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

6 months to
26 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 362 341 373
Rank change year-on-year -21 +32 -69
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 343 404 549
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.85% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.91% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 193 198 365
10th Percentile £45,200 £42,425 £31,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,063 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,500 £67,400 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.63% +17.22% -11.54%
75th Percentile £87,614 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £82,500 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £67,626 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.97% +35.25% -20.87%

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 55,019 44,239 66,292
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 78.97% 92.93% 88.38%
Number of salaries quoted 33,006 22,069 51,040
10th Percentile £29,000 £33,750 £29,440
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,001 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.07%

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 February 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 26 February 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 -13 293 £70,000 +7.69% 239
UK excluding London -93 170 £57,500 -14.97% 180
Work from Home -1 144 £60,000 -13.43% 157
London +70 133 £75,000 +15.38% 104
South East -17 52 £55,000 -26.67% 72
North of England -53 42 £57,500 -4.17% 24
East of England -2 29 £81,575 +48.32% 43
North West -44 21 £57,500 -4.17% 17
Yorkshire -38 16 £67,500 +28.57% 2
South West -42 16 £79,750 +11.13% 13
Scotland -27 11 £54,500 +7.92% 8
Wales -23 10 £73,801 +6.48% 5
Midlands +6 8 £47,500 -29.76% 20
West Midlands +15 7 £46,022 -31.95% 15
North East -5 5 £73,801 +6.48% 5
Northern Ireland -25 2 £73,801 +6.48% 2
East Midlands - 1 £60,000 - 5

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 (2.92%) Confluence
2 3 (0.87%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
3 2 (0.58%) CMS
4 1 (0.29%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.29%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.29%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.29%) SAS
4 1 (0.29%) Strapi
4 1 (0.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 35 (10.20%) Adobe XD
2 17 (4.96%) Sketch
3 14 (4.08%) MS Visio
4 9 (2.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (1.75%) Maya
5 6 (1.75%) Microsoft Excel
6 5 (1.46%) Fusion 360
6 5 (1.46%) InVision
6 5 (1.46%) Microsoft Office
7 3 (0.87%) Chatbot
7 3 (0.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.58%) Photoshop
8 2 (0.58%) SOLIDWORKS
9 1 (0.29%) Adobe Illustrator
9 1 (0.29%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.29%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.29%) Blender
9 1 (0.29%) CATIA
9 1 (0.29%) CINEMA 4D
9 1 (0.29%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 5 (1.46%) SAP CO
1 5 (1.46%) SAP FI
1 5 (1.46%) SAP FI/CO
1 5 (1.46%) SAP FSCM
1 5 (1.46%) SAP IBP
1 5 (1.46%) SAP IS-U
1 5 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.87%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.29%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.29%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.29%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.29%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.29%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 120 (34.99%) Figma
2 79 (23.03%) AWS
3 67 (19.53%) Azure
4 46 (13.41%) Adobe Analytics
5 45 (13.12%) GCP
6 27 (7.87%) Amazon ECR
