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

6 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 353 307 429
Rank change year-on-year -46 +122 -113
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 501 453 561
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.92% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.69% 1.02% 0.68%
Number of salaries quoted 275 173 334
10th Percentile £43,481 £37,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,468 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £58,465
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +11.18% -10.05%
75th Percentile £78,312 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,800 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £65,000 £57,965
% change year-on-year -13.08% +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 72,817 44,332 83,106
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.70% 90.20% 82.17%
Number of salaries quoted 50,259 24,803 58,175
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -8.84%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £92,500
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 15 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 15 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 +6 411 £60,000 -7.69% 353
UK excluding London -52 311 £56,500 -13.08% 264
Work from Home +16 270 £67,500 +23.85% 241
London -28 139 £75,000 +15.38% 149
North of England -5 77 £50,000 -27.94% 55
East of England +36 74 £74,000 +64.44% 35
South East -11 71 £56,250 -13.46% 67
North West -9 33 £48,750 -29.74% 33
Yorkshire -12 28 £65,000 -23.76% 15
South West -60 22 £60,000 -11.11% 37
Midlands -35 21 £61,250 +4.26% 30
Wales -41 19 £53,171 -21.88% 9
West Midlands -23 18 £62,500 +4.17% 16
North East -48 16 £55,000 -15.38% 7
Scotland -63 16 £54,500 +19.43% 30
Northern Ireland - 11 £80,000 - 6
East Midlands -34 3 £60,000 +81.82% 14

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 7 (1.40%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.20%) Apache
2 6 (1.20%) Confluence
3 5 (1.00%) CMS
4 3 (0.60%) Headless CMS
4 3 (0.60%) Jupyter
4 3 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.60%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.60%) WordPress
5 2 (0.40%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.20%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.20%) Strapi
Applications
1 14 (2.79%) Adobe XD
2 10 (2.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 10 (2.00%) InDesign
2 10 (2.00%) Photoshop
2 10 (2.00%) Sketch
3 6 (1.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 5 (1.00%) Adobe After Effects
4 5 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
4 5 (1.00%) MS Visio
4 5 (1.00%) SOLIDWORKS
5 4 (0.80%) Microsoft Excel
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
Business Applications
1 3 (0.60%) Dynamics CRM
1 3 (0.60%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.40%) Integrated Workplace Management System
2 2 (0.40%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.20%) Maximo
3 1 (0.20%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.20%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 115 (22.95%) Figma
2 87 (17.37%) AWS
3 82 (16.37%) Adobe Analytics
4 74 (14.77%) Azure
5 46 (9.18%) GCP
6 22 (4.39%) SaaS
7 20 (3.99%) Amazon ECR
7 20 (3.99%) Amazon S3
7 20 (3.99%) AWS CloudFormation
7 20 (3.99%) Serverless
8 18 (3.59%) Amazon ECS
9 17 (3.39%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (3.19%) dbt
11 15 (2.99%) AWS Step Functions
12 13 (2.59%) Apigee
12 13 (2.59%) Vertex AI
13 12 (2.40%) Amazon SQS
14 11 (2.20%) Cloud Computing
14 11 (2.20%) GitHub
14 11 (2.20%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 92 (18.36%) Broadband
2 8 (1.60%) WPA
3 7 (1.40%) 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 17 (3.39%) DynamoDB
2 10 (2.00%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (2.00%) Redis
3 8 (1.60%) Elasticsearch
4 7 (1.40%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.20%) Power BI
6 5 (1.00%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.00%) Relational Database
6 5 (1.00%) Semantic Layer
7 4 (0.80%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.80%) Db2
7 4 (0.80%) DB2 UDB
7 4 (0.80%) NoSQL
7 4 (0.80%) QlikView
8 3 (0.60%) ClickHouse
8 3 (0.60%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.40%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.40%) Apache Iceberg
9 2 (0.40%) Data Hub
9 2 (0.40%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 21 (4.19%) Git
2 17 (3.39%) GitLab
3 16 (3.19%) JIRA
4 15 (2.99%) Jenkins
5 13 (2.59%) Cypress.io
5 13 (2.59%) Maven
5 13 (2.59%) SonarQube
6 8 (1.60%) LabVIEW
7 7 (1.40%) Axure RP
8 5 (1.00%) Balsamiq
9 4 (0.80%) Postman
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%) Claude Code
11 2 (0.40%) Rational DOORS
12 1 (0.20%) Zephyr
General
1 139 (27.74%) Social Skills
2 95 (18.96%) Finance
