Lean UX Job Trends

Lean UX
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Lean UX skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 648 698 719
Rank change year-on-year +50 +21 +273
Permanent jobs citing Lean UX 2 9 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.003% 0.017% 0.011%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.004% 0.018% 0.012%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £65,375 -
25th Percentile - £65,938 £72,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £71,250 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -5.00% +65.75%
75th Percentile - £75,938 £77,500
90th Percentile - £76,125 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £71,250 -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Lean UX 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 48,249 48,920 48,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.52% 90.19% 90.95%
Number of salaries quoted 28,284 23,965 36,703
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,000 £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 £78,750
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%

Lean UX
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Lean UX job vacancy trend in the UK

Lean UX
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Lean UX.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Lean UX

Lean UX
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lean UX within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
England +70 2 - - 1
Work from Home +66 1 - -
London +56 1 - -
UK excluding London +43 1 - - 1
South West +4 1 - -

Lean UX
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 (50.00%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) GIS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Interaction Designer
1 1 (50.00%) Lead
1 1 (50.00%) Product Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (50.00%) Co-Creation
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Hydrography
2 1 (50.00%) Ideation Sessions
2 1 (50.00%) Inclusive Design
2 1 (50.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Product Discovery
2 1 (50.00%) Product Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Storyboarding
2 1 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (50.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Wireframes