User Experience Job Trends in the UK excluding London

UX
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring User Experience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 87 70
Rank change year-on-year -12 -17 +23
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,166 1,145 2,400
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 1.63% 3.39% 3.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 3.83% 4.09%
Number of salaries quoted 881 499 1,325
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,550 £36,365
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £54,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.70% +8.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,375 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +17.65% -18.40%

All Process & 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 50,410 29,881 58,701
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 70.59% 88.43% 80.10%
Number of salaries quoted 35,462 16,018 40,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,851 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £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% -8.71%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

User Experience job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

User Experience
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing User Experience

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 13 July 2026.

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 13 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 -21 411 £52,643 +0.27% 145
North West -37 224 £54,250 -1.36% 80
South East -10 196 £52,500 - 159
Midlands 0 171 £45,000 -16.18% 70
East of England +30 160 £76,500 +56.92% 49
South West -21 127 £52,500 -4.55% 188
Yorkshire +24 120 £52,643 +23.87% 35
West Midlands -24 103 £47,500 -13.64% 42
East Midlands +10 68 £45,000 +25.00% 28
North East -4 67 £52,000 +8.33% 30
Scotland -36 58 £61,750 -1.20% 17
Wales -16 40 £45,000 -33.33% 7
Northern Ireland -60 5 £49,750 - 17
User Experience
UK

