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

6 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 375 302 373
Rank change year-on-year -73 +71 -49
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 522 445 532
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.47% 0.89% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 1.01% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 319 184 235
10th Percentile £42,950 £37,500 £44,500
25th Percentile £49,375 £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 £87,500 £74,572
90th Percentile £85,000 £114,625 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £58,800
% change year-on-year -4.17% +2.04% -5.92%

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 80,408 44,155 65,787
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.09% 88.60% 80.85%
Number of salaries quoted 55,868 25,145 40,215
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £56,075
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -1.92% -6.54%
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 £51,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -6.86% -6.58%

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 2 September 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 2 September 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 +6 438 £60,000 -7.69% 1,023
UK excluding London -56 331 £57,500 -4.17% 519
Work from Home -14 226 £65,000 +20.37% 556
London -40 148 £75,000 +3.45% 623
North of England -6 85 £55,000 -15.38% 95
South East -10 85 £57,500 -13.21% 107
East of England +14 55 £60,000 +33.33% 75
North West -1 39 £50,000 -25.93% 62
Midlands -35 30 £57,500 -4.17% 46
South West -51 30 £60,000 -29.41% 105
West Midlands -16 23 £57,500 -4.17% 32
Yorkshire -33 23 £66,250 +22.69% 16
North East -37 23 £60,000 -7.69% 17
Wales -53 21 £53,171 -11.38% 13
Scotland -80 15 £55,000 -12.44% 68
Northern Ireland -75 10 £80,000 - 21
East Midlands -33 7 £47,500 +43.94% 14

