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 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 311 279 307
Rank change year-on-year -32 +28 -19
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 242 417 285
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.70% 0.83% 0.89%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.81% 1.04% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 75 132 201
10th Percentile £37,500 £47,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,500 £52,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,250 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.04% -2.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,313 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,000 £86,875 £80,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% - -

All Process and 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 29,959 39,962 30,302
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 87.08% 79.63% 94.16%
Number of salaries quoted 16,193 19,950 22,407
10th Percentile £26,750 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,000 £40,000 £39,790
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £64,000 £68,216 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 14 October 2025.

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 14 October 2025. 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
Scotland +71 96 £73,801 +13.54% 26
South East -80 59 £62,875 -13.28% 143
North of England -43 38 £60,000 - 46
North West -41 27 £66,901 +2.92% 27
Midlands +44 19 £58,750 +0.49% 21
East of England -20 14 £82,500 +50.00% 20
East Midlands +29 12 £33,000 -17.50% 11
South West +29 7 £85,000 +28.30% 35
West Midlands +28 7 £60,000 +2.63% 10
Wales +5 7 £54,750 -21.79% 12
Yorkshire +2 7 £30,500 -47.83% 11
North East +7 4 £65,000 - 9
Northern Ireland 0 2 £73,801 +23.00% 3
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 (2.48%) Confluence
2 4 (1.65%) Apache
3 3 (1.24%) IIS
3 3 (1.24%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.41%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 7 (2.89%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 6 (2.48%) MS Visio
3 5 (2.07%) Sketch
3 5 (2.07%) SOLIDWORKS
4 4 (1.65%) Adobe XD
4 4 (1.65%) Autodesk Inventor
4 4 (1.65%) Chatbot
4 4 (1.65%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (1.24%) Adobe After Effects
6 2 (0.83%) InVision
7 1 (0.41%) Adobe Captivate
7 1 (0.41%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.41%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.41%) AutoCAD
7 1 (0.41%) GNU Octave
7 1 (0.41%) InDesign
7 1 (0.41%) Maya
7 1 (0.41%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.41%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.65%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 48 (19.83%) AWS
2 38 (15.70%) Azure
3 32 (13.22%) GCP
4 23 (9.50%) Figma
5 15 (6.20%) Azure AI
5 15 (6.20%) Vertex AI
6 11 (4.55%) GitHub
7 7 (2.89%) Adobe Analytics
8 6 (2.48%) Amazon ECR
8 6 (2.48%) Amazon ECS
8 6 (2.48%) Amazon ElastiCache
8 6 (2.48%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 6 (2.48%) AWS CloudFormation
8 6 (2.48%) dbt
8 6 (2.48%) PaaS
8 6 (2.48%) Pulumi
8 6 (2.48%) Sentry
9 5 (2.07%) Miro
9 5 (2.07%) SaaS
10 4 (1.65%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 16 (6.61%) Modbus
2 13 (5.37%) MQTT
3 12 (4.96%) Ethernet
4 9 (3.72%) TCP/IP
5 4 (1.65%) Firewall
5 4 (1.65%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (1.24%) Bluetooth
6 3 (1.24%) DNS
6 3 (1.24%) Network Security
6 3 (1.24%) SMTP
6 3 (1.24%) Software-Defined Networking
6 3 (1.24%) VLAN
6 3 (1.24%) VSAN
6 3 (1.24%) Wireshark
6 3 (1.24%) ZigBee
7 1 (0.41%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (4.13%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (3.72%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.31%) MongoDB
4 7 (2.89%) NoSQL
5 6 (2.48%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (2.48%) Elasticsearch
5 6 (2.48%) Redis
6 1 (0.41%) MySQL
6 1 (0.41%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (4.13%) Git
2 7 (2.89%) JIRA
2 7 (2.89%) MSI
3 6 (2.48%) Axure RP
3 6 (2.48%) GitLab
4 4 (1.65%) Cucumber
4 4 (1.65%) Cypress.io
4 4 (1.65%) Selenium
4 4 (1.65%) webpack
5 3 (1.24%) Burp Suite
5 3 (1.24%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.83%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.41%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.41%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.41%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.41%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.41%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.41%) TeamCity
General
1 112 (46.28%) Finance
2 92 (38.02%) Banking
3 35 (14.46%) Social Skills
4 28 (11.57%) Law
5 23 (9.50%) Manufacturing
6 17 (7.02%) Legal
7 13 (5.37%) Pharmaceutical
8 12 (4.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 12 (4.96%) Retail
