Sketch Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Sketch
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 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 499 520 536
Rank change year-on-year +21 +16 +105
Permanent jobs citing Sketch 7 52 31
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.017% 0.14% 0.089%
As % of the Applications category 0.17% 1.36% 1.07%
Number of salaries quoted 6 22 27
10th Percentile £42,500 £36,400 £31,850
25th Percentile £43,750 £42,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,250 £50,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.99% +5.79% -3.55%
75th Percentile £53,750 £66,563 £52,500
90th Percentile £54,375 £67,500 £64,250
UK median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +27.27% -4.35% -8.00%

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 4,094 3,835 2,898
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.70% 10.69% 8.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,562 1,365 2,057
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,827 £23,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £27,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £37,350
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +20.48% -0.40%
75th Percentile £51,250 £57,500 £52,578
90th Percentile £61,250 £72,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,683 £41,500
% change year-on-year -16.11% +14.90% -9.29%

Sketch
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

Sketch
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

Sketch
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 13 January 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 +17 5 £50,000 - 3
North West +23 4 £47,500 -2.56% 2
Midlands +23 1 £52,500 +3.45%
West Midlands +23 1 £52,500 +46.85%
North East +3 1 £55,000 +29.41% 1
Northern Ireland -13 1 - -
Sketch
UK

Sketch
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:

Applications
1 5 (71.43%) Adobe XD
2 3 (42.86%) InVision
3 1 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Figma
2 2 (28.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (14.29%) Bluetooth
1 1 (14.29%) RFID
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Cypress.io
2 1 (14.29%) Axure RP
2 1 (14.29%) Balsamiq
General
1 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (28.57%) Finance
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Law
2 1 (14.29%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Designer
2 2 (28.57%) Software Engineer
2 2 (28.57%) UX Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Product Owner
3 1 (14.29%) UI Designer
3 1 (14.29%) UI/UX Designer
3 1 (14.29%) User Experience Consultant
3 1 (14.29%) UX Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Web Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) CSS
2 2 (28.57%) Framer.js
2 2 (28.57%) Jest
2 2 (28.57%) Next.js
2 2 (28.57%) React
3 1 (14.29%) EDI
3 1 (14.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Animation
1 2 (28.57%) Virtual Team
2 1 (14.29%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) User Experience
2 5 (71.43%) Agile
2 5 (71.43%) Prototyping
3 3 (42.86%) Roadmaps
3 3 (42.86%) Scrum
3 3 (42.86%) UX Design
3 3 (42.86%) Wireframes
4 2 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Clean Code
4 2 (28.57%) End-to-End Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Fintech
4 2 (28.57%) Inclusive Design
4 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (28.57%) Product Strategy
4 2 (28.57%) Product Thinking
4 2 (28.57%) Software Engineering
4 2 (28.57%) User Stories
4 2 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 1 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) TypeScript
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (71.43%) Accessibility
2 2 (28.57%) WCAG
3 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Adobe