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

6 months to
26 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 376 313 373
Rank change year-on-year -63 +60 -41
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 550 437 518
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.47% 0.88% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.99% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 367 174 196
10th Percentile £42,215 £41,625 £44,215
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +3.85% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £94,375 £77,500
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 85,853 43,932 62,432
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.10% 88.75% 81.70%
Number of salaries quoted 59,280 24,639 34,370
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,585 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.11% -3.39%
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 26 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 26 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 +1 466 £60,000 -14.29% 1,354
UK excluding London -67 361 £57,500 -4.17% 681
Work from Home -44 193 £65,000 +18.18% 504
London -49 145 £75,000 - 765
North of England +3 98 £55,000 -4.35% 112
South East -8 87 £56,000 -13.85% 175
East of England +18 64 £60,000 +14.29% 118
North West -2 50 £52,500 -12.50% 72
Midlands -29 42 £57,500 -4.17% 54
West Midlands -16 32 £57,500 -4.17% 43
South West -55 29 £58,750 -30.88% 127
North East -40 26 £58,750 -9.62% 13
Yorkshire -28 22 £57,500 +88.52% 27
Wales -48 22 £53,171 +7.42% 17
Scotland -76 12 £55,000 - 54
Northern Ireland -75 11 £80,000 - 23
East Midlands -32 10 £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 (2.00%) Confluence
2 10 (1.82%) Apache
2 10 (1.82%) Apache Spark
3 9 (1.64%) SharePoint
4 7 (1.27%) Apache Airflow
5 5 (0.91%) CMS
5 5 (0.91%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.55%) WordPress
7 2 (0.36%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (0.36%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.18%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 23 (4.18%) SOLIDWORKS
2 18 (3.27%) Adobe XD
3 15 (2.73%) Adobe Illustrator
3 15 (2.73%) Photoshop
4 14 (2.55%) InDesign
5 10 (1.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 9 (1.64%) Sketch
7 8 (1.45%) Microsoft Excel
7 8 (1.45%) Solid Edge
8 6 (1.09%) EPLAN
9 5 (0.91%) Adobe After Effects
9 5 (0.91%) MS Visio
10 3 (0.55%) Productboard
10 3 (0.55%) UserZoom
10 3 (0.55%) Zeplin
11 2 (0.36%) AutoCAD
11 2 (0.36%) OrCAD
11 2 (0.36%) Simulink
11 2 (0.36%) Trello
11 2 (0.36%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (1.45%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.73%) SAP SD
3 3 (0.55%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.36%) 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 (17.45%) Figma
2 89 (16.18%) AWS
3 69 (12.55%) Azure
4 41 (7.45%) GCP
5 23 (4.18%) GitHub
6 20 (3.64%) SaaS
7 18 (3.27%) Amazon S3
7 18 (3.27%) Power Platform
7 18 (3.27%) Serverless
8 17 (3.09%) Microsoft 365
9 16 (2.91%) AWS Lambda
10 15 (2.73%) Anthropic Claude
11 14 (2.55%) Adobe Analytics
11 14 (2.55%) dbt
12 13 (2.36%) Microsoft Copilot
13 11 (2.00%) Google Analytics
14 10 (1.82%) Copilot Studio
14 10 (1.82%) Power Automate
15 9 (1.64%) Amazon ECS
15 9 (1.64%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.73%) Broadband
2 8 (1.45%) WPA
3 5 (0.91%) Ethernet
3 5 (0.91%) Intranet
3 5 (0.91%) Wireless
4 4 (0.73%) Software-Defined Radio
5 3 (0.55%) RS-485
6 2 (0.36%) Internet
6 2 (0.36%) RS-232
6 2 (0.36%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.36%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.18%) AMQP
7 1 (0.18%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.18%) LTE
7 1 (0.18%) Modbus
7 1 (0.18%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.73%) DynamoDB
2 11 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (1.82%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.45%) Power BI
4 8 (1.45%) Redis
5 6 (1.09%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.91%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.73%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.73%) Geospatial Data
7 4 (0.73%) Hadoop
7 4 (0.73%) 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 (0.36%) Big Data
9 2 (0.36%) Power Query
9 2 (0.36%) Star Schema
9 2 (0.36%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 24 (4.36%) Git
2 18 (3.27%) JIRA
3 14 (2.55%) GitLab
4 8 (1.45%) Axure RP
4 8 (1.45%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.45%) LabVIEW
5 7 (1.27%) Claude Code
5 7 (1.27%) Cypress.io
6 6 (1.09%) Balsamiq
6 6 (1.09%) Maven
6 6 (1.09%) Postman
6 6 (1.09%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.55%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.55%) Eclipse RCP
8 2 (0.36%) Bower
8 2 (0.36%) MLflow
9 1 (0.18%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.18%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.18%) ER Studio
9 1 (0.18%) Rational DOORS
General
1 216 (39.27%) Social Skills
2 108 (19.64%) Electronics
