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

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 308 425
Rank change year-on-year -62 +117 -115
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 495 454 475
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.92% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 1.03% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 278 184 274
10th Percentile £43,492 £37,500 £40,375
25th Percentile £50,601 £48,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £58,465
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +11.18% -10.05%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £108,375 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £62,875 £57,965
% change year-on-year -8.55% +8.47% -3.39%

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 74,889 44,229 70,800
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.63% 89.64% 81.30%
Number of salaries quoted 51,640 25,065 47,390
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -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 July 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 July 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 -12 407 £60,000 -7.69% 339
UK excluding London -56 301 £57,500 -8.55% 156
Work from Home -6 263 £66,703 +21.28% 140
London -12 144 £70,561 +1.70% 211
North of England -11 75 £50,000 -23.08% 36
East of England +27 71 £68,250 +51.67% 22
South East -26 69 £56,500 -7.00% 54
North West -16 32 £48,750 -28.84% 24
Yorkshire -14 25 £65,000 +9.24% 5
South West -52 22 £60,000 -5.88% 25
Wales -43 19 £53,171 -22.38% 5
Midlands -43 19 £68,665 +16.88% 10
North East -40 18 £56,250 -13.46% 7
West Midlands -26 16 £74,830 +24.72% 9
Scotland -72 15 £52,250 -16.82% 6
Northern Ireland -59 11 £80,000 -
East Midlands -37 3 £60,000 +81.82% 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 8 (1.62%) Confluence
2 7 (1.41%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.21%) Apache
4 4 (0.81%) CMS
5 3 (0.61%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.61%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.61%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.61%) WordPress
6 2 (0.40%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 19 (3.84%) Adobe XD
2 11 (2.22%) InDesign
2 11 (2.22%) Sketch
3 10 (2.02%) Adobe Illustrator
3 10 (2.02%) Photoshop
4 6 (1.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 5 (1.01%) Adobe After Effects
5 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (1.01%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (1.01%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (0.61%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.61%) Productboard
7 2 (0.40%) CATIA
7 2 (0.40%) InVision
7 2 (0.40%) Trello
7 2 (0.40%) Windchill
8 1 (0.20%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.20%) Simulink
8 1 (0.20%) Solid Edge
8 1 (0.20%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 3 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.40%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.40%) SAP S/4HANA
3 1 (0.20%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.20%) Maximo
3 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.20%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 110 (22.22%) Figma
2 84 (16.97%) AWS
3 73 (14.75%) Azure
4 72 (14.55%) Adobe Analytics
5 46 (9.29%) GCP
6 20 (4.04%) SaaS
7 17 (3.43%) Amazon ECR
7 17 (3.43%) Amazon S3
7 17 (3.43%) AWS CloudFormation
7 17 (3.43%) dbt
7 17 (3.43%) Serverless
8 16 (3.23%) Amazon ECS
9 14 (2.83%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (2.63%) GitHub
11 12 (2.42%) AWS Step Functions
12 11 (2.22%) Power Platform
13 10 (2.02%) Apigee
13 10 (2.02%) Cloud Computing
13 10 (2.02%) Microsoft Copilot
13 10 (2.02%) Vertex AI
Communications & Networking
1 84 (16.97%) Broadband
2 8 (1.62%) WPA
3 7 (1.41%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.01%) Intranet
5 4 (0.81%) Wireless
6 3 (0.61%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.40%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.40%) Internet
7 2 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.20%) AMQP
8 1 (0.20%) LTE
8 1 (0.20%) Modbus
8 1 (0.20%) MQTT
8 1 (0.20%) RS-232
8 1 (0.20%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.83%) DynamoDB
2 13 (2.63%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (2.22%) Redis
4 8 (1.62%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (1.62%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.41%) Power BI
6 6 (1.21%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.01%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.81%) Db2
8 4 (0.81%) DB2 UDB
8 4 (0.81%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.81%) QlikView
9 3 (0.61%) ClickHouse
9 3 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (0.61%) Hadoop
9 3 (0.61%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.40%) Big Data
10 2 (0.40%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.40%) Geospatial Data
10 2 (0.40%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 23 (4.65%) Git
2 16 (3.23%) JIRA
3 14 (2.83%) GitLab
4 12 (2.42%) Jenkins
5 11 (2.22%) Cypress.io
6 10 (2.02%) Axure RP
6 10 (2.02%) Maven
6 10 (2.02%) SonarQube
7 8 (1.62%) Balsamiq
7 8 (1.62%) LabVIEW
8 5 (1.01%) Postman
9 3 (0.61%) Claude Code
9 3 (0.61%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.61%) Eclipse RCP
10 2 (0.40%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.40%) Bower
