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

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 369 306 430
Rank change year-on-year -63 +124 -120
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 515 454 473
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.92% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 1.02% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 295 184 274
10th Percentile £43,100 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £58,465
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +11.18% -10.05%
75th Percentile £77,500 £79,063 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £112,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £62,875 £57,965
% change year-on-year -10.14% +8.47% -3.39%

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 76,038 44,320 69,725
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.68% 89.51% 81.15%
Number of salaries quoted 52,466 25,228 46,329
10th Percentile £30,603 £28,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.41%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 1 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 1 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 +10 425 £60,000 -7.69% 431
UK excluding London -67 315 £56,500 -10.14% 195
Work from Home +12 267 £65,925 +19.86% 199
London -18 149 £71,121 +2.50% 271
North of England -14 77 £50,000 -23.08% 39
South East -20 75 £56,500 -7.00% 58
East of England +37 73 £63,750 +41.67% 32
North West -2 33 £48,750 -29.74% 24
Yorkshire -16 25 £65,000 +20.37% 7
South West -62 23 £60,000 -5.88% 29
Wales -46 21 £53,171 -22.38% 12
Midlands -37 20 £61,250 +4.26% 14
North East -40 19 £56,250 -13.46% 8
West Midlands -26 16 £68,665 +14.44% 13
Scotland -69 15 £52,250 -16.82% 12
Northern Ireland -63 11 £80,000 - 3
East Midlands -37 4 £55,000 +66.67% 1

