Customer Experience (CX)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Customer Experience skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Customer Experience over the 6 months to 29 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 111 78 112
Rank change year-on-year -33 +34 +90
Permanent jobs citing Customer Experience 1,610 5,049 4,106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.98% 4.01% 3.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.16% 4.19% 3.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1,239 1,955 1,888
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £26,500 £44,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% - -
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £75,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £97,290 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £33,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -36.19% - +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Customer Experience 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50,908 120,439 123,182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.09% 95.71% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 36,868 73,620 81,568
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,459 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,045
Median % change year-on-year - +1.62% +7.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,825 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% +3.63%

Customer Experience
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Customer Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Customer Experience in the UK

Customer Experience
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Customer Experience.

Salary trend for Customer Experience in the UK

Customer Experience
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Customer Experience over the 6 months to 29 November 2023.

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 29 November 2023. 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 -45 1,262 £45,000 -25.00% 856
UK excluding London -2 1,140 £33,500 -36.19% 542
Work from Home -17 687 £50,000 -21.26% 356
London -72 421 £70,726 +1.04% 370
Scotland +35 291 £25,000 -58.00% 36
North of England -24 286 £50,000 -0.47% 162
South East -9 187 £38,000 -30.24% 160
Midlands +8 183 £26,500 -47.00% 86
Yorkshire -17 147 £43,500 -17.14% 49
West Midlands +6 141 £26,500 -47.00% 55
North West -11 127 £60,500 +21.61% 95
South West -28 117 £42,500 -15.40% 51
East of England +23 44 £62,500 +25.00% 41
East Midlands +28 41 £28,000 -46.67% 31
Wales -2 37 £27,750 -52.97% 12
North East +44 15 £29,750 -40.50% 19
Northern Ireland +19 7 £29,993 -11.13% 6

