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

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 309 399
Rank change year-on-year -59 +90 -83
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 534 457 510
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.91% 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 1.03% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 317 189 250
10th Percentile £42,900 £37,500 £44,500
25th Percentile £48,000 £48,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £75,000 £83,750 £74,144
90th Percentile £85,000 £113,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £60,750 £58,465
% change year-on-year -7.00% +3.91% -6.46%

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 79,395 44,536 67,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.20% 88.97% 80.72%
Number of salaries quoted 54,920 25,310 42,355
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -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 24 August 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 24 August 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 -7 448 £60,000 -7.69% 261
UK excluding London -55 339 £56,500 -7.00% 202
Work from Home -1 244 £65,000 +18.18% 122
London -25 153 £75,000 +7.14% 102
South East -6 87 £57,500 -11.54% 51
North of England +1 85 £52,500 -19.23% 28
East of England +15 63 £60,000 +33.33% 37
North West -4 39 £50,000 -26.06% 12
South West -48 31 £60,000 -5.88% 53
Midlands -41 24 £60,000 - 23
Yorkshire -15 23 £66,250 +22.69% 7
North East -37 23 £60,000 -7.69% 9
Wales -43 21 £53,171 -21.88% 4
West Midlands -13 18 £61,250 +2.08% 14
Scotland -71 18 £52,250 -34.69% 12
Northern Ireland -71 10 £80,000 - 1
East Midlands -30 6 £50,000 +51.52% 9

