UX Design Jobs in the UK excluding London

User Experience Design (UXD)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for UX Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited UX Design over the 6 months to 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 260 225 183
Rank change year-on-year -35 -42 -10
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 789 958 1,499
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.13% 1.54% 2.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 1.61% 2.26%
Number of salaries quoted 525 348 835
10th Percentile £29,750 £37,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,875 £75,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +14.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

UX Design is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 59,217 59,337 66,337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.49% 95.62% 94.08%
Number of salaries quoted 41,096 30,395 41,344
10th Percentile £27,234 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,700 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.86% +2.83% +9.09%

UX Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for UX Design in the UK excluding London

UX Design
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing UX Design in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for UX Design in the UK excluding London

UX Design
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing UX Design in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for UX Design in the UK excluding London

UX Design
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 UX Design within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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 +5 189 £50,000 -9.09% 60
Scotland +12 154 £47,500 -17.39% 16
South East -65 140 £55,000 - 23
Midlands +35 121 £50,000 +8.11% 39
North West -5 111 £45,000 -30.77% 37
South West +21 110 £55,000 +4.76% 13
West Midlands +45 83 £55,000 +22.22% 26
Yorkshire +72 63 £51,000 -7.27% 17
East of England -82 44 £46,000 -23.33% 19
East Midlands -21 30 £38,750 -29.55% 13
Wales -22 18 £32,500 -25.56% 2
Northern Ireland +28 17 £45,000 -14.29% 3
North East -10 15 £52,500 +36.81% 6
UX Design
UK