Customer Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 30 (1.86%) SharePoint
2 27 (1.68%) CMS
3 24 (1.49%) Jetty
3 24 (1.49%) Tomcat
4 13 (0.81%) Confluence
4 13 (0.81%) Umbraco
5 9 (0.56%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.50%) WordPress
7 5 (0.31%) Drupal
7 5 (0.31%) IIS
8 4 (0.25%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.19%) Apache
9 3 (0.19%) Oracle Workflow
10 2 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 2 (0.12%) CICS
10 2 (0.12%) Cloud Foundry
10 2 (0.12%) MS Exchange
10 2 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.12%) WebSphere
10 2 (0.12%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 42 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 6 (0.37%) Chatbot
5 4 (0.25%) Sketch
6 3 (0.19%) InVision
7 2 (0.12%) Adobe XD
8 1 (0.062%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (0.062%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.062%) Microsoft Project
8 1 (0.062%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.062%) Trello
Business Applications
1 58 (3.60%) Endur
2 26 (1.61%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.43%) OpenLink RightAngle
3 7 (0.43%) SAP CX
4 6 (0.37%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (0.37%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.25%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.19%) Magento
6 3 (0.19%) Siebel CRM
7 2 (0.12%) Eloqua
7 2 (0.12%) ResourceLink
7 2 (0.12%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.12%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.12%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle 11i
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle Applications
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.062%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.062%) SAP WM
8 1 (0.062%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 184 (11.43%) Azure
2 88 (5.47%) Microsoft 365
3 87 (5.40%) AWS
4 61 (3.79%) Power Platform
5 58 (3.60%) Azure DevOps
6 42 (2.61%) SaaS
7 35 (2.17%) Google Analytics
8 34 (2.11%) Serverless
9 31 (1.93%) GCP
10 30 (1.86%) PaaS
11 29 (1.80%) IaaS
12 23 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
13 19 (1.18%) Azure Service Bus
14 18 (1.12%) dbt
15 17 (1.06%) PowerApps
16 14 (0.87%) Amazon ECS
17 12 (0.75%) AWS CloudFormation
18 11 (0.68%) Power Automate
19 10 (0.62%) Amazon EKS
19 10 (0.62%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 358 (22.24%) Broadband
2 60 (3.73%) Internet
3 29 (1.80%) Firewall
4 27 (1.68%) DNS
5 24 (1.49%) VPN
5 24 (1.49%) Wireless
6 20 (1.24%) DHCP
7 17 (1.06%) LAN
8 15 (0.93%) WAN
9 14 (0.87%) TCP/IP
10 12 (0.75%) BGP
10 12 (0.75%) VLAN
11 10 (0.62%) OSPF
11 10 (0.62%) SMS
11 10 (0.62%) Wireshark
12 8 (0.50%) Network Security
12 8 (0.50%) VoIP
13 7 (0.43%) SD-WAN
14 6 (0.37%) FTP
14 6 (0.37%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (5.96%) SQL Server
2 60 (3.73%) Relational Database
3 47 (2.92%) MySQL
4 43 (2.67%) RDBMS
5 40 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
6 32 (1.99%) MongoDB
6 32 (1.99%) Power BI
7 31 (1.93%) Big Data
8 27 (1.68%) Hadoop
8 27 (1.68%) NoSQL
9 26 (1.61%) Amazon RDS
10 18 (1.12%) Azure SQL Database
11 16 (0.99%) Tableau
12 14 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
12 14 (0.87%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 13 (0.81%) Redis
14 12 (0.75%) BigQuery
14 12 (0.75%) Data Lake
14 12 (0.75%) DynamoDB
15 10 (0.62%) Looker
Development Applications
1 93 (5.78%) Git
2 29 (1.80%) JIRA
3 15 (0.93%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.43%) Bitbucket
4 7 (0.43%) Sonatype Nexus
5 6 (0.37%) git-flow
6 5 (0.31%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.25%) GitLab
7 4 (0.25%) Spinnaker
8 3 (0.19%) Octopus Deploy
8 3 (0.19%) Subversion
8 3 (0.19%) TeamCity
9 2 (0.12%) Atlassian Bamboo
9 2 (0.12%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.12%) JMeter
9 2 (0.12%) Locust
9 2 (0.12%) REST Assured
9 2 (0.12%) Selenium
9 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
9 2 (0.12%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 698 (43.35%) Social Skills
2 526 (32.67%) Retail
3 425 (26.40%) Telecoms
4 395 (24.53%) Local Government
5 379 (23.54%) Finance
6 369 (22.92%) Games
7 218 (13.54%) Analytical Skills
8 176 (10.93%) Banking
9 104 (6.46%) Marketing
10 79 (4.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 51 (3.17%) Public Sector
12 38 (2.36%) Legal
13 37 (2.30%) Retail Banking
14 35 (2.17%) Presentation Skills
15 28 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
16 20 (1.24%) Manufacturing
17 18 (1.12%) Advertising
17 18 (1.12%) Automotive
17 18 (1.12%) Back Office
18 13 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 360 (22.36%) Business Manager
1 360 (22.36%) Development Manager
2 350 (21.74%) Business Development Manager
3 238 (14.78%) Consultant
4 177 (10.99%) Enterprise Consultant
5 121 (7.52%) Senior
6 104 (6.46%) Analyst
7 97 (6.02%) Lead
8 90 (5.59%) Architect
9 88 (5.47%) Software Engineer
10 86 (5.34%) Developer
11 75 (4.66%) Solutions Architect
12 46 (2.86%) Support Engineer
13 39 (2.42%) Product Manager
14 35 (2.17%) Full Stack Engineer
14 35 (2.17%) Senior Manager
15 32 (1.99%) Service Manager
