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 10 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 37 83
Rank change year-on-year -42 +46 -3
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 80 132 98
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.90% 6.80% 3.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.38% 7.06% 3.36%
Number of salaries quoted 33 95 73
10th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% +11.11% -15.63%
75th Percentile £85,000 £102,500 £85,000
90th Percentile £94,750 £117,500 £94,000
Central London median annual salary £78,750 £75,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -15.63%

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 3,365 1,871 2,915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 79.91% 96.39% 90.98%
Number of salaries quoted 2,435 1,416 2,357
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,321
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 £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 10 June 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 3 (3.75%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (3.75%) InDesign
1 3 (3.75%) Photoshop
2 2 (2.50%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (2.50%) UserZoom
3 1 (1.25%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.25%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.50%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 28 (35.00%) Figma
2 24 (30.00%) Azure
3 18 (22.50%) SaaS
4 13 (16.25%) Microsoft 365
5 10 (12.50%) PaaS
6 9 (11.25%) Azure DevOps
7 8 (10.00%) Entra ID
8 7 (8.75%) Power Platform
9 6 (7.50%) Serverless
10 5 (6.25%) Lucidchart
11 4 (5.00%) Adobe Analytics
12 3 (3.75%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 3 (3.75%) AWS
12 3 (3.75%) Azure Logic Apps
12 3 (3.75%) Contentsquare
12 3 (3.75%) GCP
12 3 (3.75%) Microsoft Purview
13 2 (2.50%) Azure App Service
13 2 (2.50%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 2 (2.50%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 5 (6.25%) Broadband
2 3 (3.75%) DHCP
2 3 (3.75%) DNS
2 3 (3.75%) TCP/IP
2 3 (3.75%) VPN
3 2 (2.50%) Wi-Fi
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 8 (10.00%) JIRA
2 5 (6.25%) Balsamiq
3 2 (2.50%) Git
4 1 (1.25%) Vite
4 1 (1.25%) webpack
General
1 35 (43.75%) Finance
2 18 (22.50%) Marketing
3 15 (18.75%) Social Skills
4 14 (17.50%) Legal
5 7 (8.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 7 (8.75%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (7.50%) Banking
7 4 (5.00%) Law
8 3 (3.75%) Advertising
8 3 (3.75%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (3.75%) Front Office
8 3 (3.75%) Games
8 3 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.75%) Multimedia
9 1 (1.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (27.50%) Senior
2 17 (21.25%) Designer
3 14 (17.50%) Architect
3 14 (17.50%) UX Designer
4 12 (15.00%) UI Designer
4 12 (15.00%) UI/UX Designer
5 10 (12.50%) Senior Designer
6 9 (11.25%) Developer
6 9 (11.25%) Lead
6 9 (11.25%) Solutions Architect
7 8 (10.00%) Senior UX Designer
8 7 (8.75%) Senior UI Designer
8 7 (8.75%) Senior UI/UX Designer
9 6 (7.50%) Senior Developer
10 5 (6.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 5 (6.25%) IT Architect
10 5 (6.25%) Senior Front-End Developer
11 4 (5.00%) Product Manager
11 4 (5.00%) Senior UI Developer
11 4 (5.00%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (20.00%) 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 3 (3.75%) Framer.js
7 2 (2.50%) jQuery
8 1 (1.25%) CSS3
8 1 (1.25%) Dapper ORM
8 1 (1.25%) Entity Framework
8 1 (1.25%) HTML5
8 1 (1.25%) REST
8 1 (1.25%) RESTful
8 1 (1.25%) Vue
8 1 (1.25%) Web Services
8 1 (1.25%) WebSockets
8 1 (1.25%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 15 (18.75%) Product Ownership
2 10 (12.50%) Cloud Native
3 5 (6.25%) Mobile App
3 5 (6.25%) Public Cloud
4 4 (5.00%) Onboarding
5 3 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (2.50%) Social Media
7 1 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.25%) CMDB
7 1 (1.25%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.50%) Windows
2 3 (3.75%) Android
2 3 (3.75%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.25%) Mac OS
3 1 (1.25%) VMS
3 1 (1.25%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.25%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (53.75%) UX Design
2 38 (47.50%) Agile
3 27 (33.75%) Mentoring
4 23 (28.75%) AI
4 23 (28.75%) Coaching
5 20 (25.00%) Roadmaps
6 17 (21.25%) Creative Thinking
7 16 (20.00%) Scrum
8 15 (18.75%) DevOps
9 14 (17.50%) Product Backlog
9 14 (17.50%) Product Roadmap
10 13 (16.25%) Backlog Management
11 12 (15.00%) Product Management
12 11 (13.75%) Business Case
12 11 (13.75%) Business Strategy
12 11 (13.75%) Front End Development
13 10 (12.50%) Co-Creation
13 10 (12.50%) Decision-Making
13 10 (12.50%) Epics
13 10 (12.50%) Product Requirements
Programming Languages
1 16 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 7 (8.75%) C#
3 6 (7.50%) Python
3 6 (7.50%) SQL
4 3 (3.75%) TypeScript
5 2 (2.50%) Bicep
6 1 (1.25%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (6.25%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 1 (1.25%) Degree
3 1 (1.25%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (16.25%) Accessibility
2 5 (6.25%) WCAG
3 2 (2.50%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (1.25%) GDPR
4 1 (1.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 8 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (2.50%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (7.50%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 18 (22.50%) Microsoft
2 9 (11.25%) 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%) Guidewire
6 1 (1.25%) Meraki
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