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

6 months to
26 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 335 286 372
Rank change year-on-year -49 +86 -49
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 286 296 456
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.42% 0.97% 0.59%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 1.07% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 146 88 254
10th Percentile £42,215 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £62,875 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.14% +14.32% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,069 £68,000
90th Percentile £87,731 £82,000 £83,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +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 47,994 27,715 61,724
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.17% 90.69% 80.08%
Number of salaries quoted 33,712 14,205 43,019
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,999 £32,851 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,681 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.36% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,250 £78,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%

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 June 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 June 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
North of England -10 74 £52,500 -24.33% 29
East of England +41 73 £62,500 +38.89% 25
South East -25 63 £56,500 -5.83% 37
Yorkshire -15 31 £67,500 -20.82% 4
North West -4 27 £50,000 -27.94% 20
South West -60 21 £60,000 -12.44% 26
Midlands -23 20 £60,000 +4.35% 11
West Midlands -14 17 £57,500 -4.17% 6
North East -34 16 £56,250 -13.46% 5
Wales -39 16 £53,085 -22.01% 3
Scotland -73 11 £54,500 +19.43% 15
Northern Ireland - 8 £80,000 - 4
East Midlands -29 3 £60,000 +81.82% 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 (1.40%) Apache
2 2 (0.70%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (0.70%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.70%) Confluence
2 2 (0.70%) Jupyter
2 2 (0.70%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (0.70%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.35%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (2.10%) Adobe XD
1 6 (2.10%) Sketch
1 6 (2.10%) SOLIDWORKS
2 4 (1.40%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (0.70%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (0.70%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (0.70%) CATIA
4 2 (0.70%) InDesign
4 2 (0.70%) InVision
4 2 (0.70%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.70%) Siemens NX
4 2 (0.70%) Trello
4 2 (0.70%) Windchill
5 1 (0.35%) 3ds Max
5 1 (0.35%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.35%) CINEMA 4D
5 1 (0.35%) Maya
5 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.35%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.35%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (0.35%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.35%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 68 (23.78%) Figma
2 65 (22.73%) Adobe Analytics
3 39 (13.64%) AWS
4 23 (8.04%) Azure
5 20 (6.99%) Amazon ECR
5 20 (6.99%) Amazon S3
6 18 (6.29%) Amazon ECS
6 18 (6.29%) AWS CloudFormation
6 18 (6.29%) AWS Lambda
6 18 (6.29%) Serverless
7 16 (5.59%) AWS Step Functions
8 14 (4.90%) Amazon SQS
8 14 (4.90%) Apigee
8 14 (4.90%) GCP
9 13 (4.55%) SaaS
10 6 (2.10%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (1.75%) Azure Machine Learning
11 5 (1.75%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (1.40%) Amazon OpenSearch
12 4 (1.40%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 72 (25.17%) Broadband
2 6 (2.10%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.75%) Intranet
4 2 (0.70%) LTE
4 2 (0.70%) Software-Defined Radio
4 2 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.70%) Wireless
4 2 (0.70%) WPA
5 1 (0.35%) Bluetooth
5 1 (0.35%) RS-232
5 1 (0.35%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (6.29%) DynamoDB
2 7 (2.45%) Elasticsearch
3 6 (2.10%) Redis
4 5 (1.75%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (1.75%) Relational Database
5 4 (1.40%) Amazon RDS
6 3 (1.05%) ClickHouse
6 3 (1.05%) SQL Server
7 2 (0.70%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.70%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.35%) Big Data
8 1 (0.35%) Data Mining
8 1 (0.35%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 17 (5.94%) GitLab
2 16 (5.59%) Jenkins
3 14 (4.90%) Cypress.io
3 14 (4.90%) Git
3 14 (4.90%) Maven
3 14 (4.90%) SonarQube
4 8 (2.80%) JIRA
5 4 (1.40%) LabVIEW
6 3 (1.05%) Postman
7 2 (0.70%) Axure RP
7 2 (0.70%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.70%) Bower
7 2 (0.70%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.70%) Eclipse RCP
7 2 (0.70%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.35%) Zephyr
General
1 64 (22.38%) Games
2 56 (19.58%) Social Skills
