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 21 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 360 305 313
Rank change year-on-year -55 +8 -45
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 304 524 451
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.93% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 1.04% 0.99%
Number of salaries quoted 197 234 311
10th Percentile £46,344 £43,070 £31,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £51,563 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -5.51%
75th Percentile £100,000 £77,500 £78,125
90th Percentile £120,000 £88,375 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +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 48,853 50,492 45,409
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.70% 89.69% 93.72%
Number of salaries quoted 28,653 25,437 34,822
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,000
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% - -2.84%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,979 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.95% +4.76% -2.78%

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 21 December 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 21 December 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 -52 269 £70,000 +7.69% 136
London +87 141 £82,500 +17.86% 42
UK excluding London -126 135 £55,000 -15.38% 128
Work from Home -107 81 £57,500 -11.54% 60
South East -52 50 £55,000 -26.67% 42
North of England -41 30 £53,750 -8.06% 26
North West -13 17 £57,500 -4.17% 17
South West -19 13 £86,750 +15.67% 17
East of England -12 12 £90,000 +63.64% 22
Midlands +7 10 £60,000 +2.63% 13
Yorkshire -8 10 £30,500 -46.24% 6
Scotland -11 9 £54,500 -18.84% 11
Wales -20 9 £61,651 -11.05% 3
West Midlands +21 7 £60,000 +2.63% 10
North East -1 3 £73,801 +19.55% 4
East Midlands -8 3 £60,000 +50.00% 3
Northern Ireland -6 2 £73,801 +9.90%

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 (3.29%) Confluence
2 7 (2.30%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.97%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.99%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 43 (14.14%) Adobe XD
2 22 (7.24%) Sketch
3 11 (3.62%) Maya
4 10 (3.29%) MS Visio
5 9 (2.96%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 8 (2.63%) InVision
7 7 (2.30%) Microsoft Office
8 6 (1.97%) SOLIDWORKS
9 4 (1.32%) Autodesk Inventor
9 4 (1.32%) Chatbot
9 4 (1.32%) Fusion 360
10 3 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
10 3 (0.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 3 (0.99%) PTC Creo
11 2 (0.66%) Photoshop
11 2 (0.66%) Windchill
12 1 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
12 1 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
12 1 (0.33%) AutoCAD
12 1 (0.33%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 11 (3.62%) SAP CO
1 11 (3.62%) SAP FI
1 11 (3.62%) SAP FI/CO
1 11 (3.62%) SAP FSCM
1 11 (3.62%) SAP IBP
1 11 (3.62%) SAP IS-U
1 11 (3.62%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.32%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.33%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 97 (31.91%) Figma
2 71 (23.36%) AWS
3 64 (21.05%) Azure
4 39 (12.83%) GCP
5 22 (7.24%) Miro
6 19 (6.25%) Adobe Analytics
7 16 (5.26%) PaaS
8 15 (4.93%) Amazon ECR
8 15 (4.93%) Amazon ECS
9 14 (4.61%) AWS CloudFormation
9 14 (4.61%) SaaS
10 13 (4.28%) Amazon ElastiCache
10 13 (4.28%) dbt
10 13 (4.28%) GitHub
11 12 (3.95%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 12 (3.95%) Pulumi
