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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 345 321 319
Rank change year-on-year -24 -2 +17
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 617 412 562
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.52% 0.84% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.95% 0.97%
Number of salaries quoted 415 175 211
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,900 £47,500
25th Percentile £46,875 £51,625 £54,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £93,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £120,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% -7.69% +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 87,497 43,445 57,940
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.45% 88.84% 82.20%
Number of salaries quoted 59,802 24,607 31,056
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £33,099
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £44,541
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,000 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +17.02% -11.32% -1.85%

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 16 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 16 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 +19 532 £60,000 -14.29% 168
UK excluding London -6 425 £56,000 -6.67% 128
Work from Home -25 186 £65,000 +19.27% 78
London -58 151 £75,000 - 77
South East -1 119 £56,000 -10.93% 42
North of England +7 114 £55,000 -8.33% 26
East of England +8 69 £57,500 -30.30% 20
North West +4 62 £55,000 -17.79% 17
Midlands -20 45 £56,250 -4.26% 6
South West -36 39 £55,000 -35.29% 25
West Midlands -17 34 £57,500 -4.17% 4
North East -45 30 £60,000 -7.69% 3
Wales -58 25 £53,085 -3.04% 1
Yorkshire -20 22 £50,000 +63.93% 7
Scotland -68 15 £55,000 -25.48% 5
East Midlands -38 11 £45,000 +36.36% 2
Northern Ireland -76 7 £77,415 +4.90% 5

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 14 (2.27%) Apache Spark
2 12 (1.94%) Apache
3 11 (1.78%) Confluence
4 10 (1.62%) SharePoint
5 9 (1.46%) Apache Airflow
6 8 (1.30%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.65%) CMS
7 4 (0.65%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.16%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (3.57%) SOLIDWORKS
2 18 (2.92%) Adobe Illustrator
2 18 (2.92%) Photoshop
3 16 (2.59%) Adobe XD
4 13 (2.11%) InDesign
5 12 (1.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 12 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
6 8 (1.30%) EPLAN
6 8 (1.30%) Sketch
7 7 (1.13%) Solid Edge
8 5 (0.81%) Adobe After Effects
8 5 (0.81%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.81%) OrCAD
9 3 (0.49%) Productboard
9 3 (0.49%) UserZoom
9 3 (0.49%) Zeplin
10 2 (0.32%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.32%) InVision
10 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Office
10 2 (0.32%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (1.30%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.65%) SAP SD
3 3 (0.49%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.16%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 94 (15.24%) Figma
2 85 (13.78%) AWS
3 67 (10.86%) Azure
4 43 (6.97%) GCP
5 28 (4.54%) GitHub
6 19 (3.08%) Anthropic Claude
6 19 (3.08%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (2.92%) Amazon S3
7 18 (2.92%) Power Platform
8 16 (2.59%) SaaS
9 15 (2.43%) AWS Lambda
9 15 (2.43%) Serverless
10 14 (2.27%) dbt
10 14 (2.27%) Microsoft Copilot
11 11 (1.78%) Azure AI
11 11 (1.78%) Google Analytics
12 10 (1.62%) Copilot Studio
12 10 (1.62%) Power Automate
13 9 (1.46%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (1.46%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.46%) Wireless
2 8 (1.30%) Broadband
2 8 (1.30%) WPA
3 6 (0.97%) Ethernet
4 5 (0.81%) Intranet
4 5 (0.81%) Software-Defined Radio
4 5 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
5 3 (0.49%) LTE
5 3 (0.49%) RS-485
6 2 (0.32%) Bluetooth
6 2 (0.32%) Multicast
6 2 (0.32%) RS-232
6 2 (0.32%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.16%) Internet
7 1 (0.16%) J1939
7 1 (0.16%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.27%) DynamoDB
2 11 (1.78%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (1.78%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.30%) Redis
4 7 (1.13%) Power BI
5 6 (0.97%) Metadata
5 6 (0.97%) MongoDB
5 6 (0.97%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.65%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.65%) Geospatial Data
6 4 (0.65%) Hadoop
7 3 (0.49%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (0.49%) Big Data
7 3 (0.49%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.49%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.49%) Tableau
8 2 (0.32%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.32%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.32%) Star Schema
8 2 (0.32%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 30 (4.86%) Git
2 20 (3.24%) GitLab
3 19 (3.08%) JIRA
4 8 (1.30%) Axure RP
4 8 (1.30%) LabVIEW
5 7 (1.13%) Claude Code
5 7 (1.13%) Cypress.io
5 7 (1.13%) Jenkins
6 6 (0.97%) Balsamiq
6 6 (0.97%) Postman
7 5 (0.81%) Maven
7 5 (0.81%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.49%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.49%) Eclipse RCP
9 2 (0.32%) Bower
9 2 (0.32%) GDB
9 2 (0.32%) MLflow
10 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.16%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.16%) ERwin
General
1 234 (37.93%) Social Skills
2 145 (23.50%) Electronics
3 126 (20.42%) Manufacturing
4 109 (17.67%) Finance
