Personalization Job Trends

Personalization
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Personalization skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 540 618 685
Rank change year-on-year +78 +67 -77
Permanent jobs citing Personalization 111 93 28
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.19% 0.17% 0.055%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.19% 0.060%
Number of salaries quoted 54 36 21
10th Percentile £41,250 £47,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,813 £51,563 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £65,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.08% -3.70% -
75th Percentile £122,500 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £160,000 £105,487 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +19.23% - +13.04%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Personalization 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 48,455 49,716 46,950
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.91% 90.02% 91.47%
Number of salaries quoted 28,359 24,660 35,854
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,552
25th Percentile £36,500 £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 £49,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.91% +4.76% -4.50%

Personalization
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Personalization job vacancy trend in the UK

Personalization
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Personalization.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Personalization

Personalization
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Personalization over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Personalization in the UK

Personalization
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Personalization within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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 +104 103 £80,000 +23.08% 313
London +62 65 £110,000 +46.67% 100
UK excluding London +38 32 £77,500 +19.23% 243
Work from Home +61 24 £60,000 -7.69% 135
Midlands +28 9 £190,000 +149.18% 35
South East +21 9 £43,750 -32.69% 73
West Midlands +23 6 £190,000 +230.43% 21
North of England +17 6 £60,000 -9.19% 56
East of England +24 5 £80,000 +60.00% 35
North West +16 4 £60,000 -9.19% 30
South West +4 3 £75,000 +15.38% 29
East Midlands -7 1 £190,000 +100.00% 12
North East - 1 £30,000 - 2
Yorkshire - 1 £65,000 - 24

