Prototyping Job Trends

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 30 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 338 320 328
Rank change year-on-year -18 +8 -65
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 326 537 479
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.60% 0.82% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.72% 0.96% 1.00%
Number of salaries quoted 193 243 344
10th Percentile £46,708 £42,500 £38,825
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £48,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -3.70%
75th Percentile £96,375 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £120,000 £87,000 £94,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -11.54% +18.18% -15.38%

All Process and 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 45,531 55,918 47,797
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.16% 85.44% 93.76%
Number of salaries quoted 27,749 29,151 36,831
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £99,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -0.94%

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 30 November 2025.

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 30 November 2025. 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 -11 284 £70,000 +7.69% 173
UK excluding London -94 152 £57,500 -11.54% 170
London +90 145 £75,000 +11.28% 75
Work from Home -81 81 £52,500 -19.23% 73
South East -39 61 £55,000 -26.67% 86
North of England -16 30 £50,000 -16.67% 19
North West 0 19 £57,500 -4.17% 9
Scotland -2 14 £64,151 -4.47% 11
Midlands +48 13 £60,000 +2.63% 13
South West +4 12 £85,000 +13.33% 19
East of England +3 11 £90,000 +63.64% 23
Wales -11 9 £61,651 -11.05% 7
Yorkshire +2 8 £30,500 -46.24% 5
East Midlands +31 7 £60,000 +50.00% 4
West Midlands +43 6 £61,250 +4.76% 9
North East +2 3 £73,801 +19.55% 5
Northern Ireland -5 2 £73,801 +13.54%