6 27 (7.87%) Amazon ECS
7 26 (7.58%) AWS CloudFormation
8 22 (6.41%) Miro
8 22 (6.41%) PaaS
9 18 (5.25%) Amazon ElastiCache
9 18 (5.25%) dbt
9 18 (5.25%) SaaS
10 17 (4.96%) Amazon OpenSearch
10 17 (4.96%) Pulumi
10 17 (4.96%) Sentry
11 14 (4.08%) GitHub
12 13 (3.79%) Serverless
13 12 (3.50%) Amazon S3
13 12 (3.50%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 33 (9.62%) Broadband
2 23 (6.71%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.75%) Bluetooth
4 5 (1.46%) Firewall
5 4 (1.17%) Internet
5 4 (1.17%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (1.17%) Modbus
5 4 (1.17%) Network Security
5 4 (1.17%) Software-Defined Radio
5 4 (1.17%) VLAN
5 4 (1.17%) Wireshark
5 4 (1.17%) ZigBee
6 2 (0.58%) 2G
6 2 (0.58%) 4G
6 2 (0.58%) 5G
6 2 (0.58%) DNS
6 2 (0.58%) HTTP
6 2 (0.58%) ICMP
6 2 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.58%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (5.83%) Amazon RDS
2 19 (5.54%) Redis
3 18 (5.25%) PostgreSQL
4 17 (4.96%) Elasticsearch
5 9 (2.62%) DynamoDB
6 6 (1.75%) Power BI
6 6 (1.75%) Semantic Layer
7 5 (1.46%) SAP BW
8 4 (1.17%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.17%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.17%) NoSQL
8 4 (1.17%) SQL Server
9 2 (0.58%) DB2
9 2 (0.58%) DB2 UDB
9 2 (0.58%) QlikView
9 2 (0.58%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.58%) Tableau
10 1 (0.29%) Apache Hive
10 1 (0.29%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.29%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 30 (8.75%) Axure RP
2 24 (7.00%) Balsamiq
3 16 (4.66%) JIRA
4 13 (3.79%) Git
4 13 (3.79%) Jenkins
5 11 (3.21%) Cypress.io
6 9 (2.62%) GitLab
6 9 (2.62%) Maven
6 9 (2.62%) SonarQube
7 5 (1.46%) IDA Disassembler
8 4 (1.17%) Burp Suite
8 4 (1.17%) Metasploit
9 2 (0.58%) Octopus Deploy
10 1 (0.29%) Mocha
General
1 101 (29.45%) Social Skills
2 77 (22.45%) Analytical Skills
3 61 (17.78%) Finance
4 56 (16.33%) Law
5 47 (13.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 42 (12.24%) Public Sector
7 33 (9.62%) Games
8 28 (8.16%) Banking
9 22 (6.41%) Influencing Skills
10 17 (4.96%) Electronics
10 17 (4.96%) Legal
10 17 (4.96%) Manufacturing
11 16 (4.66%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (4.08%) Retail
13 11 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
14 7 (2.04%) Marketing
15 6 (1.75%) Telecoms
16 5 (1.46%) Aerospace
16 5 (1.46%) Police
16 5 (1.46%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 94 (27.41%) Designer
2 73 (21.28%) Senior
3 49 (14.29%) Lead
4 38 (11.08%) UX Designer
5 28 (8.16%) Developer
6 21 (6.12%) Product Designer
7 20 (5.83%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 20 (5.83%) Lead Designer
8 19 (5.54%) Strategy Manager
9 18 (5.25%) Analyst
9 18 (5.25%) Consultant
9 18 (5.25%) Senior Manager
10 17 (4.96%) Platform Engineer
10 17 (4.96%) Senior Platform Engineer
11 16 (4.66%) Interaction Designer
11 16 (4.66%) Software Engineer
12 14 (4.08%) Architect
13 13 (3.79%) Business Analyst
14 12 (3.50%) Service Designer
15 9 (2.62%) Java Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (12.24%) HTML
2 41 (11.95%) CSS
3 31 (9.04%) React
4 25 (7.29%) Node.js
5 23 (6.71%) .NET
6 17 (4.96%) Django
7 16 (4.66%) AngularJS
8 13 (3.79%) REST
8 13 (3.79%) Spring Boot
9 12 (3.50%) Jest
10 9 (2.62%) Gherkin
10 9 (2.62%) PyTorch
11 8 (2.33%) TensorFlow
12 7 (2.04%) Next.js
13 6 (1.75%) JSON
13 6 (1.75%) LangChain
13 6 (1.75%) RESTful
13 6 (1.75%) XML
14 5 (1.46%) Vue
14 5 (1.46%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 39 (11.37%) Product Ownership
2 31 (9.04%) Cloud Native
3 28 (8.16%) Social Media
4 21 (6.12%) Linux Command Line
5 10 (2.92%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (2.62%) Enterprise Software
