User Experience Job Trends in the Thames Valley

UX
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring User Experience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 115 111
Rank change year-on-year +25 -4 -78
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 100 84 139
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 1.63% 2.34% 2.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 2.57% 2.56%
Number of salaries quoted 52 35 111
10th Percentile £35,625 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £38,625 £35,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £44,309
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +24.13% -19.44%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £56,275
90th Percentile £75,000 £81,500 £81,250
South East median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -9.09%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,396 3,270 5,429
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 71.75% 90.96% 82.08%
Number of salaries quoted 3,035 1,398 3,700
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,750 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.28% +3.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £80,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

User Experience job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

User Experience
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing User Experience.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing User Experience

User Experience
Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 11 July 2026.

Salary histogram for User Experience in the Thames Valley

User Experience
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 11 July 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
Buckinghamshire +16 47 £50,000 +72.41% 11
Berkshire +9 45 £55,000 -15.38% 9
Oxfordshire -12 8 £36,250 -38.30% 12
User Experience
South East

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (6.00%) CMS
2 2 (2.00%) WordPress
3 1 (1.00%) Confluence
3 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (1.00%) SharePoint
3 1 (1.00%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 4 (4.00%) Adobe After Effects
1 4 (4.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 4 (4.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (4.00%) InDesign
1 4 (4.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 18 (18.00%) Azure
2 11 (11.00%) AWS
3 10 (10.00%) GCP
4 9 (9.00%) Figma
5 7 (7.00%) GitHub
5 7 (7.00%) Microsoft 365
6 5 (5.00%) Google Analytics
6 5 (5.00%) Power Automate
7 3 (3.00%) SaaS
8 2 (2.00%) Entra ID
8 2 (2.00%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (1.00%) PaaS
9 1 (1.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.00%) DHCP
1 1 (1.00%) DNS
1 1 (1.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.00%) MySQL
2 2 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.00%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.00%) Looker
Development Applications
1 7 (7.00%) Git
1 7 (7.00%) JIRA
2 2 (2.00%) Eclipse
2 2 (2.00%) Eclipse RCP
2 2 (2.00%) Jenkins
3 1 (1.00%) JUnit
3 1 (1.00%) Storybook
General
1 29 (29.00%) Social Skills
2 18 (18.00%) Finance
2 18 (18.00%) Retail
3 15 (15.00%) Marketing
4 11 (11.00%) Analytical Skills
5 10 (10.00%) Organisational Skills
6 7 (7.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (5.00%) French Language
8 4 (4.00%) Local Government
8 4 (4.00%) Multimedia
9 3 (3.00%) Social Science
10 2 (2.00%) Manufacturing
10 2 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.00%) Public Sector
11 1 (1.00%) Digital Health
11 1 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (1.00%) Law
11 1 (1.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 24 (24.00%) Designer
2 20 (20.00%) UX Designer
3 16 (16.00%) Senior
4 14 (14.00%) UI Designer
4 14 (14.00%) UI/UX Designer
5 12 (12.00%) Lead
5 12 (12.00%) Software Engineer
6 11 (11.00%) Senior Designer
6 11 (11.00%) Senior UI Designer
6 11 (11.00%) Senior UI/UX Designer
6 11 (11.00%) Senior UX Designer
7 9 (9.00%) IT Support
8 8 (8.00%) IT Engineer
8 8 (8.00%) IT Support Engineer
8 8 (8.00%) Support Engineer
9 7 (7.00%) Mobile Designer
9 7 (7.00%) Mobile UI Designer
9 7 (7.00%) Mobile UI/UX Designer
9 7 (7.00%) Mobile UX Designer
10 6 (6.00%) Senior Mobile Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (8.00%) .NET
2 7 (7.00%) CSS
2 7 (7.00%) HTML
2 7 (7.00%) React
3 5 (5.00%) Django
3 5 (5.00%) REST
3 5 (5.00%) Twisted
3 5 (5.00%) Web Services
3 5 (5.00%) WebSockets
4 4 (4.00%) .NET Core
4 4 (4.00%) .NET Framework
4 4 (4.00%) ASP.NET
4 4 (4.00%) Blazor
4 4 (4.00%) Entity Framework
4 4 (4.00%) Vue
5 2 (2.00%) Spring Boot
6 1 (1.00%) Next.js
6 1 (1.00%) Node.js
6 1 (1.00%) RESTful
6 1 (1.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.00%) Product Ownership
2 12 (12.00%) Mobile App
3 7 (7.00%) Life Science
3 7 (7.00%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (5.00%) Graphic Design
4 5 (5.00%) Management Information System
4 5 (5.00%) Video Conferencing
5 4 (4.00%) Social Media
6 2 (2.00%) Cloud Native
6 2 (2.00%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (2.00%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (2.00%) Low-Code
6 2 (2.00%) Renewable Energy
7 1 (1.00%) Distributed Systems
7 1 (1.00%) Driving Licence
7 1 (1.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 11 (11.00%) Linux
2 8 (8.00%) Windows
3 6 (6.00%) Mac OS
4 1 (1.00%) Android
4 1 (1.00%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (37.00%) UX Design
2 18 (18.00%) Analytics
2 18 (18.00%) Problem-Solving
3 17 (17.00%) AI
4 15 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (14.00%) Agile
6 13 (13.00%) Roadmaps
6 13 (13.00%) Software Engineering
7 12 (12.00%) E-Commerce
7 12 (12.00%) Full-Stack Development
7 12 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (11.00%) ITIL
8 11 (11.00%) Process Improvement
9 10 (10.00%) Decision-Making
9 10 (10.00%) Service Management
10 9 (9.00%) Customer-Centricity
11 8 (8.00%) Customer Service
11 8 (8.00%) DevOps
11 8 (8.00%) Test Automation
12 7 (7.00%) Code Quality
Programming Languages
1 11 (11.00%) TypeScript
2 10 (10.00%) JavaScript
3 9 (9.00%) Python
4 8 (8.00%) C#
5 6 (6.00%) Java
5 6 (6.00%) PowerShell
6 5 (5.00%) C++
6 5 (5.00%) SQL
7 3 (3.00%) C
8 1 (1.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 13 (13.00%) Degree
2 8 (8.00%) ICAEW
2 8 (8.00%) SC Cleared
2 8 (8.00%) Security Cleared
3 5 (5.00%) DV Cleared
3 5 (5.00%) Master's Degree
4 4 (4.00%) DBS Check
5 2 (2.00%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.00%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (1.00%) AWS Certification
6 1 (1.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (1.00%) Azure Certification
6 1 (1.00%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (13.00%) Accessibility
2 8 (8.00%) QA
3 5 (5.00%) NEBOSH
4 1 (1.00%) GDPR
4 1 (1.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (7.00%) Docker
2 5 (5.00%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (1.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (2.00%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (1.00%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (1.00%) Kubernetes
2 1 (1.00%) SCCM
2 1 (1.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (13.00%) Microsoft
2 8 (8.00%) Google
3 6 (6.00%) Nexthink
4 5 (5.00%) Okta
5 4 (4.00%) Adobe
6 3 (3.00%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.00%) Apple
7 1 (1.00%) BMC
7 1 (1.00%) HubSpot
7 1 (1.00%) ServiceNow
7 1 (1.00%) Sitecore