User Experience Jobs in Scotland

UX
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring User Experience skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited User Experience over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 74 60
Rank change year-on-year -5 -14 +2
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 71 346 221
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 2.52% 5.14% 4.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.74% 5.53% 4.96%
Number of salaries quoted 31 100 81
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £49,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +17.35% -14.78% +4.55%
75th Percentile £115,025 £65,000 £71,000
90th Percentile £146,300 £82,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £51,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +12.75% -18.40% +4.17%

All Process and 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 2,594 6,257 4,454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.05% 92.89% 94.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1,341 2,424 2,232
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,488
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,654
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.94% +9.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,738 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing User Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in Scotland

User Experience
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Experience in Scotland.

Salary trend for User Experience in Scotland

User Experience
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in Scotland over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

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 1 May 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
Edinburgh -8 40 £65,000 +18.18% 25
Glasgow +42 11 £40,000 -18.37% 18
Lanarkshire - 5 - - 4
Renfrewshire - 3 - - 8
South Lanarkshire +4 2 - - 2
West Lothian - 2 - - 1
Aberdeen +15 1 £65,000 +85.71% 2
Dundee -1 1 £50,890 +7.14% 6
Stirling - 1 £33,269 -
User Experience
UK

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (5.63%) CMS
1 4 (5.63%) SAP Portal
2 3 (4.23%) Drupal
3 1 (1.41%) Headless CMS
3 1 (1.41%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.41%) Umbraco
Applications
1 3 (4.23%) Adobe Premiere
1 3 (4.23%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.41%) Adobe XD
2 1 (1.41%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.41%) Notion
2 1 (1.41%) Sketch
2 1 (1.41%) Trello
Business Applications
1 2 (2.82%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (12.68%) Azure
2 7 (9.86%) AWS
3 4 (5.63%) Google Analytics
4 3 (4.23%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (4.23%) Figma
4 3 (4.23%) Microsoft 365
4 3 (4.23%) Power Automate
4 3 (4.23%) Power Platform
4 3 (4.23%) PowerApps
5 2 (2.82%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (2.82%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.82%) GCP
5 2 (2.82%) GitHub
6 1 (1.41%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (1.41%) Amazon EKS
6 1 (1.41%) ChatGPT
6 1 (1.41%) Datadog
6 1 (1.41%) Firebase
6 1 (1.41%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 8 (11.27%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (5.63%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.82%) Power BI
2 2 (2.82%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (2.82%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 1 (1.41%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.41%) Big Data
3 1 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (11.27%) Jenkins
1 8 (11.27%) Maven
2 4 (5.63%) Git
3 2 (2.82%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.41%) Android Studio
4 1 (1.41%) Appium
4 1 (1.41%) GitLab
4 1 (1.41%) Jasmine
4 1 (1.41%) JIRA
4 1 (1.41%) JUnit
4 1 (1.41%) Karma Test Runner
4 1 (1.41%) Postman
4 1 (1.41%) Selenium
4 1 (1.41%) SoapUI
4 1 (1.41%) Vite
4 1 (1.41%) Xcode
4 1 (1.41%) XCTest
General
1 31 (43.66%) Finance
