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 18 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 81 85
Rank change year-on-year +35 +4 -17
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 92 91 94
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 5.42% 3.28% 3.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.81% 3.48% 3.23%
Number of salaries quoted 65 56 86
10th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £48,750
25th Percentile £48,238 £52,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -8.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £90,750 £78,750 £100,313
90th Percentile £122,500 £103,750 £106,250
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £67,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +18.52% -10.00% +7.14%

All Process and 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 1,584 2,617 2,909
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 93.29% 94.44% 95.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,202 1,704 2,622
10th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £122,250 £117,125 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £73,000
% change year-on-year - +2.74% -2.67%

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 18 November 2025.

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 (8.70%) SharePoint
2 6 (6.52%) WordPress
3 1 (1.09%) Apache
3 1 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.09%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.17%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 6 (6.52%) NetSuite
2 4 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.09%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (19.57%) Azure
2 17 (18.48%) SaaS
3 15 (16.30%) Microsoft 365
4 12 (13.04%) AWS
5 11 (11.96%) Power Platform
6 9 (9.78%) PowerApps
7 5 (5.43%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (5.43%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
8 4 (4.35%) Boomi
8 4 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
8 4 (4.35%) Microsoft Purview
8 4 (4.35%) Power Automate
8 4 (4.35%) ShareGate
9 3 (3.26%) Figma
10 2 (2.17%) Azure Logic Apps
10 2 (2.17%) Entra ID
10 2 (2.17%) Miro
10 2 (2.17%) npm
10 2 (2.17%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.17%) VPN
2 1 (1.09%) DHCP
2 1 (1.09%) DNS
2 1 (1.09%) Internet
2 1 (1.09%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.78%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.43%) Power BI
3 1 (1.09%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 8 (8.70%) Git
2 2 (2.17%) JIRA
3 1 (1.09%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.09%) ESLint
3 1 (1.09%) Vite
3 1 (1.09%) webpack
General
1 26 (28.26%) Law
2 24 (26.09%) Social Skills
3 20 (21.74%) Finance
4 17 (18.48%) Legal
5 15 (16.30%) Marketing
6 9 (9.78%) Banking
6 9 (9.78%) Retail
7 4 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (4.35%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.17%) Digital Health
10 1 (1.09%) Advertising
10 1 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (27.17%) Senior
2 17 (18.48%) Developer
3 11 (11.96%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 10 (10.87%) Designer
5 9 (9.78%) Architect
6 8 (8.70%) Asset and Configuration Manager
6 8 (8.70%) Configuration Manager
6 8 (8.70%) Service Manager
7 7 (7.61%) Senior Architect
7 7 (7.61%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
7 7 (7.61%) Senior Solutions Architect
7 7 (7.61%) ServiceNow Architect
7 7 (7.61%) Solutions Architect
8 6 (6.52%) Full-Stack Developer
8 6 (6.52%) Senior Developer
9 5 (5.43%) Consultant
9 5 (5.43%) Service Designer
9 5 (5.43%) Software Developer
9 5 (5.43%) User Researcher
10 4 (4.35%) Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (21.74%) React
2 12 (13.04%) .NET
2 12 (13.04%) Next.js
3 10 (10.87%) CSS
3 10 (10.87%) HTML
4 8 (8.70%) .NET Core
5 5 (5.43%) .NET Framework
5 5 (5.43%) CSS3
5 5 (5.43%) Entity Framework
5 5 (5.43%) HTML5
5 5 (5.43%) RESTful
6 3 (3.26%) AngularJS
7 2 (2.17%) Jest
8 1 (1.09%) Dapper ORM
8 1 (1.09%) GraphQL
8 1 (1.09%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (1.09%) OAuth2
8 1 (1.09%) Pandas
8 1 (1.09%) Redux
8 1 (1.09%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.78%) Product Ownership
2 8 (8.70%) CMDB
3 4 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (4.35%) Data Structures
3 4 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.17%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.09%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.09%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.09%) IoT
5 1 (1.09%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.09%) Life Science
5 1 (1.09%) Low-Code
5 1 (1.09%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.09%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.09%) Social Media
5 1 (1.09%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.09%) Video Editing
5 1 (1.09%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.09%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.26%) Windows
2 2 (2.17%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.09%) Android
3 1 (1.09%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (33.70%) Problem-Solving
2 30 (32.61%) Agile
2 30 (32.61%) UX Design
3 24 (26.09%) AI
4 21 (22.83%) Continuous Improvement
5 19 (20.65%) Full-Stack Development
6 16 (17.39%) ITSM
7 15 (16.30%) Code Quality
7 15 (16.30%) Stakeholder Management
8 13 (14.13%) Roadmaps
9 12 (13.04%) Workflow
10 11 (11.96%) Change Management
10 11 (11.96%) Critical Thinking
10 11 (11.96%) Strategic Thinking
10 11 (11.96%) User Research
10 11 (11.96%) User Stories
10 11 (11.96%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 10 (10.87%) B2B
11 10 (10.87%) Business Strategy
11 10 (10.87%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 19 (20.65%) TypeScript
2 16 (17.39%) JavaScript
3 12 (13.04%) C#
4 9 (9.78%) Python
5 4 (4.35%) SQL
6 3 (3.26%) PowerShell
7 2 (2.17%) Bash
8 1 (1.09%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 19 (20.65%) Degree
2 10 (10.87%) Security Cleared
3 9 (9.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (9.78%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (5.43%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.09%) APMG
5 1 (1.09%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.09%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.09%) PhD
5 1 (1.09%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (11.96%) Accessibility
2 8 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 6 (6.52%) QA
4 4 (4.35%) WCAG
5 1 (1.09%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.09%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (8.70%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (3.26%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.09%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.09%) Docker
3 1 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.09%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (3.26%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.17%) SCCM
3 1 (1.09%) Ansible
3 1 (1.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (17.39%) ServiceNow
2 13 (14.13%) Microsoft
3 9 (9.78%) Salesforce
4 6 (6.52%) WooCommerce
5 4 (4.35%) Okta
5 4 (4.35%) Zscaler
6 3 (3.26%) Citrix
7 2 (2.17%) Adobe
7 2 (2.17%) Google
7 2 (2.17%) HubSpot
8 1 (1.09%) Atlassian
8 1 (1.09%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.09%) iManage
8 1 (1.09%) Netlify