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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 365 302 332
Rank change year-on-year -63 +30 -36
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 305 500 526
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.94% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 1.03% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 193 198 359
10th Percentile £45,200 £42,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £68,525 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.15% +14.21% -11.11%
75th Percentile £92,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £120,000 £85,000 £94,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.38% +30.00% -23.08%

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 49,863 48,378 55,939
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.51% 91.05% 89.23%
Number of salaries quoted 29,434 23,452 42,996
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +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 22 January 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 22 January 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 -61 266 £70,000 +3.86% 352
UK excluding London -147 137 £55,000 -15.38% 321
London +74 136 £75,000 +8.21% 81
Work from Home -79 90 £57,500 -17.04% 137
South East -69 41 £55,000 -26.67% 112
North of England -25 37 £57,500 -4.17% 46
North West -21 18 £57,500 -4.17% 16
East of England -7 15 £90,000 +63.64% 61
Yorkshire -11 15 £45,705 -12.94% 21
South West -20 15 £82,500 +10.00% 42
Scotland -22 10 £54,500 -21.36% 8
Midlands +18 9 £52,500 +5.00% 47
Wales -16 9 £61,651 -11.05% 11
West Midlands +29 8 £50,000 -4.76% 23
North East +3 4 £73,801 +32.01% 9
East Midlands -3 1 £60,000 +50.00% 23
Northern Ireland -12 1 £73,801 +6.48% 4

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 (3.28%) Confluence
2 4 (1.31%) Apache Spark
3 3 (0.98%) Apache Airflow
3 3 (0.98%) Jupyter
4 1 (0.33%) CMS
4 1 (0.33%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.33%) SAS
4 1 (0.33%) Strapi
4 1 (0.33%) WordPress
Applications
1 43 (14.10%) Adobe XD
2 19 (6.23%) Sketch
3 13 (4.26%) MS Visio
4 10 (3.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 10 (3.28%) Maya
5 7 (2.30%) InVision
6 6 (1.97%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (1.97%) SOLIDWORKS
7 5 (1.64%) Fusion 360
8 4 (1.31%) Chatbot
8 4 (1.31%) Microsoft Excel
9 3 (0.98%) Autodesk Inventor
9 3 (0.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 3 (0.98%) PTC Creo
10 2 (0.66%) Photoshop
10 2 (0.66%) Windchill
11 1 (0.33%) Adobe Illustrator
11 1 (0.33%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.33%) AutoCAD
11 1 (0.33%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 9 (2.95%) SAP CO
1 9 (2.95%) SAP FI
1 9 (2.95%) SAP FI/CO
1 9 (2.95%) SAP FSCM
1 9 (2.95%) SAP IBP
1 9 (2.95%) SAP IS-U
1 9 (2.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (0.98%) Sage 200
3 1 (0.33%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.33%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.33%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.33%) SimCorp Dimension
Cloud Services
1 98 (32.13%) Figma
2 65 (21.31%) AWS
3 55 (18.03%) Azure
4 30 (9.84%) GCP
5 25 (8.20%) Miro
6 20 (6.56%) Adobe Analytics
7 19 (6.23%) Amazon ECR
7 19 (6.23%) Amazon ECS
8 18 (5.90%) AWS CloudFormation
9 17 (5.57%) SaaS
10 16 (5.25%) PaaS
11 14 (4.59%) GitHub
12 13 (4.26%) Amazon ElastiCache
12 13 (4.26%) dbt
13 12 (3.93%) Amazon OpenSearch
