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

6 months to
27 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 350 304 416
Rank change year-on-year -46 +112 -93
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 477 440 593
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.97% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 1.05% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 253 162 354
10th Percentile £43,484 £37,500 £38,284
25th Percentile £50,468 £47,500 £44,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £77,500 £74,815 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,250 £92,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £62,875 £55,000
% change year-on-year -10.14% +14.32% -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 69,907 41,954 86,795
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.40% 92.11% 82.23%
Number of salaries quoted 48,219 22,640 61,471
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.54%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% - -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 27 June 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 27 June 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 +2 400 £60,000 - 216
UK excluding London -57 289 £56,500 -10.14% 144
Work from Home +25 252 £67,481 +24.96% 100
London -9 139 £73,061 +32.84% 107
North of England -1 76 £50,000 -27.94% 29
East of England +41 73 £62,500 +38.89% 25
South East -16 64 £56,500 -5.83% 35
Yorkshire -12 31 £67,500 -20.82% 4
North West -4 28 £48,750 -29.74% 20
South West -54 21 £60,000 -12.44% 25
Midlands -35 20 £60,000 +4.35% 10
West Midlands -12 17 £57,500 -4.17% 5
North East -31 17 £55,000 -15.38% 5
Wales -40 16 £53,085 -22.01% 3
Scotland -72 11 £54,500 +19.43% 15
Northern Ireland - 8 £80,000 - 3
East Midlands -32 3 £60,000 +81.82% 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 6 (1.26%) Apache
1 6 (1.26%) Apache Spark
2 5 (1.05%) CMS
2 5 (1.05%) Confluence
3 3 (0.63%) Headless CMS
3 3 (0.63%) Jupyter
3 3 (0.63%) WordPress
4 2 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
4 2 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.42%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.21%) SAS
5 1 (0.21%) Strapi
Applications
1 15 (3.14%) Adobe XD
2 10 (2.10%) Sketch
3 8 (1.68%) Adobe Illustrator
3 8 (1.68%) InDesign
3 8 (1.68%) Photoshop
4 7 (1.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (1.26%) SOLIDWORKS
6 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Excel
6 5 (1.05%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (1.05%) MS Visio
7 3 (0.63%) Adobe After Effects
7 3 (0.63%) Productboard
8 2 (0.42%) CATIA
8 2 (0.42%) InVision
8 2 (0.42%) Siemens NX
8 2 (0.42%) Trello
8 2 (0.42%) Windchill
9 1 (0.21%) Adobe Premiere
9 1 (0.21%) Maya
9 1 (0.21%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (0.63%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.63%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.42%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 2 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.21%) Maximo
3 1 (0.21%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.21%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 114 (23.90%) Figma
2 84 (17.61%) AWS
3 82 (17.19%) Adobe Analytics
4 69 (14.47%) Azure
5 42 (8.81%) GCP
6 24 (5.03%) SaaS
7 22 (4.61%) Amazon S3
8 21 (4.40%) Amazon ECR
8 21 (4.40%) AWS CloudFormation
8 21 (4.40%) Serverless
9 19 (3.98%) Amazon ECS
10 18 (3.77%) AWS Lambda
11 16 (3.35%) AWS Step Functions
12 14 (2.94%) Amazon SQS
