UX Design Jobs in the UK excluding London

User Experience Design (UXD)
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring UX Design skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited UX Design 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 292 259 259
Rank change year-on-year -33 0 -89
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 341 787 797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.87% 1.06% 1.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.93% 1.28% 1.44%
Number of salaries quoted 181 524 317
10th Percentile £36,250 £29,750 £37,315
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -9.09% +8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,000 £77,500 £79,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -12.00% +5.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

UX Design 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%

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 30 May 2025.

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 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
Scotland +78 115 £127,680 +168.80% 97
North of England -67 60 £50,000 - 514
South West +49 54 £46,500 -15.45% 285
South East +9 54 £50,000 -9.09% 704
North West -71 35 £57,500 +27.78% 238
Midlands -8 30 £45,724 -8.55% 442
Yorkshire +23 23 £37,500 -26.47% 210
East of England +22 21 £55,000 +19.57% 367
East Midlands +40 17 £35,000 +16.67% 177
West Midlands -23 13 £60,000 +14.29% 235
Isle of Man - 4 - -
North East +33 2 £48,750 -4.88% 67
Wales +33 2 - - 62
Northern Ireland +29 1 - - 50
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 25 (7.33%) CMS
2 12 (3.52%) WordPress
3 7 (2.05%) SharePoint
3 7 (2.05%) Umbraco
4 4 (1.17%) Headless CMS
4 4 (1.17%) IBM Domino
4 4 (1.17%) IIS
5 3 (0.88%) Strapi
6 2 (0.59%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.59%) Confluence
6 2 (0.59%) Drupal
7 1 (0.29%) Apache
7 1 (0.29%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.29%) Tomcat
Applications
1 15 (4.40%) Sketch
2 12 (3.52%) Adobe XD
3 11 (3.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 6 (1.76%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.88%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (0.88%) Chatbot
5 3 (0.88%) InDesign
5 3 (0.88%) Photoshop
6 1 (0.29%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.29%) InVision
6 1 (0.29%) Moqups
6 1 (0.29%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 12 (3.52%) Shopify
2 11 (3.23%) Payment Gateway
3 10 (2.93%) Magento
4 9 (2.64%) NetSuite
5 4 (1.17%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.29%) iTrent
6 1 (0.29%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 54 (15.84%) AWS
2 41 (12.02%) Figma
3 36 (10.56%) Azure
4 16 (4.69%) GitHub
4 16 (4.69%) Serverless
5 9 (2.64%) Amazon SageMaker
5 9 (2.64%) Google Analytics
5 9 (2.64%) Power Platform
5 9 (2.64%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
5 9 (2.64%) Slack
5 9 (2.64%) Zapier
6 8 (2.35%) AWS Lambda
6 8 (2.35%) Azure Functions
6 8 (2.35%) SaaS
7 7 (2.05%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 7 (2.05%) Azure Logic Apps
7 7 (2.05%) Azure Service Bus
8 5 (1.47%) Azure App Service
8 5 (1.47%) Azure DevOps
8 5 (1.47%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 19 (5.57%) Internet
2 2 (0.59%) LoRaWAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (8.21%) MySQL
2 12 (3.52%) SQL Server
3 9 (2.64%) Power BI
4 7 (2.05%) DynamoDB
5 6 (1.76%) NoSQL
5 6 (1.76%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (1.47%) Relational Database
7 4 (1.17%) Amazon Aurora
7 4 (1.17%) Mixpanel
8 2 (0.59%) Azure SQL Database
8 2 (0.59%) Big Data
8 2 (0.59%) CockroachDB
8 2 (0.59%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.59%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.29%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.29%) Endeca
9 1 (0.29%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.29%) Redis
9 1 (0.29%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 39 (11.44%) JIRA
2 36 (10.56%) Git
3 31 (9.09%) Visual Studio
4 12 (3.52%) Jenkins
5 8 (2.35%) Maven
6 7 (2.05%) Cypress.io
6 7 (2.05%) Selenium
6 7 (2.05%) Vite
7 5 (1.47%) Appium
7 5 (1.47%) Cucumber
7 5 (1.47%) GitLab
7 5 (1.47%) webpack
8 4 (1.17%) Babel
8 4 (1.17%) rollup.js
9 3 (0.88%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.88%) Octopus Deploy
9 3 (0.88%) Visual Studio Code
10 2 (0.59%) Mocha
10 2 (0.59%) Subversion
11 1 (0.29%) JMeter
General
1 143 (41.94%) Finance
2 118 (34.60%) Banking
3 77 (22.58%) Social Skills
4 29 (8.50%) Marketing
5 27 (7.92%) Avionics
6 24 (7.04%) Analytical Skills
7 14 (4.11%) Manufacturing
8 10 (2.93%) Games
8 10 (2.93%) Pharmaceutical
9 9 (2.64%) Electronics
