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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 346 313 279
Rank change year-on-year -33 -34 +31
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 388 239 408
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.45% 0.69% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.79% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 275 72 129
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £46,786
25th Percentile £46,250 £48,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £78,312 £87,125 £87,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% +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 61,144 30,266 41,140
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.55% 87.22% 79.33%
Number of salaries quoted 42,933 16,073 20,940
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,125 £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 £63,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -

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 6 October 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 6 October 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 +4 106 £55,000 -4.35% 122
South East -1 100 £56,000 -10.93% 181
East of England +20 65 £60,000 -15.79% 118
North West +3 58 £55,000 -8.33% 69
Midlands -31 43 £57,500 -2.13% 58
West Midlands -8 33 £57,500 -4.17% 43
South West -50 33 £57,500 -32.35% 96
North East -40 29 £60,000 -7.69% 27
Wales -48 24 £53,171 +7.42% 17
Yorkshire -21 19 £50,000 +63.93% 27
Scotland -69 13 £55,000 - 52
East Midlands -32 10 £45,000 +36.36% 15
Northern Ireland -79 10 £80,000 - 18
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 10 (2.58%) Apache
2 8 (2.06%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.80%) Jupyter
4 6 (1.55%) Apache Airflow
4 6 (1.55%) Confluence
5 4 (1.03%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.52%) CMS
7 2 (0.52%) WordPress
8 1 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.26%) Apache Superset
8 1 (0.26%) Umbraco
Applications
1 22 (5.67%) SOLIDWORKS
2 10 (2.58%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (1.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 7 (1.80%) InDesign
3 7 (1.80%) Solid Edge
4 6 (1.55%) Adobe Illustrator
4 6 (1.55%) Adobe XD
4 6 (1.55%) Photoshop
5 5 (1.29%) Adobe After Effects
6 4 (1.03%) MS Visio
6 4 (1.03%) OrCAD
7 3 (0.77%) Sketch
8 2 (0.52%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.52%) EPLAN
8 2 (0.52%) InVision
8 2 (0.52%) Simulink
8 2 (0.52%) Trello
8 2 (0.52%) UserZoom
8 2 (0.52%) Windchill
9 1 (0.26%) Acrobat
Business Applications
1 8 (2.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.03%) SAP SD
3 3 (0.77%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 49 (12.63%) Figma
2 46 (11.86%) AWS
3 24 (6.19%) Azure
4 18 (4.64%) Amazon S3
5 15 (3.87%) AWS Lambda
5 15 (3.87%) Serverless
6 13 (3.35%) GCP
7 12 (3.09%) Adobe Analytics
7 12 (3.09%) dbt
8 11 (2.84%) Power Platform
9 10 (2.58%) GitHub
9 10 (2.58%) SaaS
10 8 (2.06%) Amazon ECR
10 8 (2.06%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (1.80%) AWS Step Functions
12 6 (1.55%) AWS CloudFormation
12 6 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (1.29%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 5 (1.29%) Apigee
13 5 (1.29%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.35%) Broadband
2 8 (2.06%) Wireless
3 5 (1.29%) Intranet
3 5 (1.29%) Software-Defined Radio
3 5 (1.29%) WPA
4 4 (1.03%) Ethernet
5 3 (0.77%) RS-485
6 2 (0.52%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.52%) RS-232
6 2 (0.52%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.26%) J1939
7 1 (0.26%) LTE
7 1 (0.26%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (3.61%) DynamoDB
2 8 (2.06%) SQL Server
3 6 (1.55%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.03%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (1.03%) Power BI
5 3 (0.77%) Amazon Athena
5 3 (0.77%) ClickHouse
5 3 (0.77%) Elasticsearch
5 3 (0.77%) Geospatial Data
5 3 (0.77%) Redis
5 3 (0.77%) Tableau
6 2 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (0.52%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.52%) Star Schema
7 1 (0.26%) Big Data
7 1 (0.26%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.26%) OLAP
7 1 (0.26%) OLAP Cube
7 1 (0.26%) OLTP
7 1 (0.26%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 19 (4.90%) Git
2 12 (3.09%) GitLab
3 11 (2.84%) JIRA
4 8 (2.06%) LabVIEW
5 7 (1.80%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.55%) Postman
7 5 (1.29%) Cypress.io
7 5 (1.29%) Maven
7 5 (1.29%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.77%) Axure RP
8 3 (0.77%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.77%) Eclipse RCP
9 2 (0.52%) Bower
10 1 (0.26%) Balsamiq
10 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.26%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.26%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.26%) ERwin
General
1 148 (38.14%) Social Skills
2 117 (30.15%) Electronics
3 101 (26.03%) Manufacturing
4 55 (14.18%) Aerospace
5 48 (12.37%) Analytical Skills
6 46 (11.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 41 (10.57%) Public Sector
8 39 (10.05%) Finance
9 28 (7.22%) Automotive
10 15 (3.87%) Games
11 12 (3.09%) Marketing
