User Experience Job Trends in England

UX
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring User Experience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 12 70 83
Rank change year-on-year +58 +13 -21
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 5,393 1,723 2,126
As % of all permanent jobs in England 9.17% 3.84% 3.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.51% 4.16% 3.66%
Number of salaries quoted 974 848 1,727
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £43,750 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -14.08%
75th Percentile £76,250 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £96,375 £100,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,842 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.09% +8.80% -12.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,835 41,372 58,145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 79.66% 92.23% 88.13%
Number of salaries quoted 28,643 20,457 46,018
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,750 £46,250 £40,702
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

User Experience job vacancy trend in England

User Experience
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing User Experience.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing User Experience

User Experience
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in England over the 6 months to 13 February 2026.

Salary histogram for User Experience in England

User Experience
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience within the England region over the 6 months to 13 February 2026. 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
North of England +62 1,825 £55,000 +4.76% 140
North West +61 1,591 £55,000 - 78
Midlands +108 1,202 £45,000 +28.57% 80
West Midlands +133 1,025 £50,000 - 50
London +25 967 £70,000 -6.67% 282
South East +46 761 £52,500 -2.33% 182
East of England +55 445 £55,000 +10.00% 36
Yorkshire +43 218 £55,000 +24.29% 45
East Midlands +35 190 £40,000 +14.29% 30
South West +9 127 £50,000 +2.56% 62
North East -28 16 £50,000 +11.11% 18
User Experience
UK

