User Experience Jobs in the UK excluding London

UX
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring User Experience skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited User Experience over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 77 92
Rank change year-on-year -32 +15 -39
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,117 2,377 2,054
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.84% 3.19% 3.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.06% 3.87% 3.70%
Number of salaries quoted 484 1,403 952
10th Percentile £32,000 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,365 £42,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,750 £48,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.70% -11.82% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -20.00% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

User Experience 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 36,483 61,419 55,450
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.65% 82.37% 95.58%
Number of salaries quoted 17,392 42,187 28,711
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,574 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.15% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,443 £55,000 £60,899
% change year-on-year +4.44% -9.69% +1.50%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing User Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in the UK excluding London

User Experience
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Experience in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for User Experience in the UK excluding London

User Experience
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for User Experience in the UK excluding London

User Experience
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 User Experience within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 May 2025. 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 -10 490 £55,000 +15.79% 1,573
North West -7 414 £55,043 +22.32% 766
South East -58 161 £50,000 - 2,045
Scotland +21 140 £63,750 +30.10% 283
Midlands -64 129 £53,594 +12.83% 1,314
South West -18 101 £46,500 -15.45% 794
West Midlands -38 93 £53,688 +7.38% 721
East of England -1 77 £42,500 +6.25% 1,029
Yorkshire -20 57 £41,250 -17.50% 608
East Midlands -54 36 £35,000 - 508
North East +5 19 £50,250 +14.86% 202
Northern Ireland +27 8 - - 105
Wales +13 5 £60,000 +60.28% 191
Isle of Man +16 4 - -
Channel Islands - 2 £87,500 - 4
User Experience
UK

