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

6 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 370 320 360
Rank change year-on-year -50 +40 -32
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 556 433 526
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.47% 0.88% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.99% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 372 171 193
10th Percentile £41,347 £42,500 £47,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £95,688 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £120,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,750 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.42% - -4.00%

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 86,307 43,936 60,951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.14% 89.11% 81.72%
Number of salaries quoted 59,386 24,309 33,164
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,033
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.23% -3.28%
75th Percentile £79,641 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £96,250
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 30 September 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 30 September 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 +19 472 £60,000 -14.29% 1,255
UK excluding London -57 364 £56,750 -5.42% 618
Work from Home -43 190 £65,000 +18.18% 453
London -54 147 £75,000 - 694
North of England -4 98 £55,000 -4.35% 113
South East -20 91 £56,000 -13.85% 149
East of England +13 63 £60,000 - 104
North West -2 53 £52,500 -12.50% 68
Midlands -37 43 £57,500 -4.17% 59
West Midlands -23 33 £57,500 -4.17% 46
South West -55 29 £59,000 -30.59% 117
North East -43 26 £58,750 -9.62% 17
Wales -58 22 £53,171 +7.42% 12
Yorkshire -24 19 £50,000 +63.93% 29
Scotland -70 12 £55,000 - 43
East Midlands -41 10 £45,000 +36.36% 13
Northern Ireland -81 10 £80,000 - 19

