UX Design Job Trends in the South East

User Experience Design (UXD)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring UX Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 225 238 202
Rank change year-on-year +13 -36 -53
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 45 68 94
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.43% 0.76% 1.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.86% 1.21%
Number of salaries quoted 21 39 79
10th Percentile £27,500 £43,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £47,125 £46,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% +2.56% -6.40%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £68,750 £82,750
England median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year +13.64% -9.09% -4.72%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,324 7,915 7,772
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.21% 88.16% 88.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4,975 3,773 5,421
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,250 £45,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

UX Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

UX Design job vacancy trend in the South East

UX Design
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing UX Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing UX Design

UX Design
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing UX Design in the South East over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for UX Design in the South East

UX Design
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 UX Design within the South East region over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Thames Valley +15 18 £52,500 -4.55% 21
Hampshire +20 13 £55,000 -15.38% 9
Buckinghamshire +19 12 £48,750 -11.36% 4
Middlesex 0 5 - - 1
Surrey -4 4 £25,000 -62.96% 6
West Sussex - 4 £30,000 - 2
Oxfordshire +14 3 £51,500 -6.36% 2
Berkshire -8 3 £94,250 +83.90% 15
East Sussex -2 1 £75,000 +57.89% 1
UX Design
England

UX Design
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 5 (11.11%) WordPress
2 4 (8.89%) Confluence
2 4 (8.89%) SharePoint
3 3 (6.67%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (24.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 8 (17.78%) Photoshop
3 7 (15.56%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (11.11%) Adobe XD
4 5 (11.11%) InDesign
4 5 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (4.44%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (4.44%) Adobe Captivate
5 2 (4.44%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (4.44%) Elementor
6 1 (2.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 19 (42.22%) Figma
2 6 (13.33%) Azure
3 5 (11.11%) Adobe Analytics
3 5 (11.11%) GitHub
4 4 (8.89%) Azure DevOps
4 4 (8.89%) Google Analytics
4 4 (8.89%) Microsoft 365
4 4 (8.89%) Power Platform
4 4 (8.89%) PowerApps
5 2 (4.44%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 2 (4.44%) SaaS
6 1 (2.22%) AWS
6 1 (2.22%) Canva
6 1 (2.22%) GCP
6 1 (2.22%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.44%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.89%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (17.78%) Storybook
2 4 (8.89%) JIRA
3 2 (4.44%) Axure RP
3 2 (4.44%) Balsamiq
4 1 (2.22%) Git
4 1 (2.22%) LabVIEW
General
1 19 (42.22%) Marketing
2 10 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
3 8 (17.78%) Social Skills
4 7 (15.56%) Legal
4 7 (15.56%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (11.11%) Banking
5 5 (11.11%) Finance
5 5 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
5 5 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 4 (8.89%) Retail
7 3 (6.67%) Law
8 2 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (4.44%) Multimedia
8 2 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (2.22%) Aeronautics
9 1 (2.22%) Electronics
9 1 (2.22%) Manufacturing
9 1 (2.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (24.44%) Developer
2 9 (20.00%) Designer
3 7 (15.56%) Architect
3 7 (15.56%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 7 (15.56%) Senior
3 7 (15.56%) User Experience Architect
4 5 (11.11%) Graphic Designer
4 5 (11.11%) Strategy Manager
5 4 (8.89%) Analyst
5 4 (8.89%) Mobile Developer
6 3 (6.67%) Consultant
6 3 (6.67%) Senior Developer
6 3 (6.67%) Senior Manager
6 3 (6.67%) Senior Strategy Manager
7 2 (4.44%) Creative Director
7 2 (4.44%) Head of E-Commerce
7 2 (4.44%) Head of Technology
7 2 (4.44%) Lead
7 2 (4.44%) Operations Analyst
7 2 (4.44%) Web Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (20.00%) React
2 8 (17.78%) HTML
2 8 (17.78%) Next.js
3 6 (13.33%) .NET
3 6 (13.33%) CSS
4 5 (11.11%) Bootstrap
4 5 (11.11%) Jest
5 4 (8.89%) Ionic Framework
6 3 (6.67%) Tailwind CSS
7 1 (2.22%) ASP.NET
7 1 (2.22%) ASP.NET Core
7 1 (2.22%) React Native
7 1 (2.22%) Sass
7 1 (2.22%) Semantic HTML
7 1 (2.22%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (17.78%) Mobile App
2 5 (11.11%) Social Media
3 4 (8.89%) Product Ownership
4 3 (6.67%) Graphic Design
5 2 (4.44%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (4.44%) Animation
5 2 (4.44%) e-Learning
5 2 (4.44%) Learning Management System
5 2 (4.44%) Video Editing
6 1 (2.22%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (2.22%) Arduino
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.11%) Android
1 5 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (100.00%) User Experience
2 23 (51.11%) Wireframes
3 21 (46.67%) Agile
4 18 (40.00%) Customer Experience
5 15 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (31.11%) Design Thinking
7 13 (28.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 13 (28.89%) Stakeholder Management
7 13 (28.89%) User Research
8 12 (26.67%) Clean Code
8 12 (26.67%) Journey Map
9 11 (24.44%) Analytics
9 11 (24.44%) Prototyping
10 10 (22.22%) Usability Testing
11 9 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
12 8 (17.78%) Front End Development
12 8 (17.78%) Mobile Development
12 8 (17.78%) Storytelling
12 8 (17.78%) Wealth Management
13 7 (15.56%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (20.00%) TypeScript
2 7 (15.56%) JavaScript
3 5 (11.11%) Python
4 4 (8.89%) VBA
5 1 (2.22%) C
5 1 (2.22%) C#
Qualifications
1 10 (22.22%) Degree
2 9 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 7 (15.56%) SC Cleared
4 4 (8.89%) Master's Degree
5 1 (2.22%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (35.56%) Accessibility
2 3 (6.67%) QA
2 3 (6.67%) WCAG
3 1 (2.22%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 20 (44.44%) Adobe
2 5 (11.11%) Qualtrics
3 4 (8.89%) Google
4 3 (6.67%) Microsoft