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 53 (4.74%) CMS
2 28 (2.51%) WordPress
3 27 (2.42%) SharePoint
4 22 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
5 18 (1.61%) Skype for Business
6 14 (1.25%) IBM Domino
7 13 (1.16%) Confluence
8 9 (0.81%) Umbraco
9 8 (0.72%) Drupal
10 7 (0.63%) IIS
11 5 (0.45%) Headless CMS
12 4 (0.36%) SAP Portal
13 3 (0.27%) Apache
13 3 (0.27%) Strapi
14 2 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 2 (0.18%) Apache Solr
14 2 (0.18%) Apache Spark
15 1 (0.090%) Apache Airflow
15 1 (0.090%) Jupyter
15 1 (0.090%) Tomcat
Applications
1 18 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 15 (1.34%) Sketch
4 12 (1.07%) Adobe XD
5 11 (0.98%) Photoshop
6 8 (0.72%) Chatbot
7 7 (0.63%) Adobe Illustrator
7 7 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
8 6 (0.54%) InDesign
8 6 (0.54%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.45%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 2 (0.18%) Adobe After Effects
12 1 (0.090%) Blender
12 1 (0.090%) CINEMA 4D
12 1 (0.090%) Elementor
12 1 (0.090%) InVision
12 1 (0.090%) Moqups
12 1 (0.090%) Simulink
12 1 (0.090%) Trello
Business Applications
1 17 (1.52%) Shopify
2 14 (1.25%) Magento
3 12 (1.07%) Payment Gateway
4 10 (0.90%) Dynamics CRM
5 9 (0.81%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.090%) iTrent
7 1 (0.090%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.090%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.090%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.090%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.090%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.090%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 404 (36.17%) AWS
2 401 (35.90%) Azure
3 188 (16.83%) GCP
4 58 (5.19%) Microsoft 365
5 55 (4.92%) Figma
6 48 (4.30%) Power Platform
7 33 (2.95%) Google Analytics
8 31 (2.78%) GitHub
9 23 (2.06%) Azure DevOps
9 23 (2.06%) Serverless
10 22 (1.97%) SaaS
11 19 (1.70%) Power Automate
12 16 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
12 16 (1.43%) PowerApps
13 15 (1.34%) Google Workspace
14 14 (1.25%) AWS Lambda
14 14 (1.25%) Slack
15 11 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
16 10 (0.90%) Entra ID
16 10 (0.90%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 25 (2.24%) Internet
2 19 (1.70%) Unified Communications
2 19 (1.70%) Wireless
3 18 (1.61%) Skype
4 7 (0.63%) Cisco IOS
4 7 (0.63%) HTTP
4 7 (0.63%) LAN
4 7 (0.63%) WAN
5 6 (0.54%) DNS
6 5 (0.45%) VPN
7 4 (0.36%) LoRaWAN
7 4 (0.36%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.18%) DHCP
8 2 (0.18%) DMZ
8 2 (0.18%) Firewall
8 2 (0.18%) LTE
8 2 (0.18%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.090%) Broadband
9 1 (0.090%) Intranet
9 1 (0.090%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (12.62%) SQL Server
2 57 (5.10%) MySQL
3 30 (2.69%) PostgreSQL
3 30 (2.69%) Power BI
4 19 (1.70%) NoSQL
5 15 (1.34%) MongoDB
6 9 (0.81%) Relational Database
7 8 (0.72%) DynamoDB
8 5 (0.45%) Amazon Aurora
8 5 (0.45%) Big Data
8 5 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 5 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (0.45%) SQLite
8 5 (0.45%) Tableau
9 4 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
9 4 (0.36%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (0.36%) Elasticsearch
9 4 (0.36%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.36%) Mixpanel
10 3 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 162 (14.50%) JIRA
2 109 (9.76%) GitLab
2 109 (9.76%) Selenium
3 98 (8.77%) Cucumber
3 98 (8.77%) Maven
4 95 (8.50%) Bitbucket
5 91 (8.15%) SonarQube
6 90 (8.06%) Git
6 90 (8.06%) Sonatype Nexus
7 33 (2.95%) Visual Studio
8 17 (1.52%) Jenkins
9 13 (1.16%) Cypress.io
10 10 (0.90%) Appium
10 10 (0.90%) Vite
10 10 (0.90%) webpack
11 8 (0.72%) Subversion
12 6 (0.54%) JMeter
12 6 (0.54%) Postman
13 5 (0.45%) Babel
13 5 (0.45%) rollup.js
General
1 330 (29.54%) Finance
2 305 (27.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 252 (22.56%) Social Skills
4 221 (19.79%) Banking
5 127 (11.37%) Retail
6 117 (10.47%) Analytical Skills
7 90 (8.06%) Corporate Banking
7 90 (8.06%) Investment Banking
8 88 (7.88%) Marketing
9 52 (4.66%) Law
10 27 (2.42%) Advertising
10 27 (2.42%) Avionics
11 25 (2.24%) Electronics
12 24 (2.15%) Organisational Skills
13 22 (1.97%) Manufacturing
14 21 (1.88%) Games
15 17 (1.52%) Pharmaceutical
16 16 (1.43%) Financial Institution
17 13 (1.16%) Legal
18 11 (0.98%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 404 (36.17%) Senior
2 301 (26.95%) Software Engineer
3 237 (21.22%) Developer
4 188 (16.83%) Senior Software Engineer
5 127 (11.37%) Designer
6 98 (8.77%) UX Designer
7 85 (7.61%) Senior Designer
8 84 (7.52%) Senior UX Designer
9 79 (7.07%) Lead
10 71 (6.36%) Senior Developer
11 53 (4.74%) Analyst
12 50 (4.48%) Full-Stack Developer
13 45 (4.03%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 33 (2.95%) IT Support
15 29 (2.60%) .NET Developer
16 28 (2.51%) Product Manager
17 23 (2.06%) Applications Support
