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

6 months to
8 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 306 423
Rank change year-on-year -57 +117 -123
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 543 460 454
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.52% 0.93% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 1.04% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 309 187 254
10th Percentile £42,750 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +10.54% -9.54%
75th Percentile £77,000 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £113,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £61,625 £58,465
% change year-on-year -8.32% +5.41% -2.56%

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 77,565 44,386 67,277
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.71% 89.40% 81.08%
Number of salaries quoted 53,403 25,236 43,866
10th Percentile £30,580 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,170 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +13.40% -3.00% -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 8 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 8 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 -7 452 £60,000 -7.69% 498
UK excluding London -55 340 £56,500 -8.32% 217
Work from Home +7 268 £65,925 +19.86% 186
London -24 152 £75,000 +7.14% 306
South East -13 85 £56,500 -7.00% 60
North of England -13 82 £52,500 -19.23% 45
East of England +31 75 £62,500 +38.89% 45
North West +1 37 £50,000 -27.94% 27
South West -56 28 £60,000 -5.88% 36
Yorkshire -23 24 £65,000 +20.37% 4
Midlands -32 22 £60,000 - 16
Wales -42 22 £53,171 -22.38% 3
North East -37 21 £57,500 -11.54% 14
West Midlands -19 17 £62,500 +4.17% 15
Scotland -71 15 £52,250 -16.82% 14
Northern Ireland -61 11 £80,000 - 4
East Midlands -30 5 £50,000 +51.52% 1

