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 28 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 67 35 92
Rank change year-on-year -32 +57 +7
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 66 111 82
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 2.29% 6.56% 2.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.84% 6.83% 3.03%
Number of salaries quoted 33 85 46
10th Percentile £46,500 £47,500 £43,125
25th Percentile £56,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £66,250
Median % change year-on-year - +5.66% -11.07%
75th Percentile £92,500 £90,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £108,000 £122,500 £90,000
Central London median annual salary £71,121 £75,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% +15.38% -12.75%

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 2,323 1,625 2,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.55% 96.04% 93.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,701 1,294 1,788
10th Percentile £47,500 £40,000 £44,419
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.79% -3.33% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £103,750 £122,500 £113,750
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,750
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.09% -0.34%

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 28 September 2026.

Salary histogram for User Experience in the City of London

User Experience
Job Locations in the City of London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience within the City of London region over the 6 months to 28 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London Bridge - 1 £47,500 -
User Experience
Central 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 4 (6.06%) SharePoint
2 3 (4.55%) CMS
3 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.52%) Headless CMS
4 1 (1.52%) MTS
Applications
1 5 (7.58%) Adobe Illustrator
1 5 (7.58%) InDesign
1 5 (7.58%) Photoshop
2 3 (4.55%) UserZoom
3 1 (1.52%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.52%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (6.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.03%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.52%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 1 (1.52%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.52%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 14 (21.21%) Figma
2 10 (15.15%) Azure
3 9 (13.64%) Microsoft 365
3 9 (13.64%) SaaS
4 7 (10.61%) Dynamics 365
4 7 (10.61%) Entra ID
5 5 (7.58%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 5 (7.58%) Power Platform
5 5 (7.58%) Serverless
6 4 (6.06%) PaaS
7 3 (4.55%) Adobe Analytics
7 3 (4.55%) AWS
7 3 (4.55%) Contentsquare
7 3 (4.55%) GCP
7 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Copilot
7 3 (4.55%) Microsoft Purview
7 3 (4.55%) OneDrive
8 2 (3.03%) Power Automate
9 1 (1.52%) PowerApps
9 1 (1.52%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.55%) Broadband
2 1 (1.52%) DHCP
2 1 (1.52%) DNS
2 1 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.52%) Ataccama
1 1 (1.52%) Metadata
1 1 (1.52%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (3.03%) JIRA
2 1 (1.52%) InstallShield
2 1 (1.52%) MSI
General
1 17 (25.76%) Finance
2 12 (18.18%) Marketing
3 11 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 10 (15.15%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (7.58%) Advertising
6 5 (7.58%) Multimedia
7 4 (6.06%) Law
8 3 (4.55%) Games
8 3 (4.55%) Legal
9 2 (3.03%) Banking
9 2 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (3.03%) Legal Technology
10 1 (1.52%) Back Office
10 1 (1.52%) Billing
10 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (21.21%) Senior
2 12 (18.18%) Lead
3 10 (15.15%) Architect
3 10 (15.15%) Designer
4 9 (13.64%) UX Designer
5 7 (10.61%) UI Designer
5 7 (10.61%) UI/UX Designer
6 6 (9.09%) Senior Designer
7 5 (7.58%) Analyst
7 5 (7.58%) Senior UI Designer
7 5 (7.58%) Senior UI/UX Designer
7 5 (7.58%) Senior UX Designer
8 4 (6.06%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
8 4 (6.06%) Lead Architect
8 4 (6.06%) SAP Architect
8 4 (6.06%) Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
8 4 (6.06%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (6.06%) User Experience Architect
9 3 (4.55%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 3 (4.55%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (10.61%) React
2 6 (9.09%) Next.js
3 5 (7.58%) Framer.js
4 4 (6.06%) CSS
4 4 (6.06%) HTML
4 4 (6.06%) SAP Fiori
4 4 (6.06%) SAPUI5
5 3 (4.55%) REST
6 2 (3.03%) .NET
6 2 (3.03%) AngularJS
6 2 (3.03%) Node.js
6 2 (3.03%) RESTful
7 1 (1.52%) PyTorch
7 1 (1.52%) SOAP
7 1 (1.52%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.15%) Cloud Native
2 8 (12.12%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.55%) iPhone
3 3 (4.55%) Social Media
4 2 (3.03%) CMDB
4 2 (3.03%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.52%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.52%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.52%) Eurex
5 1 (1.52%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.52%) iPad
5 1 (1.52%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.52%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.52%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.52%) PropTech
5 1 (1.52%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.58%) Windows
2 2 (3.03%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.52%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.52%) Linux
3 1 (1.52%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (30.30%) UX Design
2 18 (27.27%) Agile
3 16 (24.24%) Roadmaps
4 13 (19.70%) Workflow
5 12 (18.18%) Mentoring
5 12 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 11 (16.67%) AI
7 10 (15.15%) Scrum
8 9 (13.64%) Product Management
9 8 (12.12%) Coaching
9 8 (12.12%) Collaborative Working
9 8 (12.12%) Process Improvement
9 8 (12.12%) Product Roadmap
10 7 (10.61%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (10.61%) Customer Experience
10 7 (10.61%) ITSM
10 7 (10.61%) Prototyping
10 7 (10.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 6 (9.09%) Analytics
11 6 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.09%) TypeScript
2 5 (7.58%) JavaScript
3 3 (4.55%) Python
3 3 (4.55%) SQL
4 2 (3.03%) C#
5 1 (1.52%) PowerShell
5 1 (1.52%) Tcl
5 1 (1.52%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.52%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.03%) Degree
3 1 (1.52%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.52%) ISTQB
3 1 (1.52%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (1.52%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.52%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (15.15%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.55%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.03%) GDPR
3 2 (3.03%) WCAG
4 1 (1.52%) PMO
4 1 (1.52%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.03%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.52%) Docker
2 1 (1.52%) Microsoft App-V
2 1 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (3.03%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.52%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (1.52%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 9 (13.64%) Adobe
3 5 (7.58%) SAP
4 3 (4.55%) Apple
4 3 (4.55%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.03%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.52%) Bloomberg
6 1 (1.52%) ION Trading
6 1 (1.52%) MarketAxess
6 1 (1.52%) Okta
6 1 (1.52%) OpenAI
6 1 (1.52%) Oracle
6 1 (1.52%) Sybase
6 1 (1.52%) Tradeweb
6 1 (1.52%) Workday