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

6 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 375 319 363
Rank change year-on-year -56 +44 -25
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 542 434 525
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.46% 0.88% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.63% 0.99% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 361 174 202
10th Percentile £42,215 £41,625 £46,000
25th Percentile £48,000 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +8.00% -3.85%
75th Percentile £75,000 £94,375 £77,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £120,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -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 85,591 43,838 62,686
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.02% 88.74% 81.52%
Number of salaries quoted 59,105 24,621 34,654
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 £57,560
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.45% -4.07%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
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 25 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 25 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 +6 459 £60,000 -14.29% 1,337
UK excluding London -75 353 £57,500 -4.17% 662
Work from Home -40 194 £65,000 +18.18% 473
London -37 146 £75,000 - 753
North of England -2 100 £55,000 -4.35% 112
South East -26 84 £56,750 -12.69% 177
East of England +23 61 £60,000 +14.29% 114
North West -1 51 £51,250 -14.58% 70
Midlands -27 38 £56,250 -6.25% 57
West Midlands -26 29 £57,500 -4.17% 46
South West -56 28 £60,000 -29.41% 119
North East -47 27 £60,000 -7.69% 14
Yorkshire -20 22 £57,500 +88.52% 28
Wales -53 22 £53,171 +7.42% 16
Scotland -75 12 £55,000 - 50
Northern Ireland -79 11 £80,000 - 16
East Midlands -35 9 £45,000 +36.36% 11

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 (2.03%) Confluence
2 10 (1.85%) Apache
2 10 (1.85%) Apache Spark
3 9 (1.66%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.29%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.92%) CMS
5 5 (0.92%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.55%) WordPress
7 2 (0.37%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.37%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 23 (4.24%) SOLIDWORKS
2 18 (3.32%) Adobe XD
3 15 (2.77%) Adobe Illustrator
3 15 (2.77%) Photoshop
4 14 (2.58%) InDesign
5 10 (1.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 9 (1.66%) Sketch
7 8 (1.48%) Solid Edge
8 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
9 6 (1.11%) EPLAN
10 5 (0.92%) Adobe After Effects
10 5 (0.92%) MS Visio
11 3 (0.55%) Productboard
11 3 (0.55%) UserZoom
11 3 (0.55%) Zeplin
12 2 (0.37%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.37%) OrCAD
12 2 (0.37%) Simulink
12 2 (0.37%) Trello
12 2 (0.37%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (1.48%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.74%) SAP SD
3 3 (0.55%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.37%) 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 (17.71%) Figma
2 90 (16.61%) AWS
3 69 (12.73%) Azure
4 41 (7.56%) GCP
5 23 (4.24%) GitHub
6 20 (3.69%) SaaS
7 19 (3.51%) Amazon S3
7 19 (3.51%) Serverless
8 18 (3.32%) Power Platform
9 17 (3.14%) AWS Lambda
9 17 (3.14%) Microsoft 365
10 15 (2.77%) Anthropic Claude
11 14 (2.58%) Adobe Analytics
11 14 (2.58%) dbt
12 13 (2.40%) Microsoft Copilot
13 11 (2.03%) Google Analytics
14 10 (1.85%) Amazon ECS
14 10 (1.85%) AWS CloudFormation
14 10 (1.85%) Copilot Studio
14 10 (1.85%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.58%) Broadband
2 8 (1.48%) WPA
3 5 (0.92%) Intranet
4 4 (0.74%) Software-Defined Radio
4 4 (0.74%) Wireless
5 3 (0.55%) Ethernet
5 3 (0.55%) RS-485
6 2 (0.37%) Internet
6 2 (0.37%) RS-232
6 2 (0.37%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.18%) AMQP
7 1 (0.18%) Modbus
7 1 (0.18%) MQTT
7 1 (0.18%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.95%) DynamoDB
2 11 (2.03%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (1.85%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.48%) Power BI
4 8 (1.48%) Redis
5 6 (1.11%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.92%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.74%) Geospatial Data
7 4 (0.74%) Hadoop
7 4 (0.74%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.55%) ClickHouse
8 3 (0.55%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.55%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.55%) Metadata
8 3 (0.55%) Tableau
9 2 (0.37%) Big Data
9 2 (0.37%) Power Query
9 2 (0.37%) Star Schema
9 2 (0.37%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 24 (4.43%) Git
2 17 (3.14%) JIRA
3 15 (2.77%) GitLab
4 9 (1.66%) Jenkins
5 8 (1.48%) Axure RP
5 8 (1.48%) Cypress.io
5 8 (1.48%) LabVIEW
6 7 (1.29%) Claude Code
6 7 (1.29%) Maven
6 7 (1.29%) SonarQube
7 6 (1.11%) Balsamiq
7 6 (1.11%) Postman
8 3 (0.55%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.55%) Eclipse RCP
9 2 (0.37%) Bower
9 2 (0.37%) MLflow
10 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.18%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.18%) ERwin
10 1 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
General
1 214 (39.48%) Social Skills
2 103 (19.00%) Finance
3 102 (18.82%) Electronics
