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 4 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 61 38 74
Rank change year-on-year -23 +36 +10
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 93 118 109
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 2.74% 5.63% 3.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.29% 5.86% 3.73%
Number of salaries quoted 39 91 93
10th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £36,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £63,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £77,500 £68,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.68% +13.14% -14.38%
75th Percentile £84,375 £95,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £93,000 £117,500 £101,250
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,442 £68,500
% change year-on-year -0.59% +10.13% -14.38%

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 2,825 2,012 2,920
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 83.16% 96.04% 92.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,985 1,514 2,494
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,315
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 £98,750 £97,500 £96,625
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% - -

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 4 April 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 6 (6.45%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.30%) Confluence
3 2 (2.15%) CMS
3 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.08%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (2.15%) Adobe XD
1 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.08%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.08%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (1.08%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.08%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 33 (35.48%) Azure
2 23 (24.73%) Figma
2 23 (24.73%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (13.98%) Power Platform
4 11 (11.83%) SaaS
5 10 (10.75%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (9.68%) Azure Logic Apps
6 9 (9.68%) Entra ID
7 7 (7.53%) PaaS
8 5 (5.38%) Lucidchart
9 4 (4.30%) Copilot Studio
9 4 (4.30%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (4.30%) PowerApps
10 2 (2.15%) Azure App Service
10 2 (2.15%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (2.15%) ClickUp
10 2 (2.15%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (2.15%) Miro
10 2 (2.15%) npm
10 2 (2.15%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.45%) VPN
2 5 (5.38%) DHCP
2 5 (5.38%) DNS
2 5 (5.38%) TCP/IP
3 3 (3.23%) Broadband
3 3 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (2.15%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.15%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.08%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.08%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.08%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 1 (1.08%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.08%) DynamoDB
2 1 (1.08%) GIS
2 1 (1.08%) MySQL
2 1 (1.08%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.08%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.08%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 11 (11.83%) JIRA
2 5 (5.38%) Balsamiq
3 3 (3.23%) Git
4 2 (2.15%) Vite
4 2 (2.15%) webpack
General
1 45 (48.39%) Finance
2 24 (25.81%) Social Skills
3 23 (24.73%) Legal
4 15 (16.13%) Banking
5 13 (13.98%) Marketing
6 8 (8.60%) Retail
7 7 (7.53%) Law
7 7 (7.53%) Presentation Skills
8 6 (6.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (4.30%) Front Office
10 2 (2.15%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (2.15%) Digital Health
10 2 (2.15%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.08%) Billing
11 1 (1.08%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (1.08%) Games
11 1 (1.08%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.08%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (25.81%) Senior
2 14 (15.05%) Designer
3 12 (12.90%) UX Designer
4 11 (11.83%) Developer
5 9 (9.68%) Architect
5 9 (9.68%) UI Designer
5 9 (9.68%) UI/UX Designer
6 8 (8.60%) Asset and Configuration Manager
6 8 (8.60%) Configuration Manager
6 8 (8.60%) Senior Designer
6 8 (8.60%) Service Manager
7 7 (7.53%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 7 (7.53%) Innovation Manager
7 7 (7.53%) IT Manager
7 7 (7.53%) Senior UX Designer
8 6 (6.45%) Mobile UI Developer
8 6 (6.45%) Mobile UX Designer
8 6 (6.45%) Senior Developer
8 6 (6.45%) UI Developer
8 6 (6.45%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (16.13%) React
2 11 (11.83%) HTML
3 10 (10.75%) CSS
4 7 (7.53%) .NET
4 7 (7.53%) .NET Framework
5 5 (5.38%) Model Context Protocol
6 4 (4.30%) Microsoft Graph
7 3 (3.23%) Vue
8 2 (2.15%) .NET Core
8 2 (2.15%) CSS3
8 2 (2.15%) Dapper ORM
8 2 (2.15%) Entity Framework
8 2 (2.15%) HTML5
8 2 (2.15%) jQuery
8 2 (2.15%) RESTful
9 1 (1.08%) AngularJS
9 1 (1.08%) Node.js
9 1 (1.08%) Redux
9 1 (1.08%) Web Services
9 1 (1.08%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 14 (15.05%) Product Ownership
2 8 (8.60%) CMDB
3 6 (6.45%) Cloud Native
3 6 (6.45%) Mobile App
3 6 (6.45%) Onboarding
4 5 (5.38%) Public Cloud
5 4 (4.30%) Low-Code
6 3 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.15%) IoT
7 2 (2.15%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (1.08%) e-Learning
8 1 (1.08%) iPad
8 1 (1.08%) iPhone
8 1 (1.08%) Learning Management System
8 1 (1.08%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.53%) Windows
2 4 (4.30%) Android
2 4 (4.30%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.15%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.08%) VMS
4 1 (1.08%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.08%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (47.31%) Agile
2 41 (44.09%) UX Design
3 26 (27.96%) AI
3 26 (27.96%) Mentoring
4 25 (26.88%) Coaching
5 20 (21.51%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (21.51%) Creative Thinking
6 19 (20.43%) DevOps
6 19 (20.43%) Problem-Solving
7 16 (17.20%) Roadmaps
8 13 (13.98%) Product Backlog
9 12 (12.90%) Backlog Management
9 12 (12.90%) Business Strategy
9 12 (12.90%) Change Management
9 12 (12.90%) Front End Development
9 12 (12.90%) Scrum
9 12 (12.90%) User Research
10 11 (11.83%) ITSM
10 11 (11.83%) Product Roadmap
11 10 (10.75%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 18 (19.35%) JavaScript
2 9 (9.68%) Python
3 8 (8.60%) C#
4 6 (6.45%) Bicep
4 6 (6.45%) SQL
5 3 (3.23%) PowerShell
5 3 (3.23%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.15%) Bash
7 1 (1.08%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (8.60%) Degree
2 5 (5.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
3 4 (4.30%) Security Cleared
4 2 (2.15%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.15%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.15%) PhD
4 2 (2.15%) Postgraduate
5 1 (1.08%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.08%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.75%) Accessibility
2 8 (8.60%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 4 (4.30%) WCAG
4 2 (2.15%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.15%) SOC 2
5 1 (1.08%) QA
5 1 (1.08%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (10.75%) Active Directory
2 8 (8.60%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.15%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (8.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.15%) Terraform
3 1 (1.08%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.08%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (26.88%) Microsoft
2 12 (12.90%) ServiceNow
3 7 (7.53%) Adobe
4 3 (3.23%) Atlassian
5 2 (2.15%) Google
5 2 (2.15%) Hotjar
5 2 (2.15%) iManage
5 2 (2.15%) Intapp
5 2 (2.15%) Oracle
5 2 (2.15%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.15%) SAP
6 1 (1.08%) Apple
6 1 (1.08%) Citrix
6 1 (1.08%) Meraki
6 1 (1.08%) Okta
6 1 (1.08%) Optimizely
6 1 (1.08%) Pega
6 1 (1.08%) Qualtrics
6 1 (1.08%) VMware
6 1 (1.08%) Workday