaching
5 17 (20.00%) Mentoring
5 17 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 17 (20.00%) User Research
6 15 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (17.65%) Creative Thinking
7 13 (15.29%) DevOps
7 13 (15.29%) Full-Stack Development
7 13 (15.29%) Roadmaps
7 13 (15.29%) Scrum
7 13 (15.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 12 (14.12%) Critical Thinking
8 12 (14.12%) Service Design
9 11 (12.94%) Strategic Thinking
10 10 (11.76%) Product Requirements
10 10 (11.76%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.29%) JavaScript
2 10 (11.76%) TypeScript
3 7 (8.24%) C#
3 7 (8.24%) Python
4 5 (5.88%) Bicep
5 4 (4.71%) PowerShell
6 3 (3.53%) Bash
6 3 (3.53%) SQL
7 1 (1.18%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (14.12%) Security Cleared
2 7 (8.24%) Degree
3 5 (5.88%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.35%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.35%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.35%) MCP
4 2 (2.35%) PhD
4 2 (2.35%) Postgraduate
5 1 (1.18%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (15.29%) Accessibility
2 8 (9.41%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 5 (5.88%) WCAG
4 2 (2.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.35%) SOC 2
5 1 (1.18%) QA
System Software
1 8 (9.41%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (4.71%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.18%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.18%) Docker
3 1 (1.18%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.18%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (4.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.35%) SCCM
3 1 (1.18%) Ansible
3 1 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.18%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (14.12%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.59%) ServiceNow
3 4 (4.71%) Adobe
4 3 (3.53%) Atlassian
4 3 (3.53%) Citrix
5 2 (2.35%) Google
5 2 (2.35%) SAP
6 1 (1.18%) Apple
6 1 (1.18%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.18%) Hotjar
6 1 (1.18%) iManage
6 1 (1.18%) Okta
6 1 (1.18%) Oracle
6 1 (1.18%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.18%) Workday