User Experience Job Trends in London

UX
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring User Experience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 61 84
Rank change year-on-year +28 +23 -30
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 969 709 736
As % of all permanent jobs in London 6.20% 4.75% 3.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.18% 4.97% 3.79%
Number of salaries quoted 404 375 614
10th Percentile £34,075 £42,500 £42,628
25th Percentile £47,500 £57,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £113,750 £117,500 £99,625
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,498 14,261 19,394
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 86.39% 95.53% 91.85%
Number of salaries quoted 8,715 7,775 15,646
10th Percentile £37,500 £43,236 £39,085
25th Percentile £52,500 £57,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%
75th Percentile £97,500 £100,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £122,500 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -12.00%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

User Experience job vacancy trend in London

User Experience
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing User Experience.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing User Experience

User Experience
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in London over the 6 months to 18 February 2026.

Salary histogram for User Experience in London

User Experience
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience within the London region over the 6 months to 18 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
South London +29 140 £40,000 +17.65% 3
Central London +20 133 £70,000 -6.67% 81
West London +28 126 £43,000 +43.33% 18
East London +20 76 £48,238 -39.70% 15
North London +11 22 £42,500 - 1
User Experience
England

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 28 (2.89%) Confluence
2 23 (2.37%) SharePoint
3 19 (1.96%) CMS
4 11 (1.14%) WordPress
5 9 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.31%) Appian
7 2 (0.21%) Drupal
7 2 (0.21%) Oracle SOA Suite
8 1 (0.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.10%) concrete5
8 1 (0.10%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 34 (3.51%) Adobe XD
2 14 (1.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 14 (1.44%) Sketch
3 12 (1.24%) MS Visio
4 11 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
5 8 (0.83%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (0.83%) Microsoft Office
6 7 (0.72%) Chatbot
7 4 (0.41%) InVision
8 3 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.31%) AutoCAD
8 3 (0.31%) InDesign
8 3 (0.31%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.21%) Avid Media Composer
9 2 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
9 2 (0.21%) Pro Tools
10 1 (0.10%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 6 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
1 6 (0.62%) Shopify
1 6 (0.62%) Workday HCM
2 4 (0.41%) Payment Gateway
3 2 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
3 2 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
4 1 (0.10%) Elite 3E
4 1 (0.10%) Infor SunSystems
4 1 (0.10%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.10%) Oracle Receivables
4 1 (0.10%) Oracle SCM
4 1 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 374 (38.60%) Cloud Computing
2 131 (13.52%) Azure
3 119 (12.28%) Figma
4 96 (9.91%) AWS
5 60 (6.19%) Microsoft 365
6 45 (4.64%) SaaS
7 41 (4.23%) GCP
8 39 (4.02%) Power Platform
9 35 (3.61%) GitHub
10 30 (3.10%) Azure DevOps
11 23 (2.37%) Google Analytics
12 21 (2.17%) Miro
13 18 (1.86%) GitHub Copilot
14 17 (1.75%) Azure Logic Apps
15 15 (1.55%) Adobe Analytics
15 15 (1.55%) PowerApps
15 15 (1.55%) Serverless