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 9 (1.75%) Confluence
2 7 (1.36%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.17%) Apache
4 4 (0.78%) CMS
5 3 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.58%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.58%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.58%) WordPress
6 2 (0.39%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 19 (3.69%) Adobe XD
2 11 (2.14%) InDesign
2 11 (2.14%) Sketch
3 10 (1.94%) Adobe Illustrator
3 10 (1.94%) Photoshop
4 8 (1.55%) SOLIDWORKS
5 7 (1.36%) Microsoft Excel
6 6 (1.17%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.97%) Adobe After Effects
7 5 (0.97%) Microsoft Office
8 4 (0.78%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.78%) Solid Edge
9 3 (0.58%) Productboard
10 2 (0.39%) InVision
10 2 (0.39%) Trello
10 2 (0.39%) Windchill
11 1 (0.19%) CATIA
11 1 (0.19%) EPLAN
11 1 (0.19%) Simulink
11 1 (0.19%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 3 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.39%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.19%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.19%) Maximo
3 1 (0.19%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.19%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.19%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.19%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 112 (21.75%) Figma
2 89 (17.28%) AWS
3 75 (14.56%) Azure
4 72 (13.98%) Adobe Analytics
5 48 (9.32%) GCP
6 21 (4.08%) SaaS
7 19 (3.69%) Amazon S3
7 19 (3.69%) Serverless
8 17 (3.30%) Amazon ECR
8 17 (3.30%) Amazon ECS
8 17 (3.30%) AWS CloudFormation
8 17 (3.30%) dbt
9 16 (3.11%) AWS Lambda
10 15 (2.91%) GitHub
11 12 (2.33%) AWS Step Functions
12 11 (2.14%) Microsoft Copilot
12 11 (2.14%) Power Platform
13 10 (1.94%) Apigee
13 10 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
13 10 (1.94%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 84 (16.31%) Broadband
2 8 (1.55%) WPA
3 7 (1.36%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.97%) Intranet
5 4 (0.78%) Wireless
6 3 (0.58%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.39%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.39%) Internet
7 2 (0.39%) RS-485
7 2 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.19%) AMQP
8 1 (0.19%) LTE
8 1 (0.19%) Modbus
8 1 (0.19%) MQTT
8 1 (0.19%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.11%) DynamoDB
2 14 (2.72%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (2.33%) Redis
4 8 (1.55%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (1.55%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.36%) Power BI
6 6 (1.17%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.97%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.78%) Db2
8 4 (0.78%) DB2 UDB
8 4 (0.78%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.78%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.78%) QlikView
9 3 (0.58%) ClickHouse
9 3 (0.58%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.58%) Hadoop
10 2 (0.39%) Apache Iceberg
10 2 (0.39%) Data Hub
10 2 (0.39%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.39%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 23 (4.47%) Git
2 17 (3.30%) JIRA
3 14 (2.72%) GitLab
4 12 (2.33%) Jenkins
5 11 (2.14%) Cypress.io
6 10 (1.94%) Axure RP
6 10 (1.94%) Maven
6 10 (1.94%) SonarQube
7 8 (1.55%) Balsamiq
7 8 (1.55%) LabVIEW
8 5 (0.97%) Postman
9 4 (0.78%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.58%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.58%) Eclipse RCP
11 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.39%) Bower
11 2 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
12 1 (0.19%) MLflow
12 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 156 (30.29%) Social Skills
2 101 (19.61%) Finance
3 90 (17.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 79 (15.34%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (14.37%) Games
6 73 (14.17%) Public Sector
7 60 (11.65%) Electronics
8 48 (9.32%) Law
9 42 (8.16%) Manufacturing
10 26 (5.05%) Presentation Skills
11 25 (4.85%) Marketing
12 17 (3.30%) Legal
13 16 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
14 15 (2.91%) Aerospace
15 12 (2.33%) Retail
16 9 (1.75%) Banking
17 8 (1.55%) Documentation Skills
17 8 (1.55%) Influencing Skills
18 7 (1.36%) Pharmaceutical
19 6 (1.17%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 114 (22.14%) Designer
2 102 (19.81%) Senior
3 69 (13.40%) Lead
4 62 (12.04%) Developer
5 49 (9.51%) UX Designer
6 38 (7.38%) Architect
7 33 (6.41%) Lead Designer
7 33 (6.41%) Software Engineer
8 31 (6.02%) Systems Engineer
9 28 (5.44%) Interaction Designer
10 23 (4.47%) Senior Designer
11 21 (4.08%) Agile Delivery Manager
11 21 (4.08%) Delivery Manager
12 20 (3.88%) UI Designer
12 20 (3.88%) UI/UX Designer
13 19 (3.69%) Consultant
13 19 (3.69%) Product Manager
14 18 (3.50%) Senior Manager
15 17 (3.30%) Analyst
15 17 (3.30%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (7.96%) HTML
2 37 (7.18%) CSS
3 25 (4.85%) React
4 18 (3.50%) AngularJS
4 18 (3.50%) LangChain
5 16 (3.11%) .NET
6 14 (2.72%) Spring Boot
7 12 (2.33%) REST
8 11 (2.14%) Jest
9 10 (1.94%) Gherkin
10 9 (1.75%) Web Services
11 8 (1.55%) JSON
12 7 (1.36%) Framer.js
12 7 (1.36%) Material Design
12 7 (1.36%) Node.js
12 7 (1.36%) RESTful
13 6 (1.17%) AWS CDK
13 6 (1.17%) Django
13 6 (1.17%) XML
14 5 (0.97%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 72 (13.98%) Social Media
2 41 (7.96%) Cloud Native
3 24 (4.66%) Product Ownership
4 22 (4.27%) Embedded Systems
5 19 (3.69%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (3.30%) FPGA
6 17 (3.30%) IoT
7 15 (2.91%) Public Cloud
8 14 (2.72%) AI Agents
9 12 (2.33%) Onboarding
9 12 (2.33%) Robotics
10 11 (2.14%) Distributed Systems
10 11 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
10 11 (2.14%) Management Information System
11 10 (1.94%) Algorithms
11 10 (1.94%) Data Structures
11 10 (1.94%) Low-Code
12 9 (1.75%) Life Science
12 9 (1.75%) VHDL
13 8 (1.55%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.72%) Linux
2 8 (1.55%) Unix
3 1 (0.19%) Android
3 1 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.19%) ThreadX
3 1 (0.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (49.90%) Agile
2 227 (44.08%) AI
3 164 (31.84%) User Research
4 138 (26.80%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 133 (25.83%) Analytics
6 124 (24.08%) Roadmaps
7 106 (20.58%) User Experience
8 102 (19.81%) Rapid Prototyping
9 94 (18.25%) Customer Experience
10 90 (17.48%) Product Roadmap
11 87 (16.89%) Mentoring
11 87 (16.89%) Problem-Solving
12 82 (15.92%) Continuous Improvement
13 79 (15.34%) Storytelling
13 79 (15.34%) UX Design
14 75 (14.56%) Software Engineering
15 72 (13.98%) Digital Customer Experience
16 66 (12.82%) Validation
17 60 (11.65%) Workshop Facilitation
18 56 (10.87%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 93 (18.06%) Python
2 44 (8.54%) Java
3 38 (7.38%) JavaScript
4 33 (6.41%) TypeScript
5 31 (6.02%) SQL
6 28 (5.44%) C
7 26 (5.05%) C#
7 26 (5.05%) C++
8 12 (2.33%) Bash
8 12 (2.33%) MATLAB
9 11 (2.14%) Groovy
10 6 (1.17%) Embedded C
11 5 (0.97%) Go
11 5 (0.97%) PHP
12 3 (0.58%) Julia
12 3 (0.58%) Pascal
12 3 (0.58%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.58%) Rust
13 1 (0.19%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.19%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 144 (27.96%) Degree
2 88 (17.09%) Security Cleared
3 68 (13.20%) SC Cleared
4 26 (5.05%) Master's Degree
5 18 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (2.52%) AWS Certification
7 12 (2.33%) PhD
8 10 (1.94%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 10 (1.94%) DV Cleared
8 10 (1.94%) ITIL Certification
9 9 (1.75%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.17%) HND
11 3 (0.58%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.39%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.39%) HNC
13 1 (0.19%) Chartered Engineer
13 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (26.41%) Accessibility
2 72 (13.98%) WCAG
3 13 (2.52%) QA
4 7 (1.36%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.78%) DO-254
5 4 (0.78%) GDPR
6 3 (0.58%) GRC
7 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.39%) JTAG
8 1 (0.19%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.19%) GxP
8 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.19%) NIST
System Software
1 32 (6.21%) Docker
2 18 (3.50%) Firmware
3 7 (1.36%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (3.30%) Terraform
2 13 (2.52%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.94%) HP Fortify
4 5 (0.97%) AWS Copilot
5 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 102 (19.81%) Adobe
2 46 (8.93%) Microsoft
3 34 (6.60%) Google
4 23 (4.47%) OpenAI
5 15 (2.91%) EMC
6 11 (2.14%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.36%) Foundry
8 6 (1.17%) SAP
9 5 (0.97%) Databricks
10 4 (0.78%) JD Edwards
10 4 (0.78%) Oracle
10 4 (0.78%) Xilinx
11 3 (0.58%) Cognizant
11 3 (0.58%) Motorola
11 3 (0.58%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.39%) Altera
12 2 (0.39%) Autodesk
12 2 (0.39%) Hotjar
12 2 (0.39%) Intel
12 2 (0.39%) Workday