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 19 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 343 299 338
Rank change year-on-year -44 +39 -68
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 341 293 375
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.44% 0.84% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.97% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 201 91 177
10th Percentile £41,000 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,375 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £60,000 £58,465
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +2.63% -6.46%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £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 55,053 30,288 46,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.38% 87.26% 78.41%
Number of salaries quoted 38,734 16,503 29,123
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £86,250 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%

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 19 August 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 19 August 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 -8 86 £57,500 -5.35% 92
North of England 0 82 £52,500 -19.23% 69
East of England +24 71 £61,250 +36.11% 68
North West -2 37 £48,750 -27.91% 45
South West -44 30 £60,000 -5.88% 57
Midlands -40 24 £60,000 - 29
Yorkshire -13 23 £65,000 +20.37% 8
North East -39 22 £58,750 -9.62% 16
Wales -44 21 £53,171 -21.88% 11
West Midlands -22 18 £61,250 +2.08% 15
Scotland -80 17 £52,250 -34.69% 47
Northern Ireland -75 10 £80,000 - 16
East Midlands -26 6 £50,000 +51.52% 14
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 (1.76%) Confluence
2 5 (1.47%) Apache
3 3 (0.88%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
3 3 (0.88%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.59%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.59%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (4.11%) SOLIDWORKS
2 8 (2.35%) Solid Edge
3 7 (2.05%) Adobe XD
3 7 (2.05%) InDesign
4 6 (1.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 5 (1.47%) Adobe After Effects
5 5 (1.47%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (1.47%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (1.47%) MS Visio
5 5 (1.47%) Photoshop
6 4 (1.17%) Sketch
7 2 (0.59%) EPLAN
7 2 (0.59%) InVision
7 2 (0.59%) OrCAD
7 2 (0.59%) Trello
7 2 (0.59%) Windchill
8 1 (0.29%) Mathcad
8 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Office
8 1 (0.29%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.29%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 8 (2.35%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.17%) SAP SD
3 3 (0.88%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.29%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 63 (18.48%) Figma
2 49 (14.37%) Adobe Analytics
3 40 (11.73%) AWS
4 26 (7.62%) Azure
5 21 (6.16%) Amazon S3
6 19 (5.57%) AWS Lambda
6 19 (5.57%) Serverless
7 13 (3.81%) GCP
8 12 (3.52%) SaaS
9 11 (3.23%) Amazon ECR
9 11 (3.23%) AWS Step Functions
9 11 (3.23%) dbt
10 10 (2.93%) AWS CloudFormation
10 10 (2.93%) GitHub
11 9 (2.64%) Amazon ECS
11 9 (2.64%) Apigee
11 9 (2.64%) Power Platform
12 8 (2.35%) Amazon SQS
12 8 (2.35%) Azure AI
12 8 (2.35%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 56 (16.42%) Broadband
2 5 (1.47%) Intranet
2 5 (1.47%) WPA
3 3 (0.88%) Software-Defined Radio
3 3 (0.88%) Wireless
4 2 (0.59%) RS-485
4 2 (0.59%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.29%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.29%) LTE
5 1 (0.29%) RS-232
5 1 (0.29%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (5.28%) DynamoDB
2 6 (1.76%) Relational Database
3 5 (1.47%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.88%) ClickHouse
4 3 (0.88%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (0.88%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.88%) Power BI
4 3 (0.88%) Redis
4 3 (0.88%) Tableau
5 2 (0.59%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.59%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.29%) Big Data
6 1 (0.29%) Data Mining
6 1 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.29%) Flink
6 1 (0.29%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.29%) Looker
6 1 (0.29%) Metadata
6 1 (0.29%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 17 (4.99%) Git
2 12 (3.52%) GitLab
3 11 (3.23%) Jenkins
3 11 (3.23%) JIRA
4 9 (2.64%) Cypress.io
4 9 (2.64%) Maven
4 9 (2.64%) SonarQube
5 8 (2.35%) LabVIEW
6 6 (1.76%) Postman
7 3 (0.88%) Axure RP
7 3 (0.88%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.88%) Eclipse RCP
8 2 (0.59%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.59%) Bower
8 2 (0.59%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.29%) Balsamiq
9 1 (0.29%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.29%) ERwin
9 1 (0.29%) Zephyr
General
1 103 (30.21%) Social Skills
2 68 (19.94%) Electronics
3 51 (14.96%) Manufacturing
4 49 (14.37%) Games
5 47 (13.78%) Analytical Skills
6 46 (13.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 39 (11.44%) Finance
