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 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 34 86
Rank change year-on-year -44 +52 +6
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 63 131 78
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.81% 7.24% 2.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.25% 7.58% 3.06%
Number of salaries quoted 30 93 55
10th Percentile £54,250 £47,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £59,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,250 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.17% +11.54% -18.75%
75th Percentile £85,000 £93,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £101,000 £122,500 £90,000
Central London median annual salary £71,121 £80,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.10% +23.08% -16.13%

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 2,794 1,729 2,547
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.17% 95.58% 92.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,032 1,337 1,958
10th Percentile £46,250 £40,000 £43,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £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 22 August 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 5 (7.94%) SharePoint
2 4 (6.35%) CMS
3 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.59%) Confluence
4 1 (1.59%) MTS
4 1 (1.59%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 5 (7.94%) Adobe Illustrator
1 5 (7.94%) InDesign
1 5 (7.94%) Photoshop
2 3 (4.76%) UserZoom
3 1 (1.59%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.59%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (6.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (3.17%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.59%) Bloomberg TOMS
3 1 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.59%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 18 (28.57%) Figma
2 12 (19.05%) SaaS
3 11 (17.46%) Azure
4 7 (11.11%) Microsoft 365
5 6 (9.52%) Dynamics 365
5 6 (9.52%) Entra ID
5 6 (9.52%) PaaS
5 6 (9.52%) Power Platform
6 5 (7.94%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 5 (7.94%) Serverless
7 4 (6.35%) Adobe Analytics
7 4 (6.35%) Contentsquare
8 3 (4.76%) AWS
8 3 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (4.76%) GCP
8 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (4.76%) OneDrive
9 2 (3.17%) Power Automate
10 1 (1.59%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.35%) Broadband
2 1 (1.59%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.59%) Ataccama
1 1 (1.59%) Metadata
1 1 (1.59%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (3.17%) JIRA
2 1 (1.59%) Balsamiq
2 1 (1.59%) Git
General
1 16 (25.40%) Finance
2 12 (19.05%) Marketing
3 9 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (14.29%) Social Skills
4 7 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (9.52%) Legal
6 5 (7.94%) Advertising
6 5 (7.94%) Multimedia
7 4 (6.35%) Games
7 4 (6.35%) Legal Technology
8 3 (4.76%) Law
9 2 (3.17%) Banking
9 2 (3.17%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.59%) Back Office
10 1 (1.59%) Billing
10 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.59%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (23.81%) Senior
2 11 (17.46%) Architect
2 11 (17.46%) Designer
3 10 (15.87%) Lead
3 10 (15.87%) UX Designer
4 9 (14.29%) UI Designer
4 9 (14.29%) UI/UX Designer
5 8 (12.70%) Senior Designer
6 7 (11.11%) Senior UI Designer
6 7 (11.11%) Senior UI/UX Designer
6 7 (11.11%) Senior UX Designer
7 5 (7.94%) Solutions Architect
8 4 (6.35%) Analyst
8 4 (6.35%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
8 4 (6.35%) Lead Architect
8 4 (6.35%) Product Manager
8 4 (6.35%) SAP Architect
8 4 (6.35%) Senior Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
8 4 (6.35%) User Experience Architect
9 3 (4.76%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (15.87%) React
2 5 (7.94%) CSS
2 5 (7.94%) Framer.js
2 5 (7.94%) HTML
2 5 (7.94%) Next.js
3 4 (6.35%) SAP Fiori
3 4 (6.35%) SAPUI5
4 2 (3.17%) .NET
4 2 (3.17%) .NET Framework
5 1 (1.59%) jQuery
5 1 (1.59%) Model Context Protocol
5 1 (1.59%) Node.js
5 1 (1.59%) PyTorch
5 1 (1.59%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.87%) Cloud Native
2 8 (12.70%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.76%) Social Media
4 2 (3.17%) iPhone
5 1 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.59%) CMDB
5 1 (1.59%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.59%) Eurex
5 1 (1.59%) Fixed Income
5 1 (1.59%) iPad
5 1 (1.59%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.59%) PropTech
5 1 (1.59%) Public Cloud
5 1 (1.59%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.76%) Windows
2 1 (1.59%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.59%) Linux
2 1 (1.59%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.59%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.59%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (36.51%) UX Design
2 19 (30.16%) Agile
3 16 (25.40%) Roadmaps
4 13 (20.63%) AI
4 13 (20.63%) Mentoring
5 12 (19.05%) Workflow
6 10 (15.87%) Coaching
6 10 (15.87%) Stakeholder Management
7 9 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
7 9 (14.29%) Product Management
7 9 (14.29%) Product Roadmap
7 9 (14.29%) Scrum
8 8 (12.70%) Collaborative Working
8 8 (12.70%) Customer Experience
9 7 (11.11%) Analytics
9 7 (11.11%) Process Improvement
10 6 (9.52%) Creative Thinking
10 6 (9.52%) DevOps
10 6 (9.52%) Prototyping
10 6 (9.52%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 7 (11.11%) JavaScript
2 4 (6.35%) TypeScript
3 3 (4.76%) SQL
4 2 (3.17%) C#
4 2 (3.17%) Python
5 1 (1.59%) Bicep
5 1 (1.59%) Tcl
5 1 (1.59%) T-SQL
5 1 (1.59%) VBA
Qualifications
1 9 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.17%) Degree
3 1 (1.59%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.59%) ISTQB
3 1 (1.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (1.59%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 1 (1.59%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (19.05%) Accessibility
2 4 (6.35%) WCAG
3 2 (3.17%) Data Quality
3 2 (3.17%) GDPR
4 1 (1.59%) QA
System Software
1 3 (4.76%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.59%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (1.59%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.59%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 10 (15.87%) Microsoft
2 9 (14.29%) Adobe
3 5 (7.94%) SAP
4 2 (3.17%) Apple
4 2 (3.17%) Oracle
4 2 (3.17%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.59%) Bloomberg
5 1 (1.59%) ION Trading
5 1 (1.59%) MarketAxess
5 1 (1.59%) Okta
5 1 (1.59%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.59%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.59%) Sybase
5 1 (1.59%) Tradeweb
5 1 (1.59%) VMware
5 1 (1.59%) Workday