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

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 79 89
Rank change year-on-year +40 +10 -20
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 92 91 90
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 5.47% 3.25% 2.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.83% 3.45% 3.14%
Number of salaries quoted 65 55 82
10th Percentile £47,500 £48,000 £50,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £52,500 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -10.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £90,750 £78,125 £100,313
90th Percentile £122,500 £105,500 £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 1,577 2,637 2,865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 93.76% 94.31% 95.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1,205 1,724 2,583
10th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
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 £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £73,000
% change year-on-year - +2.74% -2.67%

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 14 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 (8.70%) SharePoint
2 6 (6.52%) WordPress
3 1 (1.09%) Apache
3 1 (1.09%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (1.09%) Apache Spark
3 1 (1.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (3.26%) Adobe XD
2 1 (1.09%) InVision
2 1 (1.09%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (6.52%) NetSuite
2 4 (4.35%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.09%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (18.48%) SaaS
2 16 (17.39%) Azure
3 13 (14.13%) AWS
3 13 (14.13%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (10.87%) Power Platform
5 9 (9.78%) PowerApps
6 5 (5.43%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (4.35%) Azure Data Factory
7 4 (4.35%) Boomi
7 4 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (4.35%) Figma
7 4 (4.35%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (4.35%) Microsoft Purview
7 4 (4.35%) Power Automate
7 4 (4.35%) ShareGate
8 2 (2.17%) Miro
8 2 (2.17%) npm
8 2 (2.17%) Yarn
9 1 (1.09%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (1.09%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.09%) Internet
1 1 (1.09%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (9.78%) SQL Server
2 5 (5.43%) Power BI
3 1 (1.09%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.09%) DynamoDB
Development Applications
1 8 (8.70%) Git
2 2 (2.17%) JIRA
3 1 (1.09%) Axure RP
3 1 (1.09%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.09%) ESLint
3 1 (1.09%) TestRail
3 1 (1.09%) Vite
3 1 (1.09%) webpack
General
1 27 (29.35%) Law
2 23 (25.00%) Social Skills
3 18 (19.57%) Finance
4 16 (17.39%) Legal
5 14 (15.22%) Marketing
6 9 (9.78%) Banking
6 9 (9.78%) Retail
7 5 (5.43%) Public Sector
8 4 (4.35%) Analytical Skills
9 3 (3.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (2.17%) Digital Health
11 1 (1.09%) Advertising
11 1 (1.09%) Pharmaceutical
11 1 (1.09%) Presentation Skills
11 1 (1.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (27.17%) Senior
2 18 (19.57%) Developer
3 12 (13.04%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 11 (11.96%) Designer
5 10 (10.87%) Architect
6 8 (8.70%) Asset and Configuration Manager
6 8 (8.70%) Configuration Manager
6 8 (8.70%) Senior Architect
6 8 (8.70%) Senior Solutions Architect
6 8 (8.70%) Service Manager
6 8 (8.70%) ServiceNow Architect
6 8 (8.70%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (7.61%) Consultant
7 7 (7.61%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
8 6 (6.52%) Full-Stack Developer
8 6 (6.52%) Senior Developer
8 6 (6.52%) Service Designer
9 5 (5.43%) Software Developer
10 4 (4.35%) Product Manager
10 4 (4.35%) User Experience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (21.74%) React
2 13 (14.13%) Next.js
3 12 (13.04%) .NET
4 11 (11.96%) CSS
5 10 (10.87%) HTML
6 8 (8.70%) .NET Core
7 5 (5.43%) .NET Framework
7 5 (5.43%) CSS3
7 5 (5.43%) Entity Framework
7 5 (5.43%) HTML5
7 5 (5.43%) RESTful
8 3 (3.26%) AngularJS
9 2 (2.17%) GraphQL
9 2 (2.17%) Jest
10 1 (1.09%) Dapper ORM
10 1 (1.09%) Node.js
10 1 (1.09%) OAuth2
10 1 (1.09%) Redux
10 1 (1.09%) Touch ID
10 1 (1.09%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.87%) Product Ownership
2 8 (8.70%) CMDB
3 4 (4.35%) Analytical Mindset
3 4 (4.35%) Data Structures
3 4 (4.35%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (3.26%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.17%) Reinsurance
6 1 (1.09%) Cloud Native
6 1 (1.09%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.09%) IoT
6 1 (1.09%) Life Science
6 1 (1.09%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.09%) Social Media
6 1 (1.09%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.09%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.17%) Windows
1 2 (2.17%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.09%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (34.78%) Problem-Solving
2 29 (31.52%) Agile
2 29 (31.52%) UX Design
3 24 (26.09%) AI
4 22 (23.91%) Continuous Improvement
5 20 (21.74%) Full-Stack Development
6 17 (18.48%) ITSM
7 16 (17.39%) Code Quality
8 15 (16.30%) Stakeholder Management
9 14 (15.22%) Roadmaps
10 13 (14.13%) User Stories
10 13 (14.13%) Workflow
11 12 (13.04%) User Research
11 12 (13.04%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 11 (11.96%) Change Management
12 11 (11.96%) Critical Thinking
12 11 (11.96%) Product Roadmap
12 11 (11.96%) Strategic Thinking
13 10 (10.87%) B2B
13 10 (10.87%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 19 (20.65%) TypeScript
2 17 (18.48%) JavaScript
3 12 (13.04%) C#
4 8 (8.70%) Python
5 4 (4.35%) SQL
6 2 (2.17%) PowerShell
7 1 (1.09%) Bash
Qualifications
1 20 (21.74%) Degree
2 11 (11.96%) Security Cleared
3 9 (9.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (9.78%) Microsoft Certification
4 7 (7.61%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.09%) APMG
5 1 (1.09%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.09%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.09%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.09%) PhD
5 1 (1.09%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (14.13%) Accessibility
2 8 (8.70%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 7 (7.61%) QA
4 5 (5.43%) WCAG
5 1 (1.09%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 8 (8.70%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (2.17%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.09%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.09%) Docker
3 1 (1.09%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.09%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 2 (2.17%) Microsoft Intune
1 2 (2.17%) SCCM
2 1 (1.09%) Ansible
2 1 (1.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 17 (18.48%) ServiceNow
2 11 (11.96%) Microsoft
3 9 (9.78%) Salesforce
4 6 (6.52%) WooCommerce
5 4 (4.35%) Okta
5 4 (4.35%) Zscaler
6 3 (3.26%) Adobe
6 3 (3.26%) Citrix
7 2 (2.17%) HubSpot
8 1 (1.09%) Atlassian
8 1 (1.09%) CyberArk
8 1 (1.09%) Google
8 1 (1.09%) iManage
8 1 (1.09%) Netlify