11 12 (3.95%) Sentry
12 10 (3.29%) Google Analytics
12 10 (3.29%) Power Platform
13 9 (2.96%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.92%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.64%) Bluetooth
2 5 (1.64%) Broadband
2 5 (1.64%) Firewall
3 4 (1.32%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (1.32%) Modbus
3 4 (1.32%) Network Security
3 4 (1.32%) VLAN
3 4 (1.32%) Wireshark
3 4 (1.32%) ZigBee
4 3 (0.99%) Internet
5 2 (0.66%) 2G
5 2 (0.66%) 4G
5 2 (0.66%) 5G
5 2 (0.66%) DNS
5 2 (0.66%) HTTP
5 2 (0.66%) ICMP
5 2 (0.66%) Software-Defined Radio
6 1 (0.33%) Software-Defined Networking
6 1 (0.33%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.93%) Amazon RDS
2 13 (4.28%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (4.28%) Redis
3 12 (3.95%) Elasticsearch
4 11 (3.62%) SAP BW
5 7 (2.30%) NoSQL
5 7 (2.30%) Power BI
6 5 (1.64%) SQL Server
7 3 (0.99%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
8 2 (0.66%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.66%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.66%) Tableau
9 1 (0.33%) Apache Hive
9 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
9 1 (0.33%) Data Mining
9 1 (0.33%) GIS
9 1 (0.33%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.33%) Power Query
9 1 (0.33%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 32 (10.53%) Axure RP
2 25 (8.22%) Balsamiq
3 12 (3.95%) Git
3 12 (3.95%) JIRA
4 6 (1.97%) Jenkins
5 4 (1.32%) Burp Suite
5 4 (1.32%) Cypress.io
5 4 (1.32%) IDA Disassembler
5 4 (1.32%) Metasploit
5 4 (1.32%) MLflow
6 2 (0.66%) GitLab
6 2 (0.66%) Maven
6 2 (0.66%) MSI
6 2 (0.66%) Octopus Deploy
6 2 (0.66%) SonarQube
General
1 102 (33.55%) Social Skills
2 64 (21.05%) Law
3 58 (19.08%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (16.45%) Finance
5 35 (11.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 33 (10.86%) Public Sector
7 22 (7.24%) Influencing Skills
8 21 (6.91%) Legal
9 20 (6.58%) Banking
10 17 (5.59%) Games
11 15 (4.93%) Manufacturing
11 15 (4.93%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (4.28%) Electronics
13 9 (2.96%) Retail
14 8 (2.63%) Telecoms
15 7 (2.30%) Front Office
15 7 (2.30%) Marketing
16 6 (1.97%) Financial Institution
16 6 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
17 4 (1.32%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 75 (24.67%) Designer
2 67 (22.04%) Senior
3 33 (10.86%) Developer
4 31 (10.20%) Lead
5 26 (8.55%) UX Designer
6 20 (6.58%) Consultant
6 20 (6.58%) Full-Stack Engineer
6 20 (6.58%) Product Designer
7 17 (5.59%) Strategy Manager
8 15 (4.93%) Architect
8 15 (4.93%) Senior Manager
8 15 (4.93%) Service Designer
9 14 (4.61%) Interaction Designer
10 13 (4.28%) Software Engineer
11 12 (3.95%) Platform Engineer
11 12 (3.95%) Product Manager
11 12 (3.95%) Senior Platform Engineer
12 11 (3.62%) Senior Consultant
13 9 (2.96%) IT Consultant
13 9 (2.96%) Senior SAP Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (11.51%) CSS
2 34 (11.18%) HTML
3 28 (9.21%) React
4 26 (8.55%) .NET
4 26 (8.55%) Node.js
5 16 (5.26%) PyTorch
5 16 (5.26%) TensorFlow
6 12 (3.95%) Django
7 11 (3.62%) REST
8 9 (2.96%) AngularJS
8 9 (2.96%) Google JAX
8 9 (2.96%) JAX
8 9 (2.96%) JSON
8 9 (2.96%) Kafka
8 9 (2.96%) scikit-learn
8 9 (2.96%) XML
9 6 (1.97%) Next.js
9 6 (1.97%) Pandas
10 5 (1.64%) LangChain
10 5 (1.64%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 33 (10.86%) Cloud Native
2 31 (10.20%) Product Ownership
3 16 (5.26%) Linux Command Line
4 15 (4.93%) AI Agents
5 12 (3.95%) Distributed Systems
5 12 (3.95%) Enterprise Software