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 12 (2.25%) Confluence
2 8 (1.50%) Apache
2 8 (1.50%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.94%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (0.94%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.56%) CMS
4 3 (0.56%) Jupyter
4 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.56%) WordPress
5 2 (0.37%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.19%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 20 (3.75%) Adobe XD
2 14 (2.62%) InDesign
2 14 (2.62%) SOLIDWORKS
3 13 (2.43%) Adobe Illustrator
3 13 (2.43%) Photoshop
4 9 (1.69%) Sketch
5 8 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
5 8 (1.50%) Solid Edge
6 7 (1.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 6 (1.12%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.94%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
10 3 (0.56%) EPLAN
10 3 (0.56%) Productboard
10 3 (0.56%) UserZoom
10 3 (0.56%) Zeplin
11 2 (0.37%) InVision
11 2 (0.37%) OrCAD
11 2 (0.37%) Trello
11 2 (0.37%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (1.50%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.75%) SAP SD
3 3 (0.56%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.19%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.19%) Maximo
5 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.19%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 103 (19.29%) Figma
2 87 (16.29%) AWS
3 71 (13.30%) Azure
4 56 (10.49%) Adobe Analytics
5 39 (7.30%) GCP
6 21 (3.93%) SaaS
7 20 (3.75%) Amazon S3
7 20 (3.75%) Serverless
8 19 (3.56%) GitHub
9 18 (3.37%) AWS Lambda
9 18 (3.37%) Power Platform
10 14 (2.62%) Anthropic Claude
10 14 (2.62%) dbt
11 13 (2.43%) Google Analytics
11 13 (2.43%) Microsoft 365
12 11 (2.06%) Amazon ECS
12 11 (2.06%) AWS CloudFormation
12 11 (2.06%) Azure AI
12 11 (2.06%) Microsoft Copilot
13 10 (1.87%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 64 (11.99%) Broadband
2 8 (1.50%) WPA
3 5 (0.94%) Intranet
4 4 (0.75%) Wireless
5 3 (0.56%) Software-Defined Radio
6 2 (0.37%) RS-485
6 2 (0.37%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.19%) AMQP
7 1 (0.19%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.19%) Internet
7 1 (0.19%) LTE
7 1 (0.19%) Modbus
7 1 (0.19%) MQTT
7 1 (0.19%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (3.18%) DynamoDB
2 11 (2.06%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.69%) Power BI
4 8 (1.50%) Redis
5 7 (1.31%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.12%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.94%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.75%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (0.75%) Hadoop
8 4 (0.75%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.56%) ClickHouse
9 3 (0.56%) Db2
9 3 (0.56%) DB2 UDB
9 3 (0.56%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.56%) QlikView
9 3 (0.56%) Tableau
10 2 (0.37%) Big Data
10 2 (0.37%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.37%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 23 (4.31%) Git
2 19 (3.56%) JIRA
3 12 (2.25%) GitLab
4 11 (2.06%) Axure RP
5 10 (1.87%) Jenkins
6 9 (1.69%) Balsamiq
6 9 (1.69%) Cypress.io
7 8 (1.50%) LabVIEW
7 8 (1.50%) Maven
7 8 (1.50%) SonarQube
8 6 (1.12%) Postman
9 5 (0.94%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.56%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.56%) Eclipse RCP
11 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.37%) Bower
11 2 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
12 1 (0.19%) ER Studio
12 1 (0.19%) MLflow
12 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 177 (33.15%) Social Skills
2 103 (19.29%) Finance
3 92 (17.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 78 (14.61%) Analytical Skills
5 75 (14.04%) Public Sector
6 73 (13.67%) Electronics
7 59 (11.05%) Games
8 57 (10.67%) Manufacturing
9 50 (9.36%) Law
10 33 (6.18%) Marketing
11 28 (5.24%) Aerospace
12 25 (4.68%) Presentation Skills
13 14 (2.62%) Legal
14 13 (2.43%) Organisational Skills
15 12 (2.25%) Retail
16 9 (1.69%) Automotive
16 9 (1.69%) Influencing Skills
17 8 (1.50%) Documentation Skills
18 7 (1.31%) Banking
18 7 (1.31%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 109 (20.41%) Senior
2 105 (19.66%) Designer
3 68 (12.73%) Developer
4 56 (10.49%) Lead
5 45 (8.43%) UX Designer
6 39 (7.30%) Architect
7 36 (6.74%) Software Engineer
8 27 (5.06%) Interaction Designer
8 27 (5.06%) Systems Engineer
9 26 (4.87%) Senior Designer
10 25 (4.68%) Lead Designer
11 22 (4.12%) Consultant
12 20 (3.75%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 20 (3.75%) Delivery Manager
12 20 (3.75%) Full-Stack Developer
12 20 (3.75%) UI Designer
12 20 (3.75%) UI/UX Designer
13 19 (3.56%) Product Manager
14 18 (3.37%) Solutions Architect
15 17 (3.18%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (7.49%) HTML
2 39 (7.30%) CSS
3 30 (5.62%) React
4 19 (3.56%) .NET
5 18 (3.37%) LangChain
6 15 (2.81%) AngularJS
6 15 (2.81%) Terraform
7 12 (2.25%) REST
7 12 (2.25%) Spring Boot
8 10 (1.87%) Web Services
9 9 (1.69%) AWS CDK
9 9 (1.69%) Framer.js
9 9 (1.69%) Jest
9 9 (1.69%) Node.js
9 9 (1.69%) RESTful
10 8 (1.50%) Gherkin
10 8 (1.50%) JSON
10 8 (1.50%) Next.js
11 7 (1.31%) Material Design
11 7 (1.31%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 56 (10.49%) Social Media
2 47 (8.80%) Cloud Native
3 29 (5.43%) Product Ownership
4 26 (4.87%) Embedded Systems
5 23 (4.31%) AI Agents
6 20 (3.75%) Self-Motivation
7 18 (3.37%) FPGA
8 17 (3.18%) Public Cloud
9 16 (3.00%) Robotics
10 14 (2.62%) Algorithms
10 14 (2.62%) IoT
11 12 (2.25%) Distributed Systems
12 11 (2.06%) Management Information System
12 11 (2.06%) Onboarding
13 10 (1.87%) Analogue Electronics
13 10 (1.87%) Data Structures
13 10 (1.87%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (1.87%) Life Science
13 10 (1.87%) Low-Code
14 8 (1.50%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.69%) Linux
2 3 (0.56%) Android
2 3 (0.56%) Unix
3 2 (0.37%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.19%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 236 (44.19%) Agile
2 231 (43.26%) AI
3 147 (27.53%) User Research
4 125 (23.41%) Analytics
5 120 (22.47%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 115 (21.54%) Rapid Prototyping
7 110 (20.60%) User Experience
8 105 (19.66%) Roadmaps
9 98 (18.35%) Continuous Improvement
10 97 (18.16%) Mentoring
11 89 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
12 83 (15.54%) Software Engineering
13 82 (15.36%) Customer Experience
14 81 (15.17%) UX Design
15 75 (14.04%) Validation
16 74 (13.86%) Product Roadmap
17 66 (12.36%) LLM
18 64 (11.99%) Storytelling
19 56 (10.49%) CI/CD
19 56 (10.49%) Digital Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 94 (17.60%) Python
2 44 (8.24%) JavaScript
3 38 (7.12%) Java
4 36 (6.74%) TypeScript
5 32 (5.99%) SQL
6 29 (5.43%) C
7 27 (5.06%) C#
8 24 (4.49%) C++
9 11 (2.06%) MATLAB
10 10 (1.87%) Bash
11 9 (1.69%) Groovy
12 7 (1.31%) Go
13 6 (1.12%) Embedded C
14 5 (0.94%) PHP
15 3 (0.56%) Pascal
15 3 (0.56%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.56%) Rust
16 2 (0.37%) Ruby
17 1 (0.19%) Apex Code
17 1 (0.19%) Kotlin
Qualifications
1 160 (29.96%) Degree
2 100 (18.73%) Security Cleared
3 73 (13.67%) SC Cleared
4 25 (4.68%) Master's Degree
5 18 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (3.18%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (2.62%) PhD
8 12 (2.25%) AWS Certification
9 8 (1.50%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 8 (1.50%) HND
9 8 (1.50%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (1.31%) DV Cleared
11 5 (0.94%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.56%) Chartered Engineer
12 3 (0.56%) HNC
12 3 (0.56%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 2 (0.37%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.19%) OCP
14 1 (0.19%) Oracle Certification
14 1 (0.19%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 131 (24.53%) Accessibility
2 70 (13.11%) WCAG
3 17 (3.18%) QA
4 10 (1.87%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.12%) GDPR
6 4 (0.75%) DO-254
7 3 (0.56%) JTAG
8 2 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.37%) GRC
8 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.19%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.19%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.19%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.19%) GxP
9 1 (0.19%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.19%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.19%) NIST
System Software
1 27 (5.06%) Docker
2 24 (4.49%) Firmware
3 8 (1.50%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (2.62%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.50%) HP Fortify
3 1 (0.19%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 91 (17.04%) Adobe
2 51 (9.55%) Microsoft
3 30 (5.62%) OpenAI
4 29 (5.43%) Google
5 16 (3.00%) EMC
6 11 (2.06%) SAP
7 10 (1.87%) Salesforce
8 9 (1.69%) Databricks
9 5 (0.94%) Foundry
10 4 (0.75%) Oracle
11 3 (0.56%) Autodesk
11 3 (0.56%) Cognizant
11 3 (0.56%) JD Edwards
11 3 (0.56%) Motorola
11 3 (0.56%) Siemens
11 3 (0.56%) Xilinx
12 2 (0.37%) Altera
12 2 (0.37%) Revolut
12 2 (0.37%) ServiceNow
12 2 (0.37%) YouTube