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 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 99 102
Rank change year-on-year +20 +3 -27
Permanent jobs citing Customer Experience 1,599 1,554 1,576
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.70% 2.80% 3.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.29% 3.11% 3.37%
Number of salaries quoted 807 501 1,199
10th Percentile £25,250 £30,500 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,000 £40,000 £26,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £57,500 £38,000
Median % change year-on-year -26.09% +51.32% -38.19%
75th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £63,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £112,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £50,000 £33,000
% change year-on-year -30.00% +51.52% -37.14%

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 48,537 49,891 46,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.05% 89.96% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 28,419 24,819 35,711
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,750
25th Percentile £36,532 £45,000 £42,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.34%

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 31 December 2025.

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 31 December 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
UK excluding London +16 1,212 £35,000 -30.00% 1,766
England +7 1,205 £47,500 -17.39% 1,947
Work from Home +3 459 £37,500 -37.50% 743
London 0 322 £67,500 -22.95% 343
Scotland +41 298 £32,000 -48.80% 80
South East +12 292 £40,000 -20.00% 478
Midlands -33 182 £40,000 -5.88% 334
South West +68 177 £35,000 -30.00% 170
North of England -27 157 £40,000 -19.98% 405
West Midlands -12 139 £47,500 +5.56% 158
North West -14 83 £37,000 -28.37% 211
East of England +24 60 £33,113 -43.64% 259
Yorkshire -30 50 £45,000 +3.57% 167
East Midlands -51 41 £37,500 +10.29% 155
Wales +22 34 £34,500 -62.70% 45
North East +11 24 £40,000 -45.80% 28
Northern Ireland +9 15 - - 21

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 98 (6.13%) Microsoft Exchange
2 74 (4.63%) SharePoint
3 25 (1.56%) Confluence
4 21 (1.31%) CMS
5 10 (0.63%) IIS
6 7 (0.44%) Anypoint
7 6 (0.38%) Apache
8 4 (0.25%) Apache Airflow
8 4 (0.25%) WordPress
9 3 (0.19%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.13%) Drupal
10 2 (0.13%) EPiServer
10 2 (0.13%) MTS
10 2 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.13%) Umbraco
11 1 (0.063%) concrete5
11 1 (0.063%) Moodle
11 1 (0.063%) SAS
11 1 (0.063%) Totara
Applications
1 154 (9.63%) Microsoft Office
2 132 (8.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 81 (5.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 14 (0.88%) Maya
5 9 (0.56%) Adobe XD
6 5 (0.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 4 (0.25%) Photoshop
7 4 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
8 2 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.13%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.13%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (0.13%) Sketch
9 1 (0.063%) EPLAN
9 1 (0.063%) GIMP
9 1 (0.063%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.063%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 29 (1.81%) Dynamics CRM
2 25 (1.56%) Shopify
3 5 (0.31%) SAP Hybris
4 4 (0.25%) SAP CX
5 3 (0.19%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 3 (0.19%) Magento
5 3 (0.19%) Payment Gateway
5 3 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
6 2 (0.13%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
7 1 (0.063%) Adobe Campaign
7 1 (0.063%) Oracle CRM
7 1 (0.063%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.063%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.063%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 197 (12.32%) Azure
2 195 (12.20%) Microsoft 365
3 176 (11.01%) SaaS
4 87 (5.44%) AWS
5 69 (4.32%) Power Platform
6 42 (2.63%) Figma
7 37 (2.31%) GCP
8 34 (2.13%) Dynamics 365
