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 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 396 250 299
Rank change year-on-year -146 +49 -2
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 138 379 389
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.31% 1.08% 0.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 1.20% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 79 143 243
10th Percentile £41,928 £42,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,500 £50,750 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £68,525 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.09% +37.05% -21.71%
75th Percentile £78,790 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,200 £81,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £70,000 £68,525 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.15% +14.21% -11.11%

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 34,459 31,500 38,522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 77.60% 89.64% 87.50%
Number of salaries quoted 19,952 13,983 29,349
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £41,250 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%

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 26 January 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 26 January 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 -73 42 £55,000 -26.67% 108
North of England -30 37 £57,500 -4.17% 49
North West -15 19 £57,500 -4.17% 17
South West -29 16 £79,750 +6.33% 43
Yorkshire -8 14 £49,000 -6.67% 23
East of England -12 14 £90,000 +63.64% 56
Scotland -20 10 £54,500 -21.36% 14
Midlands +20 9 £52,500 -24.25% 47
Wales -11 9 £61,651 -11.05% 10
West Midlands +30 8 £50,000 -27.86% 24
North East -2 4 £73,801 +32.01% 9
Northern Ireland -15 1 £73,801 +6.48% 3
East Midlands - 1 £60,000 - 22
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 (5.07%) Confluence
2 1 (0.72%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (0.72%) WordPress
Applications
1 13 (9.42%) MS Visio
2 9 (6.52%) Adobe XD
3 5 (3.62%) Fusion 360
4 4 (2.90%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (2.90%) Sketch
4 4 (2.90%) SOLIDWORKS
5 2 (1.45%) Autodesk Inventor
5 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
5 2 (1.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.72%) 3ds Max
6 1 (0.72%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (0.72%) AutoCAD
6 1 (0.72%) Blender
6 1 (0.72%) CINEMA 4D
6 1 (0.72%) InVision
6 1 (0.72%) Maya
6 1 (0.72%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.72%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (1.45%) Sage 200
2 1 (0.72%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.72%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (27.54%) Figma
2 28 (20.29%) Azure
3 25 (18.12%) AWS
4 17 (12.32%) GCP
5 16 (11.59%) Amazon ECR
5 16 (11.59%) Amazon ECS
5 16 (11.59%) AWS CloudFormation
6 15 (10.87%) Adobe Analytics
7 11 (7.97%) PaaS
8 10 (7.25%) Amazon ElastiCache
8 10 (7.25%) Amazon OpenSearch
8 10 (7.25%) dbt
8 10 (7.25%) Pulumi
8 10 (7.25%) SaaS
8 10 (7.25%) Sentry
9 9 (6.52%) Miro
10 8 (5.80%) Serverless
11 7 (5.07%) GitHub
12 6 (4.35%) Apigee
12 6 (4.35%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 16 (11.59%) TCP/IP
2 5 (3.62%) Bluetooth
2 5 (3.62%) Firewall
3 4 (2.90%) Broadband
3 4 (2.90%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (2.90%) Modbus
3 4 (2.90%) Network Security
3 4 (2.90%) Software-Defined Radio
3 4 (2.90%) VLAN
3 4 (2.90%) Wireshark
3 4 (2.90%) ZigBee
4 2 (1.45%) 2G
4 2 (1.45%) 4G
4 2 (1.45%) 5G
4 2 (1.45%) DNS
4 2 (1.45%) HTTP
4 2 (1.45%) ICMP
5 1 (0.72%) RFID
5 1 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.72%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (7.25%) Amazon RDS
1 10 (7.25%) Elasticsearch
1 10 (7.25%) PostgreSQL
1 10 (7.25%) Redis
2 6 (4.35%) DynamoDB
3 1 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.72%) GIS
3 1 (0.72%) NoSQL
3 1 (0.72%) Power BI
3 1 (0.72%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (8.70%) Axure RP
2 9 (6.52%) Git
3 8 (5.80%) Cypress.io
3 8 (5.80%) JIRA
4 6 (4.35%) Balsamiq
4 6 (4.35%) GitLab
4 6 (4.35%) Jenkins
4 6 (4.35%) Maven
4 6 (4.35%) SonarQube
5 4 (2.90%) Burp Suite
5 4 (2.90%) IDA Disassembler
5 4 (2.90%) Metasploit
General
1 37 (26.81%) Social Skills
2 30 (21.74%) Analytical Skills
3 23 (16.67%) Finance
4 16 (11.59%) Law
5 13 (9.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 13 (9.42%) Public Sector
6 12 (8.70%) Banking
6 12 (8.70%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (7.97%) Manufacturing
8 10 (7.25%) Electronics
9 7 (5.07%) Retail
10 6 (4.35%) Marketing
