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 29 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 37 79
Rank change year-on-year -39 +42 +5
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 80 124 99
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.93% 6.53% 3.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.40% 6.78% 3.42%
Number of salaries quoted 31 91 75
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,500 £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 £98,750 £86,250
90th Percentile £93,750 £117,500 £95,000
Central London median annual salary £71,121 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -5.17% +11.11% -12.90%

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 3,331 1,829 2,897
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.25% 96.26% 91.24%
Number of salaries quoted 2,411 1,385 2,389
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,850 £41,315
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 - £122,500 £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 29 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 (8.75%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.00%) CMS
2 4 (5.00%) Confluence
3 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.25%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
1 2 (2.50%) UserZoom
2 1 (1.25%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.25%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.25%) InDesign
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.25%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.25%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 29 (36.25%) Azure
2 26 (32.50%) Figma
3 18 (22.50%) SaaS
4 16 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (12.50%) Entra ID
5 10 (12.50%) PaaS
6 9 (11.25%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (11.25%) Power Platform
7 6 (7.50%) Serverless
8 5 (6.25%) Azure Logic Apps
8 5 (6.25%) Lucidchart
9 4 (5.00%) Adobe Analytics
10 3 (3.75%) AWS
10 3 (3.75%) Contentsquare
10 3 (3.75%) GCP
10 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Purview
11 2 (2.50%) Azure App Service
11 2 (2.50%) Copilot Studio
11 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (2.50%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.25%) Broadband
2 4 (5.00%) DHCP
2 4 (5.00%) DNS
2 4 (5.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (5.00%) VPN
3 3 (3.75%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.25%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.25%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (1.25%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.25%) GIS
1 1 (1.25%) Metadata
1 1 (1.25%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (11.25%) JIRA
2 5 (6.25%) Balsamiq
3 2 (2.50%) Git
4 1 (1.25%) Vite
4 1 (1.25%) webpack
General
1 38 (47.50%) Finance
2 19 (23.75%) Social Skills
3 18 (22.50%) Marketing
4 15 (18.75%) Legal
5 7 (8.75%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (7.50%) Banking
7 5 (6.25%) Law
8 4 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (3.75%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (3.75%) Front Office
9 3 (3.75%) Games
10 2 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.25%) Advertising
11 1 (1.25%) Billing
11 1 (1.25%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.25%) Multimedia
11 1 (1.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (26.25%) Senior
2 14 (17.50%) Architect
2 14 (17.50%) Designer
3 11 (13.75%) UX Designer
4 10 (12.50%) Developer
5 9 (11.25%) Solutions Architect
5 9 (11.25%) UI Designer
5 9 (11.25%) UI/UX Designer
6 8 (10.00%) Lead
6 8 (10.00%) Senior Designer
7 6 (7.50%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 6 (7.50%) Senior Developer
7 6 (7.50%) Senior UX Designer
8 5 (6.25%) IT Architect
8 5 (6.25%) IT Manager
8 5 (6.25%) Senior Front-End Developer
8 5 (6.25%) Senior UI Designer
8 5 (6.25%) Senior UI/UX Designer
8 5 (6.25%) UI Developer
8 5 (6.25%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (18.75%) React
2 8 (10.00%) CSS
2 8 (10.00%) HTML
3 6 (7.50%) .NET
3 6 (7.50%) .NET Framework
4 5 (6.25%) Model Context Protocol
5 4 (5.00%) SAP Fiori
5 4 (5.00%) SAPUI5
6 2 (2.50%) jQuery
6 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Graph
7 1 (1.25%) .NET Core
7 1 (1.25%) Dapper ORM
7 1 (1.25%) Entity Framework
7 1 (1.25%) Framer.js
7 1 (1.25%) HTML5
7 1 (1.25%) Redux
7 1 (1.25%) RESTful
7 1 (1.25%) Vue
7 1 (1.25%) Web Services
7 1 (1.25%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 17 (21.25%) Product Ownership
2 11 (13.75%) Cloud Native
3 6 (7.50%) Mobile App
4 5 (6.25%) Onboarding
4 5 (6.25%) Public Cloud
5 3 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.50%) Low-Code
6 2 (2.50%) Social Media
7 1 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.25%) CMDB
7 1 (1.25%) IoT
7 1 (1.25%) iPad
7 1 (1.25%) iPhone
7 1 (1.25%) PropTech
7 1 (1.25%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.75%) Windows
2 4 (5.00%) Apple iOS
3 3 (3.75%) Android
4 2 (2.50%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.25%) VMS
5 1 (1.25%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (53.75%) Agile
1 43 (53.75%) UX Design
2 30 (37.50%) Mentoring
3 27 (33.75%) Coaching
4 26 (32.50%) AI
5 22 (27.50%) Roadmaps
6 21 (26.25%) Creative Thinking
7 18 (22.50%) DevOps
7 18 (22.50%) Scrum
8 16 (20.00%) Product Backlog
8 16 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
9 15 (18.75%) Backlog Management
10 13 (16.25%) Business Strategy
11 12 (15.00%) Business Case
11 12 (15.00%) Change Control
11 12 (15.00%) Co-Creation
11 12 (15.00%) Epics
11 12 (15.00%) Front End Development
11 12 (15.00%) Product Management
11 12 (15.00%) Product Requirements
Programming Languages
1 17 (21.25%) JavaScript
2 7 (8.75%) C#
2 7 (8.75%) Python
3 6 (7.50%) SQL
4 4 (5.00%) Bicep
5 2 (2.50%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.50%) TypeScript
6 1 (1.25%) Bash
Qualifications
1 9 (11.25%) Security Cleared
2 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 3 (3.75%) Degree
4 1 (1.25%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.25%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.25%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.25%) PhD
4 1 (1.25%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (15.00%) Accessibility
2 5 (6.25%) WCAG
3 2 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.25%) GDPR
4 1 (1.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.25%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (11.25%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (8.75%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.50%) Terraform
3 1 (1.25%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.25%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 21 (26.25%) Microsoft
2 7 (8.75%) Adobe
3 4 (5.00%) SAP
3 4 (5.00%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.75%) Atlassian
5 2 (2.50%) Hotjar
5 2 (2.50%) iManage
5 2 (2.50%) Intapp
6 1 (1.25%) Apple
6 1 (1.25%) Google
6 1 (1.25%) Guidewire
6 1 (1.25%) Meraki
6 1 (1.25%) Okta
6 1 (1.25%) Optimizely
6 1 (1.25%) Oracle
6 1 (1.25%) Pega
6 1 (1.25%) Qualtrics
6 1 (1.25%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.25%) VMware