UX Design Job Trends in England

User Experience Design (UXD)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring UX Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 286 296 236
Rank change year-on-year +10 -60 -97
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 379 487 591
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.73% 0.96% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 1.07% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 245 256 517
10th Percentile £40,870 £32,500 £39,748
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,250 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.64% -15.38% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £69,063 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £82,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% -15.38% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

UX Design 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 43,021 45,517 40,408
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 83.09% 89.80% 93.54%
Number of salaries quoted 25,662 23,124 31,261
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,875 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,900 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -3.23%

UX Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

UX Design job vacancy trend in England

UX Design
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing UX Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing UX Design

UX Design
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing UX Design in England over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Salary histogram for UX Design in England

UX Design
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UX Design within the England region over the 6 months to 20 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 +88 209 £75,000 +13.21% 70
South East +36 64 £52,500 -10.64% 47
North of England -31 37 £50,000 -0.80% 31
Midlands -27 28 £53,500 +52.86% 15
West Midlands +25 23 £55,000 - 12
North West -2 20 £56,250 +2.27% 15
South West -15 17 £60,000 +9.09% 14
East of England +16 10 £60,000 +9.09% 10
North East +8 10 £50,000 +17.65% 9
Yorkshire -15 7 £65,000 +44.44% 7
East Midlands -44 5 £40,000 +14.29% 3
UX Design
UK

