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

6 months to
1 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 62 38 75
Rank change year-on-year -24 +37 0
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 95 114 106
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 2.84% 5.51% 3.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.40% 5.75% 3.66%
Number of salaries quoted 41 87 90
10th Percentile £40,000 £47,500 £35,875
25th Percentile £47,500 £63,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £77,500 £68,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.03% +13.97% -15.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £98,750 £88,438
90th Percentile £91,250 £117,500 £101,250
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,442 £68,000
% change year-on-year -0.59% +10.94% -15.00%

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 2,793 1,984 2,896
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 83.52% 95.94% 92.08%
Number of salaries quoted 1,964 1,495 2,479
10th Percentile £43,375 £42,500 £41,323
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 £98,750 £97,500 £97,500
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 1 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 (6.32%) SharePoint
2 4 (4.21%) Confluence
3 2 (2.11%) CMS
3 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.05%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 2 (2.11%) Adobe XD
1 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (1.05%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.05%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 33 (34.74%) Azure
2 23 (24.21%) Figma
2 23 (24.21%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (13.68%) Power Platform
4 11 (11.58%) SaaS
5 10 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
6 9 (9.47%) Azure Logic Apps
6 9 (9.47%) Entra ID
7 7 (7.37%) PaaS
8 5 (5.26%) Lucidchart
9 4 (4.21%) Copilot Studio
9 4 (4.21%) Microsoft Copilot
9 4 (4.21%) PowerApps
10 2 (2.11%) Azure App Service
10 2 (2.11%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 2 (2.11%) Azure Functions
10 2 (2.11%) ClickUp
10 2 (2.11%) Microsoft Purview
10 2 (2.11%) Miro
10 2 (2.11%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.32%) VPN
2 5 (5.26%) DHCP
2 5 (5.26%) DNS
2 5 (5.26%) TCP/IP
3 3 (3.16%) Broadband
3 3 (3.16%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (2.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.05%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.05%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 1 (1.05%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.05%) DynamoDB
2 1 (1.05%) GIS
2 1 (1.05%) MySQL
2 1 (1.05%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.05%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.05%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 11 (11.58%) JIRA
2 5 (5.26%) Balsamiq
3 3 (3.16%) Git
4 2 (2.11%) Vite
4 2 (2.11%) webpack
General
1 45 (47.37%) Finance
2 24 (25.26%) Social Skills
3 23 (24.21%) Legal
4 15 (15.79%) Banking
5 13 (13.68%) Marketing
6 9 (9.47%) Law
7 8 (8.42%) Retail
8 7 (7.37%) Presentation Skills
9 6 (6.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 4 (4.21%) Front Office
11 2 (2.11%) Analytical Skills
11 2 (2.11%) Digital Health
11 2 (2.11%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (1.05%) Billing
12 1 (1.05%) Documentation Skills
12 1 (1.05%) Games
12 1 (1.05%) Public Sector
12 1 (1.05%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 24 (25.26%) Senior
2 15 (15.79%) Designer
3 12 (12.63%) UX Designer
4 11 (11.58%) Developer
5 9 (9.47%) Architect
5 9 (9.47%) UI Designer
5 9 (9.47%) UI/UX Designer
6 8 (8.42%) Asset and Configuration Manager
6 8 (8.42%) Configuration Manager
