Customer Experience Job Trends

Customer Experience (CX)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Customer Experience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 88 85 121
Rank change year-on-year -3 +36 +17
Permanent jobs citing Customer Experience 1,985 1,649 2,071
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.99% 3.35% 2.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.70% 3.72% 2.59%
Number of salaries quoted 893 743 1,146
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,000 £27,000
25th Percentile £30,500 £29,750 £35,924
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,000 £32,951 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +39.60% -29.14% -22.50%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,800 £86,450 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £32,851 £40,094
% change year-on-year +21.76% -18.06% -20.19%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Customer 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,444 44,348 79,843
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.65% 90.06% 82.03%
Number of salaries quoted 50,849 24,963 55,346
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £56,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.19% +2.73% -8.72%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,840 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,474 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

Customer Experience
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Customer Experience relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Customer Experience job vacancy trend in the UK

Customer Experience
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Customer Experience.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Customer Experience

Customer Experience
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Experience over the 6 months to 19 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Customer Experience in the UK

Customer Experience
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Customer Experience within the UK over the 6 months to 19 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
England +28 1,767 £47,138 +17.84% 764
UK excluding London -4 1,410 £40,000 +21.76% 515
Work from Home +64 831 £47,500 +18.75% 329
London +14 502 £65,000 - 348
North of England +55 339 £40,000 - 122
South East +4 286 £36,400 +42.75% 189
South West -10 258 £38,500 +17.56% 55
Midlands +34 220 £47,500 +5.56% 69
North West +45 165 £37,440 +6.58% 71
East of England +8 142 £46,000 +41.54% 50
West Midlands +32 128 £47,500 -5.00% 37
Yorkshire +18 102 £47,500 -5.00% 42
Scotland -43 93 £27,500 -16.29% 21
East Midlands +24 92 £56,000 +49.33% 30
North East -14 72 £56,500 +71.99% 10
Wales -28 56 £55,000 +64.18% 20
Northern Ireland -47 23 £35,000 +6.54% 7