3 102 (18.55%) Finance
4 93 (16.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 92 (16.73%) Manufacturing
6 80 (14.55%) Public Sector
7 70 (12.73%) Analytical Skills
8 52 (9.45%) Law
9 45 (8.18%) Aerospace
10 38 (6.91%) Marketing
11 32 (5.82%) Presentation Skills
12 21 (3.82%) Automotive
13 20 (3.64%) Games
14 19 (3.45%) Retail
15 17 (3.09%) Organisational Skills
16 16 (2.91%) Legal
17 12 (2.18%) Influencing Skills
18 11 (2.00%) Military
19 10 (1.82%) Publishing
20 9 (1.64%) Banking
Job Titles
1 130 (23.64%) Senior
2 111 (20.18%) Designer
3 65 (11.82%) Developer
4 49 (8.91%) Lead
5 45 (8.18%) UX Designer
6 43 (7.82%) Software Engineer
7 35 (6.36%) Electronics Engineer
8 33 (6.00%) Architect
9 32 (5.82%) Senior Designer
10 28 (5.09%) Interaction Designer
11 24 (4.36%) UI Designer
11 24 (4.36%) UI/UX Designer
12 22 (4.00%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 22 (4.00%) Delivery Manager
12 22 (4.00%) Systems Engineer
13 20 (3.64%) Full-Stack Developer
13 20 (3.64%) Lead Designer
14 19 (3.45%) Design Engineer
14 19 (3.45%) Software Developer
15 18 (3.27%) Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (7.45%) HTML
2 40 (7.27%) React
3 39 (7.09%) CSS
4 24 (4.36%) .NET
5 18 (3.27%) Spring Boot
6 17 (3.09%) LangChain
6 17 (3.09%) Terraform
7 15 (2.73%) AngularJS
8 14 (2.55%) Kafka
8 14 (2.55%) REST
9 13 (2.36%) Spring
10 11 (2.00%) Web Services
11 9 (1.64%) AWS CDK
11 9 (1.64%) Framer.js
11 9 (1.64%) Node.js
11 9 (1.64%) RESTful
12 8 (1.45%) JSON
12 8 (1.45%) Next.js
13 7 (1.27%) Jest
13 7 (1.27%) Material Design
Miscellaneous
1 44 (8.00%) Cloud Native
2 33 (6.00%) Embedded Systems
3 30 (5.45%) Self-Motivation
4 28 (5.09%) Product Ownership
5 25 (4.55%) AI Agents
6 22 (4.00%) Robotics
7 21 (3.82%) IoT
8 18 (3.27%) FPGA
9 17 (3.09%) Analogue Electronics
10 15 (2.73%) Onboarding
10 15 (2.73%) Social Media
11 14 (2.55%) Distributed Systems
12 13 (2.36%) Algorithms
13 12 (2.18%) Mobile App
13 12 (2.18%) Public Cloud
14 11 (2.00%) Life Science
15 10 (1.82%) Low-Code
15 10 (1.82%) Management Information System
16 9 (1.64%) Data Structures
17 8 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 8 (1.45%) Android
1 8 (1.45%) Linux
2 7 (1.27%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.55%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (0.36%) Unix
5 1 (0.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 199 (36.18%) AI
2 191 (34.73%) Agile
3 128 (23.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 114 (20.73%) Problem-Solving
4 114 (20.73%) User Experience
5 109 (19.82%) User Research
6 102 (18.55%) Rapid Prototyping
7 101 (18.36%) Mentoring
8 94 (17.09%) Validation
9 91 (16.55%) Analytics
10 89 (16.18%) Software Engineering
11 78 (14.18%) UX Design
12 77 (14.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 71 (12.91%) CI/CD
14 65 (11.82%) Roadmaps
15 60 (10.91%) LLM
16 58 (10.55%) Service Design
17 55 (10.00%) Wireframes
18 49 (8.91%) DevOps
19 47 (8.55%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 96 (17.45%) Python
2 46 (8.36%) TypeScript
3 44 (8.00%) JavaScript
4 38 (6.91%) Java
5 36 (6.55%) SQL
6 29 (5.27%) C#
7 27 (4.91%) C++
8 25 (4.55%) C
9 15 (2.73%) MATLAB
10 8 (1.45%) Bash
11 7 (1.27%) Embedded C
11 7 (1.27%) Go
11 7 (1.27%) Groovy
11 7 (1.27%) Rust
12 5 (0.91%) Embedded C++
12 5 (0.91%) PHP
13 3 (0.55%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.55%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.36%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 2 (0.36%) R
Qualifications
1 188 (34.18%) Degree
2 110 (20.00%) Security Cleared
3 84 (15.27%) SC Cleared
4 27 (4.91%) Master's Degree
5 19 (3.45%) BPSS Clearance
6 18 (3.27%) Computer Science Degree
7 16 (2.91%) HND
8 15 (2.73%) PhD
9 12 (2.18%) AWS Certification
9 12 (2.18%) HNC
10 8 (1.45%) Chartered Engineer
11 6 (1.09%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 6 (1.09%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.09%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (0.73%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.55%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.36%) Postgraduate
15 1 (0.18%) OCP
15 1 (0.18%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (16.91%) Accessibility
2 40 (7.27%) WCAG
3 20 (3.64%) QA
4 10 (1.82%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.73%) 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 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.36%) 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 30 (5.45%) Docker
1 30 (5.45%) Firmware
2 9 (1.64%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (3.27%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.09%) HP Fortify
3 2 (0.36%) Grafana
4 1 (0.18%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 54 (9.82%) Microsoft
2 50 (9.09%) Adobe
3 31 (5.64%) OpenAI
4 28 (5.09%) EMC
5 19 (3.45%) Google
6 11 (2.00%) Databricks
6 11 (2.00%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.00%) SAP
7 6 (1.09%) Autodesk
8 4 (0.73%) Oracle
8 4 (0.73%) 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 (0.36%) ServiceNow