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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 304 321
Rank change year-on-year -60 +17 -19
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 334 271 388
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.79% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.92% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 212 82 146
10th Percentile £41,347 £37,500 £43,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,563 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +2.04% -5.92%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £87,125 £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 56,679 29,550 44,225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.22% 86.40% 77.99%
Number of salaries quoted 40,228 16,042 25,787
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -8.65% -5.04%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £66,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £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 4 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 4 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 -14 86 £58,250 -15.88% 114
North of England -12 85 £55,000 -12.00% 86
East of England +13 57 £61,250 +36.11% 75
North West -5 39 £50,000 -25.93% 58
Midlands -30 30 £57,500 -4.17% 49
South West -53 30 £60,000 -29.41% 106
West Midlands -15 23 £57,500 -4.17% 33
Yorkshire -27 23 £66,250 +56.80% 17
North East -43 23 £60,000 -7.69% 11
Wales -55 21 £53,171 -2.88% 13
Scotland -74 15 £55,000 -12.44% 64
Northern Ireland -75 10 £80,000 - 22
East Midlands -39 7 £47,500 +43.94% 16
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 (2.10%) Confluence
2 6 (1.80%) Apache
3 3 (0.90%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.90%) Jupyter
3 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.90%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.30%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.30%) CMS
5 1 (0.30%) WordPress
Applications
1 18 (5.39%) SOLIDWORKS
2 8 (2.40%) Solid Edge
3 7 (2.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 7 (2.10%) Adobe XD
3 7 (2.10%) InDesign
4 5 (1.50%) Adobe After Effects
4 5 (1.50%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.50%) Photoshop
5 4 (1.20%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.20%) Sketch
6 2 (0.60%) EPLAN
6 2 (0.60%) InVision
6 2 (0.60%) OrCAD
6 2 (0.60%) Trello
6 2 (0.60%) UserZoom
6 2 (0.60%) Windchill
7 1 (0.30%) CATIA
7 1 (0.30%) Mathcad
7 1 (0.30%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 8 (2.40%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.20%) SAP SD
3 3 (0.90%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.30%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 58 (17.37%) Figma
2 39 (11.68%) AWS
3 31 (9.28%) Adobe Analytics
4 26 (7.78%) Azure
5 20 (5.99%) Amazon S3
6 18 (5.39%) AWS Lambda
6 18 (5.39%) Serverless
7 13 (3.89%) SaaS
8 12 (3.59%) dbt
8 12 (3.59%) GCP
9 10 (2.99%) Amazon ECR
9 10 (2.99%) AWS Step Functions
9 10 (2.99%) GitHub
10 9 (2.69%) AWS CloudFormation
10 9 (2.69%) Power Platform
11 8 (2.40%) Amazon ECS
11 8 (2.40%) Apigee
11 8 (2.40%) Azure AI
11 8 (2.40%) Azure Machine Learning
12 7 (2.10%) Amazon SQS
Communications & Networking
1 38 (11.38%) Broadband
2 5 (1.50%) Intranet
2 5 (1.50%) WPA
3 4 (1.20%) Wireless
4 3 (0.90%) Software-Defined Radio
5 2 (0.60%) RS-485
5 2 (0.60%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.30%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.30%) LTE
6 1 (0.30%) RS-232
6 1 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.09%) DynamoDB
2 6 (1.80%) Relational Database
3 4 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.20%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.90%) ClickHouse
4 3 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (0.90%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (0.90%) Power BI
4 3 (0.90%) Redis
4 3 (0.90%) Tableau
5 2 (0.60%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.60%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.30%) Big Data
6 1 (0.30%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.30%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.30%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.30%) OLAP
6 1 (0.30%) OLTP
6 1 (0.30%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 17 (5.09%) Git
2 12 (3.59%) JIRA
3 11 (3.29%) GitLab
4 10 (2.99%) Jenkins
5 8 (2.40%) Cypress.io
5 8 (2.40%) LabVIEW
5 8 (2.40%) Maven
5 8 (2.40%) SonarQube
6 6 (1.80%) Postman
7 3 (0.90%) Axure RP
7 3 (0.90%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.90%) Eclipse RCP
8 2 (0.60%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.60%) Bower
8 2 (0.60%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.30%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.30%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.30%) ERwin
9 1 (0.30%) Zephyr
General
1 110 (32.93%) Social Skills
2 73 (21.86%) Electronics
3 55 (16.47%) Manufacturing
4 47 (14.07%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (13.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (11.38%) Finance
7 34 (10.18%) Public Sector
8 32 (9.58%) Games
9 30 (8.98%) Aerospace
10 13 (3.89%) Legal