10 8 (2.35%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (2.05%) Retail
12 6 (1.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.76%) Law
12 6 (1.76%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.17%) Advertising
13 4 (1.17%) Automotive
14 3 (0.88%) Back Office
15 2 (0.59%) Financial Institution
15 2 (0.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 170 (49.85%) Senior
2 113 (33.14%) Designer
2 113 (33.14%) Developer
3 98 (28.74%) UX Designer
4 85 (24.93%) Senior Designer
5 84 (24.63%) Senior UX Designer
6 45 (13.20%) Senior Developer
7 22 (6.45%) Lead
7 22 (6.45%) UX Developer
8 19 (5.57%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 16 (4.69%) Analyst
10 15 (4.40%) C# Developer
11 13 (3.81%) .NET Developer
12 12 (3.52%) C# .NET Developer
13 11 (3.23%) Senior UX Developer
13 11 (3.23%) Software Engineer
14 10 (2.93%) Full-Stack Developer
14 10 (2.93%) Magento Developer
14 10 (2.93%) React Developer
14 10 (2.93%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (20.82%) HTML
2 70 (20.53%) CSS
3 51 (14.96%) React
4 39 (11.44%) .NET
5 36 (10.56%) RESTful
6 19 (5.57%) .NET Framework
7 13 (3.81%) ASP.NET
7 13 (3.81%) Node.js
8 12 (3.52%) .NET Core
8 12 (3.52%) XML
9 11 (3.23%) HTML5
9 11 (3.23%) Jest
9 11 (3.23%) Laravel
10 10 (2.93%) AngularJS
10 10 (2.93%) Entity Framework
11 9 (2.64%) Keras
11 9 (2.64%) NumPy
11 9 (2.64%) PyTorch
11 9 (2.64%) scikit-learn
11 9 (2.64%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.92%) Mobile App
2 24 (7.04%) Product Ownership
3 20 (5.87%) Algorithms
4 12 (3.52%) Data Structures
5 9 (2.64%) Virtual Team
6 8 (2.35%) Online Banking
7 7 (2.05%) e-Learning
8 6 (1.76%) Social Media
9 5 (1.47%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.17%) Client/Server
10 4 (1.17%) Graphic Design
10 4 (1.17%) IoT
10 4 (1.17%) Renewable Energy
10 4 (1.17%) Video Editing
11 3 (0.88%) Animation
11 3 (0.88%) Life Science
12 2 (0.59%) Augmented Reality
12 2 (0.59%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.59%) N-Tier
12 2 (0.59%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 28 (8.21%) Linux
2 19 (5.57%) Android
3 18 (5.28%) Apple iOS
4 9 (2.64%) Windows
5 1 (0.29%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 341 (100.00%) User Experience
2 173 (50.73%) Agile
3 126 (36.95%) Project Management
4 124 (36.36%) Wireframes
5 122 (35.78%) User Research
6 121 (35.48%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 118 (34.60%) Usability Testing
8 116 (34.02%) Prototyping
9 108 (31.67%) UX Research
10 107 (31.38%) Design Thinking
10 107 (31.38%) Stakeholder Management
11 101 (29.62%) Journey Map
12 65 (19.06%) Problem-Solving
13 60 (17.60%) Front End Development
14 51 (14.96%) E-Commerce
15 47 (13.78%) Software Engineering
16 41 (12.02%) Test Automation
17 40 (11.73%) DevOps
17 40 (11.73%) Mathematics
18 39 (11.44%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 91 (26.69%) JavaScript
2 50 (14.66%) C#
3 34 (9.97%) Java
3 34 (9.97%) TypeScript
4 29 (8.50%) C
4 29 (8.50%) SQL
5 25 (7.33%) Python
6 23 (6.74%) PHP
7 11 (3.23%) C++
8 10 (2.93%) Kotlin
9 6 (1.76%) Bicep
10 2 (0.59%) Go
10 2 (0.59%) Julia
10 2 (0.59%) R
10 2 (0.59%) Rust
10 2 (0.59%) VBA
10 2 (0.59%) XAML
11 1 (0.29%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.29%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.29%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 74 (21.70%) Degree
2 19 (5.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 10 (2.93%) Security Cleared
4 9 (2.64%) PhD
5 7 (2.05%) DV Cleared
6 6 (1.76%) SC Cleared
7 5 (1.47%) DBS Check
8 4 (1.17%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.17%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.59%) ACCA
9 2 (0.59%) AWS Certified Developer
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 124 (36.36%) Accessibility
2 32 (9.38%) QA
3 5 (1.47%) WCAG
4 4 (1.17%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.59%) IEC 62304
5 2 (0.59%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.29%) GDPR
6 1 (0.29%) HIPAA
System Software
1 36 (10.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 22 (6.45%) Kubernetes
2 17 (4.99%) Terraform
3 1 (0.29%) Grafana
3 1 (0.29%) Kibana
3 1 (0.29%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (11.14%) Adobe
2 37 (10.85%) Microsoft
3 15 (4.40%) Google
4 10 (2.93%) New Relic
5 9 (2.64%) WooCommerce
6 7 (2.05%) Oracle
7 6 (1.76%) Hotjar
8 4 (1.17%) Salesforce
9 3 (0.88%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.59%) Databricks
11 1 (0.29%) CyberSource
11 1 (0.29%) ForgeRock
11 1 (0.29%) Guidewire
11 1 (0.29%) Maxymiser
11 1 (0.29%) Medallia
11 1 (0.29%) OpenAI
11 1 (0.29%) Optimizely
11 1 (0.29%) QNX
11 1 (0.29%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.29%) TikTok