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

6 months to
4 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 336 281 373
Rank change year-on-year -55 +92 -74
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 299 301 455
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.43% 0.93% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 1.04% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 156 89 258
10th Percentile £42,215 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £46,250 £51,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.08% +18.18% -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £69,800
90th Percentile £86,231 £81,750 £82,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,375 £57,965
% change year-on-year -0.62% +4.16% -10.82%

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 49,223 28,941 61,023
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.46% 89.29% 79.97%
Number of salaries quoted 34,638 15,278 42,344
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,701 £27,500
25th Percentile £39,225 £32,951 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,738 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.48% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,295 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%

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 4 July 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 4 July 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 -2 77 £50,000 -27.94% 50
East of England +39 73 £68,750 +52.78% 27
South East -20 68 £56,500 -6.42% 46
Yorkshire -4 31 £67,500 -20.82% 19
North West -17 29 £48,750 -29.74% 28
South West -66 21 £60,000 -11.78% 32
Midlands -31 20 £60,000 +4.35% 15
West Midlands -21 17 £57,500 -4.17% 11
North East -34 17 £55,000 -15.38% 3
Wales -35 17 £53,085 -22.01% 5
Scotland -72 14 £54,500 +19.43% 20
Northern Ireland - 9 £80,000 - 3
East Midlands -28 3 £60,000 +81.82% 4
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 (1.34%) Apache
2 3 (1.00%) Microsoft Exchange
2 3 (1.00%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.67%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.67%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.67%) Confluence
3 2 (0.67%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 6 (2.01%) Adobe XD
1 6 (2.01%) Sketch
1 6 (2.01%) SOLIDWORKS
2 4 (1.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (1.34%) MS Visio
3 3 (1.00%) Adobe After Effects
3 3 (1.00%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (1.00%) InDesign
3 3 (1.00%) Photoshop
4 2 (0.67%) CATIA
4 2 (0.67%) InVision
4 2 (0.67%) Siemens NX
4 2 (0.67%) Trello
4 2 (0.67%) Windchill
5 1 (0.33%) 3ds Max
5 1 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
5 1 (0.33%) Blender
5 1 (0.33%) Maya
5 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (0.33%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.33%) Integrated Workplace Management System
1 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
1 1 (0.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 69 (23.08%) Figma
2 65 (21.74%) Adobe Analytics
3 40 (13.38%) AWS
4 25 (8.36%) Azure
5 21 (7.02%) Amazon ECR
5 21 (7.02%) Amazon S3
6 19 (6.35%) Amazon ECS
6 19 (6.35%) AWS CloudFormation
6 19 (6.35%) AWS Lambda
6 19 (6.35%) Serverless
7 17 (5.69%) AWS Step Functions
8 15 (5.02%) Apigee
8 15 (5.02%) GCP
9 14 (4.68%) Amazon SQS
10 13 (4.35%) SaaS
11 7 (2.34%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (2.01%) dbt
13 5 (1.67%) Azure DevOps
13 5 (1.67%) Azure Machine Learning
13 5 (1.67%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 72 (24.08%) Broadband
2 6 (2.01%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.67%) Intranet
4 3 (1.00%) Software-Defined Radio
4 3 (1.00%) Wireless
4 3 (1.00%) WPA
5 2 (0.67%) LTE
5 2 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.33%) Bluetooth
6 1 (0.33%) RS-232
6 1 (0.33%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (6.35%) DynamoDB
2 7 (2.34%) Elasticsearch
2 7 (2.34%) Redis
3 5 (1.67%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (1.67%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.34%) Amazon RDS
4 4 (1.34%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.00%) ClickHouse
6 2 (0.67%) Amazon Athena
6 2 (0.67%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.33%) Big Data
7 1 (0.33%) Data Mining
7 1 (0.33%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 18 (6.02%) GitLab
2 17 (5.69%) Jenkins
3 16 (5.35%) Git
4 15 (5.02%) Cypress.io
4 15 (5.02%) Maven
4 15 (5.02%) SonarQube
5 8 (2.68%) JIRA
6 6 (2.01%) LabVIEW
7 3 (1.00%) Postman
8 2 (0.67%) Axure RP
8 2 (0.67%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.67%) Bower
8 2 (0.67%) Eclipse
8 2 (0.67%) Eclipse RCP
8 2 (0.67%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.33%) Zephyr
General
1 64 (21.40%) Games
2 63 (21.07%) Social Skills