6 8 (8.42%) Senior Designer
6 8 (8.42%) Service Manager
7 7 (7.37%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 7 (7.37%) Innovation Manager
7 7 (7.37%) IT Manager
7 7 (7.37%) Senior UX Designer
8 6 (6.32%) Mobile UI Designer
8 6 (6.32%) Mobile UI Developer
8 6 (6.32%) Mobile UI/UX Designer
8 6 (6.32%) Mobile UX Designer
8 6 (6.32%) Mobile UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (15.79%) React
2 11 (11.58%) HTML
3 10 (10.53%) CSS
4 7 (7.37%) .NET
4 7 (7.37%) .NET Framework
5 5 (5.26%) Model Context Protocol
6 4 (4.21%) Microsoft Graph
7 3 (3.16%) Vue
8 2 (2.11%) .NET Core
8 2 (2.11%) CSS3
8 2 (2.11%) Dapper ORM
8 2 (2.11%) Entity Framework
8 2 (2.11%) HTML5
8 2 (2.11%) jQuery
8 2 (2.11%) RESTful
9 1 (1.05%) Blazor
9 1 (1.05%) Node.js
9 1 (1.05%) Redux
9 1 (1.05%) WebSockets
9 1 (1.05%) Zustand
Miscellaneous
1 15 (15.79%) Product Ownership
2 8 (8.42%) CMDB
3 6 (6.32%) Cloud Native
3 6 (6.32%) Mobile App
3 6 (6.32%) Onboarding
4 5 (5.26%) Public Cloud
5 4 (4.21%) Low-Code
6 3 (3.16%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (2.11%) IoT
7 2 (2.11%) Video Conferencing
8 1 (1.05%) e-Learning
8 1 (1.05%) iPad
8 1 (1.05%) iPhone
8 1 (1.05%) Learning Management System
8 1 (1.05%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.37%) Windows
2 4 (4.21%) Android
2 4 (4.21%) Apple iOS
3 2 (2.11%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.05%) VMS
4 1 (1.05%) Windows 10
4 1 (1.05%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (48.42%) Agile
2 42 (44.21%) UX Design
3 26 (27.37%) AI
3 26 (27.37%) Mentoring
4 25 (26.32%) Coaching
5 21 (22.11%) Problem-Solving
6 20 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
6 20 (21.05%) Creative Thinking
7 19 (20.00%) DevOps
8 16 (16.84%) Roadmaps
9 14 (14.74%) User Research
10 13 (13.68%) Product Backlog
10 13 (13.68%) Scrum
11 12 (12.63%) Backlog Management
11 12 (12.63%) Business Strategy
11 12 (12.63%) Change Management
11 12 (12.63%) Front End Development
11 12 (12.63%) Stakeholder Management
12 11 (11.58%) ITSM
12 11 (11.58%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 18 (18.95%) JavaScript
2 9 (9.47%) Python
3 8 (8.42%) C#
4 6 (6.32%) Bicep
4 6 (6.32%) SQL
5 3 (3.16%) PowerShell
5 3 (3.16%) TypeScript
6 2 (2.11%) Bash
7 1 (1.05%) Java
Qualifications
1 8 (8.42%) Degree
2 6 (6.32%) Security Cleared
3 5 (5.26%) Microsoft Certified Professional
4 2 (2.11%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.11%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.11%) PhD
4 2 (2.11%) Postgraduate
5 1 (1.05%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.05%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (1.05%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (11.58%) Accessibility
2 8 (8.42%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 4 (4.21%) WCAG
4 2 (2.11%) Cyber Essentials
4 2 (2.11%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.11%) SOC 2
5 1 (1.05%) QA
5 1 (1.05%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 10 (10.53%) Active Directory
2 8 (8.42%) Virtual Machines
3 2 (2.11%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (8.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.11%) Terraform
3 1 (1.05%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.05%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 25 (26.32%) Microsoft
2 12 (12.63%) ServiceNow
3 7 (7.37%) Adobe
4 3 (3.16%) Atlassian
5 2 (2.11%) Google
5 2 (2.11%) Hotjar
5 2 (2.11%) iManage
5 2 (2.11%) Intapp
5 2 (2.11%) Oracle
5 2 (2.11%) Salesforce
5 2 (2.11%) SAP
6 1 (1.05%) Apple
6 1 (1.05%) Citrix
6 1 (1.05%) Guidewire
6 1 (1.05%) Meraki
6 1 (1.05%) Okta
6 1 (1.05%) Optimizely
6 1 (1.05%) Qualtrics
6 1 (1.05%) VMware
6 1 (1.05%) Workday