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

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 301 419
Rank change year-on-year -67 +118 -115
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 502 455 484
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.92% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 1.03% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 277 185 282
10th Percentile £43,490 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,000 £48,750 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £58,465
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +11.18% -10.05%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,000 £65,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -12.31% +12.14% -3.39%

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 74,612 44,363 71,938
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.65% 89.74% 81.45%
Number of salaries quoted 51,478 25,172 48,522
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £76,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%

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 27 July 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 27 July 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 -2 414 £60,000 -7.69% 298
UK excluding London -53 307 £57,000 -12.31% 144
Work from Home +5 269 £67,481 +22.69% 125
London -3 145 £70,561 +1.70% 179
North of England -3 76 £50,000 -24.60% 33
East of England +41 74 £74,000 +64.44% 19
South East -11 72 £56,500 -7.00% 49
North West -6 32 £48,750 -29.74% 21
Yorkshire -17 26 £65,000 +9.24% 5
South West -55 21 £60,000 -5.88% 22
Midlands -37 19 £68,665 +16.88% 11
Wales -42 19 £53,171 -22.38% 5
North East -39 18 £56,250 -13.46% 7
West Midlands -22 16 £74,830 +24.72% 10
Scotland -70 15 £52,250 -16.82% 8
Northern Ireland -56 11 £80,000 -
East Midlands -37 3 £60,000 +81.82% 1