5 99 (16.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 88 (14.26%) Public Sector
7 76 (12.32%) Analytical Skills
8 63 (10.21%) Aerospace
9 54 (8.75%) Law
10 39 (6.32%) Marketing
11 33 (5.35%) Presentation Skills
12 32 (5.19%) Automotive
13 24 (3.89%) Retail
14 20 (3.24%) Organisational Skills
15 16 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
16 14 (2.27%) Legal
17 13 (2.11%) Games
17 13 (2.11%) Military
18 12 (1.94%) Banking
19 10 (1.62%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 153 (24.80%) Senior
2 120 (19.45%) Designer
3 63 (10.21%) Electronics Engineer
4 61 (9.89%) Developer
5 50 (8.10%) Lead
6 46 (7.46%) Software Engineer
7 44 (7.13%) UX Designer
8 36 (5.83%) Design Engineer
9 35 (5.67%) Senior Designer
10 29 (4.70%) Interaction Designer
11 25 (4.05%) Architect
12 23 (3.73%) UI Designer
12 23 (3.73%) UI/UX Designer
13 22 (3.57%) Agile Delivery Manager
13 22 (3.57%) Delivery Manager
14 21 (3.40%) Electronics Design Engineer
14 21 (3.40%) Full-Stack Developer
15 19 (3.08%) Consultant
15 19 (3.08%) Electrical Engineer
15 19 (3.08%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (6.97%) CSS
1 43 (6.97%) HTML
2 38 (6.16%) React
3 26 (4.21%) .NET
4 18 (2.92%) LangChain
4 18 (2.92%) Terraform
5 17 (2.76%) REST
6 16 (2.59%) Spring Boot
7 15 (2.43%) Kafka
8 13 (2.11%) Web Services
9 12 (1.94%) Spring
10 11 (1.78%) AngularJS
10 11 (1.78%) FastAPI
11 10 (1.62%) JSON
11 10 (1.62%) RESTful
12 9 (1.46%) AWS CDK
13 8 (1.30%) Framer.js
13 8 (1.30%) LlamaIndex
13 8 (1.30%) Next.js
14 7 (1.13%) Material Design
Miscellaneous
1 45 (7.29%) Cloud Native
1 45 (7.29%) Embedded Systems
2 33 (5.35%) Self-Motivation
3 31 (5.02%) AI Agents
4 30 (4.86%) Product Ownership
5 29 (4.70%) Analogue Electronics
6 28 (4.54%) Robotics
7 25 (4.05%) IoT
8 21 (3.40%) FPGA
9 18 (2.92%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (2.43%) Algorithms
10 15 (2.43%) Onboarding
11 13 (2.11%) Mobile App
12 12 (1.94%) Life Science
13 10 (1.62%) Data Structures
13 10 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (1.46%) Acoustics
14 9 (1.46%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
15 8 (1.30%) Management Information System
15 8 (1.30%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.78%) Linux
2 9 (1.46%) Android
3 8 (1.30%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.49%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.32%) Unix
6 1 (0.16%) macOS
6 1 (0.16%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.16%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 213 (34.52%) AI
2 193 (31.28%) Agile
3 148 (23.99%) Continuous Improvement
4 142 (23.01%) Problem-Solving
5 124 (20.10%) Validation
6 118 (19.12%) User Experience
7 113 (18.31%) Mentoring
8 112 (18.15%) Rapid Prototyping
9 102 (16.53%) User Research
10 99 (16.05%) Software Engineering
11 87 (14.10%) Analytics
12 77 (12.48%) CI/CD
12 77 (12.48%) UX Design
13 74 (11.99%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 71 (11.51%) LLM
15 66 (10.70%) Service Design
16 59 (9.56%) Roadmaps
17 58 (9.40%) Wireframes
18 54 (8.75%) Workflow
19 53 (8.59%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 110 (17.83%) Python
2 48 (7.78%) TypeScript
3 45 (7.29%) SQL
4 44 (7.13%) JavaScript
5 38 (6.16%) Java
6 35 (5.67%) C++
7 34 (5.51%) C
8 29 (4.70%) C#
9 17 (2.76%) MATLAB
10 11 (1.78%) Bash
11 10 (1.62%) Embedded C
11 10 (1.62%) Rust
12 8 (1.30%) Embedded C++
13 6 (0.97%) Go
13 6 (0.97%) Groovy
14 5 (0.81%) PHP
14 5 (0.81%) R
15 4 (0.65%) PowerShell
16 3 (0.49%) T-SQL
17 2 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 223 (36.14%) Degree
2 122 (19.77%) Security Cleared
3 97 (15.72%) SC Cleared
4 28 (4.54%) Master's Degree
5 22 (3.57%) BPSS Clearance
6 21 (3.40%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (3.40%) HND
7 17 (2.76%) PhD
8 15 (2.43%) HNC
9 12 (1.94%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.94%) Chartered Engineer
10 5 (0.81%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 5 (0.81%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.81%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.81%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.65%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.49%) Postgraduate
13 2 (0.32%) DBS Check
13 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.16%) CREST Certified
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (14.91%) Accessibility
2 40 (6.48%) WCAG
3 23 (3.73%) QA
4 13 (2.11%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.13%) ISO 9001
6 6 (0.97%) GDPR
7 3 (0.49%) EU AI Act
7 3 (0.49%) GRC
7 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.49%) JTAG
7 3 (0.49%) MISRA
8 2 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.32%) DO-254
8 2 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (0.32%) NIST
9 1 (0.16%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.16%) IASME
9 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 44 (7.13%) Docker
2 41 (6.65%) Firmware
3 16 (2.59%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.16%) zsh
Systems Management
1 20 (3.24%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.97%) Grafana
3 5 (0.81%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.16%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 57 (9.24%) Microsoft
2 45 (7.29%) EMC
3 44 (7.13%) Adobe
4 33 (5.35%) OpenAI
5 20 (3.24%) Google
6 12 (1.94%) Databricks
6 12 (1.94%) SAP
7 9 (1.46%) Salesforce
8 8 (1.30%) Autodesk
9 7 (1.13%) Thales
10 6 (0.97%) Foundry
11 5 (0.81%) Siemens
12 3 (0.49%) Apple
12 3 (0.49%) DocuSign
12 3 (0.49%) HighQ
12 3 (0.49%) Legora
12 3 (0.49%) Oracle
12 3 (0.49%) Xilinx
13 2 (0.32%) IBM
13 2 (0.32%) Intel