11 12 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
12 11 (2.84%) Legal
13 10 (2.58%) Military
13 10 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (2.58%) Retail
14 8 (2.06%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
15 7 (1.80%) Publishing
16 5 (1.29%) Law
Job Titles
1 90 (23.20%) Senior
2 56 (14.43%) Designer
3 47 (12.11%) Developer
4 46 (11.86%) Electronics Engineer
5 31 (7.99%) Software Engineer
6 29 (7.47%) Lead
7 20 (5.15%) Architect
7 20 (5.15%) Design Engineer
7 20 (5.15%) Interaction Designer
8 18 (4.64%) Full-Stack Developer
9 17 (4.38%) Systems Engineer
10 14 (3.61%) Senior Designer
10 14 (3.61%) Senior Electronics Engineer
11 13 (3.35%) Electronics Design Engineer
11 13 (3.35%) Senior Software Engineer
11 13 (3.35%) Software Developer
12 12 (3.09%) UX Designer
13 11 (2.84%) Consultant
13 11 (2.84%) Electronics Technician
13 11 (2.84%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (7.47%) React
2 21 (5.41%) .NET
3 16 (4.12%) CSS
3 16 (4.12%) HTML
4 15 (3.87%) Spring Boot
4 15 (3.87%) Terraform
5 13 (3.35%) Web Services
6 10 (2.58%) AngularJS
6 10 (2.58%) Spring
7 9 (2.32%) AWS CDK
7 9 (2.32%) Kafka
7 9 (2.32%) RESTful
8 8 (2.06%) LangChain
9 7 (1.80%) Next.js
9 7 (1.80%) REST
10 6 (1.55%) PyTorch
10 6 (1.55%) TensorFlow
11 5 (1.29%) Gherkin
11 5 (1.29%) Jest
11 5 (1.29%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 37 (9.54%) Embedded Systems
2 26 (6.70%) Self-Motivation
3 22 (5.67%) Cloud Native
4 21 (5.41%) IoT
5 19 (4.90%) FPGA
5 19 (4.90%) Robotics
6 18 (4.64%) Analogue Electronics
7 13 (3.35%) Social Media
8 12 (3.09%) Onboarding
8 12 (3.09%) Product Ownership
9 11 (2.84%) Life Science
10 9 (2.32%) Distributed Systems
10 9 (2.32%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (2.32%) Public Cloud
11 8 (2.06%) Data Structures
11 8 (2.06%) Fibre Optics
12 7 (1.80%) Acoustics
12 7 (1.80%) Media Streaming
12 7 (1.80%) Podcast
12 7 (1.80%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.06%) Linux
2 3 (0.77%) Android
2 3 (0.77%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.77%) Embedded Linux
3 2 (0.52%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 123 (31.70%) Agile
2 118 (30.41%) AI
3 88 (22.68%) Problem-Solving
4 87 (22.42%) Validation
5 83 (21.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 68 (17.53%) Rapid Prototyping
7 62 (15.98%) Mentoring
8 60 (15.46%) Software Engineering
9 55 (14.18%) CI/CD
10 51 (13.14%) User Research
11 49 (12.63%) Analytics
11 49 (12.63%) User Experience
11 49 (12.63%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 44 (11.34%) Roadmaps
13 40 (10.31%) DevOps
14 32 (8.25%) Service Design
14 32 (8.25%) Technical Leadership
15 31 (7.99%) Computer Science
15 31 (7.99%) UX Design
16 30 (7.73%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 63 (16.24%) Python
2 35 (9.02%) TypeScript
3 29 (7.47%) C++
3 29 (7.47%) Java
4 28 (7.22%) C
5 25 (6.44%) JavaScript
6 24 (6.19%) C#
6 24 (6.19%) SQL
7 16 (4.12%) MATLAB
8 9 (2.32%) Rust
9 7 (1.80%) Embedded C
10 6 (1.55%) Bash
10 6 (1.55%) Embedded C++
11 5 (1.29%) Groovy
11 5 (1.29%) PHP
12 4 (1.03%) R
13 3 (0.77%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.77%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.52%) Go
15 1 (0.26%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 138 (35.57%) Degree
2 82 (21.13%) Security Cleared
3 61 (15.72%) SC Cleared
4 22 (5.67%) BPSS Clearance
5 20 (5.15%) Master's Degree
6 15 (3.87%) PhD
7 14 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
8 13 (3.35%) HND
9 9 (2.32%) AWS Certification
10 8 (2.06%) HNC
11 6 (1.55%) Chartered Engineer
12 5 (1.29%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 5 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (1.03%) Azure Certification
13 4 (1.03%) DV Cleared
14 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 2 (0.52%) Postgraduate
16 1 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
16 1 (0.26%) OCP
16 1 (0.26%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (15.21%) Accessibility
2 17 (4.38%) WCAG
3 11 (2.84%) QA
4 6 (1.55%) ISO 9001
5 4 (1.03%) Data Quality
6 3 (0.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.77%) JTAG
7 2 (0.52%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.52%) DO-254
7 2 (0.52%) MISRA
8 1 (0.26%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.26%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.26%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.26%) GDPR
8 1 (0.26%) GRC
8 1 (0.26%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.26%) IASME
System Software
1 34 (8.76%) Firmware
2 24 (6.19%) Docker
3 12 (3.09%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (2.84%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.29%) HP Fortify
3 1 (0.26%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 34 (8.76%) EMC
1 34 (8.76%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.47%) Adobe
3 23 (5.93%) OpenAI
4 9 (2.32%) SAP
5 8 (2.06%) Google
6 6 (1.55%) Thales
7 4 (1.03%) Databricks
7 4 (1.03%) Siemens
8 3 (0.77%) Apple
8 3 (0.77%) Foundry
8 3 (0.77%) Xilinx
9 2 (0.52%) Altera
9 2 (0.52%) Autodesk
9 2 (0.52%) Intel
9 2 (0.52%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.52%) YouTube
10 1 (0.26%) Cadence
10 1 (0.26%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.26%) Sparx