Prototyping Job Trends in the South East

Prototyping
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Prototyping skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 207 272
Rank change year-on-year -9 +65 -26
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 67 47 98
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.49% 0.70% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.77% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 28 25 63
10th Percentile £51,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £52,250 £55,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £75,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -24.67% +41.51% -18.46%
75th Percentile £74,063 £77,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £79,875 - £68,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +3.85% +13.04% -11.54%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

Prototyping 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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,040 6,072 13,168
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 73.85% 89.96% 84.65%
Number of salaries quoted 6,474 3,286 9,686
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,375 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%

Prototyping
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Prototyping relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Prototyping job vacancy trend in the South East

Prototyping
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Prototyping.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Prototyping

Prototyping
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Prototyping in the South East over the 6 months to 10 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Prototyping in the South East

Prototyping
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Prototyping within the South East region over the 6 months to 10 April 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
Surrey -4 22 £68,750 +14.58% 8
Thames Valley -1 19 £55,500 -7.50% 8
Hampshire -22 10 £65,000 -13.33% 11
Buckinghamshire -24 10 £52,500 -12.50% 2
Berkshire +18 8 £56,500 - 5
West Sussex -16 5 £35,000 -6.67% 1
Kent -36 5 £62,500 - 2
Middlesex - 4 - -
Sussex - 2 - -
Oxfordshire -12 1 - - 1
Prototyping
England

Prototyping
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 4 (5.97%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (7.46%) Adobe XD
1 5 (7.46%) MS Visio
2 2 (2.99%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (1.49%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 31 (46.27%) Adobe Analytics
2 28 (41.79%) Figma
3 9 (13.43%) Azure
4 8 (11.94%) AWS
5 7 (10.45%) GCP
6 5 (7.46%) Miro
7 2 (2.99%) GitHub
7 2 (2.99%) Google Analytics
8 1 (1.49%) Azure Machine Learning
8 1 (1.49%) Canva
8 1 (1.49%) Copilot Studio
8 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
8 1 (1.49%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.49%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 30 (44.78%) Broadband
2 1 (1.49%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.49%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.49%) Power BI
1 1 (1.49%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 7 (10.45%) Axure RP
2 5 (7.46%) Balsamiq
3 4 (5.97%) JIRA
4 3 (4.48%) Git
5 2 (2.99%) Rational DOORS
General
1 28 (41.79%) Games
2 14 (20.90%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (14.93%) Social Skills
4 9 (13.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (13.43%) Law
4 9 (13.43%) Public Sector
5 8 (11.94%) Finance
6 5 (7.46%) Electronics
7 4 (5.97%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (4.48%) Banking
8 3 (4.48%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (4.48%) Manufacturing
8 3 (4.48%) Marketing
9 2 (2.99%) Aerospace
9 2 (2.99%) Retail
10 1 (1.49%) Avionics
10 1 (1.49%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.49%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (1.49%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 23 (34.33%) Designer
2 19 (28.36%) Lead
3 17 (25.37%) Lead Designer
4 10 (14.93%) Senior
5 8 (11.94%) UX Designer
6 7 (10.45%) Developer
7 6 (8.96%) Digital Designer
7 6 (8.96%) Lead Product Designer
7 6 (8.96%) Lead UX Designer
7 6 (8.96%) Product Designer
7 6 (8.96%) Systems Engineer
8 5 (7.46%) Senior Manager
8 5 (7.46%) Software Engineer
9 4 (5.97%) Agile Delivery Manager
9 4 (5.97%) Analyst
9 4 (5.97%) Customer Experience Designer
9 4 (5.97%) Delivery Manager
9 4 (5.97%) Systems Manager
10 3 (4.48%) Senior Strategy Manager
10 3 (4.48%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (7.46%) CSS
1 5 (7.46%) HTML
2 2 (2.99%) JSON
2 2 (2.99%) Node.js
2 2 (2.99%) React
2 2 (2.99%) REST
2 2 (2.99%) XML
3 1 (1.49%) LangChain
3 1 (1.49%) LangGraph
3 1 (1.49%) Middleware
3 1 (1.49%) Sass
3 1 (1.49%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 28 (41.79%) Social Media
2 7 (10.45%) Cloud Native
3 5 (7.46%) Product Ownership
4 4 (5.97%) Management Information System
5 3 (4.48%) Acoustics
5 3 (4.48%) Arduino
5 3 (4.48%) Legacy Systems
5 3 (4.48%) Raspberry Pi
6 2 (2.99%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.49%) 3D Graphics
7 1 (1.49%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (1.49%) Embedded Systems
7 1 (1.49%) FPGA
7 1 (1.49%) GNSS
7 1 (1.49%) Graphic Design
7 1 (1.49%) Mobile App
7 1 (1.49%) Public Cloud
7 1 (1.49%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.48%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (77.61%) Agile
2 38 (56.72%) User Research
3 37 (55.22%) Analytics
4 36 (53.73%) AI
5 33 (49.25%) Customer Experience
5 33 (49.25%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 31 (46.27%) Storytelling
7 30 (44.78%) Roadmaps
8 29 (43.28%) Product Roadmap
9 28 (41.79%) Digital Customer Experience
10 21 (31.34%) Workshop Facilitation
11 20 (29.85%) User Experience
12 18 (26.87%) Customer Insight
13 15 (22.39%) Problem-Solving
13 15 (22.39%) UX Design
14 12 (17.91%) Inclusive Design
15 10 (14.93%) DesignOps
15 10 (14.93%) Mentoring
15 10 (14.93%) Product Strategy
15 10 (14.93%) Rapid Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.96%) Python
2 4 (5.97%) JavaScript
3 3 (4.48%) C
3 3 (4.48%) Pascal
3 3 (4.48%) SQL
4 2 (2.99%) C#
4 2 (2.99%) C++
4 2 (2.99%) Java
4 2 (2.99%) Julia
Qualifications
1 19 (28.36%) Degree
2 16 (23.88%) Security Cleared
3 15 (22.39%) SC Cleared
4 4 (5.97%) DV Cleared
5 3 (4.48%) Master's Degree
6 2 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.99%) PhD
7 1 (1.49%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (59.70%) Accessibility
2 15 (22.39%) WCAG
3 3 (4.48%) GDPR
4 1 (1.49%) QA
System Software
1 2 (2.99%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (4.48%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 38 (56.72%) Adobe
2 4 (5.97%) Google
2 4 (5.97%) Microsoft
3 3 (4.48%) Motorola
3 3 (4.48%) Qualtrics
4 2 (2.99%) Foundry
5 1 (1.49%) Palantir