9 26 (1.63%) Adobe Analytics
10 23 (1.44%) GitHub
11 22 (1.38%) Boomi
11 22 (1.38%) GitHub Actions
12 18 (1.13%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 18 (1.13%) Serverless
13 15 (0.94%) Power Automate
14 14 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
14 14 (0.88%) Google Analytics
15 10 (0.63%) Miro
16 9 (0.56%) Cloud Computing
16 9 (0.56%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 104 (6.50%) DNS
2 102 (6.38%) DHCP
3 53 (3.31%) Broadband
4 19 (1.19%) Internet
5 16 (1.00%) Unified Communications
5 16 (1.00%) VoIP
6 15 (0.94%) Wireless
7 10 (0.63%) 5G
7 10 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
8 9 (0.56%) Firewall
8 9 (0.56%) PSTN
9 8 (0.50%) VLAN
10 7 (0.44%) IP Telephony
11 6 (0.38%) VPN
12 4 (0.25%) Ethernet
12 4 (0.25%) HTTP
12 4 (0.25%) SD-WAN
12 4 (0.25%) VDSL
12 4 (0.25%) WAN
12 4 (0.25%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (6.00%) Amazon RDS
2 56 (3.50%) Power BI
3 42 (2.63%) Tableau
4 30 (1.88%) Looker
5 21 (1.31%) SQL Server
6 18 (1.13%) Relational Database
7 17 (1.06%) Data Lake
8 13 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
9 11 (0.69%) BigQuery
9 11 (0.69%) MySQL
10 10 (0.63%) Data Warehouse
10 10 (0.63%) Metadata
11 5 (0.31%) Amazon Redshift
11 5 (0.31%) Apache Iceberg
12 4 (0.25%) Big Data
12 4 (0.25%) BusinessObjects
12 4 (0.25%) Data Mining
12 4 (0.25%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 3 (0.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 30 (1.88%) JIRA
2 20 (1.25%) Jenkins
3 17 (1.06%) Git
4 4 (0.25%) Browser DevTools
5 3 (0.19%) GitLab
5 3 (0.19%) MLflow
6 2 (0.13%) Grunt
6 2 (0.13%) gulp
6 2 (0.13%) LabVIEW
6 2 (0.13%) webpack
7 1 (0.063%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.063%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.063%) JUnit
7 1 (0.063%) Mockito
7 1 (0.063%) mountebank
7 1 (0.063%) Postman
7 1 (0.063%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.063%) Selenium
7 1 (0.063%) Subversion
7 1 (0.063%) Visual Studio
General
1 773 (48.34%) Social Skills
2 415 (25.95%) Finance
3 396 (24.77%) Analytical Skills
4 326 (20.39%) Marketing
5 286 (17.89%) Retail
6 124 (7.75%) Legal
7 105 (6.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 74 (4.63%) Presentation Skills
9 59 (3.69%) Public Sector
10 57 (3.56%) Games
11 56 (3.50%) Law
12 54 (3.38%) Telecoms
13 50 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
14 49 (3.06%) Banking
15 48 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
16 33 (2.06%) Back Office
17 22 (1.38%) Advertising
18 20 (1.25%) Billing
19 17 (1.06%) German Language
20 13 (0.81%) Police
Job Titles
1 167 (10.44%) Senior
2 96 (6.00%) Innovation Manager
2 96 (6.00%) Systems Engineer
3 94 (5.88%) Lead
4 93 (5.82%) Senior Manager
5 88 (5.50%) Architect
5 88 (5.50%) Support Engineer
6 78 (4.88%) Analyst
7 64 (4.00%) QA Manager
7 64 (4.00%) Quality Manager
7 64 (4.00%) Senior QA Manager
7 64 (4.00%) Senior Quality Manager
8 58 (3.63%) Sales Executive
9 57 (3.56%) Developer
9 57 (3.56%) Technical Support
10 51 (3.19%) Solutions Architect
11 45 (2.81%) Corporate Sales Executive
12 44 (2.75%) Technical Engineer
13 42 (2.63%) Technical Support Engineer
14 32 (2.00%) Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (2.19%) REST
2 26 (1.63%) React
3 22 (1.38%) Node.js
4 20 (1.25%) HTML
5 19 (1.19%) SOAP
6 18 (1.13%) CSS
7 17 (1.06%) EDI
8 15 (0.94%) AngularJS
8 15 (0.94%) JSON
8 15 (0.94%) Web Services
9 12 (0.75%) .NET
10 11 (0.69%) RESTful
11 10 (0.63%) LAMP
11 10 (0.63%) Razor View Engine
12 8 (0.50%) Django
12 8 (0.50%) FastAPI
13 6 (0.38%) HTML5
13 6 (0.38%) TensorFlow
13 6 (0.38%) XML
14 5 (0.31%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 137 (8.57%) Onboarding
2 100 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
3 99 (6.19%) Legacy Systems
4 47 (2.94%) Cloud Native
5 46 (2.88%) Product Ownership
6 41 (2.56%) Driving Licence
7 32 (2.00%) Virtual Team
8 31 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
9 27 (1.69%) Blog