16 13 (1.34%) Entra ID
17 10 (1.03%) AWS Lambda
17 10 (1.03%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 377 (38.91%) Internet
2 15 (1.55%) Broadband
3 13 (1.34%) HTTP
3 13 (1.34%) VPN
4 12 (1.24%) Firewall
5 9 (0.93%) DHCP
5 9 (0.93%) DNS
6 6 (0.62%) TCP/IP
7 5 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
8 4 (0.41%) LAN
8 4 (0.41%) VoIP
9 3 (0.31%) WebEx
10 2 (0.21%) Kerberos
10 2 (0.21%) WAN
11 1 (0.10%) CTI
11 1 (0.10%) Intranet
11 1 (0.10%) Network Security
11 1 (0.10%) PSTN
11 1 (0.10%) Unified Communications
11 1 (0.10%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (3.41%) SQL Server
2 20 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (1.34%) NoSQL
4 12 (1.24%) Relational Database
5 11 (1.14%) BigQuery
5 11 (1.14%) DB2
5 11 (1.14%) Power BI
6 10 (1.03%) Looker
6 10 (1.03%) MongoDB
6 10 (1.03%) Tableau
7 8 (0.83%) MySQL
8 7 (0.72%) Metadata
9 6 (0.62%) MariaDB
10 4 (0.41%) Redis
11 3 (0.31%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
12 2 (0.21%) Big Data
12 2 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
12 2 (0.21%) Oracle Reports
13 1 (0.10%) BusinessObjects
Development Applications
1 59 (6.09%) JIRA
2 36 (3.72%) Git
3 23 (2.37%) Axure RP
4 22 (2.27%) Balsamiq
4 22 (2.27%) Jenkins
5 15 (1.55%) Bitbucket
5 15 (1.55%) Cypress.io
6 14 (1.44%) Selenium
7 11 (1.14%) Cucumber
7 11 (1.14%) TeamCity
7 11 (1.14%) webpack
8 10 (1.03%) Vite
9 9 (0.93%) Storybook
10 6 (0.62%) Postman
11 5 (0.52%) gulp
11 5 (0.52%) Visual Studio
11 5 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
12 4 (0.41%) GitLab
13 3 (0.31%) CircleCI
14 2 (0.21%) Crashlytics
General
1 573 (59.13%) Social Skills
2 436 (44.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 431 (44.48%) Banking
4 132 (13.62%) Finance
5 76 (7.84%) Law
6 60 (6.19%) Analytical Skills
7 53 (5.47%) Marketing
8 52 (5.37%) Public Sector
9 45 (4.64%) Legal
10 31 (3.20%) Retail
10 31 (3.20%) Telecoms
11 25 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
12 24 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
13 21 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (1.24%) Back Office
15 11 (1.14%) Financial Institution
16 7 (0.72%) Automotive
17 5 (0.52%) Advertising
17 5 (0.52%) Front Office
17 5 (0.52%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 310 (31.99%) Lecturer
2 131 (13.52%) Senior
3 105 (10.84%) Designer
4 101 (10.42%) Developer
5 59 (6.09%) UX Designer
6 58 (5.99%) Lead
7 42 (4.33%) Analyst
8 28 (2.89%) Full-Stack Developer
8 28 (2.89%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 28 (2.89%) Senior Developer
9 26 (2.68%) Software Engineer
10 25 (2.58%) Senior Manager
11 24 (2.48%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 23 (2.37%) UI Designer
13 22 (2.27%) Product Manager
14 21 (2.17%) Architect
15 20 (2.06%) IT Support
15 20 (2.06%) Product Designer
16 19 (1.96%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
17 18 (1.86%) Senior Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 113 (11.66%) React
2 82 (8.46%) CSS
3 80 (8.26%) HTML
4 55 (5.68%) Node.js
5 54 (5.57%) .NET
6 50 (5.16%) RESTful
7 40 (4.13%) REST
8 28 (2.89%) Vue
9 27 (2.79%) AngularJS
10 24 (2.48%) Next.js
11 22 (2.27%) WebSockets
12 21 (2.17%) GraphQL
13 18 (1.86%) HTML5
14 17 (1.75%) CSS3
15 15 (1.55%) Spring
15 15 (1.55%) Spring Boot
16 14 (1.44%) gRPC
16 14 (1.44%) Jest
17 12 (1.24%) .NET Framework
18 11 (1.14%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 377 (38.91%) IoT
2 79 (8.15%) Product Ownership
3 49 (5.06%) Mobile App
4 42 (4.33%) Cloud Native
5 39 (4.02%) Onboarding
6 33 (3.41%) Self-Motivation
7 19 (1.96%) Greenfield Project
8 16 (1.65%) Management Information System
9 14 (1.44%) AI Agents
9 14 (1.44%) Public Cloud
10 12 (1.24%) CMDB
11 10 (1.03%) Low-Code