12 14 (2.94%) Apigee
12 14 (2.94%) Vertex AI
13 10 (2.10%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (2.10%) GitHub
14 9 (1.89%) Microsoft Copilot
14 9 (1.89%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 92 (19.29%) Broadband
2 7 (1.47%) TCP/IP
3 6 (1.26%) WPA
4 5 (1.05%) Intranet
5 3 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.63%) Wireless
6 2 (0.42%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.42%) Internet
6 2 (0.42%) LTE
6 2 (0.42%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.21%) AMQP
7 1 (0.21%) Modbus
7 1 (0.21%) MQTT
7 1 (0.21%) RS-232
7 1 (0.21%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (3.77%) DynamoDB
2 11 (2.31%) Redis
3 10 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (1.68%) Elasticsearch
5 7 (1.47%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.26%) Power BI
6 6 (1.26%) Semantic Layer
7 5 (1.05%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (1.05%) NoSQL
7 5 (1.05%) Relational Database
8 4 (0.84%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.84%) Db2
8 4 (0.84%) DB2 UDB
8 4 (0.84%) QlikView
9 3 (0.63%) ClickHouse
10 2 (0.42%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (0.42%) Apache Iceberg
10 2 (0.42%) Data Hub
10 2 (0.42%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.42%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 18 (3.77%) Git
1 18 (3.77%) GitLab
2 16 (3.35%) Jenkins
3 15 (3.14%) JIRA
4 14 (2.94%) Cypress.io
4 14 (2.94%) Maven
4 14 (2.94%) SonarQube
5 8 (1.68%) Axure RP
6 6 (1.26%) Balsamiq
7 5 (1.05%) LabVIEW
8 3 (0.63%) Postman
9 2 (0.42%) Bitbucket
9 2 (0.42%) Bower
9 2 (0.42%) Eclipse
9 2 (0.42%) Eclipse RCP
9 2 (0.42%) Rational DOORS
10 1 (0.21%) Claude Code
10 1 (0.21%) IDA Disassembler
10 1 (0.21%) Mocha
10 1 (0.21%) Zephyr
General
1 113 (23.69%) Social Skills
2 91 (19.08%) Finance
3 82 (17.19%) Games
4 70 (14.68%) Analytical Skills
5 67 (14.05%) Public Sector
6 62 (13.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 45 (9.43%) Electronics
8 39 (8.18%) Law
9 34 (7.13%) Manufacturing
10 25 (5.24%) Marketing
11 22 (4.61%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (4.19%) Legal
13 13 (2.73%) Retail
14 12 (2.52%) Banking
15 10 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
16 9 (1.89%) Aerospace
17 8 (1.68%) Influencing Skills
18 7 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
19 6 (1.26%) Advertising
19 6 (1.26%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 111 (23.27%) Designer
2 81 (16.98%) Senior
3 75 (15.72%) Lead
4 59 (12.37%) Developer
5 48 (10.06%) UX Designer
6 38 (7.97%) Lead Designer
7 28 (5.87%) Architect
8 27 (5.66%) Software Engineer
9 26 (5.45%) Systems Engineer
10 24 (5.03%) Interaction Designer
11 19 (3.98%) Consultant
12 18 (3.77%) Analyst
12 18 (3.77%) Senior Designer
12 18 (3.77%) Solutions Architect
13 17 (3.56%) Agile Delivery Manager
13 17 (3.56%) Delivery Manager
13 17 (3.56%) Product Manager
14 16 (3.35%) Business Analyst
14 16 (3.35%) Digital Designer
15 15 (3.14%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (7.34%) HTML
2 31 (6.50%) CSS
3 28 (5.87%) React
4 23 (4.82%) AngularJS
5 20 (4.19%) Spring Boot
6 17 (3.56%) .NET
7 15 (3.14%) Jest
7 15 (3.14%) REST
8 14 (2.94%) Gherkin
9 13 (2.73%) LangChain
10 12 (2.52%) Node.js
11 8 (1.68%) JSON
12 7 (1.47%) Framer.js
12 7 (1.47%) Spring
12 7 (1.47%) Web Services
13 6 (1.26%) RESTful
13 6 (1.26%) Vue
13 6 (1.26%) XML
14 5 (1.05%) Django
14 5 (1.05%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 80 (16.77%) Social Media
2 35 (7.34%) Cloud Native