User Experience
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 70 (1.30%) CMS
2 60 (1.11%) SharePoint
3 57 (1.06%) Confluence
4 29 (0.54%) WordPress
5 22 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
6 7 (0.13%) nginx
6 7 (0.13%) Umbraco
7 5 (0.093%) Drupal
8 4 (0.074%) Appian
9 3 (0.056%) Apache
9 3 (0.056%) Joomla!
9 3 (0.056%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.037%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.037%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 1 (0.019%) Camunda
11 1 (0.019%) concrete5
11 1 (0.019%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.019%) IIS
11 1 (0.019%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 49 (0.91%) Adobe XD
2 33 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (0.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 30 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
4 24 (0.45%) Photoshop
5 21 (0.39%) Adobe Illustrator
6 19 (0.35%) MS Visio
6 19 (0.35%) Sketch
7 15 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 12 (0.22%) InDesign
9 8 (0.15%) Chatbot
10 6 (0.11%) Adobe After Effects
10 6 (0.11%) InVision
10 6 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
11 4 (0.074%) Adobe Premiere
12 3 (0.056%) AutoCAD
13 2 (0.037%) Adobe Captivate
13 2 (0.037%) Avid Media Composer
13 2 (0.037%) Microsoft Project
13 2 (0.037%) Trello
Business Applications
1 34 (0.63%) Shopify
2 22 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.20%) Magento
5 8 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
6 6 (0.11%) Workday HCM
7 5 (0.093%) Payment Gateway
8 4 (0.074%) SAP BPC
9 3 (0.056%) SAP Business One
10 2 (0.037%) Dynamics AX
10 2 (0.037%) Integrated Workplace Management System
10 2 (0.037%) OpenCart
10 2 (0.037%) Oracle Payables
10 2 (0.037%) Oracle Receivables
10 2 (0.037%) Sage X3
10 2 (0.037%) SAP EWM
11 1 (0.019%) Elite 3E
11 1 (0.019%) Infor SunSystems
11 1 (0.019%) SAP IBP
11 1 (0.019%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 4,003 (74.23%) Cloud Computing
2 236 (4.38%) Azure
3 186 (3.45%) Figma
4 174 (3.23%) AWS
5 136 (2.52%) Microsoft 365
6 116 (2.15%) SaaS
7 84 (1.56%) Power Platform
8 62 (1.15%) GitHub
9 55 (1.02%) Azure DevOps
10 53 (0.98%) Google Analytics
11 51 (0.95%) GCP
12 41 (0.76%) Entra ID
13 39 (0.72%) Serverless
14 35 (0.65%) Adobe Analytics
15 33 (0.61%) PowerApps
16 32 (0.59%) Miro
17 26 (0.48%) GitHub Copilot
18 24 (0.45%) Azure Logic Apps
18 24 (0.45%) Dynamics 365
19 23 (0.43%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4,007 (74.30%) Internet
2 27 (0.50%) Broadband
3 20 (0.37%) DNS
4 17 (0.32%) HTTP
5 16 (0.30%) DHCP
5 16 (0.30%) VPN
6 15 (0.28%) Firewall
7 13 (0.24%) TCP/IP
8 9 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
9 8 (0.15%) LAN
10 6 (0.11%) Intranet
10 6 (0.11%) VLAN
11 5 (0.093%) WAN
12 3 (0.056%) VoIP
12 3 (0.056%) WebEx
13 2 (0.037%) HTTPS
13 2 (0.037%) Kerberos
14 1 (0.019%) CTI
14 1 (0.019%) SSL
14 1 (0.019%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (1.02%) SQL Server
2 36 (0.67%) Power BI
3 32 (0.59%) NoSQL
3 32 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
4 30 (0.56%) MySQL
5 22 (0.41%) Relational Database
6 21 (0.39%) MongoDB
7 15 (0.28%) Looker
8 12 (0.22%) Tableau
9 11 (0.20%) DB2
10 10 (0.19%) BigQuery
11 9 (0.17%) Redis
12 8 (0.15%) Metadata
13 7 (0.13%) Oracle Reports
14 6 (0.11%) Elasticsearch
14 6 (0.11%) MariaDB
15 3 (0.056%) Big Data
15 3 (0.056%) DynamoDB
15 3 (0.056%) RDBMS
16 2 (0.037%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 127 (2.35%) JIRA
2 86 (1.59%) Git
3 36 (0.67%) Axure RP
4 32 (0.59%) Balsamiq
5 27 (0.50%) Jenkins
6 23 (0.43%) Cypress.io
7 17 (0.32%) Bitbucket
8 16 (0.30%) Selenium
8 16 (0.30%) Storybook
8 16 (0.30%) Vite
9 15 (0.28%) webpack
10 14 (0.26%) NeoLoad
11 13 (0.24%) Cucumber
11 13 (0.24%) TeamCity
11 13 (0.24%) Visual Studio
12 12 (0.22%) eCATT
13 11 (0.20%) Postman
14 7 (0.13%) GitLab
14 7 (0.13%) gulp
15 6 (0.11%) JUnit
General
1 4,461 (82.72%) Social Skills
2 4,091 (75.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,077 (75.60%) Banking
4 233 (4.32%) Finance
5 179 (3.32%) Marketing
6 148 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
7 133 (2.47%) Law
8 124 (2.30%) Public Sector
9 73 (1.35%) Legal
10 67 (1.24%) Organisational Skills
11 62 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
11 62 (1.15%) Retail
12 59 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
13 38 (0.70%) Telecoms
14 35 (0.65%) Manufacturing
15 20 (0.37%) Advertising
15 20 (0.37%) Back Office
16 16 (0.30%) Electronics
17 13 (0.24%) Financial Institution
18 12 (0.22%) Games
Job Titles
1 3,105 (57.57%) Lecturer
2 265 (4.91%) Senior
3 241 (4.47%) Developer
4 176 (3.26%) Designer
5 153 (2.84%) Analyst
6 118 (2.19%) Lead
7 104 (1.93%) UX Designer
8 65 (1.21%) Software Engineer
9 61 (1.13%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 60 (1.11%) Full-Stack Developer
11 58 (1.08%) IT Support
12 54 (1.00%) Business Analyst
12 54 (1.00%) Senior Developer
13 48 (0.89%) Senior Manager
14 47 (0.87%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 39 (0.72%) IT Manager
15 39 (0.72%) Support Analyst
16 36 (0.67%) Product Manager
17 33 (0.61%) IT Analyst
17 33 (0.61%) Senior Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 218 (4.04%) HTML
