Prototyping Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Prototyping
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Prototyping skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 357 310 312
Rank change year-on-year -47 +2 -9
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 344 269 382
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.42% 0.78% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.90% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 224 80 135
10th Percentile £42,215 £37,500 £41,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £44,525 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £74,144
90th Percentile £80,000 £84,125 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Prototyping 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 57,891 29,871 43,561
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.31% 86.49% 78.09%
Number of salaries quoted 41,062 16,204 24,205
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,250
90th Percentile £88,148 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

Prototyping
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Prototyping job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Prototyping
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Prototyping

Prototyping
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Prototyping in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Prototyping in the UK excluding London

Prototyping
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 Prototyping within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 9 September 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 0 87 £59,000 -14.80% 112
North of England -12 87 £55,000 -8.33% 89
East of England +6 61 £60,000 +33.33% 78
North West 0 40 £49,250 -27.04% 54
Midlands -40 32 £57,500 -4.17% 46
South West -50 30 £60,000 -29.41% 92
West Midlands -20 25 £57,500 -4.17% 32
North East -44 24 £60,000 -7.69% 12
Yorkshire -31 23 £66,250 +117.21% 23
Wales -53 22 £53,171 -2.88% 14
Scotland -72 15 £55,000 +20.52% 58
Northern Ireland -68 11 £80,000 - 23
East Midlands -38 7 £47,500 +43.94% 14
Prototyping
UK

Prototyping
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:

