User Experience Job Trends in the South East

UX
England > South East

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

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 24 81 109
Rank change year-on-year +57 +28 -49
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 744 218 420
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 5.29% 3.19% 2.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.23% 3.55% 3.07%
Number of salaries quoted 73 99 293
10th Percentile £28,550 £36,250 £32,800
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -12.28%
75th Percentile £60,000 £64,375 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £58,675 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% +11.76% -19.23%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,286 6,138 13,667
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 73.15% 89.84% 84.76%
Number of salaries quoted 6,587 3,311 9,856
10th Percentile £29,750 £29,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £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 £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £78,339
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

User Experience job vacancy trend in the South East

User Experience
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing User Experience.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing User Experience

User Experience
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in the South East over the 6 months to 18 April 2026.

Salary histogram for User Experience in the South East

User Experience
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 User Experience within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 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 +58 344 £53,750 -13.31% 112
Kent +23 159 £33,500 +21.82% 41
Thames Valley +34 152 £52,500 -6.67% 39
Buckinghamshire +15 80 £52,500 -12.50% 17
Berkshire +29 61 £60,000 -22.58% 18
Middlesex +31 31 - -
Hampshire -37 30 £51,250 +2.50% 18
East Sussex -27 14 £55,000 +10.00% 4
Oxfordshire -10 11 £33,200 -33.60% 4
Isle of Wight - 8 - -
West Sussex -21 6 £53,750 - 4
User Experience
England