18 22 (1.97%) C# Developer
18 22 (1.97%) UX Developer
19 21 (1.88%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 278 (24.89%) .NET
2 220 (19.70%) CSS
2 220 (19.70%) React
3 218 (19.52%) HTML
3 218 (19.52%) Node.js
4 162 (14.50%) RESTful
5 119 (10.65%) HTML5
6 111 (9.94%) CSS3
6 111 (9.94%) REST
7 109 (9.76%) Jest
8 108 (9.67%) Kafka
9 105 (9.40%) Sass
9 105 (9.40%) Spring Boot
10 104 (9.31%) Spring
11 99 (8.86%) Redux
12 91 (8.15%) JPA
13 63 (5.64%) AngularJS
14 30 (2.69%) Vue
15 28 (2.51%) ASP.NET
16 25 (2.24%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 186 (16.65%) Self-Motivation
2 172 (15.40%) Cyberattack
2 172 (15.40%) Linux Command Line
3 157 (14.06%) Product Ownership
4 95 (8.50%) Enterprise Software
5 53 (4.74%) Mobile App
6 28 (2.51%) Algorithms
7 21 (1.88%) Social Media
8 18 (1.61%) Data Structures
8 18 (1.61%) Digital Signage
8 18 (1.61%) Video Conferencing
9 14 (1.25%) Greenfield Project
10 13 (1.16%) e-Learning
10 13 (1.16%) Renewable Energy
11 12 (1.07%) Onboarding
12 11 (0.98%) Virtual Team
13 10 (0.90%) Online Banking
13 10 (0.90%) Smartphone
14 9 (0.81%) Driving Licence
14 9 (0.81%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 217 (19.43%) Linux
2 58 (5.19%) Windows
3 53 (4.74%) Android
4 36 (3.22%) Apple iOS
5 21 (1.88%) Windows Server
6 9 (0.81%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.72%) Mac OS
8 1 (0.090%) CentOS
8 1 (0.090%) Debian
8 1 (0.090%) Solaris
8 1 (0.090%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.090%) Windows 8
Processes & Methodologies
1 617 (55.24%) Agile
2 368 (32.95%) Software Engineering
3 341 (30.53%) UX Design
4 319 (28.56%) Mentoring
5 313 (28.02%) Microservices
6 228 (20.41%) Scrum
7 218 (19.52%) Problem-Solving
8 213 (19.07%) Machine Learning
9 208 (18.62%) Project Management
10 199 (17.82%) CI/CD
11 196 (17.55%) DevOps
11 196 (17.55%) Front End Development
12 194 (17.37%) Full-Stack Development
13 184 (16.47%) Data Engineering
14 181 (16.20%) Cloud Security
15 176 (15.76%) Test Automation
16 175 (15.67%) Site Reliability Engineering
17 154 (13.79%) SDLC
18 134 (12.00%) Responsive Web Design
18 134 (12.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 470 (42.08%) JavaScript
2 347 (31.07%) Java
3 255 (22.83%) Python
4 195 (17.46%) TypeScript
5 186 (16.65%) C++
6 184 (16.47%) Go
7 182 (16.29%) SQL
8 174 (15.58%) Rust
9 106 (9.49%) C#
10 58 (5.19%) PHP
11 29 (2.60%) C
12 15 (1.34%) Kotlin
13 9 (0.81%) Swift
14 8 (0.72%) PowerShell
15 6 (0.54%) Bicep
15 6 (0.54%) Dart
16 5 (0.45%) R
17 4 (0.36%) Perl
18 3 (0.27%) Bash
19 2 (0.18%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 212 (18.98%) Security Cleared
2 183 (16.38%) DV Cleared
3 176 (15.76%) AWS Certification
4 174 (15.58%) AWS Certified Developer
5 172 (15.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 149 (13.34%) Degree
7 45 (4.03%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (1.70%) PMI Certification
8 19 (1.70%) PMP
9 18 (1.61%) SC Cleared
10 14 (1.25%) DBS Check
11 10 (0.90%) PhD
12 8 (0.72%) ISTQB
13 7 (0.63%) BPSS Clearance
13 7 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
15 4 (0.36%) CISSP
15 4 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 4 (0.36%) Master's Degree
16 3 (0.27%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 250 (22.38%) Accessibility
2 169 (15.13%) QA
3 14 (1.25%) WCAG
4 10 (0.90%) GDPR
5 8 (0.72%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.54%) COBIT
6 6 (0.54%) SLA
7 5 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.45%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 5 (0.45%) PCI DSS
8 3 (0.27%) 21 CFR Part 11
8 3 (0.27%) Good Clinical Practice
9 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.18%) IEC 62304
9 2 (0.18%) ISO 13485
9 2 (0.18%) NCSC
9 2 (0.18%) NIST
10 1 (0.090%) HIPAA
10 1 (0.090%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 155 (13.88%) Docker
2 28 (2.51%) Active Directory
3 6 (0.54%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.18%) HDFS
6 1 (0.090%) Firmware
6 1 (0.090%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.090%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 144 (12.89%) Kubernetes
2 25 (2.24%) Terraform
3 12 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (0.72%) Grafana
5 5 (0.45%) SCCM
6 4 (0.36%) Kibana
7 2 (0.18%) Kubeflow
7 2 (0.18%) Puppet
7 2 (0.18%) SCOM
7 2 (0.18%) SCSM
7 2 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.090%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.090%) Ansible
8 1 (0.090%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.090%) Prometheus
8 1 (0.090%) WMI
Vendors
1 130 (11.64%) Microsoft
2 90 (8.06%) Solace
3 65 (5.82%) Google
4 43 (3.85%) Adobe
5 32 (2.86%) SAP
6 26 (2.33%) Cisco
6 26 (2.33%) Salesforce
7 23 (2.06%) ServiceNow
8 20 (1.79%) Workday
9 19 (1.70%) Concur
10 18 (1.61%) Mitel
10 18 (1.61%) Oracle
10 18 (1.61%) Polycom
10 18 (1.61%) ShoreTel
11 14 (1.25%) WooCommerce
12 12 (1.07%) Facebook
13 11 (0.98%) Apple
13 11 (0.98%) VMware
14 10 (0.90%) Bloomberg
14 10 (0.90%) New Relic