User Experience Job Trends in South Wales

UX
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring User Experience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 46 66
Rank change year-on-year +30 +20 -9
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 54 20 4
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 6.98% 3.17% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.28% 3.82% 0.72%
Number of salaries quoted 16 18 4
10th Percentile £38,125 - £24,875
25th Percentile £49,313 £23,750 £26,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £27,500 £37,517
Median % change year-on-year +109.09% -26.70% -28.54%
75th Percentile £73,750 £34,250 £48,408
90th Percentile £74,375 £49,875 £50,863
Wales median annual salary £60,000 £27,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +118.18% -38.89% -1.26%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 582 524 555
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 75.19% 83.17% 90.24%
Number of salaries quoted 403 266 428
10th Percentile £24,977 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £39,820
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,375 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.27% -1.25% +0.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,149 £79,600 £72,433
Wales median annual salary £48,122 £49,104 £47,500
% change year-on-year -2.00% +3.38% -

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

User Experience job vacancy trend in South Wales

User Experience
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing User Experience.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing User Experience

User Experience
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in South Wales over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for User Experience in South Wales

User Experience
Job Locations in South Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 13 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
Glamorgan - 18 - - 9
Vale of Glamorgan - 10 - -
Newport - 10 £62,500 - 11
Cardiff -1 7 £53,750 +95.45% 17
Torfaen - 5 £67,500 -
Bridgend - 3 - -
Caerphilly - 1 £40,000 -
User Experience
Wales

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 1 (1.85%) CMS
1 1 (1.85%) Drupal
1 1 (1.85%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Magento
1 1 (1.85%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 27 (50.00%) Cloud Computing
2 5 (9.26%) Azure
3 4 (7.41%) Google Workspace
3 4 (7.41%) SurveyMonkey
4 2 (3.70%) Figma
5 1 (1.85%) GitHub
5 1 (1.85%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 28 (51.85%) Internet
2 5 (9.26%) Firewall
3 4 (7.41%) Bluetooth
3 4 (7.41%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (7.41%) Modbus
3 4 (7.41%) Network Security
3 4 (7.41%) TCP/IP
3 4 (7.41%) VLAN
3 4 (7.41%) Wireshark
3 4 (7.41%) ZigBee
4 1 (1.85%) Broadband
4 1 (1.85%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.41%) MySQL
2 1 (1.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (7.41%) Burp Suite
1 4 (7.41%) Metasploit
2 2 (3.70%) Selenium
2 2 (3.70%) SpecFlow
2 2 (3.70%) WebDriver
General
1 28 (51.85%) Social Skills
2 27 (50.00%) Banking
2 27 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 9 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 9 (16.67%) Finance
4 4 (7.41%) Aerospace
4 4 (7.41%) Law
4 4 (7.41%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.85%) Legal
5 1 (1.85%) Marketing
5 1 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.85%) Police
5 1 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 22 (40.74%) Lecturer
2 7 (12.96%) Lead
3 5 (9.26%) Developer
4 4 (7.41%) Senior
5 3 (5.56%) Finance Manager
5 3 (5.56%) Systems Manager
6 2 (3.70%) Analyst
6 2 (3.70%) Architect
6 2 (3.70%) Automation Tester
6 2 (3.70%) Designer
6 2 (3.70%) Lead Architect
6 2 (3.70%) Salesforce Developer
6 2 (3.70%) Senior Developer
6 2 (3.70%) Tester
7 1 (1.85%) C# Software Developer
7 1 (1.85%) E-Commerce Manager
7 1 (1.85%) Interaction Designer
7 1 (1.85%) JavaScript Developer
7 1 (1.85%) Senior C# .NET Developer
7 1 (1.85%) Senior Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (9.26%) CSS
1 5 (9.26%) React
2 4 (7.41%) Django
2 4 (7.41%) HTML
2 4 (7.41%) HTML5
3 3 (5.56%) REST
4 2 (3.70%) Web Services
5 1 (1.85%) .NET
5 1 (1.85%) Bootstrap
5 1 (1.85%) Laravel
5 1 (1.85%) Node.js
5 1 (1.85%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 31 (57.41%) IoT
2 4 (7.41%) CAN bus
2 4 (7.41%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (7.41%) Operational Technology
2 4 (7.41%) SCADA
3 1 (1.85%) Educational Technology
3 1 (1.85%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.85%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.41%) Android
1 4 (7.41%) Kali Linux
1 4 (7.41%) Linux
1 4 (7.41%) Ubuntu
2 1 (1.85%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (61.11%) AI
1 33 (61.11%) Machine Learning
2 31 (57.41%) Cybersecurity
3 27 (50.00%) Web Development
4 11 (20.37%) Problem-Solving
5 10 (18.52%) Agile
6 7 (12.96%) Scrum
7 6 (11.11%) Mentoring
8 5 (9.26%) DevOps
8 5 (9.26%) Prototyping
8 5 (9.26%) Software Testing
8 5 (9.26%) Workflow
9 4 (7.41%) Computer Science
9 4 (7.41%) Cryptography
9 4 (7.41%) Ergonomics
9 4 (7.41%) Human Factors
9 4 (7.41%) Kanban
9 4 (7.41%) Psychology
9 4 (7.41%) Security Architecture
9 4 (7.41%) Statistics
Programming Languages
1 8 (14.81%) Python
2 5 (9.26%) JavaScript
3 4 (7.41%) C++
3 4 (7.41%) Java
3 4 (7.41%) R
3 4 (7.41%) Rust
4 3 (5.56%) SQL
5 1 (1.85%) C#
5 1 (1.85%) PHP
5 1 (1.85%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 35 (64.81%) Degree
2 27 (50.00%) Master's Degree
2 27 (50.00%) PhD
2 27 (50.00%) Postgraduate
3 7 (12.96%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (11.11%) SC Cleared
4 6 (11.11%) Security Cleared
5 4 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 4 (7.41%) DBS Check
6 3 (5.56%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.41%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.85%) QA
Systems Management
1 4 (7.41%) Kubernetes
1 4 (7.41%) Nessus
1 4 (7.41%) Nmap
Vendors
1 4 (7.41%) Cisco
1 4 (7.41%) Google
1 4 (7.41%) Qualtrics
1 4 (7.41%) Red Hat
1 4 (7.41%) Splunk
2 3 (5.56%) Salesforce
3 2 (3.70%) Adobe
3 2 (3.70%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.85%) WooCommerce