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 28 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 55 73
Rank change year-on-year +3 +18 +9
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 102 103 105
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 3.54% 4.24% 3.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.15% 4.42% 3.63%
Number of salaries quoted 52 74 89
10th Percentile £40,125 £52,500 £35,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £63,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% +3.45% -9.38%
75th Percentile £78,125 £95,000 £88,750
90th Percentile £90,625 £117,500 £101,250
Central London median annual salary £71,250 £75,000 £74,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% +1.35% -4.52%

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 2,459 2,329 2,894
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 85.23% 95.96% 92.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,757 1,539 2,543
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £40,750
25th Percentile £58,750 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £97,500
90th Percentile £108,750 £117,750 £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 28 February 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 5 (4.90%) SharePoint
2 4 (3.92%) Confluence
3 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 2 (1.96%) Adobe XD
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (0.98%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.98%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (0.98%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 32 (31.37%) Azure
2 21 (20.59%) Microsoft 365
3 19 (18.63%) Figma
4 12 (11.76%) Power Platform
5 9 (8.82%) Entra ID
5 9 (8.82%) SaaS
6 8 (7.84%) Azure DevOps
6 8 (7.84%) Azure Logic Apps
7 5 (4.90%) PaaS
8 4 (3.92%) Copilot Studio
8 4 (3.92%) Lucidchart
8 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (3.92%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.96%) ClickUp
9 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Purview
9 2 (1.96%) Mimecast
9 2 (1.96%) Miro
9 2 (1.96%) npm
9 2 (1.96%) Tessian
9 2 (1.96%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 6 (5.88%) VPN
2 5 (4.90%) DHCP
2 5 (4.90%) DNS
3 4 (3.92%) TCP/IP
4 3 (2.94%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (1.96%) Broadband
5 2 (1.96%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (4.90%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.98%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (0.98%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (0.98%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 1 (0.98%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (0.98%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.98%) GIS
2 1 (0.98%) MySQL
2 1 (0.98%) NoSQL
2 1 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.98%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 12 (11.76%) JIRA
2 5 (4.90%) Git
3 4 (3.92%) Balsamiq
4 2 (1.96%) Vite
4 2 (1.96%) webpack
General
1 42 (41.18%) Finance
2 24 (23.53%) Legal
3 23 (22.55%) Social Skills
4 19 (18.63%) Law
5 15 (14.71%) Banking
6 14 (13.73%) Marketing
7 9 (8.82%) Retail
8 6 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 6 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
9 4 (3.92%) Front Office
10 2 (1.96%) Analytical Skills
10 2 (1.96%) Digital Health
11 1 (0.98%) Billing
11 1 (0.98%) Documentation Skills
11 1 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.98%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.98%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (22.55%) Senior
2 18 (17.65%) Designer
3 12 (11.76%) Developer
4 11 (10.78%) UX Designer
5 8 (7.84%) Architect
5 8 (7.84%) Asset and Configuration Manager
5 8 (7.84%) Configuration Manager
5 8 (7.84%) Service Designer
5 8 (7.84%) Service Manager
5 8 (7.84%) UI Designer
5 8 (7.84%) UI/UX Designer
5 8 (7.84%) User Researcher
6 7 (6.86%) Innovation Manager
6 7 (6.86%) IT Manager
7 6 (5.88%) Senior Designer
8 5 (4.90%) Consultant
8 5 (4.90%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 5 (4.90%) Senior UX Designer
9 4 (3.92%) Analyst
9 4 (3.92%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (14.71%) React
2 13 (12.75%) HTML
3 12 (11.76%) CSS
4 8 (7.84%) .NET
4 8 (7.84%) .NET Framework
5 5 (4.90%) .NET Core
5 5 (4.90%) CSS3
5 5 (4.90%) Entity Framework
5 5 (4.90%) HTML5
5 5 (4.90%) RESTful
6 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Graph
6 4 (3.92%) Model Context Protocol
7 3 (2.94%) Vue
8 2 (1.96%) Dapper ORM
9 1 (0.98%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.98%) jQuery
9 1 (0.98%) Node.js
9 1 (0.98%) Web Services
9 1 (0.98%) WebSockets
9 1 (0.98%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 20 (19.61%) Product Ownership
2 8 (7.84%) CMDB
3 6 (5.88%) Mobile App
3 6 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 4 (3.92%) Cloud Native
4 4 (3.92%) Low-Code
4 4 (3.92%) Public Cloud
5 3 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.96%) IoT
6 2 (1.96%) Video Conferencing
7 1 (0.98%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.98%) iPad
7 1 (0.98%) iPhone
7 1 (0.98%) Learning Management System
7 1 (0.98%) Social Media
7 1 (0.98%) Video Editing
7 1 (0.98%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 7 (6.86%) Windows
2 4 (3.92%) Android
2 4 (3.92%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.96%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.96%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.98%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (50.00%) Agile
2 46 (45.10%) UX Design
3 30 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
4 24 (23.53%) Mentoring
5 23 (22.55%) Coaching
6 22 (21.57%) AI
7 20 (19.61%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (19.61%) User Research
8 19 (18.63%) Creative Thinking
9 17 (16.67%) DevOps
9 17 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
10 16 (15.69%) Scrum
11 14 (13.73%) Roadmaps
11 14 (13.73%) Service Design
11 14 (13.73%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 12 (11.76%) Business Strategy
12 12 (11.76%) Critical Thinking
12 12 (11.76%) Product Backlog
13 11 (10.78%) Full-Stack Development
13 11 (10.78%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 17 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 8 (7.84%) Python
3 7 (6.86%) C#
3 7 (6.86%) TypeScript
4 5 (4.90%) Bicep
4 5 (4.90%) SQL
5 4 (3.92%) PowerShell
6 3 (2.94%) Bash
7 1 (0.98%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (11.76%) Security Cleared
2 8 (7.84%) Degree
3 5 (4.90%) SC Cleared
4 4 (3.92%) Microsoft Certified Professional
5 2 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.96%) Master's Degree
5 2 (1.96%) PhD
5 2 (1.96%) Postgraduate
6 1 (0.98%) ISTQB
6 1 (0.98%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (0.98%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (15.69%) Accessibility
2 8 (7.84%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 5 (4.90%) WCAG
4 2 (1.96%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (1.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (1.96%) SOC 2
5 1 (0.98%) QA
5 1 (0.98%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 9 (8.82%) Active Directory
2 8 (7.84%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (2.94%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.98%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 8 (7.84%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (1.96%) Terraform
3 1 (0.98%) Ansible
3 1 (0.98%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (0.98%) SCCM
3 1 (0.98%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 23 (22.55%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.76%) ServiceNow
3 6 (5.88%) Adobe
4 4 (3.92%) Atlassian
5 3 (2.94%) iManage
6 2 (1.96%) Citrix
6 2 (1.96%) Google
6 2 (1.96%) Hotjar
6 2 (1.96%) Intapp
6 2 (1.96%) Salesforce
6 2 (1.96%) SAP
7 1 (0.98%) Apple
7 1 (0.98%) CyberArk
7 1 (0.98%) Guidewire
7 1 (0.98%) Meraki
7 1 (0.98%) Okta
7 1 (0.98%) Optimizely
7 1 (0.98%) Oracle
7 1 (0.98%) Qualtrics
7 1 (0.98%) Workday