9 11 (4.55%) Analytical Skills
10 9 (3.72%) Electronics
11 7 (2.89%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (2.07%) Aerospace
12 5 (2.07%) Marketing
13 4 (1.65%) Public Sector
14 3 (1.24%) Aviation
14 3 (1.24%) Games
15 2 (0.83%) Advertising
15 2 (0.83%) Digital Health
15 2 (0.83%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 107 (44.21%) Senior
2 102 (42.15%) Designer
3 87 (35.95%) UX Designer
4 83 (34.30%) Senior Designer
5 80 (33.06%) Senior UX Designer
6 26 (10.74%) Software Engineer
7 15 (6.20%) Product Delivery Manager
7 15 (6.20%) Product Manager
8 14 (5.79%) Lead
9 12 (4.96%) Architect
10 11 (4.55%) Automation Engineer
10 11 (4.55%) Developer
11 10 (4.13%) Java Engineer
11 10 (4.13%) Systems Engineer
12 9 (3.72%) Senior Systems Engineer
13 8 (3.31%) Java Software Engineer
13 8 (3.31%) Principal Engineer
13 8 (3.31%) Product Designer
14 7 (2.89%) Solutions Architect
14 7 (2.89%) Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (7.02%) CSS
2 13 (5.37%) React
3 10 (4.13%) .NET
3 10 (4.13%) HTML
4 8 (3.31%) Kafka
4 8 (3.31%) OAuth
4 8 (3.31%) OAuth2
4 8 (3.31%) OpenID
4 8 (3.31%) Spring
4 8 (3.31%) Spring Boot
5 7 (2.89%) AngularJS
5 7 (2.89%) REST
6 6 (2.48%) Django
6 6 (2.48%) SAML
7 5 (2.07%) JSON
7 5 (2.07%) XML
8 4 (1.65%) CSS3
8 4 (1.65%) Playwright
8 4 (1.65%) RxJS
8 4 (1.65%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 24 (9.92%) IoT
2 16 (6.61%) AI Agents
2 16 (6.61%) Operational Technology
2 16 (6.61%) SCADA
3 14 (5.79%) Renewable Energy
4 13 (5.37%) Biopharmaceutical
4 13 (5.37%) Industry 4.0
5 12 (4.96%) Cloud Native
6 11 (4.55%) Data Centre
7 8 (3.31%) Wiki
8 7 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
9 6 (2.48%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (2.07%) FPGA
10 5 (2.07%) Product Ownership
11 4 (1.65%) CAN bus
11 4 (1.65%) Embedded Systems
11 4 (1.65%) Mobile App
11 4 (1.65%) PKI
11 4 (1.65%) Robotics
11 4 (1.65%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.20%) Linux
2 8 (3.31%) Windows
3 6 (2.48%) Unix
4 5 (2.07%) Android
5 3 (1.24%) Kali Linux
5 3 (1.24%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.83%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.41%) CentOS
7 1 (0.41%) FreeRTOS
7 1 (0.41%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.41%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 170 (70.25%) Agile
2 139 (57.44%) User Experience
3 114 (47.11%) Stakeholder Management
4 107 (44.21%) Wireframes
5 102 (42.15%) UX Design
6 94 (38.84%) User Research
7 91 (37.60%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 90 (37.19%) Journey Map
9 87 (35.95%) UX Research
10 86 (35.54%) Design Thinking
11 85 (35.12%) Usability Testing
12 82 (33.88%) Project Management
13 42 (17.36%) Software Engineering
14 35 (14.46%) DevOps
15 32 (13.22%) Continuous Improvement
16 30 (12.40%) Problem-Solving
17 27 (11.16%) AI
17 27 (11.16%) Roadmaps
18 26 (10.74%) Mentoring
19 25 (10.33%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 39 (16.12%) Python
2 25 (10.33%) Java
3 21 (8.68%) C#
4 20 (8.26%) JavaScript
5 10 (4.13%) C++
5 10 (4.13%) PowerShell
5 10 (4.13%) SQL
6 9 (3.72%) Go
7 8 (3.31%) PHP
7 8 (3.31%) TypeScript
8 5 (2.07%) C
9 4 (1.65%) Delphi
10 3 (1.24%) R
10 3 (1.24%) Rust
11 2 (0.83%) MATLAB
12 1 (0.41%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.41%) Embedded C++
12 1 (0.41%) Julia
Qualifications
1 34 (14.05%) Degree
2 30 (12.40%) Security Cleared
3 21 (8.68%) HNC
4 17 (7.02%) HND
5 15 (6.20%) DV Cleared
6 13 (5.37%) Chartered Engineer
7 12 (4.96%) SC Cleared
8 10 (4.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (1.24%) BPSS Clearance
10 2 (0.83%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.41%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.41%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 98 (40.50%) Accessibility
2 7 (2.89%) ISO 9001
3 3 (1.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 3 (1.24%) NCSC
3 3 (1.24%) QA
3 3 (1.24%) WCAG
4 2 (0.83%) COBIT
System Software
1 19 (7.85%) Docker
2 16 (6.61%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (4.55%) VMware ESXi
4 5 (2.07%) Firmware
5 4 (1.65%) Active Directory
6 2 (0.83%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 13 (5.37%) Functional Safety
2 10 (4.13%) Terraform
3 8 (3.31%) Kubernetes
3 8 (3.31%) WMI
4 6 (2.48%) AWS Copilot
5 5 (2.07%) Ansible
6 3 (1.24%) Nessus
6 3 (1.24%) Nmap
7 1 (0.41%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 30 (12.40%) Google
2 19 (7.85%) VMware
3 17 (7.02%) Adobe
3 17 (7.02%) Microsoft
4 15 (6.20%) Foundry
5 13 (5.37%) AVEVA
5 13 (5.37%) Rockwell
5 13 (5.37%) Siemens
6 10 (4.13%) Qualtrics
7 6 (2.48%) Facebook
8 4 (1.65%) Autodesk
8 4 (1.65%) IBM
8 4 (1.65%) Sage
9 3 (1.24%) Cisco
9 3 (1.24%) Red Hat
9 3 (1.24%) Splunk
10 1 (0.41%) Alteryx
10 1 (0.41%) Bloomberg
10 1 (0.41%) EMC
10 1 (0.41%) Guidewire