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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 76 84
Rank change year-on-year +32 +8 -1
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 87 102 92
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 4.41% 3.75% 3.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.95% 3.94% 3.30%
Number of salaries quoted 61 66 85
10th Percentile £41,250 £52,500 £37,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £80,000 £86,250 £90,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £116,875 £106,250
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +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 1,759 2,591 2,791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 89.20% 95.26% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,330 1,700 2,522
10th Percentile £40,532 £46,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £118,750 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £74,000
% change year-on-year - +1.35% -1.33%

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 16 December 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 2 (2.30%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.15%) Apache
2 1 (1.15%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.15%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (2.30%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.15%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (1.15%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.15%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 22 (25.29%) Azure
2 15 (17.24%) Microsoft 365
3 13 (14.94%) SaaS
4 10 (11.49%) Power Platform
5 9 (10.34%) AWS
6 6 (6.90%) Azure Logic Apps
7 5 (5.75%) Figma
7 5 (5.75%) Microsoft Copilot
8 4 (4.60%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (4.60%) Copilot Studio
8 4 (4.60%) Entra ID
8 4 (4.60%) PowerApps
9 2 (2.30%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (2.30%) GCP
9 2 (2.30%) Google Workspace
9 2 (2.30%) Miro
9 2 (2.30%) npm
9 2 (2.30%) Yarn
10 1 (1.15%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.45%) VPN
2 2 (2.30%) DHCP
2 2 (2.30%) DNS
2 2 (2.30%) Internet
2 2 (2.30%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.15%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.90%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.30%) Power BI
3 1 (1.15%) BigQuery
3 1 (1.15%) BusinessObjects
3 1 (1.15%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
3 1 (1.15%) DynamoDB
3 1 (1.15%) MySQL
3 1 (1.15%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (1.15%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 7 (8.05%) Git
2 4 (4.60%) JIRA
3 1 (1.15%) Balsamiq
3 1 (1.15%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.15%) ESLint
3 1 (1.15%) Vite
3 1 (1.15%) webpack
General
1 24 (27.59%) Finance
2 23 (26.44%) Social Skills
3 20 (22.99%) Law
4 19 (21.84%) Legal
5 10 (11.49%) Banking
6 9 (10.34%) Retail
7 8 (9.20%) Marketing
8 4 (4.60%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.30%) Digital Health
10 1 (1.15%) Advertising
10 1 (1.15%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (1.15%) Billing
10 1 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (1.15%) Front Office
10 1 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (1.15%) Public Sector
10 1 (1.15%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 14 (16.09%) Designer
1 14 (16.09%) Senior
2 11 (12.64%) Developer
3 8 (9.20%) Asset and Configuration Manager
3 8 (9.20%) Configuration Manager
3 8 (9.20%) Full-Stack Engineer
3 8 (9.20%) Service Manager
3 8 (9.20%) UX Designer
4 7 (8.05%) Service Designer
4 7 (8.05%) User Researcher
5 6 (6.90%) Full-Stack Developer
6 5 (5.75%) Consultant
6 5 (5.75%) Innovation Manager
6 5 (5.75%) IT Manager
6 5 (5.75%) Lead
6 5 (5.75%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
6 5 (5.75%) Software Developer
7 4 (4.60%) Architect
7 4 (4.60%) Development Manager
7 4 (4.60%) Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (19.54%) React
2 12 (13.79%) CSS
2 12 (13.79%) HTML
3 9 (10.34%) .NET
4 8 (9.20%) .NET Core
4 8 (9.20%) Next.js
5 5 (5.75%) .NET Framework
5 5 (5.75%) CSS3
5 5 (5.75%) Entity Framework
5 5 (5.75%) HTML5
5 5 (5.75%) RESTful
6 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Graph
7 3 (3.45%) AngularJS
8 2 (2.30%) Jest
8 2 (2.30%) Vue
9 1 (1.15%) Blazor
9 1 (1.15%) Material-UI
9 1 (1.15%) Playwright
9 1 (1.15%) Redux
9 1 (1.15%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 14 (16.09%) Product Ownership
2 8 (9.20%) CMDB
3 4 (4.60%) Low-Code
4 3 (3.45%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.30%) IoT
5 2 (2.30%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.30%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.15%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.15%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.15%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.15%) iPad
6 1 (1.15%) iPhone
6 1 (1.15%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.15%) Life Science
6 1 (1.15%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.15%) Public Cloud
6 1 (1.15%) Reinsurance
6 1 (1.15%) Social Media
6 1 (1.15%) Video Editing
6 1 (1.15%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.60%) Windows
2 2 (2.30%) Mac OS
2 2 (2.30%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.15%) Android
3 1 (1.15%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (44.83%) Agile
2 32 (36.78%) Problem-Solving
2 32 (36.78%) UX Design
3 19 (21.84%) AI
4 17 (19.54%) Stakeholder Management
5 16 (18.39%) Full-Stack Development
6 15 (17.24%) Continuous Improvement
6 15 (17.24%) User Research
7 13 (14.94%) Critical Thinking
7 13 (14.94%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 12 (13.79%) Coaching
8 12 (13.79%) DevOps
9 11 (12.64%) Analytics
9 11 (12.64%) Code Quality
9 11 (12.64%) Mentoring
9 11 (12.64%) Roadmaps
9 11 (12.64%) Scrum
9 11 (12.64%) Strategic Thinking
9 11 (12.64%) User Stories
10 10 (11.49%) Creative Thinking
Programming Languages
1 15 (17.24%) TypeScript
2 13 (14.94%) JavaScript
3 10 (11.49%) Python
4 8 (9.20%) C#
5 5 (5.75%) SQL
6 4 (4.60%) Bicep
6 4 (4.60%) PowerShell
7 3 (3.45%) Bash
8 1 (1.15%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (13.79%) Security Cleared
2 10 (11.49%) Degree
3 5 (5.75%) SC Cleared
4 3 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
4 3 (3.45%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (2.30%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.30%) PhD
5 2 (2.30%) Postgraduate
6 1 (1.15%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.15%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.15%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.64%) Accessibility
2 8 (9.20%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 5 (5.75%) WCAG
4 4 (4.60%) QA
5 2 (2.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (2.30%) SOC 2
System Software
1 8 (9.20%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (4.60%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.15%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.15%) Docker
3 1 (1.15%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.15%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (4.60%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.30%) SCCM
3 1 (1.15%) Ansible
3 1 (1.15%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.15%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.15%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (14.94%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.34%) ServiceNow
3 3 (3.45%) Adobe
3 3 (3.45%) Citrix
3 3 (3.45%) Google
4 2 (2.30%) Okta
4 2 (2.30%) SAP
5 1 (1.15%) Apple
5 1 (1.15%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.15%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.15%) iManage
5 1 (1.15%) Netlify
5 1 (1.15%) Oracle
5 1 (1.15%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.15%) Workday
5 1 (1.15%) Zscaler