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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 360 322 342
Rank change year-on-year -38 +20 -9
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 583 415 542
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.83% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 0.94% 0.91%
Number of salaries quoted 394 177 196
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 £92,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £120,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £60,375 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.25% -3.40% -

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 86,265 44,296 59,619
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.17% 89.00% 82.18%
Number of salaries quoted 59,107 24,598 32,082
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 9 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 9 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 +18 500 £60,000 -14.29% 1,509
UK excluding London -20 392 £56,000 -7.25% 675
Work from Home -24 185 £65,000 +19.27% 564
London -48 149 £75,000 - 893
North of England -4 107 £55,000 -12.00% 124
South East -7 104 £56,000 -13.85% 189
East of England +10 65 £60,000 -15.79% 131
North West +11 60 £55,000 -17.79% 67
Midlands -21 43 £56,250 -4.26% 52
West Midlands -15 33 £57,500 -4.17% 36
South West -51 33 £57,500 -32.35% 90
North East -41 29 £60,000 -7.69% 27
Wales -58 24 £53,171 -2.88% 15
Yorkshire -24 18 £50,000 +63.93% 31
Scotland -60 13 £55,000 -25.48% 54
East Midlands -36 10 £45,000 +36.36% 16
Northern Ireland -72 9 £80,000 +8.40% 21

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 (2.23%) Apache Spark
2 12 (2.06%) Apache
3 11 (1.89%) Confluence
4 10 (1.72%) SharePoint
5 9 (1.54%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (1.20%) Jupyter
7 5 (0.86%) CMS
8 4 (0.69%) 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 (3.77%) SOLIDWORKS
2 19 (3.26%) Adobe Illustrator
2 19 (3.26%) Photoshop
3 17 (2.92%) Adobe XD
4 14 (2.40%) InDesign
5 12 (2.06%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 10 (1.72%) Microsoft Excel
7 8 (1.37%) EPLAN
7 8 (1.37%) Sketch
8 7 (1.20%) Solid Edge
9 5 (0.86%) Adobe After Effects
9 5 (0.86%) MS Visio
9 5 (0.86%) 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 (0.69%) 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 (16.64%) Figma
2 84 (14.41%) AWS
3 66 (11.32%) Azure
4 42 (7.20%) GCP
5 28 (4.80%) GitHub
6 19 (3.26%) Power Platform
7 18 (3.09%) Amazon S3
7 18 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
8 17 (2.92%) Anthropic Claude
9 16 (2.74%) SaaS
9 16 (2.74%) Serverless
10 15 (2.57%) AWS Lambda
11 14 (2.40%) dbt
11 14 (2.40%) Microsoft Copilot
12 11 (1.89%) Azure AI
12 11 (1.89%) Google Analytics
13 10 (1.72%) Adobe Analytics
13 10 (1.72%) Copilot Studio
13 10 (1.72%) Power Automate
14 9 (1.54%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.89%) Broadband
2 8 (1.37%) Wireless
2 8 (1.37%) WPA
3 6 (1.03%) Ethernet
4 5 (0.86%) Intranet
4 5 (0.86%) Software-Defined Radio
5 3 (0.51%) RS-485
5 3 (0.51%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.34%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.34%) Internet
6 2 (0.34%) RS-232
6 2 (0.34%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.17%) J1939
7 1 (0.17%) LTE
7 1 (0.17%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.40%) DynamoDB
2 11 (1.89%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (1.89%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.37%) Power BI
3 8 (1.37%) Redis
4 6 (1.03%) MongoDB
4 6 (1.03%) Relational Database
5 5 (0.86%) Metadata
6 4 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
6 4 (0.69%) Hadoop
7 3 (0.51%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (0.51%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.51%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.51%) Tableau
8 2 (0.34%) Big Data
8 2 (0.34%) ClickHouse
8 2 (0.34%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.34%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 27 (4.63%) Git
2 19 (3.26%) GitLab
3 18 (3.09%) JIRA
4 8 (1.37%) Axure RP
4 8 (1.37%) LabVIEW
5 7 (1.20%) Claude Code
5 7 (1.20%) Cypress.io
5 7 (1.20%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.03%) Balsamiq
6 6 (1.03%) Postman
7 5 (0.86%) Maven
7 5 (0.86%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.51%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.51%) Eclipse RCP
9 2 (0.34%) Bower
9 2 (0.34%) MLflow
10 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.17%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.17%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.17%) ERwin
General
1 226 (38.77%) Social Skills
2 122 (20.93%) Electronics
3 110 (18.87%) Manufacturing
4 105 (18.01%) Finance
