Prototyping
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Prototyping skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 310 397
Rank change year-on-year -51 +87 -86
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 533 458 512
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.92% 0.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 1.03% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 316 187 253
10th Percentile £42,875 £37,500 £44,500
25th Percentile £48,563 £48,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £74,144
90th Percentile £85,000 £113,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £60,375 £58,465
% change year-on-year -6.42% +3.27% -6.46%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Prototyping 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 79,126 44,376 67,104
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.31% 89.04% 80.77%
Number of salaries quoted 54,636 25,137 42,574
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%

Prototyping
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Prototyping job vacancy trend in the UK

Prototyping
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Prototyping.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Prototyping

Prototyping
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Prototyping over the 6 months to 22 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Prototyping in the UK

Prototyping
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Prototyping within the UK over the 6 months to 22 August 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 -12 447 £60,000 -7.69% 666
UK excluding London -55 338 £56,500 -6.42% 400
Work from Home -4 244 £65,000 +18.18% 332
London -33 153 £75,000 +7.14% 362
South East 0 88 £57,500 -8.55% 96
North of England -14 84 £52,500 -19.23% 69
East of England +16 62 £61,250 +36.11% 68
North West +1 39 £50,000 -26.06% 44
South West -52 31 £60,000 -5.88% 73
Midlands -41 24 £60,000 - 33
Yorkshire -25 23 £66,250 +22.69% 10
North East -34 22 £58,750 -9.62% 15
Wales -42 21 £53,171 -21.88% 12
West Midlands -21 18 £61,250 +2.08% 18
Scotland -67 18 £52,250 -34.69% 45
Northern Ireland -76 10 £80,000 - 15
East Midlands -30 6 £50,000 +51.52% 15