11 5 (3.62%) Aerospace
11 5 (3.62%) Legal
12 4 (2.90%) Games
12 4 (2.90%) Organisational Skills
12 4 (2.90%) Presentation Skills
13 3 (2.17%) Aviation
14 1 (0.72%) Military
14 1 (0.72%) Police
Job Titles
1 30 (21.74%) Senior
2 26 (18.84%) Designer
3 19 (13.77%) Developer
4 12 (8.70%) Strategy Manager
5 10 (7.25%) Platform Engineer
5 10 (7.25%) Senior Platform Engineer
6 9 (6.52%) Consultant
7 8 (5.80%) Analyst
7 8 (5.80%) Product Designer
7 8 (5.80%) Software Engineer
7 8 (5.80%) UX Designer
8 7 (5.07%) Business Analyst
8 7 (5.07%) Machine Learning Consultant
8 7 (5.07%) Test Engineer
9 6 (4.35%) Architect
9 6 (4.35%) Full-Stack Developer
9 6 (4.35%) Java Developer
9 6 (4.35%) Senior Analyst
9 6 (4.35%) Senior Business Analyst
9 6 (4.35%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (10.14%) CSS
2 13 (9.42%) AngularJS
3 12 (8.70%) HTML
3 12 (8.70%) React
4 10 (7.25%) Django
4 10 (7.25%) REST
5 9 (6.52%) PyTorch
5 9 (6.52%) Spring Boot
6 8 (5.80%) Jest
6 8 (5.80%) TensorFlow
7 7 (5.07%) Google JAX
7 7 (5.07%) JAX
7 7 (5.07%) Vue
8 6 (4.35%) Gherkin
8 6 (4.35%) JSON
8 6 (4.35%) XML
9 3 (2.17%) Framer.js
9 3 (2.17%) Next.js
9 3 (2.17%) Spring
10 2 (1.45%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 14 (10.14%) Linux Command Line
2 10 (7.25%) Cyber Threat
3 9 (6.52%) Cloud Native
4 8 (5.80%) Product Ownership
5 7 (5.07%) CUDA
5 7 (5.07%) Management Information System
5 7 (5.07%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (3.62%) IoT
6 5 (3.62%) Mobile App
7 4 (2.90%) Animation
7 4 (2.90%) CAN bus
7 4 (2.90%) Life Science
7 4 (2.90%) Operational Technology
7 4 (2.90%) SCADA
8 3 (2.17%) Fibre Optics
8 3 (2.17%) Robotics
8 3 (2.17%) Social Media
9 2 (1.45%) Arduino
9 2 (1.45%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (1.45%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 20 (14.49%) Linux
2 10 (7.25%) Unix
3 5 (3.62%) Android
4 4 (2.90%) Kali Linux
4 4 (2.90%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.72%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.72%) Windows
5 1 (0.72%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (44.93%) Agile
2 60 (43.48%) Problem-Solving
3 53 (38.41%) User Experience
4 39 (28.26%) Wireframes
5 33 (23.91%) UX Design
6 32 (23.19%) AI
7 28 (20.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 24 (17.39%) Continuous Improvement
8 24 (17.39%) DevOps
8 24 (17.39%) User Research
9 23 (16.67%) Software Engineering
10 22 (15.94%) Analytics
10 22 (15.94%) Machine Learning
11 21 (15.22%) Clean Code
11 21 (15.22%) Customer Experience
11 21 (15.22%) Stakeholder Management
11 21 (15.22%) Storytelling
12 20 (14.49%) CI/CD
13 18 (13.04%) Computer Science
13 18 (13.04%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 36 (26.09%) Python
2 17 (12.32%) Java
3 14 (10.14%) C++
4 11 (7.97%) JavaScript
5 8 (5.80%) TypeScript
6 6 (4.35%) Bash
6 6 (4.35%) C
6 6 (4.35%) Groovy
7 5 (3.62%) C#
7 5 (3.62%) SQL
8 4 (2.90%) R
8 4 (2.90%) Rust
9 3 (2.17%) Go
9 3 (2.17%) PHP
10 2 (1.45%) Delphi
11 1 (0.72%) Embedded C
11 1 (0.72%) Embedded C++
11 1 (0.72%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 44 (31.88%) Security Cleared
2 37 (26.81%) Degree
3 30 (21.74%) SC Cleared
4 11 (7.97%) DV Cleared
5 10 (7.25%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (4.35%) AWS Certification
6 6 (4.35%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 6 (4.35%) ITIL Certification
7 5 (3.62%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (2.90%) HNC
8 4 (2.90%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (2.17%) HND
10 1 (0.72%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.72%) MCP
10 1 (0.72%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (28.26%) Accessibility
2 10 (7.25%) WCAG
3 4 (2.90%) ISO 13485
4 3 (2.17%) QA
5 2 (1.45%) GDPR
5 2 (1.45%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.72%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.72%) GRC
6 1 (0.72%) NIST
System Software
1 17 (12.32%) Docker
2 1 (0.72%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.72%) Firmware
2 1 (0.72%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (7.25%) AWS Copilot
1 10 (7.25%) Terraform
2 6 (4.35%) HP Fortify
3 4 (2.90%) Nessus
3 4 (2.90%) Nmap
4 1 (0.72%) WMI
Vendors
1 28 (20.29%) Adobe
2 16 (11.59%) Google
2 16 (11.59%) Qualtrics
3 12 (8.70%) Microsoft
4 4 (2.90%) Cisco
4 4 (2.90%) Red Hat
4 4 (2.90%) Splunk
5 2 (1.45%) Autodesk
5 2 (1.45%) Foundry
5 2 (1.45%) Sage
6 1 (0.72%) Palantir
6 1 (0.72%) Planon
6 1 (0.72%) Remedy
6 1 (0.72%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.72%) ServiceNow
6 1 (0.72%) Siemens
6 1 (0.72%) VMware