Customer Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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
1 112 (5.64%) Microsoft Exchange
2 61 (3.07%) CMS
3 42 (2.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 42 (2.12%) Confluence
4 16 (0.81%) SharePoint
5 9 (0.45%) SAS
5 9 (0.45%) WordPress
6 8 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
7 4 (0.20%) Apache Spark
7 4 (0.20%) IIS
8 3 (0.15%) Apache
9 2 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 2 (0.10%) Umbraco
Applications
1 150 (7.56%) Microsoft Office
2 67 (3.38%) Microsoft Project
3 54 (2.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 53 (2.67%) Microsoft Excel
5 45 (2.27%) UserZoom
6 24 (1.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 15 (0.76%) Acrobat
8 10 (0.50%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.10%) Elementor
9 2 (0.10%) MS Visio
10 1 (0.050%) Adobe XD
10 1 (0.050%) Photoshop
10 1 (0.050%) Sketch
10 1 (0.050%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.050%) Trello
Business Applications
1 39 (1.96%) Workfront
2 34 (1.71%) Adobe Campaign
3 21 (1.06%) Shopify
4 9 (0.45%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.30%) Dynamics CRM
6 5 (0.25%) Magento
6 5 (0.25%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.15%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.15%) Sage 200
8 2 (0.10%) Carpe Diem
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle Applications
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.10%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.10%) SAP HCM
8 2 (0.10%) SAP Payroll
8 2 (0.10%) SAP PSCD
9 1 (0.050%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.050%) Maximo
9 1 (0.050%) SAP BRIM
Cloud Services
1 216 (10.88%) Azure
2 200 (10.08%) Microsoft 365
3 196 (9.87%) Adobe Analytics
4 149 (7.51%) SaaS
5 103 (5.19%) AWS
5 103 (5.19%) Figma
6 70 (3.53%) Contentsquare
7 69 (3.48%) GCP
8 53 (2.67%) iPaaS
9 42 (2.12%) Entra ID
10 36 (1.81%) Power Platform
11 23 (1.16%) Google Analytics
12 22 (1.11%) Cloud Computing
13 19 (0.96%) GitHub
14 18 (0.91%) Azure DevOps
15 17 (0.86%) GitHub Actions
16 15 (0.76%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 14 (0.71%) Google Tag Manager
17 14 (0.71%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
18 11 (0.55%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 343 (17.28%) Broadband
2 106 (5.34%) DNS
3 105 (5.29%) DHCP
4 28 (1.41%) Firewall
4 28 (1.41%) Internet
5 20 (1.01%) LAN
5 20 (1.01%) WAN
6 19 (0.96%) VoIP
7 16 (0.81%) Wireless
8 13 (0.65%) SD-WAN
9 12 (0.60%) VPN
9 12 (0.60%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (0.55%) TCP/IP
11 9 (0.45%) SMS
12 8 (0.40%) Network Security
12 8 (0.40%) PBX
12 8 (0.40%) WebEx
13 7 (0.35%) Software-Defined Networking
14 6 (0.30%) 5G
14 6 (0.30%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (4.43%) Amazon RDS
2 67 (3.38%) Metadata
3 32 (1.61%) Power BI
4 26 (1.31%) Looker
5 17 (0.86%) SQL Server
6 16 (0.81%) Tableau
7 12 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
7 12 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
8 9 (0.45%) BigQuery
9 5 (0.25%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (0.25%) Data Lake
9 5 (0.25%) Power Query
10 4 (0.20%) Delta Lake
10 4 (0.20%) Elasticsearch
10 4 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 3 (0.15%) MongoDB
11 3 (0.15%) Oracle Database
11 3 (0.15%) Relational Database
11 3 (0.15%) SAP HANA
11 3 (0.15%) Weaviate
Development Applications
1 27 (1.36%) JIRA
2 20 (1.01%) Jenkins
3 16 (0.81%) Git
4 6 (0.30%) TeamCity
5 4 (0.20%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.15%) GitLab
6 3 (0.15%) Maven
6 3 (0.15%) MLflow
6 3 (0.15%) Oracle APEX
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (0.050%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.050%) Cucumber
8 1 (0.050%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.050%) IntelliJ
8 1 (0.050%) JUnit
8 1 (0.050%) Mockito
8 1 (0.050%) SonarQube
8 1 (0.050%) Yeoman
General
1 901 (45.39%) Social Skills
2 406 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
3 358 (18.04%) Finance
4 351 (17.68%) Marketing
5 200 (10.08%) Games
6 197 (9.92%) Retail
7 110 (5.54%) Organisational Skills
8 95 (4.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 85 (4.28%) Influencing Skills
10 71 (3.58%) Telecoms
11 65 (3.27%) Legal
12 56 (2.82%) Banking
12 56 (2.82%) Law
13 53 (2.67%) Manufacturing
14 50 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
15 34 (1.71%) Automotive
16 31 (1.56%) Advertising
17 28 (1.41%) Public Sector
18 24 (1.21%) Back Office
19 22 (1.11%) Billing
Job Titles
1 233 (11.74%) Lead
1 233 (11.74%) Senior
2 134 (6.75%) Senior Manager
3 93 (4.69%) Systems Engineer
4 91 (4.58%) Analyst
5 89 (4.48%) Support Engineer
6 81 (4.08%) Project Manager
7 79 (3.98%) Product Manager
8 72 (3.63%) Head of QA
9 66 (3.32%) Senior Project Manager
10 65 (3.27%) Account Manager
11 63 (3.17%) Designer
12 62 (3.12%) Technical Support
13 60 (3.02%) Sales Executive
14 58 (2.92%) Product Owner
15 53 (2.67%) Architect
