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

6 months to
7 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 304 433
Rank change year-on-year -68 +129 -129
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 530 458 460
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.92% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 1.03% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 301 185 260
10th Percentile £43,250 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +10.54% -9.54%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £111,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £60,750 £58,465
% change year-on-year -7.00% +3.91% -2.56%

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 77,301 44,356 67,625
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.63% 89.43% 81.01%
Number of salaries quoted 53,282 25,229 44,135
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% -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 7 August 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 7 August 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 +1 439 £60,000 -7.69% 501
UK excluding London -52 328 £56,500 -7.00% 216
Work from Home +11 265 £65,925 +19.86% 186
London -17 151 £75,000 +8.09% 306
South East -3 82 £56,500 -7.00% 62
North of England -19 81 £52,500 -19.23% 44
East of England +25 72 £62,500 +38.89% 45
North West -6 36 £50,000 -27.94% 26
Yorkshire -10 24 £65,000 +20.37% 4
South West -54 24 £60,000 -5.88% 38
Wales -44 22 £53,171 -22.38% 3
Midlands -38 21 £60,000 +2.13% 16
North East -38 21 £57,500 -11.54% 14
West Midlands -27 17 £62,500 +4.17% 15
Scotland -69 15 £52,250 -16.82% 13
Northern Ireland -63 11 £80,000 - 1
East Midlands -36 4 £55,000 +66.67% 1

