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 12 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 208 241 188
Rank change year-on-year +33 -53 -40
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 63 77 82
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.64% 0.74% 1.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 0.88% 1.20%
Number of salaries quoted 26 43 72
10th Percentile £27,500 £43,750 £37,075
25th Percentile £37,500 £48,375 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £69,688 £67,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £72,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -15.38% +4.00%

All Process and 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 8,085 8,795 6,846
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 82.56% 84.58% 92.79%
Number of salaries quoted 4,925 4,575 4,815
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £54,763
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +5.00% -0.43%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
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 12 December 2025.

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 12 December 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
Thames Valley +31 32 £65,000 +18.18% 22
Berkshire +14 16 £94,250 +83.90% 5
Hampshire +27 15 £57,500 -11.54% 8
Buckinghamshire +24 12 £48,750 -13.33% 6
Middlesex -4 5 - - 10
West Sussex - 5 £30,000 - 2
Oxfordshire +24 4 £65,000 +18.18% 11
Surrey +3 4 £36,250 -42.00% 5
East Sussex +11 2 £67,500 +42.11% 3
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 6 (9.52%) Confluence
2 5 (7.94%) WordPress
3 4 (6.35%) SharePoint
4 3 (4.76%) CMS
Applications
1 10 (15.87%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 7 (11.11%) Adobe Illustrator
2 7 (11.11%) Photoshop
3 5 (7.94%) Adobe XD
3 5 (7.94%) InDesign
4 4 (6.35%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (3.17%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (3.17%) Adobe Captivate
5 2 (3.17%) Adobe Premiere
5 2 (3.17%) Elementor
5 2 (3.17%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 21 (33.33%) Azure
2 16 (25.40%) Figma
3 15 (23.81%) AWS
3 15 (23.81%) GCP
4 6 (9.52%) GitHub
5 5 (7.94%) Adobe Analytics
5 5 (7.94%) Google Analytics
6 4 (6.35%) Azure DevOps
6 4 (6.35%) Microsoft 365
6 4 (6.35%) Power Platform
6 4 (6.35%) PowerApps
7 2 (3.17%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 2 (3.17%) SaaS
8 1 (1.59%) Contentsquare
8 1 (1.59%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.35%) Power BI
2 1 (1.59%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 14 (22.22%) Git
2 10 (15.87%) Storybook
3 6 (9.52%) JIRA
4 2 (3.17%) Axure RP
4 2 (3.17%) Balsamiq
5 1 (1.59%) Postman
General
1 33 (52.38%) Marketing
2 23 (36.51%) Social Skills
3 17 (26.98%) Law
4 13 (20.63%) Analytical Skills
5 8 (12.70%) Finance
6 7 (11.11%) Legal
7 6 (9.52%) Organisational Skills
8 5 (7.94%) Banking
8 5 (7.94%) Influencing Skills
8 5 (7.94%) Public Sector
9 4 (6.35%) Retail
10 2 (3.17%) Financial Institution
10 2 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (3.17%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 28 (44.44%) Developer
2 20 (31.75%) Senior
3 17 (26.98%) Senior Developer
4 15 (23.81%) Full-Stack Developer
4 15 (23.81%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
5 14 (22.22%) Full-Stack Web Developer
5 14 (22.22%) Senior Web Developer
5 14 (22.22%) Web Developer
6 8 (12.70%) Designer
6 8 (12.70%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 7 (11.11%) Architect
7 7 (11.11%) User Experience Architect
8 6 (9.52%) Analyst
8 6 (9.52%) Mobile Developer
9 5 (7.94%) Graphic Designer
9 5 (7.94%) Strategy Manager
10 3 (4.76%) Consultant
10 3 (4.76%) Senior Manager
10 3 (4.76%) Senior Strategy Manager
11 2 (3.17%) Head of E-Commerce
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 25 (39.68%) React
2 22 (34.92%) HTML
3 20 (31.75%) CSS
4 14 (22.22%) Node.js
4 14 (22.22%) RESTful
5 10 (15.87%) .NET
5 10 (15.87%) Next.js
6 6 (9.52%) Jest
7 5 (7.94%) Bootstrap
7 5 (7.94%) Ionic Framework
8 3 (4.76%) Tailwind CSS
9 2 (3.17%) YAML
10 1 (1.59%) .NET Core
10 1 (1.59%) ASP.NET
10 1 (1.59%) ASP.NET Core
10 1 (1.59%) React Native
10 1 (1.59%) REST
10 1 (1.59%) Sass
10 1 (1.59%) Semantic HTML
10 1 (1.59%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.94%) Mobile App
1 5 (7.94%) Social Media
2 4 (6.35%) Product Ownership
3 3 (4.76%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.17%) Animation
4 2 (3.17%) e-Learning
4 2 (3.17%) Graphic Design
4 2 (3.17%) Learning Management System
4 2 (3.17%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.52%) Android
1 6 (9.52%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (100.00%) User Experience
2 37 (58.73%) Agile
3 28 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
4 25 (39.68%) Wireframes
5 21 (33.33%) DevOps
6 20 (31.75%) CI/CD
7 19 (30.16%) Web Development
8 17 (26.98%) Customer Experience
9 16 (25.40%) Customer Engagement
9 16 (25.40%) Design Patterns
10 15 (23.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 15 (23.81%) Full-Stack Development
11 14 (22.22%) Containerisation
11 14 (22.22%) Test Automation
12 13 (20.63%) Clean Code
12 13 (20.63%) Stakeholder Management
13 12 (19.05%) Analytics
13 12 (19.05%) Design Thinking
13 12 (19.05%) Journey Map
14 11 (17.46%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 21 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 11 (17.46%) TypeScript
3 4 (6.35%) Python
3 4 (6.35%) VBA
4 3 (4.76%) SQL
5 2 (3.17%) C#
6 1 (1.59%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (14.29%) Degree
1 9 (14.29%) Security Cleared
2 7 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 4 (6.35%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (30.16%) QA
2 16 (25.40%) Accessibility
3 3 (4.76%) WCAG
4 1 (1.59%) Data Quality
System Software
1 14 (22.22%) Docker
Systems Management
1 14 (22.22%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 17 (26.98%) Adobe
2 5 (7.94%) Google
2 5 (7.94%) Qualtrics
3 2 (3.17%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.59%) Hotjar