UX Design
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 25 (6.60%) Confluence
2 12 (3.17%) WordPress
3 10 (2.64%) SharePoint
4 8 (2.11%) Headless CMS
5 6 (1.58%) CMS
6 4 (1.06%) Appian
7 3 (0.79%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 3 (0.79%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.26%) Moodle
8 1 (0.26%) nginx
Applications
1 37 (9.76%) Adobe XD
2 28 (7.39%) Sketch
3 21 (5.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 11 (2.90%) Photoshop
5 10 (2.64%) Adobe Illustrator
6 9 (2.37%) Microsoft Excel
7 8 (2.11%) InDesign
8 4 (1.06%) Chatbot
8 4 (1.06%) InVision
8 4 (1.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 3 (0.79%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (0.79%) Adobe Premiere
9 3 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
9 3 (0.79%) MS Visio
10 2 (0.53%) Adobe Captivate
10 2 (0.53%) Elementor
11 1 (0.26%) Trello
Business Applications
1 11 (2.90%) Shopify
2 4 (1.06%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.26%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.26%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.26%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.26%) SAP EWM
3 1 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 116 (30.61%) Figma
2 98 (25.86%) Azure
3 76 (20.05%) AWS
4 38 (10.03%) SaaS
5 33 (8.71%) GCP
6 25 (6.60%) GitHub
7 23 (6.07%) Azure DevOps
7 23 (6.07%) Google Analytics
8 21 (5.54%) Serverless
9 20 (5.28%) Adobe Analytics
10 17 (4.49%) Microsoft 365
11 16 (4.22%) Power Platform
12 15 (3.96%) AWS Lambda
13 13 (3.43%) Amazon S3
14 10 (2.64%) Azure Logic Apps
15 8 (2.11%) Amazon ECS
15 8 (2.11%) Amazon SQS
15 8 (2.11%) Miro
15 8 (2.11%) Vercel
16 7 (1.85%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.26%) AMQP
1 1 (0.26%) Bluetooth
1 1 (0.26%) Broadband
1 1 (0.26%) Ethernet
1 1 (0.26%) HTTP
1 1 (0.26%) Internet
1 1 (0.26%) RFID
1 1 (0.26%) SMS
1 1 (0.26%) SSH
1 1 (0.26%) Value-Added Service
1 1 (0.26%) X.21
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.07%) NoSQL
2 17 (4.49%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.11%) Power BI
4 7 (1.85%) MongoDB
5 5 (1.32%) Relational Database
6 4 (1.06%) DynamoDB
6 4 (1.06%) MySQL
7 3 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
8 2 (0.53%) Amazon RDS
8 2 (0.53%) Tableau
9 1 (0.26%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.26%) Big Data
9 1 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.26%) PostHog
9 1 (0.26%) Redis
Development Applications
1 56 (14.78%) Git
2 42 (11.08%) JIRA
3 22 (5.80%) Cypress.io
4 16 (4.22%) Balsamiq
5 14 (3.69%) Axure RP
6 11 (2.90%) Jenkins
6 11 (2.90%) webpack
7 10 (2.64%) Storybook
8 8 (2.11%) Vite
9 7 (1.85%) gulp
9 7 (1.85%) Visual Studio
10 5 (1.32%) Bitbucket
10 5 (1.32%) Visual Studio Code
11 4 (1.06%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.79%) CircleCI
12 3 (0.79%) GitLab
12 3 (0.79%) Xcode
13 2 (0.53%) Artifactory
13 2 (0.53%) JUnit
13 2 (0.53%) Selenium
General
1 123 (32.45%) Social Skills
2 63 (16.62%) Marketing
3 57 (15.04%) Finance
4 52 (13.72%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (11.87%) Law
6 29 (7.65%) Public Sector
7 27 (7.12%) Telecoms
8 24 (6.33%) Banking
9 23 (6.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 20 (5.28%) Influencing Skills
11 18 (4.75%) Legal
12 14 (3.69%) Retail
13 12 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (2.37%) Presentation Skills
15 7 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (1.58%) Electronics
16 6 (1.58%) Financial Institution
17 5 (1.32%) Digital Health
17 5 (1.32%) Multimedia
18 4 (1.06%) Military
Job Titles
1 120 (31.66%) Developer
2 115 (30.34%) Senior
3 103 (27.18%) Designer
4 66 (17.41%) UX Designer
5 55 (14.51%) Full-Stack Developer
6 50 (13.19%) Senior Developer
7 35 (9.23%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 32 (8.44%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
9 31 (8.18%) UI Designer
10 28 (7.39%) UI/UX Designer
11 26 (6.86%) Lead
12 22 (5.80%) Analyst
13 20 (5.28%) Senior Manager
14 17 (4.49%) Product Designer
14 17 (4.49%) Strategy Manager
15 15 (3.96%) Senior Designer
16 14 (3.69%) Full-Stack Web Developer
16 14 (3.69%) Senior Web Developer
16 14 (3.69%) Web Developer
17 13 (3.43%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (27.70%) CSS
2 104 (27.44%) React
3 103 (27.18%) HTML
4 55 (14.51%) RESTful
5 53 (13.98%) .NET
6 45 (11.87%) Node.js
7 28 (7.39%) AngularJS
7 28 (7.39%) Jest
7 28 (7.39%) Next.js
8 27 (7.12%) Vue
9 22 (5.80%) REST
10 21 (5.54%) GraphQL
10 21 (5.54%) WebSockets
11 20 (5.28%) Tailwind CSS
12 17 (4.49%) .NET Framework
13 16 (4.22%) HTML5
14 15 (3.96%) ASP.NET
15 13 (3.43%) CSS3
15 13 (3.43%) Vitest
16 12 (3.17%) gRPC
Miscellaneous
1 57 (15.04%) Product Ownership
2 39 (10.29%) Mobile App
3 20 (5.28%) Cloud Native
4 17 (4.49%) AI Agents
5 16 (4.22%) Onboarding
6 11 (2.90%) Social Media
6 11 (2.90%) Virtual Team
7 10 (2.64%) Distributed Systems
8 9 (2.37%) Graphic Design
9 7 (1.85%) Animation
9 7 (1.85%) Low-Code
9 7 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.32%) Analytical Mindset
10 5 (1.32%) e-Learning
11 4 (1.06%) Data Structures
11 4 (1.06%) Greenfield Project
12 3 (0.79%) Learning Management System
12 3 (0.79%) Motion Graphics
12 3 (0.79%) VUI
13 2 (0.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 40 (10.55%) Android
2 24 (6.33%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.79%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 379 (100.00%) User Experience
2 209 (55.15%) Agile
3 100 (26.39%) DevOps
4 99 (26.12%) Problem-Solving
5 95 (25.07%) Wireframes
6 83 (21.90%) Analytics
7 79 (20.84%) Full-Stack Development
8 76 (20.05%) CI/CD
9 74 (19.53%) Continuous Improvement
10 69 (18.21%) Prototyping
10 69 (18.21%) User Research
11 68 (17.94%) Front End Development
12 67 (17.68%) AI
13 61 (16.09%) Stakeholder Management
14 53 (13.98%) Mentoring
15 50 (13.19%) Design Thinking
16 49 (12.93%) Roadmaps
16 49 (12.93%) Usability Testing
17 48 (12.66%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
18 45 (11.87%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 123 (32.45%) JavaScript
2 62 (16.36%) TypeScript
3 41 (10.82%) C#
4 38 (10.03%) SQL
5 31 (8.18%) Python
6 24 (6.33%) Java
7 13 (3.43%) Go
8 11 (2.90%) Bicep
8 11 (2.90%) Kotlin
9 10 (2.64%) C++
10 7 (1.85%) XAML
11 5 (1.32%) PowerShell
11 5 (1.32%) Swift
12 4 (1.06%) VBA
13 3 (0.79%) Bash
13 3 (0.79%) PHP
13 3 (0.79%) Ruby
13 3 (0.79%) VBScript
14 1 (0.26%) C
14 1 (0.26%) Rust
Qualifications
1 76 (20.05%) Degree
2 51 (13.46%) Security Cleared
3 42 (11.08%) SC Cleared
4 25 (6.60%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (3.96%) Master's Degree
6 8 (2.11%) DV Cleared
7 5 (1.32%) AWS Certification
7 5 (1.32%) AWS Certified Developer
7 5 (1.32%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 4 (1.06%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.79%) CITP
9 3 (0.79%) CREST Certified
10 2 (0.53%) PhD
11 1 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
11 1 (0.26%) MCP
11 1 (0.26%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (32.72%) Accessibility
2 47 (12.40%) QA
3 35 (9.23%) WCAG
4 9 (2.37%) GDPR
5 5 (1.32%) PERC
6 3 (0.79%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.79%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.79%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.79%) Section 508
7 2 (0.53%) SLA
8 1 (0.26%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 44 (11.61%) Docker
Systems Management
1 30 (7.92%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.58%) Terraform
3 1 (0.26%) Grafana
3 1 (0.26%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.26%) Prometheus
3 1 (0.26%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 79 (20.84%) Adobe
2 35 (9.23%) Microsoft
3 21 (5.54%) Google
4 17 (4.49%) Qualtrics
5 8 (2.11%) Apple
6 5 (1.32%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.06%) Oracle
8 3 (0.79%) Cisco
8 3 (0.79%) Hotjar
8 3 (0.79%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.53%) Databricks
9 2 (0.53%) SAP
9 2 (0.53%) Sitecore
10 1 (0.26%) Atlassian
10 1 (0.26%) CA Agile Central
10 1 (0.26%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.26%) Huawei
10 1 (0.26%) Marketo
10 1 (0.26%) New Relic
10 1 (0.26%) Pega