Application Platforms
1 7 (2.03%) Confluence
2 6 (1.74%) Apache
3 3 (0.87%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.87%) Jupyter
3 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.87%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.29%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.29%) CMS
5 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (5.23%) SOLIDWORKS
2 8 (2.33%) Solid Edge
3 7 (2.03%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 7 (2.03%) Adobe XD
3 7 (2.03%) InDesign
4 5 (1.45%) Adobe After Effects
4 5 (1.45%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.45%) Photoshop
5 4 (1.16%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.16%) Sketch
6 2 (0.58%) EPLAN
6 2 (0.58%) InVision
6 2 (0.58%) OrCAD
6 2 (0.58%) Simulink
6 2 (0.58%) Trello
6 2 (0.58%) UserZoom
6 2 (0.58%) Windchill
7 1 (0.29%) Mathcad
7 1 (0.29%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 8 (2.33%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.16%) SAP SD
3 3 (0.87%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 54 (15.70%) Figma
2 40 (11.63%) AWS
3 27 (7.85%) Adobe Analytics
4 26 (7.56%) Azure
5 20 (5.81%) Amazon S3
6 18 (5.23%) AWS Lambda
6 18 (5.23%) Serverless
7 13 (3.78%) SaaS
8 12 (3.49%) dbt
8 12 (3.49%) GCP
9 10 (2.91%) Amazon ECR
9 10 (2.91%) AWS Step Functions
9 10 (2.91%) GitHub
10 9 (2.62%) AWS CloudFormation
10 9 (2.62%) Power Platform
11 8 (2.33%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (2.33%) Apigee
11 8 (2.33%) Azure AI
11 8 (2.33%) Azure Machine Learning
12 7 (2.03%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 34 (9.88%) Broadband
2 5 (1.45%) Intranet
2 5 (1.45%) WPA
3 4 (1.16%) Wireless
4 3 (0.87%) RS-485
4 3 (0.87%) Software-Defined Radio
5 2 (0.58%) RS-232
5 2 (0.58%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.29%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.29%) Ethernet
6 1 (0.29%) LTE
6 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.94%) DynamoDB
2 6 (1.74%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.16%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.87%) ClickHouse
4 3 (0.87%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (0.87%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (0.87%) Power BI
4 3 (0.87%) Redis
4 3 (0.87%) Tableau
5 2 (0.58%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.58%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.29%) Big Data
6 1 (0.29%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.29%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.29%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.29%) OLAP
6 1 (0.29%) OLTP
6 1 (0.29%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (4.94%) Git
2 12 (3.49%) JIRA
3 11 (3.20%) GitLab
4 10 (2.91%) Jenkins
5 8 (2.33%) Cypress.io
5 8 (2.33%) LabVIEW
5 8 (2.33%) Maven
5 8 (2.33%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.74%) Postman
7 3 (0.87%) Axure RP
7 3 (0.87%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.87%) Eclipse RCP
8 2 (0.58%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.58%) Bower
8 2 (0.58%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.29%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.29%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.29%) ERwin
9 1 (0.29%) Zephyr
General
1 118 (34.30%) Social Skills
2 83 (24.13%) Electronics
3 63 (18.31%) Manufacturing
4 48 (13.95%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (13.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 39 (11.34%) Finance
7 34 (9.88%) Aerospace
7 34 (9.88%) Public Sector
8 29 (8.43%) Games
9 13 (3.78%) Legal
10 12 (3.49%) Automotive
10 12 (3.49%) Marketing
11 11 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
12 7 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (2.03%) Military
13 6 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
13 6 (1.74%) Retail
14 5 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
14 5 (1.45%) Swedish Language
15 4 (1.16%) Law
Job Titles
1 62 (18.02%) Senior
2 52 (15.12%) Designer
3 49 (14.24%) Developer
4 34 (9.88%) Lead
5 29 (8.43%) Software Engineer
6 26 (7.56%) Systems Engineer
7 21 (6.10%) Interaction Designer
8 19 (5.52%) Architect
8 19 (5.52%) Electronics Engineer
9 18 (5.23%) Full-Stack Developer
10 14 (4.07%) Lead Designer
10 14 (4.07%) Product Manager
11 12 (3.49%) Senior Designer
12 11 (3.20%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
12 11 (3.20%) Consultant
12 11 (3.20%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 11 (3.20%) Technical Architect
12 11 (3.20%) UX Designer
13 10 (2.91%) Senior Interaction Designer
14 9 (2.62%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (6.69%) React
2 16 (4.65%) .NET
3 14 (4.07%) AngularJS
4 13 (3.78%) CSS
4 13 (3.78%) HTML
4 13 (3.78%) Spring Boot
5 11 (3.20%) LangChain
5 11 (3.20%) Terraform
6 10 (2.91%) Web Services
7 9 (2.62%) AWS CDK
7 9 (2.62%) RESTful
8 8 (2.33%) Gherkin
8 8 (2.33%) Jest
9 7 (2.03%) Next.js
10 6 (1.74%) JSON
10 6 (1.74%) PyTorch
10 6 (1.74%) TensorFlow
10 6 (1.74%) XML
11 5 (1.45%) Ajax
11 5 (1.45%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 28 (8.14%) Embedded Systems
2 27 (7.85%) Social Media
3 25 (7.27%) Cloud Native
4 18 (5.23%) Robotics
4 18 (5.23%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (4.94%) FPGA
6 15 (4.36%) IoT
7 13 (3.78%) Product Ownership
8 12 (3.49%) Public Cloud
9 11 (3.20%) Analogue Electronics
10 10 (2.91%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (2.91%) Life Science
10 10 (2.91%) Onboarding
11 9 (2.62%) VHDL
12 8 (2.33%) Algorithms
12 8 (2.33%) Data Structures
12 8 (2.33%) Fibre Optics
12 8 (2.33%) Verilog
13 7 (2.03%) Acoustics
13 7 (2.03%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 10 (2.91%) Linux
2 3 (0.87%) Embedded Linux
2 3 (0.87%) Unix
3 2 (0.58%) Android
3 2 (0.58%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.29%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (39.53%) Agile
2 130 (37.79%) AI
3 74 (21.51%) Rapid Prototyping
4 70 (20.35%) Validation
5 64 (18.60%) User Research
6 63 (18.31%) Continuous Improvement
6 63 (18.31%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 61 (17.73%) Problem-Solving
7 61 (17.73%) Roadmaps
8 58 (16.86%) Analytics
9 56 (16.28%) Software Engineering
10 55 (15.99%) Mentoring
11 50 (14.53%) User Experience
12 43 (12.50%) CI/CD
13 42 (12.21%) Product Roadmap
14 41 (11.92%) Customer Experience
15 36 (10.47%) LLM
16 34 (9.88%) DevOps
17 33 (9.59%) UX Design
18 32 (9.30%) Physics
Programming Languages
1 58 (16.86%) Python
2 32 (9.30%) Java
3 28 (8.14%) C
4 27 (7.85%) TypeScript
5 23 (6.69%) C++
6 20 (5.81%) C#
7 18 (5.23%) JavaScript
8 16 (4.65%) SQL
9 13 (3.78%) MATLAB
10 9 (2.62%) Bash
10 9 (2.62%) Embedded C
11 8 (2.33%) Groovy
12 5 (1.45%) PHP
13 3 (0.87%) Embedded C++
13 3 (0.87%) Pascal
13 3 (0.87%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.87%) Rust
14 2 (0.58%) Go
15 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.29%) R
Qualifications
1 109 (31.69%) Degree
2 70 (20.35%) Security Cleared
3 49 (14.24%) SC Cleared
4 20 (5.81%) Master's Degree
5 17 (4.94%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (4.36%) PhD
7 12 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.62%) AWS Certification
9 8 (2.33%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 8 (2.33%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (2.03%) DV Cleared
10 7 (2.03%) HND
11 4 (1.16%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.87%) Chartered Engineer
12 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.58%) HNC
13 2 (0.58%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.29%) OCP
14 1 (0.29%) Oracle Certification
14 1 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (20.06%) Accessibility
2 25 (7.27%) WCAG
3 11 (3.20%) QA
4 5 (1.45%) DO-254
5 4 (1.16%) GDPR
6 3 (0.87%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.87%) JTAG
7 2 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.58%) ISO 9001
7 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.29%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.29%) GRC
8 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.29%) MISRA
System Software
1 25 (7.27%) Firmware
2 20 (5.81%) Docker
3 8 (2.33%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 9 (2.62%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.33%) HP Fortify
3 1 (0.29%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 43 (12.50%) Adobe
2 27 (7.85%) Microsoft
3 23 (6.69%) OpenAI
4 18 (5.23%) EMC
5 14 (4.07%) Google
6 8 (2.33%) SAP
7 5 (1.45%) Foundry
8 3 (0.87%) Databricks
8 3 (0.87%) Motorola
8 3 (0.87%) Siemens
8 3 (0.87%) Xilinx
9 2 (0.58%) Altera
9 2 (0.58%) Apple
9 2 (0.58%) Autodesk
9 2 (0.58%) Intel
9 2 (0.58%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.58%) Thales
9 2 (0.58%) YouTube
10 1 (0.29%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.29%) Trend Micro