Prototyping Job Trends

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 26 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 355 317 330
Rank change year-on-year -38 +13 -77
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 332 543 481
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.62% 0.81% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.95% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 187 244 342
10th Percentile £46,979 £42,500 £38,775
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £47,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,801 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.54% - -3.19%
75th Percentile £96,938 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £88,375 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £61,250 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -5.77% +18.18% -15.38%

All Process and 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 45,560 57,007 47,921
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.92% 84.85% 93.78%
Number of salaries quoted 27,788 29,760 36,892
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £54,439 £52,500
% change year-on-year -12.75% +3.69% -0.19%

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 26 November 2025.

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 26 November 2025. 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 -23 287 £70,000 +7.69% 237
UK excluding London -89 156 £61,250 -5.77% 216
London +87 147 £75,000 +11.28% 88
Work from Home -86 84 £52,500 -19.23% 106
South East -38 62 £55,000 -26.67% 97
North of England -17 30 £50,000 -16.67% 27
North West -3 20 £57,500 -4.17% 16
Scotland +3 16 £64,151 -4.47% 20
Midlands +43 13 £61,250 +4.76% 19
East of England -3 12 £86,250 +56.82% 36
South West -4 12 £85,000 +13.33% 19
Wales -8 9 £61,651 -11.05% 3
East Midlands +32 8 £60,000 +50.00% 6
Yorkshire +3 7 £30,500 -47.83% 8
West Midlands +46 5 £62,500 +6.90% 11
North East +10 3 £73,801 +19.55% 3
Northern Ireland 0 2 £73,801 +13.54% 4

