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

6 months to
21 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 340 281 375
Rank change year-on-year -59 +94 -60
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 306 297 392
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.42% 0.88% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.99% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 169 89 217
10th Percentile £42,215 £37,500 £38,484
25th Percentile £47,500 £46,250 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £65,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year -13.08% +12.14% -3.39%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £69,800
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £86,000
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 51,105 29,940 53,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.47% 88.23% 79.59%
Number of salaries quoted 35,978 16,122 36,226
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,735 £27,817
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,851 £37,101
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,230 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £56,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +1.82% -8.84%

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 21 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 21 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 +1 75 £50,000 -26.06% 28
East of England +47 74 £74,000 +64.44% 18
South East -20 72 £56,500 -13.08% 41
North West -4 33 £48,750 -29.74% 17
Yorkshire -20 26 £65,000 - 5
Midlands -40 20 £62,500 +6.38% 12
South West -54 20 £60,000 -5.88% 26
Wales -44 19 £53,171 -21.88% 2
West Midlands -17 17 £68,665 +14.44% 8
North East -38 16 £55,000 -15.38% 6
Scotland -67 15 £52,250 +14.50% 15
Northern Ireland -56 11 £80,000 - 1
East Midlands -32 3 £60,000 +81.82% 4
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 (1.31%) Apache
2 3 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (0.98%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.65%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.65%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.65%) Confluence
3 2 (0.65%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (1.96%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 6 (1.96%) Adobe XD
1 6 (1.96%) Sketch
2 5 (1.63%) Adobe After Effects
2 5 (1.63%) Adobe Illustrator
2 5 (1.63%) InDesign
2 5 (1.63%) Photoshop
2 5 (1.63%) SOLIDWORKS
3 2 (0.65%) CATIA
3 2 (0.65%) InVision
3 2 (0.65%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.65%) Trello
3 2 (0.65%) Windchill
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 1 (0.33%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 70 (22.88%) Figma
2 64 (20.92%) Adobe Analytics
3 39 (12.75%) AWS
4 28 (9.15%) Azure
5 18 (5.88%) GCP
6 17 (5.56%) Amazon ECR
6 17 (5.56%) Amazon S3
7 15 (4.90%) Amazon ECS
7 15 (4.90%) AWS CloudFormation
7 15 (4.90%) AWS Lambda
7 15 (4.90%) dbt
7 15 (4.90%) Serverless
8 13 (4.25%) AWS Step Functions
9 11 (3.59%) Apigee
10 10 (3.27%) Amazon SQS
10 10 (3.27%) SaaS
11 7 (2.29%) Microsoft 365
12 5 (1.63%) Azure DevOps
12 5 (1.63%) Azure Machine Learning
12 5 (1.63%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 71 (23.20%) Broadband
2 6 (1.96%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.63%) Intranet
3 5 (1.63%) WPA
4 4 (1.31%) Software-Defined Radio
5 3 (0.98%) Wireless
6 1 (0.33%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.33%) LTE
6 1 (0.33%) RS-232
6 1 (0.33%) RS-485
6 1 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.90%) DynamoDB
2 7 (2.29%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (2.29%) Redis
3 6 (1.96%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.63%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.31%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (1.31%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.98%) ClickHouse
7 2 (0.65%) Amazon Athena
8 1 (0.33%) Big Data
8 1 (0.33%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.33%) Geospatial Data
8 1 (0.33%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.33%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (5.56%) Git
2 14 (4.58%) GitLab
3 13 (4.25%) Jenkins
4 11 (3.59%) Cypress.io
4 11 (3.59%) Maven
4 11 (3.59%) SonarQube
5 8 (2.61%) JIRA
5 8 (2.61%) LabVIEW
6 4 (1.31%) Postman
7 3 (0.98%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.98%) Eclipse RCP
8 2 (0.65%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.65%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.65%) Bower
8 2 (0.65%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.33%) Zephyr
General
1 77 (25.16%) Social Skills
2 63 (20.59%) Games
3 47 (15.36%) Electronics
4 42 (13.73%) Analytical Skills
4 42 (13.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 32 (10.46%) Manufacturing
