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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 95 86
Rank change year-on-year -34 -9 +73
Permanent jobs citing Customer Experience 2,184 3,627 6,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.20% 3.58% 3.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.58% 3.74% 4.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,400 1,358 2,181
10th Percentile £27,000 £31,474 £33,648
25th Percentile £35,923 £45,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £44,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -29.60% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £80,470 £82,500
90th Percentile £90,125 £95,687 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £38,000 £54,313 £55,000
% change year-on-year -30.03% -1.25% +13.40%

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 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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 9 May 2024.

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 9 May 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
England -42 1,902 £43,500 -29.27% 714
UK excluding London -46 1,491 £38,000 -30.03% 500
Work from Home -49 891 £40,000 -38.46% 313
London -35 595 £60,000 -14.29% 250
South East +14 439 £38,000 -20.00% 127
North of England -72 363 £43,481 -27.53% 149
Midlands +39 282 £42,500 -15.00% 81
West Midlands +46 210 £40,000 -20.00% 54
North West -25 182 £38,817 -40.05% 89
South West -24 148 £45,000 -6.74% 48
Yorkshire -62 143 £44,000 -28.46% 41
Scotland -107 100 £60,000 -13.60% 35
East Midlands -2 71 £45,000 -10.00% 27
Wales +19 70 £37,500 -6.25% 21
East of England -8 70 £50,000 +23.46% 44
Northern Ireland +63 48 £35,000 - 13
North East +20 42 £50,000 +11.11% 21

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 79 (3.62%) SharePoint
2 60 (2.75%) Microsoft Exchange
3 27 (1.24%) SAS
4 18 (0.82%) Confluence
5 17 (0.78%) CMS
6 15 (0.69%) Umbraco
7 13 (0.60%) Apache Spark
7 13 (0.60%) WordPress
8 11 (0.50%) Apache
9 9 (0.41%) Apache Airflow
10 6 (0.27%) IBM Domino
11 5 (0.23%) IIS
12 4 (0.18%) JBoss
13 3 (0.14%) GlassFish
13 3 (0.14%) Moodle
13 3 (0.14%) Tomcat
14 2 (0.092%) Adobe Experience Manager
14 2 (0.092%) Drupal
14 2 (0.092%) Oracle Workflow
15 1 (0.046%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 263 (12.04%) Microsoft Office
2 200 (9.16%) Microsoft Excel
3 54 (2.47%) Sketch
4 21 (0.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 16 (0.73%) Spreadsheet
6 5 (0.23%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.23%) Photoshop
7 3 (0.14%) Adobe XD
7 3 (0.14%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.14%) MS Visio
8 2 (0.092%) Trello
9 1 (0.046%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.046%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.046%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.046%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.046%) Microsoft Project
9 1 (0.046%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 28 (1.28%) Endur
2 19 (0.87%) SAP CX
2 19 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.60%) Adobe Campaign
3 13 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
4 11 (0.50%) SAP ERP
5 10 (0.46%) Oracle EBS
5 10 (0.46%) Unit4 Business World
6 8 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
7 7 (0.32%) Magento
8 6 (0.27%) Oracle General Ledger
8 6 (0.27%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
9 5 (0.23%) Oracle Receivables
9 5 (0.23%) Shopify
10 4 (0.18%) Lawson
10 4 (0.18%) OpenLink RightAngle
10 4 (0.18%) Oracle Applications
10 4 (0.18%) SAP CRM
11 3 (0.14%) NetSuite
11 3 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 250 (11.45%) Azure
2 153 (7.01%) Microsoft 365
3 137 (6.27%) AWS
4 125 (5.72%) SaaS
5 90 (4.12%) Power Platform
6 68 (3.11%) Figma
7 64 (2.93%) GCP
8 51 (2.34%) Miro
9 46 (2.11%) Heroku
10 24 (1.10%) Google Analytics
11 23 (1.05%) Entra ID
12 22 (1.01%) Snowflake
13 21 (0.96%) Power Automate
14 19 (0.87%) Azure DevOps
14 19 (0.87%) Serverless
15 18 (0.82%) AWS Lambda
