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

6 months to
14 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 342 342 382
Rank change year-on-year 0 +40 -63
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 446 342 620
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.53% 0.83% 0.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 0.89% 0.77%
Number of salaries quoted 237 183 410
10th Percentile £45,000 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £65,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.85% +13.04% -11.54%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £84,500 £96,539
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year -7.69% +20.37% -13.60%

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 64,151 38,285 80,022
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.65% 92.95% 86.03%
Number of salaries quoted 39,600 22,564 59,023
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -7.94%

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 14 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 14 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 +24 388 £67,500 +3.85% 222
UK excluding London -56 251 £60,000 -7.69% 158
Work from Home +51 230 £67,500 +3.85% 95
London +37 150 £75,000 +20.00% 96
East of England +18 65 £70,000 +40.00% 25
South East -20 65 £56,500 -24.67% 49
North of England -46 55 £57,500 -2.13% 34
Yorkshire -47 24 £67,500 +22.73% 9
South West -65 24 £77,000 +12.37% 17
North West -36 23 £52,500 -6.67% 18
Midlands -37 17 £53,750 -20.52% 19
West Midlands -16 15 £53,750 -20.52% 13
Scotland -37 15 £54,500 -9.02% 13
North East -32 8 £60,000 -13.43% 8
Northern Ireland -39 5 £80,000 +15.43% 2
Wales -42 5 £73,801 +8.43% 4
East Midlands -52 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 8 (1.79%) Confluence
2 3 (0.67%) CMS
2 3 (0.67%) WordPress
3 2 (0.45%) Apache Spark
3 2 (0.45%) Headless CMS
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 33 (7.40%) Adobe XD
2 16 (3.59%) Sketch
3 9 (2.02%) MS Visio
4 8 (1.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (1.35%) Microsoft Office
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%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.45%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.22%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.22%) Maximo
3 1 (0.22%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.22%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 125 (28.03%) Figma
2 91 (20.40%) AWS
3 83 (18.61%) Adobe Analytics
4 75 (16.82%) Azure
5 48 (10.76%) GCP
6 23 (5.16%) Amazon ECR
6 23 (5.16%) Amazon ECS
6 23 (5.16%) AWS CloudFormation
7 21 (4.71%) SaaS
8 16 (3.59%) Miro
8 16 (3.59%) Serverless
9 15 (3.36%) Amazon S3
10 14 (3.14%) Google Analytics
10 14 (3.14%) PaaS
10 14 (3.14%) Vertex AI
11 13 (2.91%) Apigee
11 13 (2.91%) AWS Lambda
11 13 (2.91%) AWS Step Functions
12 12 (2.69%) Amazon SQS
13 11 (2.47%) dbt
Communications & Networking
1 87 (19.51%) Broadband
2 13 (2.91%) TCP/IP
3 5 (1.12%) Internet
4 4 (0.90%) Bluetooth
4 4 (0.90%) Software-Defined Radio
5 3 (0.67%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.67%) Wireless
6 2 (0.45%) 2G
6 2 (0.45%) 4G
6 2 (0.45%) 5G
6 2 (0.45%) DNS
6 2 (0.45%) HTTP
6 2 (0.45%) ICMP
6 2 (0.45%) LTE
6 2 (0.45%) Modbus
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%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (2.91%) DynamoDB
2 12 (2.69%) Amazon RDS
3 11 (2.47%) Elasticsearch
3 11 (2.47%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (2.47%) Redis
4 8 (1.79%) Power BI
5 6 (1.35%) Semantic Layer
6 5 (1.12%) NoSQL
6 5 (1.12%) SQL Server
7 4 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.90%) DB2
7 4 (0.90%) DB2 UDB
7 4 (0.90%) QlikView
8 3 (0.67%) MongoDB
9 2 (0.45%) Data Mining
9 2 (0.45%) GIS
9 2 (0.45%) Relational Database
9 2 (0.45%) Tableau
10 1 (0.22%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.22%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 25 (5.61%) Axure RP
2 24 (5.38%) Balsamiq
3 17 (3.81%) Jenkins
4 15 (3.36%) Cypress.io
4 15 (3.36%) JIRA
5 13 (2.91%) GitLab
5 13 (2.91%) Maven
5 13 (2.91%) SonarQube
6 11 (2.47%) Git
7 5 (1.12%) IDA Disassembler
8 2 (0.45%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.45%) Octopus Deploy
8 2 (0.45%) Rational DOORS
9 1 (0.22%) Burp Suite
9 1 (0.22%) Metasploit
9 1 (0.22%) Mocha
9 1 (0.22%) Zephyr
General
1 111 (24.89%) Social Skills
2 80 (17.94%) Analytical Skills
2 80 (17.94%) Finance
3 77 (17.26%) Games
4 56 (12.56%) Law
5 52 (11.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 48 (10.76%) Public Sector
7 34 (7.62%) Manufacturing
8 32 (7.17%) Electronics
9 19 (4.26%) Legal
10 18 (4.04%) Banking
11 15 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