UX Design
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 29 (3.68%) WordPress
2 26 (3.30%) CMS
3 23 (2.92%) JBoss
3 23 (2.92%) Red Hat Fuse
4 16 (2.03%) Confluence
5 7 (0.89%) Microsoft Exchange
5 7 (0.89%) SharePoint
6 5 (0.63%) Kentico
6 5 (0.63%) Umbraco
7 1 (0.13%) IIS
7 1 (0.13%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 116 (14.70%) Sketch
2 54 (6.84%) Adobe XD
3 37 (4.69%) Photoshop
4 30 (3.80%) Adobe Illustrator
5 29 (3.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 23 (2.92%) InVision
7 11 (1.39%) InDesign
7 11 (1.39%) Microsoft Office
8 10 (1.27%) Adobe After Effects
8 10 (1.27%) Chatbot
9 7 (0.89%) Spreadsheet
10 6 (0.76%) UserZoom
11 5 (0.63%) CANalyzer
12 4 (0.51%) Blender
12 4 (0.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
13 3 (0.38%) CINEMA 4D
13 3 (0.38%) Trello
14 2 (0.25%) Notion
14 2 (0.25%) OmniGraffle
15 1 (0.13%) Marvel
Business Applications
1 20 (2.53%) Shopify
2 15 (1.90%) Magento
3 4 (0.51%) NetSuite
4 1 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.13%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 170 (21.55%) Figma
2 89 (11.28%) AWS
3 61 (7.73%) Azure
4 50 (6.34%) Miro
4 50 (6.34%) SaaS
5 41 (5.20%) Heroku
6 22 (2.79%) Power Platform
7 20 (2.53%) PowerApps
8 19 (2.41%) Power Automate
9 17 (2.15%) Microsoft 365
10 16 (2.03%) Azure DevOps
11 15 (1.90%) GitHub
11 15 (1.90%) Google Analytics
12 14 (1.77%) Serverless
13 13 (1.65%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 13 (1.65%) Cloud Computing
13 13 (1.65%) GCP
13 13 (1.65%) npm
14 11 (1.39%) SurveyMonkey
15 8 (1.01%) Amazon EKS
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.89%) Intranet
2 6 (0.76%) HTTP
3 5 (0.63%) Ethernet
3 5 (0.63%) Internet
4 4 (0.51%) SSH
5 1 (0.13%) AMQP
5 1 (0.13%) MQTT
5 1 (0.13%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (6.97%) MySQL
2 46 (5.83%) SQL Server
3 20 (2.53%) Power BI
4 18 (2.28%) PostgreSQL
5 15 (1.90%) Redis
6 13 (1.65%) Elasticsearch
7 11 (1.39%) Relational Database
8 6 (0.76%) Geospatial Data
8 6 (0.76%) MongoDB
9 5 (0.63%) GIS
9 5 (0.63%) MariaDB
10 4 (0.51%) Spatial Data
11 3 (0.38%) NoSQL
12 1 (0.13%) Amazon Aurora
12 1 (0.13%) Apache Accumulo
12 1 (0.13%) Azure SQL Database
12 1 (0.13%) Big Data
12 1 (0.13%) Data Lake
12 1 (0.13%) Hadoop
12 1 (0.13%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 92 (11.66%) Git
2 63 (7.98%) JIRA
3 23 (2.92%) IntelliJ
4 18 (2.28%) webpack
5 13 (1.65%) Postman
6 11 (1.39%) Jenkins
6 11 (1.39%) Visual Studio
7 9 (1.14%) Cucumber
7 9 (1.14%) Moq
8 7 (0.89%) gulp
9 6 (0.76%) Cypress.io
10 5 (0.63%) Android Studio
10 5 (0.63%) Bitbucket
10 5 (0.63%) CANoe
10 5 (0.63%) Maven
11 4 (0.51%) Axure RP
11 4 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
12 3 (0.38%) Babel
12 3 (0.38%) GitLab
12 3 (0.38%) MSTest
General
1 272 (34.47%) Social Skills
2 179 (22.69%) Finance
3 163 (20.66%) Marketing
4 148 (18.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 107 (13.56%) Law
6 61 (7.73%) Analytical Skills
7 56 (7.10%) Public Sector
8 34 (4.31%) Presentation Skills
8 34 (4.31%) Retail
9 31 (3.93%) Banking
10 25 (3.17%) Automotive
11 23 (2.92%) Manufacturing
12 19 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
13 16 (2.03%) Electronics
13 16 (2.03%) Games
13 16 (2.03%) Legal
14 10 (1.27%) Investment Banking
15 9 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (1.14%) Publishing
16 8 (1.01%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 300 (38.02%) Developer
2 217 (27.50%) Designer
3 185 (23.45%) Senior
4 178 (22.56%) UX Designer
5 111 (14.07%) Lead
6 106 (13.43%) UI Designer
7 101 (12.80%) UI/UX Designer
8 82 (10.39%) Software Engineer
9 69 (8.75%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 69 (8.75%) Senior Designer
10 68 (8.62%) Senior Developer
11 66 (8.37%) Senior UX Designer
12 44 (5.58%) Senior UI Designer
12 44 (5.58%) Senior UI/UX Designer
13 36 (4.56%) Lead Software Engineer
14 34 (4.31%) Full Stack Developer