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 10 (3.07%) Confluence
2 9 (2.76%) Apache Spark
3 8 (2.45%) Apache Airflow
4 3 (0.92%) Jupyter
5 1 (0.31%) WordPress
Applications
1 45 (13.80%) Adobe XD
2 23 (7.06%) Sketch
3 12 (3.68%) Maya
4 8 (2.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 8 (2.45%) MS Visio
5 7 (2.15%) InVision
6 6 (1.84%) SOLIDWORKS
7 5 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
8 4 (1.23%) Autodesk Inventor
9 3 (0.92%) Blender
9 3 (0.92%) PTC Creo
10 2 (0.61%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.61%) Chatbot
10 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Excel
10 2 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 2 (0.61%) Windchill
11 1 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.31%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.31%) Fusion 360
11 1 (0.31%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 11 (3.37%) SAP CO
1 11 (3.37%) SAP FI
1 11 (3.37%) SAP FI/CO
1 11 (3.37%) SAP FSCM
1 11 (3.37%) SAP IBP
1 11 (3.37%) SAP IS-U
1 11 (3.37%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.23%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.31%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 93 (28.53%) Figma
2 88 (26.99%) AWS
3 75 (23.01%) Azure
4 50 (15.34%) GCP
5 19 (5.83%) Miro
6 17 (5.21%) Adobe Analytics
7 16 (4.91%) PaaS
8 15 (4.60%) Amazon ECS
8 15 (4.60%) Azure AI
8 15 (4.60%) Vertex AI
9 14 (4.29%) AWS CloudFormation
9 14 (4.29%) dbt
10 13 (3.99%) Amazon ECR
10 13 (3.99%) Amazon ElastiCache
10 13 (3.99%) SaaS
10 13 (3.99%) Sentry
11 12 (3.68%) Amazon OpenSearch
11 12 (3.68%) GitHub
11 12 (3.68%) Pulumi
12 11 (3.37%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.52%) TCP/IP
2 13 (3.99%) Modbus
3 9 (2.76%) Ethernet
3 9 (2.76%) MQTT
4 5 (1.53%) 5G
4 5 (1.53%) Firewall
5 4 (1.23%) Bluetooth
5 4 (1.23%) Intrusion Detection
5 4 (1.23%) Network Security
5 4 (1.23%) VLAN
5 4 (1.23%) Wireshark
5 4 (1.23%) ZigBee
6 3 (0.92%) Broadband
6 3 (0.92%) Internet
6 3 (0.92%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.92%) WAN
7 2 (0.61%) ICMP
7 2 (0.61%) Software-Defined Networking
7 2 (0.61%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.61%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.29%) Amazon RDS
1 14 (4.29%) PostgreSQL
2 13 (3.99%) Redis
3 12 (3.68%) Elasticsearch
4 11 (3.37%) SAP BW
5 10 (3.07%) NoSQL
6 8 (2.45%) MongoDB
7 6 (1.84%) Power BI
7 6 (1.84%) SQL Server
8 3 (0.92%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.92%) QGIS
9 2 (0.61%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.61%) Amazon Aurora
9 2 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
9 2 (0.61%) Relational Database
10 1 (0.31%) Data Mining
10 1 (0.31%) GIS
10 1 (0.31%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.31%) Snowflake Schema
10 1 (0.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 32 (9.82%) Axure RP
2 24 (7.36%) Balsamiq
3 16 (4.91%) Git
4 13 (3.99%) JIRA
5 6 (1.84%) MLflow
6 5 (1.53%) Jenkins
7 4 (1.23%) Burp Suite
7 4 (1.23%) Cypress.io
7 4 (1.23%) IDA Disassembler
7 4 (1.23%) Metasploit
7 4 (1.23%) MSI
8 2 (0.61%) Spinnaker
8 2 (0.61%) webpack
9 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 108 (33.13%) Social Skills
2 76 (23.31%) Law
3 66 (20.25%) Finance
4 59 (18.10%) Analytical Skills
5 43 (13.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (9.82%) Public Sector
7 26 (7.98%) Legal
8 24 (7.36%) Banking
9 22 (6.75%) Influencing Skills
10 20 (6.13%) Manufacturing
11 16 (4.91%) Games
12 14 (4.29%) Presentation Skills
13 12 (3.68%) Pharmaceutical
13 12 (3.68%) Retail
14 11 (3.37%) Electronics
14 11 (3.37%) Marketing
15 7 (2.15%) Front Office
16 6 (1.84%) Aerospace
16 6 (1.84%) Financial Institution
17 5 (1.53%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 73 (22.39%) Senior
2 69 (21.17%) Designer
3 34 (10.43%) Lead
4 33 (10.12%) Developer
5 29 (8.90%) Software Engineer
6 24 (7.36%) UX Designer
7 18 (5.52%) Architect
8 17 (5.21%) Consultant
8 17 (5.21%) Full-Stack Engineer
8 17 (5.21%) Product Manager
8 17 (5.21%) Strategy Manager
9 16 (4.91%) Product Designer
9 16 (4.91%) Service Designer
10 15 (4.60%) Product Delivery Manager
11 13 (3.99%) Interaction Designer
12 12 (3.68%) Platform Engineer
12 12 (3.68%) Senior Platform Engineer
13 11 (3.37%) Senior Consultant
13 11 (3.37%) Senior Manager
