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 13 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 342 368
Rank change year-on-year -18 +26 -53
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 368 370 596
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.85% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.91% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 203 189 405
10th Percentile £45,200 £41,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,481 £67,626 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.22% +17.61% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £82,500 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £68,525 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.09% +30.52% -12.50%

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 57,551 40,867 73,360
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.05% 93.60% 87.39%
Number of salaries quoted 34,815 22,139 55,867
10th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £39,860 £45,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.41%
75th Percentile £76,299 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £94,006
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

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 13 March 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 13 March 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 -1 322 £66,258 +1.93% 289
UK excluding London -81 196 £57,500 -16.09% 191
Work from Home +3 166 £60,000 -13.43% 156
London +65 137 £73,151 +12.54% 157
South East -16 60 £55,000 -26.67% 84
North of England -65 46 £57,500 -4.17% 30
East of England +7 42 £80,788 +61.58% 32
North West -43 24 £57,500 -4.17% 15
South West -49 18 £79,750 +16.38% 18
Yorkshire -49 16 £67,500 +22.73% 8
Scotland -29 13 £54,500 -9.02% 8
Midlands -27 8 £47,500 -25.56% 17
West Midlands -10 7 £46,022 -27.88% 13
Wales -31 7 £73,801 +6.96% 6
North East -24 6 £73,801 +6.48% 8
Northern Ireland -27 2 £73,801 +6.48% 2
East Midlands -33 1 £50,000 - 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 (2.72%) Confluence
2 2 (0.54%) Apache Spark
2 2 (0.54%) CMS
3 1 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.27%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.27%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.27%) SAS
3 1 (0.27%) Strapi
3 1 (0.27%) WordPress
Applications
1 36 (9.78%) Adobe XD
2 17 (4.62%) Sketch
3 14 (3.80%) MS Visio
4 8 (2.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 5 (1.36%) Fusion 360
5 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (1.36%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (1.09%) InVision
7 3 (0.82%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.82%) Maya
8 2 (0.54%) Photoshop
9 1 (0.27%) 3ds Max
9 1 (0.27%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.27%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.27%) CATIA
9 1 (0.27%) CINEMA 4D
9 1 (0.27%) InDesign
9 1 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 1 (0.27%) Siemens NX
9 1 (0.27%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 3 (0.82%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.54%) SAP CO
2 2 (0.54%) SAP FI
2 2 (0.54%) SAP FI/CO
2 2 (0.54%) SAP FSCM
2 2 (0.54%) SAP IBP
2 2 (0.54%) SAP IS-U
2 2 (0.54%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.27%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.27%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.27%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 126 (34.24%) Figma
2 80 (21.74%) AWS
3 68 (18.48%) Adobe Analytics
4 67 (18.21%) Azure
5 46 (12.50%) GCP
6 27 (7.34%) Amazon ECR
6 27 (7.34%) Amazon ECS
7 26 (7.07%) AWS CloudFormation
8 23 (6.25%) Miro
9 22 (5.98%) PaaS
10 18 (4.89%) Amazon ElastiCache
10 18 (4.89%) dbt
