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

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 314 361
Rank change year-on-year -50 +47 -25
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 548 438 526
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.47% 0.89% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 1.00% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 366 175 200
10th Percentile £42,215 £41,750 £46,556
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £93,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £120,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% - -4.00%

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 85,804 43,854 61,991
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.05% 88.92% 81.71%
Number of salaries quoted 59,130 24,461 33,915
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -3.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £96,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

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 28 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 28 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 +3 464 £60,000 -14.29% 1,142
UK excluding London -63 359 £56,000 -6.67% 581
Work from Home -36 190 £65,000 +18.18% 400
London -35 145 £75,000 - 622
North of England -2 96 £55,000 -4.35% 90
South East -24 89 £56,000 -10.93% 145
East of England +18 63 £60,000 +14.29% 108
North West -9 51 £52,500 -12.50% 56
Midlands -30 41 £56,250 -6.25% 54
West Midlands -16 31 £57,500 -4.17% 42
South West -61 29 £58,750 -30.88% 112
North East -43 26 £58,750 -9.62% 10
Wales -44 22 £53,171 +7.42% 13
Yorkshire -16 19 £50,000 +63.93% 24
Scotland -80 12 £55,000 - 42
Northern Ireland -77 11 £80,000 - 16
East Midlands -38 10 £45,000 +36.36% 12

