Prototyping Jobs in the UK excluding London

Prototyping
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Prototyping skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Prototyping over the 6 months leading up to 2 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 285 332 325
Rank change year-on-year +47 -7 -11
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 363 551 502
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.87% 0.70% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.97% 0.87% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 89 263 253
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £42,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £69,800 £72,500
90th Percentile £81,750 £83,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,375 £57,732 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.58% -11.18% +8.33%

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 37,462 63,497 50,840
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.53% 80.59% 95.47%
Number of salaries quoted 18,837 42,879 28,098
10th Percentile £25,500 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,125 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,331
% change year-on-year - -8.84% +0.55%

Prototyping
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Prototyping as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Prototyping in the UK excluding London

Prototyping
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Prototyping in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Prototyping in the UK excluding London

Prototyping
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Prototyping in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 2 July 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 2 July 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 +150 123 £45,635 -17.03% 85
South East +20 80 £60,375 +9.77% 237
North of England -48 53 £69,384 +19.70% 225
East of England +25 42 £45,000 -30.77% 149
North West -31 37 £69,384 +19.70% 133
Midlands +38 29 £57,500 +15.00% 120
South West +95 26 £68,013 +23.66% 118
West Midlands +45 15 £60,000 +9.09% 67
East Midlands +34 14 £33,000 -32.65% 53
North East +31 8 £65,000 +12.14% 15
Yorkshire +17 8 £85,253 +89.45% 79
Wales +38 7 £68,063 +4.71% 21
Isle of Man - 4 - -
Prototyping
UK