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 (1.59%) Confluence
2 7 (1.39%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.20%) Apache
4 4 (0.80%) CMS
5 3 (0.60%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.60%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.60%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.60%) WordPress
6 2 (0.40%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 15 (2.99%) Adobe XD
2 11 (2.19%) InDesign
3 10 (1.99%) Adobe Illustrator
3 10 (1.99%) Photoshop
3 10 (1.99%) Sketch
4 6 (1.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 5 (1.00%) Adobe After Effects
5 5 (1.00%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
5 5 (1.00%) SOLIDWORKS
6 3 (0.60%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.60%) Productboard
7 2 (0.40%) CATIA
7 2 (0.40%) InVision
7 2 (0.40%) Trello
7 2 (0.40%) Windchill
8 1 (0.20%) Siemens NX
8 1 (0.20%) Simulink
8 1 (0.20%) Solid Edge
8 1 (0.20%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 3 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.40%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.20%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.20%) Maximo
3 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.20%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 113 (22.51%) Figma
2 87 (17.33%) AWS
3 79 (15.74%) Adobe Analytics
4 75 (14.94%) Azure
5 48 (9.56%) GCP
6 20 (3.98%) SaaS
7 18 (3.59%) Amazon ECR
7 18 (3.59%) Amazon S3
7 18 (3.59%) AWS CloudFormation
7 18 (3.59%) Serverless
8 17 (3.39%) Amazon ECS
8 17 (3.39%) dbt
9 15 (2.99%) AWS Lambda
10 13 (2.59%) AWS Step Functions
10 13 (2.59%) GitHub
11 12 (2.39%) Vertex AI
12 11 (2.19%) Apigee
12 11 (2.19%) Power Platform
13 10 (1.99%) Amazon SQS
13 10 (1.99%) Cloud Computing
Communications & Networking
1 91 (18.13%) Broadband
2 8 (1.59%) WPA
3 7 (1.39%) TCP/IP
4 5 (1.00%) Intranet
5 4 (0.80%) Wireless
6 3 (0.60%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.40%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.40%) Internet
7 2 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.20%) AMQP
8 1 (0.20%) LTE
8 1 (0.20%) Modbus
8 1 (0.20%) MQTT
8 1 (0.20%) RS-232
8 1 (0.20%) RS-485
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.99%) DynamoDB
2 13 (2.59%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (2.19%) Redis
4 8 (1.59%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (1.59%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.39%) Power BI
6 6 (1.20%) Relational Database
7 5 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.80%) Db2
8 4 (0.80%) DB2 UDB
8 4 (0.80%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.80%) QlikView
8 4 (0.80%) Semantic Layer
9 3 (0.60%) ClickHouse
9 3 (0.60%) Hadoop
9 3 (0.60%) MongoDB
10 2 (0.40%) Amazon Athena
10 2 (0.40%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.40%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 23 (4.58%) Git
2 17 (3.39%) JIRA
3 15 (2.99%) GitLab
4 13 (2.59%) Jenkins
5 12 (2.39%) Cypress.io
6 11 (2.19%) Maven
6 11 (2.19%) SonarQube
7 8 (1.59%) Axure RP
7 8 (1.59%) LabVIEW
8 6 (1.20%) Balsamiq
9 4 (0.80%) Postman
10 3 (0.60%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.60%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.60%) Eclipse RCP
11 2 (0.40%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.40%) Bower
11 2 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
12 1 (0.20%) MLflow
12 1 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 144 (28.69%) Social Skills
2 97 (19.32%) Finance
3 83 (16.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 81 (16.14%) Games
5 74 (14.74%) Analytical Skills
6 70 (13.94%) Public Sector
7 53 (10.56%) Electronics
8 43 (8.57%) Law
9 37 (7.37%) Manufacturing
10 25 (4.98%) Marketing
11 24 (4.78%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (3.39%) Legal
13 16 (3.19%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (2.39%) Retail
15 9 (1.79%) Aerospace
15 9 (1.79%) Banking
16 8 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
18 6 (1.20%) Advertising
18 6 (1.20%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 113 (22.51%) Designer
2 97 (19.32%) Senior
3 75 (14.94%) Lead
4 60 (11.95%) Developer
5 47 (9.36%) UX Designer
6 38 (7.57%) Lead Designer
7 37 (7.37%) Architect
8 32 (6.37%) Software Engineer
9 31 (6.18%) Systems Engineer
10 27 (5.38%) Interaction Designer
11 22 (4.38%) Senior Designer
12 20 (3.98%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 20 (3.98%) Delivery Manager
13 19 (3.78%) Product Manager
13 19 (3.78%) UI Designer
13 19 (3.78%) UI/UX Designer
14 18 (3.59%) Consultant
15 17 (3.39%) Senior Manager
15 17 (3.39%) Solutions Architect
16 16 (3.19%) Digital Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (7.57%) HTML
2 34 (6.77%) CSS
3 23 (4.58%) React
4 19 (3.78%) AngularJS
5 16 (3.19%) .NET
6 15 (2.99%) LangChain
6 15 (2.99%) Spring Boot
7 12 (2.39%) Jest
7 12 (2.39%) REST
8 11 (2.19%) Gherkin
9 8 (1.59%) JSON
9 8 (1.59%) Web Services
10 7 (1.39%) Framer.js
10 7 (1.39%) Material Design
10 7 (1.39%) Node.js
11 6 (1.20%) Django
11 6 (1.20%) RESTful
11 6 (1.20%) XML
12 5 (1.00%) jQuery
12 5 (1.00%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 79 (15.74%) Social Media
2 38 (7.57%) Cloud Native
3 22 (4.38%) Product Ownership
4 18 (3.59%) Embedded Systems
5 17 (3.39%) IoT
6 16 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
7 15 (2.99%) FPGA
8 13 (2.59%) Public Cloud
9 12 (2.39%) AI Agents
9 12 (2.39%) Onboarding
9 12 (2.39%) Robotics
10 11 (2.19%) Data Structures
10 11 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
11 10 (1.99%) Algorithms
11 10 (1.99%) Distributed Systems
11 10 (1.99%) Management Information System
12 9 (1.79%) Low-Code
13 8 (1.59%) Fibre Optics
13 8 (1.59%) Verilog
13 8 (1.59%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.79%) Linux
2 8 (1.59%) Unix
3 1 (0.20%) Android
3 1 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.20%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.20%) ThreadX
3 1 (0.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 253 (50.40%) Agile
2 230 (45.82%) AI
3 165 (32.87%) User Research
4 143 (28.49%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 135 (26.89%) Analytics
6 131 (26.10%) Roadmaps
7 100 (19.92%) Customer Experience
7 100 (19.92%) Rapid Prototyping
8 98 (19.52%) Product Roadmap
8 98 (19.52%) User Experience
9 86 (17.13%) Storytelling
10 81 (16.14%) Mentoring
10 81 (16.14%) Problem-Solving
11 79 (15.74%) Digital Customer Experience
12 75 (14.94%) Software Engineering
13 73 (14.54%) Continuous Improvement
13 73 (14.54%) UX Design
14 63 (12.55%) Validation
15 61 (12.15%) Workshop Facilitation
16 55 (10.96%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 93 (18.53%) Python
2 43 (8.57%) Java
3 35 (6.97%) JavaScript
4 31 (6.18%) TypeScript
5 30 (5.98%) SQL
6 27 (5.38%) C
7 26 (5.18%) C#
7 26 (5.18%) C++
8 13 (2.59%) Bash
9 12 (2.39%) Groovy
9 12 (2.39%) MATLAB
10 5 (1.00%) Embedded C
10 5 (1.00%) PHP
11 4 (0.80%) Go
12 3 (0.60%) Julia
12 3 (0.60%) Pascal
12 3 (0.60%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.60%) Rust
13 1 (0.20%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.20%) R
Qualifications
1 133 (26.49%) Degree
2 81 (16.14%) Security Cleared
3 65 (12.95%) SC Cleared
4 26 (5.18%) Master's Degree
5 18 (3.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 14 (2.79%) AWS Certification
7 12 (2.39%) PhD
8 11 (2.19%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 11 (2.19%) ITIL Certification
9 10 (1.99%) DV Cleared
10 5 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.00%) HND
11 3 (0.60%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.40%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.20%) HNC
13 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.20%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 136 (27.09%) Accessibility
2 69 (13.75%) WCAG
3 11 (2.19%) QA
4 7 (1.39%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.00%) GRC
6 4 (0.80%) DO-254
6 4 (0.80%) GDPR
7 2 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.40%) JTAG
8 1 (0.20%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.20%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.20%) NIST
System Software
1 32 (6.37%) Docker
2 17 (3.39%) Firmware
3 7 (1.39%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 15 (2.99%) Terraform
2 12 (2.39%) Kubernetes
3 11 (2.19%) HP Fortify
4 5 (1.00%) AWS Copilot
5 1 (0.20%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 106 (21.12%) Adobe
2 41 (8.17%) Microsoft
3 31 (6.18%) Google
4 23 (4.58%) OpenAI
5 13 (2.59%) EMC
6 11 (2.19%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.39%) Foundry
8 5 (1.00%) Databricks
9 4 (0.80%) JD Edwards
9 4 (0.80%) Oracle
9 4 (0.80%) Xilinx
10 3 (0.60%) Cognizant
10 3 (0.60%) Motorola
10 3 (0.60%) SAP
10 3 (0.60%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.40%) Altera
11 2 (0.40%) Hotjar
11 2 (0.40%) Intel
11 2 (0.40%) Revolut
11 2 (0.40%) Workday