3 21 (4.40%) Product Ownership
4 16 (3.35%) Embedded Systems
5 15 (3.14%) IoT
6 14 (2.94%) Public Cloud
7 12 (2.52%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.52%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.52%) Robotics
7 12 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
8 11 (2.31%) FPGA
9 10 (2.10%) Legacy Systems
10 9 (1.89%) AI Agents
10 9 (1.89%) Algorithms
10 9 (1.89%) Data Structures
11 8 (1.68%) Low-Code
12 6 (1.26%) Distributed Systems
12 6 (1.26%) Life Science
13 5 (1.05%) Verilog
13 5 (1.05%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 16 (3.35%) Linux
2 8 (1.68%) Unix
3 3 (0.63%) Windows
4 1 (0.21%) Android
4 1 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.21%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.21%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 234 (49.06%) Agile
2 211 (44.23%) AI
3 163 (34.17%) User Research
4 140 (29.35%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 132 (27.67%) Analytics
6 131 (27.46%) Roadmaps
7 103 (21.59%) Customer Experience
8 100 (20.96%) Product Roadmap
9 98 (20.55%) User Experience
10 86 (18.03%) Storytelling
11 80 (16.77%) Digital Customer Experience
12 79 (16.56%) Problem-Solving
13 78 (16.35%) Rapid Prototyping
14 76 (15.93%) UX Design
15 71 (14.88%) Mentoring
16 67 (14.05%) Software Engineering
17 65 (13.63%) Continuous Improvement
18 61 (12.79%) Validation
18 61 (12.79%) Workshop Facilitation
19 57 (11.95%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 89 (18.66%) Python
2 50 (10.48%) Java
3 34 (7.13%) JavaScript
4 32 (6.71%) TypeScript
5 28 (5.87%) SQL
6 27 (5.66%) C#
7 25 (5.24%) C
8 23 (4.82%) C++
9 17 (3.56%) Bash
10 16 (3.35%) Groovy
11 9 (1.89%) MATLAB
12 6 (1.26%) PHP
13 5 (1.05%) Embedded C
14 3 (0.63%) Julia
14 3 (0.63%) Pascal
14 3 (0.63%) PowerShell
15 1 (0.21%) Apex Code
15 1 (0.21%) Go
15 1 (0.21%) R
15 1 (0.21%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 110 (23.06%) Degree
2 67 (14.05%) Security Cleared
3 50 (10.48%) SC Cleared
4 19 (3.98%) Master's Degree
5 16 (3.35%) AWS Certification
6 14 (2.94%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 14 (2.94%) DV Cleared
6 14 (2.94%) ITIL Certification
7 13 (2.73%) Computer Science Degree
8 8 (1.68%) PhD
9 5 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
10 4 (0.84%) HND
11 3 (0.63%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.42%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.21%) HNC
13 1 (0.21%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.21%) Numerate Degree
13 1 (0.21%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 134 (28.09%) Accessibility
2 67 (14.05%) WCAG
3 8 (1.68%) GRC
4 7 (1.47%) QA
5 5 (1.05%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.05%) GDPR
6 4 (0.84%) DO-254
7 1 (0.21%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.21%) NIST
System Software
1 33 (6.92%) Docker
2 16 (3.35%) Firmware
3 6 (1.26%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (3.56%) Terraform
2 14 (2.94%) HP Fortify
3 10 (2.10%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.05%) AWS Copilot
5 1 (0.21%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 111 (23.27%) Adobe
2 32 (6.71%) Microsoft
3 27 (5.66%) Google
4 12 (2.52%) OpenAI
5 11 (2.31%) EMC
5 11 (2.31%) Salesforce
6 7 (1.47%) Foundry
7 4 (0.84%) JD Edwards
7 4 (0.84%) Oracle
7 4 (0.84%) ServiceNow
8 3 (0.63%) Cognizant
8 3 (0.63%) Databricks
8 3 (0.63%) Hotjar
8 3 (0.63%) Motorola
8 3 (0.63%) SAP
8 3 (0.63%) Workday
9 2 (0.42%) Planon
9 2 (0.42%) Qualtrics
10 1 (0.21%) Guidewire
10 1 (0.21%) NVIDIA