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 30 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 355 292 368
Rank change year-on-year -63 +76 -79
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 304 298 360
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.87% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.99% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 172 92 196
10th Percentile £42,215 £37,500 £38,075
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,438 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,875 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -8.55% +8.47% -3.39%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £69,800
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £95,625
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £58,465
% change year-on-year -7.69% +11.18% -10.05%

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 52,373 29,997 49,327
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.58% 87.81% 78.87%
Number of salaries quoted 36,789 16,278 32,403
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%

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 30 July 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 30 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
North of England -11 75 £50,000 -23.08% 35
East of England +24 71 £68,250 +51.67% 21
South East -21 71 £56,500 -7.00% 54
North West -4 32 £48,750 -28.84% 23
Yorkshire -14 25 £65,000 +9.24% 5
South West -57 22 £60,000 -5.88% 26
Wales -45 20 £53,171 -22.38% 6
Midlands -40 19 £68,665 +16.88% 10
North East -40 18 £56,250 -13.46% 7
West Midlands -21 16 £74,830 +24.72% 9
Scotland -71 15 £52,250 -16.82% 4
Northern Ireland -57 11 £80,000 -
East Midlands -31 3 £60,000 +81.82% 1
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 4 (1.32%) Apache
2 3 (0.99%) Confluence
2 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.99%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.66%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.66%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.66%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.97%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 6 (1.97%) Adobe XD
1 6 (1.97%) InDesign
1 6 (1.97%) Sketch
2 5 (1.64%) Adobe After Effects
2 5 (1.64%) Adobe Illustrator
2 5 (1.64%) Photoshop
2 5 (1.64%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (0.66%) CATIA
3 2 (0.66%) InVision
3 2 (0.66%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.66%) Trello
3 2 (0.66%) Windchill
4 1 (0.33%) EPLAN
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.33%) Siemens NX
4 1 (0.33%) Simulink
4 1 (0.33%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 3 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.33%) SAP MM
2 1 (0.33%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 64 (21.05%) Figma
2 57 (18.75%) Adobe Analytics
3 39 (12.83%) AWS
4 26 (8.55%) Azure
5 17 (5.59%) Amazon S3
5 17 (5.59%) GCP
6 16 (5.26%) Amazon ECR
7 15 (4.93%) AWS Lambda
7 15 (4.93%) dbt
7 15 (4.93%) Serverless
8 14 (4.61%) Amazon ECS
8 14 (4.61%) AWS CloudFormation
9 12 (3.95%) AWS Step Functions
10 11 (3.62%) SaaS
11 10 (3.29%) Apigee
12 9 (2.96%) Amazon SQS
13 6 (1.97%) Microsoft 365
14 5 (1.64%) Azure Machine Learning
14 5 (1.64%) Microsoft Copilot
15 4 (1.32%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 65 (21.38%) Broadband
2 6 (1.97%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.64%) Intranet
3 5 (1.64%) WPA
4 3 (0.99%) Software-Defined Radio
4 3 (0.99%) Wireless
5 1 (0.33%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.33%) LTE
5 1 (0.33%) RS-232
5 1 (0.33%) RS-485
5 1 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.93%) DynamoDB
2 7 (2.30%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
2 7 (2.30%) Redis
3 6 (1.97%) Relational Database
4 5 (1.64%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.32%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (0.99%) ClickHouse
7 2 (0.66%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.66%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.33%) Big Data
8 1 (0.33%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.33%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.33%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (5.59%) Git
2 13 (4.28%) GitLab
3 12 (3.95%) Jenkins
4 10 (3.29%) Cypress.io
4 10 (3.29%) Maven
4 10 (3.29%) SonarQube
5 8 (2.63%) JIRA
5 8 (2.63%) LabVIEW
6 5 (1.64%) Postman
7 3 (0.99%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.99%) Eclipse RCP
8 2 (0.66%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.66%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.66%) Bower
8 2 (0.66%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.33%) Zephyr
General
1 80 (26.32%) Social Skills
2 57 (18.75%) Games
3 48 (15.79%) Electronics
4 43 (14.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 42 (13.82%) Analytical Skills