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 11 (2.01%) Confluence
2 10 (1.82%) Apache
2 10 (1.82%) Apache Spark
3 9 (1.64%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.28%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.91%) CMS
5 5 (0.91%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.55%) WordPress
7 2 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.36%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 23 (4.20%) SOLIDWORKS
2 17 (3.10%) Adobe XD
3 15 (2.74%) Adobe Illustrator
3 15 (2.74%) Photoshop
4 14 (2.55%) InDesign
5 10 (1.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 8 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
6 8 (1.46%) Sketch
6 8 (1.46%) Solid Edge
7 7 (1.28%) EPLAN
8 5 (0.91%) Adobe After Effects
8 5 (0.91%) MS Visio
9 3 (0.55%) Productboard
9 3 (0.55%) UserZoom
9 3 (0.55%) Zeplin
10 2 (0.36%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.36%) OrCAD
10 2 (0.36%) Simulink
10 2 (0.36%) Trello
10 2 (0.36%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (1.46%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.73%) SAP SD
3 3 (0.55%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.18%) Maximo
5 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.18%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 95 (17.34%) Figma
2 88 (16.06%) AWS
3 69 (12.59%) Azure
4 40 (7.30%) GCP
5 23 (4.20%) GitHub
6 18 (3.28%) Power Platform
6 18 (3.28%) SaaS
7 17 (3.10%) Amazon S3
7 17 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (3.10%) Serverless
8 15 (2.74%) Anthropic Claude
8 15 (2.74%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (2.55%) Adobe Analytics
9 14 (2.55%) dbt
10 13 (2.37%) Microsoft Copilot
11 11 (2.01%) Google Analytics
12 10 (1.82%) Copilot Studio
12 10 (1.82%) Power Automate
13 9 (1.64%) Amazon Bedrock
13 9 (1.64%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.74%) Broadband
2 8 (1.46%) WPA
3 5 (0.91%) Ethernet
3 5 (0.91%) Intranet
3 5 (0.91%) Wireless
4 4 (0.73%) Software-Defined Radio
5 3 (0.55%) RS-485
6 2 (0.36%) Internet
6 2 (0.36%) RS-232
6 2 (0.36%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.18%) AMQP
7 1 (0.18%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.18%) LTE
7 1 (0.18%) Modbus
7 1 (0.18%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.55%) DynamoDB
2 11 (2.01%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (1.82%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.46%) Power BI
4 8 (1.46%) Redis
5 6 (1.09%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.91%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.73%) Geospatial Data
7 4 (0.73%) Hadoop
7 4 (0.73%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.55%) ClickHouse
8 3 (0.55%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.55%) Metadata
8 3 (0.55%) Tableau
9 2 (0.36%) Big Data
9 2 (0.36%) Power Query
9 2 (0.36%) Star Schema
9 2 (0.36%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 24 (4.38%) Git
2 18 (3.28%) JIRA
3 13 (2.37%) GitLab
4 8 (1.46%) Axure RP
4 8 (1.46%) LabVIEW
5 7 (1.28%) Claude Code
5 7 (1.28%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.09%) Balsamiq
6 6 (1.09%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.09%) Postman
7 5 (0.91%) Maven
7 5 (0.91%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.55%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.55%) Eclipse RCP
9 2 (0.36%) Bower
9 2 (0.36%) MLflow
10 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.18%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
General
1 216 (39.42%) Social Skills
2 108 (19.71%) Electronics
3 102 (18.61%) Finance
4 95 (17.34%) Manufacturing
5 93 (16.97%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 80 (14.60%) Public Sector
7 70 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
8 52 (9.49%) Law
9 47 (8.58%) Aerospace
10 37 (6.75%) Marketing
11 32 (5.84%) Presentation Skills
12 22 (4.01%) Automotive
13 20 (3.65%) Games
14 18 (3.28%) Retail
15 17 (3.10%) Organisational Skills
16 15 (2.74%) Legal
17 12 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
18 11 (2.01%) Military
19 10 (1.82%) Publishing
20 9 (1.64%) Banking
Job Titles
1 131 (23.91%) Senior
2 110 (20.07%) Designer
3 63 (11.50%) Developer
4 48 (8.76%) Lead
5 45 (8.21%) UX Designer
6 43 (7.85%) Software Engineer
7 36 (6.57%) Electronics Engineer
8 33 (6.02%) Architect
9 32 (5.84%) Senior Designer
10 28 (5.11%) Interaction Designer
11 24 (4.38%) UI Designer
11 24 (4.38%) UI/UX Designer
12 22 (4.01%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 22 (4.01%) Delivery Manager
13 21 (3.83%) Systems Engineer
14 20 (3.65%) Design Engineer
14 20 (3.65%) Full-Stack Developer
15 19 (3.47%) Lead Designer
15 19 (3.47%) Software Developer
16 18 (3.28%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (7.48%) HTML
2 40 (7.30%) React
3 39 (7.12%) CSS
4 24 (4.38%) .NET
5 17 (3.10%) Spring Boot
6 16 (2.92%) LangChain
6 16 (2.92%) Terraform
7 14 (2.55%) AngularJS
7 14 (2.55%) Kafka
8 13 (2.37%) REST
8 13 (2.37%) Spring
9 11 (2.01%) Web Services
10 9 (1.64%) AWS CDK
10 9 (1.64%) Framer.js
10 9 (1.64%) Node.js
10 9 (1.64%) RESTful
11 8 (1.46%) JSON
11 8 (1.46%) Next.js
12 7 (1.28%) FastAPI
12 7 (1.28%) Material Design
Miscellaneous
1 43 (7.85%) Cloud Native
2 33 (6.02%) Embedded Systems
3 30 (5.47%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (5.11%) Product Ownership
5 25 (4.56%) AI Agents
6 24 (4.38%) Robotics
7 21 (3.83%) IoT
8 18 (3.28%) FPGA
9 17 (3.10%) Analogue Electronics
10 15 (2.74%) Onboarding
10 15 (2.74%) Social Media
11 13 (2.37%) Algorithms
11 13 (2.37%) Distributed Systems
12 12 (2.19%) Mobile App
12 12 (2.19%) Public Cloud
13 11 (2.01%) Life Science
14 10 (1.82%) Management Information System
15 9 (1.64%) Data Structures
15 9 (1.64%) Low-Code
16 8 (1.46%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.46%) Android
1 8 (1.46%) Linux
2 7 (1.28%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.55%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (0.36%) Unix
5 1 (0.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 197 (35.95%) AI
2 190 (34.67%) Agile
3 130 (23.72%) Continuous Improvement
4 115 (20.99%) Problem-Solving
5 112 (20.44%) User Experience
6 108 (19.71%) User Research
7 102 (18.61%) Rapid Prototyping
8 101 (18.43%) Mentoring
9 96 (17.52%) Validation
10 91 (16.61%) Analytics
11 90 (16.42%) Software Engineering
12 77 (14.05%) UX Design
13 75 (13.69%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 69 (12.59%) CI/CD
15 63 (11.50%) Roadmaps
16 59 (10.77%) LLM
17 58 (10.58%) Service Design
18 54 (9.85%) Wireframes
19 48 (8.76%) DevOps
20 47 (8.58%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 95 (17.34%) Python
2 46 (8.39%) TypeScript
3 45 (8.21%) JavaScript
4 37 (6.75%) Java
5 35 (6.39%) SQL
6 28 (5.11%) C#
7 26 (4.74%) C++
8 25 (4.56%) C
9 15 (2.74%) MATLAB
10 7 (1.28%) Bash
10 7 (1.28%) Embedded C
10 7 (1.28%) Rust
11 6 (1.09%) Go
11 6 (1.09%) Groovy
12 5 (0.91%) Embedded C++
12 5 (0.91%) PHP
13 3 (0.55%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.55%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.36%) R
14 2 (0.36%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 190 (34.67%) Degree
2 111 (20.26%) Security Cleared
3 85 (15.51%) SC Cleared
4 27 (4.93%) Master's Degree
5 20 (3.65%) BPSS Clearance
6 19 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (3.10%) HND
8 15 (2.74%) PhD
9 13 (2.37%) HNC
10 11 (2.01%) AWS Certification
11 9 (1.64%) Chartered Engineer
12 6 (1.09%) Azure Certification
13 5 (0.91%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
13 5 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 3 (0.55%) DV Cleared
16 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
16 2 (0.36%) Postgraduate
17 1 (0.18%) OCP
17 1 (0.18%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (16.79%) Accessibility
2 40 (7.30%) WCAG
3 20 (3.65%) QA
4 10 (1.82%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.91%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.55%) DO-254
6 3 (0.55%) GDPR
6 3 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.55%) JTAG
7 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.36%) GRC
8 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.18%) IASME
8 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.18%) MISRA
8 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 30 (5.47%) Firmware
2 29 (5.29%) Docker
3 9 (1.64%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (3.10%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.91%) HP Fortify
3 2 (0.36%) Grafana
4 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 54 (9.85%) Microsoft
2 50 (9.12%) Adobe
3 31 (5.66%) OpenAI
4 28 (5.11%) EMC
5 19 (3.47%) Google
6 11 (2.01%) Databricks
6 11 (2.01%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.01%) SAP
7 7 (1.28%) Autodesk
8 4 (0.73%) Oracle
8 4 (0.73%) Thales
9 3 (0.55%) Apple
9 3 (0.55%) Cognizant
9 3 (0.55%) DocuSign
9 3 (0.55%) Foundry
9 3 (0.55%) HighQ
9 3 (0.55%) Legora
9 3 (0.55%) Siemens
9 3 (0.55%) Xilinx
10 2 (0.36%) ServiceNow