15 18 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
16 15 (0.69%) Adobe Creative Cloud
16 15 (0.69%) IaaS
17 14 (0.64%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 95 (4.35%) Firewall
2 69 (3.16%) VPN
3 64 (2.93%) DNS
4 60 (2.75%) TCP/IP
5 59 (2.70%) WAN
6 50 (2.29%) LAN
7 44 (2.01%) DHCP
8 38 (1.74%) Internet
9 36 (1.65%) Wireless
10 18 (0.82%) SAN
10 18 (0.82%) VLAN
11 17 (0.78%) Network Security
12 12 (0.55%) Unified Communications
13 11 (0.50%) SD-WAN
14 10 (0.46%) SMS
15 9 (0.41%) HTTP
15 9 (0.41%) HTTPS
15 9 (0.41%) SSL
15 9 (0.41%) VoIP
16 8 (0.37%) PBX
Database & Business Intelligence
1 97 (4.44%) Tableau
2 65 (2.98%) Power BI
3 40 (1.83%) SQL Server
4 33 (1.51%) Data Warehouse
5 29 (1.33%) Relational Database
6 24 (1.10%) Big Data
7 21 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
8 20 (0.92%) NoSQL
9 19 (0.87%) MySQL
10 18 (0.82%) Amazon QuickSight
10 18 (0.82%) Metadata
11 17 (0.78%) BigQuery
12 14 (0.64%) Data Mining
13 13 (0.60%) Data Lake
14 12 (0.55%) Amazon Redshift
14 12 (0.55%) Looker
15 11 (0.50%) MongoDB
16 9 (0.41%) RDBMS
17 8 (0.37%) Elasticsearch
17 8 (0.37%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 102 (4.67%) Git
2 58 (2.66%) JIRA
3 14 (0.64%) Jenkins
4 12 (0.55%) GitLab
5 8 (0.37%) Vagrant
6 7 (0.32%) Visual Studio
7 6 (0.27%) Bitbucket
7 6 (0.27%) Subversion
8 5 (0.23%) Cypress.io
8 5 (0.23%) webpack
9 4 (0.18%) Postman
10 3 (0.14%) JUnit
10 3 (0.14%) Octopus Deploy
10 3 (0.14%) Visual Website Optimizer
11 2 (0.092%) Axure RP
11 2 (0.092%) CircleCI
11 2 (0.092%) NUnit
11 2 (0.092%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.092%) Spinnaker
11 2 (0.092%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 636 (29.12%) Social Skills
2 515 (23.58%) Finance
3 313 (14.33%) Analytical Skills
4 245 (11.22%) Marketing
5 206 (9.43%) Retail
6 134 (6.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 134 (6.14%) Telecoms
7 125 (5.72%) Military
8 89 (4.08%) Banking
9 87 (3.98%) Public Sector
10 84 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
11 80 (3.66%) Legal
12 56 (2.56%) Manufacturing
13 49 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
14 36 (1.65%) Games
15 35 (1.60%) Electronics
16 31 (1.42%) Brand Awareness
17 27 (1.24%) Publishing
18 26 (1.19%) Law
19 25 (1.14%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 347 (15.89%) Senior
2 281 (12.87%) Development Manager
3 278 (12.73%) Business Manager
4 271 (12.41%) Business Development Manager
5 220 (10.07%) Analyst
6 137 (6.27%) Graduate
7 124 (5.68%) Lead
8 122 (5.59%) Architect
9 114 (5.22%) Designer
10 100 (4.58%) Support Engineer
11 89 (4.08%) Developer
12 83 (3.80%) Consultant
13 70 (3.21%) Product Manager
14 67 (3.07%) Data Scientist
15 62 (2.84%) UI Designer
16 60 (2.75%) Senior Data Scientist
17 57 (2.61%) UX Designer
18 55 (2.52%) UI/UX Designer
19 54 (2.47%) Solutions Architect
20 49 (2.24%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (5.77%) HTML
2 64 (2.93%) CSS
3 53 (2.43%) Pandas
4 49 (2.24%) .NET
4 49 (2.24%) React
5 44 (2.01%) PySpark
6 40 (1.83%) scikit-learn
6 40 (1.83%) TensorFlow
6 40 (1.83%) Web Services
7 30 (1.37%) RESTful
8 24 (1.10%) XML
9 20 (0.92%) jQuery
9 20 (0.92%) Node.js
10 19 (0.87%) .NET Core
10 19 (0.87%) JSON
11 18 (0.82%) REST
12 17 (0.78%) AngularJS
13 14 (0.64%) GraphQL
13 14 (0.64%) Vue
14 12 (0.55%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 235 (10.76%) Onboarding
2 162 (7.42%) Product Ownership
3 72 (3.30%) Management Information System
4 68 (3.11%) Self-Motivation
5 62 (2.84%) Algorithms
6 43 (1.97%) Data Centre
6 43 (1.97%) Driving Licence
7 42 (1.92%) Social Media
8 40 (1.83%) Data Structures
9 23 (1.05%) Cloud Native
10 22 (1.01%) Mobile App
10 22 (1.01%) Robotics
11 21 (0.96%) IoT
11 21 (0.96%) Virtual Team
12 15 (0.69%) PlayStation
12 15 (0.69%) Public Cloud
13 14 (0.64%) Credit Risk
13 14 (0.64%) Reinsurance
14 13 (0.60%) Analytical Mindset
14 13 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 149 (6.82%) Windows
2 71 (3.25%) Windows Server
3 60 (2.75%) Linux
4 30 (1.37%) Windows 10