11 17 (4.62%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 17 (4.62%) Pulumi
11 17 (4.62%) Sentry
12 16 (4.35%) SaaS
13 14 (3.80%) Google Analytics
14 13 (3.53%) GitHub
15 12 (3.26%) Amazon S3
15 12 (3.26%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 53 (14.40%) Broadband
2 21 (5.71%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.36%) Bluetooth
4 4 (1.09%) Internet
4 4 (1.09%) Software-Defined Radio
5 3 (0.82%) Firewall
5 3 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.82%) Wireless
6 2 (0.54%) 2G
6 2 (0.54%) 4G
6 2 (0.54%) DNS
6 2 (0.54%) HTTP
6 2 (0.54%) ICMP
6 2 (0.54%) Intrusion Detection
6 2 (0.54%) LTE
6 2 (0.54%) Modbus
6 2 (0.54%) Network Security
6 2 (0.54%) VLAN
6 2 (0.54%) Wireshark
6 2 (0.54%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.43%) Amazon RDS
2 19 (5.16%) Redis
3 18 (4.89%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (4.62%) Elasticsearch
5 9 (2.45%) DynamoDB
6 7 (1.90%) Power BI
7 6 (1.63%) Semantic Layer
8 5 (1.36%) SQL Server
9 4 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (1.09%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.09%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.82%) DB2
10 3 (0.82%) DB2 UDB
10 3 (0.82%) QlikView
11 2 (0.54%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.54%) SAP BW
11 2 (0.54%) Tableau
12 1 (0.27%) Apache Hive
12 1 (0.27%) GIS
12 1 (0.27%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 32 (8.70%) Axure RP
2 26 (7.07%) Balsamiq
3 17 (4.62%) JIRA
4 14 (3.80%) Git
5 13 (3.53%) Jenkins
6 11 (2.99%) Cypress.io
7 9 (2.45%) GitLab
7 9 (2.45%) Maven
7 9 (2.45%) SonarQube
8 5 (1.36%) IDA Disassembler
9 2 (0.54%) Burp Suite
9 2 (0.54%) Metasploit
9 2 (0.54%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.27%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.27%) Mocha
10 1 (0.27%) Zephyr
General
1 95 (25.82%) Social Skills
2 79 (21.47%) Analytical Skills
3 63 (17.12%) Finance
4 55 (14.95%) Law
5 52 (14.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 51 (13.86%) Games
7 47 (12.77%) Public Sector
8 29 (7.88%) Banking
9 21 (5.71%) Influencing Skills
10 19 (5.16%) Manufacturing
11 18 (4.89%) Electronics
12 16 (4.35%) Legal
13 15 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
14 13 (3.53%) Retail
15 11 (2.99%) Organisational Skills
16 6 (1.63%) Marketing
16 6 (1.63%) Telecoms
17 5 (1.36%) Back Office
17 5 (1.36%) Financial Institution
17 5 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 100 (27.17%) Designer
2 72 (19.57%) Senior
3 54 (14.67%) Lead
4 43 (11.68%) UX Designer
5 29 (7.88%) Developer
6 23 (6.25%) Lead Designer
7 20 (5.43%) Consultant
7 20 (5.43%) Product Designer
7 20 (5.43%) Senior Manager
8 19 (5.16%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 19 (5.16%) Strategy Manager
9 18 (4.89%) Analyst
10 17 (4.62%) Platform Engineer
10 17 (4.62%) Senior Platform Engineer
10 17 (4.62%) Software Engineer
11 16 (4.35%) Interaction Designer
12 14 (3.80%) Architect
12 14 (3.80%) Business Analyst
13 12 (3.26%) Service Designer
14 11 (2.99%) Digital Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (11.41%) CSS
1 42 (11.41%) HTML
2 31 (8.42%) React
3 23 (6.25%) Node.js
4 22 (5.98%) .NET
5 17 (4.62%) Django
6 15 (4.08%) AngularJS
7 14 (3.80%) REST
8 13 (3.53%) Spring Boot
9 12 (3.26%) Jest
10 10 (2.72%) PyTorch
11 9 (2.45%) Gherkin
11 9 (2.45%) TensorFlow
12 7 (1.90%) Google JAX
12 7 (1.90%) JAX
12 7 (1.90%) Next.js
13 6 (1.63%) JSON
13 6 (1.63%) LangChain
13 6 (1.63%) WebSockets
13 6 (1.63%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 50 (13.59%) Social Media
2 40 (10.87%) Product Ownership
3 33 (8.97%) Cloud Native
4 21 (5.71%) Linux Command Line
5 9 (2.45%) Management Information System
6 8 (2.17%) Cyber Threat
6 8 (2.17%) IoT