6 30 (9.80%) Finance
7 29 (9.48%) Public Sector
8 11 (3.59%) Legal
9 10 (3.27%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.94%) Marketing
11 8 (2.61%) Aerospace
11 8 (2.61%) Documentation Skills
12 5 (1.63%) Pharmaceutical
13 4 (1.31%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.31%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.31%) Swedish Language
14 3 (0.98%) Law
15 2 (0.65%) Retail
16 1 (0.33%) Billing
Job Titles
1 64 (20.92%) Designer
2 51 (16.67%) Lead
3 49 (16.01%) Senior
4 44 (14.38%) Developer
5 31 (10.13%) Lead Designer
6 29 (9.48%) Systems Engineer
7 24 (7.84%) Software Engineer
8 18 (5.88%) Architect
8 18 (5.88%) Interaction Designer
8 18 (5.88%) UX Designer
9 15 (4.90%) Product Manager
10 14 (4.58%) Digital Designer
10 14 (4.58%) Lead UX Designer
11 12 (3.92%) Full-Stack Developer
11 12 (3.92%) Hardware Engineer
11 12 (3.92%) Systems Manager
12 11 (3.59%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
12 11 (3.59%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 11 (3.59%) Technical Architect
13 10 (3.27%) Integration Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.23%) AngularJS
2 14 (4.58%) Spring Boot
3 12 (3.92%) .NET
3 12 (3.92%) HTML
3 12 (3.92%) React
4 11 (3.59%) Gherkin
4 11 (3.59%) Jest
5 10 (3.27%) CSS
6 8 (2.61%) Web Services
7 7 (2.29%) LangChain
8 6 (1.96%) JSON
8 6 (1.96%) RESTful
8 6 (1.96%) XML
9 5 (1.63%) Ajax
9 5 (1.63%) jQuery
9 5 (1.63%) REST
10 4 (1.31%) AWS CDK
10 4 (1.31%) Django
11 3 (0.98%) Google JAX
11 3 (0.98%) Semantic Kernel
Miscellaneous
1 63 (20.59%) Social Media
2 16 (5.23%) Cloud Native
2 16 (5.23%) Embedded Systems
3 15 (4.90%) FPGA
4 14 (4.58%) IoT
5 13 (4.25%) Self-Motivation
6 10 (3.27%) Legacy Systems
7 9 (2.94%) Robotics
8 8 (2.61%) Fibre Optics
9 7 (2.29%) Data Structures
9 7 (2.29%) Life Science
9 7 (2.29%) Product Ownership
9 7 (2.29%) Verilog
9 7 (2.29%) VHDL
10 6 (1.96%) Distributed Systems
10 6 (1.96%) FMCG
10 6 (1.96%) Onboarding
11 5 (1.63%) Analogue Electronics
11 5 (1.63%) Public Cloud
11 5 (1.63%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.92%) Linux
2 7 (2.29%) Unix
3 1 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.33%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.33%) ThreadX
3 1 (0.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 159 (51.96%) Agile
2 143 (46.73%) AI
3 98 (32.03%) User Research
4 97 (31.70%) Roadmaps
4 97 (31.70%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 83 (27.12%) Analytics
6 78 (25.49%) Product Roadmap
7 77 (25.16%) Customer Experience
8 67 (21.90%) Storytelling
9 63 (20.59%) Digital Customer Experience
10 58 (18.95%) Rapid Prototyping
11 50 (16.34%) Problem-Solving
12 46 (15.03%) User Experience
12 46 (15.03%) Validation
13 43 (14.05%) Customer Insight
14 42 (13.73%) Software Engineering
14 42 (13.73%) Workshop Facilitation
15 38 (12.42%) CI/CD
16 37 (12.09%) Continuous Improvement
16 37 (12.09%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 59 (19.28%) Python
2 32 (10.46%) Java
3 24 (7.84%) C
4 23 (7.52%) C++
5 22 (7.19%) TypeScript
6 20 (6.54%) C#
7 14 (4.58%) JavaScript
8 12 (3.92%) Bash
8 12 (3.92%) SQL
9 11 (3.59%) Groovy
9 11 (3.59%) MATLAB
10 5 (1.63%) Embedded C
10 5 (1.63%) PHP
11 3 (0.98%) Pascal
11 3 (0.98%) PowerShell
11 3 (0.98%) Rust
12 2 (0.65%) Julia
13 1 (0.33%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.33%) Go
Qualifications
1 82 (26.80%) Degree
2 45 (14.71%) Security Cleared
3 37 (12.09%) SC Cleared
4 21 (6.86%) Master's Degree
5 13 (4.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 11 (3.59%) AWS Certification
6 11 (3.59%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 11 (3.59%) ITIL Certification
6 11 (3.59%) PhD
7 7 (2.29%) DV Cleared
8 5 (1.63%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.63%) HND
9 3 (0.98%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.33%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.33%) HNC
10 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (30.39%) Accessibility
2 39 (12.75%) WCAG
3 4 (1.31%) DO-254
3 4 (1.31%) GDPR
3 4 (1.31%) QA
4 2 (0.65%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.65%) JTAG
5 1 (0.33%) DO-178B
5 1 (0.33%) GRC
5 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 25 (8.17%) Docker
2 14 (4.58%) Firmware
3 7 (2.29%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (3.59%) HP Fortify
2 9 (2.94%) Terraform
3 5 (1.63%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.31%) AWS Copilot
Vendors
1 77 (25.16%) Adobe
2 22 (7.19%) Microsoft
3 16 (5.23%) Google
4 14 (4.58%) OpenAI
5 8 (2.61%) EMC
6 4 (1.31%) Foundry
7 3 (0.98%) Motorola
7 3 (0.98%) Xilinx
8 2 (0.65%) Altera
8 2 (0.65%) Intel
8 2 (0.65%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.33%) Databricks
9 1 (0.33%) Planon
9 1 (0.33%) Qualtrics
9 1 (0.33%) SAP
9 1 (0.33%) ServiceNow