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

6 months to
25 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 375 307 373
Rank change year-on-year -68 +66 -60
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 535 458 543
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.92% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 1.03% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 319 190 249
10th Percentile £42,950 £37,500 £44,500
25th Percentile £48,375 £48,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £74,144
90th Percentile £85,000 £113,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £60,375 £58,465
% change year-on-year -6.42% +3.27% -6.46%

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 79,636 44,374 67,391
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.20% 88.88% 80.70%
Number of salaries quoted 55,106 25,202 42,338
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,650 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -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 25 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 25 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 -2 449 £60,000 -7.69% 263
UK excluding London -60 339 £56,500 -6.42% 215
Work from Home -10 243 £65,000 +18.18% 123
London -34 153 £75,000 +7.14% 105
South East -15 87 £57,500 -8.55% 50
North of England -9 86 £52,500 -19.23% 28
East of England +20 63 £60,000 +33.33% 38
North West -3 40 £50,000 -26.06% 12
South West -48 31 £60,000 -5.88% 65
Midlands -33 24 £60,000 - 21
Yorkshire -32 23 £66,250 +22.69% 9
North East -36 23 £60,000 -7.69% 7
Wales -52 21 £53,171 -21.88% 4
West Midlands -31 18 £61,250 +2.08% 13
Scotland -74 17 £50,000 -37.50% 14
Northern Ireland -70 10 £80,000 - 2
East Midlands -31 6 £50,000 +51.52% 8