10 2 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
11 1 (0.20%) MLflow
11 1 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 146 (29.49%) Social Skills
2 98 (19.80%) Finance
3 87 (17.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 76 (15.35%) Analytical Skills
5 74 (14.95%) Games
6 71 (14.34%) Public Sector
7 53 (10.71%) Electronics
8 45 (9.09%) Law
9 37 (7.47%) Manufacturing
10 25 (5.05%) Marketing
11 24 (4.85%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (3.43%) Legal
13 15 (3.03%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (2.42%) Retail
15 9 (1.82%) Aerospace
15 9 (1.82%) Banking
16 8 (1.62%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (1.41%) Influencing Skills
18 6 (1.21%) Advertising
18 6 (1.21%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 111 (22.42%) Designer
2 98 (19.80%) Senior
3 69 (13.94%) Lead
4 60 (12.12%) Developer
5 49 (9.90%) UX Designer
6 37 (7.47%) Architect
7 33 (6.67%) Lead Designer
8 32 (6.46%) Software Engineer
9 31 (6.26%) Systems Engineer
10 27 (5.45%) Interaction Designer
11 23 (4.65%) Senior Designer
12 20 (4.04%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 20 (4.04%) Delivery Manager
12 20 (4.04%) UI Designer
12 20 (4.04%) UI/UX Designer
13 19 (3.84%) Product Manager
14 18 (3.64%) Consultant
15 17 (3.43%) Senior Manager
15 17 (3.43%) Solutions Architect
16 15 (3.03%) Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (8.08%) HTML
2 36 (7.27%) CSS
3 23 (4.65%) React
4 18 (3.64%) AngularJS
5 16 (3.23%) .NET
6 15 (3.03%) LangChain
7 14 (2.83%) Spring Boot
8 12 (2.42%) REST
9 11 (2.22%) Jest
10 10 (2.02%) Gherkin
11 9 (1.82%) Web Services
12 8 (1.62%) JSON
13 7 (1.41%) Framer.js
13 7 (1.41%) Material Design
13 7 (1.41%) Node.js
13 7 (1.41%) RESTful
14 6 (1.21%) Django
14 6 (1.21%) XML
15 5 (1.01%) Ajax
15 5 (1.01%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 72 (14.55%) Social Media
2 38 (7.68%) Cloud Native
3 23 (4.65%) Product Ownership
4 18 (3.64%) Embedded Systems
4 18 (3.64%) Self-Motivation
5 17 (3.43%) IoT
6 15 (3.03%) FPGA
7 14 (2.83%) Public Cloud
8 12 (2.42%) AI Agents
8 12 (2.42%) Onboarding
8 12 (2.42%) Robotics
9 11 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (2.02%) Algorithms
10 10 (2.02%) Data Structures
10 10 (2.02%) Distributed Systems
10 10 (2.02%) Management Information System
11 9 (1.82%) Low-Code
12 8 (1.62%) Fibre Optics
12 8 (1.62%) Verilog
12 8 (1.62%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.83%) Linux
2 8 (1.62%) Unix
3 1 (0.20%) Android
3 1 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.20%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.20%) ThreadX
3 1 (0.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (49.90%) Agile
2 221 (44.65%) AI
3 160 (32.32%) User Research
4 136 (27.47%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 130 (26.26%) Analytics
6 123 (24.85%) Roadmaps
7 101 (20.40%) User Experience
8 98 (19.80%) Rapid Prototyping
9 93 (18.79%) Customer Experience
10 90 (18.18%) Product Roadmap
11 84 (16.97%) Mentoring
12 81 (16.36%) Problem-Solving
13 79 (15.96%) Storytelling
14 75 (15.15%) UX Design
15 73 (14.75%) Continuous Improvement
15 73 (14.75%) Software Engineering
16 72 (14.55%) Digital Customer Experience
17 62 (12.53%) Validation
18 56 (11.31%) Workshop Facilitation
19 54 (10.91%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 91 (18.38%) Python
2 43 (8.69%) Java
3 37 (7.47%) JavaScript
4 31 (6.26%) SQL
5 30 (6.06%) TypeScript
6 27 (5.45%) C
7 26 (5.25%) C#
7 26 (5.25%) C++
8 12 (2.42%) Bash
8 12 (2.42%) MATLAB
9 11 (2.22%) Groovy
10 5 (1.01%) Embedded C
10 5 (1.01%) PHP
11 4 (0.81%) Go
12 3 (0.61%) Julia
12 3 (0.61%) Pascal
12 3 (0.61%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.61%) Rust
13 1 (0.20%) Apex Code
13 1 (0.20%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 135 (27.27%) Degree
2 82 (16.57%) Security Cleared
3 66 (13.33%) SC Cleared
4 26 (5.25%) Master's Degree
5 18 (3.64%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (2.63%) AWS Certification
7 12 (2.42%) PhD
8 10 (2.02%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 10 (2.02%) DV Cleared
8 10 (2.02%) ITIL Certification
9 5 (1.01%) BPSS Clearance
9 5 (1.01%) HND
10 3 (0.61%) Postgraduate
11 2 (0.40%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.20%) HNC
12 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.20%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (26.87%) Accessibility
2 71 (14.34%) WCAG
3 11 (2.22%) QA
4 7 (1.41%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.81%) DO-254
5 4 (0.81%) GDPR
6 3 (0.61%) GRC
7 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.40%) JTAG
8 1 (0.20%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.20%) NIST
System Software
1 31 (6.26%) Docker
2 17 (3.43%) Firmware
3 7 (1.41%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (3.03%) Terraform
2 12 (2.42%) Kubernetes
3 10 (2.02%) HP Fortify
4 5 (1.01%) AWS Copilot
5 1 (0.20%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 102 (20.61%) Adobe
2 43 (8.69%) Microsoft
3 33 (6.67%) Google
4 21 (4.24%) OpenAI
5 13 (2.63%) EMC
6 11 (2.22%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.41%) Foundry
8 5 (1.01%) Databricks
9 4 (0.81%) JD Edwards
9 4 (0.81%) Oracle
9 4 (0.81%) SAP
9 4 (0.81%) Xilinx
10 3 (0.61%) Cognizant
10 3 (0.61%) Motorola
10 3 (0.61%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.40%) Altera
11 2 (0.40%) Hotjar
11 2 (0.40%) Intel
11 2 (0.40%) Revolut
11 2 (0.40%) Workday