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

6 months to
23 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 38 78
Rank change year-on-year -38 +40 +2
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 85 123 102
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 2.03% 6.46% 3.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.54% 6.72% 3.53%
Number of salaries quoted 35 93 80
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,500 £56,250 £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 £94,500 £117,500 £95,625
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +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 3,351 1,831 2,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.21% 96.22% 91.42%
Number of salaries quoted 2,433 1,382 2,401
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,775 £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 - £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 23 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 (8.24%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.71%) CMS
2 4 (4.71%) Confluence
3 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.18%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (2.35%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.18%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.18%) Chatbot
2 1 (1.18%) InDesign
2 1 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.18%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.18%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 5 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.18%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 33 (38.82%) Azure
2 26 (30.59%) Figma
3 18 (21.18%) Microsoft 365
3 18 (21.18%) SaaS
4 11 (12.94%) Power Platform
5 10 (11.76%) Azure DevOps
5 10 (11.76%) Entra ID
5 10 (11.76%) PaaS
6 7 (8.24%) Azure Logic Apps
7 6 (7.06%) Serverless
8 5 (5.88%) Lucidchart
9 4 (4.71%) AWS
9 4 (4.71%) GCP
10 3 (3.53%) Copilot Studio
10 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Copilot
10 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Purview
10 3 (3.53%) PowerApps
11 2 (2.35%) Azure App Service
11 2 (2.35%) Azure Cosmos DB
11 2 (2.35%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.71%) DHCP
1 4 (4.71%) DNS
1 4 (4.71%) TCP/IP
1 4 (4.71%) VPN
2 3 (3.53%) Broadband
2 3 (3.53%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.18%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.18%) Azure SQL Database
1 1 (1.18%) BusinessObjects
1 1 (1.18%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
1 1 (1.18%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.18%) DynamoDB
1 1 (1.18%) GIS
1 1 (1.18%) Metadata
1 1 (1.18%) MySQL
1 1 (1.18%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.18%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.18%) SAP BW
1 1 (1.18%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (11.76%) JIRA
2 5 (5.88%) Balsamiq
3 2 (2.35%) Git
4 1 (1.18%) Vite
4 1 (1.18%) webpack
General
1 41 (48.24%) Finance
2 21 (24.71%) Social Skills
3 19 (22.35%) Marketing
4 15 (17.65%) Legal
5 7 (8.24%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (7.06%) Banking
6 6 (7.06%) Law
7 4 (4.71%) Front Office
7 4 (4.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.53%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.18%) Advertising
10 1 (1.18%) Billing
10 1 (1.18%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.18%) Games
10 1 (1.18%) Multimedia
10 1 (1.18%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 23 (27.06%) Senior
2 15 (17.65%) Architect
3 14 (16.47%) Designer
4 11 (12.94%) UX Designer
5 10 (11.76%) Developer
6 9 (10.59%) Solutions Architect
6 9 (10.59%) UI Designer
6 9 (10.59%) UI/UX Designer
7 8 (9.41%) Senior Designer
8 7 (8.24%) Lead
9 6 (7.06%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 6 (7.06%) Innovation Manager
9 6 (7.06%) IT Manager
9 6 (7.06%) Senior Developer
9 6 (7.06%) Senior UX Designer
10 5 (5.88%) IT Architect
10 5 (5.88%) Senior Front-End Developer
10 5 (5.88%) Senior UI Designer
10 5 (5.88%) UI Developer
10 5 (5.88%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (18.82%) React
2 8 (9.41%) CSS
2 8 (9.41%) HTML
3 6 (7.06%) .NET
3 6 (7.06%) .NET Framework
4 5 (5.88%) Model Context Protocol
5 4 (4.71%) SAP Fiori
5 4 (4.71%) SAPUI5
6 3 (3.53%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (2.35%) jQuery
7 2 (2.35%) Vue
8 1 (1.18%) CSS3
8 1 (1.18%) Dapper ORM
8 1 (1.18%) Entity Framework
8 1 (1.18%) Framer.js
8 1 (1.18%) HTML5
8 1 (1.18%) Node.js
8 1 (1.18%) REST
8 1 (1.18%) RESTful
8 1 (1.18%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 19 (22.35%) Product Ownership
2 11 (12.94%) Cloud Native
3 6 (7.06%) Mobile App
4 5 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 5 (5.88%) Public Cloud
5 3 (3.53%) Low-Code
5 3 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.18%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.18%) CMDB
6 1 (1.18%) IoT
6 1 (1.18%) iPad
6 1 (1.18%) iPhone
6 1 (1.18%) PropTech
6 1 (1.18%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (8.24%) Windows
2 4 (4.71%) Apple iOS
3 3 (3.53%) Android
4 2 (2.35%) Mac OS
5 1 (1.18%) VMS
5 1 (1.18%) Windows 10
5 1 (1.18%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (52.94%) UX Design
2 44 (51.76%) Agile
3 32 (37.65%) Mentoring
4 29 (34.12%) Coaching
5 25 (29.41%) AI
6 23 (27.06%) Creative Thinking
7 22 (25.88%) Roadmaps
8 20 (23.53%) DevOps
9 19 (22.35%) Scrum
10 17 (20.00%) Product Backlog
11 16 (18.82%) Backlog Management
12 15 (17.65%) Product Roadmap
13 14 (16.47%) Business Strategy
14 13 (15.29%) Business Case
14 13 (15.29%) Change Control
14 13 (15.29%) Co-Creation
14 13 (15.29%) Epics
14 13 (15.29%) Product Requirements
15 12 (14.12%) Front End Development
15 12 (14.12%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (21.18%) JavaScript
2 8 (9.41%) Python
3 7 (8.24%) C#
4 6 (7.06%) SQL
5 5 (5.88%) Bicep
6 2 (2.35%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.35%) TypeScript
7 1 (1.18%) Bash
7 1 (1.18%) Java
Qualifications
1 10 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 5 (5.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 3 (3.53%) Degree
4 1 (1.18%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.18%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.18%) ISTQB
4 1 (1.18%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
4 1 (1.18%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.18%) PhD
4 1 (1.18%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (11.76%) Accessibility
2 5 (5.88%) WCAG
3 2 (2.35%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.18%) GDPR
4 1 (1.18%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.18%) QA
4 1 (1.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (1.18%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (10.59%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.35%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (8.24%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.35%) Terraform
3 1 (1.18%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.18%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (27.06%) Microsoft
2 6 (7.06%) SAP
3 5 (5.88%) Adobe
4 4 (4.71%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.53%) Atlassian
6 2 (2.35%) Hotjar
6 2 (2.35%) iManage
6 2 (2.35%) Intapp
6 2 (2.35%) Oracle
7 1 (1.18%) Apple
7 1 (1.18%) Google
7 1 (1.18%) Guidewire
7 1 (1.18%) Meraki
7 1 (1.18%) Okta
7 1 (1.18%) Optimizely
7 1 (1.18%) Pega
7 1 (1.18%) Qualtrics
7 1 (1.18%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.18%) VMware
7 1 (1.18%) Workday