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 10 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 348 316 325
Rank change year-on-year -32 +9 +6
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 586 410 544
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.83% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 0.93% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 394 176 196
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,000 £47,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £93,125 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,125 £120,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £60,375 £63,750
% change year-on-year -7.25% -5.29% +2.00%

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 86,418 43,977 59,769
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.19% 88.96% 82.26%
Number of salaries quoted 59,113 24,503 32,039
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
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 10 October 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 10 October 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 +24 504 £60,000 -14.29% 1,680
UK excluding London -16 396 £56,000 -7.25% 798
Work from Home -38 184 £65,000 +19.27% 673
London -31 150 £75,000 - 973
North of England +12 109 £55,000 -12.00% 151
South East -7 106 £56,000 -13.85% 211
East of England +14 65 £60,000 -15.79% 148
North West +14 62 £55,000 -17.79% 85
Midlands -18 42 £57,500 -2.13% 57
South West -48 34 £57,500 -32.35% 110
West Midlands -21 32 £57,500 -4.17% 40
North East -47 29 £60,000 -7.69% 29
Wales -60 24 £53,171 -2.88% 18
Yorkshire -19 18 £50,000 +63.93% 38
Scotland -64 13 £55,000 -25.48% 68
East Midlands -37 10 £45,000 +36.36% 17
Northern Ireland -71 9 £80,000 +8.40% 36

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 13 (2.22%) Apache Spark
2 12 (2.05%) Apache
3 11 (1.88%) Confluence
4 10 (1.71%) SharePoint
5 9 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (1.19%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.85%) CMS
8 4 (0.68%) Microsoft Exchange
9 2 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.34%) WordPress
10 1 (0.17%) Apache Superset
10 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 22 (3.75%) SOLIDWORKS
2 19 (3.24%) Adobe Illustrator
2 19 (3.24%) Photoshop
3 17 (2.90%) Adobe XD
4 14 (2.39%) InDesign
5 12 (2.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 10 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
7 8 (1.37%) EPLAN
7 8 (1.37%) Sketch
8 7 (1.19%) Solid Edge
9 5 (0.85%) Adobe After Effects
9 5 (0.85%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.85%) OrCAD
10 3 (0.51%) Productboard
10 3 (0.51%) UserZoom
10 3 (0.51%) Zeplin
11 2 (0.34%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.34%) InVision
11 2 (0.34%) Simulink
11 2 (0.34%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (1.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.68%) SAP SD
3 3 (0.51%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.17%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 97 (16.55%) Figma
2 84 (14.33%) AWS
3 67 (11.43%) Azure
4 42 (7.17%) GCP
5 28 (4.78%) GitHub
6 19 (3.24%) Power Platform
7 18 (3.07%) Amazon S3
7 18 (3.07%) Anthropic Claude
7 18 (3.07%) Microsoft 365
8 16 (2.73%) SaaS
8 16 (2.73%) Serverless
9 15 (2.56%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (2.39%) dbt
10 14 (2.39%) Microsoft Copilot
11 11 (1.88%) Azure AI
11 11 (1.88%) Google Analytics
12 10 (1.71%) Adobe Analytics
12 10 (1.71%) Copilot Studio
12 10 (1.71%) Power Automate
13 9 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.88%) Broadband
2 8 (1.37%) Wireless
2 8 (1.37%) WPA
3 6 (1.02%) Ethernet
4 5 (0.85%) Intranet
4 5 (0.85%) Software-Defined Radio
5 3 (0.51%) RS-485
5 3 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.34%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.34%) RS-232
6 2 (0.34%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.17%) Internet
7 1 (0.17%) J1939
7 1 (0.17%) LTE
7 1 (0.17%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.39%) DynamoDB
2 11 (1.88%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (1.88%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.37%) Power BI
3 8 (1.37%) Redis
4 6 (1.02%) Metadata
4 6 (1.02%) MongoDB
4 6 (1.02%) Relational Database
5 4 (0.68%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
5 4 (0.68%) Hadoop
6 3 (0.51%) Amazon Athena
6 3 (0.51%) Data Lake
6 3 (0.51%) NoSQL
6 3 (0.51%) Tableau
7 2 (0.34%) Big Data
7 2 (0.34%) ClickHouse
7 2 (0.34%) Delta Lake
7 2 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
7 2 (0.34%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 28 (4.78%) Git
2 19 (3.24%) GitLab
2 19 (3.24%) JIRA
3 8 (1.37%) Axure RP
3 8 (1.37%) LabVIEW
4 7 (1.19%) Claude Code
4 7 (1.19%) Cypress.io
4 7 (1.19%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.02%) Balsamiq
5 6 (1.02%) Postman
6 5 (0.85%) Maven
6 5 (0.85%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.51%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.51%) Eclipse RCP
8 2 (0.34%) Bower
8 2 (0.34%) MLflow
9 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.17%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.17%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.17%) ERwin
General
1 225 (38.40%) Social Skills
2 124 (21.16%) Electronics
3 111 (18.94%) Manufacturing