13 11 (3.37%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (11.96%) CSS
2 38 (11.66%) React
3 34 (10.43%) HTML
4 27 (8.28%) .NET
5 23 (7.06%) Node.js
6 17 (5.21%) Kafka
7 16 (4.91%) PyTorch
7 16 (4.91%) TensorFlow
8 13 (3.99%) Django
9 11 (3.37%) scikit-learn
10 10 (3.07%) REST
11 9 (2.76%) JSON
11 9 (2.76%) XML
12 8 (2.45%) AngularJS
12 8 (2.45%) Google JAX
12 8 (2.45%) JAX
13 6 (1.84%) Pandas
13 6 (1.84%) Spring
13 6 (1.84%) Spring Boot
13 6 (1.84%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 36 (11.04%) Cloud Native
2 30 (9.20%) Product Ownership
3 19 (5.83%) AI Agents
3 19 (5.83%) IoT
4 16 (4.91%) Algorithms
4 16 (4.91%) Linux Command Line
5 14 (4.29%) Distributed Systems
6 13 (3.99%) Operational Technology
6 13 (3.99%) SCADA
6 13 (3.99%) Self-Motivation
7 12 (3.68%) Enterprise Software
8 9 (2.76%) Biopharmaceutical
8 9 (2.76%) Industry 4.0
8 9 (2.76%) Renewable Energy
9 8 (2.45%) Data Centre
10 6 (1.84%) Embedded Systems
10 6 (1.84%) Equities
10 6 (1.84%) Mobile App
10 6 (1.84%) Onboarding
10 6 (1.84%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.36%) Linux
2 12 (3.68%) Unix
3 9 (2.76%) Android
4 6 (1.84%) Windows
5 4 (1.23%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.23%) Kali Linux
5 4 (1.23%) Ubuntu
6 1 (0.31%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 164 (50.31%) Agile
2 147 (45.09%) User Experience
3 88 (26.99%) Analytics
4 83 (25.46%) Problem-Solving
5 74 (22.70%) AI
6 73 (22.39%) Continuous Improvement
6 73 (22.39%) Wireframes
7 71 (21.78%) UX Design
8 70 (21.47%) User Research
9 67 (20.55%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 61 (18.71%) Mentoring
11 60 (18.40%) CI/CD
12 59 (18.10%) Machine Learning
12 59 (18.10%) Software Engineering
13 51 (15.64%) Computer Science
14 48 (14.72%) Usability Testing
15 45 (13.80%) Stakeholder Management
15 45 (13.80%) Test Automation
16 44 (13.50%) DevOps
17 43 (13.19%) Data Science
Programming Languages
1 87 (26.69%) Python
2 58 (17.79%) JavaScript
3 41 (12.58%) Java
4 27 (8.28%) TypeScript
5 26 (7.98%) SQL
6 20 (6.13%) C#
7 17 (5.21%) C++
8 8 (2.45%) C
9 7 (2.15%) Go
9 7 (2.15%) PHP
10 5 (1.53%) PowerShell
10 5 (1.53%) R
11 4 (1.23%) Delphi
11 4 (1.23%) MATLAB
11 4 (1.23%) Rust
12 3 (0.92%) Bicep
13 2 (0.61%) Bash
13 2 (0.61%) Perl
14 1 (0.31%) Embedded C
14 1 (0.31%) Scala
Qualifications
1 125 (38.34%) Degree
2 77 (23.62%) Security Cleared
3 59 (18.10%) SC Cleared
4 19 (5.83%) Computer Science Degree
5 14 (4.29%) DV Cleared
5 14 (4.29%) HNC
6 13 (3.99%) HND
7 12 (3.68%) PhD
8 11 (3.37%) Master's Degree
9 9 (2.76%) Chartered Engineer
10 7 (2.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.23%) MCP
12 2 (0.61%) AWS Certification
12 2 (0.61%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.31%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
13 1 (0.31%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.31%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 1 (0.31%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (24.85%) Accessibility
2 34 (10.43%) WCAG
3 4 (1.23%) Data Quality
3 4 (1.23%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.92%) GDPR
4 3 (0.92%) QA
5 1 (0.31%) EU AI Act
5 1 (0.31%) ISO 13485
5 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.31%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.31%) NIST
System Software
1 31 (9.51%) Docker
2 11 (3.37%) VMware Infrastructure
3 8 (2.45%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.31%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.31%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.31%) Firmware
4 1 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 23 (7.06%) Terraform
2 17 (5.21%) Kubernetes
3 12 (3.68%) AWS Copilot
4 9 (2.76%) Functional Safety
5 6 (1.84%) Kubeflow
6 5 (1.53%) WMI
7 4 (1.23%) Ansible
7 4 (1.23%) Nessus
7 4 (1.23%) Nmap
8 3 (0.92%) Grafana
9 2 (0.61%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 69 (21.17%) Adobe
2 49 (15.03%) Google
3 38 (11.66%) Microsoft
4 21 (6.44%) Qualtrics
5 17 (5.21%) Foundry
6 12 (3.68%) VMware
7 11 (3.37%) SAP
8 9 (2.76%) AVEVA
8 9 (2.76%) Rockwell
8 9 (2.76%) Siemens
9 6 (1.84%) Splunk
10 4 (1.23%) Autodesk
10 4 (1.23%) Cisco
10 4 (1.23%) Facebook
10 4 (1.23%) Red Hat
10 4 (1.23%) Sage
11 2 (0.61%) Alteryx
11 2 (0.61%) CA Agile Central
11 2 (0.61%) Mercator
11 2 (0.61%) PTC