6 11 (3.62%) Algorithms
7 9 (2.96%) Cyber Threat
7 9 (2.96%) Mobile App
7 9 (2.96%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.30%) Equities
8 7 (2.30%) Onboarding
9 6 (1.97%) CUDA
10 5 (1.64%) Blog
10 5 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.64%) Graphic Design
10 5 (1.64%) IoT
10 5 (1.64%) Social Media
11 4 (1.32%) Animation
11 4 (1.32%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 23 (7.57%) Linux
2 12 (3.95%) Unix
3 11 (3.62%) Android
4 4 (1.32%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.32%) Kali Linux
4 4 (1.32%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.32%) Windows
5 1 (0.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 153 (50.33%) Agile
2 143 (47.04%) User Experience
3 91 (29.93%) Problem-Solving
4 84 (27.63%) Analytics
5 74 (24.34%) UX Design
6 72 (23.68%) User Research
7 71 (23.36%) Continuous Improvement
7 71 (23.36%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 71 (23.36%) Wireframes
8 69 (22.70%) AI
9 54 (17.76%) CI/CD
10 51 (16.78%) Computer Science
10 51 (16.78%) Machine Learning
11 47 (15.46%) Usability Testing
12 46 (15.13%) Mentoring
13 41 (13.49%) Software Engineering
14 40 (13.16%) Rapid Prototyping
15 37 (12.17%) Journey Map
15 37 (12.17%) Test Automation
16 36 (11.84%) Clean Code
Programming Languages
1 73 (24.01%) Python
2 51 (16.78%) JavaScript
3 37 (12.17%) Java
4 27 (8.88%) TypeScript
5 20 (6.58%) SQL
6 14 (4.61%) C#
6 14 (4.61%) C++
7 7 (2.30%) C
8 5 (1.64%) R
9 4 (1.32%) Bash
9 4 (1.32%) Delphi
9 4 (1.32%) PHP
9 4 (1.32%) Rust
10 3 (0.99%) Bicep
10 3 (0.99%) Go
10 3 (0.99%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.99%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.66%) Groovy
11 2 (0.66%) Perl
12 1 (0.33%) Embedded C
Qualifications
1 118 (38.82%) Degree
2 75 (24.67%) Security Cleared
3 59 (19.41%) SC Cleared
4 17 (5.59%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (3.95%) DV Cleared
6 11 (3.62%) Master's Degree
6 11 (3.62%) PhD
7 7 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (1.32%) AWS Certification
8 4 (1.32%) HNC
8 4 (1.32%) MCP
9 3 (0.99%) HND
9 3 (0.99%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (0.66%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 2 (0.66%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
11 1 (0.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 1 (0.33%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.33%) PMP
11 1 (0.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (27.63%) Accessibility
2 35 (11.51%) WCAG
3 4 (1.32%) ISO 13485
3 4 (1.32%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.99%) GDPR
4 3 (0.99%) QA
5 2 (0.66%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.33%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.33%) NIST
System Software
1 24 (7.89%) Docker
2 2 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.33%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 18 (5.92%) Terraform
2 12 (3.95%) AWS Copilot
3 10 (3.29%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.32%) Kubeflow
4 4 (1.32%) Nessus
4 4 (1.32%) Nmap
5 3 (0.99%) WMI
6 2 (0.66%) Ansible
6 2 (0.66%) HP Fortify
Vendors
1 70 (23.03%) Adobe
2 38 (12.50%) Google
2 38 (12.50%) Microsoft
3 21 (6.91%) Qualtrics
4 11 (3.62%) Foundry
4 11 (3.62%) SAP
5 4 (1.32%) Autodesk
5 4 (1.32%) Cisco
5 4 (1.32%) Red Hat
5 4 (1.32%) Sage
5 4 (1.32%) Splunk
6 3 (0.99%) VMware
7 2 (0.66%) Alteryx
7 2 (0.66%) CA Agile Central
7 2 (0.66%) Mercator
7 2 (0.66%) OpenAI
7 2 (0.66%) PTC
7 2 (0.66%) UiPath
8 1 (0.33%) Palantir
8 1 (0.33%) YouTube