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 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 333 298 367
Rank change year-on-year -35 +69 -43
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 263 218 470
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.41% 0.82% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.89% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 124 112 294
10th Percentile £42,437 £41,350 £31,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £46,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.08% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,790 £77,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £90,875 £81,125 £81,250
UK median annual salary £67,249 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +12.08% +4.35% -11.54%

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 46,121 24,374 56,453
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 72.41% 91.20% 84.12%
Number of salaries quoted 28,125 13,880 40,703
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,250 £27,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -8.90%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

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 22 April 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 22 April 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
East of England +23 69 £70,000 +47.37% 25
South East -19 66 £57,000 -24.00% 44
North of England -40 60 £57,500 +4.55% 27
Yorkshire -44 26 £67,500 +22.73% 7
North West -33 25 £52,500 -4.55% 16
South West -74 21 £60,000 -12.44% 15
Midlands -44 18 £55,000 -8.33% 22
West Midlands -22 16 £55,000 -8.33% 17
Scotland -33 15 £54,500 +19.43% 9
North East -39 9 £53,750 -20.01% 4
Wales -30 8 £60,835 +10.61% 3
Northern Ireland - 6 £80,000 - 3
East Midlands -47 2 £101,250 - 5
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 (1.52%) Confluence
2 2 (0.76%) WordPress
3 1 (0.38%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 10 (3.80%) Adobe XD
2 8 (3.04%) MS Visio
3 6 (2.28%) Sketch
4 5 (1.90%) Fusion 360
5 3 (1.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.76%) CATIA
6 2 (0.76%) Siemens NX
6 2 (0.76%) SOLIDWORKS
7 1 (0.38%) 3ds Max
7 1 (0.38%) Adobe Premiere
7 1 (0.38%) Blender
7 1 (0.38%) CINEMA 4D
7 1 (0.38%) Maya
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Excel
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
7 1 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 1 (0.38%) Photoshop
7 1 (0.38%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (0.38%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 74 (28.14%) Figma
2 69 (26.24%) Adobe Analytics
3 41 (15.59%) AWS
4 28 (10.65%) Azure
5 22 (8.37%) Amazon ECR
5 22 (8.37%) Amazon ECS
5 22 (8.37%) AWS CloudFormation
6 20 (7.60%) GCP
7 17 (6.46%) Serverless
8 16 (6.08%) Amazon S3
8 16 (6.08%) AWS Lambda
8 16 (6.08%) AWS Step Functions
9 15 (5.70%) Amazon SQS
10 14 (5.32%) Apigee
10 14 (5.32%) SaaS
11 9 (3.42%) PaaS
12 8 (3.04%) Amazon ElastiCache
12 8 (3.04%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 8 (3.04%) dbt
12 8 (3.04%) Pulumi
Communications & Networking
1 74 (28.14%) Broadband
2 9 (3.42%) TCP/IP
3 3 (1.14%) Bluetooth
4 2 (0.76%) LTE
4 2 (0.76%) Software-Defined Radio
4 2 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.76%) Wireless
5 1 (0.38%) Firewall
5 1 (0.38%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.38%) Modbus
5 1 (0.38%) Network Security
5 1 (0.38%) RFID
5 1 (0.38%) VLAN
5 1 (0.38%) Wireshark
5 1 (0.38%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (6.08%) DynamoDB
2 10 (3.80%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (3.04%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (3.04%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (3.04%) Redis
4 2 (0.76%) ClickHouse
4 2 (0.76%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.38%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.38%) GIS
5 1 (0.38%) Power BI
5 1 (0.38%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.38%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (6.08%) Cypress.io
2 14 (5.32%) GitLab
2 14 (5.32%) Jenkins
2 14 (5.32%) Maven
2 14 (5.32%) SonarQube
3 6 (2.28%) Balsamiq
3 6 (2.28%) Git
3 6 (2.28%) JIRA
4 5 (1.90%) Axure RP
5 2 (0.76%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.76%) Rational DOORS
6 1 (0.38%) Burp Suite
6 1 (0.38%) Metasploit
6 1 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 66 (25.10%) Games
2 51 (19.39%) Social Skills
3 37 (14.07%) Finance
4 36 (13.69%) Analytical Skills
5 29 (11.03%) Manufacturing
6 26 (9.89%) Electronics
7 21 (7.98%) Public Sector
8 17 (6.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (4.94%) Law