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 10 (1.89%) Confluence
2 7 (1.32%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.13%) Apache
4 5 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.75%) CMS
5 4 (0.75%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.57%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.57%) WordPress
7 2 (0.38%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 19 (3.58%) Adobe XD
2 11 (2.08%) InDesign
2 11 (2.08%) Sketch
3 10 (1.89%) Adobe Illustrator
3 10 (1.89%) Photoshop
3 10 (1.89%) SOLIDWORKS
4 7 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (1.13%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.94%) Adobe After Effects
6 5 (0.94%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.94%) Solid Edge
7 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
8 3 (0.57%) Productboard
8 3 (0.57%) Zeplin
9 2 (0.38%) EPLAN
9 2 (0.38%) InVision
9 2 (0.38%) Trello
9 2 (0.38%) Windchill
10 1 (0.19%) Mathcad
10 1 (0.19%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.38%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.38%) SAP MM
2 2 (0.38%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.19%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.19%) Maximo
3 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.19%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 115 (21.70%) Figma
2 88 (16.60%) AWS
3 74 (13.96%) Azure
4 71 (13.40%) Adobe Analytics
5 46 (8.68%) GCP
6 22 (4.15%) SaaS
7 19 (3.58%) Amazon S3
7 19 (3.58%) Serverless
8 18 (3.40%) dbt
9 17 (3.21%) Amazon ECS
10 16 (3.02%) Amazon ECR
10 16 (3.02%) AWS CloudFormation
10 16 (3.02%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (3.02%) GitHub
11 12 (2.26%) Microsoft Copilot
11 12 (2.26%) Power Platform
12 11 (2.08%) Anthropic Claude
12 11 (2.08%) AWS Step Functions
12 11 (2.08%) Microsoft 365
13 10 (1.89%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 83 (15.66%) Broadband
2 8 (1.51%) WPA
3 7 (1.32%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.94%) Intranet
5 4 (0.75%) Wireless
6 3 (0.57%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.38%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.38%) Internet
7 2 (0.38%) RS-485
7 2 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.19%) AMQP
8 1 (0.19%) LTE
8 1 (0.19%) Modbus
8 1 (0.19%) MQTT
8 1 (0.19%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.02%) DynamoDB
2 15 (2.83%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (2.45%) Redis
4 8 (1.51%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (1.51%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.32%) Power BI
6 6 (1.13%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.94%) Amazon RDS
7 5 (0.94%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.75%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.57%) ClickHouse
9 3 (0.57%) Db2
9 3 (0.57%) DB2 UDB
9 3 (0.57%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (0.57%) Hadoop
9 3 (0.57%) QlikView
10 2 (0.38%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (0.38%) Apache Iceberg
10 2 (0.38%) Data Hub
10 2 (0.38%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 24 (4.53%) Git
2 18 (3.40%) JIRA
3 13 (2.45%) GitLab
4 11 (2.08%) Jenkins
5 10 (1.89%) Axure RP
5 10 (1.89%) Cypress.io
6 9 (1.70%) Maven
6 9 (1.70%) SonarQube
7 8 (1.51%) Balsamiq
7 8 (1.51%) LabVIEW
8 5 (0.94%) Postman
9 4 (0.75%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.57%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.57%) Eclipse RCP
11 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.38%) Bower
11 2 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
12 1 (0.19%) MLflow
12 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 166 (31.32%) Social Skills
2 103 (19.43%) Finance
3 95 (17.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 83 (15.66%) Analytical Skills
5 73 (13.77%) Games
6 72 (13.58%) Public Sector
7 64 (12.08%) Electronics
8 49 (9.25%) Law
9 45 (8.49%) Manufacturing
10 28 (5.28%) Marketing
11 24 (4.53%) Presentation Skills
12 19 (3.58%) Aerospace
13 17 (3.21%) Legal
13 17 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (2.26%) Retail
15 8 (1.51%) Banking
15 8 (1.51%) Documentation Skills
15 8 (1.51%) Influencing Skills
16 7 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
17 6 (1.13%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 114 (21.51%) Designer
2 109 (20.57%) Senior
3 66 (12.45%) Lead
4 62 (11.70%) Developer
5 48 (9.06%) UX Designer
6 38 (7.17%) Architect
7 34 (6.42%) Software Engineer
8 32 (6.04%) Lead Designer
9 31 (5.85%) Systems Engineer
10 28 (5.28%) Interaction Designer
11 25 (4.72%) Senior Designer
12 23 (4.34%) Consultant
13 21 (3.96%) Product Manager
14 19 (3.58%) Agile Delivery Manager
14 19 (3.58%) Delivery Manager
14 19 (3.58%) UI Designer
14 19 (3.58%) UI/UX Designer
15 17 (3.21%) Analyst
15 17 (3.21%) Senior Manager
15 17 (3.21%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (7.74%) HTML
2 37 (6.98%) CSS
3 26 (4.91%) React
4 19 (3.58%) LangChain
5 17 (3.21%) AngularJS
6 16 (3.02%) .NET
7 13 (2.45%) Spring Boot
8 12 (2.26%) REST
9 10 (1.89%) Jest
10 9 (1.70%) Gherkin
10 9 (1.70%) Web Services
11 8 (1.51%) JSON
12 7 (1.32%) AWS CDK
12 7 (1.32%) Django
12 7 (1.32%) Framer.js
12 7 (1.32%) Material Design
12 7 (1.32%) Node.js
12 7 (1.32%) RESTful
13 6 (1.13%) Next.js
13 6 (1.13%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 71 (13.40%) Social Media
2 41 (7.74%) Cloud Native
3 28 (5.28%) Product Ownership
4 23 (4.34%) Embedded Systems
5 19 (3.58%) AI Agents
6 18 (3.40%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (3.21%) FPGA
7 17 (3.21%) Public Cloud
8 16 (3.02%) IoT
9 14 (2.64%) Robotics
10 12 (2.26%) Algorithms
10 12 (2.26%) Distributed Systems
10 12 (2.26%) Management Information System
10 12 (2.26%) Onboarding
11 11 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.89%) Low-Code
13 9 (1.70%) Data Structures
13 9 (1.70%) Life Science
13 9 (1.70%) VHDL
14 8 (1.51%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.64%) Linux
2 8 (1.51%) Unix
3 1 (0.19%) Android
3 1 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.19%) ThreadX
3 1 (0.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 257 (48.49%) Agile
2 238 (44.91%) AI
3 161 (30.38%) User Research
4 138 (26.04%) Analytics
5 136 (25.66%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 124 (23.40%) Roadmaps
7 110 (20.75%) User Experience
8 106 (20.00%) Rapid Prototyping
9 95 (17.92%) Customer Experience
10 91 (17.17%) Mentoring
10 91 (17.17%) Problem-Solving
11 90 (16.98%) Product Roadmap
12 86 (16.23%) Continuous Improvement
13 82 (15.47%) UX Design
14 78 (14.72%) Software Engineering
14 78 (14.72%) Storytelling
15 72 (13.58%) Validation
16 71 (13.40%) Digital Customer Experience
17 60 (11.32%) Workshop Facilitation
18 59 (11.13%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 96 (18.11%) Python
2 44 (8.30%) Java
3 38 (7.17%) JavaScript
4 34 (6.42%) TypeScript
5 31 (5.85%) SQL
6 28 (5.28%) C
7 26 (4.91%) C#
7 26 (4.91%) C++
8 12 (2.26%) MATLAB
9 11 (2.08%) Bash
10 10 (1.89%) Groovy
11 6 (1.13%) Embedded C
11 6 (1.13%) Go
12 5 (0.94%) PHP
13 3 (0.57%) Julia
13 3 (0.57%) Pascal
13 3 (0.57%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.57%) Rust
14 1 (0.19%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.19%) R
Qualifications
1 149 (28.11%) Degree
2 91 (17.17%) Security Cleared
3 68 (12.83%) SC Cleared
4 27 (5.09%) Master's Degree
5 19 (3.58%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (2.45%) PhD
7 12 (2.26%) AWS Certification
7 12 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 10 (1.89%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.70%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 9 (1.70%) ITIL Certification
10 6 (1.13%) HND
11 3 (0.57%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.38%) Azure Certification
12 2 (0.38%) Chartered Engineer
12 2 (0.38%) HNC
13 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (26.60%) Accessibility
2 71 (13.40%) WCAG
3 14 (2.64%) QA
4 9 (1.70%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.75%) DO-254
5 4 (0.75%) GDPR
6 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.38%) JTAG
7 1 (0.19%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.19%) GRC
7 1 (0.19%) GxP
7 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.19%) NIST
System Software
1 32 (6.04%) Docker
2 20 (3.77%) Firmware
3 7 (1.32%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (3.40%) Terraform
2 14 (2.64%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.70%) HP Fortify
4 5 (0.94%) AWS Copilot
5 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 101 (19.06%) Adobe
2 48 (9.06%) Microsoft
3 35 (6.60%) Google
4 24 (4.53%) OpenAI
5 16 (3.02%) EMC
6 10 (1.89%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.51%) Databricks
7 8 (1.51%) Foundry
7 8 (1.51%) SAP
8 4 (0.75%) Oracle
8 4 (0.75%) Xilinx
9 3 (0.57%) Cognizant
9 3 (0.57%) JD Edwards
9 3 (0.57%) Motorola
10 2 (0.38%) Altera
10 2 (0.38%) Autodesk
10 2 (0.38%) Hotjar
10 2 (0.38%) Intel
10 2 (0.38%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.38%) Workday