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

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 337 353 395
Rank change year-on-year +16 +42 -66
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 446 326 620
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.77% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.83% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 237 174 403
10th Percentile £44,989 £37,500 £33,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £45,784 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.67% +4.35% -11.54%
75th Percentile £80,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £115,000 £86,750 £97,148
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 66,454 39,098 81,741
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.05% 92.85% 85.76%
Number of salaries quoted 41,096 22,768 59,613
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £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% -10.90%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 25 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 25 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 +31 385 £67,249 +12.08% 156
UK excluding London -32 256 £57,500 -4.17% 129
Work from Home +62 241 £67,500 +22.73% 101
London +27 142 £75,000 +36.36% 48
East of England +17 68 £70,000 +47.37% 21
South East -14 65 £57,000 -24.00% 38
North of England -36 58 £57,500 +4.55% 25
Yorkshire -42 27 £67,500 +22.73% 5
North West -44 23 £52,500 -4.55% 16
South West -76 20 £60,000 -12.44% 14
Midlands -41 18 £55,000 -8.33% 24
West Midlands -23 16 £55,000 -8.33% 18
Scotland -40 12 £52,250 +14.50% 6
Wales -35 8 £53,171 -13.28% 3
North East -41 8 £47,500 -29.31% 4
Northern Ireland - 7 £80,000 - 3
East Midlands -58 2 £101,250 - 6

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%) Confluence
2 3 (0.67%) Headless CMS
3 2 (0.45%) Apache Spark
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 32 (7.17%) 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
1 125 (28.03%) Figma
2 89 (19.96%) AWS
3 84 (18.83%) Adobe Analytics
4 69 (15.47%) Azure
5 44 (9.87%) GCP
6 21 (4.71%) 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
10 15 (3.36%) Miro
11 14 (3.14%) Apigee
11 14 (3.14%) Vertex AI
12 13 (2.91%) Google Analytics
13 10 (2.24%) Power Platform
14 9 (2.02%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 94 (21.08%) Broadband
2 6 (1.35%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.12%) Internet
4 4 (0.90%) Bluetooth
5 3 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.67%) Wireless
6 2 (0.45%) LTE
6 2 (0.45%) Modbus
6 2 (0.45%) Software-Defined Radio
7 1 (0.22%) AMQP
7 1 (0.22%) Firewall
7 1 (0.22%) Intrusion Detection
7 1 (0.22%) MQTT
7 1 (0.22%) Network Security
7 1 (0.22%) RFID
7 1 (0.22%) VLAN
7 1 (0.22%) Wireshark
7 1 (0.22%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (3.59%) DynamoDB
2 9 (2.02%) Power BI
3 7 (1.57%) Amazon RDS
3 7 (1.57%) Elasticsearch
4 6 (1.35%) PostgreSQL
4 6 (1.35%) Redis
4 6 (1.35%) Semantic Layer
5 5 (1.12%) NoSQL
5 5 (1.12%) SQL Server
6 4 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.90%) DB2
6 4 (0.90%) DB2 UDB
6 4 (0.90%) QlikView
7 3 (0.67%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.45%) ClickHouse
8 2 (0.45%) Data Hub
8 2 (0.45%) Data Mining
8 2 (0.45%) GIS
8 2 (0.45%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 23 (5.16%) Axure RP
1 23 (5.16%) Balsamiq
2 18 (4.04%) Jenkins
3 15 (3.36%) Cypress.io
4 14 (3.14%) GitLab
4 14 (3.14%) Maven
4 14 (3.14%) SonarQube
5 10 (2.24%) JIRA
6 9 (2.02%) 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
1 108 (24.22%) Social Skills
2 84 (18.83%) Games
3 83 (18.61%) Finance
4 68 (15.25%) Analytical Skills
5 60 (13.45%) Public Sector
