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

6 months to
29 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 361 397
Rank change year-on-year +17 +36 -75
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 446 319 619
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.75% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.81% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 237 172 400
10th Percentile £44,989 £37,500 £37,125
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,095 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,249 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.08% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £87,250 £97,320
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 67,110 39,339 81,745
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.81% 92.87% 85.63%
Number of salaries quoted 41,656 22,592 59,463
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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 29 April 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 29 April 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 +44 384 £67,365 +12.27% 159
UK excluding London -26 258 £57,500 -4.17% 124
Work from Home +63 243 £67,500 +22.73% 45
London +33 141 £75,000 +36.36% 54
East of England +30 69 £60,000 +26.32% 27
South East -8 64 £56,500 -24.67% 35
North of England -39 60 £57,500 +4.55% 21
Yorkshire -43 28 £67,500 +22.73% 4
North West -41 23 £52,500 -4.55% 15
Midlands -29 19 £53,750 -10.42% 20
South West -66 19 £60,000 -12.44% 15
West Midlands -26 17 £53,750 -10.42% 13
Scotland -44 11 £54,500 +19.43% 7
North East -35 9 £52,500 -21.87% 2
Wales -38 8 £53,171 -3.33% 2
Northern Ireland - 8 £80,000 - 2
East Midlands -49 2 £101,250 - 7

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 (0.90%) CMS
1 4 (0.90%) WordPress
2 3 (0.67%) Headless CMS
3 2 (0.45%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.45%) Confluence
4 1 (0.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.22%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.22%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.22%) SAS
4 1 (0.22%) Strapi
Applications
1 31 (6.95%) Adobe XD
2 13 (2.91%) Sketch
3 8 (1.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 8 (1.79%) MS Visio
4 7 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
5 6 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
6 5 (1.12%) Fusion 360
7 4 (0.90%) InVision
8 3 (0.67%) Chatbot
9 2 (0.45%) CATIA
9 2 (0.45%) Photoshop
9 2 (0.45%) Siemens NX
9 2 (0.45%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (0.22%) Adobe Illustrator
10 1 (0.22%) Adobe Premiere
10 1 (0.22%) Blender
10 1 (0.22%) CINEMA 4D
10 1 (0.22%) InDesign
10 1 (0.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 1 (0.22%) Solid Edge
Business Applications
1 3 (0.67%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.67%) 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%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 124 (27.80%) Figma
2 89 (19.96%) AWS
3 84 (18.83%) Adobe Analytics
4 68 (15.25%) Azure
5 44 (9.87%) GCP
6 22 (4.93%) SaaS
7 19 (4.26%) Amazon ECR
7 19 (4.26%) Amazon ECS
7 19 (4.26%) AWS CloudFormation
7 19 (4.26%) Serverless
8 18 (4.04%) Amazon S3
9 16 (3.59%) AWS Lambda
9 16 (3.59%) AWS Step Functions
10 15 (3.36%) Amazon SQS
11 14 (3.14%) Apigee
11 14 (3.14%) Miro
11 14 (3.14%) Vertex AI
12 13 (2.91%) Google Analytics
13 10 (2.24%) Power Platform
14 9 (2.02%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 94 (21.08%) Broadband
2 6 (1.35%) TCP/IP
3 4 (0.90%) Bluetooth
4 3 (0.67%) Internet
4 3 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.67%) Wireless
5 2 (0.45%) LTE
5 2 (0.45%) Modbus
5 2 (0.45%) Software-Defined Radio
6 1 (0.22%) AMQP
6 1 (0.22%) Firewall
6 1 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.22%) MQTT
6 1 (0.22%) Network Security
6 1 (0.22%) RFID
6 1 (0.22%) VLAN
6 1 (0.22%) Wireshark
6 1 (0.22%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.59%) DynamoDB
2 9 (2.02%) Power BI
3 8 (1.79%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (1.35%) Redis
5 6 (1.35%) Semantic Layer
6 5 (1.12%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.12%) SQL Server
7 4 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.90%) DB2
7 4 (0.90%) DB2 UDB
7 4 (0.90%) QlikView
8 3 (0.67%) ClickHouse
8 3 (0.67%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.45%) Data Hub
9 2 (0.45%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.45%) GIS
9 2 (0.45%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 22 (4.93%) Axure RP
1 22 (4.93%) Balsamiq
2 18 (4.04%) Jenkins
3 15 (3.36%) Cypress.io
3 15 (3.36%) GitLab
4 14 (3.14%) Maven
4 14 (3.14%) SonarQube
5 9 (2.02%) JIRA
6 8 (1.79%) Git
7 2 (0.45%) Bitbucket
7 2 (0.45%) Octopus Deploy
7 2 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
8 1 (0.22%) Burp Suite
8 1 (0.22%) IDA Disassembler
8 1 (0.22%) Metasploit
8 1 (0.22%) Mocha
8 1 (0.22%) Zephyr
General
1 107 (23.99%) Social Skills
2 84 (18.83%) Finance
2 84 (18.83%) Games
3 70 (15.70%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (13.45%) Public Sector
5 56 (12.56%) Law
6 55 (12.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 35 (7.85%) Manufacturing
