Sketch Job Trends in the UK excluding London

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UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Sketch skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 621 544 613
Rank change year-on-year -77 +69 -76
Permanent jobs citing Sketch 16 13 64
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.021% 0.038% 0.11%
As % of the Applications category 0.40% 0.32% 1.02%
Number of salaries quoted 14 7 28
10th Percentile - £32,750 -
25th Percentile £30,000 £38,750 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -2.70% -7.50%
75th Percentile £70,000 £53,125 £57,500
90th Percentile £71,750 £67,250 £60,375
UK median annual salary £50,000 £62,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -20.00% +25.00% -9.09%

All Software Application Skills
UK excluding London

Sketch falls under the Software Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring software application skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for software application skills 4,047 4,041 6,283
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 5.31% 11.74% 10.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,221 1,728 2,713
10th Percentile £26,500 £25,750 £24,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £28,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £39,005
Median % change year-on-year - -3.86% +2.64%
75th Percentile £50,001 £52,500 £52,500
90th Percentile £63,750 £66,221 £68,750
UK median annual salary £40,000 £42,224 £42,500
% change year-on-year -5.27% -0.65% -5.56%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Sketch relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Sketch job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

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Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Sketch.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Sketch

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Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Sketch in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 7 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Sketch in the UK excluding London

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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 Sketch within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 7 August 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 -46 8 £70,000 +36.59%
Wales - 5 £30,000 -
North West -11 3 £70,000 +36.59%
Yorkshire - 3 £67,500 -
North East - 2 £70,000 -
South East -27 1 £70,000 +93.10% 1
West Midlands -34 1 £50,000 - 1
Midlands -36 1 £50,000 - 1
South West - 1 £37,500 -
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UK

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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 1 (6.25%) CMS
1 1 (6.25%) Confluence
Applications
1 10 (62.50%) Adobe XD
2 2 (12.50%) InVision
2 2 (12.50%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 16 (100.00%) Figma
2 6 (37.50%) Miro
3 4 (25.00%) Heroku
4 2 (12.50%) Asana
5 1 (6.25%) Azure
5 1 (6.25%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (6.25%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 3 (18.75%) JIRA
2 2 (12.50%) Axure RP
3 1 (6.25%) Cypress.io
3 1 (6.25%) Git
3 1 (6.25%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 9 (56.25%) Public Sector
2 8 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 7 (43.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (6.25%) Aerospace
4 1 (6.25%) Automotive
4 1 (6.25%) Finance
4 1 (6.25%) Italian Language
4 1 (6.25%) Japanese Language
4 1 (6.25%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (87.50%) Designer
2 6 (37.50%) UX Designer
3 4 (25.00%) Interaction Designer
4 2 (12.50%) Service Designer
5 1 (6.25%) Content Designer
5 1 (6.25%) Developer
5 1 (6.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 1 (6.25%) Lead
5 1 (6.25%) Lead Designer
5 1 (6.25%) Lead Product Designer
5 1 (6.25%) Product Designer
5 1 (6.25%) UI Designer
5 1 (6.25%) UI/UX Designer
5 1 (6.25%) User Experience Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (68.75%) HTML
2 9 (56.25%) CSS
3 2 (12.50%) CSS3
3 2 (12.50%) Framer.js
3 2 (12.50%) HTML5
4 1 (6.25%) Blazor
4 1 (6.25%) JSON
4 1 (6.25%) Redux
4 1 (6.25%) RESTful
4 1 (6.25%) Sass
4 1 (6.25%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) NHS
2 2 (12.50%) Augmented Reality
2 2 (12.50%) Virtual Reality
3 1 (6.25%) FMCG
3 1 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (6.25%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) User Experience
2 15 (93.75%) User Research
2 15 (93.75%) Wireframes
3 14 (87.50%) UX Design
4 13 (81.25%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 11 (68.75%) Interaction Design
6 10 (62.50%) Usability Testing
7 9 (56.25%) Agile
8 8 (50.00%) Journey Map
8 8 (50.00%) Service Design
8 8 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
9 7 (43.75%) Analytics
10 6 (37.50%) Front End Development
10 6 (37.50%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
10 6 (37.50%) Information Architecture
10 6 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (37.50%) Prototyping
11 5 (31.25%) Collaborative Working
11 5 (31.25%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 5 (31.25%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
2 1 (6.25%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (93.75%) Accessibility
2 6 (37.50%) WCAG
Vendors
1 10 (62.50%) Adobe
2 1 (6.25%) Microsoft