15 53 (2.67%) Service Manager
16 47 (2.37%) Developer
16 47 (2.37%) Lead Designer
16 47 (2.37%) Technical Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (2.17%) HTML
2 41 (2.07%) CSS
3 35 (1.76%) React
4 23 (1.16%) Node.js
5 13 (0.65%) .NET
5 13 (0.65%) Middleware
6 8 (0.40%) AngularJS
6 8 (0.40%) LangChain
6 8 (0.40%) YAML
7 7 (0.35%) ARM Templates
7 7 (0.35%) HTML5
7 7 (0.35%) Model Context Protocol
7 7 (0.35%) Next.js
7 7 (0.35%) REST
8 6 (0.30%) jQuery
8 6 (0.30%) Streamlit
9 5 (0.25%) A2A Protocol
9 5 (0.25%) JSON
9 5 (0.25%) React Native
9 5 (0.25%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 266 (13.40%) Social Media
2 159 (8.01%) Onboarding
3 142 (7.15%) Product Ownership
4 116 (5.84%) Marketing Technology
5 109 (5.49%) Legacy Systems
6 90 (4.53%) Over-the-Top Content
7 89 (4.48%) Self-Motivation
8 86 (4.33%) Analytical Mindset
9 44 (2.22%) Driving Licence
10 29 (1.46%) Management Information System
10 29 (1.46%) Virtual Team
11 28 (1.41%) Mobile App
12 25 (1.26%) AI Agents
13 23 (1.16%) Algorithms
14 22 (1.11%) Cloud Native
14 22 (1.11%) Enterprise Software
15 18 (0.91%) EPoS
16 17 (0.86%) Renewable Energy
17 15 (0.76%) Data Centre
18 14 (0.71%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 202 (10.18%) Windows
2 137 (6.90%) Windows Server
3 102 (5.14%) Linux
4 88 (4.43%) Windows Server 2016
5 31 (1.56%) Windows 10
6 8 (0.40%) Apple iOS
7 6 (0.30%) Android
8 4 (0.20%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.20%) Mac OS X
9 3 (0.15%) Unix
9 3 (0.15%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.050%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 530 (26.70%) Analytics
2 483 (24.33%) AI
3 475 (23.93%) Agile
4 457 (23.02%) Roadmaps
5 430 (21.66%) Problem-Solving
6 406 (20.45%) Customer Service
7 387 (19.50%) Continuous Improvement
8 251 (12.64%) Decision-Making
9 247 (12.44%) CRM
10 234 (11.79%) Product Roadmap
11 230 (11.59%) Service Delivery
12 201 (10.13%) Storytelling
13 196 (9.87%) Digital Customer Experience
14 193 (9.72%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 191 (9.62%) User Research
16 178 (8.97%) Stakeholder Management
17 161 (8.11%) PRINCE2
18 158 (7.96%) Coaching
19 151 (7.61%) User Experience
20 145 (7.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 101 (5.09%) SQL
2 84 (4.23%) Python
3 44 (2.22%) JavaScript
4 38 (1.91%) Java
5 32 (1.61%) TypeScript
6 29 (1.46%) PowerShell
7 18 (0.91%) Ladder Logic
8 16 (0.81%) Bash
9 11 (0.55%) C#
10 8 (0.40%) Go
11 7 (0.35%) Bicep
12 6 (0.30%) PHP
13 4 (0.20%) Rust
14 3 (0.15%) Scala
15 2 (0.10%) ABAP
15 2 (0.10%) C
15 2 (0.10%) PL/SQL
16 1 (0.050%) Apex Code
16 1 (0.050%) Erlang
16 1 (0.050%) SOQL
Qualifications
1 180 (9.07%) Degree
2 135 (6.80%) Security Cleared
3 125 (6.30%) SC Cleared
4 72 (3.63%) IRCA
4 72 (3.63%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
5 27 (1.36%) CTC Cleared
6 19 (0.96%) Master's Degree
7 18 (0.91%) DBS Check
8 16 (0.81%) Azure Certification
8 16 (0.81%) Computer Science Degree
9 15 (0.76%) ACCA
9 15 (0.76%) CIMA
10 14 (0.71%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (0.65%) MBA
12 11 (0.55%) AWS Certification
12 11 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
12 11 (0.55%) HNC
12 11 (0.55%) PMI Certification
13 10 (0.50%) PMP
14 7 (0.35%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 228 (11.49%) Accessibility
2 142 (7.15%) GDPR
3 109 (5.49%) QA
4 101 (5.09%) PCI DSS
5 99 (4.99%) Cyber Essentials
6 74 (3.73%) ISO 9001
7 65 (3.27%) SLA
8 60 (3.02%) WCAG
9 43 (2.17%) Data Quality
10 19 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 11 (0.55%) PMO
12 9 (0.45%) PERC
13 8 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
14 6 (0.30%) GRC
15 4 (0.20%) HIPAA
16 3 (0.15%) NIST
17 2 (0.10%) GxP
17 2 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 42001
17 2 (0.10%) SEPA
17 2 (0.10%) SOC 2
System Software
1 150 (7.56%) Active Directory
2 99 (4.99%) Hyper-V
3 88 (4.43%) Terminal Server
4 14 (0.71%) Docker
5 9 (0.45%) VMware Infrastructure
6 6 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.050%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 32 (1.61%) Terraform
2 29 (1.46%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.81%) Microsoft Intune
4 11 (0.55%) Ansible
4 11 (0.55%) Grafana
5 5 (0.25%) SCCM
6 4 (0.20%) WSUS
7 2 (0.10%) Argo
7 2 (0.10%) Dell DRAC
7 2 (0.10%) Opsgenie
7 2 (0.10%) Progress Chef
7 2 (0.10%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.10%) Puppet
8 1 (0.050%) Autotask
8 1 (0.050%) Data Guard
8 1 (0.050%) Kibana
8 1 (0.050%) Netcool
8 1 (0.050%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 376 (18.94%) Microsoft
2 335 (16.88%) Adobe
3 99 (4.99%) VMware
4 95 (4.79%) Veeam
5 91 (4.58%) Cisco
5 91 (4.58%) SolarWinds
6 88 (4.43%) Brocade
6 88 (4.43%) Nimble Storage
6 88 (4.43%) Splunk
6 88 (4.43%) Tanium
7 73 (3.68%) Salesforce
8 66 (3.32%) Google
9 44 (2.22%) Dell
10 27 (1.36%) HubSpot
11 16 (0.81%) ServiceNow
12 15 (0.76%) Braze
13 14 (0.71%) Genesys
13 14 (0.71%) SAP
14 12 (0.60%) Fortinet
15 11 (0.55%) Verint