6 34 (11.18%) Manufacturing
7 30 (9.87%) Finance
7 30 (9.87%) Public Sector
8 12 (3.95%) Legal
9 10 (3.29%) Marketing
9 10 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.96%) Aerospace
11 8 (2.63%) Documentation Skills
12 6 (1.97%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.32%) Swedish Language
14 3 (0.99%) Influencing Skills
15 2 (0.66%) Law
15 2 (0.66%) Retail
16 1 (0.33%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 59 (19.41%) Designer
2 49 (16.12%) Senior
3 47 (15.46%) Lead
4 45 (14.80%) Developer
5 28 (9.21%) Systems Engineer
6 26 (8.55%) Lead Designer
6 26 (8.55%) Software Engineer
7 19 (6.25%) Interaction Designer
8 18 (5.92%) Architect
9 16 (5.26%) Product Manager
10 15 (4.93%) UX Designer
11 13 (4.28%) Full-Stack Developer
12 12 (3.95%) Hardware Engineer
12 12 (3.95%) Lead UX Designer
12 12 (3.95%) Systems Manager
13 11 (3.62%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 11 (3.62%) Digital Designer
13 11 (3.62%) Technical Architect
14 10 (3.29%) Consultant
14 10 (3.29%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.26%) AngularJS
2 14 (4.61%) React
3 13 (4.28%) .NET
3 13 (4.28%) Spring Boot
4 12 (3.95%) HTML
5 10 (3.29%) CSS
5 10 (3.29%) Gherkin
5 10 (3.29%) Jest
6 9 (2.96%) Web Services
7 8 (2.63%) LangChain
8 7 (2.30%) RESTful
9 6 (1.97%) JSON
9 6 (1.97%) XML
10 5 (1.64%) Ajax
10 5 (1.64%) AWS CDK
10 5 (1.64%) jQuery
10 5 (1.64%) REST
11 4 (1.32%) Django
12 3 (0.99%) .NET Framework
12 3 (0.99%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 57 (18.75%) Social Media
2 18 (5.92%) Cloud Native
3 16 (5.26%) Embedded Systems
4 14 (4.61%) FPGA
4 14 (4.61%) IoT
4 14 (4.61%) Self-Motivation
5 10 (3.29%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (2.96%) Robotics
7 8 (2.63%) Fibre Optics
8 7 (2.30%) Data Structures
8 7 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
8 7 (2.30%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.30%) Product Ownership
8 7 (2.30%) Public Cloud
8 7 (2.30%) Verilog
8 7 (2.30%) VHDL
9 6 (1.97%) FMCG
9 6 (1.97%) Life Science
10 5 (1.64%) Algorithms
10 5 (1.64%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.95%) Linux
2 7 (2.30%) Unix
3 1 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.33%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.33%) ThreadX
3 1 (0.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 154 (50.66%) Agile
2 139 (45.72%) AI
3 91 (29.93%) User Research
4 90 (29.61%) Roadmaps
4 90 (29.61%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 76 (25.00%) Analytics
6 72 (23.68%) Product Roadmap
7 69 (22.70%) Customer Experience
8 61 (20.07%) Rapid Prototyping
8 61 (20.07%) Storytelling
9 57 (18.75%) Digital Customer Experience
10 49 (16.12%) Problem-Solving
11 48 (15.79%) Validation
12 46 (15.13%) User Experience
13 43 (14.14%) Software Engineering
14 39 (12.83%) CI/CD
15 37 (12.17%) Continuous Improvement
15 37 (12.17%) Customer Insight
16 35 (11.51%) DevOps
16 35 (11.51%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 59 (19.41%) Python
2 32 (10.53%) Java
3 24 (7.89%) C
4 23 (7.57%) C++
5 22 (7.24%) TypeScript
6 21 (6.91%) C#
7 14 (4.61%) JavaScript
7 14 (4.61%) SQL
8 11 (3.62%) Bash
8 11 (3.62%) MATLAB
9 10 (3.29%) Groovy
10 5 (1.64%) Embedded C
10 5 (1.64%) PHP
11 3 (0.99%) Pascal
11 3 (0.99%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.99%) Rust
12 2 (0.66%) Go
12 2 (0.66%) Julia
13 1 (0.33%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 80 (26.32%) Degree
2 44 (14.47%) Security Cleared
3 36 (11.84%) SC Cleared
4 20 (6.58%) Master's Degree
5 13 (4.28%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (3.62%) PhD
7 10 (3.29%) AWS Certification
7 10 (3.29%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 10 (3.29%) ITIL Certification
8 7 (2.30%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.64%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.64%) HND
10 3 (0.99%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.33%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.33%) Chartered Engineer
11 1 (0.33%) HNC
11 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 86 (28.29%) Accessibility
2 37 (12.17%) WCAG
3 4 (1.32%) DO-254
3 4 (1.32%) QA
4 3 (0.99%) GDPR
5 2 (0.66%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.66%) JTAG
6 1 (0.33%) DO-178B
System Software
1 25 (8.22%) Docker
2 13 (4.28%) Firmware
3 7 (2.30%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 10 (3.29%) HP Fortify
1 10 (3.29%) Terraform
2 6 (1.97%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.32%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 70 (23.03%) Adobe
2 21 (6.91%) Microsoft
3 16 (5.26%) Google
4 15 (4.93%) OpenAI
5 8 (2.63%) EMC
6 4 (1.32%) Foundry
7 3 (0.99%) Motorola
7 3 (0.99%) SAP
7 3 (0.99%) Xilinx
8 2 (0.66%) Altera
8 2 (0.66%) Intel
9 1 (0.33%) Autodesk
9 1 (0.33%) Databricks
9 1 (0.33%) Salesforce