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 10 (3.01%) Confluence
2 9 (2.71%) Apache Spark
3 8 (2.41%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.90%) Jupyter
Applications
1 44 (13.25%) Adobe XD
2 23 (6.93%) Sketch
3 12 (3.61%) Maya
4 8 (2.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 8 (2.41%) MS Visio
5 6 (1.81%) InVision
5 6 (1.81%) SOLIDWORKS
6 5 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
7 4 (1.20%) Autodesk Inventor
7 4 (1.20%) Blender
8 3 (0.90%) PTC Creo
9 2 (0.60%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.60%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.60%) Microsoft Excel
9 2 (0.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 2 (0.60%) Windchill
10 1 (0.30%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (0.30%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.30%) Fusion 360
10 1 (0.30%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 11 (3.31%) SAP CO
1 11 (3.31%) SAP FI
1 11 (3.31%) SAP FI/CO
1 11 (3.31%) SAP FSCM
1 11 (3.31%) SAP IBP
1 11 (3.31%) SAP IS-U
1 11 (3.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.20%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.30%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 92 (27.71%) Figma
2 89 (26.81%) AWS
3 75 (22.59%) Azure
4 50 (15.06%) GCP
5 18 (5.42%) Miro
6 17 (5.12%) Adobe Analytics
7 16 (4.82%) Amazon ECS
7 16 (4.82%) PaaS
8 15 (4.52%) AWS CloudFormation
8 15 (4.52%) Azure AI
8 15 (4.52%) Vertex AI
9 14 (4.22%) dbt
10 13 (3.92%) Amazon ECR
10 13 (3.92%) Amazon ElastiCache
10 13 (3.92%) Sentry
11 12 (3.61%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 12 (3.61%) GitHub
11 12 (3.61%) Pulumi
11 12 (3.61%) SaaS
12 11 (3.31%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.42%) TCP/IP
2 17 (5.12%) Modbus
3 13 (3.92%) MQTT
4 12 (3.61%) Ethernet
5 6 (1.81%) 5G
6 5 (1.51%) Firewall
7 4 (1.20%) Bluetooth
7 4 (1.20%) Intrusion Detection
7 4 (1.20%) Network Security
7 4 (1.20%) SD-WAN
7 4 (1.20%) VLAN
7 4 (1.20%) WAN
7 4 (1.20%) Wireshark
7 4 (1.20%) ZigBee
8 3 (0.90%) Broadband
9 2 (0.60%) 2G
9 2 (0.60%) DNS
9 2 (0.60%) HTTP
9 2 (0.60%) ICMP
9 2 (0.60%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.22%) Amazon RDS
1 14 (4.22%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (3.92%) Redis
3 12 (3.61%) Elasticsearch
4 11 (3.31%) NoSQL
4 11 (3.31%) SAP BW
5 8 (2.41%) MongoDB
6 6 (1.81%) SQL Server
7 5 (1.51%) Power BI
8 4 (1.20%) QGIS
9 3 (0.90%) Amazon Athena
9 3 (0.90%) Amazon Aurora
9 3 (0.90%) Data Lake
10 2 (0.60%) Relational Database
11 1 (0.30%) Apache Hive
11 1 (0.30%) Data Mining
11 1 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
11 1 (0.30%) Hadoop
11 1 (0.30%) MySQL
11 1 (0.30%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 30 (9.04%) Axure RP
2 23 (6.93%) Balsamiq
3 17 (5.12%) Git
4 13 (3.92%) JIRA
5 6 (1.81%) Cypress.io
5 6 (1.81%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.81%) MLflow
6 4 (1.20%) Burp Suite
6 4 (1.20%) IDA Disassembler
6 4 (1.20%) Metasploit
6 4 (1.20%) MSI
6 4 (1.20%) webpack
7 3 (0.90%) Spinnaker
8 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.30%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 113 (34.04%) Social Skills
2 78 (23.49%) Law
3 72 (21.69%) Finance
4 60 (18.07%) Analytical Skills
5 45 (13.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 31 (9.34%) Public Sector
7 27 (8.13%) Legal
8 25 (7.53%) Banking
9 24 (7.23%) Manufacturing
10 22 (6.63%) Influencing Skills
11 16 (4.82%) Games
11 16 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (4.52%) Pharmaceutical
13 13 (3.92%) Marketing
13 13 (3.92%) Retail
14 11 (3.31%) Electronics
15 7 (2.11%) Front Office
16 6 (1.81%) Aerospace
16 6 (1.81%) Financial Institution
17 5 (1.51%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 74 (22.29%) Senior
2 65 (19.58%) Designer
3 36 (10.84%) Lead
4 34 (10.24%) Software Engineer
5 33 (9.94%) Developer
6 25 (7.53%) UX Designer
7 20 (6.02%) Architect
8 17 (5.12%) Consultant
8 17 (5.12%) Product Manager
8 17 (5.12%) Strategy Manager
9 16 (4.82%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 16 (4.82%) Service Designer
10 15 (4.52%) Product Delivery Manager
10 15 (4.52%) Product Designer
11 13 (3.92%) Systems Engineer
12 12 (3.61%) Platform Engineer
12 12 (3.61%) Senior Platform Engineer
12 12 (3.61%) Solutions Architect
13 11 (3.31%) Automation Engineer
13 11 (3.31%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (12.05%) CSS