13 12 (3.93%) Google Analytics
13 12 (3.93%) Pulumi
13 12 (3.93%) Sentry
14 10 (3.28%) Serverless
15 9 (2.95%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.90%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.97%) Broadband
3 5 (1.64%) Bluetooth
3 5 (1.64%) Firewall
4 4 (1.31%) Intrusion Detection
4 4 (1.31%) Modbus
4 4 (1.31%) Network Security
4 4 (1.31%) VLAN
4 4 (1.31%) Wireshark
4 4 (1.31%) ZigBee
5 3 (0.98%) Internet
5 3 (0.98%) Software-Defined Radio
6 2 (0.66%) 2G
6 2 (0.66%) 4G
6 2 (0.66%) 5G
6 2 (0.66%) DNS
6 2 (0.66%) HTTP
6 2 (0.66%) ICMP
7 1 (0.33%) LTE
7 1 (0.33%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.92%) Amazon RDS
2 14 (4.59%) Redis
3 13 (4.26%) PostgreSQL
4 12 (3.93%) Elasticsearch
5 9 (2.95%) SAP BW
6 7 (2.30%) NoSQL
7 6 (1.97%) DynamoDB
8 5 (1.64%) Power BI
9 4 (1.31%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.98%) SQL Server
11 2 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.66%) Relational Database
11 2 (0.66%) Semantic Layer
11 2 (0.66%) Tableau
12 1 (0.33%) Apache Hive
12 1 (0.33%) Data Mining
12 1 (0.33%) GIS
12 1 (0.33%) Hadoop
12 1 (0.33%) Power Query
12 1 (0.33%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 34 (11.15%) Axure RP
2 27 (8.85%) Balsamiq
3 14 (4.59%) JIRA
4 11 (3.61%) Git
5 10 (3.28%) Jenkins
6 8 (2.62%) Cypress.io
7 6 (1.97%) GitLab
7 6 (1.97%) Maven
7 6 (1.97%) SonarQube
8 5 (1.64%) IDA Disassembler
9 4 (1.31%) Burp Suite
9 4 (1.31%) Metasploit
10 2 (0.66%) Octopus Deploy
11 1 (0.33%) MLflow
11 1 (0.33%) Mocha
General
1 99 (32.46%) Social Skills
2 62 (20.33%) Analytical Skills
3 56 (18.36%) Law
4 54 (17.70%) Finance
5 40 (13.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 38 (12.46%) Public Sector
7 22 (7.21%) Influencing Skills
8 20 (6.56%) Banking
9 15 (4.92%) Games
9 15 (4.92%) Presentation Skills
10 14 (4.59%) Legal
10 14 (4.59%) Manufacturing
11 11 (3.61%) Electronics
12 9 (2.95%) Retail
13 8 (2.62%) Marketing
14 7 (2.30%) Telecoms
15 6 (1.97%) Front Office
15 6 (1.97%) Organisational Skills
16 5 (1.64%) Aerospace
16 5 (1.64%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 78 (25.57%) Designer
2 65 (21.31%) Senior
3 38 (12.46%) Developer
4 32 (10.49%) UX Designer
5 30 (9.84%) Lead
6 20 (6.56%) Full-Stack Engineer
7 19 (6.23%) Consultant
8 17 (5.57%) Product Designer
8 17 (5.57%) Strategy Manager
9 15 (4.92%) Senior Manager
9 15 (4.92%) Service Designer
10 14 (4.59%) Architect
10 14 (4.59%) Interaction Designer
10 14 (4.59%) Software Engineer
11 12 (3.93%) Analyst
11 12 (3.93%) Platform Engineer
11 12 (3.93%) Senior Platform Engineer
12 9 (2.95%) Full-Stack Developer
12 9 (2.95%) Senior Consultant
12 9 (2.95%) Senior Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (13.44%) CSS
2 40 (13.11%) HTML
3 32 (10.49%) React
4 27 (8.85%) Node.js
5 23 (7.54%) .NET
6 15 (4.92%) AngularJS
7 14 (4.59%) PyTorch
7 14 (4.59%) REST
8 13 (4.26%) TensorFlow
9 12 (3.93%) Django
10 9 (2.95%) Jest
10 9 (2.95%) JSON
10 9 (2.95%) Spring Boot
10 9 (2.95%) XML
11 7 (2.30%) Google JAX
11 7 (2.30%) JAX
11 7 (2.30%) Next.js
11 7 (2.30%) Vue
12 6 (1.97%) Pandas
12 6 (1.97%) scikit-learn
Miscellaneous
1 35 (11.48%) Product Ownership
2 32 (10.49%) Cloud Native
3 16 (5.25%) Linux Command Line
4 11 (3.61%) Enterprise Software
5 10 (3.28%) Cyber Threat
6 9 (2.95%) Mobile App
7 8 (2.62%) Algorithms
7 8 (2.62%) Self-Motivation
8 7 (2.30%) CUDA
8 7 (2.30%) Distributed Systems
9 6 (1.97%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.97%) IoT
9 6 (1.97%) Management Information System