User Experience
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 7 (0.94%) CMS
2 5 (0.67%) SharePoint
2 5 (0.67%) WordPress
3 3 (0.40%) Confluence
4 2 (0.27%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.13%) Camunda
5 1 (0.13%) nginx
5 1 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 9 (1.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 8 (1.08%) Adobe XD
2 8 (1.08%) Photoshop
3 7 (0.94%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (0.67%) InDesign
5 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
6 2 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.27%) Adobe Captivate
6 2 (0.27%) Adobe Premiere
6 2 (0.27%) Elementor
7 1 (0.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.13%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 2 (0.27%) Shopify
2 1 (0.13%) SAP BPC
Cloud Services
1 570 (76.61%) Cloud Computing
2 30 (4.03%) Figma
3 26 (3.49%) Azure
4 13 (1.75%) AWS
5 12 (1.61%) Adobe Analytics
6 10 (1.34%) Google Analytics
6 10 (1.34%) Power Platform
6 10 (1.34%) Stripe
7 9 (1.21%) Azure DevOps
7 9 (1.21%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (0.94%) GCP
8 7 (0.94%) GitHub
9 6 (0.81%) SaaS
10 4 (0.54%) ChatGPT
10 4 (0.54%) PowerApps
10 4 (0.54%) Veeva
11 3 (0.40%) Miro
12 2 (0.27%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.27%) GitHub Copilot
12 2 (0.27%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 570 (76.61%) Internet
2 13 (1.75%) Broadband
3 3 (0.40%) NAS
3 3 (0.40%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (1.21%) SQL Server
2 7 (0.94%) Power BI
3 3 (0.40%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.27%) Metadata
4 2 (0.27%) MySQL
5 1 (0.13%) Apache Cassandra
5 1 (0.13%) Looker
5 1 (0.13%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.13%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (1.48%) Git
1 11 (1.48%) JIRA
2 5 (0.67%) Axure RP
2 5 (0.67%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.13%) Ant
3 1 (0.13%) Bitbucket
3 1 (0.13%) Cucumber
3 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
3 1 (0.13%) Gradle
3 1 (0.13%) JUnit
3 1 (0.13%) LabVIEW
3 1 (0.13%) Maven
3 1 (0.13%) Mockito
General
1 618 (83.06%) Social Skills
2 578 (77.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 571 (76.75%) Banking
4 31 (4.17%) Marketing
5 16 (2.15%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (1.61%) Finance
7 11 (1.48%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (1.34%) Games
8 10 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
8 10 (1.34%) Public Sector
8 10 (1.34%) Retail
9 7 (0.94%) Law
10 4 (0.54%) Digital Health
10 4 (0.54%) Local Government
11 2 (0.27%) French Language
11 2 (0.27%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.13%) Advertising
12 1 (0.13%) Front Office
12 1 (0.13%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.13%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 469 (63.04%) Lecturer
2 30 (4.03%) Senior
3 29 (3.90%) Lead
4 28 (3.76%) Designer
5 26 (3.49%) Developer
6 18 (2.42%) UX Designer
7 16 (2.15%) Software Engineer
8 11 (1.48%) UI Designer
8 11 (1.48%) UI/UX Designer
9 9 (1.21%) Full-Stack Developer
9 9 (1.21%) Head of Digital
9 9 (1.21%) PHP Software Engineer
9 9 (1.21%) Senior Designer
9 9 (1.21%) Senior Software Engineer
10 8 (1.08%) Senior UI Designer
10 8 (1.08%) Senior UI/UX Designer
10 8 (1.08%) Senior UX Designer
11 7 (0.94%) Analyst
11 7 (0.94%) Digital Designer
12 6 (0.81%) Lead Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (2.96%) React
2 18 (2.42%) HTML
3 14 (1.88%) .NET
3 14 (1.88%) CSS
4 13 (1.75%) Laravel
5 7 (0.94%) REST
5 7 (0.94%) Vue
6 6 (0.81%) ASP.NET
6 6 (0.81%) Sass
7 5 (0.67%) .NET Framework
7 5 (0.67%) Ajax
7 5 (0.67%) CSS3
7 5 (0.67%) Django
7 5 (0.67%) HTML5
7 5 (0.67%) jQuery
7 5 (0.67%) LESS
7 5 (0.67%) Twisted
7 5 (0.67%) Web Services
7 5 (0.67%) WebSockets
8 4 (0.54%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 570 (76.61%) IoT
2 18 (2.42%) Product Ownership
3 13 (1.75%) Social Media
4 12 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
4 12 (1.61%) Mobile App
5 8 (1.08%) Life Science
5 8 (1.08%) Management Information System
5 8 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
6 7 (0.94%) Onboarding
7 5 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (0.67%) Video Conferencing
8 3 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (0.40%) Graphic Design
9 2 (0.27%) AI Agents
9 2 (0.27%) Animation
9 2 (0.27%) Augmented Reality
9 2 (0.27%) Cloud Native
9 2 (0.27%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.27%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.27%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.21%) Linux
2 3 (0.40%) Ubuntu
2 3 (0.40%) Windows
2 3 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 600 (80.65%) AI
2 577 (77.55%) Machine Learning
2 577 (77.55%) Web Development
3 573 (77.02%) Cybersecurity
4 55 (7.39%) Analytics
5 50 (6.72%) UX Design
6 46 (6.18%) Agile
7 41 (5.51%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (3.36%) Continuous Improvement
9 23 (3.09%) User Research
10 21 (2.82%) Decision-Making
11 20 (2.69%) Customer Experience
11 20 (2.69%) Software Engineering
12 19 (2.55%) DevOps
12 19 (2.55%) Roadmaps
12 19 (2.55%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 17 (2.28%) Full-Stack Development
14 16 (2.15%) Prototyping
15 14 (1.88%) Change Management
15 14 (1.88%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 32 (4.30%) JavaScript
2 15 (2.02%) PHP
3 14 (1.88%) C#
4 13 (1.75%) Python
5 10 (1.34%) SQL
6 7 (0.94%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.27%) Apex Code
7 2 (0.27%) Java
7 2 (0.27%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.27%) VBA
8 1 (0.13%) C
8 1 (0.13%) Go
8 1 (0.13%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 596 (80.11%) Degree
2 580 (77.96%) Master's Degree
3 571 (76.75%) PhD
4 570 (76.61%) Postgraduate
5 15 (2.02%) Security Cleared
6 12 (1.61%) SC Cleared
7 4 (0.54%) DBS Check
8 3 (0.40%) DV Cleared
9 1 (0.13%) ACCA
9 1 (0.13%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.13%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
9 1 (0.13%) Azure Certification
9 1 (0.13%) CIMA
9 1 (0.13%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (4.70%) Accessibility
2 11 (1.48%) QA
3 9 (1.21%) WCAG
4 2 (0.27%) GDPR
4 2 (0.27%) NEBOSH
5 1 (0.13%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.13%) NCSC
5 1 (0.13%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (0.81%) Docker
2 5 (0.67%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (0.40%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.27%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (0.27%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.13%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 29 (3.90%) Adobe
2 22 (2.96%) Nexthink
3 16 (2.15%) HubSpot
4 15 (2.02%) Microsoft
5 12 (1.61%) Google
6 8 (1.08%) Salesforce
7 7 (0.94%) ServiceNow
8 6 (0.81%) BMC
9 3 (0.40%) Facebook
9 3 (0.40%) Instagram
9 3 (0.40%) VMware
10 2 (0.27%) Braze
10 2 (0.27%) Epicor
11 1 (0.13%) Ahrefs
11 1 (0.13%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.13%) Sage
11 1 (0.13%) SAP
11 1 (0.13%) Screaming Frog
11 1 (0.13%) Sitecore
11 1 (0.13%) Spotify