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 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 302 310
Rank change year-on-year -58 +8 -16
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 344 267 382
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.78% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.90% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 232 76 131
10th Percentile £38,975 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,625 £46,688 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £74,144
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,625 £100,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% -3.85%

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 59,175 29,796 43,420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.29% 86.74% 78.53%
Number of salaries quoted 41,818 16,132 23,550
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £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 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £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 17 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 17 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
North of England +2 94 £53,750 -10.42% 126
South East -23 84 £59,000 -12.59% 172
East of England +9 59 £60,000 +33.33% 122
North West -4 46 £50,000 -25.93% 78
Midlands -32 33 £57,500 -4.17% 57
South West -51 31 £60,000 -29.41% 131
West Midlands -20 26 £57,500 -4.17% 40
North East -43 25 £57,500 -11.54% 18
Yorkshire -25 23 £65,000 +113.11% 30
Wales -58 22 £53,171 -2.88% 19
Scotland -79 12 £55,000 - 78
Northern Ireland -64 11 £80,000 - 28
East Midlands -46 7 £45,000 +36.36% 17
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 6 (1.74%) Apache
1 6 (1.74%) Confluence
2 3 (0.87%) Apache Spark
2 3 (0.87%) Jupyter
2 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.87%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.29%) Apache Superset
4 1 (0.29%) CMS
4 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 20 (5.81%) 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 6 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (1.45%) Adobe After Effects
5 5 (1.45%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (1.45%) Photoshop
6 4 (1.16%) MS Visio
6 4 (1.16%) Sketch
7 2 (0.58%) EPLAN
7 2 (0.58%) InVision
7 2 (0.58%) OrCAD
7 2 (0.58%) Simulink
7 2 (0.58%) Trello
7 2 (0.58%) UserZoom
7 2 (0.58%) Windchill
8 1 (0.29%) Mathcad
8 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 55 (15.99%) Figma
2 39 (11.34%) AWS
3 21 (6.10%) Amazon S3
4 20 (5.81%) Adobe Analytics
4 20 (5.81%) Azure
5 19 (5.52%) AWS Lambda
5 19 (5.52%) Serverless
6 12 (3.49%) dbt
6 12 (3.49%) SaaS
7 11 (3.20%) Amazon ECR
7 11 (3.20%) AWS Step Functions
8 10 (2.91%) AWS CloudFormation
8 10 (2.91%) GitHub
9 9 (2.62%) Amazon ECS
9 9 (2.62%) Apigee
9 9 (2.62%) GCP
9 9 (2.62%) Power Platform
10 7 (2.03%) Amazon SQS
10 7 (2.03%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (1.74%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.81%) Broadband
2 5 (1.45%) Intranet
2 5 (1.45%) WPA
3 3 (0.87%) RS-485
3 3 (0.87%) Software-Defined Radio
3 3 (0.87%) Wireless
4 2 (0.58%) Ethernet
4 2 (0.58%) RS-232
4 2 (0.58%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.23%) DynamoDB
2 6 (1.74%) Relational Database
2 6 (1.74%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.16%) PostgreSQL
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%) Flink
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 15 (4.36%) Git
2 12 (3.49%) GitLab
3 11 (3.20%) Jenkins
4 10 (2.91%) JIRA
5 9 (2.62%) Cypress.io
5 9 (2.62%) Maven
5 9 (2.62%) SonarQube
6 8 (2.33%) LabVIEW
7 6 (1.74%) Postman
8 3 (0.87%) Axure RP
8 3 (0.87%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.87%) Eclipse RCP
9 2 (0.58%) Bower
9 2 (0.58%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.29%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.29%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.29%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.29%) ERwin
General
1 122 (35.47%) Social Skills
2 92 (26.74%) Electronics
3 71 (20.64%) Manufacturing
4 46 (13.37%) Analytical Skills
4 46 (13.37%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 39 (11.34%) Aerospace
6 38 (11.05%) Finance
7 34 (9.88%) Public Sector
8 23 (6.69%) Games
9 15 (4.36%) Automotive
10 13 (3.78%) Legal
11 12 (3.49%) Marketing
12 11 (3.20%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (2.33%) Documentation Skills
13 8 (2.33%) Military
14 7 (2.03%) Presentation Skills
14 7 (2.03%) Retail
15 5 (1.45%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (1.16%) Law
16 4 (1.16%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 70 (20.35%) Senior
2 54 (15.70%) Designer