Prototyping
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 8 (2.20%) Confluence
2 4 (1.10%) Apache
3 3 (0.83%) IIS
3 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.55%) CMS
5 1 (0.28%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (0.28%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.28%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 6 (1.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 5 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (1.10%) Chatbot
3 4 (1.10%) Sketch
4 2 (0.55%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (0.55%) GNU Octave
4 2 (0.55%) MS Visio
4 2 (0.55%) Simulink
5 1 (0.28%) Adobe Captivate
5 1 (0.28%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.28%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.28%) InDesign
5 1 (0.28%) Maya
5 1 (0.28%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (0.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 59 (16.25%) AWS
2 36 (9.92%) Azure
3 32 (8.82%) GCP
4 19 (5.23%) Figma
5 13 (3.58%) GitHub
6 9 (2.48%) Azure AI
6 9 (2.48%) Vertex AI
7 8 (2.20%) Amazon ECR
7 8 (2.20%) Amazon ECS
7 8 (2.20%) Amazon ElastiCache
7 8 (2.20%) Amazon OpenSearch
7 8 (2.20%) AWS CloudFormation
7 8 (2.20%) AWS CodeBuild
7 8 (2.20%) Cloud Computing
7 8 (2.20%) dbt
7 8 (2.20%) Pulumi
8 7 (1.93%) Power Platform
9 6 (1.65%) OpenShift
9 6 (1.65%) Sentry
10 4 (1.10%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 65 (17.91%) Broadband
2 14 (3.86%) Ethernet
2 14 (3.86%) MQTT
3 13 (3.58%) Modbus
4 8 (2.20%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.83%) DNS
5 3 (0.83%) Internet
5 3 (0.83%) SMTP
5 3 (0.83%) Software-Defined Networking
5 3 (0.83%) VSAN
6 1 (0.28%) GPRS
6 1 (0.28%) GSM
6 1 (0.28%) Intranet
6 1 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.28%) RS-232
6 1 (0.28%) RS-485
6 1 (0.28%) Wideband
6 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.13%) PostgreSQL
1 15 (4.13%) SQL Server
2 11 (3.03%) MongoDB
3 8 (2.20%) Amazon RDS
3 8 (2.20%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (2.20%) NoSQL
3 8 (2.20%) Redis
4 7 (1.93%) Power BI
5 4 (1.10%) Biml
5 4 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (1.10%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 4 (1.10%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 4 (1.10%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 3 (0.83%) MySQL
7 2 (0.55%) Data Lake
7 2 (0.55%) Tableau
8 1 (0.28%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 19 (5.23%) Git
2 18 (4.96%) JIRA
3 10 (2.75%) GitLab
4 7 (1.93%) MSI
5 4 (1.10%) Cucumber
5 4 (1.10%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.10%) Selenium
5 4 (1.10%) Subversion
5 4 (1.10%) Visual Studio
5 4 (1.10%) webpack
6 2 (0.55%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.55%) LabVIEW
7 1 (0.28%) Artifactory
7 1 (0.28%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.28%) Carbide.c++
7 1 (0.28%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.28%) SpecFlow
7 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.28%) TeamCity
General
1 149 (41.05%) Finance
2 110 (30.30%) Banking
3 67 (18.46%) Games
4 58 (15.98%) Social Skills
5 24 (6.61%) Electronics
5 24 (6.61%) Law
5 24 (6.61%) Manufacturing
6 23 (6.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 13 (3.58%) Pharmaceutical
8 10 (2.75%) Aerospace
8 10 (2.75%) Analytical Skills
8 10 (2.75%) Legal
8 10 (2.75%) Retail
9 5 (1.38%) Aviation
9 5 (1.38%) Marketing
10 4 (1.10%) Automotive
10 4 (1.10%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (1.10%) Public Sector
11 3 (0.83%) Advertising
12 2 (0.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 204 (56.20%) Senior
2 100 (27.55%) Designer
3 86 (23.69%) UX Designer
4 82 (22.59%) Senior Designer
5 81 (22.31%) Senior UX Designer
6 45 (12.40%) Software Engineer
7 37 (10.19%) Developer
8 21 (5.79%) UX Developer
9 18 (4.96%) Electronics Engineer
10 17 (4.68%) Lead
11 14 (3.86%) Design Engineer
11 14 (3.86%) Principal Engineer
11 14 (3.86%) Senior Developer
11 14 (3.86%) Senior Electronics Engineer
12 12 (3.31%) Architect
12 12 (3.31%) Java Engineer
12 12 (3.31%) Product Manager
13 11 (3.03%) Automation Engineer
13 11 (3.03%) Senior UX Developer
14 10 (2.75%) Electronics Design Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 67 (18.46%) GraphQL
2 66 (18.18%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 65 (17.91%) WebGL
4 17 (4.68%) React
5 16 (4.41%) .NET
6 15 (4.13%) CSS
7 12 (3.31%) Kafka
7 12 (3.31%) Spring
7 12 (3.31%) Spring Boot
8 8 (2.20%) Django
8 8 (2.20%) OAuth
8 8 (2.20%) OAuth2
8 8 (2.20%) OpenID
9 7 (1.93%) .NET Framework
10 6 (1.65%) HTML
10 6 (1.65%) Jest
10 6 (1.65%) REST
10 6 (1.65%) SAML
11 5 (1.38%) AngularJS
12 4 (1.10%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 65 (17.91%) Animation
2 21 (5.79%) IoT
3 18 (4.96%) FPGA
4 15 (4.13%) Renewable Energy
5 13 (3.58%) Biopharmaceutical
5 13 (3.58%) Cloud Native
5 13 (3.58%) Industry 4.0
5 13 (3.58%) Operational Technology
5 13 (3.58%) SCADA
6 11 (3.03%) Data Centre
7 10 (2.75%) AI Agents
7 10 (2.75%) Verilog
7 10 (2.75%) VHDL
7 10 (2.75%) Wiki
8 8 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
8 8 (2.20%) Management Information System
8 8 (2.20%) Mobile App
8 8 (2.20%) Optoelectronics
8 8 (2.20%) Product Ownership
9 6 (1.65%) Analogue Electronics
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.86%) Linux
2 8 (2.20%) Unix
3 7 (1.93%) Windows
4 2 (0.55%) Android
4 2 (0.55%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.28%) CentOS
5 1 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (54.55%) Agile
2 142 (39.12%) User Experience
3 137 (37.74%) Stakeholder Management
4 115 (31.68%) UX Design
5 114 (31.40%) User Research
6 113 (31.13%) Wireframes
7 112 (30.85%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 109 (30.03%) Project Management
9 106 (29.20%) Usability Testing
10 104 (28.65%) Journey Map
11 102 (28.10%) UX Research
12 100 (27.55%) Design Thinking
13 89 (24.52%) Problem-Solving
14 82 (22.59%) Artificial Intelligence
15 81 (22.31%) Rapid Prototyping
16 69 (19.01%) Storytelling
17 65 (17.91%) 3D Animation
17 65 (17.91%) Visual Effects
18 60 (16.53%) Software Engineering
19 43 (11.85%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 65 (17.91%) HLSL
2 46 (12.67%) Python
3 32 (8.82%) C#
4 25 (6.89%) Java
5 19 (5.23%) SQL
6 17 (4.68%) JavaScript
7 14 (3.86%) C
7 14 (3.86%) TypeScript
8 12 (3.31%) MATLAB
9 11 (3.03%) C++
10 10 (2.75%) PowerShell
11 6 (1.65%) Go
12 5 (1.38%) PHP
13 4 (1.10%) Embedded C
13 4 (1.10%) Embedded C++
13 4 (1.10%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.55%) R
15 1 (0.28%) Scala
Qualifications
1 51 (14.05%) Degree
2 26 (7.16%) Security Cleared
3 17 (4.68%) HNC
4 14 (3.86%) HND
4 14 (3.86%) SC Cleared
5 13 (3.58%) Chartered Engineer
5 13 (3.58%) DV Cleared
6 10 (2.75%) Master's Degree
7 3 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (0.83%) Numerate Degree
8 2 (0.55%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 110 (30.30%) Accessibility
2 10 (2.75%) QA
3 5 (1.38%) ISO 9001
4 4 (1.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 4 (1.10%) NCSC
5 3 (0.83%) GDPR
6 2 (0.55%) COBIT
6 2 (0.55%) SEPA
6 2 (0.55%) WCAG
7 1 (0.28%) DO-254
7 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.28%) ISO 13485
System Software
1 27 (7.44%) Docker
2 22 (6.06%) Firmware
3 16 (4.41%) VMware Infrastructure
4 12 (3.31%) Embedded Firmware
5 11 (3.03%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.83%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (4.68%) Terraform
2 16 (4.41%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.58%) Functional Safety
4 8 (2.20%) AWS Copilot
5 7 (1.93%) WMI
6 6 (1.65%) Ansible
7 4 (1.10%) Grafana
8 1 (0.28%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 24 (6.61%) Google
2 18 (4.96%) VMware
3 14 (3.86%) Microsoft
4 13 (3.58%) AVEVA
4 13 (3.58%) Rockwell
4 13 (3.58%) Siemens
5 9 (2.48%) Foundry
6 7 (1.93%) Adobe
7 6 (1.65%) Facebook
8 5 (1.38%) EMC
9 4 (1.10%) Agilent
9 4 (1.10%) IBM
10 3 (0.83%) Bloomberg
11 2 (0.55%) Alteryx
11 2 (0.55%) Databricks
11 2 (0.55%) Guidewire
12 1 (0.28%) Atlassian
12 1 (0.28%) Cadence
12 1 (0.28%) Pega
12 1 (0.28%) Xilinx