6 8 (2.17%) Life Science
6 8 (2.17%) Mobile App
6 8 (2.17%) Onboarding
7 7 (1.90%) AI Agents
7 7 (1.90%) CUDA
7 7 (1.90%) Public Cloud
8 6 (1.63%) Blog
8 6 (1.63%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.63%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.36%) Algorithms
9 5 (1.36%) Animation
9 5 (1.36%) Data Protection Act
9 5 (1.36%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 28 (7.61%) Linux
2 18 (4.89%) Unix
3 8 (2.17%) Android
4 5 (1.36%) Windows
5 2 (0.54%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.54%) Kali Linux
5 2 (0.54%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.27%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.27%) FreeRTOS
6 1 (0.27%) ThreadX
6 1 (0.27%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 214 (58.15%) Agile
2 140 (38.04%) User Experience
3 121 (32.88%) AI
3 121 (32.88%) User Research
4 120 (32.61%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 117 (31.79%) Analytics
6 107 (29.08%) Problem-Solving
7 94 (25.54%) UX Design
8 82 (22.28%) Customer Experience
9 77 (20.92%) Roadmaps
9 77 (20.92%) Wireframes
10 73 (19.84%) Storytelling
11 66 (17.93%) Continuous Improvement
12 59 (16.03%) Product Roadmap
13 55 (14.95%) Workshop Facilitation
14 54 (14.67%) CI/CD
14 54 (14.67%) Clean Code
15 53 (14.40%) Mentoring
16 49 (13.32%) Digital Customer Experience
17 48 (13.04%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 73 (19.84%) Python
2 51 (13.86%) JavaScript
3 45 (12.23%) Java
4 31 (8.42%) TypeScript
5 14 (3.80%) C++
5 14 (3.80%) SQL
6 13 (3.53%) C#
7 11 (2.99%) C
8 10 (2.72%) Bash
8 10 (2.72%) Groovy
9 4 (1.09%) R
10 3 (0.82%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.54%) Embedded C
11 2 (0.54%) Julia
11 2 (0.54%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.54%) PHP
11 2 (0.54%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.54%) Rust
12 1 (0.27%) Pascal
12 1 (0.27%) VBA
Qualifications
1 108 (29.35%) Degree
2 87 (23.64%) Security Cleared
3 70 (19.02%) SC Cleared
4 14 (3.80%) DV Cleared
5 10 (2.72%) AWS Certification
5 10 (2.72%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.45%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 9 (2.45%) ITIL Certification
7 6 (1.63%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.36%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (1.09%) Numerate Degree
9 4 (1.09%) PhD
10 3 (0.82%) Postgraduate
11 2 (0.54%) HNC
12 1 (0.27%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.27%) HND
12 1 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.27%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.27%) PMP
12 1 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 135 (36.68%) Accessibility
2 61 (16.58%) WCAG
3 7 (1.90%) GRC
4 5 (1.36%) GDPR
5 4 (1.09%) ISO 13485
6 3 (0.82%) QA
7 1 (0.27%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.27%) DO-254
7 1 (0.27%) EU AI Act
7 1 (0.27%) NIST
System Software
1 32 (8.70%) Docker
2 5 (1.36%) Firmware
3 1 (0.27%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (6.25%) Terraform
2 17 (4.62%) AWS Copilot
3 9 (2.45%) HP Fortify
4 7 (1.90%) Kubernetes
5 2 (0.54%) Ansible
5 2 (0.54%) Nessus
5 2 (0.54%) Nmap
6 1 (0.27%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.27%) WMI
Vendors
1 112 (30.43%) Adobe
2 39 (10.60%) Google
3 37 (10.05%) Microsoft
4 21 (5.71%) Qualtrics
5 8 (2.17%) OpenAI
6 6 (1.63%) Foundry
7 5 (1.36%) EMC
8 3 (0.82%) JD Edwards
8 3 (0.82%) Workday
9 2 (0.54%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (0.54%) Cisco
9 2 (0.54%) Hotjar
9 2 (0.54%) Mercator
9 2 (0.54%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.54%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.54%) SAP
9 2 (0.54%) ServiceNow
9 2 (0.54%) Splunk
9 2 (0.54%) UiPath
9 2 (0.54%) VMware