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

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 45 78 79
Rank change year-on-year +33 +1 -4
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 91 97 100
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 5.00% 3.39% 3.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.46% 3.58% 3.52%
Number of salaries quoted 62 61 92
10th Percentile - £52,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £67,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.70% -10.00% +7.14%
75th Percentile £90,563 £78,750 £98,438
90th Percentile £122,500 £95,000 £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 1,666 2,709 2,842
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 91.59% 94.65% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,262 1,777 2,565
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £40,750
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 £118,750 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

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 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 6 (6.59%) SharePoint
1 6 (6.59%) WordPress
2 1 (1.10%) Apache
2 1 (1.10%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.10%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.10%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.20%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 6 (6.59%) NetSuite
2 3 (3.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.10%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (1.10%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 21 (23.08%) Azure
2 15 (16.48%) Microsoft 365
3 14 (15.38%) SaaS
4 11 (12.09%) AWS
4 11 (12.09%) Power Platform
5 8 (8.79%) PowerApps
6 5 (5.49%) Azure DevOps
6 5 (5.49%) Microsoft Copilot
7 4 (4.40%) Azure Logic Apps
7 4 (4.40%) Boomi
8 3 (3.30%) Azure Data Factory
8 3 (3.30%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (3.30%) Figma
8 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Purview
8 3 (3.30%) Power Automate
8 3 (3.30%) ShareGate
9 2 (2.20%) Copilot Studio
9 2 (2.20%) Miro
9 2 (2.20%) npm
9 2 (2.20%) Yarn
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.20%) VPN
2 1 (1.10%) DHCP
2 1 (1.10%) DNS
2 1 (1.10%) Internet
2 1 (1.10%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (8.79%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.40%) Power BI
3 1 (1.10%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.10%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.10%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 1 (1.10%) DynamoDB
3 1 (1.10%) MySQL
3 1 (1.10%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.10%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.10%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 8 (8.79%) Git
2 3 (3.30%) JIRA
3 1 (1.10%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.10%) ESLint
3 1 (1.10%) Vite
3 1 (1.10%) webpack
General
1 23 (25.27%) Law
2 21 (23.08%) Finance
2 21 (23.08%) Social Skills
3 18 (19.78%) Legal
4 13 (14.29%) Marketing
5 9 (9.89%) Banking
5 9 (9.89%) Retail
6 3 (3.30%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (3.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.30%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.20%) Digital Health
8 1 (1.10%) Advertising
8 1 (1.10%) Front Office
8 1 (1.10%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.10%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (25.27%) Senior
2 18 (19.78%) Developer
3 13 (14.29%) Designer
4 10 (10.99%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 8 (8.79%) Asset and Configuration Manager
5 8 (8.79%) Configuration Manager
5 8 (8.79%) Service Manager
6 7 (7.69%) Architect
6 7 (7.69%) Service Designer
6 7 (7.69%) UX Designer
7 6 (6.59%) Full-Stack Developer
7 6 (6.59%) Senior Developer
7 6 (6.59%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
8 5 (5.49%) Consultant
8 5 (5.49%) Lead
8 5 (5.49%) Software Developer
8 5 (5.49%) User Researcher
9 4 (4.40%) NetSuite Developer
9 4 (4.40%) Product Designer
9 4 (4.40%) ServiceNow Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (20.88%) React
2 11 (12.09%) .NET
2 11 (12.09%) CSS
2 11 (12.09%) HTML
3 10 (10.99%) Next.js
4 8 (8.79%) .NET Core
5 5 (5.49%) .NET Framework
5 5 (5.49%) CSS3
5 5 (5.49%) Entity Framework
5 5 (5.49%) HTML5
5 5 (5.49%) RESTful
6 3 (3.30%) AngularJS
7 2 (2.20%) Jest
7 2 (2.20%) Microsoft Graph
7 2 (2.20%) Vue
8 1 (1.10%) Blazor
8 1 (1.10%) Material-UI
8 1 (1.10%) Playwright
8 1 (1.10%) Redux
8 1 (1.10%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 11 (12.09%) Product Ownership
2 8 (8.79%) CMDB
3 3 (3.30%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.30%) Data Structures
3 3 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.20%) Cloud Native
4 2 (2.20%) Low-Code
4 2 (2.20%) Reinsurance
5 1 (1.10%) e-Learning
5 1 (1.10%) IoT
5 1 (1.10%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.10%) Life Science
5 1 (1.10%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.10%) Social Media
5 1 (1.10%) Video Conferencing
5 1 (1.10%) Video Editing
5 1 (1.10%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.10%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.30%) Windows
2 2 (2.20%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.10%) Android
3 1 (1.10%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (35.16%) UX Design
2 31 (34.07%) Agile
2 31 (34.07%) Problem-Solving
3 21 (23.08%) AI
4 18 (19.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 18 (19.78%) Full-Stack Development
5 15 (16.48%) Stakeholder Management
6 13 (14.29%) Code Quality
6 13 (14.29%) ITSM
6 13 (14.29%) User Research
7 12 (13.19%) Roadmaps
8 11 (12.09%) Critical Thinking
8 11 (12.09%) Strategic Thinking
8 11 (12.09%) User Stories
8 11 (12.09%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 10 (10.99%) Change Management
9 10 (10.99%) DevOps
10 9 (9.89%) Analytics
10 9 (9.89%) Cybersecurity
10 9 (9.89%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 17 (18.68%) TypeScript
2 16 (17.58%) JavaScript
3 11 (12.09%) C#
4 10 (10.99%) Python
5 4 (4.40%) SQL
6 3 (3.30%) PowerShell
7 2 (2.20%) Bash
7 2 (2.20%) Bicep
8 1 (1.10%) Java
Qualifications
1 14 (15.38%) Degree
2 10 (10.99%) Security Cleared
3 7 (7.69%) Microsoft Certification
4 6 (6.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (5.49%) SC Cleared
6 1 (1.10%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.10%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.10%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.10%) Master's Degree
6 1 (1.10%) PhD
6 1 (1.10%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.09%) Accessibility
2 8 (8.79%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 6 (6.59%) QA
4 5 (5.49%) WCAG
5 1 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.10%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (8.79%) Virtual Machines
2 3 (3.30%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.10%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.10%) Docker
3 1 (1.10%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.10%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 3 (3.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.20%) SCCM
3 1 (1.10%) Ansible
3 1 (1.10%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 13 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 7 (7.69%) Salesforce
3 6 (6.59%) WooCommerce
4 3 (3.30%) Adobe
4 3 (3.30%) Citrix
4 3 (3.30%) Okta
4 3 (3.30%) Zscaler
5 2 (2.20%) Google
5 2 (2.20%) SAP
6 1 (1.10%) Atlassian
6 1 (1.10%) CyberArk
6 1 (1.10%) iManage
6 1 (1.10%) Netlify
6 1 (1.10%) Oracle
6 1 (1.10%) Workday