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

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 350 293 319
Rank change year-on-year -57 +26 -13
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 355 262 382
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.42% 0.76% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.88% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 244 75 130
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,375 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £74,144
90th Percentile £79,625 £86,000 £89,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% -3.85%

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 59,936 29,730 43,472
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.35% 86.65% 78.66%
Number of salaries quoted 42,260 16,120 23,401
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%

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 20 September 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 20 September 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 -13 95 £53,750 -6.52% 105
South East -15 87 £58,250 -12.08% 149
East of England +9 61 £60,000 +33.33% 102
North West -4 45 £50,000 -16.67% 61
Midlands -30 40 £57,500 -4.17% 47
West Midlands -26 31 £57,500 -4.17% 37
South West -49 30 £60,000 -29.41% 105
North East -38 27 £57,500 -11.54% 17
Yorkshire -22 23 £57,500 +88.52% 27
Wales -53 22 £53,171 -2.88% 13
Scotland -71 12 £55,000 - 54
Northern Ireland -71 11 £80,000 - 20
East Midlands -38 9 £52,500 +59.09% 10
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 (1.97%) Apache
2 6 (1.69%) Confluence
3 4 (1.13%) Apache Spark
3 4 (1.13%) Jupyter
3 4 (1.13%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.85%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.28%) Apache Superset
5 1 (0.28%) CMS
5 1 (0.28%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (6.20%) SOLIDWORKS
2 8 (2.25%) Solid Edge
3 7 (1.97%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 7 (1.97%) Adobe XD
3 7 (1.97%) InDesign
3 7 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (1.41%) Adobe After Effects
4 5 (1.41%) Adobe Illustrator
4 5 (1.41%) Photoshop
5 4 (1.13%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.13%) Sketch
6 2 (0.56%) AutoCAD
6 2 (0.56%) EPLAN
6 2 (0.56%) InVision
6 2 (0.56%) OrCAD
6 2 (0.56%) Simulink
6 2 (0.56%) Trello
6 2 (0.56%) UserZoom
6 2 (0.56%) Windchill
7 1 (0.28%) Mathcad
Business Applications
1 8 (2.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.13%) SAP SD
3 3 (0.85%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.28%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 55 (15.49%) Figma
2 39 (10.99%) AWS
3 21 (5.92%) Azure
4 20 (5.63%) Adobe Analytics
4 20 (5.63%) Amazon S3
5 18 (5.07%) AWS Lambda
5 18 (5.07%) Serverless
6 12 (3.38%) dbt
6 12 (3.38%) SaaS
7 10 (2.82%) Amazon ECR
7 10 (2.82%) AWS Step Functions
7 10 (2.82%) GitHub
7 10 (2.82%) Power Platform
8 9 (2.54%) AWS CloudFormation
8 9 (2.54%) GCP
9 8 (2.25%) Amazon ECS
9 8 (2.25%) Apigee
9 8 (2.25%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (1.69%) Anthropic Claude
10 6 (1.69%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 20 (5.63%) Broadband
2 5 (1.41%) Intranet
2 5 (1.41%) WPA
3 4 (1.13%) Wireless
4 3 (0.85%) RS-485
4 3 (0.85%) Software-Defined Radio
5 2 (0.56%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.56%) RS-232
5 2 (0.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (4.79%) DynamoDB
2 6 (1.69%) Relational Database
2 6 (1.69%) SQL Server
3 4 (1.13%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (0.85%) ClickHouse
4 3 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
4 3 (0.85%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (0.85%) Power BI
4 3 (0.85%) Redis
4 3 (0.85%) Tableau
5 2 (0.56%) Amazon Athena
5 2 (0.56%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.56%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.28%) Big Data
6 1 (0.28%) Hadoop
6 1 (0.28%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.28%) OLAP
6 1 (0.28%) OLAP Cube
6 1 (0.28%) OLTP
6 1 (0.28%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 16 (4.51%) Git
2 12 (3.38%) GitLab
3 10 (2.82%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.82%) JIRA
4 8 (2.25%) Cypress.io
4 8 (2.25%) LabVIEW
4 8 (2.25%) Maven
4 8 (2.25%) SonarQube
5 6 (1.69%) Postman
6 3 (0.85%) Axure RP
6 3 (0.85%) Eclipse
6 3 (0.85%) Eclipse RCP
7 2 (0.56%) Bower
7 2 (0.56%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.28%) Balsamiq
8 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.28%) ER Studio
8 1 (0.28%) ERwin
General
1 126 (35.49%) Social Skills
2 98 (27.61%) Electronics
3 81 (22.82%) Manufacturing
4 48 (13.52%) Analytical Skills
5 46 (12.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 43 (12.11%) Aerospace
7 37 (10.42%) Finance
8 36 (10.14%) Public Sector
9 23 (6.48%) Games
10 18 (5.07%) Automotive
11 13 (3.66%) Legal
11 13 (3.66%) Marketing
12 11 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (2.25%) Military