14 34 (4.31%) Software Developer
15 32 (4.06%) UI Engineer
16 27 (3.42%) Lead Developer
17 25 (3.17%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 262 (33.21%) HTML
2 207 (26.24%) CSS
3 170 (21.55%) React
4 117 (14.83%) AngularJS
5 78 (9.89%) .NET
6 75 (9.51%) RESTful
7 59 (7.48%) Node.js
7 59 (7.48%) Vue
8 58 (7.35%) REST
9 54 (6.84%) Web Services
10 48 (6.08%) JSON
11 39 (4.94%) Spring
12 38 (4.82%) Sass
13 37 (4.69%) HTML5
14 36 (4.56%) SOAP
15 32 (4.06%) jQuery
15 32 (4.06%) XML
16 31 (3.93%) ASP.NET
17 30 (3.80%) Laravel
18 28 (3.55%) Java EE
Miscellaneous
1 78 (9.89%) Product Ownership
2 64 (8.11%) Mobile App
3 31 (3.93%) Greenfield Project
4 23 (2.92%) Algorithms
5 22 (2.79%) Market Risk
6 21 (2.66%) Cloud Native
7 17 (2.15%) SCADA
7 17 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
8 16 (2.03%) Data Structures
8 16 (2.03%) Graphic Design
8 16 (2.03%) Onboarding
8 16 (2.03%) Operational Technology
9 15 (1.90%) Management Information System
10 12 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
11 9 (1.14%) Animation
11 9 (1.14%) Client/Server
11 9 (1.14%) Driving Licence
11 9 (1.14%) Virtual Team
12 8 (1.01%) NHS
13 7 (0.89%) Cyberattack
Operating Systems
1 35 (4.44%) Android
2 34 (4.31%) Apple iOS
2 34 (4.31%) Windows
3 19 (2.41%) Windows Server
4 16 (2.03%) Linux
5 3 (0.38%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 789 (100.00%) User Experience
2 294 (37.26%) Agile
3 286 (36.25%) Problem-Solving
4 172 (21.80%) Front End Development
5 145 (18.38%) Software Engineering
6 124 (15.72%) Wireframes
7 123 (15.59%) Prototyping
8 120 (15.21%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 117 (14.83%) User Research
10 114 (14.45%) Actionable Insight
11 110 (13.94%) Mentoring
12 109 (13.81%) Collaborative Working
13 90 (11.41%) UX Research
14 89 (11.28%) Design Patterns
14 89 (11.28%) DevOps
15 87 (11.03%) Full Stack Development
16 81 (10.27%) Stakeholder Management
16 81 (10.27%) Visualisation
17 80 (10.14%) Coaching
18 76 (9.63%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
Programming Languages
1 264 (33.46%) JavaScript
2 103 (13.05%) TypeScript
3 94 (11.91%) Java
4 81 (10.27%) PHP
5 78 (9.89%) C#
6 66 (8.37%) SQL
7 62 (7.86%) Python
8 24 (3.04%) Kotlin
9 16 (2.03%) T-SQL
10 13 (1.65%) Swift
11 12 (1.52%) C
12 11 (1.39%) VB.NET
13 3 (0.38%) C++
14 2 (0.25%) Dart
14 2 (0.25%) Go
14 2 (0.25%) Ruby
15 1 (0.13%) Bash
15 1 (0.13%) MATLAB
15 1 (0.13%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 144 (18.25%) Degree
2 99 (12.55%) Security Cleared
3 80 (10.14%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.31%) Master's Degree
5 13 (1.65%) DV Cleared
6 12 (1.52%) CSPO
7 11 (1.39%) PhD
8 9 (1.14%) Computer Science Degree
8 9 (1.14%) MBA
9 6 (0.76%) HND
9 6 (0.76%) IIBA
10 3 (0.38%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.13%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.13%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (17.36%) Accessibility
2 58 (7.35%) WCAG
3 41 (5.20%) QA
4 13 (1.65%) GDPR
5 8 (1.01%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (0.63%) ISO 26262
7 3 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.13%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.13%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 33 (4.18%) Docker
2 16 (2.03%) Hyper-V
2 16 (2.03%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.25%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (1.14%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.01%) Terraform
Vendors
1 97 (12.29%) Adobe
2 65 (8.24%) Microsoft
3 46 (5.83%) Google
4 20 (2.53%) ServiceNow
5 16 (2.03%) VMware
5 16 (2.03%) Xamarin
6 11 (1.39%) Facebook
7 10 (1.27%) Hotjar
7 10 (1.27%) Salesforce
7 10 (1.27%) WooCommerce
8 7 (0.89%) DevExpress
9 6 (0.76%) Qualtrics
10 5 (0.63%) SAP
11 4 (0.51%) Databricks
11 4 (0.51%) dotdigital
11 4 (0.51%) Mapbox
12 3 (0.38%) Sony
13 2 (0.25%) Monetate
13 2 (0.25%) Qubit
13 2 (0.25%) YouTube