Persona Development Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Persona Development
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Persona Development skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 519 - 632
Rank change year-on-year - - +150
Permanent jobs citing Persona Development 5 0 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.011% - 0.020%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.014% - 0.023%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 10
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £63,750 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 - £23,850
Median % change year-on-year - - -31.86%
75th Percentile £71,250 - £36,000
90th Percentile - - £60,000
UK median annual salary £67,500 - £23,850
% change year-on-year - - -31.86%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Persona Development 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 35,991 29,876 43,138
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 77.14% 90.48% 86.86%
Number of salaries quoted 20,941 13,352 33,085
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%

Persona Development
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Persona Development relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Persona Development job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Persona Development
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Persona Development.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Persona Development

Persona Development
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Persona Development within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 February 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
South East - 4 - -
Midlands - 1 £67,500 -
Persona Development
UK

Persona Development
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 4 (80.00%) Legal
1 4 (80.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Architect
1 4 (80.00%) User Experience Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Business Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Digital Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Transformation Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Transformation Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 5 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 4 (80.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (80.00%) Business Case
2 4 (80.00%) Business Process Analysis
2 4 (80.00%) Customer Experience
2 4 (80.00%) Design Thinking
2 4 (80.00%) Digital Innovation
2 4 (80.00%) Interaction Design
2 4 (80.00%) Journey Map
2 4 (80.00%) Usability Testing
2 4 (80.00%) User Experience
2 4 (80.00%) User Research
2 4 (80.00%) UX Design
3 1 (20.00%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Application Rationalisation
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
3 1 (20.00%) Validation
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility