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 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 82 78
Rank change year-on-year +37 -4 0
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 87 98 102
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 4.70% 3.50% 3.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.20% 3.69% 3.56%
Number of salaries quoted 63 62 94
10th Percentile £43,500 £52,500 £44,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £90,375 £78,750 £95,938
90th Percentile £122,500 £110,750 £106,250
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £67,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +18.52% -10.00% +7.14%

All Process and 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 1,673 2,653 2,867
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 90.43% 94.72% 95.34%
Number of salaries quoted 1,268 1,748 2,587
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,400
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £118,750 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £73,750
% change year-on-year - +1.69% -1.67%

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 2 December 2025.

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 6 (6.90%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.15%) Apache
2 1 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.15%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.30%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 3 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.15%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 21 (24.14%) Azure
2 16 (18.39%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (16.09%) SaaS
4 12 (13.79%) Power Platform
5 11 (12.64%) AWS
6 8 (9.20%) PowerApps
7 6 (6.90%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (5.75%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (5.75%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (3.45%) Azure Data Factory
9 3 (3.45%) Copilot Studio
9 3 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
9 3 (3.45%) Figma
9 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (3.45%) Power Automate
9 3 (3.45%) ShareGate
10 2 (2.30%) GCP
10 2 (2.30%) Miro
10 2 (2.30%) npm
10 2 (2.30%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.30%) VPN
2 1 (1.15%) DHCP
2 1 (1.15%) DNS
2 1 (1.15%) Internet
2 1 (1.15%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (9.20%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.60%) Power BI
3 1 (1.15%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.15%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.15%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 1 (1.15%) DynamoDB
3 1 (1.15%) MySQL
3 1 (1.15%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.15%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 7 (8.05%) Git
2 3 (3.45%) JIRA
3 1 (1.15%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.15%) ESLint
3 1 (1.15%) Vite
3 1 (1.15%) webpack
General
1 22 (25.29%) Finance
1 22 (25.29%) Law
1 22 (25.29%) Social Skills
2 18 (20.69%) Legal
3 9 (10.34%) Banking
3 9 (10.34%) Retail
4 8 (9.20%) Marketing
5 3 (3.45%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.45%) Public Sector
6 2 (2.30%) Digital Health
7 1 (1.15%) Advertising
7 1 (1.15%) Front Office
7 1 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (1.15%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 17 (19.54%) Senior
2 13 (14.94%) Designer
3 11 (12.64%) Developer
4 10 (11.49%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 8 (9.20%) Asset and Configuration Manager
5 8 (9.20%) Configuration Manager
5 8 (9.20%) Service Manager
6 7 (8.05%) Service Designer
6 7 (8.05%) UX Designer
7 6 (6.90%) Architect
7 6 (6.90%) Full-Stack Developer
7 6 (6.90%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
7 6 (6.90%) User Researcher
8 5 (5.75%) Consultant
8 5 (5.75%) Lead
8 5 (5.75%) Software Developer
9 4 (4.60%) Business Development Manager
9 4 (4.60%) Development Manager
9 4 (4.60%) Product Designer
9 4 (4.60%) User Experience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (20.69%) React
2 11 (12.64%) .NET
2 11 (12.64%) CSS
2 11 (12.64%) HTML
3 10 (11.49%) Next.js
4 8 (9.20%) .NET Core
5 5 (5.75%) .NET Framework
5 5 (5.75%) CSS3
5 5 (5.75%) Entity Framework
5 5 (5.75%) HTML5
5 5 (5.75%) RESTful
6 3 (3.45%) AngularJS
6 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (2.30%) Jest
7 2 (2.30%) Vue
8 1 (1.15%) Dapper ORM
8 1 (1.15%) GraphQL
8 1 (1.15%) Node.js
8 1 (1.15%) OAuth
8 1 (1.15%) OAuth2
Miscellaneous
1 12 (13.79%) Product Ownership
2 8 (9.20%) CMDB
3 3 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.45%) Data Structures
3 3 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (3.45%) Low-Code
4 2 (2.30%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.15%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.15%) IoT
5 1 (1.15%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.15%) Life Science
5 1 (1.15%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.15%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.15%) Social Media
5 1 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.15%) Video Editing
5 1 (1.15%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.15%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.45%) Windows
2 2 (2.30%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.15%) Android
3 1 (1.15%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (37.93%) Agile
2 32 (36.78%) Problem-Solving
3 27 (31.03%) UX Design
4 20 (22.99%) AI
5 18 (20.69%) Full-Stack Development
6 17 (19.54%) Continuous Improvement
7 16 (18.39%) Stakeholder Management
8 14 (16.09%) User Research
9 13 (14.94%) Code Quality
10 12 (13.79%) Critical Thinking
10 12 (13.79%) ITSM
10 12 (13.79%) Roadmaps
10 12 (13.79%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 11 (12.64%) DevOps
11 11 (12.64%) Strategic Thinking
11 11 (12.64%) User Stories
12 10 (11.49%) Analytics
12 10 (11.49%) Change Management
13 9 (10.34%) Cybersecurity
13 9 (10.34%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 17 (19.54%) TypeScript
2 15 (17.24%) JavaScript
3 11 (12.64%) C#
4 9 (10.34%) Python
5 4 (4.60%) SQL
6 3 (3.45%) Bicep
6 3 (3.45%) PowerShell
7 2 (2.30%) Bash
8 1 (1.15%) Java
Qualifications
1 13 (14.94%) Degree
2 11 (12.64%) Security Cleared
3 7 (8.05%) Microsoft Certification
4 5 (5.75%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (5.75%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.15%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.15%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (1.15%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.15%) PhD
5 1 (1.15%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.64%) Accessibility
2 8 (9.20%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 6 (6.90%) QA
4 5 (5.75%) WCAG
5 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (9.20%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (3.45%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.15%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.15%) Docker
3 1 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.15%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.30%) SCCM
3 1 (1.15%) Ansible
3 1 (1.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (16.09%) Microsoft
2 12 (13.79%) ServiceNow
3 3 (3.45%) Adobe
3 3 (3.45%) Citrix
3 3 (3.45%) Okta
3 3 (3.45%) Zscaler
4 2 (2.30%) Google
4 2 (2.30%) SAP
5 1 (1.15%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.15%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.15%) iManage
5 1 (1.15%) Netlify
5 1 (1.15%) Oracle
5 1 (1.15%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.15%) Workday