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

6 months to
30 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 362 315 405
Rank change year-on-year -47 +90 -77
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 452 399 615
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.92% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.99% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 235 157 366
10th Percentile £43,750 £37,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,258 £72,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £98,125
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 68,833 40,438 84,237
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.92% 93.25% 83.74%
Number of salaries quoted 44,981 21,310 60,621
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £29,200
25th Percentile £41,000 £40,871 £39,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,610 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.15% +4.75% -9.69%
75th Percentile £78,750 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.94% +2.00% -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 30 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 30 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 +38 390 £67,124 +11.87% 233
UK excluding London -54 270 £57,500 -4.17% 146
Work from Home +31 239 £67,500 +22.73% 102
London +1 138 £73,750 +22.92% 119
East of England +44 75 £70,000 +55.56% 23
North of England -34 70 £55,000 -17.06% 29
South East +5 59 £65,000 +8.33% 35
Yorkshire -21 33 £67,500 -20.82% 2
North West -9 25 £50,000 -21.65% 18
Midlands -36 20 £55,000 -4.35% 13
South West -57 20 £60,000 -12.44% 24
West Midlands -29 18 £55,000 -8.33% 8
North East -38 12 £58,750 -9.62% 9
Scotland -77 11 £54,500 +19.43% 9
Northern Ireland - 8 £80,000 - 8
Wales -34 7 £53,171 -21.38% 6
East Midlands -26 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 5 (1.11%) CMS
1 5 (1.11%) Confluence
2 4 (0.88%) Apache
2 4 (0.88%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.66%) Headless CMS
3 3 (0.66%) Jupyter
3 3 (0.66%) WordPress
4 2 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.22%) SAS
5 1 (0.22%) Strapi
Applications
1 21 (4.65%) Adobe XD
2 13 (2.88%) Sketch
3 7 (1.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 7 (1.55%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 6 (1.33%) MS Visio
4 6 (1.33%) SOLIDWORKS
5 4 (0.88%) Fusion 360
6 3 (0.66%) Productboard
7 2 (0.44%) CATIA
7 2 (0.44%) Chatbot
7 2 (0.44%) InVision
7 2 (0.44%) Photoshop
7 2 (0.44%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.22%) 3ds Max
8 1 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.22%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.22%) InDesign
8 1 (0.22%) Maya
8 1 (0.22%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 3 (0.66%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.66%) Elite 3E
2 1 (0.22%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 1 (0.22%) Maximo
2 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
2 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (0.22%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 114 (25.22%) Figma
2 84 (18.58%) Adobe Analytics
3 82 (18.14%) AWS
4 61 (13.50%) Azure
5 38 (8.41%) GCP
6 25 (5.53%) SaaS
7 21 (4.65%) Amazon ECR
7 21 (4.65%) AWS CloudFormation
8 20 (4.42%) Amazon S3
9 19 (4.20%) Amazon ECS
9 19 (4.20%) Serverless
10 16 (3.54%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (3.54%) AWS Step Functions
11 15 (3.32%) Amazon SQS
12 14 (3.10%) Apigee
12 14 (3.10%) Vertex AI
13 10 (2.21%) Google Analytics
13 10 (2.21%) Miro
14 9 (1.99%) GitHub
15 8 (1.77%) Azure Machine Learning
Communications & Networking
1 94 (20.80%) Broadband
2 7 (1.55%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.66%) Bluetooth
3 3 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (0.66%) Wireless
3 3 (0.66%) WPA
4 2 (0.44%) Internet
4 2 (0.44%) LTE
4 2 (0.44%) Software-Defined Radio
5 1 (0.22%) AMQP
5 1 (0.22%) Modbus
5 1 (0.22%) MQTT
5 1 (0.22%) RFID
5 1 (0.22%) RS-232
5 1 (0.22%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.54%) DynamoDB
2 9 (1.99%) PostgreSQL
3 8 (1.77%) Elasticsearch
3 8 (1.77%) Redis
4 7 (1.55%) Power BI
5 6 (1.33%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.33%) Semantic Layer
6 5 (1.11%) SQL Server
7 4 (0.88%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.88%) DB2
7 4 (0.88%) DB2 UDB
7 4 (0.88%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.88%) QlikView
8 3 (0.66%) ClickHouse
9 2 (0.44%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.44%) Apache Iceberg
9 2 (0.44%) Big Data
9 2 (0.44%) Data Hub
9 2 (0.44%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.44%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 18 (3.98%) GitLab
2 15 (3.32%) Jenkins
3 14 (3.10%) Cypress.io
3 14 (3.10%) Maven
3 14 (3.10%) SonarQube
4 13 (2.88%) Axure RP
4 13 (2.88%) Balsamiq
5 11 (2.43%) Git
5 11 (2.43%) JIRA
6 2 (0.44%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.44%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.22%) IDA Disassembler
7 1 (0.22%) Mocha
7 1 (0.22%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.22%) Zephyr
General
1 103 (22.79%) Social Skills
2 86 (19.03%) Finance
3 84 (18.58%) Games
4 65 (14.38%) Analytical Skills
5 61 (13.50%) Public Sector