3 44 (14.72%) Electronics
4 40 (13.38%) Analytical Skills
5 36 (12.04%) Finance
6 31 (10.37%) Manufacturing
7 30 (10.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 29 (9.70%) Public Sector
9 13 (4.35%) Legal
10 10 (3.34%) Marketing
11 9 (3.01%) Aerospace
12 8 (2.68%) Documentation Skills
13 7 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
14 5 (1.67%) Pharmaceutical
15 4 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (1.34%) Presentation Skills
15 4 (1.34%) Swedish Language
16 3 (1.00%) Law
17 2 (0.67%) Retail
18 1 (0.33%) Billing
Job Titles
1 65 (21.74%) Designer
2 52 (17.39%) Lead
3 47 (15.72%) Senior
4 46 (15.38%) Developer
5 32 (10.70%) Lead Designer
6 25 (8.36%) Systems Engineer
7 23 (7.69%) Software Engineer
8 20 (6.69%) UX Designer
9 18 (6.02%) Interaction Designer
10 16 (5.35%) Product Manager
11 14 (4.68%) Digital Designer
11 14 (4.68%) Java Developer
11 14 (4.68%) Lead UX Designer
12 12 (4.01%) Full-Stack Developer
12 12 (4.01%) Systems Manager
13 11 (3.68%) Hardware Engineer
14 10 (3.34%) Architect
14 10 (3.34%) Integration Engineer
15 9 (3.01%) Consultant
15 9 (3.01%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (7.36%) AngularJS
2 20 (6.69%) Spring Boot
3 15 (5.02%) Gherkin
3 15 (5.02%) Jest
3 15 (5.02%) React
4 12 (4.01%) HTML
5 11 (3.68%) .NET
6 10 (3.34%) CSS
7 8 (2.68%) REST
8 7 (2.34%) LangChain
8 7 (2.34%) Web Services
9 6 (2.01%) JSON
9 6 (2.01%) XML
10 5 (1.67%) Ajax
10 5 (1.67%) jQuery
10 5 (1.67%) RESTful
10 5 (1.67%) Spring
10 5 (1.67%) Vue
11 4 (1.34%) AWS CDK
11 4 (1.34%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 64 (21.40%) Social Media
2 17 (5.69%) Cloud Native
3 16 (5.35%) Embedded Systems
4 13 (4.35%) IoT
5 12 (4.01%) FPGA
6 9 (3.01%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (3.01%) Robotics
6 9 (3.01%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (2.01%) Data Structures
7 6 (2.01%) Fibre Optics
7 6 (2.01%) Life Science
7 6 (2.01%) Management Information System
7 6 (2.01%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.67%) Algorithms
8 5 (1.67%) Analogue Electronics
8 5 (1.67%) Distributed Systems
8 5 (1.67%) Public Cloud
8 5 (1.67%) Verilog
8 5 (1.67%) VHDL
9 4 (1.34%) Acoustics
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.01%) Linux
2 7 (2.34%) Unix
3 1 (0.33%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.33%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.33%) ThreadX
3 1 (0.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (49.83%) Agile
2 137 (45.82%) AI
3 102 (34.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 101 (33.78%) User Research
5 99 (33.11%) Roadmaps
6 84 (28.09%) Analytics
7 81 (27.09%) Product Roadmap
8 78 (26.09%) Customer Experience
9 68 (22.74%) Storytelling
10 64 (21.40%) Digital Customer Experience
11 50 (16.72%) Problem-Solving
12 47 (15.72%) User Experience
13 45 (15.05%) DevOps
14 44 (14.72%) Validation
15 43 (14.38%) Customer Insight
15 43 (14.38%) Rapid Prototyping
16 42 (14.05%) CI/CD
16 42 (14.05%) Workshop Facilitation
17 40 (13.38%) Software Engineering
18 38 (12.71%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 58 (19.40%) Python
2 38 (12.71%) Java
3 24 (8.03%) TypeScript
4 23 (7.69%) C
5 21 (7.02%) C++
6 20 (6.69%) C#
7 16 (5.35%) Bash
8 15 (5.02%) Groovy
9 14 (4.68%) JavaScript
10 12 (4.01%) SQL
11 9 (3.01%) MATLAB
12 6 (2.01%) PHP
13 5 (1.67%) Embedded C
14 3 (1.00%) Pascal
14 3 (1.00%) PowerShell
15 2 (0.67%) Julia
16 1 (0.33%) Apex Code
16 1 (0.33%) Rust
Qualifications
1 74 (24.75%) Degree
2 36 (12.04%) Security Cleared
3 27 (9.03%) SC Cleared
4 19 (6.35%) Master's Degree
5 15 (5.02%) AWS Certification
5 15 (5.02%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 15 (5.02%) ITIL Certification
6 12 (4.01%) Computer Science Degree
7 9 (3.01%) DV Cleared
7 9 (3.01%) PhD
8 5 (1.67%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.67%) HND
9 3 (1.00%) Postgraduate
10 1 (0.33%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.33%) HNC
10 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Certified Professional
10 1 (0.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (31.44%) Accessibility
2 40 (13.38%) WCAG
3 4 (1.34%) DO-254
3 4 (1.34%) GDPR
4 3 (1.00%) QA
5 2 (0.67%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.33%) DO-178B
6 1 (0.33%) GRC
6 1 (0.33%) JTAG
System Software
1 28 (9.36%) Docker
2 13 (4.35%) Firmware
3 7 (2.34%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (5.02%) HP Fortify
2 9 (3.01%) Terraform
3 4 (1.34%) AWS Copilot
3 4 (1.34%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 76 (25.42%) Adobe
2 15 (5.02%) Google
3 14 (4.68%) Microsoft
4 7 (2.34%) EMC
5 5 (1.67%) OpenAI
6 4 (1.34%) Foundry
7 3 (1.00%) Motorola
8 2 (0.67%) Salesforce
9 1 (0.33%) Databricks
9 1 (0.33%) Planon
9 1 (0.33%) Qualtrics
9 1 (0.33%) SAP
9 1 (0.33%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.33%) Siemens
9 1 (0.33%) Xilinx