5 98 (16.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 88 (15.09%) Public Sector
7 72 (12.35%) Analytical Skills
8 58 (9.95%) Aerospace
9 53 (9.09%) Law
10 39 (6.69%) Marketing
11 33 (5.66%) Presentation Skills
12 31 (5.32%) Automotive
13 23 (3.95%) Retail
14 18 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
15 14 (2.40%) Games
15 14 (2.40%) Influencing Skills
15 14 (2.40%) Legal
16 13 (2.23%) Military
17 12 (2.06%) Banking
18 10 (1.72%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 150 (25.73%) Senior
2 119 (20.41%) Designer
3 61 (10.46%) Developer
4 50 (8.58%) Lead
5 48 (8.23%) Electronics Engineer
6 46 (7.89%) Software Engineer
6 46 (7.89%) UX Designer
7 36 (6.17%) Senior Designer
8 30 (5.15%) Interaction Designer
9 26 (4.46%) Design Engineer
10 25 (4.29%) Architect
11 24 (4.12%) UI Designer
11 24 (4.12%) UI/UX Designer
12 22 (3.77%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 22 (3.77%) Delivery Manager
13 20 (3.43%) Full-Stack Developer
14 19 (3.26%) Consultant
14 19 (3.26%) Lead Designer
15 18 (3.09%) Software Developer
15 18 (3.09%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (7.38%) HTML
2 42 (7.20%) CSS
3 38 (6.52%) React
4 25 (4.29%) .NET
5 18 (3.09%) LangChain
5 18 (3.09%) REST
5 18 (3.09%) Terraform
6 17 (2.92%) Spring Boot
7 15 (2.57%) Kafka
8 13 (2.23%) Spring
8 13 (2.23%) Web Services
9 12 (2.06%) AngularJS
10 11 (1.89%) FastAPI
11 10 (1.72%) JSON
11 10 (1.72%) 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 (1.20%) Material Design
Miscellaneous
1 44 (7.55%) Cloud Native
2 39 (6.69%) Embedded Systems
3 31 (5.32%) Self-Motivation
4 29 (4.97%) Product Ownership
5 28 (4.80%) AI Agents
6 25 (4.29%) Robotics
7 22 (3.77%) IoT
8 20 (3.43%) FPGA
9 19 (3.26%) Analogue Electronics
10 18 (3.09%) Distributed Systems
11 15 (2.57%) Onboarding
12 13 (2.23%) Algorithms
12 13 (2.23%) Mobile App
13 11 (1.89%) Life Science
13 11 (1.89%) Social Media
14 10 (1.72%) Data Structures
14 10 (1.72%) Legacy Systems
15 9 (1.54%) Management Information System
16 8 (1.37%) Fibre Optics
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
1 209 (35.85%) AI
2 192 (32.93%) Agile
3 138 (23.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 127 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
5 119 (20.41%) User Experience
6 112 (19.21%) Rapid Prototyping
7 109 (18.70%) Validation
8 108 (18.52%) Mentoring
9 106 (18.18%) User Research
10 97 (16.64%) Software Engineering
11 90 (15.44%) Analytics
12 78 (13.38%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 78 (13.38%) UX Design
13 75 (12.86%) CI/CD
14 67 (11.49%) LLM
15 62 (10.63%) Service Design
16 58 (9.95%) Roadmaps
17 56 (9.61%) Wireframes
18 53 (9.09%) Workflow
19 50 (8.58%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 107 (18.35%) Python
2 48 (8.23%) TypeScript
3 46 (7.89%) JavaScript
4 42 (7.20%) SQL
5 39 (6.69%) Java
6 30 (5.15%) C++
7 29 (4.97%) C
7 29 (4.97%) C#
8 16 (2.74%) MATLAB
9 10 (1.72%) Rust
10 8 (1.37%) Bash
11 7 (1.20%) Embedded C
12 6 (1.03%) Embedded C++
12 6 (1.03%) Go
12 6 (1.03%) Groovy
13 5 (0.86%) PHP
14 4 (0.69%) PowerShell
14 4 (0.69%) R
15 3 (0.51%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.34%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 205 (35.16%) Degree
2 117 (20.07%) Security Cleared
3 91 (15.61%) SC Cleared
4 26 (4.46%) Master's Degree
5 22 (3.77%) BPSS Clearance
6 20 (3.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (3.26%) HND
8 16 (2.74%) PhD
9 14 (2.40%) HNC
10 12 (2.06%) AWS Certification
10 12 (2.06%) Chartered Engineer
11 5 (0.86%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 5 (0.86%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (0.69%) 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 (15.95%) Accessibility
2 41 (7.03%) WCAG
3 20 (3.43%) QA
4 11 (1.89%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.03%) ISO 9001
6 4 (0.69%) GDPR
7 3 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.51%) JTAG
8 2 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.34%) EU AI Act
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 41 (7.03%) Docker
2 36 (6.17%) Firmware
3 13 (2.23%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (3.26%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.03%) Grafana
3 5 (0.86%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.17%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 55 (9.43%) Microsoft
2 49 (8.40%) Adobe
3 35 (6.00%) EMC
4 33 (5.66%) OpenAI
5 19 (3.26%) Google
6 11 (1.89%) Databricks
6 11 (1.89%) SAP
7 9 (1.54%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.37%) Autodesk
9 6 (1.03%) Foundry
9 6 (1.03%) Thales
10 5 (0.86%) Siemens
11 3 (0.51%) Apple
11 3 (0.51%) DocuSign
11 3 (0.51%) HighQ
11 3 (0.51%) Legora
11 3 (0.51%) Oracle
11 3 (0.51%) Xilinx
12 2 (0.34%) IBM
12 2 (0.34%) Intel