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 12 (2.24%) Confluence
2 8 (1.50%) Apache
2 8 (1.50%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.93%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (0.93%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.56%) CMS
4 3 (0.56%) Jupyter
4 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.56%) WordPress
5 2 (0.37%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.19%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 19 (3.55%) Adobe XD
2 14 (2.62%) InDesign
2 14 (2.62%) SOLIDWORKS
3 13 (2.43%) Adobe Illustrator
3 13 (2.43%) Photoshop
4 9 (1.68%) Sketch
5 8 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
5 8 (1.50%) Solid Edge
6 7 (1.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.93%) Adobe After Effects
7 5 (0.93%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.75%) EPLAN
8 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
9 3 (0.56%) Productboard
9 3 (0.56%) UserZoom
9 3 (0.56%) Zeplin
10 2 (0.37%) InVision
10 2 (0.37%) OrCAD
10 2 (0.37%) Trello
10 2 (0.37%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.75%) SAP SD
3 3 (0.56%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.19%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.19%) Maximo
5 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 102 (19.07%) Figma
2 87 (16.26%) AWS
3 71 (13.27%) Azure
4 55 (10.28%) Adobe Analytics
5 39 (7.29%) GCP
6 21 (3.93%) SaaS
7 20 (3.74%) Amazon S3
7 20 (3.74%) GitHub
7 20 (3.74%) Serverless
8 18 (3.36%) AWS Lambda
8 18 (3.36%) Power Platform
9 15 (2.80%) Anthropic Claude
10 14 (2.62%) dbt
11 13 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
12 12 (2.24%) Google Analytics
13 11 (2.06%) Amazon ECS
13 11 (2.06%) AWS CloudFormation
13 11 (2.06%) Azure AI
13 11 (2.06%) Microsoft Copilot
14 10 (1.87%) Amazon ECR
Communications & Networking
1 63 (11.78%) Broadband
2 8 (1.50%) WPA
3 5 (0.93%) Intranet
4 4 (0.75%) Wireless
5 3 (0.56%) Software-Defined Radio
6 2 (0.37%) RS-485
6 2 (0.37%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.19%) AMQP
7 1 (0.19%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.19%) Internet
7 1 (0.19%) LTE
7 1 (0.19%) Modbus
7 1 (0.19%) MQTT
7 1 (0.19%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.18%) DynamoDB
2 11 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.68%) Power BI
4 8 (1.50%) Redis
5 7 (1.31%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.12%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.93%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.75%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (0.75%) Hadoop
8 4 (0.75%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.56%) ClickHouse
9 3 (0.56%) Db2
9 3 (0.56%) DB2 UDB
9 3 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.56%) QlikView
9 3 (0.56%) Tableau
10 2 (0.37%) Big Data
10 2 (0.37%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.37%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 23 (4.30%) Git
2 19 (3.55%) JIRA
3 12 (2.24%) GitLab
4 10 (1.87%) Axure RP
4 10 (1.87%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.68%) Cypress.io
6 8 (1.50%) Balsamiq
6 8 (1.50%) LabVIEW
6 8 (1.50%) Maven
6 8 (1.50%) SonarQube
7 6 (1.12%) Postman
8 5 (0.93%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.56%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.56%) Eclipse RCP
10 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.37%) Bower
10 2 (0.37%) MLflow
10 2 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
11 1 (0.19%) ER Studio
11 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 177 (33.08%) Social Skills
2 103 (19.25%) Finance
3 91 (17.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 77 (14.39%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (13.83%) Public Sector
6 73 (13.64%) Electronics
7 58 (10.84%) Games
7 58 (10.84%) Manufacturing
8 50 (9.35%) Law
9 33 (6.17%) Marketing
10 28 (5.23%) Aerospace
11 25 (4.67%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (2.62%) Legal
13 13 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (2.24%) Retail
15 9 (1.68%) Automotive
15 9 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (1.31%) Banking
17 7 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 108 (20.19%) Senior
2 104 (19.44%) Designer
3 68 (12.71%) Developer
4 56 (10.47%) Lead
5 44 (8.22%) UX Designer
6 39 (7.29%) Architect
7 36 (6.73%) Software Engineer
8 27 (5.05%) Interaction Designer
8 27 (5.05%) Systems Engineer
9 26 (4.86%) Senior Designer
10 25 (4.67%) Lead Designer
11 22 (4.11%) Consultant
12 20 (3.74%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 20 (3.74%) Delivery Manager
12 20 (3.74%) Full-Stack Developer
12 20 (3.74%) Product Manager
12 20 (3.74%) UI Designer
12 20 (3.74%) UI/UX Designer
13 18 (3.36%) Solutions Architect
14 17 (3.18%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (7.29%) HTML
2 38 (7.10%) CSS
3 30 (5.61%) React
4 19 (3.55%) .NET
5 18 (3.36%) LangChain
6 15 (2.80%) AngularJS
6 15 (2.80%) Terraform
7 12 (2.24%) REST
7 12 (2.24%) Spring Boot
8 10 (1.87%) Web Services
9 9 (1.68%) AWS CDK
9 9 (1.68%) Framer.js
9 9 (1.68%) Jest
9 9 (1.68%) Node.js
9 9 (1.68%) RESTful
10 8 (1.50%) Gherkin
10 8 (1.50%) JSON
10 8 (1.50%) Next.js
11 7 (1.31%) PyTorch
11 7 (1.31%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 55 (10.28%) Social Media
2 47 (8.79%) Cloud Native
3 28 (5.23%) Product Ownership
4 26 (4.86%) Embedded Systems
5 23 (4.30%) AI Agents
6 20 (3.74%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (3.36%) FPGA
8 17 (3.18%) Public Cloud
8 17 (3.18%) Robotics
9 14 (2.62%) Algorithms
9 14 (2.62%) IoT
10 12 (2.24%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (2.06%) Onboarding
12 10 (1.87%) Analogue Electronics
12 10 (1.87%) Data Structures
12 10 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.87%) Life Science
12 10 (1.87%) Low-Code
12 10 (1.87%) Management Information System
13 8 (1.50%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.68%) Linux
2 3 (0.56%) Android
2 3 (0.56%) Unix
3 2 (0.37%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.19%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (43.74%) Agile
2 233 (43.55%) AI
3 145 (27.10%) User Research
4 124 (23.18%) Analytics
5 118 (22.06%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 117 (21.87%) Rapid Prototyping
7 109 (20.37%) User Experience
8 105 (19.63%) Roadmaps
9 100 (18.69%) Continuous Improvement
10 96 (17.94%) Mentoring
11 89 (16.64%) Problem-Solving
12 83 (15.51%) Software Engineering
13 81 (15.14%) Customer Experience
14 80 (14.95%) UX Design
15 75 (14.02%) Validation
16 73 (13.64%) Product Roadmap
17 67 (12.52%) LLM
18 63 (11.78%) Storytelling
19 57 (10.65%) Machine Learning
20 56 (10.47%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 95 (17.76%) Python
2 43 (8.04%) JavaScript
3 38 (7.10%) Java
4 36 (6.73%) TypeScript
5 32 (5.98%) SQL
6 29 (5.42%) C
7 27 (5.05%) C#
8 24 (4.49%) C++
9 11 (2.06%) MATLAB
10 10 (1.87%) Bash
11 9 (1.68%) Groovy
12 7 (1.31%) Go
13 6 (1.12%) Embedded C
14 5 (0.93%) PHP
15 3 (0.56%) Pascal
15 3 (0.56%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.56%) Rust
16 2 (0.37%) Ruby
17 1 (0.19%) Apex Code
17 1 (0.19%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 161 (30.09%) Degree
2 99 (18.50%) Security Cleared
3 72 (13.46%) SC Cleared
4 25 (4.67%) Master's Degree
5 18 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (3.18%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (2.62%) PhD
8 12 (2.24%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.68%) HND
10 8 (1.50%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 8 (1.50%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (1.31%) DV Cleared
12 5 (0.93%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.75%) Chartered Engineer
13 4 (0.75%) HNC
14 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 2 (0.37%) Postgraduate
16 1 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
16 1 (0.19%) OCP
16 1 (0.19%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 129 (24.11%) Accessibility
2 68 (12.71%) WCAG
3 17 (3.18%) QA
4 10 (1.87%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.12%) GDPR
6 4 (0.75%) DO-254
7 3 (0.56%) JTAG
8 2 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.37%) GRC
8 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.19%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.19%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.19%) GxP
9 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.19%) NIST
System Software
1 27 (5.05%) Docker
2 24 (4.49%) Firmware
3 8 (1.50%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (2.62%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.50%) HP Fortify
3 1 (0.19%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 89 (16.64%) Adobe
2 50 (9.35%) Microsoft
3 30 (5.61%) OpenAI
4 28 (5.23%) Google
5 16 (2.99%) EMC
6 11 (2.06%) SAP
7 10 (1.87%) Databricks
7 10 (1.87%) Salesforce
8 5 (0.93%) Foundry
9 4 (0.75%) Autodesk
9 4 (0.75%) Oracle
10 3 (0.56%) Cognizant
10 3 (0.56%) JD Edwards
10 3 (0.56%) Motorola
10 3 (0.56%) Siemens
10 3 (0.56%) Xilinx
11 2 (0.37%) Altera
11 2 (0.37%) Revolut
11 2 (0.37%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.37%) YouTube