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 citing Prototyping skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	306	315	263
Rank change year-on-year	+9	-52	+54
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping	458	249	431
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London	0.51%	0.72%	0.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.72%	0.84%	1.12%
Number of salaries quoted	322	77	147
10^th Percentile	£36,750	£37,200	£47,000
25^th Percentile	£45,000	£51,250	£52,500
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£62,500	£65,000
Median % change year-on-year	-12.00%	-3.85%	+8.33%
75^th Percentile	£67,188	£78,790	£76,375
90^th Percentile	£78,312	£88,000	£81,250
UK median annual salary	£60,000	£70,000	£65,000
% change year-on-year	-14.29%	+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 citing process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

	6 months to 27 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing process or methodology skills	63,566	29,605	38,363
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London	71.08%	86.06%	79.90%
Number of salaries quoted	44,066	16,597	18,972
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£26,750	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£40,000	£31,750	£40,000
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£45,500	£54,000
Median % change year-on-year	+20.88%	-15.74%	+2.86%
75^th Percentile	£70,000	£63,750	£68,750
90^th Percentile	£87,500	£80,000	£82,500
UK median annual salary	£60,000	£53,725	£60,000
% change year-on-year	+11.68%	-10.46%	-

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 Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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 27 October 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 27 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
South East	+6	132	£56,000	+1.82%	77
North of England	+11	122	£55,000	-4.35%	36
East of England	+19	79	£55,000	-33.33%	53
North West	+3	66	£55,000	-4.35%	18
Midlands	-42	48	£55,000	-6.38%	31
South West	-52	41	£55,000	-35.29%	60
North East	-33	35	£60,000	-7.69%	8
West Midlands	-22	34	£57,500	-4.17%	19
Wales	-53	23	£53,085	-11.52%	7
Yorkshire	-18	21	£50,000	+63.93%	11
Scotland	-63	17	£55,000	-25.48%	10
East Midlands	-40	14	£42,500	+28.79%	12
Northern Ireland	-77	4	£74,830	+1.39%	4
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Prototyping Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 27 October 2026, job vacancies citing Prototyping also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region citing Prototyping.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Degree	38.9%	178
2	Agile	26.6%	122
3	AI	26.0%	119
4	Problem-Solving	25.1%	115
5	Validation	23.6%	108
6	Continuous Improvement	21.4%	98
7	Security Cleared	20.5%	94
8	SC Cleared	16.2%	74
9	Python	15.9%	73
9	Rapid Prototyping	15.9%	73
11	Software Engineering	15.5%	71
12	Mentoring	14.2%	65
13	CI/CD	12.2%	56
14	EMC	11.4%	52
15	Firmware	10.7%	49
16	Accessibility	10.5%	48
16	Schematic Capture	10.5%	48
18	User Experience	10.3%	47
19	AWS	10.0%	46
20	C	9.4%	43
21	Microsoft	8.7%	40
22	Analytics	8.5%	39
22	C++	8.5%	39
22	DevOps	8.5%	39
25	Figma	8.3%	38
25	Roadmaps	8.3%	38
25	Service Design	8.3%	38
28	CAD	8.1%	37
28	User Research	8.1%	37
28	User-Centered Design (UCD)	8.1%	37

Prototyping Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	26.6%	122
2	AI	26.0%	119
3	Problem-Solving	25.1%	115
4	Validation	23.6%	108
5	Continuous Improvement	21.4%	98
6	Rapid Prototyping	15.9%	73
7	Software Engineering	15.5%	71
8	Mentoring	14.2%	65
9	CI/CD	12.2%	56
10	Schematic Capture	10.5%	48
11	User Experience	10.3%	47
12	Analytics	8.5%	39
12	DevOps	8.5%	39
14	Roadmaps	8.3%	38
14	Service Design	8.3%	38
16	CAD	8.1%	37
16	User Research	8.1%	37
16	User-Centered Design (UCD)	8.1%	37
19	Design for Manufacturing	7.9%	36
20	Computer Science	7.6%	35