Prototyping
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 12 (2.25%) Confluence
2 8 (1.50%) Apache
2 8 (1.50%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (0.94%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.56%) CMS
4 3 (0.56%) Jupyter
4 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.56%) WordPress
5 2 (0.38%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.19%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 20 (3.75%) Adobe XD
2 14 (2.63%) SOLIDWORKS
3 13 (2.44%) InDesign
4 12 (2.25%) Adobe Illustrator
4 12 (2.25%) Photoshop
5 9 (1.69%) Sketch
6 8 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
6 8 (1.50%) Solid Edge
7 7 (1.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 6 (1.13%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.94%) Adobe After Effects
10 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
11 3 (0.56%) EPLAN
11 3 (0.56%) Productboard
11 3 (0.56%) UserZoom
11 3 (0.56%) Zeplin
12 2 (0.38%) InVision
12 2 (0.38%) OrCAD
12 2 (0.38%) Trello
12 2 (0.38%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.75%) SAP SD
3 3 (0.56%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.19%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.19%) Maximo
5 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 102 (19.14%) Figma
2 88 (16.51%) AWS
3 73 (13.70%) Azure
4 56 (10.51%) Adobe Analytics
5 41 (7.69%) GCP
6 21 (3.94%) SaaS
7 20 (3.75%) Amazon S3
7 20 (3.75%) Serverless
8 19 (3.56%) GitHub
9 18 (3.38%) AWS Lambda
9 18 (3.38%) Power Platform
10 14 (2.63%) Anthropic Claude
10 14 (2.63%) dbt
11 13 (2.44%) Google Analytics
11 13 (2.44%) Microsoft 365
12 12 (2.25%) Microsoft Copilot
13 11 (2.06%) Amazon ECS
13 11 (2.06%) AWS CloudFormation
13 11 (2.06%) Azure AI
14 10 (1.88%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 65 (12.20%) Broadband
2 8 (1.50%) WPA
3 5 (0.94%) Intranet
4 4 (0.75%) Wireless
5 3 (0.56%) Software-Defined Radio
6 2 (0.38%) RS-485
6 2 (0.38%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.19%) AMQP
7 1 (0.19%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.19%) Internet
7 1 (0.19%) LTE
7 1 (0.19%) Modbus
7 1 (0.19%) MQTT
7 1 (0.19%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.19%) DynamoDB
2 11 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.69%) Power BI
4 8 (1.50%) Redis
5 7 (1.31%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.13%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.94%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.75%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (0.75%) Hadoop
8 4 (0.75%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.56%) ClickHouse
9 3 (0.56%) Db2
9 3 (0.56%) DB2 UDB
9 3 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.56%) QlikView
9 3 (0.56%) Tableau
10 2 (0.38%) Big Data
10 2 (0.38%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.38%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 23 (4.32%) Git
2 19 (3.56%) JIRA
3 12 (2.25%) GitLab
4 11 (2.06%) Axure RP
5 10 (1.88%) Jenkins
6 9 (1.69%) Balsamiq
6 9 (1.69%) Cypress.io
7 8 (1.50%) LabVIEW
7 8 (1.50%) Maven
7 8 (1.50%) SonarQube
8 6 (1.13%) Postman
9 5 (0.94%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.56%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.56%) Eclipse RCP
11 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.38%) Bower
11 2 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
12 1 (0.19%) ER Studio
12 1 (0.19%) MLflow
12 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 177 (33.21%) Social Skills
2 104 (19.51%) Finance
3 93 (17.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 79 (14.82%) Analytical Skills
5 76 (14.26%) Public Sector
6 72 (13.51%) Electronics
7 59 (11.07%) Games
8 56 (10.51%) Manufacturing
9 51 (9.57%) Law
10 32 (6.00%) Marketing
11 28 (5.25%) Aerospace
12 26 (4.88%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (2.63%) Legal
13 14 (2.63%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (2.25%) Retail
15 9 (1.69%) Automotive
16 8 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
16 8 (1.50%) Influencing Skills
17 7 (1.31%) Banking
17 7 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 110 (20.64%) Senior
2 104 (19.51%) Designer
3 68 (12.76%) Developer
4 56 (10.51%) Lead
5 44 (8.26%) UX Designer
6 39 (7.32%) Architect
7 36 (6.75%) Software Engineer
8 27 (5.07%) Interaction Designer
8 27 (5.07%) Systems Engineer
9 25 (4.69%) Lead Designer
9 25 (4.69%) Senior Designer
10 22 (4.13%) Consultant
11 21 (3.94%) Agile Delivery Manager
11 21 (3.94%) Delivery Manager
12 20 (3.75%) Full-Stack Developer
13 19 (3.56%) Product Manager
13 19 (3.56%) UI Designer
13 19 (3.56%) UI/UX Designer
14 18 (3.38%) Senior Manager
14 18 (3.38%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (7.50%) HTML
2 39 (7.32%) CSS
3 30 (5.63%) React
4 19 (3.56%) .NET
4 19 (3.56%) LangChain
5 15 (2.81%) AngularJS
5 15 (2.81%) Terraform
6 12 (2.25%) REST
6 12 (2.25%) Spring Boot
7 10 (1.88%) Web Services
8 9 (1.69%) AWS CDK
8 9 (1.69%) Jest
8 9 (1.69%) Node.js
8 9 (1.69%) RESTful
9 8 (1.50%) Framer.js
9 8 (1.50%) Gherkin
9 8 (1.50%) JSON
9 8 (1.50%) Next.js
10 7 (1.31%) Material Design
11 6 (1.13%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 56 (10.51%) Social Media
2 48 (9.01%) Cloud Native
3 29 (5.44%) Product Ownership
4 26 (4.88%) Embedded Systems
5 23 (4.32%) AI Agents
6 20 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (3.38%) FPGA
7 18 (3.38%) Public Cloud
8 16 (3.00%) Robotics
9 14 (2.63%) IoT
10 13 (2.44%) Algorithms
11 12 (2.25%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (2.06%) Management Information System
12 11 (2.06%) Onboarding
13 10 (1.88%) Analogue Electronics
13 10 (1.88%) Data Structures
13 10 (1.88%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (1.88%) Life Science
13 10 (1.88%) Low-Code
14 8 (1.50%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.69%) Linux
2 3 (0.56%) Android
2 3 (0.56%) Unix
3 2 (0.38%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.19%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (44.65%) Agile
2 231 (43.34%) AI
3 147 (27.58%) User Research
4 125 (23.45%) Analytics
5 120 (22.51%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 112 (21.01%) Rapid Prototyping
7 109 (20.45%) User Experience
8 106 (19.89%) Roadmaps
9 99 (18.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 99 (18.57%) Mentoring
10 90 (16.89%) Problem-Solving
11 82 (15.38%) Customer Experience
11 82 (15.38%) Software Engineering
12 80 (15.01%) UX Design
13 76 (14.26%) Validation
14 74 (13.88%) Product Roadmap
15 67 (12.57%) LLM
16 64 (12.01%) Storytelling
17 56 (10.51%) CI/CD
17 56 (10.51%) Digital Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 94 (17.64%) Python
2 44 (8.26%) JavaScript
3 39 (7.32%) Java
4 36 (6.75%) TypeScript
5 32 (6.00%) SQL
6 29 (5.44%) C
7 27 (5.07%) C#
8 24 (4.50%) C++
9 11 (2.06%) MATLAB
10 10 (1.88%) Bash
11 9 (1.69%) Groovy
12 7 (1.31%) Go
13 6 (1.13%) Embedded C
14 5 (0.94%) PHP
15 3 (0.56%) Pascal
15 3 (0.56%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.56%) Rust
16 2 (0.38%) Ruby
17 1 (0.19%) Apex Code
17 1 (0.19%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 160 (30.02%) Degree
2 100 (18.76%) Security Cleared
3 74 (13.88%) SC Cleared
4 25 (4.69%) Master's Degree
5 18 (3.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (3.19%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (2.44%) PhD
8 12 (2.25%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.50%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 8 (1.50%) HND
9 8 (1.50%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (1.31%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.94%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.56%) Chartered Engineer
12 3 (0.56%) HNC
12 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.38%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.19%) OCP
14 1 (0.19%) Oracle Certification
14 1 (0.19%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (24.58%) Accessibility
2 70 (13.13%) WCAG
3 17 (3.19%) QA
4 10 (1.88%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.13%) GDPR
6 4 (0.75%) DO-254
7 3 (0.56%) JTAG
8 2 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.38%) GRC
8 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.19%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.19%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.19%) GxP
9 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.19%) NIST
System Software
1 27 (5.07%) Docker
2 24 (4.50%) Firmware
3 8 (1.50%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (2.63%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.50%) HP Fortify
3 1 (0.19%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 90 (16.89%) Adobe
2 52 (9.76%) Microsoft
3 30 (5.63%) Google
3 30 (5.63%) OpenAI
4 16 (3.00%) EMC
5 11 (2.06%) SAP
6 10 (1.88%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.69%) Databricks
8 6 (1.13%) Foundry
9 4 (0.75%) Oracle
10 3 (0.56%) Autodesk
10 3 (0.56%) Cognizant
10 3 (0.56%) JD Edwards
10 3 (0.56%) Motorola
10 3 (0.56%) Siemens
10 3 (0.56%) Xilinx
11 2 (0.38%) Altera
11 2 (0.38%) Revolut
11 2 (0.38%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.38%) YouTube