3 49 (14.24%) Developer
4 33 (9.59%) Lead
5 29 (8.43%) Software Engineer
6 23 (6.69%) Electronics Engineer
6 23 (6.69%) Systems Engineer
7 20 (5.81%) Interaction Designer
8 19 (5.52%) Architect
9 18 (5.23%) Full-Stack Developer
10 14 (4.07%) Lead Designer
10 14 (4.07%) Senior Designer
11 13 (3.78%) UX Designer
12 12 (3.49%) Product Manager
13 11 (3.20%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 11 (3.20%) Consultant
13 11 (3.20%) Electronics Technician
13 11 (3.20%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 11 (3.20%) Software Developer
13 11 (3.20%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.56%) React
2 18 (5.23%) .NET
3 16 (4.65%) AngularJS
3 16 (4.65%) Spring Boot
4 14 (4.07%) CSS
4 14 (4.07%) HTML
5 11 (3.20%) Terraform
6 10 (2.91%) Web Services
7 9 (2.62%) AWS CDK
7 9 (2.62%) Gherkin
7 9 (2.62%) Jest
7 9 (2.62%) RESTful
8 8 (2.33%) LangChain
9 7 (2.03%) Next.js
9 7 (2.03%) Spring
10 6 (1.74%) PyTorch
10 6 (1.74%) TensorFlow
11 5 (1.45%) JSON
11 5 (1.45%) Kafka
11 5 (1.45%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.01%) Embedded Systems
2 22 (6.40%) Self-Motivation
3 20 (5.81%) Cloud Native
3 20 (5.81%) Social Media
4 19 (5.52%) Robotics
5 17 (4.94%) FPGA
6 16 (4.65%) IoT
7 13 (3.78%) Product Ownership
8 12 (3.49%) Analogue Electronics
8 12 (3.49%) Onboarding
9 11 (3.20%) Public Cloud
10 10 (2.91%) Life Science
11 8 (2.33%) Fibre Optics
11 8 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
11 8 (2.33%) VHDL
12 7 (2.03%) Acoustics
12 7 (2.03%) Data Structures
12 7 (2.03%) Verilog
13 6 (1.74%) Algorithms
13 6 (1.74%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.33%) Linux
2 3 (0.87%) Android
2 3 (0.87%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.87%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (0.58%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (35.47%) Agile
2 121 (35.17%) AI
3 72 (20.93%) Rapid Prototyping
4 68 (19.77%) Validation
5 63 (18.31%) Continuous Improvement
5 63 (18.31%) Problem-Solving
6 58 (16.86%) User Research
7 56 (16.28%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 54 (15.70%) Roadmaps
9 53 (15.41%) Analytics
9 53 (15.41%) Software Engineering
10 51 (14.83%) Mentoring
10 51 (14.83%) User Experience
11 47 (13.66%) CI/CD
12 35 (10.17%) DevOps
12 35 (10.17%) Product Roadmap
13 33 (9.59%) UX Design
14 32 (9.30%) Physics
15 29 (8.43%) Full-Stack Development
16 28 (8.14%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 53 (15.41%) Python
2 31 (9.01%) TypeScript
3 28 (8.14%) Java
4 26 (7.56%) C++
5 25 (7.27%) C
6 22 (6.40%) C#
7 20 (5.81%) JavaScript
8 18 (5.23%) SQL
9 14 (4.07%) MATLAB
10 10 (2.91%) Bash
11 9 (2.62%) Groovy
12 8 (2.33%) Embedded C
13 5 (1.45%) Embedded C++
13 5 (1.45%) PHP
14 4 (1.16%) Rust
15 3 (0.87%) PowerShell
16 2 (0.58%) Go
16 2 (0.58%) T-SQL
17 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
17 1 (0.29%) Pascal
Qualifications
1 114 (33.14%) Degree
2 71 (20.64%) Security Cleared
3 49 (14.24%) SC Cleared
4 20 (5.81%) Master's Degree
5 17 (4.94%) BPSS Clearance
6 14 (4.07%) PhD
7 12 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (2.91%) AWS Certification
9 9 (2.62%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 9 (2.62%) HND
9 9 (2.62%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (1.45%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.45%) HNC
11 4 (1.16%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.16%) Chartered Engineer
12 3 (0.87%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.58%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.29%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.29%) OCP
14 1 (0.29%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (18.02%) Accessibility
2 17 (4.94%) WCAG
3 12 (3.49%) QA
4 4 (1.16%) DO-254
5 3 (0.87%) Data Quality
5 3 (0.87%) JTAG
6 2 (0.58%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.58%) GDPR
6 2 (0.58%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 1 (0.29%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.29%) GRC
7 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
7 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%) HP Fortify
2 8 (2.33%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.29%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 36 (10.47%) Adobe
2 28 (8.14%) Microsoft
3 23 (6.69%) OpenAI
4 21 (6.10%) EMC
5 8 (2.33%) SAP
6 7 (2.03%) Google
7 3 (0.87%) Apple
7 3 (0.87%) Databricks
7 3 (0.87%) Siemens
7 3 (0.87%) Thales
7 3 (0.87%) Xilinx
8 2 (0.58%) Altera
8 2 (0.58%) Autodesk
8 2 (0.58%) Foundry
8 2 (0.58%) Intel
8 2 (0.58%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.58%) YouTube
9 1 (0.29%) Motorola
9 1 (0.29%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.29%) Trend Micro