16 31 (1.93%) Full Stack Software Engineer
17 30 (1.86%) Project Manager
18 27 (1.68%) Cloud Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (8.32%) HTML
2 109 (6.77%) CSS
3 87 (5.40%) React
4 67 (4.16%) .NET
5 54 (3.35%) Node.js
6 52 (3.23%) REST
7 51 (3.17%) AngularJS
7 51 (3.17%) RESTful
8 43 (2.67%) jQuery
9 32 (1.99%) Express.js
9 32 (1.99%) JSON
9 32 (1.99%) Spring
10 31 (1.93%) MEAN Stack
10 31 (1.93%) MERN Stack
11 26 (1.61%) XML
12 21 (1.30%) .NET Core
13 19 (1.18%) Kafka
14 16 (0.99%) Web Services
15 15 (0.93%) Next.js
16 14 (0.87%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 86 (5.34%) Product Ownership
2 57 (3.54%) Virtual Team
3 52 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
4 43 (2.67%) Onboarding
5 40 (2.48%) Swaptions
6 31 (1.93%) Management Information System
6 31 (1.93%) Online Banking
7 28 (1.74%) Public Cloud
8 26 (1.61%) IoT
9 22 (1.37%) Low-Code
10 17 (1.06%) Mobile App
11 15 (0.93%) Housing Association
11 15 (0.93%) NHS
12 13 (0.81%) Data Centre
13 10 (0.62%) Clustering
14 9 (0.56%) CMDB
14 9 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
14 9 (0.56%) Social Media
15 8 (0.50%) Marketing Technology
16 7 (0.43%) Data Structures
Operating Systems
1 62 (3.85%) Windows
2 39 (2.42%) Windows Server
3 27 (1.68%) Windows 10
4 20 (1.24%) Windows 8
4 20 (1.24%) Windows Server 2016
5 18 (1.12%) Windows 7
6 17 (1.06%) Windows Server 2019
7 16 (0.99%) Linux
7 16 (0.99%) Windows Server 2012
8 9 (0.56%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.43%) Android
10 2 (0.12%) Unix
10 2 (0.12%) zOS
11 1 (0.062%) MVS
11 1 (0.062%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.062%) Solaris
11 1 (0.062%) Ubuntu
11 1 (0.062%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 463 (28.76%) Decision-Making
2 460 (28.57%) Agile
3 409 (25.40%) Collaborative Working
4 391 (24.29%) B2B
5 382 (23.73%) B2C
6 367 (22.80%) Business Development
7 348 (21.61%) Problem-Solving
8 190 (11.80%) Client Onboarding
9 158 (9.81%) Analytics
10 149 (9.25%) Roadmaps
11 146 (9.07%) DevOps
12 131 (8.14%) Customer-Centricity
13 127 (7.89%) Software Engineering
14 124 (7.70%) Continuous Improvement
15 109 (6.77%) Data Science
16 105 (6.52%) ITIL
17 104 (6.46%) SDLC
18 102 (6.34%) Scrum
18 102 (6.34%) User Experience
19 100 (6.21%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 138 (8.57%) SQL
2 127 (7.89%) Java
3 99 (6.15%) JavaScript
4 80 (4.97%) Python
5 66 (4.10%) C#
6 40 (2.48%) VB
7 28 (1.74%) TypeScript
8 19 (1.18%) PowerShell
9 12 (0.75%) Apex Code
10 8 (0.50%) Ruby
11 7 (0.43%) R
12 6 (0.37%) Kotlin
13 5 (0.31%) PHP
14 4 (0.25%) Bash
14 4 (0.25%) Groovy
14 4 (0.25%) SOQL
14 4 (0.25%) VBA
15 3 (0.19%) MATLAB
15 3 (0.19%) Objective-C
15 3 (0.19%) Swift
Qualifications
1 166 (10.31%) Degree
2 33 (2.05%) Security Cleared
3 29 (1.80%) CCNP
3 29 (1.80%) Cisco Certification
3 29 (1.80%) Master's Degree
4 23 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (1.43%) Microsoft Certification
5 19 (1.18%) CCNA
6 16 (0.99%) SC Cleared
7 12 (0.75%) Azure Certification
7 12 (0.75%) PMP
8 10 (0.62%) MBA
8 10 (0.62%) PMI Certification
9 9 (0.56%) DBS Check
10 6 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.31%) CCIE
11 5 (0.31%) CWAP
11 5 (0.31%) CWNA
11 5 (0.31%) Six Sigma Green Belt
12 4 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 76 (4.72%) SLA
2 22 (1.37%) QA
3 17 (1.06%) Accessibility
4 11 (0.68%) Data Quality
5 10 (0.62%) GDPR
6 7 (0.43%) PCI DSS
6 7 (0.43%) PMO
6 7 (0.43%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 6 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
7 6 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.12%) ISO 22301
8 2 (0.12%) SOC 2
8 2 (0.12%) WCAG
9 1 (0.062%) GMP
9 1 (0.062%) GxP
9 1 (0.062%) NIST
System Software
1 108 (6.71%) Docker
2 56 (3.48%) Active Directory
3 24 (1.49%) Hyper-V
4 22 (1.37%) VMware Infrastructure
5 14 (0.87%) Virtual Machines
6 10 (0.62%) Firmware
6 10 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
7 4 (0.25%) XenApp
7 4 (0.25%) XenDesktop
8 3 (0.19%) vSphere
9 2 (0.12%) BitLocker
9 2 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
9 2 (0.12%) VMware NSX
10 1 (0.062%) NFS
10 1 (0.062%) Squid
10 1 (0.062%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 67 (4.16%) Kubernetes
2 54 (3.35%) Terraform
3 29 (1.80%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (1.30%) SCCM
5 20 (1.24%) SCOM
6 11 (0.68%) FortiGate
7 10 (0.62%) Failover Clustering
7 10 (0.62%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 5 (0.31%) Ansible
9 2 (0.12%) Puppet
9 2 (0.12%) VxRail
10 1 (0.062%) EMC NetWorker
10 1 (0.062%) Grafana
10 1 (0.062%) Nagios
10 1 (0.062%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.062%) Salt
10 1 (0.062%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.062%) WSUS
Vendors
1 363 (22.55%) BT
2 198 (12.30%) Microsoft
2 198 (12.30%) Salesforce
3 71 (4.41%) Oracle
4 51 (3.17%) Google
5 42 (2.61%) OpenLink
6 41 (2.55%) Cisco
7 40 (2.48%) Sybase
7 40 (2.48%) TIBCO
8 25 (1.55%) Juniper
9 24 (1.49%) VMware
10 21 (1.30%) Citrix
11 20 (1.24%) Kaseya
11 20 (1.24%) Teradata
12 17 (1.06%) SAP
12 17 (1.06%) Zoho
13 16 (0.99%) Adobe
14 15 (0.93%) Aruba
14 15 (0.93%) SolarWinds
15 12 (0.75%) ServiceNow