6 9 (2.62%) IoT
6 9 (2.62%) Management Information System
7 8 (2.33%) Life Science
7 8 (2.33%) Mobile App
7 8 (2.33%) Onboarding
8 7 (2.04%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.75%) Blog
9 6 (1.75%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.46%) Animation
10 5 (1.46%) CUDA
10 5 (1.46%) Data Protection Act
11 4 (1.17%) Algorithms
11 4 (1.17%) FPGA
11 4 (1.17%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 29 (8.45%) Linux
2 17 (4.96%) Unix
3 10 (2.92%) Android
4 5 (1.46%) Windows
5 4 (1.17%) Kali Linux
5 4 (1.17%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.58%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.29%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (54.81%) Agile
2 140 (40.82%) User Experience
3 105 (30.61%) Problem-Solving
4 100 (29.15%) Analytics
5 99 (28.86%) User Research
6 98 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 95 (27.70%) AI
8 91 (26.53%) UX Design
9 78 (22.74%) Wireframes
10 64 (18.66%) Continuous Improvement
11 62 (18.08%) Customer Experience
12 58 (16.91%) CI/CD
13 56 (16.33%) Roadmaps
14 53 (15.45%) Clean Code
15 52 (15.16%) Storytelling
16 49 (14.29%) Mentoring
17 48 (13.99%) DevOps
17 48 (13.99%) Usability Testing
17 48 (13.99%) Workshop Facilitation
18 42 (12.24%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 74 (21.57%) Python
2 50 (14.58%) JavaScript
3 47 (13.70%) Java
4 32 (9.33%) TypeScript
5 15 (4.37%) C++
6 14 (4.08%) SQL
7 11 (3.21%) C#
8 10 (2.92%) Bash
8 10 (2.92%) Groovy
9 7 (2.04%) C
10 6 (1.75%) R
11 4 (1.17%) Rust
12 3 (0.87%) Kotlin
13 2 (0.58%) Julia
13 2 (0.58%) MATLAB
13 2 (0.58%) PHP
13 2 (0.58%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.29%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 1 (0.29%) Scala
14 1 (0.29%) VBA
Qualifications
1 105 (30.61%) Degree
2 83 (24.20%) Security Cleared
3 68 (19.83%) SC Cleared
4 13 (3.79%) DV Cleared
5 11 (3.21%) AWS Certification
5 11 (3.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 9 (2.62%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 9 (2.62%) ITIL Certification
7 7 (2.04%) BPSS Clearance
8 5 (1.46%) HNC
8 5 (1.46%) Master's Degree
9 4 (1.17%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (0.87%) HND
10 3 (0.87%) PhD
11 1 (0.29%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
11 1 (0.29%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.29%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.29%) PMP
11 1 (0.29%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.29%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 113 (32.94%) Accessibility
2 43 (12.54%) WCAG
3 7 (2.04%) GRC
4 4 (1.17%) GDPR
4 4 (1.17%) ISO 13485
5 3 (0.87%) QA
6 1 (0.29%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.29%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.29%) NIST
System Software
1 34 (9.91%) Docker
2 3 (0.87%) Firmware
3 1 (0.29%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
3 1 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 23 (6.71%) Terraform
2 17 (4.96%) AWS Copilot
3 9 (2.62%) HP Fortify
4 6 (1.75%) Kubernetes
5 4 (1.17%) Nessus
5 4 (1.17%) Nmap
6 2 (0.58%) Ansible
7 1 (0.29%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.29%) WMI
Vendors
1 92 (26.82%) Adobe
2 39 (11.37%) Google
3 38 (11.08%) Microsoft
4 23 (6.71%) Qualtrics
5 8 (2.33%) OpenAI
6 6 (1.75%) Foundry
7 5 (1.46%) EMC
7 5 (1.46%) SAP
8 4 (1.17%) Cisco
8 4 (1.17%) Red Hat
8 4 (1.17%) Splunk
9 3 (0.87%) Workday
10 2 (0.58%) CA Agile Central
10 2 (0.58%) Hotjar
10 2 (0.58%) JD Edwards
10 2 (0.58%) Mercator
10 2 (0.58%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.58%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.58%) UiPath
10 2 (0.58%) VMware