User Experience
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
1 103 (8.83%) SharePoint
2 64 (5.49%) CMS
3 35 (3.00%) Microsoft Exchange
4 34 (2.92%) Confluence
5 20 (1.72%) WordPress
6 4 (0.34%) nginx
7 3 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
7 3 (0.26%) Headless CMS
7 3 (0.26%) Moodle
7 3 (0.26%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.17%) Skype for Business
8 2 (0.17%) Totara
9 1 (0.086%) Apache
9 1 (0.086%) Drupal
9 1 (0.086%) ExpressionEngine
9 1 (0.086%) IIS
9 1 (0.086%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 31 (2.66%) Microsoft Office
2 26 (2.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 20 (1.72%) Photoshop
4 18 (1.54%) Adobe Illustrator
5 17 (1.46%) Adobe XD
6 16 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
7 15 (1.29%) Adobe After Effects
7 15 (1.29%) Sketch
8 9 (0.77%) Chatbot
8 9 (0.77%) InDesign
8 9 (0.77%) Spreadsheet
9 6 (0.51%) UserZoom
10 5 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 3 (0.26%) Adobe Premiere
11 3 (0.26%) Trello
12 2 (0.17%) Camtasia
12 2 (0.17%) InVision
13 1 (0.086%) Blender
13 1 (0.086%) CINEMA 4D
13 1 (0.086%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 18 (1.54%) Dynamics CRM
2 16 (1.37%) Shopify
3 13 (1.11%) Magento
4 9 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.34%) Dynamics NAV
6 3 (0.26%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.26%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.17%) Towers Watson Igloo
7 2 (0.17%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.086%) NetSuite
8 1 (0.086%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.086%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.086%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.086%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.086%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.086%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 223 (19.13%) Azure
2 199 (17.07%) Microsoft 365
3 109 (9.35%) Figma
4 105 (9.01%) Power Platform
5 76 (6.52%) AWS
6 68 (5.83%) SaaS
7 65 (5.57%) Azure DevOps
8 56 (4.80%) Power Automate
9 54 (4.63%) Entra ID
9 54 (4.63%) PowerApps
10 42 (3.60%) GitHub
11 39 (3.34%) Adobe Analytics
11 39 (3.34%) Google Analytics
12 31 (2.66%) Microsoft Copilot
13 28 (2.40%) OneDrive
14 27 (2.32%) Azure Logic Apps
14 27 (2.32%) Firebase
15 24 (2.06%) GitHub Actions
16 23 (1.97%) Dynamics 365
16 23 (1.97%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 36 (3.09%) Broadband
2 22 (1.89%) Firewall
3 15 (1.29%) DNS
4 13 (1.11%) VoIP
5 11 (0.94%) DHCP
5 11 (0.94%) VPN
5 11 (0.94%) Wi-Fi
6 9 (0.77%) CTI
7 5 (0.43%) SAN
7 5 (0.43%) Unified Communications
7 5 (0.43%) Wireless
8 4 (0.34%) Internet
8 4 (0.34%) Intranet
8 4 (0.34%) NAS
8 4 (0.34%) SMS
8 4 (0.34%) Structured Cabling
8 4 (0.34%) VLAN
9 3 (0.26%) TCP/IP
10 2 (0.17%) Remote Desktop
10 2 (0.17%) Skype
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (4.89%) Power BI
2 37 (3.17%) SQL Server
3 23 (1.97%) Azure SQL Database
4 14 (1.20%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (1.03%) MySQL
6 11 (0.94%) Looker
7 10 (0.86%) NoSQL
8 7 (0.60%) Metadata
9 6 (0.51%) Relational Database
10 5 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
10 5 (0.43%) BigQuery
10 5 (0.43%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.34%) Data Warehouse
11 4 (0.34%) GIS
11 4 (0.34%) MongoDB
11 4 (0.34%) Tableau
12 3 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
12 3 (0.26%) Power Query
12 3 (0.26%) Star Schema
13 2 (0.17%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 61 (5.23%) JIRA
2 54 (4.63%) Git
3 20 (1.72%) Crashlytics
3 20 (1.72%) fastlane
4 18 (1.54%) Jenkins
5 15 (1.29%) XCTest
6 8 (0.69%) Xcode
7 7 (0.60%) Claude Code
8 6 (0.51%) Android Studio
8 6 (0.51%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 6 (0.51%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.51%) Gradle
8 6 (0.51%) NUnit
9 5 (0.43%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.43%) Postman
10 4 (0.34%) JUnit
10 4 (0.34%) Selenium
10 4 (0.34%) Storybook
11 3 (0.26%) Cypress.io
11 3 (0.26%) JMeter
General
1 369 (31.65%) Social Skills
2 160 (13.72%) Marketing
3 155 (13.29%) Finance
4 120 (10.29%) Analytical Skills
5 97 (8.32%) Public Sector
6 69 (5.92%) Retail
7 59 (5.06%) Legal
8 58 (4.97%) Organisational Skills
9 54 (4.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 45 (3.86%) Games
11 37 (3.17%) Law
12 27 (2.32%) Influencing Skills
13 25 (2.14%) Manufacturing
14 21 (1.80%) Advertising
15 17 (1.46%) Presentation Skills
16 16 (1.37%) Documentation Skills
17 13 (1.11%) Local Government
18 12 (1.03%) Multimedia
19 10 (0.86%) Banking
20 6 (0.51%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 200 (17.15%) Senior
2 196 (16.81%) Designer
3 190 (16.30%) Developer
4 144 (12.35%) UX Designer
5 134 (11.49%) Lead
6 84 (7.20%) Analyst
7 71 (6.09%) Senior Developer
8 70 (6.00%) IT Support
9 55 (4.72%) Support Engineer
10 51 (4.37%) IT Manager
11 48 (4.12%) Senior Designer
12 42 (3.60%) IT Engineer
12 42 (3.60%) IT Support Engineer
12 42 (3.60%) Senior UX Designer
13 41 (3.52%) Software Engineer
14 40 (3.43%) UI Designer
14 40 (3.43%) UI/UX Designer
15 39 (3.34%) Service Manager
16 32 (2.74%) Business Analyst
