UX Design Jobs in Scotland

User Experience Design (UXD)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring UX Design skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited UX Design over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 68 151 155
Rank change year-on-year +83 +4 -25
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 115 149 57
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 3.79% 2.18% 1.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.12% 2.39% 1.37%
Number of salaries quoted 15 52 21
10th Percentile £39,550 £31,375 £38,750
25th Percentile £49,375 £32,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £127,680 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +168.80% -13.64% -5.98%
75th Percentile £146,300 £60,625 £82,500
90th Percentile - £82,500 £119,168
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -12.00% +5.93%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,794 6,223 4,157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.12% 91.17% 94.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1,309 2,465 2,077
10th Percentile £30,400 £28,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -8.70% +4.55%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%

UX Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing UX Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for UX Design in Scotland

UX Design
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing UX Design in Scotland.

Salary trend for UX Design in Scotland

UX Design
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing UX Design in Scotland over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for UX Design in Scotland

UX Design
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UX Design within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 31 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
Lanarkshire - 35 - -
Edinburgh +20 14 £127,680 +132.15% 8
West Lothian - 12 - -
South Lanarkshire +4 10 - -
Glasgow +72 8 £44,500 -9.18% 5
North Lanarkshire - 8 - -
Renfrewshire - 6 - - 2
Stirling 0 4 - -
East Ayrshire - 3 - -
Midlothian -6 2 - -
Fife - 2 - -
Falkirk - 2 - -
UX Design
UK

UX Design
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (1.74%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (3.48%) Figma
2 3 (2.61%) AWS
2 3 (2.61%) Azure
3 2 (1.74%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (1.74%) ChatGPT
3 2 (1.74%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (1.74%) Microsoft 365
3 2 (1.74%) Power Automate
3 2 (1.74%) Power Platform
3 2 (1.74%) PowerApps
4 1 (0.87%) Adobe Analytics
4 1 (0.87%) Firebase
4 1 (0.87%) GCP
4 1 (0.87%) GitHub
4 1 (0.87%) Google Analytics
4 1 (0.87%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 8 (6.96%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.74%) Power BI
1 2 (1.74%) SQL Server
1 2 (1.74%) SQL Server Integration Services
1 2 (1.74%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 8 (6.96%) Jenkins
1 8 (6.96%) Maven
2 1 (0.87%) Git
2 1 (0.87%) GitLab
2 1 (0.87%) Vite
General
1 105 (91.30%) Banking
1 105 (91.30%) Finance
2 4 (3.48%) Social Skills
3 3 (2.61%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (2.61%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (0.87%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (0.87%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (0.87%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 91 (79.13%) Senior
2 83 (72.17%) Designer
3 81 (70.43%) Senior Designer
3 81 (70.43%) UX Designer
4 80 (69.57%) Senior UX Designer
5 21 (18.26%) Developer
6 17 (14.78%) UX Developer
7 10 (8.70%) Lead
8 9 (7.83%) Senior Developer
8 9 (7.83%) Senior UX Developer
9 8 (6.96%) Android Engineer
10 2 (1.74%) CRM Developer
10 2 (1.74%) Dynamics 365 CRM Developer
10 2 (1.74%) Dynamics 365 Developer
11 1 (0.87%) Analyst
11 1 (0.87%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 1 (0.87%) Senior Analyst
11 1 (0.87%) Senior Digital Analyst
11 1 (0.87%) Senior Visual Designer
11 1 (0.87%) Visual Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (8.70%) RESTful
2 8 (6.96%) Android Jetpack
2 8 (6.96%) Jetpack Compose
3 3 (2.61%) JSON
4 2 (1.74%) CSS
4 2 (1.74%) GraphQL
4 2 (1.74%) HTML
4 2 (1.74%) React
5 1 (0.87%) Apollo GraphQL
5 1 (0.87%) JWT
5 1 (0.87%) React Native
5 1 (0.87%) Redux
5 1 (0.87%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.87%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 12 (10.43%) Product Ownership
2 10 (8.70%) Mobile App
3 8 (6.96%) Online Banking
3 8 (6.96%) Virtual Team
4 2 (1.74%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.74%) Social Media
5 1 (0.87%) Graphic Design
5 1 (0.87%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.70%) Android
2 2 (1.74%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 115 (100.00%) User Experience
2 102 (88.70%) Agile
2 102 (88.70%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 98 (85.22%) Design Thinking
3 98 (85.22%) Project Management
3 98 (85.22%) User Research
3 98 (85.22%) UX Research
4 97 (84.35%) Prototyping
4 97 (84.35%) Wireframes
5 96 (83.48%) Journey Map
5 96 (83.48%) Stakeholder Management
5 96 (83.48%) Usability Testing
6 9 (7.83%) CI/CD
6 9 (7.83%) Microservices
7 8 (6.96%) Android Development
7 8 (6.96%) Continuous Integration
7 8 (6.96%) DevOps
7 8 (6.96%) Line Management
7 8 (6.96%) Push Notifications
7 8 (6.96%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (11.30%) JavaScript
2 9 (7.83%) Kotlin
3 2 (1.74%) C#
3 2 (1.74%) SQL
3 2 (1.74%) TypeScript
4 1 (0.87%) Java
4 1 (0.87%) Objective-C
4 1 (0.87%) Swift
Qualifications
1 2 (1.74%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (84.35%) Accessibility
System Software
1 8 (6.96%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (6.96%) Kubernetes
1 8 (6.96%) Terraform
2 1 (0.87%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (2.61%) Adobe
2 2 (1.74%) Google
2 2 (1.74%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.87%) ForgeRock
3 1 (0.87%) Maxymiser
3 1 (0.87%) Medallia
3 1 (0.87%) Oracle