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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 82 82
Rank change year-on-year +37 0 -7
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 90 94 101
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 5.09% 3.31% 3.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.52% 3.50% 3.53%
Number of salaries quoted 62 59 93
10th Percentile - £51,000 £47,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £53,750 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £90,750 £78,750 £97,500
90th Percentile £122,500 £98,500 £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 1,629 2,686 2,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 92.14% 94.54% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,235 1,759 2,586
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,750
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 £119,200 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

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 25 November 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 8 (8.89%) SharePoint
2 6 (6.67%) WordPress
3 1 (1.11%) Apache
3 1 (1.11%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.11%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.22%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 6 (6.67%) NetSuite
2 4 (4.44%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.11%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (22.22%) Azure
2 16 (17.78%) Microsoft 365
3 15 (16.67%) SaaS
4 12 (13.33%) Power Platform
5 11 (12.22%) AWS
6 9 (10.00%) PowerApps
7 6 (6.67%) Microsoft Copilot
8 5 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
9 4 (4.44%) Azure Data Factory
9 4 (4.44%) Boomi
9 4 (4.44%) Dynamics 365
9 4 (4.44%) Microsoft Purview
9 4 (4.44%) Power Automate
9 4 (4.44%) ShareGate
10 3 (3.33%) Azure Logic Apps
10 3 (3.33%) Figma
11 2 (2.22%) Entra ID
11 2 (2.22%) Miro
11 2 (2.22%) npm
11 2 (2.22%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.22%) VPN
2 1 (1.11%) DHCP
2 1 (1.11%) DNS
2 1 (1.11%) Internet
2 1 (1.11%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (10.00%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.56%) Power BI
3 1 (1.11%) BigQuery
Development Applications
1 8 (8.89%) Git
2 2 (2.22%) JIRA
3 1 (1.11%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.11%) ESLint
3 1 (1.11%) Vite
3 1 (1.11%) webpack
General
1 24 (26.67%) Law
2 22 (24.44%) Social Skills
3 20 (22.22%) Finance
4 18 (20.00%) Legal
5 13 (14.44%) Marketing
6 9 (10.00%) Banking
6 9 (10.00%) Retail
7 4 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (4.44%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.22%) Digital Health
10 1 (1.11%) Advertising
10 1 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (26.67%) Senior
2 18 (20.00%) Developer
3 13 (14.44%) Designer
4 10 (11.11%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 8 (8.89%) Asset and Configuration Manager
5 8 (8.89%) Configuration Manager
5 8 (8.89%) Service Manager
6 7 (7.78%) Architect
6 7 (7.78%) Service Designer
6 7 (7.78%) UX Designer
7 6 (6.67%) Full-Stack Developer
7 6 (6.67%) Senior Developer
7 6 (6.67%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
8 5 (5.56%) Consultant
8 5 (5.56%) Senior Architect
8 5 (5.56%) Senior Solutions Architect
8 5 (5.56%) ServiceNow Architect
8 5 (5.56%) Software Developer
8 5 (5.56%) Solutions Architect
8 5 (5.56%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (21.11%) React
2 12 (13.33%) .NET
3 11 (12.22%) CSS
3 11 (12.22%) HTML
3 11 (12.22%) Next.js
4 8 (8.89%) .NET Core
5 5 (5.56%) .NET Framework
5 5 (5.56%) CSS3
5 5 (5.56%) Entity Framework
5 5 (5.56%) HTML5
5 5 (5.56%) RESTful
6 3 (3.33%) AngularJS
7 2 (2.22%) Jest
7 2 (2.22%) Microsoft Graph
8 1 (1.11%) Dapper ORM
8 1 (1.11%) GraphQL
8 1 (1.11%) OAuth
8 1 (1.11%) OAuth2
8 1 (1.11%) Pandas
8 1 (1.11%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 9 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 8 (8.89%) CMDB
3 4 (4.44%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (4.44%) Data Structures
3 4 (4.44%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.22%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.22%) Low-Code
4 2 (2.22%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.11%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.11%) IoT
5 1 (1.11%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.11%) Life Science
5 1 (1.11%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.11%) Social Media
5 1 (1.11%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.11%) Video Editing
5 1 (1.11%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.11%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.33%) Windows
2 2 (2.22%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.11%) Android
3 1 (1.11%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (34.44%) Problem-Solving
1 31 (34.44%) UX Design
2 30 (33.33%) Agile
3 22 (24.44%) AI
4 19 (21.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 18 (20.00%) Full-Stack Development
6 15 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 14 (15.56%) Code Quality
7 14 (15.56%) ITSM
8 13 (14.44%) User Research
9 11 (12.22%) Critical Thinking
9 11 (12.22%) Roadmaps
9 11 (12.22%) Strategic Thinking
9 11 (12.22%) User Stories
9 11 (12.22%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 10 (11.11%) Change Management
10 10 (11.11%) DevOps
10 10 (11.11%) Workflow
11 9 (10.00%) Actionable Insight
11 9 (10.00%) Cybersecurity
Programming Languages
1 18 (20.00%) TypeScript
2 17 (18.89%) JavaScript
3 13 (14.44%) C#
4 9 (10.00%) Python
5 4 (4.44%) SQL
6 3 (3.33%) PowerShell
7 2 (2.22%) Bash
7 2 (2.22%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 16 (17.78%) Degree
2 10 (11.11%) Security Cleared
3 9 (10.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (7.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (5.56%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.11%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.11%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.11%) PhD
6 1 (1.11%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.22%) Accessibility
2 8 (8.89%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 6 (6.67%) QA
4 5 (5.56%) WCAG
5 1 (1.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.11%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (8.89%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (3.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.11%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.11%) Docker
3 1 (1.11%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.11%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (3.33%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.22%) SCCM
3 1 (1.11%) Ansible
3 1 (1.11%) Terraform
Vendors
1 14 (15.56%) Microsoft
1 14 (15.56%) ServiceNow
2 7 (7.78%) Salesforce
3 6 (6.67%) WooCommerce
4 4 (4.44%) Okta
4 4 (4.44%) Zscaler
5 3 (3.33%) Adobe
5 3 (3.33%) Citrix
6 2 (2.22%) Google
7 1 (1.11%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.11%) CyberArk
7 1 (1.11%) iManage
7 1 (1.11%) Netlify