13 8 (2.25%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (2.25%) Retail
14 7 (1.97%) Documentation Skills
15 5 (1.41%) Pharmaceutical
16 4 (1.13%) Law
16 4 (1.13%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 71 (20.00%) Senior
2 54 (15.21%) Designer
3 49 (13.80%) Developer
4 33 (9.30%) Lead
5 28 (7.89%) Electronics Engineer
5 28 (7.89%) Software Engineer
6 22 (6.20%) Systems Engineer
7 20 (5.63%) Architect
7 20 (5.63%) Interaction Designer
8 18 (5.07%) Full-Stack Developer
9 14 (3.94%) Lead Designer
9 14 (3.94%) Senior Designer
10 13 (3.66%) UX Designer
11 12 (3.38%) Product Manager
11 12 (3.38%) Software Developer
12 11 (3.10%) Consultant
12 11 (3.10%) Design Engineer
12 11 (3.10%) Electronics Technician
12 11 (3.10%) Senior Systems Engineer
12 11 (3.10%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.32%) React
2 19 (5.35%) .NET
3 15 (4.23%) AngularJS
3 15 (4.23%) Spring Boot
4 14 (3.94%) CSS
4 14 (3.94%) HTML
5 12 (3.38%) Terraform
6 11 (3.10%) Web Services
7 9 (2.54%) AWS CDK
7 9 (2.54%) RESTful
8 8 (2.25%) Gherkin
8 8 (2.25%) Jest
8 8 (2.25%) LangChain
9 7 (1.97%) Next.js
9 7 (1.97%) Spring
10 6 (1.69%) PyTorch
10 6 (1.69%) REST
10 6 (1.69%) TensorFlow
11 5 (1.41%) Kafka
11 5 (1.41%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 30 (8.45%) Embedded Systems
2 23 (6.48%) Self-Motivation
3 21 (5.92%) Social Media
4 20 (5.63%) Cloud Native
5 18 (5.07%) IoT
5 18 (5.07%) Robotics
6 17 (4.79%) FPGA
7 14 (3.94%) Analogue Electronics
8 13 (3.66%) Product Ownership
9 12 (3.38%) Onboarding
10 11 (3.10%) Life Science
10 11 (3.10%) Public Cloud
11 8 (2.25%) Fibre Optics
11 8 (2.25%) Legacy Systems
12 7 (1.97%) Acoustics
12 7 (1.97%) Data Structures
12 7 (1.97%) Distributed Systems
12 7 (1.97%) VHDL
13 6 (1.69%) Algorithms
13 6 (1.69%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.97%) Linux
2 3 (0.85%) Android
2 3 (0.85%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.85%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (0.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (34.65%) Agile
2 120 (33.80%) AI
3 73 (20.56%) Validation
4 68 (19.15%) Problem-Solving
4 68 (19.15%) Rapid Prototyping
5 67 (18.87%) Continuous Improvement
6 58 (16.34%) User Research
7 56 (15.77%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 55 (15.49%) Roadmaps
9 54 (15.21%) Analytics
9 54 (15.21%) Mentoring
10 52 (14.65%) Software Engineering
11 51 (14.37%) User Experience
12 48 (13.52%) CI/CD
13 36 (10.14%) DevOps
14 35 (9.86%) Product Roadmap
15 33 (9.30%) UX Design
16 31 (8.73%) Physics
17 30 (8.45%) Technical Leadership
18 29 (8.17%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 52 (14.65%) Python
2 30 (8.45%) TypeScript
3 27 (7.61%) Java
4 24 (6.76%) C++
5 23 (6.48%) C#
6 22 (6.20%) C
7 20 (5.63%) JavaScript
8 19 (5.35%) SQL
9 14 (3.94%) MATLAB
10 9 (2.54%) Bash
11 8 (2.25%) Groovy
12 7 (1.97%) Embedded C
13 5 (1.41%) Embedded C++
13 5 (1.41%) PHP
14 4 (1.13%) Rust
15 3 (0.85%) PowerShell
16 2 (0.56%) Go
16 2 (0.56%) T-SQL
17 1 (0.28%) Apex Code
17 1 (0.28%) R
Qualifications
1 118 (33.24%) Degree
2 70 (19.72%) Security Cleared
3 49 (13.80%) SC Cleared
4 21 (5.92%) Master's Degree
5 18 (5.07%) BPSS Clearance
6 15 (4.23%) PhD
7 11 (3.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 10 (2.82%) AWS Certification
8 10 (2.82%) HND
9 8 (2.25%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 8 (2.25%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (1.69%) HNC
11 4 (1.13%) Azure Certification
11 4 (1.13%) Chartered Engineer
12 3 (0.85%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.56%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.28%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.28%) OCP
14 1 (0.28%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (17.46%) Accessibility
2 17 (4.79%) WCAG
3 12 (3.38%) QA
4 3 (0.85%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.85%) DO-254
4 3 (0.85%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.85%) JTAG
5 2 (0.56%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.28%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.28%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.28%) GDPR
6 1 (0.28%) GRC
6 1 (0.28%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.28%) MISRA
System Software
1 26 (7.32%) Firmware
2 21 (5.92%) Docker
3 8 (2.25%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 8 (2.25%) HP Fortify
1 8 (2.25%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.28%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 36 (10.14%) Adobe
2 30 (8.45%) Microsoft
3 23 (6.48%) EMC
3 23 (6.48%) OpenAI
4 8 (2.25%) Google
4 8 (2.25%) SAP
5 3 (0.85%) Apple
5 3 (0.85%) Databricks
5 3 (0.85%) Siemens
5 3 (0.85%) Thales
5 3 (0.85%) Xilinx
6 2 (0.56%) Altera
6 2 (0.56%) Autodesk
6 2 (0.56%) Foundry
6 2 (0.56%) Intel
6 2 (0.56%) Salesforce
6 2 (0.56%) YouTube
7 1 (0.28%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.28%) Trend Micro
7 1 (0.28%) Xamarin