2 213 (3.95%) React
3 199 (3.69%) CSS
4 122 (2.26%) .NET
5 89 (1.65%) RESTful
6 85 (1.58%) REST
7 83 (1.54%) Node.js
8 66 (1.22%) AngularJS
9 60 (1.11%) Vue
10 43 (0.80%) HTML5
11 40 (0.74%) Next.js
11 40 (0.74%) Spring
12 36 (0.67%) Spring Boot
13 34 (0.63%) CSS3
14 29 (0.54%) GraphQL
15 28 (0.52%) .NET Framework
16 26 (0.48%) Jest
17 25 (0.46%) JSON
17 25 (0.46%) WebSockets
18 22 (0.41%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 4,011 (74.37%) IoT
2 144 (2.67%) Product Ownership
3 88 (1.63%) Mobile App
4 74 (1.37%) Onboarding
5 64 (1.19%) Cloud Native
6 48 (0.89%) Self-Motivation
7 32 (0.59%) Management Information System
8 31 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
9 29 (0.54%) Social Media
10 24 (0.45%) Greenfield Project
11 23 (0.43%) AI Agents
12 21 (0.39%) Analytical Mindset
12 21 (0.39%) Enterprise Software
13 20 (0.37%) Driving Licence
13 20 (0.37%) Low-Code
14 18 (0.33%) e-Learning
15 17 (0.32%) Distributed Systems
16 14 (0.26%) Public Cloud
17 13 (0.24%) Animation
17 13 (0.24%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 64 (1.19%) Windows
2 55 (1.02%) Apple iOS
3 51 (0.95%) Android
4 31 (0.57%) Windows 10
5 18 (0.33%) Windows Server
6 13 (0.24%) Linux
7 12 (0.22%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.056%) Unix
8 3 (0.056%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.056%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,238 (78.58%) AI
2 4,050 (75.10%) Machine Learning
3 4,044 (74.99%) Web Development
4 4,040 (74.91%) Cybersecurity
5 506 (9.38%) Agile
6 418 (7.75%) UX Design
7 365 (6.77%) Problem-Solving
8 302 (5.60%) Continuous Improvement
9 253 (4.69%) Analytics
10 187 (3.47%) Full-Stack Development
10 187 (3.47%) Mentoring
11 186 (3.45%) Roadmaps
12 167 (3.10%) CI/CD
13 162 (3.00%) DevOps
14 150 (2.78%) Software Engineering
15 142 (2.63%) User Research
16 139 (2.58%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 136 (2.52%) Front End Development
18 134 (2.48%) Stakeholder Management
19 131 (2.43%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 266 (4.93%) JavaScript
2 153 (2.84%) TypeScript
3 127 (2.35%) Java
4 120 (2.23%) SQL
5 96 (1.78%) C#
6 93 (1.72%) Python
7 39 (0.72%) PowerShell
8 37 (0.69%) PHP
9 18 (0.33%) Kotlin
10 17 (0.32%) Go
11 13 (0.24%) C++
12 11 (0.20%) Bash
13 9 (0.17%) Swift
13 9 (0.17%) VBScript
14 8 (0.15%) Bicep
14 8 (0.15%) T-SQL
15 7 (0.13%) Ruby
16 6 (0.11%) Rust
17 5 (0.093%) VBA
17 5 (0.093%) XAML
Qualifications
1 4,217 (78.19%) Degree
2 4,029 (74.71%) Master's Degree
3 4,005 (74.26%) PhD
3 4,005 (74.26%) Postgraduate
4 136 (2.52%) Security Cleared
5 100 (1.85%) SC Cleared
6 40 (0.74%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (0.43%) DV Cleared
8 20 (0.37%) DBS Check
9 19 (0.35%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 15 (0.28%) Microsoft Certification
11 11 (0.20%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (0.15%) PMI Certification
12 8 (0.15%) PMP
13 6 (0.11%) AWS Certification
13 6 (0.11%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 6 (0.11%) MCSA
13 6 (0.11%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 5 (0.093%) AWS Certified Developer
15 4 (0.074%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 269 (4.99%) Accessibility
2 98 (1.82%) QA
3 74 (1.37%) WCAG
4 46 (0.85%) GDPR
5 14 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
5 14 (0.26%) SLA
6 12 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 11 (0.20%) Data Quality
8 8 (0.15%) ISO/IEC 19770
8 8 (0.15%) PCI DSS
9 7 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
10 6 (0.11%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.093%) PERC
11 5 (0.093%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 3 (0.056%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.056%) HL7
12 3 (0.056%) ISO 9001
13 2 (0.037%) GRC
13 2 (0.037%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.019%) NCSC
System Software
1 81 (1.50%) Active Directory
2 67 (1.24%) Docker
3 8 (0.15%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.074%) Firmware
6 3 (0.056%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.056%) vSphere
7 1 (0.019%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.019%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 53 (0.98%) Kubernetes
2 39 (0.72%) Microsoft Intune
3 31 (0.57%) Terraform
4 21 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (0.22%) HP ALM
6 8 (0.15%) Grafana
7 7 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
8 5 (0.093%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.074%) SCCM
10 2 (0.037%) Packer
10 2 (0.037%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.037%) SmoothWall
11 1 (0.019%) Ansible
11 1 (0.019%) Argo
11 1 (0.019%) Cisco CUCM
11 1 (0.019%) Kibana
11 1 (0.019%) MOM
11 1 (0.019%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 218 (4.04%) Microsoft
2 137 (2.54%) Adobe
3 89 (1.65%) Google
4 56 (1.04%) ServiceNow
5 48 (0.89%) SAP
6 36 (0.67%) Salesforce
7 32 (0.59%) HubSpot
8 27 (0.50%) Nexthink
9 23 (0.43%) Oracle
10 20 (0.37%) Atlassian
11 19 (0.35%) Qualtrics
12 16 (0.30%) Apple
13 15 (0.28%) Cisco
14 14 (0.26%) Hotjar
14 14 (0.26%) HP
15 13 (0.24%) BMC
16 11 (0.20%) iManage
17 10 (0.19%) New Relic
17 10 (0.19%) Sitecore
17 10 (0.19%) Splunk