6 58 (13.00%) Law
7 55 (12.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 34 (7.62%) Manufacturing
9 31 (6.95%) Electronics
10 23 (5.16%) Legal
11 19 (4.26%) Presentation Skills
12 13 (2.91%) Banking
13 12 (2.69%) Marketing
14 10 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (2.02%) Retail
16 8 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
17 7 (1.57%) Telecoms
18 6 (1.35%) Aerospace
18 6 (1.35%) Influencing Skills
18 6 (1.35%) Police
Job Titles
1 112 (25.11%) Designer
2 73 (16.37%) Lead
3 64 (14.35%) Senior
4 45 (10.09%) UX Designer
5 43 (9.64%) Developer
6 36 (8.07%) Lead Designer
7 32 (7.17%) Architect
8 25 (5.61%) Software Engineer
9 23 (5.16%) Interaction Designer
10 21 (4.71%) Analyst
11 20 (4.48%) Full-Stack Engineer
12 19 (4.26%) Consultant
12 19 (4.26%) Product Manager
13 18 (4.04%) Solutions Architect
14 17 (3.81%) Digital Designer
14 17 (3.81%) Product Designer
14 17 (3.81%) Systems Engineer
15 16 (3.59%) Business Analyst
16 15 (3.36%) Senior Manager
17 14 (3.14%) Systems Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (8.97%) HTML
2 37 (8.30%) CSS
3 32 (7.17%) React
4 24 (5.38%) .NET
5 23 (5.16%) AngularJS
5 23 (5.16%) Node.js
6 21 (4.71%) Spring Boot
7 16 (3.59%) Jest
7 16 (3.59%) REST
8 14 (3.14%) Gherkin
9 9 (2.02%) LangChain
9 9 (2.02%) PyTorch
10 8 (1.79%) TensorFlow
11 7 (1.57%) Google JAX
11 7 (1.57%) JAX
11 7 (1.57%) Spring
11 7 (1.57%) Vue
12 6 (1.35%) Next.js
13 5 (1.12%) Django
13 5 (1.12%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 82 (18.39%) Social Media
2 38 (8.52%) Product Ownership
3 37 (8.30%) 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%) Blog
8 7 (1.57%) CUDA
9 6 (1.35%) Greenfield Project
9 6 (1.35%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (1.35%) Mobile App
9 6 (1.35%) Virtual Team
10 5 (1.12%) Cyber Threat
10 5 (1.12%) Distributed Systems
10 5 (1.12%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 13 (2.91%) 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
1 248 (55.61%) Agile
2 191 (42.83%) AI
3 164 (36.77%) User Research
4 157 (35.20%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 132 (29.60%) Analytics
6 120 (26.91%) Roadmaps
7 115 (25.78%) User Experience
8 105 (23.54%) Customer Experience
9 97 (21.75%) 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%) Workshop Facilitation
14 72 (16.14%) Rapid Prototyping
15 69 (15.47%) Mentoring
16 63 (14.13%) Continuous Improvement
16 63 (14.13%) Software Engineering
17 55 (12.33%) Inclusive Design
18 53 (11.88%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 74 (16.59%) Python
2 60 (13.45%) Java
3 44 (9.87%) JavaScript
4 37 (8.30%) TypeScript
5 23 (5.16%) C#
6 21 (4.71%) SQL
7 18 (4.04%) C++
8 17 (3.81%) 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%) MATLAB
13 1 (0.22%) Scala
13 1 (0.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 117 (26.23%) Degree
2 82 (18.39%) Security Cleared
3 66 (14.80%) SC Cleared
4 16 (3.59%) 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%) BPSS Clearance
9 4 (0.90%) Numerate Degree
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
1 149 (33.41%) Accessibility
2 73 (16.37%) WCAG
3 7 (1.57%) GDPR
3 7 (1.57%) GRC
3 7 (1.57%) QA
4 4 (0.90%) DO-254
4 4 (0.90%) ISO 13485
5 2 (0.45%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.22%) NIST
System Software
1 25 (5.61%) Docker
2 9 (2.02%) Firmware
3 1 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 14 (3.14%) HP Fortify
2 11 (2.47%) 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
1 126 (28.25%) 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%) Hotjar
8 2 (0.45%) SAP
9 1 (0.22%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.22%) Cisco
9 1 (0.22%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.22%) Siemens