9 6 (1.97%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.64%) Animation
10 5 (1.64%) Blog
10 5 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.64%) Equities
10 5 (1.64%) Social Media
11 4 (1.31%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 24 (7.87%) Linux
2 12 (3.93%) Unix
3 11 (3.61%) Android
4 4 (1.31%) Kali Linux
4 4 (1.31%) Ubuntu
4 4 (1.31%) Windows
5 3 (0.98%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (48.52%) Agile
2 137 (44.92%) User Experience
3 93 (30.49%) Problem-Solving
4 82 (26.89%) Analytics
5 81 (26.56%) UX Design
6 77 (25.25%) User Research
6 77 (25.25%) Wireframes
7 75 (24.59%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 69 (22.62%) AI
9 59 (19.34%) Continuous Improvement
10 55 (18.03%) CI/CD
11 52 (17.05%) Usability Testing
12 47 (15.41%) Computer Science
13 44 (14.43%) Mentoring
14 41 (13.44%) Clean Code
14 41 (13.44%) Machine Learning
15 40 (13.11%) DevOps
15 40 (13.11%) Rapid Prototyping
16 39 (12.79%) Journey Map
17 38 (12.46%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 74 (24.26%) Python
2 52 (17.05%) JavaScript
3 40 (13.11%) Java
4 29 (9.51%) TypeScript
5 17 (5.57%) SQL
6 16 (5.25%) C++
7 14 (4.59%) C#
8 7 (2.30%) Bash
8 7 (2.30%) C
8 7 (2.30%) Groovy
9 5 (1.64%) R
10 4 (1.31%) PHP
10 4 (1.31%) Rust
11 3 (0.98%) Bicep
11 3 (0.98%) Delphi
11 3 (0.98%) Go
11 3 (0.98%) Kotlin
12 2 (0.66%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.33%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 1 (0.33%) Scala
Qualifications
1 115 (37.70%) Degree
2 80 (26.23%) Security Cleared
3 64 (20.98%) SC Cleared
4 16 (5.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 13 (4.26%) DV Cleared
6 8 (2.62%) AWS Certification
7 7 (2.30%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (2.30%) Master's Degree
7 7 (2.30%) PhD
8 6 (1.97%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 6 (1.97%) ITIL Certification
9 4 (1.31%) HNC
9 4 (1.31%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (0.98%) HND
10 3 (0.98%) MCP
11 2 (0.66%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
12 1 (0.33%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.33%) PMI Certification
12 1 (0.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 89 (29.18%) Accessibility
2 41 (13.44%) WCAG
3 4 (1.31%) GDPR
3 4 (1.31%) ISO 13485
4 3 (0.98%) GRC
4 3 (0.98%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.98%) QA
5 1 (0.33%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.33%) EU AI Act
5 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 20000
5 1 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.33%) NIST
System Software
1 25 (8.20%) Docker
2 1 (0.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.33%) Firmware
2 1 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (0.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 17 (5.57%) Terraform
2 12 (3.93%) AWS Copilot
3 6 (1.97%) HP Fortify
3 6 (1.97%) Kubernetes
4 4 (1.31%) Nessus
4 4 (1.31%) Nmap
5 2 (0.66%) Ansible
6 1 (0.33%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.33%) WMI
Vendors
1 74 (24.26%) Adobe
2 40 (13.11%) Microsoft
3 31 (10.16%) Google
4 21 (6.89%) Qualtrics
5 9 (2.95%) SAP
6 5 (1.64%) OpenAI
7 4 (1.31%) Cisco
7 4 (1.31%) Red Hat
7 4 (1.31%) Splunk
8 3 (0.98%) Autodesk
8 3 (0.98%) Sage
9 2 (0.66%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (0.66%) Foundry
9 2 (0.66%) Mercator
9 2 (0.66%) PTC
9 2 (0.66%) UiPath
9 2 (0.66%) VMware
10 1 (0.33%) Hotjar
10 1 (0.33%) Workday
10 1 (0.33%) YouTube