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 (2.30%) Confluence
2 8 (1.53%) Apache
2 8 (1.53%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.96%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (0.96%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.77%) CMS
5 3 (0.57%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.57%) WordPress
6 2 (0.38%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 18 (3.45%) Adobe XD
1 18 (3.45%) SOLIDWORKS
2 14 (2.68%) InDesign
3 13 (2.49%) Adobe Illustrator
3 13 (2.49%) Photoshop
4 8 (1.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 8 (1.53%) Sketch
4 8 (1.53%) Solid Edge
5 6 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
6 5 (0.96%) Adobe After Effects
6 5 (0.96%) MS Visio
7 4 (0.77%) EPLAN
8 3 (0.57%) Productboard
8 3 (0.57%) UserZoom
8 3 (0.57%) Zeplin
9 2 (0.38%) InVision
9 2 (0.38%) Microsoft Office
9 2 (0.38%) OrCAD
9 2 (0.38%) Trello
9 2 (0.38%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (1.53%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.77%) SAP SD
3 3 (0.57%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.38%) 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
1 103 (19.73%) Figma
2 88 (16.86%) AWS
3 72 (13.79%) Azure
4 40 (7.66%) Adobe Analytics
5 39 (7.47%) GCP
6 21 (4.02%) GitHub
6 21 (4.02%) SaaS
7 20 (3.83%) Amazon S3
7 20 (3.83%) Serverless
8 18 (3.45%) AWS Lambda
9 17 (3.26%) Anthropic Claude
9 17 (3.26%) Power Platform
10 15 (2.87%) Microsoft 365
11 14 (2.68%) dbt
12 13 (2.49%) Microsoft Copilot
13 12 (2.30%) Azure AI
14 11 (2.11%) Amazon ECS
14 11 (2.11%) AWS CloudFormation
14 11 (2.11%) Google Analytics
15 10 (1.92%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 48 (9.20%) Broadband
2 8 (1.53%) WPA
3 5 (0.96%) Intranet
4 4 (0.77%) Wireless
5 3 (0.57%) Software-Defined Radio
6 2 (0.38%) RS-485
6 2 (0.38%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.38%) 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 (3.26%) DynamoDB
2 11 (2.11%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (1.53%) Power BI
3 8 (1.53%) Redis
4 6 (1.15%) Relational Database
4 6 (1.15%) SQL Server
5 5 (0.96%) MongoDB
6 4 (0.77%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.77%) Geospatial Data
6 4 (0.77%) Hadoop
6 4 (0.77%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.57%) ClickHouse
7 3 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.57%) Tableau
8 2 (0.38%) Big Data
8 2 (0.38%) Data Hub
8 2 (0.38%) Data Lake
8 2 (0.38%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.38%) Metadata
8 2 (0.38%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 23 (4.41%) Git
2 19 (3.64%) JIRA
3 12 (2.30%) GitLab
4 10 (1.92%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.72%) Axure RP
5 9 (1.72%) Cypress.io
6 8 (1.53%) LabVIEW
6 8 (1.53%) Maven
6 8 (1.53%) SonarQube
7 7 (1.34%) Balsamiq
7 7 (1.34%) Claude Code
8 6 (1.15%) Postman
9 3 (0.57%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.57%) Eclipse RCP
10 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.38%) Bower
10 2 (0.38%) MLflow
10 2 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
11 1 (0.19%) ER Studio
11 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 179 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 102 (19.54%) Finance
3 90 (17.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 74 (14.18%) Analytical Skills
4 74 (14.18%) Electronics
4 74 (14.18%) Public Sector
5 58 (11.11%) Manufacturing
6 49 (9.39%) Law
7 43 (8.24%) Games
8 34 (6.51%) Marketing
9 29 (5.56%) Aerospace
10 25 (4.79%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (2.68%) Legal
12 13 (2.49%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (2.30%) Retail
14 9 (1.72%) Automotive
14 9 (1.72%) Influencing Skills
14 9 (1.72%) Military
15 7 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
16 6 (1.15%) Banking
Job Titles
1 107 (20.50%) Senior
2 106 (20.31%) Designer
3 67 (12.84%) Developer
4 57 (10.92%) Lead
5 43 (8.24%) UX Designer
6 39 (7.47%) Architect
7 38 (7.28%) Software Engineer
8 27 (5.17%) Interaction Designer
8 27 (5.17%) Lead Designer
8 27 (5.17%) Senior Designer
9 26 (4.98%) Systems Engineer
10 21 (4.02%) UI Designer
10 21 (4.02%) UI/UX Designer
11 20 (3.83%) Agile Delivery Manager
11 20 (3.83%) Consultant
11 20 (3.83%) Delivery Manager
11 20 (3.83%) Full-Stack Developer
12 18 (3.45%) Product Manager
12 18 (3.45%) Solutions Architect
13 17 (3.26%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (7.28%) HTML
2 37 (7.09%) CSS
3 32 (6.13%) React
4 20 (3.83%) .NET
5 19 (3.64%) LangChain
6 16 (3.07%) AngularJS
7 15 (2.87%) Terraform
8 14 (2.68%) Spring Boot
9 13 (2.49%) REST
10 10 (1.92%) Web Services
11 9 (1.72%) AWS CDK
11 9 (1.72%) Framer.js
11 9 (1.72%) Jest
11 9 (1.72%) Node.js
11 9 (1.72%) RESTful
12 8 (1.53%) Gherkin
12 8 (1.53%) JSON
12 8 (1.53%) Kafka
12 8 (1.53%) Next.js
13 7 (1.34%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 47 (9.00%) Cloud Native
2 40 (7.66%) Social Media
3 29 (5.56%) Product Ownership
4 26 (4.98%) Embedded Systems
5 23 (4.41%) AI Agents
6 21 (4.02%) Robotics
6 21 (4.02%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (3.26%) Public Cloud
8 16 (3.07%) FPGA
9 14 (2.68%) Algorithms
9 14 (2.68%) IoT
10 12 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (2.11%) Low-Code
11 11 (2.11%) Onboarding
12 10 (1.92%) Analogue Electronics
12 10 (1.92%) Data Structures
12 10 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.92%) Life Science
12 10 (1.92%) Management Information System
13 8 (1.53%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.72%) Linux
2 5 (0.96%) Android
3 4 (0.77%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.57%) Unix
5 1 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.19%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 220 (42.15%) Agile
2 216 (41.38%) AI
3 131 (25.10%) User Research
4 113 (21.65%) Rapid Prototyping
5 109 (20.88%) Analytics
5 109 (20.88%) User Experience
6 106 (20.31%) Continuous Improvement
7 102 (19.54%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 94 (18.01%) Mentoring
9 89 (17.05%) Roadmaps
10 87 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
11 85 (16.28%) Software Engineering
12 78 (14.94%) Validation
13 77 (14.75%) UX Design
14 68 (13.03%) Customer Experience
14 68 (13.03%) LLM
15 57 (10.92%) CI/CD
15 57 (10.92%) Product Roadmap
16 54 (10.34%) Machine Learning
17 52 (9.96%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 93 (17.82%) Python
2 43 (8.24%) JavaScript
3 40 (7.66%) Java
4 38 (7.28%) TypeScript
5 30 (5.75%) SQL
6 29 (5.56%) C
7 26 (4.98%) C#
8 23 (4.41%) C++
9 11 (2.11%) MATLAB
10 10 (1.92%) Bash
11 9 (1.72%) Groovy
12 7 (1.34%) Go
13 6 (1.15%) Embedded C
14 5 (0.96%) PHP
15 3 (0.57%) Pascal
15 3 (0.57%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.57%) Rust
16 2 (0.38%) Ruby
17 1 (0.19%) Apex Code
17 1 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 159 (30.46%) Degree
2 102 (19.54%) Security Cleared
3 76 (14.56%) SC Cleared
4 25 (4.79%) Master's Degree
5 18 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (3.26%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (2.68%) PhD
8 12 (2.30%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.72%) HND
10 8 (1.53%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 8 (1.53%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (1.34%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.15%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.77%) Chartered Engineer
13 4 (0.77%) HNC
13 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.19%) OCP
14 1 (0.19%) Oracle Certification
14 1 (0.19%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 116 (22.22%) Accessibility
2 53 (10.15%) WCAG
3 18 (3.45%) QA
4 10 (1.92%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.15%) GDPR
6 4 (0.77%) DO-254
7 3 (0.57%) JTAG
8 2 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.38%) GRC
8 2 (0.38%) 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 (5.17%) Docker
2 25 (4.79%) Firmware
3 8 (1.53%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (2.87%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.53%) HP Fortify
3 1 (0.19%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 74 (14.18%) Adobe
2 50 (9.58%) Microsoft
3 31 (5.94%) OpenAI
4 27 (5.17%) Google
5 16 (3.07%) EMC
6 11 (2.11%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.11%) SAP
7 10 (1.92%) Databricks
8 6 (1.15%) Foundry
9 4 (0.77%) Autodesk
9 4 (0.77%) Oracle
10 3 (0.57%) Cognizant
10 3 (0.57%) Motorola
10 3 (0.57%) Siemens
10 3 (0.57%) Xilinx
11 2 (0.38%) Altera
11 2 (0.38%) Intel
11 2 (0.38%) Revolut
11 2 (0.38%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.38%) YouTube