17 31 (2.66%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 123 (10.55%) HTML
2 121 (10.38%) CSS
3 87 (7.46%) .NET
4 78 (6.69%) React
5 46 (3.95%) RESTful
6 36 (3.09%) REST
7 30 (2.57%) .NET Core
8 29 (2.49%) AngularJS
8 29 (2.49%) Node.js
9 26 (2.23%) SPFx
10 25 (2.14%) JSON
10 25 (2.14%) SwiftUI
11 23 (1.97%) HTML5
11 23 (1.97%) Sass
11 23 (1.97%) Web Services
12 22 (1.89%) HTML5 Canvas
12 22 (1.89%) Microsoft Graph
13 21 (1.80%) jQuery
13 21 (1.80%) UIKit
14 19 (1.63%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 109 (9.35%) Product Ownership
2 87 (7.46%) Mobile App
3 70 (6.00%) Onboarding
4 41 (3.52%) Social Media
5 28 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
6 24 (2.06%) Legacy Systems
7 23 (1.97%) Enterprise Software
8 20 (1.72%) Management Information System
9 17 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
9 17 (1.46%) Greenfield Project
10 15 (1.29%) Algorithms
10 15 (1.29%) Graphic Design
11 14 (1.20%) Cloud Native
11 14 (1.20%) Driving Licence
12 12 (1.03%) e-Learning
13 10 (0.86%) Animation
13 10 (0.86%) Photography
14 9 (0.77%) IVR
14 9 (0.77%) Low-Code
14 9 (0.77%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 95 (8.15%) Windows
2 54 (4.63%) Apple iOS
3 35 (3.00%) Windows Server
4 29 (2.49%) Android
5 26 (2.23%) Linux
6 25 (2.14%) Windows 10
7 15 (1.29%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.34%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.17%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 309 (26.50%) UX Design
2 299 (25.64%) Continuous Improvement
3 294 (25.21%) Agile
4 280 (24.01%) Problem-Solving
5 208 (17.84%) Analytics
6 193 (16.55%) AI
7 168 (14.41%) Roadmaps
8 121 (10.38%) Mentoring
9 113 (9.69%) DevOps
10 108 (9.26%) Decision-Making
10 108 (9.26%) ITIL
11 104 (8.92%) CI/CD
12 95 (8.15%) CRM
13 91 (7.80%) Stakeholder Management
14 89 (7.63%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 87 (7.46%) Full-Stack Development
16 85 (7.29%) Customer Experience
17 84 (7.20%) E-Commerce
18 83 (7.12%) Test Automation
18 83 (7.12%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 137 (11.75%) JavaScript
2 102 (8.75%) SQL
3 96 (8.23%) C#
4 93 (7.98%) TypeScript
5 63 (5.40%) Python
6 54 (4.63%) Java
7 46 (3.95%) PowerShell
8 31 (2.66%) Swift
9 24 (2.06%) PHP
10 21 (1.80%) Kotlin
11 8 (0.69%) ABAP
11 8 (0.69%) VB.NET
12 7 (0.60%) C++
12 7 (0.60%) T-SQL
13 6 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 6 (0.51%) VBScript
14 5 (0.43%) C
14 5 (0.43%) VB
15 4 (0.34%) Bicep
16 3 (0.26%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 96 (8.23%) Degree
2 44 (3.77%) Security Cleared
3 25 (2.14%) DBS Check
4 22 (1.89%) SC Cleared
5 16 (1.37%) DV Cleared
6 15 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (1.11%) Microsoft Certification
8 10 (0.86%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (0.69%) ICAEW
10 7 (0.60%) Master's Degree
10 7 (0.60%) Postgraduate
11 6 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.43%) ISTQB
13 3 (0.26%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.26%) AWS Certification
13 3 (0.26%) CIPD
13 3 (0.26%) Network+ Certification
14 2 (0.17%) IIBA
14 2 (0.17%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 2 (0.17%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 167 (14.32%) Accessibility
2 87 (7.46%) QA
3 47 (4.03%) WCAG
4 40 (3.43%) GDPR
5 28 (2.40%) Data Quality
6 18 (1.54%) Cyber Essentials
7 10 (0.86%) SLA
8 9 (0.77%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 7 (0.60%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 5 (0.43%) NEBOSH
12 4 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.26%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.26%) PERC
13 3 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
14 2 (0.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
15 1 (0.086%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 1 (0.086%) PMO
System Software
1 58 (4.97%) Active Directory
2 20 (1.72%) Docker
3 6 (0.51%) BitLocker
3 6 (0.51%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.43%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.34%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.34%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.086%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 41 (3.52%) Microsoft Intune
2 10 (0.86%) Kubernetes
3 9 (0.77%) Terraform
4 7 (0.60%) SCCM
5 5 (0.43%) Jamf Pro
5 5 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
6 2 (0.17%) Data Guard
6 2 (0.17%) Grafana
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 2 (0.17%) Oracle RMAN
6 2 (0.17%) Packer
6 2 (0.17%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.17%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.086%) Ansible
7 1 (0.086%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.086%) Kibana
Vendors
1 278 (23.84%) Microsoft
2 116 (9.95%) Adobe
3 56 (4.80%) Google
4 31 (2.66%) ServiceNow
5 20 (1.72%) Salesforce
6 18 (1.54%) Apple
7 16 (1.37%) Amplitude
7 16 (1.37%) Braze
7 16 (1.37%) Oracle
8 15 (1.29%) HubSpot
9 14 (1.20%) Cisco
10 13 (1.11%) Dynatrace
11 12 (1.03%) iManage
11 12 (1.03%) SAP
12 11 (0.94%) Hotjar
12 11 (0.94%) OpenAI
13 9 (0.77%) Avaya
13 9 (0.77%) Genesys
13 9 (0.77%) VMware
14 8 (0.69%) BMC