8 34 (9.97%) Public Sector
9 27 (7.92%) Aerospace
10 13 (3.81%) Legal
11 12 (3.52%) Marketing
12 11 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
13 9 (2.64%) Automotive
13 9 (2.64%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.76%) Pharmaceutical
15 5 (1.47%) Presentation Skills
16 4 (1.17%) Law
16 4 (1.17%) Retail
16 4 (1.17%) Swedish Language
17 2 (0.59%) Military
Job Titles
1 62 (18.18%) Senior
2 57 (16.72%) Designer
3 51 (14.96%) Developer
4 41 (12.02%) Lead
5 27 (7.92%) Software Engineer
5 27 (7.92%) Systems Engineer
6 21 (6.16%) Lead Designer
7 20 (5.87%) Interaction Designer
8 19 (5.57%) Architect
9 17 (4.99%) Full-Stack Developer
10 16 (4.69%) Product Manager
11 15 (4.40%) Consultant
12 14 (4.11%) UX Designer
13 12 (3.52%) Systems Manager
14 11 (3.23%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
14 11 (3.23%) Electronics Engineer
14 11 (3.23%) Hardware Engineer
14 11 (3.23%) Senior Designer
14 11 (3.23%) Senior Systems Engineer
14 11 (3.23%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (5.87%) React
2 15 (4.40%) .NET
2 15 (4.40%) AngularJS
3 12 (3.52%) CSS
3 12 (3.52%) HTML
3 12 (3.52%) Spring Boot
4 11 (3.23%) LangChain
5 10 (2.93%) Web Services
6 9 (2.64%) AWS CDK
6 9 (2.64%) Gherkin
6 9 (2.64%) Jest
6 9 (2.64%) RESTful
7 7 (2.05%) Next.js
7 7 (2.05%) PyTorch
7 7 (2.05%) TensorFlow
8 6 (1.76%) JSON
8 6 (1.76%) XML
9 5 (1.47%) Ajax
9 5 (1.47%) jQuery
9 5 (1.47%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 49 (14.37%) Social Media
2 25 (7.33%) Cloud Native
2 25 (7.33%) Embedded Systems
3 18 (5.28%) FPGA
4 15 (4.40%) Self-Motivation
5 12 (3.52%) IoT
5 12 (3.52%) Public Cloud
5 12 (3.52%) Robotics
6 11 (3.23%) Life Science
6 11 (3.23%) Product Ownership
7 10 (2.93%) Analogue Electronics
7 10 (2.93%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (2.35%) Fibre Optics
8 8 (2.35%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.35%) VHDL
9 7 (2.05%) Acoustics
9 7 (2.05%) Data Structures
9 7 (2.05%) Distributed Systems
9 7 (2.05%) Verilog
10 6 (1.76%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.35%) Linux
2 3 (0.88%) Unix
3 1 (0.29%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.29%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.29%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (44.87%) Agile
2 147 (43.11%) AI
3 85 (24.93%) User Research
4 83 (24.34%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 81 (23.75%) Roadmaps
6 78 (22.87%) Analytics
7 72 (21.11%) Rapid Prototyping
8 63 (18.48%) Customer Experience
8 63 (18.48%) Product Roadmap
9 61 (17.89%) Validation
10 57 (16.72%) Problem-Solving
11 53 (15.54%) Continuous Improvement
11 53 (15.54%) Storytelling
11 53 (15.54%) User Experience
12 51 (14.96%) Mentoring
13 49 (14.37%) Digital Customer Experience
13 49 (14.37%) Software Engineering
14 40 (11.73%) CI/CD
15 37 (10.85%) UX Design
16 36 (10.56%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 60 (17.60%) Python
2 29 (8.50%) Java
3 25 (7.33%) C
3 25 (7.33%) TypeScript
4 22 (6.45%) C#
4 22 (6.45%) C++
5 17 (4.99%) JavaScript
6 15 (4.40%) SQL
7 11 (3.23%) MATLAB
8 10 (2.93%) Bash
9 9 (2.64%) Groovy
10 6 (1.76%) Embedded C
11 5 (1.47%) PHP
12 3 (0.88%) Pascal
12 3 (0.88%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.88%) Rust
13 2 (0.59%) Go
14 1 (0.29%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.29%) Julia
Qualifications
1 100 (29.33%) Degree
2 61 (17.89%) Security Cleared
3 39 (11.44%) SC Cleared
4 19 (5.57%) Master's Degree
5 17 (4.99%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (3.52%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (3.52%) PhD
7 10 (2.93%) AWS Certification
8 9 (2.64%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 9 (2.64%) ITIL Certification
9 7 (2.05%) DV Cleared
9 7 (2.05%) HND
10 4 (1.17%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.88%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 3 (0.88%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.59%) Chartered Engineer
12 2 (0.59%) HNC
13 1 (0.29%) OCP
13 1 (0.29%) Oracle Certification
13 1 (0.29%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (25.51%) Accessibility
2 35 (10.26%) WCAG
3 6 (1.76%) QA
4 4 (1.17%) DO-254
4 4 (1.17%) GDPR
5 2 (0.59%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.59%) JTAG
6 1 (0.29%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.29%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.29%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
System Software
1 21 (6.16%) Docker
2 19 (5.57%) Firmware
3 7 (2.05%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (3.23%) Terraform
2 9 (2.64%) HP Fortify
3 7 (2.05%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 64 (18.77%) Adobe
2 25 (7.33%) Microsoft
3 23 (6.74%) OpenAI
4 13 (3.81%) EMC
4 13 (3.81%) Google
5 8 (2.35%) SAP
6 5 (1.47%) Foundry
7 3 (0.88%) Databricks
7 3 (0.88%) Motorola
7 3 (0.88%) Siemens
7 3 (0.88%) Xilinx
8 2 (0.59%) Altera
8 2 (0.59%) Autodesk
8 2 (0.59%) Intel
9 1 (0.29%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.29%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.29%) Sparx
9 1 (0.29%) YouTube