6 52 (11.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 43 (9.51%) Law
8 42 (9.29%) Electronics
9 35 (7.74%) Manufacturing
10 22 (4.87%) Marketing
11 21 (4.65%) Legal
12 20 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (2.65%) Banking
13 12 (2.65%) Retail
14 9 (1.99%) Aerospace
14 9 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
15 6 (1.33%) Back Office
15 6 (1.33%) Influencing Skills
16 5 (1.11%) Documentation Skills
16 5 (1.11%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 101 (22.35%) Designer
2 75 (16.59%) Lead
3 65 (14.38%) Senior
4 48 (10.62%) Developer
5 45 (9.96%) UX Designer
6 37 (8.19%) Lead Designer
7 27 (5.97%) Architect
8 23 (5.09%) Software Engineer
9 22 (4.87%) Systems Engineer
10 19 (4.20%) Consultant
10 19 (4.20%) Product Designer
10 19 (4.20%) Product Manager
11 18 (3.98%) Analyst
12 17 (3.76%) Digital Designer
12 17 (3.76%) Solutions Architect
13 16 (3.54%) Interaction Designer
14 15 (3.32%) Agile Delivery Manager
14 15 (3.32%) Delivery Manager
14 15 (3.32%) Senior Manager
15 14 (3.10%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (7.08%) HTML
2 28 (6.19%) CSS
2 28 (6.19%) React
3 23 (5.09%) AngularJS
4 21 (4.65%) Spring Boot
5 17 (3.76%) Node.js
6 16 (3.54%) .NET
6 16 (3.54%) REST
7 15 (3.32%) Jest
8 14 (3.10%) Gherkin
9 10 (2.21%) LangChain
10 8 (1.77%) PyTorch
11 7 (1.55%) Google JAX
11 7 (1.55%) JAX
11 7 (1.55%) Spring
11 7 (1.55%) TensorFlow
11 7 (1.55%) Vue
12 5 (1.11%) Django
13 4 (0.88%) PySpark
13 4 (0.88%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 82 (18.14%) Social Media
2 31 (6.86%) Cloud Native
3 25 (5.53%) Product Ownership
4 14 (3.10%) Embedded Systems
4 14 (3.10%) Public Cloud
5 13 (2.88%) Management Information System
6 12 (2.65%) Robotics
7 11 (2.43%) FPGA
7 11 (2.43%) IoT
8 10 (2.21%) Algorithms
9 9 (1.99%) AI Agents
9 9 (1.99%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.55%) CUDA
10 7 (1.55%) Data Structures
10 7 (1.55%) Life Science
10 7 (1.55%) Low-Code
11 6 (1.33%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (1.11%) Greenfield Project
12 5 (1.11%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 14 (3.10%) Linux
2 8 (1.77%) Unix
3 3 (0.66%) Android
3 3 (0.66%) Windows
4 1 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.22%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (50.44%) Agile
2 203 (44.91%) AI
3 159 (35.18%) User Research
4 137 (30.31%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 131 (28.98%) Roadmaps
6 130 (28.76%) Analytics
7 105 (23.23%) Customer Experience
7 105 (23.23%) Product Roadmap
8 99 (21.90%) User Experience
9 90 (19.91%) Storytelling
10 86 (19.03%) Problem-Solving
11 82 (18.14%) Digital Customer Experience
12 78 (17.26%) UX Design
13 75 (16.59%) Rapid Prototyping
14 64 (14.16%) Workshop Facilitation
15 62 (13.72%) Mentoring
15 62 (13.72%) Software Engineering
16 61 (13.50%) Validation
17 59 (13.05%) Continuous Improvement
18 55 (12.17%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 86 (19.03%) Python
2 50 (11.06%) Java
3 31 (6.86%) TypeScript
4 29 (6.42%) JavaScript
5 22 (4.87%) C#
6 21 (4.65%) C
6 21 (4.65%) SQL
7 19 (4.20%) C++
8 17 (3.76%) Bash
9 15 (3.32%) Groovy
10 5 (1.11%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.66%) Julia
11 3 (0.66%) MATLAB
11 3 (0.66%) Pascal
12 2 (0.44%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.22%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.22%) Go
13 1 (0.22%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.22%) R
13 1 (0.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 113 (25.00%) Degree
2 69 (15.27%) Security Cleared
3 53 (11.73%) SC Cleared
4 15 (3.32%) DV Cleared
5 14 (3.10%) AWS Certification
5 14 (3.10%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
5 14 (3.10%) ITIL Certification
5 14 (3.10%) Master's Degree
6 13 (2.88%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (1.11%) BPSS Clearance
8 4 (0.88%) Numerate Degree
8 4 (0.88%) PhD
9 3 (0.66%) Postgraduate
10 2 (0.44%) Azure Certification
10 2 (0.44%) HND
11 1 (0.22%) HNC
11 1 (0.22%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.22%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.22%) PMP
11 1 (0.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (30.31%) Accessibility
2 69 (15.27%) WCAG
3 7 (1.55%) GRC
4 6 (1.33%) QA
5 4 (0.88%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.88%) DO-254
5 4 (0.88%) GDPR
6 3 (0.66%) ISO 13485
7 1 (0.22%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.22%) NIST
System Software
1 29 (6.42%) Docker
2 15 (3.32%) Firmware
3 5 (1.11%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (3.32%) Terraform
2 14 (3.10%) HP Fortify
3 11 (2.43%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.11%) AWS Copilot
5 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 115 (25.44%) Adobe
2 32 (7.08%) Microsoft
3 28 (6.19%) Google
4 10 (2.21%) EMC
4 10 (2.21%) OpenAI
5 8 (1.77%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.55%) Foundry
7 4 (0.88%) JD Edwards
7 4 (0.88%) Oracle
8 3 (0.66%) Cognizant
8 3 (0.66%) Motorola
8 3 (0.66%) SAP
8 3 (0.66%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.66%) Workday
9 2 (0.44%) Databricks
9 2 (0.44%) Hotjar
9 2 (0.44%) Qualtrics
10 1 (0.22%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.22%) NVIDIA
10 1 (0.22%) Planon