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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 34 86 94
Rank change year-on-year +52 +8 -41
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 121 82 98
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 7.05% 2.88% 2.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.35% 3.09% 2.96%
Number of salaries quoted 88 51 92
10th Percentile £47,500 £37,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £57,188 £52,500 £59,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -13.33% +7.14%
75th Percentile £90,750 £78,750 £105,313
90th Percentile £122,500 £90,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £65,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +19.23% -13.33% +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 1,646 2,653 3,308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 95.92% 93.19% 95.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,302 1,822 2,972
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £112,500 £116,250
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -0.68% +0.69%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing User Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience 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 16 September 2025.

Salary histogram for User Experience in the City of London

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 12 (9.92%) SharePoint
2 7 (5.79%) WordPress
3 4 (3.31%) Confluence
4 3 (2.48%) Apache
4 3 (2.48%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (2.48%) Apache Spark
5 2 (1.65%) CMS
5 2 (1.65%) Liferay
6 1 (0.83%) Drupal
6 1 (0.83%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 8 (6.61%) Adobe XD
2 7 (5.79%) Sketch
3 5 (4.13%) InVision
Business Applications
1 7 (5.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 6 (4.96%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 31 (25.62%) Azure
2 27 (22.31%) SaaS
3 22 (18.18%) AWS
4 13 (10.74%) Microsoft 365
5 12 (9.92%) Power Platform
6 11 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
6 11 (9.09%) PowerApps
7 9 (7.44%) Figma
7 9 (7.44%) Microsoft Copilot
8 7 (5.79%) Azure Data Factory
8 7 (5.79%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (4.13%) Azure AI
9 5 (4.13%) ShareGate
10 4 (3.31%) Boomi
10 4 (3.31%) Microsoft Purview
10 4 (3.31%) Power Automate
11 2 (1.65%) AWS Step Functions
11 2 (1.65%) Entra ID
11 2 (1.65%) Google Analytics
11 2 (1.65%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.79%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.13%) Power BI
3 1 (0.83%) BigQuery
3 1 (0.83%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.83%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 8 (6.61%) Git
2 5 (4.13%) Axure RP
2 5 (4.13%) JIRA
3 1 (0.83%) Babel
3 1 (0.83%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.83%) ESLint
3 1 (0.83%) Jasmine
3 1 (0.83%) TestRail
3 1 (0.83%) webpack
General
1 42 (34.71%) Law
2 30 (24.79%) Social Skills
3 21 (17.36%) Finance
4 17 (14.05%) Marketing
5 11 (9.09%) Public Sector
6 7 (5.79%) Analytical Skills
7 5 (4.13%) Legal
8 2 (1.65%) Banking
8 2 (1.65%) Front Office
8 2 (1.65%) Investment Banking
8 2 (1.65%) Local Government
9 1 (0.83%) Advertising
9 1 (0.83%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (0.83%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.83%) Retail
Job Titles
1 46 (38.02%) Senior
2 28 (23.14%) Developer
3 24 (19.83%) Architect
3 24 (19.83%) Solutions Architect
4 19 (15.70%) Senior Architect
4 19 (15.70%) Senior Solutions Architect
4 19 (15.70%) ServiceNow Architect
5 16 (13.22%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 12 (9.92%) Consultant
6 12 (9.92%) Designer
7 11 (9.09%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
8 8 (6.61%) Senior Developer
9 7 (5.79%) Full-Stack Developer
9 7 (5.79%) Product Owner
9 7 (5.79%) Service Designer
10 6 (4.96%) Dynamics 365 Specialist
10 6 (4.96%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
11 5 (4.13%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
11 5 (4.13%) React Developer
11 5 (4.13%) User Experience Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (27.27%) React
2 19 (15.70%) CSS
2 19 (15.70%) HTML
3 17 (14.05%) Next.js
4 11 (9.09%) .NET
5 6 (4.96%) .NET Core
6 5 (4.13%) HTML5
6 5 (4.13%) Jest
7 4 (3.31%) .NET Framework
7 4 (3.31%) CSS3
7 4 (3.31%) RESTful
8 3 (2.48%) AngularJS
8 3 (2.48%) Entity Framework
8 3 (2.48%) Material-UI
8 3 (2.48%) OAuth
8 3 (2.48%) OAuth2
8 3 (2.48%) Playwright
9 2 (1.65%) Django
9 2 (1.65%) FastAPI
9 2 (1.65%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.40%) Product Ownership
2 9 (7.44%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (5.79%) Analytical Mindset
3 7 (5.79%) Data Structures
4 5 (4.13%) Algorithms
5 4 (3.31%) Mobile App
5 4 (3.31%) Reinsurance
6 3 (2.48%) Cloud Native
7 2 (1.65%) Equities
7 2 (1.65%) Fixed Income
7 2 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 2 (1.65%) Onboarding
7 2 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.83%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.83%) Life Science
8 1 (0.83%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.83%) Social Media
8 1 (0.83%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.83%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 1 (0.83%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (37.19%) Artificial Intelligence
2 40 (33.06%) Agile
3 34 (28.10%) UX Design
4 33 (27.27%) Roadmaps
5 29 (23.97%) Computer Science
5 29 (23.97%) Product Roadmap
6 26 (21.49%) Problem-Solving
7 25 (20.66%) Workflow
8 24 (19.83%) Full-Stack Development
9 23 (19.01%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (18.18%) Code Quality
11 21 (17.36%) Business Strategy
11 21 (17.36%) Thought Leadership
11 21 (17.36%) User Stories
12 20 (16.53%) Business Agility
12 20 (16.53%) Product Strategy
13 19 (15.70%) CAD
13 19 (15.70%) DevOps
13 19 (15.70%) Digital Transformation Programme
13 19 (15.70%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 31 (25.62%) JavaScript
2 29 (23.97%) TypeScript
3 18 (14.88%) Python
4 17 (14.05%) C#
5 6 (4.96%) SQL
6 1 (0.83%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 39 (32.23%) Degree
2 27 (22.31%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (9.92%) Security Cleared
4 11 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (7.44%) SC Cleared
6 5 (4.13%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.83%) APMG
7 1 (0.83%) CSPO
7 1 (0.83%) DBS Check
7 1 (0.83%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (14.05%) Accessibility
2 13 (10.74%) QA
3 8 (6.61%) WCAG
4 6 (4.96%) GDPR
5 5 (4.13%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 3 (2.48%) Software Quality Assurance
7 1 (0.83%) Cyber Essentials
System Software
1 2 (1.65%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.83%) Docker
2 1 (0.83%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (0.83%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (0.83%) SCCM
1 1 (0.83%) Terraform
Vendors
1 25 (20.66%) ServiceNow
2 22 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 9 (7.44%) Adobe
3 9 (7.44%) Salesforce
4 7 (5.79%) Google
5 6 (4.96%) WooCommerce
6 5 (4.13%) OpenAI
6 5 (4.13%) SAP
6 5 (4.13%) Workday
7 4 (3.31%) Okta
7 4 (3.31%) Zscaler
8 2 (1.65%) HubSpot
9 1 (0.83%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.83%) Citrix
9 1 (0.83%) Netlify