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 11 (1.98%) Apache Spark
1 11 (1.98%) Confluence
2 10 (1.80%) Apache
3 9 (1.62%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.26%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.90%) CMS
5 5 (0.90%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.54%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.54%) WordPress
7 2 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.36%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 23 (4.14%) SOLIDWORKS
2 17 (3.06%) Adobe XD
3 16 (2.88%) Adobe Illustrator
3 16 (2.88%) Photoshop
4 14 (2.52%) InDesign
5 11 (1.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 9 (1.62%) Microsoft Excel
7 8 (1.44%) Sketch
7 8 (1.44%) Solid Edge
8 7 (1.26%) EPLAN
9 5 (0.90%) Adobe After Effects
9 5 (0.90%) MS Visio
10 3 (0.54%) OrCAD
10 3 (0.54%) Productboard
10 3 (0.54%) UserZoom
10 3 (0.54%) Zeplin
11 2 (0.36%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.36%) InVision
11 2 (0.36%) Trello
11 2 (0.36%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (1.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.72%) SAP SD
3 3 (0.54%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.18%) Maximo
5 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.18%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 96 (17.27%) Figma
2 88 (15.83%) AWS
3 69 (12.41%) Azure
4 41 (7.37%) GCP
5 23 (4.14%) GitHub
6 18 (3.24%) Power Platform
6 18 (3.24%) SaaS
7 17 (3.06%) Amazon S3
7 17 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (3.06%) Serverless
8 15 (2.70%) Anthropic Claude
8 15 (2.70%) AWS Lambda
9 14 (2.52%) Adobe Analytics
9 14 (2.52%) dbt
10 13 (2.34%) Microsoft Copilot
11 11 (1.98%) Google Analytics
12 10 (1.80%) Copilot Studio
12 10 (1.80%) Power Automate
13 9 (1.62%) Amazon Bedrock
13 9 (1.62%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.70%) Broadband
2 8 (1.44%) WPA
3 5 (0.90%) Ethernet
3 5 (0.90%) Intranet
3 5 (0.90%) Wireless
4 4 (0.72%) Software-Defined Radio
5 3 (0.54%) RS-485
6 2 (0.36%) Internet
6 2 (0.36%) RS-232
6 2 (0.36%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.18%) AMQP
7 1 (0.18%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.18%) J1939
7 1 (0.18%) LTE
7 1 (0.18%) Modbus
7 1 (0.18%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.52%) DynamoDB
2 11 (1.98%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (1.80%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.44%) Power BI
4 8 (1.44%) Redis
5 6 (1.08%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.90%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.72%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.72%) Geospatial Data
7 4 (0.72%) Hadoop
8 3 (0.54%) ClickHouse
8 3 (0.54%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.54%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.54%) Metadata
8 3 (0.54%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.54%) Tableau
9 2 (0.36%) Apache Iceberg
9 2 (0.36%) Data Hub
9 2 (0.36%) Power Query
9 2 (0.36%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 23 (4.14%) Git
2 18 (3.24%) JIRA
3 13 (2.34%) GitLab
4 8 (1.44%) Axure RP
4 8 (1.44%) LabVIEW
5 7 (1.26%) Claude Code
5 7 (1.26%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.08%) Balsamiq
6 6 (1.08%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.08%) Postman
7 5 (0.90%) Maven
7 5 (0.90%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.54%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.54%) Eclipse RCP
9 2 (0.36%) Bower
9 2 (0.36%) MLflow
10 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.18%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.18%) ERwin
General
1 218 (39.21%) Social Skills
2 106 (19.06%) Electronics
3 104 (18.71%) Finance
4 97 (17.45%) Manufacturing
5 95 (17.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 82 (14.75%) Public Sector
7 69 (12.41%) Analytical Skills
8 54 (9.71%) Law
9 49 (8.81%) Aerospace
10 38 (6.83%) Marketing
11 33 (5.94%) Presentation Skills
12 24 (4.32%) Automotive
13 20 (3.60%) Games
13 20 (3.60%) Retail
14 17 (3.06%) Organisational Skills
15 15 (2.70%) Legal
16 13 (2.34%) Influencing Skills
17 12 (2.16%) Military
18 10 (1.80%) Banking
18 10 (1.80%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 137 (24.64%) Senior
2 113 (20.32%) Designer
3 62 (11.15%) Developer
4 47 (8.45%) Lead
5 46 (8.27%) UX Designer
6 43 (7.73%) Software Engineer
7 36 (6.47%) Electronics Engineer
8 34 (6.12%) Architect
8 34 (6.12%) Senior Designer
9 29 (5.22%) Interaction Designer
10 24 (4.32%) UI Designer
10 24 (4.32%) UI/UX Designer
11 23 (4.14%) Agile Delivery Manager
11 23 (4.14%) Delivery Manager
12 20 (3.60%) Design Engineer
12 20 (3.60%) Full-Stack Developer
12 20 (3.60%) Systems Engineer
13 19 (3.42%) Lead Designer
14 18 (3.24%) Consultant
14 18 (3.24%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (7.55%) HTML
2 40 (7.19%) CSS
2 40 (7.19%) React
3 25 (4.50%) .NET
4 17 (3.06%) Spring Boot
5 16 (2.88%) LangChain
5 16 (2.88%) Terraform
6 15 (2.70%) Kafka
7 13 (2.34%) AngularJS
7 13 (2.34%) REST
7 13 (2.34%) Spring
8 12 (2.16%) Web Services
9 9 (1.62%) AWS CDK
9 9 (1.62%) Framer.js
9 9 (1.62%) Node.js
9 9 (1.62%) RESTful
10 8 (1.44%) FastAPI
10 8 (1.44%) JSON
10 8 (1.44%) Next.js
11 7 (1.26%) Material Design
Miscellaneous
1 44 (7.91%) Cloud Native
2 33 (5.94%) Embedded Systems
3 30 (5.40%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (4.86%) Product Ownership
5 25 (4.50%) AI Agents
6 24 (4.32%) Robotics
7 22 (3.96%) IoT
8 18 (3.24%) FPGA
9 17 (3.06%) Analogue Electronics
10 15 (2.70%) Onboarding
10 15 (2.70%) Social Media
11 14 (2.52%) Distributed Systems
12 13 (2.34%) Algorithms
13 12 (2.16%) Mobile App
13 12 (2.16%) Public Cloud
14 11 (1.98%) Life Science
15 10 (1.80%) Management Information System
16 9 (1.62%) Data Structures
16 9 (1.62%) Low-Code
17 8 (1.44%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.62%) Linux
2 8 (1.44%) Android
3 7 (1.26%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.54%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.36%) Unix
6 1 (0.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (35.79%) AI
2 190 (34.17%) Agile
3 133 (23.92%) Continuous Improvement
4 116 (20.86%) Problem-Solving
5 114 (20.50%) User Experience
6 109 (19.60%) User Research
7 104 (18.71%) Mentoring
8 101 (18.17%) Rapid Prototyping
9 96 (17.27%) Validation
10 92 (16.55%) Analytics
11 91 (16.37%) Software Engineering
12 79 (14.21%) UX Design
13 76 (13.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 70 (12.59%) CI/CD
15 64 (11.51%) Roadmaps
16 60 (10.79%) LLM
17 59 (10.61%) Service Design
18 55 (9.89%) Wireframes
19 49 (8.81%) DevOps
20 48 (8.63%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 98 (17.63%) Python
2 47 (8.45%) TypeScript
3 46 (8.27%) JavaScript
4 37 (6.65%) Java
5 36 (6.47%) SQL
6 29 (5.22%) C#
7 26 (4.68%) C++
8 25 (4.50%) C
9 16 (2.88%) MATLAB
10 7 (1.26%) Bash
10 7 (1.26%) Rust
11 6 (1.08%) Embedded C
11 6 (1.08%) Go
11 6 (1.08%) Groovy
12 5 (0.90%) Embedded C++
12 5 (0.90%) PHP
13 3 (0.54%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.54%) R
13 3 (0.54%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 194 (34.89%) Degree
2 112 (20.14%) Security Cleared
3 86 (15.47%) SC Cleared
4 27 (4.86%) Master's Degree
5 21 (3.78%) BPSS Clearance
5 21 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (3.24%) HND
7 15 (2.70%) PhD
8 13 (2.34%) HNC
9 11 (1.98%) AWS Certification
10 10 (1.80%) Chartered Engineer
11 6 (1.08%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.90%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 5 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.72%) DV Cleared
13 4 (0.72%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.36%) Postgraduate
15 1 (0.18%) OCP
15 1 (0.18%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (16.55%) Accessibility
2 40 (7.19%) WCAG
3 19 (3.42%) QA
4 10 (1.80%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.90%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.54%) GDPR
6 3 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.54%) JTAG
7 2 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.36%) DO-254
7 2 (0.36%) GRC
8 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
8 1 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 1 (0.18%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.18%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.18%) IASME
8 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 31 (5.58%) Docker
2 30 (5.40%) Firmware
3 9 (1.62%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (3.06%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.90%) HP Fortify
3 2 (0.36%) Grafana
4 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 55 (9.89%) Microsoft
2 51 (9.17%) Adobe
3 31 (5.58%) OpenAI
4 29 (5.22%) EMC
5 19 (3.42%) Google
6 11 (1.98%) Databricks
6 11 (1.98%) Salesforce
6 11 (1.98%) SAP
7 7 (1.26%) Autodesk
8 5 (0.90%) Thales
9 4 (0.72%) Foundry
9 4 (0.72%) Oracle
9 4 (0.72%) Siemens
10 3 (0.54%) Apple
10 3 (0.54%) Cognizant
10 3 (0.54%) DocuSign
10 3 (0.54%) HighQ
10 3 (0.54%) Legora
10 3 (0.54%) Xilinx
11 2 (0.36%) Revolut