Usability Testing Job Trends in England

Usability Testing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Usability Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 512 580 585
Rank change year-on-year +68 +5 +255
Permanent jobs citing Usability Testing 97 95 82
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.19% 0.19% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.21% 0.20%
Number of salaries quoted 57 56 63
10th Percentile £41,075 £33,838 £23,850
25th Percentile £48,750 £48,438 £25,675
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% +30.00% -11.11%
75th Percentile £72,500 £71,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,750 £85,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £63,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -17.65% +27.50% -9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

Usability Testing 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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,885 44,702 41,515
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 82.30% 90.14% 91.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25,602 22,418 32,186
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Usability Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Usability Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Usability Testing job vacancy trend in England

Usability Testing
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Usability Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Usability Testing

Usability Testing
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Usability Testing in England over the 6 months to 30 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Usability Testing in England

Usability Testing
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Usability Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 30 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +83 66 £52,500 -22.22% 51
South East +33 16 £52,500 -19.23% 71
Midlands +29 7 £65,000 +109.68% 40
North of England +5 4 £41,075 -17.85% 43
East Midlands -10 4 - - 15
West Midlands +25 3 £65,000 +4.00% 22
North East +6 2 £65,000 +36.84% 3
South West +3 2 £38,500 -40.77% 22
Yorkshire -3 2 £41,075 +26.44% 16
East of England - 1 - - 31
Usability Testing
UK

Usability Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 (6.19%) Confluence
2 3 (3.09%) WordPress
3 2 (2.06%) CMS
Applications
1 39 (40.21%) Adobe XD
2 13 (13.40%) Sketch
3 2 (2.06%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (1.03%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 53 (54.64%) Figma
2 17 (17.53%) Miro
3 11 (11.34%) Google Analytics
4 3 (3.09%) Adobe Analytics
4 3 (3.09%) Azure
4 3 (3.09%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.09%) SaaS
5 2 (2.06%) AWS
6 1 (1.03%) Contentsquare
6 1 (1.03%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.09%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.06%) Amazon RDS
1 2 (2.06%) MongoDB
1 2 (2.06%) NoSQL
1 2 (2.06%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.03%) GIS
2 1 (1.03%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 25 (25.77%) Axure RP
1 25 (25.77%) Balsamiq
2 4 (4.12%) JIRA
3 2 (2.06%) Jenkins
3 2 (2.06%) Octopus Deploy
4 1 (1.03%) Git
4 1 (1.03%) Storybook
General
1 34 (35.05%) Public Sector
2 30 (30.93%) Law
3 29 (29.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 26 (26.80%) Social Skills
5 20 (20.62%) Analytical Skills
6 16 (16.49%) Finance
7 11 (11.34%) Banking
7 11 (11.34%) Legal
8 8 (8.25%) Marketing
9 7 (7.22%) Organisational Skills
9 7 (7.22%) Telecoms
10 4 (4.12%) Retail
11 3 (3.09%) Games
11 3 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (1.03%) Electronics
12 1 (1.03%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 55 (56.70%) Designer
2 28 (28.87%) UX Designer
3 22 (22.68%) Senior
4 18 (18.56%) User Researcher
5 17 (17.53%) Service Designer
6 16 (16.49%) UI Designer
7 12 (12.37%) UI/UX Designer
8 11 (11.34%) Senior Designer
9 8 (8.25%) User Experience Researcher
10 7 (7.22%) Architect
10 7 (7.22%) Senior User Experience Researcher
10 7 (7.22%) User Experience Architect
11 4 (4.12%) Content Designer
11 4 (4.12%) Digital Product Owner
11 4 (4.12%) Product Designer
11 4 (4.12%) Product Owner
11 4 (4.12%) Senior Product Owner
11 4 (4.12%) Senior UI Designer
11 4 (4.12%) Senior UX Designer
12 3 (3.09%) Senior Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (17.53%) CSS
1 17 (17.53%) HTML
2 2 (2.06%) .NET
2 2 (2.06%) Blazor
2 2 (2.06%) FIX Protocol
2 2 (2.06%) Material Design
2 2 (2.06%) Next.js
2 2 (2.06%) RESTful
3 1 (1.03%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.03%) Framer.js
3 1 (1.03%) LESS
3 1 (1.03%) React
3 1 (1.03%) React Native
3 1 (1.03%) Sass
3 1 (1.03%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 36 (37.11%) Product Ownership
2 11 (11.34%) Mobile App
3 8 (8.25%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.09%) Social Media
5 2 (2.06%) AI Agents
5 2 (2.06%) Digital Media
5 2 (2.06%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 2 (2.06%) Graphic Design
5 2 (2.06%) Greenfield Project
5 2 (2.06%) VUI
6 1 (1.03%) Animation
6 1 (1.03%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 6 (6.19%) Android
1 6 (6.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (85.57%) User Experience
1 83 (85.57%) User Research
2 53 (54.64%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 52 (53.61%) Agile
4 49 (50.52%) UX Design
5 44 (45.36%) Prototyping
6 36 (37.11%) Actionable Insight
7 34 (35.05%) Wireframes
8 33 (34.02%) Analytics
9 30 (30.93%) Community of Practice
10 27 (27.84%) Workshop Facilitation
11 26 (26.80%) Service Design
12 25 (25.77%) Journey Map
13 22 (22.68%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
13 22 (22.68%) Inclusive Design
14 21 (21.65%) Customer Experience
14 21 (21.65%) Stakeholder Management
15 19 (19.59%) Technology Strategy
16 18 (18.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 16 (16.49%) Qualitative Research
Programming Languages
1 12 (12.37%) JavaScript
2 2 (2.06%) C#
2 2 (2.06%) Python
Qualifications
1 38 (39.18%) Degree
1 38 (39.18%) SC Cleared
1 38 (39.18%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.09%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.03%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 58 (59.79%) Accessibility
2 37 (38.14%) WCAG
3 4 (4.12%) QA
4 1 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 2 (2.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.06%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 45 (46.39%) Adobe
2 15 (15.46%) Google
3 13 (13.40%) Microsoft
4 2 (2.06%) Hotjar
4 2 (2.06%) Mercator
5 1 (1.03%) Guidewire
5 1 (1.03%) Pega
5 1 (1.03%) SAP
5 1 (1.03%) Sitecore