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

6 months to
10 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 340 387
Rank change year-on-year -5 +47 -59
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 439 356 644
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.48% 0.81% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 0.87% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 231 171 394
10th Percentile £44,972 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,314 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,515 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.19% +4.35% -10.16%
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,258 £72,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -8.33%

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 67,438 40,826 82,224
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.22% 93.31% 85.22%
Number of salaries quoted 42,850 22,742 59,687
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,491 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +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 10 May 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 May 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 +52 379 £66,258 +10.43% 263
UK excluding London -35 260 £57,500 -4.17% 172
Work from Home +55 237 £67,500 +25.58% 128
London +37 134 £75,000 +36.36% 120
East of England +45 70 £60,000 +33.33% 28
South East 0 63 £57,000 -5.00% 45
North of England -39 62 £57,500 +4.55% 48
Yorkshire -39 31 £67,500 +22.73% 17
North West -9 22 £52,500 -4.55% 27
Midlands -12 20 £52,500 -12.50% 18
South West -67 19 £60,000 -12.44% 18
West Midlands -22 18 £52,500 -12.50% 13
Scotland -71 11 £54,500 +19.43% 15
North East -40 9 £52,500 -19.23% 4
Northern Ireland - 8 £80,000 - 2
Wales -31 7 £53,171 -3.33% 3
East Midlands -29 2 £101,250 +206.82% 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 4 (0.91%) CMS
1 4 (0.91%) WordPress
2 3 (0.68%) Confluence
2 3 (0.68%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.23%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.23%) Apache Spark
3 1 (0.23%) Jupyter
3 1 (0.23%) SAS
3 1 (0.23%) Strapi
Applications
1 28 (6.38%) Adobe XD
2 13 (2.96%) Sketch
3 8 (1.82%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 7 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.37%) Microsoft Excel
6 5 (1.14%) Fusion 360
7 4 (0.91%) SOLIDWORKS
8 3 (0.68%) InVision
9 2 (0.46%) CATIA
9 2 (0.46%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.46%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.46%) Productboard
9 2 (0.46%) Siemens NX
10 1 (0.23%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.23%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.23%) CINEMA 4D
10 1 (0.23%) InDesign
10 1 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 1 (0.23%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 3 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.68%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.23%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.23%) Maximo
2 1 (0.23%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.23%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (0.23%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 120 (27.33%) Figma
2 84 (19.13%) Adobe Analytics
3 83 (18.91%) AWS
4 65 (14.81%) Azure
5 41 (9.34%) GCP
6 21 (4.78%) SaaS
7 19 (4.33%) Amazon ECR
7 19 (4.33%) Amazon ECS
7 19 (4.33%) AWS CloudFormation
7 19 (4.33%) Serverless
8 18 (4.10%) Amazon S3
9 16 (3.64%) AWS Lambda
9 16 (3.64%) AWS Step Functions
10 15 (3.42%) Amazon SQS
11 14 (3.19%) Apigee
11 14 (3.19%) Miro
11 14 (3.19%) Vertex AI
12 11 (2.51%) Google Analytics
13 10 (2.28%) Power Platform
14 8 (1.82%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 94 (21.41%) Broadband
2 5 (1.14%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.68%) Bluetooth
3 3 (0.68%) Internet
3 3 (0.68%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (0.68%) Wireless
4 2 (0.46%) LTE
4 2 (0.46%) Software-Defined Radio
4 2 (0.46%) WPA
5 1 (0.23%) AMQP
5 1 (0.23%) Modbus
5 1 (0.23%) MQTT
5 1 (0.23%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.64%) DynamoDB
2 9 (2.05%) Power BI
3 8 (1.82%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (1.59%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.37%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.37%) Redis
5 6 (1.37%) Semantic Layer
6 5 (1.14%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.91%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.91%) DB2
7 4 (0.91%) DB2 UDB
7 4 (0.91%) QlikView
7 4 (0.91%) SQL Server
8 3 (0.68%) ClickHouse
8 3 (0.68%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.46%) Data Hub
9 2 (0.46%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.46%) GIS
9 2 (0.46%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.46%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 19 (4.33%) Axure RP
1 19 (4.33%) Balsamiq
2 18 (4.10%) Jenkins
3 15 (3.42%) GitLab
4 14 (3.19%) Cypress.io
4 14 (3.19%) Maven
4 14 (3.19%) SonarQube
5 10 (2.28%) JIRA
6 9 (2.05%) Git
7 2 (0.46%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.46%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.46%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.23%) IDA Disassembler
8 1 (0.23%) Mocha
8 1 (0.23%) Zephyr
General
1 105 (23.92%) Social Skills
2 84 (19.13%) Games
3 82 (18.68%) Finance
4 66 (15.03%) Analytical Skills
5 59 (13.44%) Public Sector