9 27 (1.69%) Management Information System
10 26 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
11 22 (1.38%) Social Media
12 21 (1.31%) Enterprise Cloud
13 17 (1.06%) Renewable Energy
14 16 (1.00%) Mobile App
15 15 (0.94%) Educational Technology
16 12 (0.75%) Data Centre
17 11 (0.69%) Marketing Technology
18 10 (0.63%) Hybrid Cloud
18 10 (0.63%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 172 (10.76%) Windows
2 120 (7.50%) Linux
3 106 (6.63%) Windows Server
4 97 (6.07%) Windows Server 2016
5 34 (2.13%) Windows 10
6 22 (1.38%) Apple iOS
7 19 (1.19%) Android
8 7 (0.44%) Unix
9 6 (0.38%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 466 (29.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 454 (28.39%) Customer Service
3 359 (22.45%) Problem-Solving
4 324 (20.26%) Stakeholder Management
5 322 (20.14%) Coaching
6 309 (19.32%) Analytics
7 298 (18.64%) AI
8 234 (14.63%) CRM
8 234 (14.63%) Decision-Making
9 205 (12.82%) Agile
10 165 (10.32%) Project Management
11 161 (10.07%) B2B
12 135 (8.44%) E-Commerce
12 135 (8.44%) Migration
13 127 (7.94%) Data-Driven Decision Making
14 125 (7.82%) Roadmaps
15 116 (7.25%) User Experience
16 109 (6.82%) Business Development
17 103 (6.44%) Kalman Filter
18 100 (6.25%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 78 (4.88%) SQL
2 77 (4.82%) Python
3 49 (3.06%) JavaScript
4 33 (2.06%) C#
5 24 (1.50%) Bash
5 24 (1.50%) PowerShell
6 21 (1.31%) Java
7 19 (1.19%) TypeScript
8 12 (0.75%) PHP
9 8 (0.50%) Rust
10 5 (0.31%) Shell Script
11 4 (0.25%) Apex Code
11 4 (0.25%) R
11 4 (0.25%) Scala
11 4 (0.25%) Swift
11 4 (0.25%) VBA
12 3 (0.19%) COBOL
12 3 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 3 (0.19%) Go
12 3 (0.19%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 257 (16.07%) Degree
2 148 (9.26%) Security Cleared
3 136 (8.51%) SC Cleared
4 64 (4.00%) Six Sigma Yellow Belt
5 28 (1.75%) CTC Cleared
6 26 (1.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 14 (0.88%) HNC
8 11 (0.69%) PMI Certification
8 11 (0.69%) PMP
9 9 (0.56%) DBS Check
10 8 (0.50%) Numerate Degree
11 7 (0.44%) AWS Certification
11 7 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.38%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.31%) CRISC
14 4 (0.25%) ACCA
14 4 (0.25%) CCNA
14 4 (0.25%) CIMA
14 4 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
14 4 (0.25%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 111 (6.94%) QA
2 101 (6.32%) PCI DSS
3 98 (6.13%) Cyber Essentials
4 46 (2.88%) Accessibility
4 46 (2.88%) SLA
5 17 (1.06%) GDPR
6 7 (0.44%) Data Quality
7 5 (0.31%) PMO
7 5 (0.31%) WCAG
8 4 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
8 4 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.13%) COBIT
9 2 (0.13%) PSD2
9 2 (0.13%) Solvency II
10 1 (0.063%) GRC
10 1 (0.063%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 109 (6.82%) Active Directory
2 97 (6.07%) Hyper-V
3 96 (6.00%) Terminal Server
4 21 (1.31%) Docker
5 2 (0.13%) Virtual Desktop
5 2 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
6 1 (0.063%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (0.94%) Terraform
2 13 (0.81%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.31%) Prometheus
4 4 (0.25%) Functional Safety
5 3 (0.19%) Microsoft Intune
6 2 (0.13%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.13%) SCCM
6 2 (0.13%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.063%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 1 (0.063%) Ansible
7 1 (0.063%) Argo
7 1 (0.063%) Forefront Identity Manager
7 1 (0.063%) Jamf Pro
7 1 (0.063%) Netcool
7 1 (0.063%) Netcool/OMNIbus
Vendors
1 368 (23.01%) Microsoft
2 127 (7.94%) BT
3 101 (6.32%) Cisco
4 98 (6.13%) Splunk
4 98 (6.13%) VMware
5 97 (6.07%) SolarWinds
5 97 (6.07%) Veeam
6 96 (6.00%) Brocade
6 96 (6.00%) Nimble Storage
6 96 (6.00%) Tanium
7 92 (5.75%) Salesforce
8 78 (4.88%) Adobe
9 68 (4.25%) Dell
10 43 (2.69%) SAP
11 40 (2.50%) Oracle
12 31 (1.94%) Google
13 29 (1.81%) MuleSoft
14 21 (1.31%) HubSpot
15 19 (1.19%) Qualtrics
16 17 (1.06%) IBM