10 10 (3.80%) Legal
11 7 (2.66%) Marketing
12 6 (2.28%) Aerospace
12 6 (2.28%) Pharmaceutical
12 6 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
13 5 (1.90%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.90%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.52%) Swedish Language
15 3 (1.14%) Banking
16 1 (0.38%) Retail
Job Titles
1 61 (23.19%) Designer
2 48 (18.25%) Lead
3 39 (14.83%) Senior
4 34 (12.93%) Lead Designer
5 31 (11.79%) Developer
6 20 (7.60%) UX Designer
7 19 (7.22%) Software Engineer
8 16 (6.08%) Product Manager
9 15 (5.70%) Digital Designer
10 14 (5.32%) Lead UX Designer
10 14 (5.32%) Systems Engineer
11 13 (4.94%) Java Developer
12 12 (4.56%) Consultant
12 12 (4.56%) Product Designer
12 12 (4.56%) Systems Manager
13 11 (4.18%) Analyst
13 11 (4.18%) Interaction Designer
14 10 (3.80%) Architect
15 9 (3.42%) Business Analyst
16 8 (3.04%) User Experience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (8.37%) AngularJS
2 20 (7.60%) Spring Boot
3 16 (6.08%) Jest
4 14 (5.32%) Gherkin
4 14 (5.32%) React
5 9 (3.42%) PyTorch
5 9 (3.42%) REST
6 8 (3.04%) CSS
6 8 (3.04%) Django
6 8 (3.04%) HTML
6 8 (3.04%) TensorFlow
7 7 (2.66%) Google JAX
7 7 (2.66%) JAX
7 7 (2.66%) Vue
8 6 (2.28%) Spring
9 4 (1.52%) .NET
9 4 (1.52%) LangChain
9 4 (1.52%) Node.js
9 4 (1.52%) Semantic Kernel
10 3 (1.14%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 66 (25.10%) Social Media
2 15 (5.70%) Cloud Native
3 10 (3.80%) Product Ownership
4 8 (3.04%) Life Science
4 8 (3.04%) Linux Command Line
4 8 (3.04%) Management Information System
4 8 (3.04%) Robotics
5 7 (2.66%) CUDA
6 5 (1.90%) Algorithms
6 5 (1.90%) Cyber Threat
6 5 (1.90%) IoT
6 5 (1.90%) Public Cloud
7 4 (1.52%) FPGA
7 4 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.52%) Mobile App
7 4 (1.52%) Verilog
7 4 (1.52%) VHDL
8 3 (1.14%) Animation
8 3 (1.14%) Arduino
8 3 (1.14%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.32%) Linux
2 9 (3.42%) Unix
3 1 (0.38%) Android
3 1 (0.38%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.38%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.38%) Kali Linux
3 1 (0.38%) ThreadX
3 1 (0.38%) Ubuntu
3 1 (0.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 144 (54.75%) Agile
2 125 (47.53%) AI
3 106 (40.30%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 98 (37.26%) User Research
5 91 (34.60%) Roadmaps
6 82 (31.18%) Customer Experience
7 80 (30.42%) Analytics
8 79 (30.04%) Product Roadmap
9 75 (28.52%) Storytelling
10 66 (25.10%) Digital Customer Experience
11 61 (23.19%) Problem-Solving
12 54 (20.53%) User Experience
13 47 (17.87%) Workshop Facilitation
14 44 (16.73%) UX Design
15 42 (15.97%) Customer Insight
15 42 (15.97%) Software Engineering
16 39 (14.83%) DevOps
17 37 (14.07%) Rapid Prototyping
18 34 (12.93%) Clean Code
18 34 (12.93%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 51 (19.39%) Python
2 36 (13.69%) Java
3 19 (7.22%) TypeScript
4 14 (5.32%) Bash
4 14 (5.32%) Groovy
5 13 (4.94%) C
5 13 (4.94%) C#
5 13 (4.94%) C++
6 7 (2.66%) SQL
7 6 (2.28%) JavaScript
8 5 (1.90%) Embedded C
9 3 (1.14%) Pascal
10 2 (0.76%) Julia
10 2 (0.76%) PHP
11 1 (0.38%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.38%) R
11 1 (0.38%) Rust
Qualifications
1 54 (20.53%) Degree
2 46 (17.49%) Security Cleared
3 35 (13.31%) SC Cleared
4 14 (5.32%) AWS Certification
4 14 (5.32%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
4 14 (5.32%) ITIL Certification
5 10 (3.80%) DV Cleared
6 9 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
7 6 (2.28%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.52%) Numerate Degree
9 3 (1.14%) PhD
9 3 (1.14%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.38%) HNC
10 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 97 (36.88%) Accessibility
2 37 (14.07%) WCAG
3 5 (1.90%) GDPR
4 4 (1.52%) DO-254
4 4 (1.52%) ISO 13485
4 4 (1.52%) QA
5 1 (0.38%) EU AI Act
5 1 (0.38%) GRC
5 1 (0.38%) NIST
System Software
1 24 (9.13%) Docker
2 4 (1.52%) Firmware
3 1 (0.38%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.38%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (5.32%) HP Fortify
2 8 (3.04%) AWS Copilot
2 8 (3.04%) Terraform
3 4 (1.52%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.38%) Nessus
4 1 (0.38%) Nmap
Vendors
1 81 (30.80%) Adobe
2 19 (7.22%) Google
3 11 (4.18%) Microsoft
4 6 (2.28%) Foundry
5 4 (1.52%) Qualtrics
6 3 (1.14%) EMC
6 3 (1.14%) Motorola
7 1 (0.38%) Cisco
7 1 (0.38%) Palantir
7 1 (0.38%) Planon
7 1 (0.38%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.38%) Remedy
7 1 (0.38%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.38%) ServiceNow
7 1 (0.38%) Siemens
7 1 (0.38%) Splunk