12 11 (2.47%) Influencing Skills
13 10 (2.24%) Marketing
13 10 (2.24%) Organisational Skills
13 10 (2.24%) Retail
14 8 (1.79%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (1.35%) Telecoms
16 5 (1.12%) Aerospace
16 5 (1.12%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 105 (23.54%) Designer
2 69 (15.47%) Lead
2 69 (15.47%) Senior
3 46 (10.31%) UX Designer
4 39 (8.74%) Developer
5 32 (7.17%) Lead Designer
6 30 (6.73%) Architect
7 25 (5.61%) Software Engineer
8 21 (4.71%) Full-Stack Engineer
9 20 (4.48%) Analyst
9 20 (4.48%) Senior Manager
10 19 (4.26%) Consultant
11 18 (4.04%) Product Designer
11 18 (4.04%) Product Manager
11 18 (4.04%) Solutions Architect
12 17 (3.81%) Interaction Designer
12 17 (3.81%) Systems Engineer
13 15 (3.36%) Business Analyst
13 15 (3.36%) Digital Designer
14 14 (3.14%) Digital Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (8.97%) HTML
2 39 (8.74%) CSS
3 34 (7.62%) React
4 26 (5.83%) .NET
5 23 (5.16%) Node.js
6 22 (4.93%) AngularJS
7 19 (4.26%) Spring Boot
8 16 (3.59%) Jest
8 16 (3.59%) REST
9 13 (2.91%) Gherkin
10 10 (2.24%) Django
10 10 (2.24%) LangChain
10 10 (2.24%) PyTorch
11 9 (2.02%) TensorFlow
12 7 (1.57%) Google JAX
12 7 (1.57%) JAX
12 7 (1.57%) Next.js
12 7 (1.57%) Vue
13 6 (1.35%) Spring
14 5 (1.12%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 75 (16.82%) Social Media
2 40 (8.97%) Product Ownership
3 38 (8.52%) Cloud Native
4 16 (3.59%) Public Cloud
5 14 (3.14%) Linux Command Line
6 11 (2.47%) Robotics
7 10 (2.24%) Management Information System
8 8 (1.79%) AI Agents
8 8 (1.79%) Algorithms
8 8 (1.79%) IoT
8 8 (1.79%) Life Science
9 7 (1.57%) CUDA
9 7 (1.57%) Cyber Threat
9 7 (1.57%) Embedded Systems
9 7 (1.57%) Mobile App
9 7 (1.57%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.35%) Arduino
10 6 (1.35%) Data Protection Act
10 6 (1.35%) Raspberry Pi
10 6 (1.35%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.93%) Linux
2 11 (2.47%) Unix
3 6 (1.35%) Android
4 3 (0.67%) Windows
5 1 (0.22%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.22%) Embedded Linux
5 1 (0.22%) FreeRTOS
5 1 (0.22%) Kali Linux
5 1 (0.22%) ThreadX
5 1 (0.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (54.93%) Agile
2 176 (39.46%) AI
3 149 (33.41%) User Research
4 148 (33.18%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 130 (29.15%) Analytics
6 126 (28.25%) User Experience
7 114 (25.56%) Roadmaps
8 111 (24.89%) Problem-Solving
9 105 (23.54%) Customer Experience
10 90 (20.18%) Product Roadmap
11 89 (19.96%) UX Design
12 88 (19.73%) Storytelling
13 75 (16.82%) Digital Customer Experience
14 72 (16.14%) Rapid Prototyping
15 69 (15.47%) Workshop Facilitation
16 66 (14.80%) Continuous Improvement
17 63 (14.13%) Software Engineering
18 62 (13.90%) Mentoring
19 61 (13.68%) Wireframes
20 56 (12.56%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 83 (18.61%) Python
2 60 (13.45%) Java
3 48 (10.76%) JavaScript
4 36 (8.07%) TypeScript
5 22 (4.93%) C#
5 22 (4.93%) C++
6 21 (4.71%) C
7 19 (4.26%) SQL
8 14 (3.14%) Bash
8 14 (3.14%) Groovy
9 5 (1.12%) Embedded C
10 3 (0.67%) Julia
10 3 (0.67%) Kotlin
10 3 (0.67%) Pascal
10 3 (0.67%) R
11 2 (0.45%) MATLAB
11 2 (0.45%) PHP
11 2 (0.45%) PowerShell
12 1 (0.22%) Scala
12 1 (0.22%) VBA
Qualifications
1 118 (26.46%) Degree
2 90 (20.18%) Security Cleared
3 71 (15.92%) SC Cleared
4 18 (4.04%) DV Cleared
5 15 (3.36%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (2.91%) AWS Certification
6 13 (2.91%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
6 13 (2.91%) ITIL Certification
7 8 (1.79%) 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%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 1 (0.22%) PMI Certification
11 1 (0.22%) PMP
11 1 (0.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 145 (32.51%) Accessibility
2 71 (15.92%) WCAG
3 7 (1.57%) GDPR
3 7 (1.57%) GRC
4 4 (0.90%) DO-254
4 4 (0.90%) ISO 13485
4 4 (0.90%) QA
5 2 (0.45%) NIST
6 1 (0.22%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.22%) EU AI Act
6 1 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 30 (6.73%) Docker
2 9 (2.02%) Firmware
3 1 (0.22%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (3.59%) Terraform
2 13 (2.91%) HP Fortify
3 11 (2.47%) Kubernetes
4 10 (2.24%) AWS Copilot
5 2 (0.45%) Ansible
6 1 (0.22%) Nessus
6 1 (0.22%) Nmap
6 1 (0.22%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 125 (28.03%) Adobe
2 41 (9.19%) Microsoft
3 40 (8.97%) Google
4 9 (2.02%) Foundry
4 9 (2.02%) OpenAI
4 9 (2.02%) Qualtrics
5 8 (1.79%) EMC
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%) 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%) Cisco
9 1 (0.22%) Mercator
9 1 (0.22%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.22%) Siemens