2 29 (40.85%) Banking
3 15 (21.13%) Social Skills
4 7 (9.86%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (8.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (8.45%) Marketing
6 3 (4.23%) Advertising
6 3 (4.23%) Legal
7 2 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (2.82%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.41%) Health Technology
8 1 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.41%) Retail
8 1 (1.41%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 35 (49.30%) Developer
2 18 (25.35%) Senior
3 17 (23.94%) UX Developer
4 14 (19.72%) Senior Developer
5 11 (15.49%) Lead
6 9 (12.68%) Senior UX Developer
7 8 (11.27%) Android Engineer
8 6 (8.45%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 5 (7.04%) Software Engineer
10 4 (5.63%) Designer
10 4 (5.63%) Senior Web Developer
10 4 (5.63%) Web Developer
11 3 (4.23%) Graduate
11 3 (4.23%) Senior Software Engineer
12 2 (2.82%) Administrator
12 2 (2.82%) Analyst
12 2 (2.82%) Applications Developer
12 2 (2.82%) IT Administrator
12 2 (2.82%) Mobile Applications Developer
12 2 (2.82%) Mobile Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (21.13%) RESTful
2 12 (16.90%) CSS
3 10 (14.08%) React
4 9 (12.68%) HTML
5 8 (11.27%) Android Jetpack
5 8 (11.27%) Jetpack Compose
6 5 (7.04%) GraphQL
7 4 (5.63%) .NET
7 4 (5.63%) Node.js
7 4 (5.63%) REST
8 3 (4.23%) Express.js
8 3 (4.23%) JSON
8 3 (4.23%) WebSockets
9 2 (2.82%) AngularJS
9 2 (2.82%) HTML5
9 2 (2.82%) Next.js
9 2 (2.82%) Playwright
9 2 (2.82%) React Native
9 2 (2.82%) Redux
10 1 (1.41%) JWT
Miscellaneous
1 14 (19.72%) Mobile App
2 11 (15.49%) Product Ownership
3 9 (12.68%) Online Banking
4 8 (11.27%) Virtual Team
5 4 (5.63%) Data Structures
5 4 (5.63%) Social Media
6 3 (4.23%) Blog
7 2 (2.82%) Greenfield Project
7 2 (2.82%) Legacy Systems
7 2 (2.82%) Wiki
8 1 (1.41%) Algorithms
8 1 (1.41%) Animation
8 1 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
8 1 (1.41%) Graphic Design
8 1 (1.41%) Legacy Applications
8 1 (1.41%) Low-Code
8 1 (1.41%) Management Information System
8 1 (1.41%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (1.41%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 10 (14.08%) Android
2 2 (2.82%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.41%) Linux
3 1 (1.41%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (52.11%) UX Design
2 33 (46.48%) Agile
3 23 (32.39%) Project Management
4 21 (29.58%) Journey Map
4 21 (29.58%) User Research
4 21 (29.58%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 20 (28.17%) Design Thinking
5 20 (28.17%) Prototyping
5 20 (28.17%) Wireframes
6 18 (25.35%) Stakeholder Management
6 18 (25.35%) UX Research
7 17 (23.94%) Usability Testing
8 16 (22.54%) DevOps
9 13 (18.31%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (18.31%) Roadmaps
10 12 (16.90%) CI/CD
10 12 (16.90%) Front End Development
10 12 (16.90%) Full-Stack Development
11 11 (15.49%) Microservices
11 11 (15.49%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 25 (35.21%) JavaScript
2 11 (15.49%) Kotlin
3 9 (12.68%) TypeScript
4 6 (8.45%) Java
5 4 (5.63%) C#
6 3 (4.23%) SQL
7 2 (2.82%) Objective-C
7 2 (2.82%) Python
7 2 (2.82%) Swift
8 1 (1.41%) Bash
8 1 (1.41%) Go
Qualifications
1 4 (5.63%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.82%) ACCA
2 2 (2.82%) Degree
3 1 (1.41%) CCDP
3 1 (1.41%) CCNP
3 1 (1.41%) CCSP
3 1 (1.41%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (1.41%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.41%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (25.35%) Accessibility
2 5 (7.04%) QA
System Software
1 8 (11.27%) Docker
2 1 (1.41%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 10 (14.08%) Kubernetes
2 8 (11.27%) Terraform
3 2 (2.82%) Grafana
4 1 (1.41%) Opsgenie
4 1 (1.41%) Prometheus
4 1 (1.41%) SCCM
Vendors
1 5 (7.04%) Google
1 5 (7.04%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.63%) SAP
3 3 (4.23%) Adobe
3 3 (4.23%) Salesforce
4 2 (2.82%) Splunk
5 1 (1.41%) Citrix
5 1 (1.41%) Dynatrace
5 1 (1.41%) Maxymiser
5 1 (1.41%) Medallia