5 29 (1.33%) Windows Server 2012
5 29 (1.33%) Windows Server 2016
6 25 (1.14%) Windows Server 2019
7 21 (0.96%) Apple iOS
8 17 (0.78%) Ubuntu
9 16 (0.73%) Android
10 14 (0.64%) Mac OS
11 12 (0.55%) CentOS
11 12 (0.55%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 12 (0.55%) Windows 8
12 10 (0.46%) Windows 7
13 9 (0.41%) Debian
14 5 (0.23%) AIX
14 5 (0.23%) Unix
15 4 (0.18%) CoreOS
16 3 (0.14%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 494 (22.62%) Customer Service
2 486 (22.25%) Problem-Solving
3 427 (19.55%) Agile
4 328 (15.02%) Continuous Improvement
5 316 (14.47%) Business Development
6 282 (12.91%) Client Onboarding
7 240 (10.99%) Analytics
8 232 (10.62%) Roadmaps
9 222 (10.16%) Coaching
10 218 (9.98%) Data Analysis
11 193 (8.84%) Stakeholder Management
12 184 (8.42%) Decision-Making
13 180 (8.24%) Process Improvement
14 175 (8.01%) User Experience
15 171 (7.83%) Actionable Insight
16 169 (7.74%) Logistics
16 169 (7.74%) Performance Metrics
17 163 (7.46%) Creative Thinking
18 150 (6.87%) Project Management
19 148 (6.78%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 260 (11.90%) SQL
2 170 (7.78%) Python
3 96 (4.40%) JavaScript
4 65 (2.98%) Java
5 51 (2.34%) C#
6 46 (2.11%) R
7 35 (1.60%) TypeScript
8 29 (1.33%) Bash
9 27 (1.24%) C
10 21 (0.96%) PowerShell
11 17 (0.78%) PHP
12 12 (0.55%) VBA
13 11 (0.50%) C++
14 8 (0.37%) Shell Script
15 7 (0.32%) Ruby
16 6 (0.27%) Go
17 5 (0.23%) Kotlin
17 5 (0.23%) MATLAB
17 5 (0.23%) Scala
18 4 (0.18%) VB
Qualifications
1 513 (23.49%) Degree
2 151 (6.91%) Security Cleared
3 134 (6.14%) SC Cleared
4 88 (4.03%) Master's Degree
5 60 (2.75%) DBS Check
6 42 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
7 38 (1.74%) Microsoft Certification
8 28 (1.28%) Azure Certification
9 20 (0.92%) ITIL Certification
10 15 (0.69%) PMP
11 14 (0.64%) PMI Certification
12 13 (0.60%) A+ Certification
12 13 (0.60%) MBA
13 12 (0.55%) Numerate Degree
14 11 (0.50%) PhD
15 10 (0.46%) CISSP
16 9 (0.41%) Network+ Certification
17 8 (0.37%) DV Cleared
18 7 (0.32%) MCP
18 7 (0.32%) MCSE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 126 (5.77%) Accessibility
2 106 (4.85%) SLA
3 48 (2.20%) QA
3 48 (2.20%) WCAG
4 20 (0.92%) Data Quality
5 18 (0.82%) GDPR
6 15 (0.69%) PMO
7 12 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (0.41%) NIST
9 6 (0.27%) Actionable Recommendations
9 6 (0.27%) Cyber Essentials
9 6 (0.27%) GAAP
9 6 (0.27%) IFRS
9 6 (0.27%) ISO 20022
9 6 (0.27%) ISO 9001
9 6 (0.27%) NEBOSH
9 6 (0.27%) PSD2
10 4 (0.18%) ISO 22301
11 3 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 2 (0.092%) COBIT
System Software
1 85 (3.89%) Active Directory
2 52 (2.38%) Docker
2 52 (2.38%) Hyper-V
3 32 (1.47%) VMware Infrastructure
4 20 (0.92%) Virtual Machines
5 10 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
6 6 (0.27%) XenApp
6 6 (0.27%) XenDesktop
7 5 (0.23%) Virtual Servers
7 5 (0.23%) VMware Workstation
8 4 (0.18%) Firmware
9 3 (0.14%) VMware Server
10 2 (0.092%) NFS
11 1 (0.046%) pfSense
11 1 (0.046%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 52 (2.38%) Kubernetes
2 43 (1.97%) Ansible
3 30 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (0.96%) SCCM
5 19 (0.87%) Terraform
6 15 (0.69%) Docker Swarm
7 14 (0.64%) SCOM
8 10 (0.46%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 7 (0.32%) Prometheus
10 6 (0.27%) SCDPM
11 5 (0.23%) Grafana
11 5 (0.23%) Puppet
12 4 (0.18%) Autotask
12 4 (0.18%) Failover Clustering
12 4 (0.18%) FortiGate
13 3 (0.14%) Oracle Statspack
13 3 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
14 2 (0.092%) CASB
14 2 (0.092%) Core Impact
14 2 (0.092%) Host Intrusion Detection System
Vendors
1 330 (15.11%) Salesforce
2 320 (14.65%) Microsoft
3 88 (4.03%) SAP
4 65 (2.98%) Oracle
5 57 (2.61%) Adobe
5 57 (2.61%) VMware
6 44 (2.01%) Databricks
7 42 (1.92%) Google
8 35 (1.60%) Citrix
9 32 (1.47%) Fortinet
10 30 (1.37%) Juniper
11 28 (1.28%) ServiceNow
12 26 (1.19%) IBM
13 24 (1.10%) Facebook
14 23 (1.05%) Cisco
14 23 (1.05%) Dell
14 23 (1.05%) Sandvine
15 17 (0.78%) Samsung
16 15 (0.69%) Sony
17 13 (0.60%) Meraki