12 9 (0.93%) Distributed Systems
13 8 (0.83%) Virtual Team
14 7 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
14 7 (0.72%) Driving Licence
14 7 (0.72%) Video Conferencing
15 6 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
15 6 (0.62%) Team-Oriented Environment
16 5 (0.52%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 37 (3.82%) Android
2 35 (3.61%) Windows
3 24 (2.48%) Apple iOS
4 18 (1.86%) Windows 10
5 9 (0.93%) Mac OS
6 6 (0.62%) Windows Server
7 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
7 3 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
8 2 (0.21%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 488 (50.36%) AI
2 399 (41.18%) Machine Learning
3 389 (40.14%) Cybersecurity
4 378 (39.01%) Web Development
5 237 (24.46%) Agile
6 230 (23.74%) UX Design
7 160 (16.51%) Problem-Solving
8 122 (12.59%) Continuous Improvement
9 102 (10.53%) Mentoring
10 101 (10.42%) Analytics
11 100 (10.32%) CI/CD
12 94 (9.70%) Full-Stack Development
13 90 (9.29%) Roadmaps
14 89 (9.18%) User Research
15 81 (8.36%) DevOps
16 77 (7.95%) Prototyping
17 73 (7.53%) Stakeholder Management
18 67 (6.91%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
19 64 (6.60%) Front End Development
19 64 (6.60%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 117 (12.07%) JavaScript
2 94 (9.70%) TypeScript
3 66 (6.81%) Java
4 59 (6.09%) SQL
5 39 (4.02%) Python
6 28 (2.89%) C#
7 16 (1.65%) PowerShell
8 15 (1.55%) Kotlin
9 12 (1.24%) C++
9 12 (1.24%) Go
10 10 (1.03%) PHP
11 7 (0.72%) Bicep
12 5 (0.52%) Ruby
13 3 (0.31%) Bash
13 3 (0.31%) RPG
13 3 (0.31%) Rust
14 2 (0.21%) Google Apps Script
14 2 (0.21%) Scala
14 2 (0.21%) Swift
15 1 (0.10%) VBA
Qualifications
1 496 (51.19%) Degree
2 384 (39.63%) Master's Degree
3 375 (38.70%) PhD
4 374 (38.60%) Postgraduate
5 63 (6.50%) Security Cleared
6 46 (4.75%) SC Cleared
7 30 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 7 (0.72%) DV Cleared
9 6 (0.62%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 5 (0.52%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (0.52%) PMI Certification
10 5 (0.52%) PMP
11 4 (0.41%) AWS Certification
11 4 (0.41%) AWS Certified Developer
11 4 (0.41%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 4 (0.41%) Microsoft Certification
12 3 (0.31%) CAPM
12 3 (0.31%) DBS Check
12 3 (0.31%) ISTQB
13 2 (0.21%) CISSP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 121 (12.49%) Accessibility
2 44 (4.54%) WCAG
3 39 (4.02%) QA
4 14 (1.44%) GDPR
5 9 (0.93%) SLA
6 8 (0.83%) ISO/IEC 19770
7 6 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
7 6 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 5 (0.52%) PERC
9 3 (0.31%) ISO 9001
10 2 (0.21%) GRC
10 2 (0.21%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.10%) PCI DSS
11 1 (0.10%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 1 (0.10%) SEPA
System Software
1 41 (4.23%) Docker
2 36 (3.72%) Active Directory
3 8 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.31%) vSphere
6 1 (0.10%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 33 (3.41%) Kubernetes
2 18 (1.86%) Microsoft Intune
3 12 (1.24%) Terraform
4 5 (0.52%) Grafana
5 4 (0.41%) Prometheus
5 4 (0.41%) Single Sign-On
6 3 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.21%) SCCM
7 2 (0.21%) SmoothWall
8 1 (0.10%) Ansible
8 1 (0.10%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 101 (10.42%) Microsoft
2 72 (7.43%) Adobe
3 42 (4.33%) Google
4 19 (1.96%) ServiceNow
5 18 (1.86%) Atlassian
6 14 (1.44%) Salesforce
7 13 (1.34%) Oracle
8 10 (1.03%) iManage
9 9 (0.93%) SAP
10 8 (0.83%) Cisco
11 7 (0.72%) Pega
11 7 (0.72%) Qualtrics
12 6 (0.62%) Guidewire
12 6 (0.62%) Hotjar
12 6 (0.62%) Sitecore
12 6 (0.62%) Workday
13 5 (0.52%) Intapp
13 5 (0.52%) MuleSoft
14 4 (0.41%) Apple
15 3 (0.31%) IBM