User Experience Job Trends in Scotland

UX
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring User Experience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 42 78
Rank change year-on-year -42 +36 -18
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 54 137 287
As % of all permanent jobs in Scotland 1.66% 6.19% 4.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 6.67% 4.96%
Number of salaries quoted 45 21 93
10th Percentile £34,250 £39,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year - +25.03% -15.13%
75th Percentile £70,000 £146,300 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,000 - £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +17.65% -18.40%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,286 2,054 5,786
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 70.38% 92.77% 88.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,313 841 2,584
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,929 £28,000
25th Percentile £31,500 £32,851 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £93,778 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

User Experience job vacancy trend in Scotland

User Experience
Salary Trend in Scotland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing User Experience.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing User Experience

User Experience
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in Scotland over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for User Experience in Scotland

User Experience
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
Glasgow +25 21 £37,000 -16.85% 5
Edinburgh +2 17 £62,500 -51.05% 9
Aberdeen - 6 £70,000 - 1
Highlands - 6 £70,000 - 3
West Lothian -10 2 - - 2
Lanarkshire -8 1 £32,500 - 3
User Experience
UK

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 (1.85%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (1.85%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 8 (14.81%) Azure
2 7 (12.96%) Microsoft 365
3 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Copilot
4 3 (5.56%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (5.56%) Copilot Studio
4 3 (5.56%) Power Platform
5 2 (3.70%) Firebase
5 2 (3.70%) GitHub
5 2 (3.70%) GitHub Actions
5 2 (3.70%) SaaS
6 1 (1.85%) Figma
6 1 (1.85%) Google Play
6 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Purview
6 1 (1.85%) OneDrive
Development Applications
1 3 (5.56%) fastlane
2 2 (3.70%) Jenkins
2 2 (3.70%) Xcode
3 1 (1.85%) Android Studio
3 1 (1.85%) Appium
3 1 (1.85%) Crashlytics
3 1 (1.85%) Gradle
3 1 (1.85%) JIRA
3 1 (1.85%) Postman
3 1 (1.85%) REST Assured
3 1 (1.85%) SoapUI
3 1 (1.85%) TestRail
3 1 (1.85%) XCTest
3 1 (1.85%) Zephyr
General
1 20 (37.04%) Social Skills
2 10 (18.52%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (14.81%) Legal
4 7 (12.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (9.26%) Finance
6 4 (7.41%) Advertising
6 4 (7.41%) Marketing
7 3 (5.56%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.85%) Legal Technology
Job Titles
1 21 (38.89%) Senior
2 14 (25.93%) Designer
2 14 (25.93%) UX Designer
3 10 (18.52%) Senior Designer
3 10 (18.52%) Senior UX Designer
4 6 (11.11%) Engineering Manager
4 6 (11.11%) Senior Manager
5 5 (9.26%) Microsoft 365 Engineer
6 4 (7.41%) Business Sales Executive
6 4 (7.41%) Developer
6 4 (7.41%) IT Engineer
6 4 (7.41%) IT Support
6 4 (7.41%) IT Support Engineer
6 4 (7.41%) New Business Sales Executive
6 4 (7.41%) Sales Executive
6 4 (7.41%) Support Engineer
7 3 (5.56%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
7 3 (5.56%) Senior Developer
8 2 (3.70%) iOS Developer
8 2 (3.70%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.70%) .NET
1 2 (3.70%) LDAP
1 2 (3.70%) RESTful
1 2 (3.70%) SwiftUI
2 1 (1.85%) Android Jetpack
2 1 (1.85%) Android SDK
2 1 (1.85%) Core Data
2 1 (1.85%) iOS SDK
2 1 (1.85%) Jetpack Compose
2 1 (1.85%) REST
2 1 (1.85%) Retrofit
2 1 (1.85%) UIKit
Miscellaneous
1 12 (22.22%) Onboarding
2 8 (14.81%) Management Information System
3 6 (11.11%) NHS
4 4 (7.41%) Algorithms
4 4 (7.41%) Product Ownership
5 3 (5.56%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.85%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (1.85%) Data Structures
6 1 (1.85%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.56%) Android
1 3 (5.56%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (37.04%) Agile
2 18 (33.33%) UX Design
3 17 (31.48%) Problem-Solving
4 12 (22.22%) Customer-Centric Approach
4 12 (22.22%) Customer-Centricity
5 11 (20.37%) Analytics
6 10 (18.52%) Cybersecurity
6 10 (18.52%) Roadmaps
7 8 (14.81%) Collaborative Working
7 8 (14.81%) Data Analysis
7 8 (14.81%) Data Privacy
7 8 (14.81%) Disaster Recovery
7 8 (14.81%) ITIL
7 8 (14.81%) Knowledge Transfer
7 8 (14.81%) Process Improvement
7 8 (14.81%) Software Engineering
8 7 (12.96%) Coaching
9 6 (11.11%) Capacity Planning
9 6 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (11.11%) Line Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.70%) Swift
1 2 (3.70%) VB.NET
2 1 (1.85%) Java
2 1 (1.85%) Kotlin
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.56%) Accessibility
1 3 (5.56%) WCAG
2 2 (3.70%) GDPR
2 2 (3.70%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (1.85%) QA
System Software
1 2 (3.70%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 10 (18.52%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.56%) OpenAI
3 2 (3.70%) Dynatrace
3 2 (3.70%) Sophos
3 2 (3.70%) Zscaler
4 1 (1.85%) Adobe
4 1 (1.85%) Apple
4 1 (1.85%) Google
4 1 (1.85%) Workday