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 6 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 50 61 68
Rank change year-on-year +11 +7 +15
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 96 107 102
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 3.64% 4.20% 3.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.25% 4.39% 3.48%
Number of salaries quoted 55 73 94
10th Percentile £40,500 £52,500 £37,375
25th Percentile £47,500 £62,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.33% +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £95,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £96,500 £117,500 £101,250
Central London median annual salary £70,000 £75,000 £74,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% +1.35% -1.33%

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 2,260 2,440 2,927
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 85.80% 95.69% 93.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,649 1,558 2,601
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £58,750 £56,250 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% +1.35% -1.33%
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £110,000 £117,500 £115,000
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 6 February 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 4 (4.17%) Confluence
1 4 (4.17%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (2.08%) Adobe XD
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.04%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.04%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 27 (28.13%) Azure
2 19 (19.79%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (15.63%) Figma
4 12 (12.50%) Power Platform
4 12 (12.50%) SaaS
5 8 (8.33%) Azure Logic Apps
6 7 (7.29%) Azure DevOps
6 7 (7.29%) Entra ID
7 5 (5.21%) PaaS
8 4 (4.17%) AWS
8 4 (4.17%) Copilot Studio
8 4 (4.17%) Lucidchart
8 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (4.17%) PowerApps
9 2 (2.08%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (2.08%) Google Workspace
9 2 (2.08%) Miro
9 2 (2.08%) npm
9 2 (2.08%) Yarn
10 1 (1.04%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.21%) VPN
2 4 (4.17%) DHCP
2 4 (4.17%) DNS
2 4 (4.17%) TCP/IP
3 3 (3.13%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (2.08%) Broadband
4 2 (2.08%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.21%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.04%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.04%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.04%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 1 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.04%) DynamoDB
2 1 (1.04%) GIS
2 1 (1.04%) MySQL
2 1 (1.04%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.04%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.04%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 9 (9.38%) JIRA
2 6 (6.25%) Git
3 4 (4.17%) Balsamiq
4 1 (1.04%) Vite
4 1 (1.04%) webpack
General
1 34 (35.42%) Finance
2 26 (27.08%) Social Skills
3 22 (22.92%) Legal
4 20 (20.83%) Law
5 15 (15.63%) Banking
6 14 (14.58%) Marketing
7 9 (9.38%) Retail
8 6 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (4.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.08%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (2.08%) Digital Health
11 1 (1.04%) Billing
11 1 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.04%) Front Office
11 1 (1.04%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.04%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (18.75%) Designer
1 18 (18.75%) Senior
2 12 (12.50%) Developer
3 11 (11.46%) UX Designer
4 8 (8.33%) Architect
4 8 (8.33%) Asset and Configuration Manager
4 8 (8.33%) Configuration Manager
4 8 (8.33%) Service Designer
4 8 (8.33%) Service Manager
5 7 (7.29%) Innovation Manager
5 7 (7.29%) IT Manager
5 7 (7.29%) User Researcher
6 6 (6.25%) Full-Stack Developer
7 5 (5.21%) Consultant
7 5 (5.21%) Product Designer
7 5 (5.21%) Product Manager
7 5 (5.21%) UI Designer
7 5 (5.21%) UI/UX Designer
8 4 (4.17%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 4 (4.17%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (16.67%) React
2 12 (12.50%) HTML
3 11 (11.46%) CSS
4 10 (10.42%) .NET
5 8 (8.33%) .NET Framework
6 7 (7.29%) .NET Core
7 5 (5.21%) CSS3
7 5 (5.21%) Entity Framework
7 5 (5.21%) HTML5
7 5 (5.21%) RESTful
8 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Graph
8 4 (4.17%) Model Context Protocol
9 3 (3.13%) AngularJS
9 3 (3.13%) Next.js
10 2 (2.08%) Vue
11 1 (1.04%) Dapper ORM
11 1 (1.04%) Node.js
11 1 (1.04%) Redux
11 1 (1.04%) Web Services
11 1 (1.04%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 17 (17.71%) Product Ownership
2 8 (8.33%) CMDB
3 6 (6.25%) Mobile App
3 6 (6.25%) Onboarding
4 4 (4.17%) Low-Code
4 4 (4.17%) Public Cloud
5 2 (2.08%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.08%) IoT
5 2 (2.08%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.04%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.04%) iPad
6 1 (1.04%) iPhone
6 1 (1.04%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.04%) Social Media
6 1 (1.04%) Video Editing
6 1 (1.04%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.25%) Windows
2 3 (3.13%) Android
2 3 (3.13%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.08%) Mac OS
3 2 (2.08%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (50.00%) Agile
2 45 (46.88%) UX Design
3 34 (35.42%) Problem-Solving
4 22 (22.92%) Mentoring
5 21 (21.88%) AI
5 21 (21.88%) Coaching
6 18 (18.75%) Continuous Improvement
6 18 (18.75%) User Research
7 17 (17.71%) Creative Thinking
8 16 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
9 15 (15.63%) Roadmaps
9 15 (15.63%) Scrum
10 14 (14.58%) DevOps
10 14 (14.58%) Full-Stack Development
11 13 (13.54%) Service Design
11 13 (13.54%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 12 (12.50%) Business Strategy
12 12 (12.50%) Critical Thinking
12 12 (12.50%) Product Requirements
12 12 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 15 (15.63%) JavaScript
2 10 (10.42%) TypeScript
3 9 (9.38%) Python
4 8 (8.33%) C#
5 6 (6.25%) SQL
6 5 (5.21%) Bicep
7 4 (4.17%) PowerShell
8 3 (3.13%) Bash
9 1 (1.04%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (12.50%) Security Cleared
2 7 (7.29%) Degree
3 5 (5.21%) SC Cleared
4 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 2 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.08%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.08%) PhD
5 2 (2.08%) Postgraduate
6 1 (1.04%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.04%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (15.63%) Accessibility
2 8 (8.33%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 5 (5.21%) WCAG
4 2 (2.08%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.08%) SOC 2
5 1 (1.04%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (1.04%) QA
System Software
1 8 (8.33%) Virtual Machines
2 7 (7.29%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.08%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (1.04%) BitLocker
4 1 (1.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (6.25%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.08%) Terraform
3 1 (1.04%) Ansible
3 1 (1.04%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.04%) SCCM
3 1 (1.04%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 19 (19.79%) Microsoft
2 12 (12.50%) ServiceNow
3 6 (6.25%) Adobe
4 4 (4.17%) Atlassian
5 2 (2.08%) Citrix
5 2 (2.08%) Google
5 2 (2.08%) iManage
5 2 (2.08%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.08%) SAP
6 1 (1.04%) Apple
6 1 (1.04%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.04%) Guidewire
6 1 (1.04%) Hotjar
6 1 (1.04%) Intapp
6 1 (1.04%) Okta
6 1 (1.04%) Oracle
6 1 (1.04%) Pega
6 1 (1.04%) Qualtrics
6 1 (1.04%) Workday