6 53 (12.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 51 (11.62%) Law
8 34 (7.74%) Manufacturing
9 33 (7.52%) Electronics
10 22 (5.01%) Legal
11 19 (4.33%) Presentation Skills
12 15 (3.42%) Marketing
13 13 (2.96%) Banking
14 10 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
14 10 (2.28%) Retail
15 8 (1.82%) Pharmaceutical
16 7 (1.59%) Telecoms
17 6 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
18 5 (1.14%) Documentation Skills
18 5 (1.14%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 109 (24.83%) Designer
2 74 (16.86%) Lead
3 63 (14.35%) Senior
4 46 (10.48%) Developer
5 44 (10.02%) UX Designer
6 36 (8.20%) Lead Designer
7 27 (6.15%) Architect
8 22 (5.01%) Interaction Designer
8 22 (5.01%) Software Engineer
9 20 (4.56%) Analyst
10 19 (4.33%) Consultant
10 19 (4.33%) Product Designer
10 19 (4.33%) Product Manager
10 19 (4.33%) Systems Engineer
11 17 (3.87%) Digital Designer
11 17 (3.87%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 16 (3.64%) Business Analyst
12 16 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
13 14 (3.19%) Senior Manager
13 14 (3.19%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (8.43%) HTML
2 33 (7.52%) CSS
3 28 (6.38%) React
4 23 (5.24%) AngularJS
5 22 (5.01%) .NET
6 21 (4.78%) Spring Boot
7 19 (4.33%) Node.js
8 16 (3.64%) REST
9 15 (3.42%) Jest
10 14 (3.19%) Gherkin
11 9 (2.05%) LangChain
11 9 (2.05%) PyTorch
12 8 (1.82%) TensorFlow
13 7 (1.59%) Google JAX
13 7 (1.59%) JAX
13 7 (1.59%) Spring
13 7 (1.59%) Vue
14 5 (1.14%) Django
15 4 (0.91%) LangGraph
15 4 (0.91%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 82 (18.68%) Social Media
2 33 (7.52%) Product Ownership
3 32 (7.29%) Cloud Native
4 14 (3.19%) Public Cloud
5 11 (2.51%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.51%) Robotics
6 8 (1.82%) IoT
6 8 (1.82%) Life Science
7 7 (1.59%) AI Agents
7 7 (1.59%) Algorithms
7 7 (1.59%) CUDA
7 7 (1.59%) Embedded Systems
7 7 (1.59%) FPGA
7 7 (1.59%) Onboarding
8 6 (1.37%) Greenfield Project
8 6 (1.37%) Low-Code
9 5 (1.14%) Blog
9 5 (1.14%) Legacy Systems
9 5 (1.14%) Linux Command Line
9 5 (1.14%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 11 (2.51%) Linux
2 6 (1.37%) Unix
3 3 (0.68%) Android
3 3 (0.68%) Windows
4 1 (0.23%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.23%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.23%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 237 (53.99%) Agile
2 192 (43.74%) AI
3 163 (37.13%) User Research
4 151 (34.40%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 131 (29.84%) Analytics
6 120 (27.33%) Roadmaps
7 106 (24.15%) User Experience
8 105 (23.92%) Customer Experience
9 97 (22.10%) Product Roadmap
10 90 (20.50%) Problem-Solving
10 90 (20.50%) Storytelling
11 82 (18.68%) Digital Customer Experience
12 80 (18.22%) UX Design
13 71 (16.17%) Rapid Prototyping
14 70 (15.95%) Workshop Facilitation
15 66 (15.03%) Mentoring
16 61 (13.90%) Continuous Improvement
17 59 (13.44%) Software Engineering
18 53 (12.07%) Inclusive Design
19 52 (11.85%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 71 (16.17%) Python
2 54 (12.30%) Java
3 37 (8.43%) JavaScript
4 32 (7.29%) TypeScript
5 24 (5.47%) C#
6 21 (4.78%) SQL
7 18 (4.10%) C
8 16 (3.64%) C++
9 15 (3.42%) Bash
9 15 (3.42%) Groovy
10 5 (1.14%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.68%) Julia
11 3 (0.68%) Pascal
12 2 (0.46%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.46%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.23%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.23%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.23%) Go
13 1 (0.23%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.23%) R
Qualifications
1 112 (25.51%) Degree
2 75 (17.08%) Security Cleared
3 60 (13.67%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.42%) Computer Science Degree
4 15 (3.42%) DV Cleared
5 14 (3.19%) AWS Certification
5 14 (3.19%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 14 (3.19%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (2.05%) Master's Degree
7 4 (0.91%) Numerate Degree
7 4 (0.91%) PhD
8 3 (0.68%) Postgraduate
9 2 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.23%) Azure Certification
10 1 (0.23%) HNC
10 1 (0.23%) PMI Certification
10 1 (0.23%) PMP
10 1 (0.23%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (32.80%) Accessibility
2 70 (15.95%) WCAG
3 8 (1.82%) QA
4 7 (1.59%) GRC
5 5 (1.14%) GDPR
6 4 (0.91%) DO-254
6 4 (0.91%) ISO 13485
7 3 (0.68%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.23%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.23%) NIST
System Software
1 24 (5.47%) Docker
2 11 (2.51%) Firmware
3 3 (0.68%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (3.19%) HP Fortify
2 12 (2.73%) Terraform
3 10 (2.28%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.14%) AWS Copilot
5 2 (0.46%) Ansible
6 1 (0.23%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 123 (28.02%) Adobe
2 35 (7.97%) Microsoft
3 29 (6.61%) Google
4 10 (2.28%) OpenAI
5 8 (1.82%) EMC
5 8 (1.82%) Foundry
6 7 (1.59%) Salesforce
7 4 (0.91%) JD Edwards
8 3 (0.68%) Cognizant
8 3 (0.68%) Motorola
8 3 (0.68%) SAP
8 3 (0.68%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.68%) Workday
9 2 (0.46%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (0.46%) Databricks
9 2 (0.46%) Hotjar
9 2 (0.46%) Qualtrics
10 1 (0.23%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.23%) Palantir
10 1 (0.23%) Siemens