4 106 (18.09%) Finance
5 98 (16.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 89 (15.19%) Public Sector
7 72 (12.29%) Analytical Skills
8 58 (9.90%) Aerospace
9 54 (9.22%) Law
10 38 (6.48%) Marketing
11 34 (5.80%) Presentation Skills
12 31 (5.29%) Automotive
13 23 (3.92%) Retail
14 18 (3.07%) Organisational Skills
15 15 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
15 15 (2.56%) Legal
16 14 (2.39%) Games
17 13 (2.22%) Military
18 12 (2.05%) Banking
19 10 (1.71%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 149 (25.43%) Senior
2 119 (20.31%) Designer
3 61 (10.41%) Developer
4 51 (8.70%) Lead
5 49 (8.36%) Electronics Engineer
6 47 (8.02%) Software Engineer
7 46 (7.85%) UX Designer
8 35 (5.97%) Senior Designer
9 29 (4.95%) Interaction Designer
10 26 (4.44%) Design Engineer
11 25 (4.27%) Architect
12 24 (4.10%) UI Designer
12 24 (4.10%) UI/UX Designer
13 22 (3.75%) Agile Delivery Manager
13 22 (3.75%) Delivery Manager
14 20 (3.41%) Full-Stack Developer
15 19 (3.24%) Consultant
15 19 (3.24%) Lead Designer
16 18 (3.07%) Software Developer
16 18 (3.07%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (7.34%) HTML
2 42 (7.17%) CSS
3 38 (6.48%) React
4 25 (4.27%) .NET
5 18 (3.07%) LangChain
5 18 (3.07%) REST
5 18 (3.07%) Terraform
6 17 (2.90%) Spring Boot
7 15 (2.56%) Kafka
8 13 (2.22%) Spring
8 13 (2.22%) Web Services
9 12 (2.05%) AngularJS
10 11 (1.88%) FastAPI
11 10 (1.71%) JSON
11 10 (1.71%) RESTful
12 9 (1.54%) AWS CDK
12 9 (1.54%) Framer.js
13 8 (1.37%) LlamaIndex
13 8 (1.37%) Next.js
14 7 (1.19%) Material Design
Miscellaneous
1 44 (7.51%) Cloud Native
2 40 (6.83%) Embedded Systems
3 31 (5.29%) Self-Motivation
4 30 (5.12%) AI Agents
5 29 (4.95%) Product Ownership
6 25 (4.27%) Robotics
7 22 (3.75%) IoT
8 20 (3.41%) FPGA
9 19 (3.24%) Analogue Electronics
10 18 (3.07%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (2.56%) Onboarding
12 13 (2.22%) Algorithms
12 13 (2.22%) Mobile App
13 11 (1.88%) Life Science
13 11 (1.88%) Social Media
14 10 (1.71%) Data Structures
14 10 (1.71%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (1.54%) Acoustics
15 9 (1.54%) Management Information System
16 8 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.54%) Android
1 9 (1.54%) Linux
2 8 (1.37%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.51%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (0.34%) Unix
5 1 (0.17%) Mac OS
5 1 (0.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (36.01%) AI
2 193 (32.94%) Agile
3 140 (23.89%) Continuous Improvement
4 128 (21.84%) Problem-Solving
5 119 (20.31%) User Experience
6 113 (19.28%) Rapid Prototyping
7 110 (18.77%) Validation
8 107 (18.26%) Mentoring
9 106 (18.09%) User Research
10 98 (16.72%) Software Engineering
11 89 (15.19%) Analytics
12 78 (13.31%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 78 (13.31%) UX Design
13 76 (12.97%) CI/CD
14 69 (11.77%) LLM
15 63 (10.75%) Service Design
16 57 (9.73%) Roadmaps
17 56 (9.56%) Wireframes
18 54 (9.22%) Workflow
19 51 (8.70%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 107 (18.26%) Python
2 48 (8.19%) TypeScript
3 46 (7.85%) JavaScript
4 42 (7.17%) SQL
5 39 (6.66%) Java
6 31 (5.29%) C++
7 30 (5.12%) C
8 29 (4.95%) C#
9 17 (2.90%) MATLAB
10 10 (1.71%) Rust
11 8 (1.37%) Bash
12 7 (1.19%) Embedded C
13 6 (1.02%) Embedded C++
13 6 (1.02%) Go
13 6 (1.02%) Groovy
14 5 (0.85%) PHP
15 4 (0.68%) PowerShell
15 4 (0.68%) R
16 3 (0.51%) T-SQL
17 2 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 207 (35.32%) Degree
2 118 (20.14%) Security Cleared
3 92 (15.70%) SC Cleared
4 27 (4.61%) Master's Degree
5 22 (3.75%) BPSS Clearance
6 21 (3.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (3.24%) HND
8 16 (2.73%) PhD
9 14 (2.39%) HNC
10 12 (2.05%) AWS Certification
10 12 (2.05%) Chartered Engineer
11 5 (0.85%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 5 (0.85%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.85%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (0.68%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.34%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.17%) OCP
14 1 (0.17%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (15.87%) Accessibility
2 41 (7.00%) WCAG
3 20 (3.41%) QA
4 12 (2.05%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.02%) ISO 9001
6 4 (0.68%) GDPR
7 3 (0.51%) EU AI Act
7 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.51%) JTAG
8 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.34%) GRC
8 2 (0.34%) MISRA
9 1 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.17%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.17%) IASME
9 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 42 (7.17%) Docker
2 37 (6.31%) Firmware
3 14 (2.39%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (3.41%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.02%) Grafana
3 5 (0.85%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.17%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 55 (9.39%) Microsoft
2 49 (8.36%) Adobe
3 35 (5.97%) EMC
4 33 (5.63%) OpenAI
5 19 (3.24%) Google
6 12 (2.05%) Databricks
7 11 (1.88%) SAP
8 9 (1.54%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.37%) Autodesk
10 6 (1.02%) Foundry
10 6 (1.02%) Thales
11 5 (0.85%) Siemens
12 3 (0.51%) Apple
12 3 (0.51%) DocuSign
12 3 (0.51%) HighQ
12 3 (0.51%) Legora
12 3 (0.51%) Oracle
12 3 (0.51%) Xilinx
13 2 (0.34%) IBM
13 2 (0.34%) Intel