11 12 (3.59%) Marketing
12 11 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (2.99%) Automotive
14 7 (2.10%) Documentation Skills
15 6 (1.80%) Military
16 5 (1.50%) Pharmaceutical
16 5 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
16 5 (1.50%) Swedish Language
17 4 (1.20%) Law
17 4 (1.20%) Retail
Job Titles
1 61 (18.26%) Senior
2 56 (16.77%) Designer
3 50 (14.97%) Developer
4 37 (11.08%) Lead
5 28 (8.38%) Software Engineer
6 25 (7.49%) Systems Engineer
7 21 (6.29%) Interaction Designer
8 19 (5.69%) Architect
9 18 (5.39%) Full-Stack Developer
9 18 (5.39%) Lead Designer
10 14 (4.19%) Product Manager
11 13 (3.89%) UX Designer
12 12 (3.59%) Consultant
12 12 (3.59%) Electronics Engineer
12 12 (3.59%) Senior Designer
13 11 (3.29%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
13 11 (3.29%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 11 (3.29%) Technical Architect
14 10 (2.99%) Senior Interaction Designer
15 9 (2.69%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (6.59%) React
2 16 (4.79%) .NET
3 14 (4.19%) AngularJS
4 13 (3.89%) CSS
4 13 (3.89%) HTML
5 12 (3.59%) Spring Boot
6 11 (3.29%) LangChain
6 11 (3.29%) Terraform
7 10 (2.99%) Web Services
8 9 (2.69%) AWS CDK
8 9 (2.69%) RESTful
9 8 (2.40%) Gherkin
9 8 (2.40%) Jest
10 7 (2.10%) Next.js
11 6 (1.80%) JSON
11 6 (1.80%) PyTorch
11 6 (1.80%) TensorFlow
11 6 (1.80%) XML
12 5 (1.50%) Ajax
12 5 (1.50%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 31 (9.28%) Social Media
2 26 (7.78%) Embedded Systems
3 25 (7.49%) Cloud Native
4 17 (5.09%) Robotics
4 17 (5.09%) Self-Motivation
5 16 (4.79%) FPGA
6 13 (3.89%) IoT
6 13 (3.89%) Product Ownership
7 12 (3.59%) Public Cloud
8 10 (2.99%) Analogue Electronics
8 10 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
8 10 (2.99%) Life Science
9 9 (2.69%) Onboarding
9 9 (2.69%) VHDL
10 8 (2.40%) Data Structures
10 8 (2.40%) Fibre Optics
10 8 (2.40%) Verilog
11 7 (2.10%) Acoustics
11 7 (2.10%) Algorithms
11 7 (2.10%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (2.69%) Linux
2 3 (0.90%) Unix
3 2 (0.60%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.30%) Android
4 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.30%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.30%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 138 (41.32%) Agile
2 132 (39.52%) AI
3 73 (21.86%) Rapid Prototyping
4 68 (20.36%) User Research
5 67 (20.06%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 65 (19.46%) Validation
7 64 (19.16%) Roadmaps
8 62 (18.56%) Analytics
9 61 (18.26%) Continuous Improvement
10 56 (16.77%) Problem-Solving
11 54 (16.17%) Mentoring
12 52 (15.57%) Software Engineering
12 52 (15.57%) User Experience
13 45 (13.47%) Customer Experience
13 45 (13.47%) Product Roadmap
14 41 (12.28%) CI/CD
15 36 (10.78%) LLM
16 35 (10.48%) Storytelling
16 35 (10.48%) UX Design
17 33 (9.88%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 57 (17.07%) Python
2 30 (8.98%) Java
3 26 (7.78%) C
3 26 (7.78%) TypeScript
4 21 (6.29%) C++
5 20 (5.99%) C#
6 18 (5.39%) JavaScript
7 16 (4.79%) SQL
8 11 (3.29%) MATLAB
9 9 (2.69%) Bash
10 8 (2.40%) Groovy
11 7 (2.10%) Embedded C
12 5 (1.50%) PHP
13 3 (0.90%) Pascal
13 3 (0.90%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.90%) Rust
14 2 (0.60%) Go
15 1 (0.30%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.30%) Embedded C++
15 1 (0.30%) Julia
Qualifications
1 103 (30.84%) Degree
2 67 (20.06%) Security Cleared
3 46 (13.77%) SC Cleared
4 19 (5.69%) Master's Degree
5 17 (5.09%) BPSS Clearance
6 13 (3.89%) PhD
7 12 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (2.69%) AWS Certification
9 8 (2.40%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 8 (2.40%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (2.10%) DV Cleared
10 7 (2.10%) HND
11 4 (1.20%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.90%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.60%) Chartered Engineer
13 2 (0.60%) HNC
14 1 (0.30%) OCP
14 1 (0.30%) Oracle Certification
14 1 (0.30%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (21.86%) Accessibility
2 25 (7.49%) WCAG
3 10 (2.99%) QA
4 5 (1.50%) DO-254
5 4 (1.20%) GDPR
6 3 (0.90%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.90%) JTAG
7 2 (0.60%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.30%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.30%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.30%) GRC
8 1 (0.30%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.30%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 22 (6.59%) Firmware
2 20 (5.99%) Docker
3 8 (2.40%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (2.40%) HP Fortify
1 8 (2.40%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.30%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 47 (14.07%) Adobe
2 26 (7.78%) Microsoft
3 23 (6.89%) OpenAI
4 14 (4.19%) EMC
4 14 (4.19%) Google
5 8 (2.40%) SAP
6 5 (1.50%) Foundry
7 3 (0.90%) Databricks
7 3 (0.90%) Motorola
7 3 (0.90%) Siemens
7 3 (0.90%) Xilinx
8 2 (0.60%) Altera
8 2 (0.60%) Autodesk
8 2 (0.60%) Intel
8 2 (0.60%) Salesforce
8 2 (0.60%) YouTube
9 1 (0.30%) Apple
9 1 (0.30%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.30%) Sparx
9 1 (0.30%) Trend Micro