Empathy Maps Job Trends

Empathy Maps
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Empathy Maps skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 642 - 669
Rank change year-on-year - - +191
Permanent jobs citing Empathy Maps 1 0 35
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% - 0.067%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.002% - 0.073%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 35
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £86,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £87,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +40.56%
75th Percentile - - £95,000
90th Percentile - - £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary - - £45,880
% change year-on-year - - -7.78%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Empathy Maps 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 48,372 49,297 47,661
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.70% 90.05% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 28,344 24,288 36,441
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £42,500
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% -4.55%

Empathy Maps
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Empathy Maps job vacancy trend in the UK

Empathy Maps
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Empathy Maps.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Empathy Maps

Empathy Maps
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Empathy Maps within the UK over the 6 months to 3 January 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
Wales - 1 - -
Work from Home - 1 - -
UK excluding London - 1 - -

Empathy Maps
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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
General
1 1 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Service Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Service Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Service Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) DesignOps
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 1 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Map
1 1 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe