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 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 307 424
Rank change year-on-year -54 +117 -119
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 546 466 456
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.52% 0.93% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 1.05% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 311 190 254
10th Percentile £42,750 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +10.54% -9.54%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £113,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £60,750 £58,465
% change year-on-year -7.00% +3.91% -2.56%

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 77,887 44,584 67,368
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.57% 89.31% 81.13%
Number of salaries quoted 53,644 25,395 43,808
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,170 £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 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +14.58% -4.00% -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 10 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 10 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 +2 454 £60,000 -7.69% 524
UK excluding London -51 341 £56,500 -7.00% 239
Work from Home +10 268 £65,925 +19.86% 208
London -44 153 £75,000 +7.14% 313
South East -7 86 £56,500 -7.00% 65
North of England -14 83 £52,500 -19.23% 55
East of England +26 74 £61,250 +36.11% 46
North West -4 38 £50,000 -27.94% 34
South West -52 28 £60,000 -5.88% 36
Yorkshire -27 24 £65,000 +20.37% 4
Midlands -36 22 £60,000 - 20
Wales -36 22 £53,171 -22.38% 3
North East -43 21 £57,500 -11.54% 17
West Midlands -22 17 £62,500 +4.17% 17
Scotland -72 15 £52,250 -16.82% 18
Northern Ireland -60 11 £80,000 - 3
East Midlands -30 5 £50,000 +51.52% 3

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 (1.83%) Confluence
2 8 (1.47%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.28%) Apache
4 5 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.73%) CMS
5 4 (0.73%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.55%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.55%) WordPress
7 2 (0.37%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 19 (3.48%) Adobe XD
2 13 (2.38%) InDesign
2 13 (2.38%) SOLIDWORKS
3 11 (2.01%) Adobe Illustrator
3 11 (2.01%) Photoshop
3 11 (2.01%) Sketch
4 8 (1.47%) Solid Edge
5 7 (1.28%) Microsoft Excel
6 6 (1.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.92%) Adobe After Effects
7 5 (0.92%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
9 3 (0.55%) EPLAN
9 3 (0.55%) Productboard
9 3 (0.55%) Zeplin
10 2 (0.37%) InVision
10 2 (0.37%) Trello
10 2 (0.37%) Windchill
11 1 (0.18%) CATIA
11 1 (0.18%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 6 (1.10%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.55%) SAP SD
3 2 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.37%) Elite 3E
3 2 (0.37%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.18%) Maximo
4 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.18%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 118 (21.61%) Figma
2 90 (16.48%) AWS
3 76 (13.92%) Azure
4 71 (13.00%) Adobe Analytics
5 48 (8.79%) GCP
6 22 (4.03%) SaaS
7 20 (3.66%) Amazon S3
7 20 (3.66%) Serverless
8 18 (3.30%) dbt
9 17 (3.11%) Amazon ECS
9 17 (3.11%) AWS CloudFormation
9 17 (3.11%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (2.93%) Amazon ECR
10 16 (2.93%) GitHub
11 13 (2.38%) Power Platform
12 12 (2.20%) Microsoft Copilot
13 11 (2.01%) Anthropic Claude
13 11 (2.01%) AWS Step Functions
13 11 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (1.83%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 83 (15.20%) Broadband
2 8 (1.47%) WPA
3 7 (1.28%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.92%) Intranet
5 4 (0.73%) Wireless
6 3 (0.55%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.37%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.37%) Internet
7 2 (0.37%) RS-485
7 2 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.18%) AMQP
8 1 (0.18%) LTE
8 1 (0.18%) Modbus
8 1 (0.18%) MQTT
8 1 (0.18%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.93%) DynamoDB
2 15 (2.75%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (2.38%) Redis
4 8 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (1.47%) Power BI
4 8 (1.47%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.10%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.92%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.73%) Hadoop
7 4 (0.73%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.55%) ClickHouse
8 3 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.55%) Db2
8 3 (0.55%) DB2 UDB
8 3 (0.55%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (0.55%) QlikView
9 2 (0.37%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.37%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.37%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 24 (4.40%) Git
2 18 (3.30%) JIRA
3 13 (2.38%) GitLab
4 11 (2.01%) Jenkins
5 10 (1.83%) Axure RP
5 10 (1.83%) Cypress.io
6 9 (1.65%) Maven
6 9 (1.65%) SonarQube
7 8 (1.47%) Balsamiq
7 8 (1.47%) LabVIEW
8 6 (1.10%) Postman
9 4 (0.73%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.55%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.55%) Eclipse RCP
11 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.37%) Bower
11 2 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
12 1 (0.18%) ER Studio
12 1 (0.18%) MLflow
12 1 (0.18%) Zephyr
General
1 169 (30.95%) Social Skills
2 107 (19.60%) Finance
3 97 (17.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 84 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (13.55%) Public Sector
6 73 (13.37%) Games
7 72 (13.19%) Electronics
8 52 (9.52%) Manufacturing
9 50 (9.16%) Law
10 30 (5.49%) Marketing
11 27 (4.95%) Aerospace
12 25 (4.58%) Presentation Skills
13 18 (3.30%) Legal
14 17 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
15 12 (2.20%) Retail
16 9 (1.65%) Automotive
16 9 (1.65%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (1.47%) Banking
17 8 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
18 7 (1.28%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 116 (21.25%) Designer
2 114 (20.88%) Senior
3 66 (12.09%) Lead
4 63 (11.54%) Developer
5 49 (8.97%) UX Designer
6 39 (7.14%) Architect
7 34 (6.23%) Software Engineer
8 32 (5.86%) Lead Designer
9 31 (5.68%) Systems Engineer
10 29 (5.31%) Interaction Designer
11 27 (4.95%) Senior Designer
12 24 (4.40%) Consultant
13 20 (3.66%) Agile Delivery Manager
13 20 (3.66%) Delivery Manager
13 20 (3.66%) Product Manager
13 20 (3.66%) UI Designer
13 20 (3.66%) UI/UX Designer
14 17 (3.11%) Analyst
14 17 (3.11%) Full-Stack Developer
14 17 (3.11%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (7.51%) HTML
2 37 (6.78%) CSS
3 26 (4.76%) React
4 19 (3.48%) LangChain
5 17 (3.11%) AngularJS
6 16 (2.93%) .NET
7 13 (2.38%) Spring Boot
8 12 (2.20%) REST
9 10 (1.83%) Jest
9 10 (1.83%) Web Services
10 9 (1.65%) Gherkin
10 9 (1.65%) RESTful
11 8 (1.47%) Framer.js
11 8 (1.47%) JSON
12 7 (1.28%) AWS CDK
12 7 (1.28%) Django
12 7 (1.28%) Material Design
12 7 (1.28%) Node.js
13 6 (1.10%) Next.js
13 6 (1.10%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 71 (13.00%) Social Media
2 43 (7.88%) Cloud Native
3 28 (5.13%) Product Ownership
4 27 (4.95%) Embedded Systems
5 19 (3.48%) AI Agents
5 19 (3.48%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (3.30%) FPGA
6 18 (3.30%) Public Cloud
7 16 (2.93%) IoT
8 15 (2.75%) Robotics
9 13 (2.38%) Onboarding
10 12 (2.20%) Algorithms
10 12 (2.20%) Distributed Systems
10 12 (2.20%) Life Science
10 12 (2.20%) Management Information System
11 11 (2.01%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.83%) Low-Code
13 9 (1.65%) Data Structures
13 9 (1.65%) VHDL
14 8 (1.47%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.56%) Linux
2 8 (1.47%) Unix
3 1 (0.18%) Android
3 1 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.18%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.18%) ThreadX
3 1 (0.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 260 (47.62%) Agile
2 238 (43.59%) AI
3 163 (29.85%) User Research
4 139 (25.46%) Analytics
5 137 (25.09%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 124 (22.71%) Roadmaps
7 113 (20.70%) User Experience
8 107 (19.60%) Rapid Prototyping
9 97 (17.77%) Mentoring
10 96 (17.58%) Customer Experience
11 94 (17.22%) Problem-Solving
12 93 (17.03%) Continuous Improvement
13 89 (16.30%) Product Roadmap
14 84 (15.38%) UX Design
15 78 (14.29%) Software Engineering
15 78 (14.29%) Storytelling
16 72 (13.19%) Validation
17 71 (13.00%) Digital Customer Experience
18 60 (10.99%) Workshop Facilitation
19 59 (10.81%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 96 (17.58%) Python
2 45 (8.24%) Java
3 38 (6.96%) JavaScript
4 34 (6.23%) TypeScript
5 32 (5.86%) SQL
6 28 (5.13%) C
7 26 (4.76%) C#
7 26 (4.76%) C++
8 12 (2.20%) MATLAB
9 11 (2.01%) Bash
10 10 (1.83%) Groovy
11 6 (1.10%) Embedded C
11 6 (1.10%) Go
12 5 (0.92%) PHP
13 3 (0.55%) Julia
13 3 (0.55%) Pascal
13 3 (0.55%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.55%) Rust
14 1 (0.18%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.18%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 156 (28.57%) Degree
2 98 (17.95%) Security Cleared
3 71 (13.00%) SC Cleared
4 27 (4.95%) Master's Degree
5 19 (3.48%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (3.11%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (2.38%) AWS Certification
7 13 (2.38%) PhD
8 10 (1.83%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.65%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 9 (1.65%) ITIL Certification
10 8 (1.47%) HND
11 4 (0.73%) HNC
12 3 (0.55%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.55%) Chartered Engineer
12 3 (0.55%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.18%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.18%) OCP
13 1 (0.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 142 (26.01%) Accessibility
2 71 (13.00%) WCAG
3 14 (2.56%) QA
4 9 (1.65%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.92%) GDPR
6 4 (0.73%) DO-254
7 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.37%) JTAG
8 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.18%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.18%) GRC
8 1 (0.18%) GxP
8 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 33 (6.04%) Docker
2 22 (4.03%) Firmware
3 7 (1.28%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (3.48%) Terraform
2 15 (2.75%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.65%) HP Fortify
4 5 (0.92%) AWS Copilot
5 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 103 (18.86%) Adobe
2 48 (8.79%) Microsoft
3 35 (6.41%) Google
4 24 (4.40%) OpenAI
5 17 (3.11%) EMC
6 10 (1.83%) Salesforce
7 9 (1.65%) SAP
8 8 (1.47%) Databricks
8 8 (1.47%) Foundry
9 4 (0.73%) Oracle
9 4 (0.73%) Xilinx
10 3 (0.55%) Autodesk
10 3 (0.55%) Cognizant
10 3 (0.55%) JD Edwards
10 3 (0.55%) Motorola
10 3 (0.55%) Siemens
11 2 (0.37%) Altera
11 2 (0.37%) Hotjar
11 2 (0.37%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.37%) Workday