Personalization
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 8 (7.21%) CMS
2 7 (6.31%) Confluence
3 4 (3.60%) Apache Spark
4 1 (0.90%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.90%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.90%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (7.21%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (5.41%) Trello
3 2 (1.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (1.80%) Adobe XD
3 2 (1.80%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (1.80%) Sketch
4 1 (0.90%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (0.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (4.50%) Shopify
2 2 (1.80%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.90%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (0.90%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 31 (27.93%) AWS
1 31 (27.93%) Azure
2 21 (18.92%) Amazon SageMaker
2 21 (18.92%) Azure AI
2 21 (18.92%) Vertex AI
3 14 (12.61%) Google Analytics
4 13 (11.71%) SaaS
5 12 (10.81%) GCP
6 11 (9.91%) Power Platform
7 7 (6.31%) Figma
7 7 (6.31%) Google Tag Manager
8 6 (5.41%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 6 (5.41%) GitHub
8 6 (5.41%) Google Data Studio
8 6 (5.41%) Google Sheets
8 6 (5.41%) PaaS
9 5 (4.50%) Contentsquare
10 3 (2.70%) Datadog
10 3 (2.70%) MailChimp
11 2 (1.80%) Social Studio
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.70%) SMS
2 2 (1.80%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.01%) Power BI
2 6 (5.41%) Azure SQL Database
2 6 (5.41%) Power Query
3 3 (2.70%) Hadoop
4 2 (1.80%) BigQuery
4 2 (1.80%) Tableau
5 1 (0.90%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 12 (10.81%) JIRA
2 6 (5.41%) Visual Studio
General
1 73 (65.77%) Marketing
2 40 (36.04%) Retail
3 39 (35.14%) Social Skills
4 29 (26.13%) Finance
5 23 (20.72%) Analytical Skills
5 23 (20.72%) Banking
6 21 (18.92%) Pharmaceutical
7 9 (8.11%) Presentation Skills
8 8 (7.21%) Telecoms
9 6 (5.41%) Public Sector
10 5 (4.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 5 (4.50%) Legal
11 2 (1.80%) Games
12 1 (0.90%) Advertising
12 1 (0.90%) Back Office
12 1 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.90%) Law
12 1 (0.90%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 28 (25.23%) Lead
2 14 (12.61%) Senior
3 10 (9.01%) Analyst
4 8 (7.21%) Marketing Manager
5 6 (5.41%) Performance Analyst
5 6 (5.41%) Product Manager
5 6 (5.41%) Sales Executive
5 6 (5.41%) Senior Sales Executive
5 6 (5.41%) Solutions Sales Executive
6 5 (4.50%) Chief Technology Officer
6 5 (4.50%) Senior Manager
7 4 (3.60%) Commercial Finance Manager
7 4 (3.60%) Commercial Manager
7 4 (3.60%) Designer
7 4 (3.60%) Developer
7 4 (3.60%) Finance Manager
7 4 (3.60%) Machine Learning Scientist
7 4 (3.60%) Senior Commercial Manager
8 3 (2.70%) Architect
8 3 (2.70%) Artificial Intelligence Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (8.11%) CSS
2 8 (7.21%) HTML
3 6 (5.41%) JSON
3 6 (5.41%) PyTorch
3 6 (5.41%) TensorFlow
4 4 (3.60%) Pandas
5 3 (2.70%) NumPy
6 2 (1.80%) EDI
6 2 (1.80%) React
7 1 (0.90%) .NET
7 1 (0.90%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.90%) Apache Cordova
7 1 (0.90%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.90%) HTML5
7 1 (0.90%) Ionic Framework
7 1 (0.90%) jQuery
7 1 (0.90%) LightGBM
7 1 (0.90%) scikit-learn
7 1 (0.90%) Web Services
7 1 (0.90%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (18.92%) Life Science
1 21 (18.92%) Pharmacovigilance
2 10 (9.01%) Product Ownership
3 7 (6.31%) Onboarding
4 6 (5.41%) Algorithms
4 6 (5.41%) Analytical Mindset
4 6 (5.41%) Educational Technology
4 6 (5.41%) Marketing Technology
4 6 (5.41%) Self-Motivation
4 6 (5.41%) Social Media
5 4 (3.60%) AI Agents
5 4 (3.60%) Distributed Systems
5 4 (3.60%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.80%) Cloud Native
6 2 (1.80%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.80%) VUI
7 1 (0.90%) Animation
7 1 (0.90%) e-Learning
7 1 (0.90%) Over-the-Top Content
7 1 (0.90%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.80%) Android
1 2 (1.80%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (68.47%) Analytics
2 70 (63.06%) AI
3 49 (44.14%) Machine Learning
4 33 (29.73%) Computer Science
5 32 (28.83%) Data Science
6 30 (27.03%) Decision-Making
7 27 (24.32%) Customer Engagement
7 27 (24.32%) Use Case
8 26 (23.42%) Conversational UI
8 26 (23.42%) Customer Experience
9 25 (22.52%) Conversational AI
10 24 (21.62%) Enterprise Architecture
11 23 (20.72%) Agile
11 23 (20.72%) AI Transformation
11 23 (20.72%) Matrix Organization
12 22 (19.82%) A/B Testing
12 22 (19.82%) Collaborative Working
12 22 (19.82%) Fraud Detection
12 22 (19.82%) Roadmaps
12 22 (19.82%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 18 (16.22%) SQL
2 13 (11.71%) Python
3 7 (6.31%) JavaScript
4 2 (1.80%) Java
5 1 (0.90%) C#
5 1 (0.90%) R
5 1 (0.90%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 42 (37.84%) Degree
2 32 (28.83%) Master's Degree
3 27 (24.32%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (4.50%) PhD
5 4 (3.60%) ACCA
5 4 (3.60%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (3.60%) CIMA
6 1 (0.90%) CBAP
6 1 (0.90%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (25.23%) GDPR
2 21 (18.92%) EU AI Act
2 21 (18.92%) HIPAA
2 21 (18.92%) PSD2
2 21 (18.92%) Solvency II
3 5 (4.50%) Accessibility
3 5 (4.50%) QA
4 4 (3.60%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.90%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.90%) PERC
Systems Management
1 1 (0.90%) Kubeflow
Vendors
1 42 (37.84%) Google
2 12 (10.81%) Adobe
2 12 (10.81%) Salesforce
3 7 (6.31%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
4 4 (3.60%) Marketo
4 4 (3.60%) OpenAI
5 3 (2.70%) HubSpot
5 3 (2.70%) Mercator
5 3 (2.70%) Microsoft
5 3 (2.70%) Samsung
6 2 (1.80%) Hotjar
6 2 (1.80%) Pardot
6 2 (1.80%) SAP
7 1 (0.90%) Amplitude
7 1 (0.90%) Apple
7 1 (0.90%) Atlassian
7 1 (0.90%) TikTok
7 1 (0.90%) Xero
7 1 (0.90%) YouTube