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

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 73 85
Rank change year-on-year +27 +12 -4
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 86 102 94
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 4.23% 3.76% 3.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.80% 3.94% 3.45%
Number of salaries quoted 54 66 87
10th Percentile £40,375 £52,500 £38,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,625 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,188 £88,750
90th Percentile £107,000 £117,500 £101,250
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 1,791 2,589 2,724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 88.14% 95.39% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,330 1,696 2,459
10th Percentile £41,250 £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 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £76,500 £74,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +2.68% -0.67% -

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 24 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 1 (1.16%) Apache
1 1 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (1.16%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.16%) Confluence
1 1 (1.16%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (2.33%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 1 (1.16%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (1.16%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (1.16%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 22 (25.58%) Azure
2 14 (16.28%) Microsoft 365
3 12 (13.95%) SaaS
4 8 (9.30%) Power Platform
5 7 (8.14%) AWS
5 7 (8.14%) Azure Logic Apps
6 6 (6.98%) Figma
7 5 (5.81%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (4.65%) Copilot Studio
8 4 (4.65%) Entra ID
8 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Copilot
9 3 (3.49%) PaaS
10 2 (2.33%) Cloud Computing
10 2 (2.33%) Google Workspace
10 2 (2.33%) Lucidchart
10 2 (2.33%) Miro
10 2 (2.33%) npm
10 2 (2.33%) PowerApps
10 2 (2.33%) Yarn
11 1 (1.16%) Azure Service Bus
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.49%) VPN
2 2 (2.33%) DHCP
2 2 (2.33%) DNS
2 2 (2.33%) Internet
2 2 (2.33%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.16%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.81%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.16%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.16%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
2 1 (1.16%) DynamoDB
2 1 (1.16%) MySQL
2 1 (1.16%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.16%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 6 (6.98%) Git
2 5 (5.81%) JIRA
3 2 (2.33%) Balsamiq
4 1 (1.16%) Vite
4 1 (1.16%) webpack
General
1 27 (31.40%) Finance
2 21 (24.42%) Social Skills
3 20 (23.26%) Law
4 19 (22.09%) Legal
5 10 (11.63%) Banking
6 9 (10.47%) Marketing
6 9 (10.47%) Retail
7 4 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (2.33%) Digital Health
8 2 (2.33%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.16%) Billing
9 1 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
9 1 (1.16%) Front Office
9 1 (1.16%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (17.44%) Designer
1 15 (17.44%) Senior
2 11 (12.79%) Developer
3 9 (10.47%) UX Designer
4 8 (9.30%) Asset and Configuration Manager
4 8 (9.30%) Configuration Manager
4 8 (9.30%) Service Designer
4 8 (9.30%) Service Manager
5 7 (8.14%) Innovation Manager
5 7 (8.14%) IT Manager
5 7 (8.14%) User Researcher
6 6 (6.98%) Full-Stack Developer
6 6 (6.98%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 5 (5.81%) Architect
7 5 (5.81%) Consultant
7 5 (5.81%) Lead
7 5 (5.81%) Product Manager
7 5 (5.81%) Software Developer
8 4 (4.65%) Business Development Manager
8 4 (4.65%) Business Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (17.44%) React
2 12 (13.95%) HTML
3 11 (12.79%) CSS
4 9 (10.47%) .NET
5 8 (9.30%) .NET Core
6 6 (6.98%) .NET Framework
7 5 (5.81%) CSS3
7 5 (5.81%) Entity Framework
7 5 (5.81%) HTML5
7 5 (5.81%) Next.js
7 5 (5.81%) RESTful
8 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Graph
9 3 (3.49%) AngularJS
10 2 (2.33%) Vue
11 1 (1.16%) Blazor
11 1 (1.16%) Dapper ORM
11 1 (1.16%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 17 (19.77%) Product Ownership
2 8 (9.30%) CMDB
3 4 (4.65%) Low-Code
4 3 (3.49%) Cloud Native
5 2 (2.33%) IoT
5 2 (2.33%) Onboarding
5 2 (2.33%) Public Cloud
5 2 (2.33%) Video Conferencing
6 1 (1.16%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.16%) iPad
6 1 (1.16%) iPhone
6 1 (1.16%) Learning Management System
6 1 (1.16%) Life Science
6 1 (1.16%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.16%) Reinsurance
6 1 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.16%) Social Media
6 1 (1.16%) Video Editing
6 1 (1.16%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.16%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.65%) Windows
2 2 (2.33%) Mac OS
2 2 (2.33%) Windows 10
3 1 (1.16%) Android
3 1 (1.16%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (50.00%) Agile
2 36 (41.86%) UX Design
3 32 (37.21%) Problem-Solving
4 20 (23.26%) AI
5 17 (19.77%) Coaching
5 17 (19.77%) Stakeholder Management
6 16 (18.60%) Mentoring
6 16 (18.60%) User Research
7 15 (17.44%) Continuous Improvement
7 15 (17.44%) Creative Thinking
8 14 (16.28%) Full-Stack Development
8 14 (16.28%) Roadmaps
9 13 (15.12%) Critical Thinking
9 13 (15.12%) DevOps
9 13 (15.12%) Scrum
9 13 (15.12%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 12 (13.95%) User Stories
11 11 (12.79%) Product Requirements
11 11 (12.79%) Strategic Thinking
12 10 (11.63%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 13 (15.12%) JavaScript
2 11 (12.79%) TypeScript
3 9 (10.47%) Python
4 7 (8.14%) C#
5 5 (5.81%) Bicep
5 5 (5.81%) SQL
6 4 (4.65%) PowerShell
7 3 (3.49%) Bash
8 1 (1.16%) Java
Qualifications
1 12 (13.95%) Security Cleared
2 8 (9.30%) Degree
3 5 (5.81%) SC Cleared
4 2 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 2 (2.33%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.33%) MCP
4 2 (2.33%) PhD
4 2 (2.33%) Postgraduate
5 1 (1.16%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.16%) ISTQB
5 1 (1.16%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (1.16%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.79%) Accessibility
2 8 (9.30%) ISO/IEC 19770
3 5 (5.81%) WCAG
4 2 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 2 (2.33%) SOC 2
5 1 (1.16%) QA
System Software
1 8 (9.30%) Virtual Machines
2 4 (4.65%) Active Directory
3 1 (1.16%) BitLocker
3 1 (1.16%) Docker
3 1 (1.16%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (1.16%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (2.33%) SCCM
3 1 (1.16%) Ansible
3 1 (1.16%) Jamf Pro
3 1 (1.16%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (1.16%) Terraform
Vendors
1 12 (13.95%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.47%) ServiceNow
3 3 (3.49%) Adobe
3 3 (3.49%) Citrix
4 2 (2.33%) Google
4 2 (2.33%) SAP
5 1 (1.16%) Apple
5 1 (1.16%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.16%) CyberArk
5 1 (1.16%) iManage
5 1 (1.16%) Okta
5 1 (1.16%) Oracle
5 1 (1.16%) Salesforce
5 1 (1.16%) Workday