3 39 (13.64%) Electronics
4 37 (12.94%) Analytical Skills
5 34 (11.89%) Finance
6 30 (10.49%) Manufacturing
7 29 (10.14%) Public Sector
8 25 (8.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (4.55%) Legal
10 11 (3.85%) Marketing
11 9 (3.15%) Aerospace
12 7 (2.45%) Documentation Skills
13 5 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
13 5 (1.75%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.40%) Influencing Skills
14 4 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (1.40%) Swedish Language
15 3 (1.05%) Law
16 2 (0.70%) Retail
17 1 (0.35%) Billing
Job Titles
1 63 (22.03%) Designer
2 52 (18.18%) Lead
3 45 (15.73%) Developer
4 44 (15.38%) Senior
5 32 (11.19%) Lead Designer
6 22 (7.69%) Systems Engineer
7 21 (7.34%) Software Engineer
8 20 (6.99%) UX Designer
9 17 (5.94%) Interaction Designer
10 15 (5.24%) Product Manager
11 14 (4.90%) Digital Designer
11 14 (4.90%) Lead UX Designer
12 13 (4.55%) Java Developer
13 12 (4.20%) Full-Stack Developer
13 12 (4.20%) Systems Manager
14 10 (3.50%) Consultant
14 10 (3.50%) Hardware Engineer
14 10 (3.50%) Integration Engineer
15 9 (3.15%) Senior Designer
15 9 (3.15%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (7.34%) AngularJS
2 19 (6.64%) Spring Boot
3 16 (5.59%) React
4 14 (4.90%) Gherkin
4 14 (4.90%) Jest
5 12 (4.20%) HTML
6 10 (3.50%) .NET
6 10 (3.50%) CSS
7 8 (2.80%) REST
8 7 (2.45%) LangChain
8 7 (2.45%) Web Services
9 6 (2.10%) JSON
9 6 (2.10%) XML
10 5 (1.75%) Ajax
10 5 (1.75%) jQuery
10 5 (1.75%) PyTorch
10 5 (1.75%) RESTful
10 5 (1.75%) Spring
10 5 (1.75%) Vue
11 4 (1.40%) Google JAX
Miscellaneous
1 64 (22.38%) Social Media
2 16 (5.59%) Cloud Native
3 14 (4.90%) Embedded Systems
4 11 (3.85%) IoT
5 10 (3.50%) FPGA
6 9 (3.15%) Robotics
7 8 (2.80%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (2.80%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (2.10%) Life Science
8 6 (2.10%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.75%) Analogue Electronics
9 5 (1.75%) Data Structures
9 5 (1.75%) Distributed Systems
9 5 (1.75%) Onboarding
9 5 (1.75%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.40%) Algorithms
10 4 (1.40%) Fibre Optics
10 4 (1.40%) Linux Command Line
10 4 (1.40%) Product Ownership
10 4 (1.40%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.20%) Linux
2 7 (2.45%) Unix
3 1 (0.35%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.35%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.35%) ThreadX
3 1 (0.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (49.65%) Agile
2 132 (46.15%) AI
3 100 (34.97%) User Research
3 100 (34.97%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 95 (33.22%) Roadmaps
5 82 (28.67%) Analytics
6 80 (27.97%) Product Roadmap
7 78 (27.27%) Customer Experience
8 68 (23.78%) Storytelling
9 64 (22.38%) Digital Customer Experience
10 48 (16.78%) Problem-Solving
11 46 (16.08%) User Experience
12 43 (15.03%) Customer Insight
12 43 (15.03%) DevOps
13 42 (14.69%) Workshop Facilitation
14 41 (14.34%) Validation
15 40 (13.99%) Rapid Prototyping
16 39 (13.64%) CI/CD
17 37 (12.94%) Software Engineering
17 37 (12.94%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 55 (19.23%) Python
2 37 (12.94%) Java
3 21 (7.34%) C
3 21 (7.34%) TypeScript
4 19 (6.64%) C#
5 18 (6.29%) C++
6 15 (5.24%) Bash
7 14 (4.90%) Groovy
8 13 (4.55%) SQL
9 12 (4.20%) JavaScript
10 7 (2.45%) MATLAB
11 6 (2.10%) PHP
12 5 (1.75%) Embedded C
13 3 (1.05%) Pascal
14 2 (0.70%) Julia
14 2 (0.70%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.35%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 65 (22.73%) Degree
2 33 (11.54%) Security Cleared
3 24 (8.39%) SC Cleared
4 15 (5.24%) Master's Degree
5 14 (4.90%) AWS Certification
5 14 (4.90%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 14 (4.90%) ITIL Certification
6 11 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (3.15%) DV Cleared
8 7 (2.45%) PhD
9 5 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (1.40%) HND
11 3 (1.05%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.35%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.35%) HNC
12 1 (0.35%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.35%) Numerate Degree
12 1 (0.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (32.87%) Accessibility
2 40 (13.99%) WCAG
3 4 (1.40%) DO-254
3 4 (1.40%) GDPR
4 2 (0.70%) Data Quality
4 2 (0.70%) QA
5 1 (0.35%) DO-178B
5 1 (0.35%) GRC
System Software
1 26 (9.09%) Docker
2 11 (3.85%) Firmware
3 6 (2.10%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (4.90%) HP Fortify
2 9 (3.15%) Terraform
3 4 (1.40%) AWS Copilot
3 4 (1.40%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 75 (26.22%) Adobe
2 15 (5.24%) Google
3 11 (3.85%) Microsoft
4 6 (2.10%) EMC
5 4 (1.40%) Foundry
6 3 (1.05%) Motorola
6 3 (1.05%) OpenAI
7 2 (0.70%) Salesforce
8 1 (0.35%) Databricks
8 1 (0.35%) Planon
8 1 (0.35%) Qualtrics
8 1 (0.35%) SAP
8 1 (0.35%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.35%) Siemens