4 94 (17.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 89 (16.42%) Manufacturing
6 81 (14.94%) Public Sector
7 71 (13.10%) Analytical Skills
8 52 (9.59%) Law
9 43 (7.93%) Aerospace
10 38 (7.01%) Marketing
11 32 (5.90%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (3.69%) Games
13 19 (3.51%) Automotive
13 19 (3.51%) Retail
14 17 (3.14%) Legal
14 17 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
15 12 (2.21%) Influencing Skills
16 11 (2.03%) Military
17 10 (1.85%) Publishing
18 9 (1.66%) Banking
Job Titles
1 128 (23.62%) Senior
2 110 (20.30%) Designer
3 67 (12.36%) Developer
4 49 (9.04%) Lead
5 44 (8.12%) UX Designer
6 43 (7.93%) Software Engineer
7 34 (6.27%) Architect
8 31 (5.72%) Senior Designer
9 30 (5.54%) Electronics Engineer
10 28 (5.17%) Interaction Designer
11 24 (4.43%) UI Designer
11 24 (4.43%) UI/UX Designer
12 22 (4.06%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 22 (4.06%) Delivery Manager
12 22 (4.06%) Systems Engineer
13 20 (3.69%) Full-Stack Developer
13 20 (3.69%) Lead Designer
13 20 (3.69%) Software Developer
14 18 (3.32%) Consultant
15 16 (2.95%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (7.56%) HTML
2 40 (7.38%) React
3 39 (7.20%) CSS
4 24 (4.43%) .NET
5 19 (3.51%) Spring Boot
6 17 (3.14%) LangChain
6 17 (3.14%) Terraform
7 16 (2.95%) AngularJS
8 14 (2.58%) Kafka
8 14 (2.58%) REST
9 13 (2.40%) Spring
10 11 (2.03%) Web Services
11 9 (1.66%) AWS CDK
11 9 (1.66%) Framer.js
11 9 (1.66%) Node.js
11 9 (1.66%) RESTful
12 8 (1.48%) Jest
12 8 (1.48%) JSON
12 8 (1.48%) Next.js
13 7 (1.29%) Material Design
Miscellaneous
1 44 (8.12%) Cloud Native
2 32 (5.90%) Embedded Systems
3 30 (5.54%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (5.17%) Product Ownership
5 25 (4.61%) AI Agents
6 22 (4.06%) Robotics
7 20 (3.69%) IoT
8 17 (3.14%) FPGA
9 15 (2.77%) Analogue Electronics
9 15 (2.77%) Onboarding
9 15 (2.77%) Social Media
10 14 (2.58%) Distributed Systems
11 13 (2.40%) Public Cloud
12 12 (2.21%) Algorithms
12 12 (2.21%) Mobile App
13 11 (2.03%) Life Science
14 10 (1.85%) Low-Code
14 10 (1.85%) Management Information System
15 9 (1.66%) Data Structures
16 8 (1.48%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.48%) Android
1 8 (1.48%) Linux
2 7 (1.29%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.55%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (0.37%) Unix
5 1 (0.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (36.72%) AI
2 192 (35.42%) Agile
3 126 (23.25%) Continuous Improvement
4 113 (20.85%) Problem-Solving
4 113 (20.85%) User Experience
5 110 (20.30%) User Research
6 102 (18.82%) Mentoring
6 102 (18.82%) Rapid Prototyping
7 91 (16.79%) Analytics
8 90 (16.61%) Validation
9 89 (16.42%) Software Engineering
10 79 (14.58%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 77 (14.21%) UX Design
12 72 (13.28%) CI/CD
13 66 (12.18%) Roadmaps
14 60 (11.07%) LLM
15 58 (10.70%) Service Design
16 54 (9.96%) Wireframes
17 50 (9.23%) DevOps
18 46 (8.49%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 95 (17.53%) Python
2 47 (8.67%) TypeScript
3 44 (8.12%) JavaScript
4 39 (7.20%) Java
5 36 (6.64%) SQL
6 29 (5.35%) C#
7 27 (4.98%) C++
8 25 (4.61%) C
9 14 (2.58%) MATLAB
10 9 (1.66%) Bash
11 8 (1.48%) Groovy
12 7 (1.29%) Embedded C
12 7 (1.29%) Go
12 7 (1.29%) Rust
13 5 (0.92%) Embedded C++
13 5 (0.92%) PHP
14 3 (0.55%) PowerShell
14 3 (0.55%) T-SQL
15 2 (0.37%) Kotlin
15 2 (0.37%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 184 (33.95%) Degree
2 110 (20.30%) Security Cleared
3 84 (15.50%) SC Cleared
4 27 (4.98%) Master's Degree
5 18 (3.32%) BPSS Clearance
5 18 (3.32%) Computer Science Degree
6 15 (2.77%) HND
6 15 (2.77%) PhD
7 13 (2.40%) AWS Certification
8 11 (2.03%) HNC
9 8 (1.48%) Chartered Engineer
10 7 (1.29%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 7 (1.29%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (1.11%) Azure Certification
12 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.55%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.37%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.37%) Postgraduate
15 1 (0.18%) OCP
15 1 (0.18%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (17.34%) Accessibility
2 40 (7.38%) WCAG
3 20 (3.69%) QA
4 10 (1.85%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.74%) ISO 9001
6 3 (0.55%) DO-254
6 3 (0.55%) GDPR
6 3 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.55%) JTAG
7 2 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.37%) 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%) EU AI Act
8 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.18%) IASME
8 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.18%) MISRA
8 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 31 (5.72%) Docker
2 28 (5.17%) Firmware
3 8 (1.48%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (3.32%) Kubernetes
2 7 (1.29%) HP Fortify
3 2 (0.37%) Grafana
4 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 53 (9.78%) Microsoft
2 50 (9.23%) Adobe
3 31 (5.72%) OpenAI
4 24 (4.43%) EMC
5 19 (3.51%) Google
6 11 (2.03%) Databricks
6 11 (2.03%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.03%) SAP
7 6 (1.11%) Autodesk
8 4 (0.74%) Oracle
8 4 (0.74%) Thales
9 3 (0.55%) Apple
9 3 (0.55%) Cognizant
9 3 (0.55%) DocuSign
9 3 (0.55%) Foundry
9 3 (0.55%) HighQ
9 3 (0.55%) Legora
9 3 (0.55%) Siemens
9 3 (0.55%) Xilinx
10 2 (0.37%) ServiceNow