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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 36 78
Rank change year-on-year -44 +42 +16
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 71 129 83
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.92% 6.84% 3.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.39% 7.14% 3.29%
Number of salaries quoted 32 91 55
10th Percentile £55,125 £47,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £58,125 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £78,750 £75,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -15.63%
75th Percentile £85,000 £94,125 £78,750
90th Percentile £99,500 £117,500 £90,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £80,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.25% +23.08% -18.75%

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 2,972 1,806 2,526
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.17% 95.71% 92.32%
Number of salaries quoted 2,169 1,383 1,998
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,642 £42,500
25th Percentile £60,000 £54,500 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile - £120,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -3.33%

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 4 August 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 (8.45%) SharePoint
2 4 (5.63%) CMS
3 3 (4.23%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.41%) Confluence
4 1 (1.41%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 5 (7.04%) Adobe Illustrator
1 5 (7.04%) InDesign
1 5 (7.04%) Photoshop
2 3 (4.23%) UserZoom
3 1 (1.41%) Chatbot
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.41%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 4 (5.63%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (2.82%) NetSuite
3 1 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.41%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 21 (29.58%) Figma
2 15 (21.13%) Azure
3 14 (19.72%) SaaS
4 8 (11.27%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (9.86%) Entra ID
6 6 (8.45%) PaaS
7 5 (7.04%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 5 (7.04%) Azure DevOps
7 5 (7.04%) Dynamics 365
7 5 (7.04%) Power Platform
7 5 (7.04%) Serverless
8 4 (5.63%) Adobe Analytics
8 4 (5.63%) Contentsquare
8 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Purview
9 3 (4.23%) AWS
9 3 (4.23%) GCP
9 3 (4.23%) OneDrive
10 2 (2.82%) Microsoft Copilot
11 1 (1.41%) Azure Logic Apps
11 1 (1.41%) Tessian
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.63%) Broadband
2 1 (1.41%) DHCP
2 1 (1.41%) DNS
2 1 (1.41%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.41%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.41%) Metadata
1 1 (1.41%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.41%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (5.63%) JIRA
2 2 (2.82%) Git
3 1 (1.41%) Balsamiq
3 1 (1.41%) Vite
3 1 (1.41%) webpack
General
1 23 (32.39%) Finance
2 12 (16.90%) Marketing
3 10 (14.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (14.08%) Legal
4 7 (9.86%) Social Skills
5 5 (7.04%) Advertising
5 5 (7.04%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (7.04%) Multimedia
6 4 (5.63%) Games
6 4 (5.63%) Law
6 4 (5.63%) Legal Technology
7 3 (4.23%) Front Office
8 2 (2.82%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.41%) Banking
9 1 (1.41%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.41%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 19 (26.76%) Senior
2 14 (19.72%) Designer
3 13 (18.31%) UX Designer
4 12 (16.90%) UI Designer
4 12 (16.90%) UI/UX Designer
5 10 (14.08%) Architect
5 10 (14.08%) Lead
5 10 (14.08%) Senior Designer
6 9 (12.68%) Senior UI Designer
6 9 (12.68%) Senior UI/UX Designer
6 9 (12.68%) Senior UX Designer
7 6 (8.45%) Developer
7 6 (8.45%) Product Manager
8 5 (7.04%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 5 (7.04%) Senior Developer
8 5 (7.04%) Senior Front-End Developer
8 5 (7.04%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (5.63%) Senior UI Developer
9 4 (5.63%) UI Developer
9 4 (5.63%) User Experience Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (16.90%) React
2 7 (9.86%) CSS
2 7 (9.86%) HTML
3 5 (7.04%) Framer.js
4 4 (5.63%) Next.js
4 4 (5.63%) SAP Fiori
4 4 (5.63%) SAPUI5
5 3 (4.23%) .NET
5 3 (4.23%) .NET Framework
6 2 (2.82%) jQuery
7 1 (1.41%) .NET Core
7 1 (1.41%) CSS3
7 1 (1.41%) Dapper ORM
7 1 (1.41%) Entity Framework
7 1 (1.41%) HTML5
7 1 (1.41%) Node.js
7 1 (1.41%) PyTorch
7 1 (1.41%) REST
7 1 (1.41%) RESTful
7 1 (1.41%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.90%) Cloud Native
2 10 (14.08%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.23%) Social Media
4 2 (2.82%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.41%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.41%) CMDB
5 1 (1.41%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.41%) iPhone
5 1 (1.41%) PropTech
5 1 (1.41%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.63%) Windows
2 1 (1.41%) Android
2 1 (1.41%) Apple iOS
2 1 (1.41%) Mac OS
2 1 (1.41%) VMS
2 1 (1.41%) Windows 10
2 1 (1.41%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 28 (39.44%) UX Design
2 26 (36.62%) Agile
3 17 (23.94%) AI
4 16 (22.54%) Roadmaps
5 15 (21.13%) Mentoring
6 12 (16.90%) Coaching
6 12 (16.90%) Product Management
7 11 (15.49%) Workflow
8 10 (14.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 10 (14.08%) Decision-Making
8 10 (14.08%) DevOps
8 10 (14.08%) Scrum
9 9 (12.68%) Front End Development
9 9 (12.68%) Product Roadmap
10 8 (11.27%) Backlog Management
10 8 (11.27%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (11.27%) Creative Thinking
10 8 (11.27%) Product Backlog
10 8 (11.27%) Stakeholder Management
11 7 (9.86%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 11 (15.49%) JavaScript
2 4 (5.63%) TypeScript
3 2 (2.82%) C#
3 2 (2.82%) Python
3 2 (2.82%) SQL
4 1 (1.41%) Bicep
4 1 (1.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 8 (11.27%) Security Cleared
2 3 (4.23%) Degree
3 1 (1.41%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.41%) ISTQB
3 1 (1.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (18.31%) Accessibility
2 5 (7.04%) WCAG
3 1 (1.41%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (1.41%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.41%) GDPR
3 1 (1.41%) QA
3 1 (1.41%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 5 (7.04%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.41%) Docker
2 1 (1.41%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 4 (5.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.41%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.41%) Terraform
Vendors
1 13 (18.31%) Microsoft
2 9 (12.68%) Adobe
3 5 (7.04%) SAP
4 2 (2.82%) Oracle
5 1 (1.41%) Apple
5 1 (1.41%) Hotjar
5 1 (1.41%) iManage
5 1 (1.41%) Intapp
5 1 (1.41%) Litera
5 1 (1.41%) Meraki
5 1 (1.41%) OpenAI
5 1 (1.41%) Optimizely
5 1 (1.41%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.41%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.41%) VMware
5 1 (1.41%) Workday