8 30 (6.73%) Electronics
9 23 (5.16%) Legal
10 19 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
11 14 (3.14%) Banking
12 13 (2.91%) Marketing
13 10 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
14 9 (2.02%) Retail
15 8 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
15 8 (1.79%) Telecoms
16 6 (1.35%) Aerospace
16 6 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
17 5 (1.12%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 110 (24.66%) Designer
2 74 (16.59%) Lead
3 63 (14.13%) Senior
4 45 (10.09%) UX Designer
5 44 (9.87%) Developer
6 36 (8.07%) Lead Designer
7 33 (7.40%) Architect
8 24 (5.38%) Software Engineer
9 22 (4.93%) Interaction Designer
10 21 (4.71%) Analyst
11 19 (4.26%) Consultant
11 19 (4.26%) Full-Stack Engineer
11 19 (4.26%) Product Manager
12 18 (4.04%) Solutions Architect
13 17 (3.81%) Digital Designer
13 17 (3.81%) Product Designer
13 17 (3.81%) Systems Engineer
14 16 (3.59%) Business Analyst
15 15 (3.36%) Senior Manager
16 14 (3.14%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (8.97%) HTML
2 37 (8.30%) CSS
3 31 (6.95%) React
4 24 (5.38%) .NET
5 23 (5.16%) AngularJS
6 22 (4.93%) Node.js
7 21 (4.71%) Spring Boot
8 16 (3.59%) Jest
8 16 (3.59%) REST
9 14 (3.14%) Gherkin
10 9 (2.02%) LangChain
10 9 (2.02%) PyTorch
11 8 (1.79%) TensorFlow
12 7 (1.57%) Google JAX
12 7 (1.57%) JAX
12 7 (1.57%) Spring
12 7 (1.57%) Vue
13 5 (1.12%) Django
13 5 (1.12%) Next.js
13 5 (1.12%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 82 (18.39%) Social Media
2 37 (8.30%) Product Ownership
3 35 (7.85%) Cloud Native
4 15 (3.36%) Public Cloud
5 11 (2.47%) Management Information System
5 11 (2.47%) Robotics
6 9 (2.02%) IoT
7 8 (1.79%) AI Agents
7 8 (1.79%) Life Science
7 8 (1.79%) Onboarding
8 7 (1.57%) Algorithms
8 7 (1.57%) CUDA
9 6 (1.35%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.35%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.35%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
10 5 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
10 5 (1.12%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 12 (2.69%) Linux
2 6 (1.35%) Android
2 6 (1.35%) Unix
3 3 (0.67%) Windows
4 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.22%) Kali Linux
4 1 (0.22%) ThreadX
4 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (54.71%) Agile
2 193 (43.27%) AI
3 163 (36.55%) User Research
4 154 (34.53%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 133 (29.82%) Analytics
6 120 (26.91%) Roadmaps
7 113 (25.34%) User Experience
8 105 (23.54%) Customer Experience
9 96 (21.52%) Product Roadmap
10 90 (20.18%) Problem-Solving
10 90 (20.18%) Storytelling
11 83 (18.61%) UX Design
12 82 (18.39%) Digital Customer Experience
13 74 (16.59%) Rapid Prototyping
14 73 (16.37%) Workshop Facilitation
15 70 (15.70%) Mentoring
16 63 (14.13%) Continuous Improvement
17 61 (13.68%) Software Engineering
18 55 (12.33%) Inclusive Design
19 53 (11.88%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 73 (16.37%) Python
2 59 (13.23%) Java
3 42 (9.42%) JavaScript
4 36 (8.07%) TypeScript
5 24 (5.38%) C#
6 22 (4.93%) SQL
7 17 (3.81%) C++
8 16 (3.59%) C
9 15 (3.36%) Bash
9 15 (3.36%) Groovy
10 5 (1.12%) Embedded C
11 3 (0.67%) Julia
11 3 (0.67%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.67%) Pascal
11 3 (0.67%) R
12 2 (0.45%) PHP
12 2 (0.45%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.22%) Rust
13 1 (0.22%) Scala
13 1 (0.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 115 (25.78%) Degree
2 81 (18.16%) Security Cleared
3 66 (14.80%) SC Cleared
4 17 (3.81%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (3.36%) DV Cleared
6 14 (3.14%) AWS Certification
6 14 (3.14%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 14 (3.14%) ITIL Certification
7 9 (2.02%) Master's Degree
8 5 (1.12%) PhD
9 4 (0.90%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (0.67%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.67%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.22%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.22%) HNC
11 1 (0.22%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.22%) PMP
11 1 (0.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (32.96%) Accessibility
2 73 (16.37%) WCAG
3 8 (1.79%) QA
4 7 (1.57%) GDPR
4 7 (1.57%) GRC
5 4 (0.90%) DO-254
5 4 (0.90%) ISO 13485
6 3 (0.67%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.22%) NIST
System Software
1 24 (5.38%) Docker
2 9 (2.02%) Firmware
3 1 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (3.14%) HP Fortify
2 12 (2.69%) Terraform
3 10 (2.24%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.12%) AWS Copilot
5 2 (0.45%) Ansible
6 1 (0.22%) Nessus
6 1 (0.22%) Nmap
6 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 125 (28.03%) Adobe
2 40 (8.97%) Microsoft
3 34 (7.62%) Google
4 9 (2.02%) OpenAI
5 8 (1.79%) EMC
5 8 (1.79%) Foundry
6 4 (0.90%) JD Edwards
6 4 (0.90%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.67%) Cognizant
7 3 (0.67%) Motorola
7 3 (0.67%) Qualtrics
7 3 (0.67%) ServiceNow
7 3 (0.67%) Workday
8 2 (0.45%) CA Agile Central
8 2 (0.45%) Databricks
8 2 (0.45%) Hotjar
8 2 (0.45%) SAP
9 1 (0.22%) Cisco
9 1 (0.22%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.22%) Siemens