3 82 (16.37%) Games
4 79 (15.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 74 (14.77%) Analytical Skills
6 68 (13.57%) Public Sector
7 52 (10.38%) Electronics
8 40 (7.98%) Law
9 36 (7.19%) Manufacturing
10 23 (4.59%) Marketing
10 23 (4.59%) Presentation Skills
11 18 (3.59%) Legal
12 16 (3.19%) Retail
13 14 (2.79%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (2.40%) Banking
15 9 (1.80%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (1.60%) Aerospace
16 8 (1.60%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (1.20%) Advertising
17 6 (1.20%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 115 (22.95%) Designer
2 94 (18.76%) Senior
3 74 (14.77%) Lead
4 61 (12.18%) Developer
5 47 (9.38%) UX Designer
6 40 (7.98%) Architect
7 39 (7.78%) Lead Designer
8 31 (6.19%) Systems Engineer
9 28 (5.59%) Software Engineer
10 26 (5.19%) Interaction Designer
11 21 (4.19%) Senior Designer
12 19 (3.79%) Consultant
12 19 (3.79%) Solutions Architect
13 18 (3.59%) Agile Delivery Manager
13 18 (3.59%) Analyst
13 18 (3.59%) Delivery Manager
13 18 (3.59%) UI Designer
13 18 (3.59%) UI/UX Designer
14 17 (3.39%) Business Analyst
14 17 (3.39%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (6.79%) HTML
2 30 (5.99%) CSS
3 26 (5.19%) React
4 21 (4.19%) AngularJS
5 18 (3.59%) Spring Boot
6 16 (3.19%) .NET
7 13 (2.59%) Gherkin
7 13 (2.59%) Jest
7 13 (2.59%) LangChain
7 13 (2.59%) REST
8 9 (1.80%) Node.js
9 8 (1.60%) JSON
9 8 (1.60%) Web Services
10 7 (1.40%) Framer.js
11 6 (1.20%) Django
11 6 (1.20%) RESTful
11 6 (1.20%) Spring
11 6 (1.20%) XML
12 5 (1.00%) Ajax
12 5 (1.00%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 80 (15.97%) Social Media
2 37 (7.39%) Cloud Native
3 22 (4.39%) Product Ownership
4 18 (3.59%) Embedded Systems
5 17 (3.39%) IoT
6 16 (3.19%) Self-Motivation
7 14 (2.79%) FPGA
7 14 (2.79%) Onboarding
7 14 (2.79%) Public Cloud
8 12 (2.40%) Management Information System
8 12 (2.40%) Robotics
9 11 (2.20%) Data Structures
9 11 (2.20%) Legacy Systems
10 10 (2.00%) AI Agents
11 9 (1.80%) Algorithms
12 8 (1.60%) Fibre Optics
12 8 (1.60%) Low-Code
13 7 (1.40%) Life Science
13 7 (1.40%) Verilog
13 7 (1.40%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.79%) Linux
2 8 (1.60%) Unix
3 1 (0.20%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.20%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.20%) ThreadX
3 1 (0.20%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 256 (51.10%) Agile
2 224 (44.71%) AI
3 164 (32.73%) User Research
4 144 (28.74%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 134 (26.75%) Analytics
5 134 (26.75%) Roadmaps
6 103 (20.56%) Customer Experience
7 99 (19.76%) Product Roadmap
8 98 (19.56%) User Experience
9 95 (18.96%) Rapid Prototyping
10 86 (17.17%) Storytelling
11 82 (16.37%) Problem-Solving
12 80 (15.97%) Digital Customer Experience
13 74 (14.77%) Mentoring
14 73 (14.57%) Continuous Improvement
14 73 (14.57%) UX Design
15 70 (13.97%) Software Engineering
16 65 (12.97%) Validation
17 60 (11.98%) Workshop Facilitation
18 56 (11.18%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 89 (17.76%) Python
2 46 (9.18%) Java
3 35 (6.99%) JavaScript
4 32 (6.39%) TypeScript
5 28 (5.59%) SQL
6 27 (5.39%) C
6 27 (5.39%) C#
7 26 (5.19%) C++
8 15 (2.99%) Bash
9 14 (2.79%) Groovy
10 12 (2.40%) MATLAB
11 6 (1.20%) PHP
12 5 (1.00%) Embedded C
13 3 (0.60%) Julia
13 3 (0.60%) Pascal
13 3 (0.60%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.60%) Rust
14 1 (0.20%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.20%) R
14 1 (0.20%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 124 (24.75%) Degree
2 80 (15.97%) Security Cleared
3 62 (12.38%) SC Cleared
4 24 (4.79%) Master's Degree
5 16 (3.19%) AWS Certification
6 15 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
7 13 (2.59%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
7 13 (2.59%) ITIL Certification
8 12 (2.40%) DV Cleared
9 11 (2.20%) PhD
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%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 137 (27.35%) Accessibility
2 68 (13.57%) WCAG
3 9 (1.80%) QA
4 7 (1.40%) GRC
5 5 (1.00%) Data Quality
5 5 (1.00%) GDPR
6 4 (0.80%) DO-254
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 31 (6.19%) Docker
2 18 (3.59%) Firmware
3 7 (1.40%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 16 (3.19%) Terraform
2 13 (2.59%) HP Fortify
3 9 (1.80%) Kubernetes
4 5 (1.00%) AWS Copilot
5 1 (0.20%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 109 (21.76%) Adobe
2 41 (8.18%) Microsoft
3 27 (5.39%) Google
4 22 (4.39%) OpenAI
5 13 (2.59%) EMC
6 12 (2.40%) Salesforce
7 7 (1.40%) Foundry
8 4 (0.80%) JD Edwards
8 4 (0.80%) Oracle
8 4 (0.80%) ServiceNow
9 3 (0.60%) Cognizant
9 3 (0.60%) Databricks
9 3 (0.60%) Motorola
9 3 (0.60%) SAP
9 3 (0.60%) Workday
9 3 (0.60%) Xilinx
10 2 (0.40%) Hotjar
10 2 (0.40%) Planon
10 2 (0.40%) Qualtrics
11 1 (0.20%) NVIDIA