2 38 (11.45%) React
3 33 (9.94%) HTML
4 28 (8.43%) .NET
5 22 (6.63%) Node.js
6 17 (5.12%) Kafka
7 16 (4.82%) PyTorch
7 16 (4.82%) TensorFlow
8 13 (3.92%) Django
9 11 (3.31%) scikit-learn
10 10 (3.01%) AngularJS
10 10 (3.01%) REST
11 9 (2.71%) JSON
11 9 (2.71%) XML
12 8 (2.41%) Google JAX
12 8 (2.41%) JAX
13 7 (2.11%) Vue
14 6 (1.81%) Jest
14 6 (1.81%) Pandas
14 6 (1.81%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 36 (10.84%) Cloud Native
2 30 (9.04%) Product Ownership
3 24 (7.23%) IoT
4 19 (5.72%) AI Agents
5 17 (5.12%) Algorithms
5 17 (5.12%) Operational Technology
5 17 (5.12%) SCADA
6 16 (4.82%) Linux Command Line
7 14 (4.22%) Distributed Systems
7 14 (4.22%) Self-Motivation
8 13 (3.92%) Biopharmaceutical
8 13 (3.92%) Industry 4.0
8 13 (3.92%) Renewable Energy
9 12 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
10 11 (3.31%) Data Centre
11 7 (2.11%) Mobile App
12 6 (1.81%) Cyber Threat
12 6 (1.81%) Embedded Systems
12 6 (1.81%) Equities
12 6 (1.81%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.23%) Linux
2 12 (3.61%) Unix
3 11 (3.31%) Android
4 6 (1.81%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.81%) Windows
5 4 (1.20%) Kali Linux
5 4 (1.20%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.30%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (49.70%) Agile
2 145 (43.67%) User Experience
3 86 (25.90%) Analytics
4 84 (25.30%) Problem-Solving
5 77 (23.19%) AI
6 73 (21.99%) UX Design
7 72 (21.69%) Continuous Improvement
7 72 (21.69%) Wireframes
8 69 (20.78%) User Research
9 64 (19.28%) Mentoring
10 63 (18.98%) Software Engineering
11 61 (18.37%) CI/CD
11 61 (18.37%) Machine Learning
11 61 (18.37%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 52 (15.66%) Computer Science
13 50 (15.06%) DevOps
14 47 (14.16%) Stakeholder Management
14 47 (14.16%) Test Automation
15 46 (13.86%) Data Science
16 45 (13.55%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 93 (28.01%) Python
2 60 (18.07%) JavaScript
3 41 (12.35%) Java
4 28 (8.43%) TypeScript
5 26 (7.83%) SQL
6 23 (6.93%) C#
7 18 (5.42%) C++
8 8 (2.41%) C
8 8 (2.41%) Go
8 8 (2.41%) PHP
9 5 (1.51%) MATLAB
9 5 (1.51%) PowerShell
9 5 (1.51%) R
10 4 (1.20%) Delphi
10 4 (1.20%) Rust
11 3 (0.90%) Bicep
12 2 (0.60%) Bash
12 2 (0.60%) Perl
13 1 (0.30%) Embedded C
13 1 (0.30%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 129 (38.86%) Degree
2 75 (22.59%) Security Cleared
3 57 (17.17%) SC Cleared
4 21 (6.33%) Computer Science Degree
5 18 (5.42%) HNC
6 17 (5.12%) HND
7 14 (4.22%) DV Cleared
8 13 (3.92%) Chartered Engineer
9 12 (3.61%) PhD
10 11 (3.31%) Master's Degree
11 7 (2.11%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.20%) MCP
13 2 (0.60%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.60%) DBS Check
14 1 (0.30%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
14 1 (0.30%) Azure Certification
14 1 (0.30%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
14 1 (0.30%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 77 (23.19%) Accessibility
2 31 (9.34%) WCAG
3 4 (1.20%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.20%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.90%) GDPR
5 2 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.60%) QA
6 1 (0.30%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.30%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.30%) NCSC
6 1 (0.30%) NIST
System Software
1 35 (10.54%) Docker
2 14 (4.22%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (3.31%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.30%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.30%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.30%) Firmware
4 1 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 25 (7.53%) Terraform
2 19 (5.72%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.92%) Functional Safety
4 12 (3.61%) AWS Copilot
5 6 (1.81%) Kubeflow
6 5 (1.51%) Ansible
6 5 (1.51%) WMI
7 4 (1.20%) Grafana
7 4 (1.20%) Nessus
7 4 (1.20%) Nmap
8 3 (0.90%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 68 (20.48%) Adobe
2 50 (15.06%) Google
3 38 (11.45%) Microsoft
4 21 (6.33%) Qualtrics
5 16 (4.82%) Foundry
6 15 (4.52%) VMware
7 13 (3.92%) AVEVA
7 13 (3.92%) Rockwell
7 13 (3.92%) Siemens
8 11 (3.31%) SAP
9 7 (2.11%) Splunk
10 5 (1.51%) Facebook
11 4 (1.20%) Autodesk
11 4 (1.20%) Cisco
11 4 (1.20%) Red Hat
11 4 (1.20%) Sage
12 2 (0.60%) Alteryx
12 2 (0.60%) CA Agile Central
12 2 (0.60%) Mercator
12 2 (0.60%) PTC