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 (1.84%) Confluence
2 8 (1.47%) Apache Spark
3 7 (1.29%) Apache
4 5 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.74%) CMS
5 4 (0.74%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.55%) Jupyter
6 3 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.55%) WordPress
7 2 (0.37%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 19 (3.50%) Adobe XD
2 13 (2.39%) InDesign
2 13 (2.39%) SOLIDWORKS
3 11 (2.03%) Adobe Illustrator
3 11 (2.03%) Photoshop
3 11 (2.03%) Sketch
4 8 (1.47%) Solid Edge
5 7 (1.29%) Microsoft Excel
6 6 (1.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (0.92%) Adobe After Effects
7 5 (0.92%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
9 3 (0.55%) Productboard
9 3 (0.55%) Zeplin
10 2 (0.37%) EPLAN
10 2 (0.37%) InVision
10 2 (0.37%) Trello
10 2 (0.37%) Windchill
11 1 (0.18%) Mathcad
11 1 (0.18%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 5 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.37%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.37%) SAP MM
2 2 (0.37%) SAP SD
3 1 (0.18%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.18%) Maximo
3 1 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.18%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 118 (21.73%) Figma
2 89 (16.39%) AWS
3 75 (13.81%) Azure
4 71 (13.08%) Adobe Analytics
5 47 (8.66%) GCP
6 22 (4.05%) SaaS
7 20 (3.68%) Amazon S3
7 20 (3.68%) Serverless
8 18 (3.31%) dbt
9 17 (3.13%) Amazon ECS
9 17 (3.13%) AWS CloudFormation
9 17 (3.13%) AWS Lambda
10 16 (2.95%) Amazon ECR
10 16 (2.95%) GitHub
11 13 (2.39%) Power Platform
12 12 (2.21%) Microsoft Copilot
13 11 (2.03%) Anthropic Claude
13 11 (2.03%) AWS Step Functions
13 11 (2.03%) Microsoft 365
14 10 (1.84%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 83 (15.29%) Broadband
2 8 (1.47%) WPA
3 7 (1.29%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.92%) Intranet
5 4 (0.74%) Wireless
6 3 (0.55%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.37%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.37%) Internet
7 2 (0.37%) RS-485
7 2 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.18%) AMQP
8 1 (0.18%) LTE
8 1 (0.18%) Modbus
8 1 (0.18%) MQTT
8 1 (0.18%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (2.95%) DynamoDB
2 15 (2.76%) PostgreSQL
3 13 (2.39%) Redis
4 8 (1.47%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (1.47%) Power BI
4 8 (1.47%) SQL Server
5 6 (1.10%) Relational Database
6 5 (0.92%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (0.92%) MongoDB
7 4 (0.74%) Hadoop
7 4 (0.74%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.55%) ClickHouse
8 3 (0.55%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.55%) Db2
8 3 (0.55%) DB2 UDB
8 3 (0.55%) Geospatial Data
8 3 (0.55%) QlikView
9 2 (0.37%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.37%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.37%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 24 (4.42%) Git
2 18 (3.31%) JIRA
3 13 (2.39%) GitLab
4 11 (2.03%) Jenkins
5 10 (1.84%) Axure RP
5 10 (1.84%) Cypress.io
6 9 (1.66%) Maven
6 9 (1.66%) SonarQube
7 8 (1.47%) Balsamiq
7 8 (1.47%) LabVIEW
8 6 (1.10%) Postman
9 4 (0.74%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.55%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.55%) Eclipse RCP
11 2 (0.37%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.37%) Bower
11 2 (0.37%) Rational DOORS
12 1 (0.18%) ER Studio
12 1 (0.18%) MLflow
12 1 (0.18%) Zephyr
General
1 168 (30.94%) Social Skills
2 105 (19.34%) Finance
3 95 (17.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 84 (15.47%) Analytical Skills
5 73 (13.44%) Games
5 73 (13.44%) Public Sector
6 72 (13.26%) Electronics
7 51 (9.39%) Manufacturing
8 49 (9.02%) Law
9 30 (5.52%) Marketing
10 26 (4.79%) Aerospace
11 24 (4.42%) Presentation Skills
12 18 (3.31%) Legal
13 17 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (2.21%) Retail
15 9 (1.66%) Automotive
15 9 (1.66%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (1.47%) Banking
16 8 (1.47%) Documentation Skills
17 7 (1.29%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 116 (21.36%) Designer
2 113 (20.81%) Senior
3 66 (12.15%) Lead
4 63 (11.60%) Developer
5 49 (9.02%) UX Designer
6 39 (7.18%) Architect
7 34 (6.26%) Software Engineer
8 32 (5.89%) Lead Designer
9 31 (5.71%) Systems Engineer
10 29 (5.34%) Interaction Designer
11 27 (4.97%) Senior Designer
12 23 (4.24%) Consultant
13 21 (3.87%) Product Manager
14 20 (3.68%) UI Designer
14 20 (3.68%) UI/UX Designer
15 19 (3.50%) Agile Delivery Manager
15 19 (3.50%) Delivery Manager
16 17 (3.13%) Analyst
16 17 (3.13%) Senior Manager
16 17 (3.13%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (7.55%) HTML
2 37 (6.81%) CSS
3 26 (4.79%) React
4 19 (3.50%) LangChain
5 17 (3.13%) AngularJS
6 16 (2.95%) .NET
7 13 (2.39%) Spring Boot
8 12 (2.21%) REST
9 10 (1.84%) Jest
9 10 (1.84%) Web Services
10 9 (1.66%) Gherkin
10 9 (1.66%) RESTful
11 8 (1.47%) Framer.js
11 8 (1.47%) JSON
12 7 (1.29%) AWS CDK
12 7 (1.29%) Django
12 7 (1.29%) Material Design
12 7 (1.29%) Node.js
13 6 (1.10%) Next.js
13 6 (1.10%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 71 (13.08%) Social Media
2 42 (7.73%) Cloud Native
3 28 (5.16%) Product Ownership
4 27 (4.97%) Embedded Systems
5 19 (3.50%) AI Agents
5 19 (3.50%) Self-Motivation
6 18 (3.31%) FPGA
7 17 (3.13%) Public Cloud
8 16 (2.95%) IoT
9 14 (2.58%) Robotics
10 13 (2.39%) Onboarding
11 12 (2.21%) Algorithms
11 12 (2.21%) Distributed Systems
11 12 (2.21%) Life Science
11 12 (2.21%) Management Information System
12 11 (2.03%) Legacy Systems
13 10 (1.84%) Low-Code
14 9 (1.66%) Data Structures
14 9 (1.66%) VHDL
15 8 (1.47%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.58%) Linux
2 8 (1.47%) Unix
3 1 (0.18%) Android
3 1 (0.18%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.18%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.18%) ThreadX
3 1 (0.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 259 (47.70%) Agile
2 239 (44.01%) AI
3 162 (29.83%) User Research
4 139 (25.60%) Analytics
5 137 (25.23%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 125 (23.02%) Roadmaps
7 113 (20.81%) User Experience
8 107 (19.71%) Rapid Prototyping
9 96 (17.68%) Customer Experience
10 95 (17.50%) Mentoring
11 94 (17.31%) Problem-Solving
12 91 (16.76%) Continuous Improvement
13 90 (16.57%) Product Roadmap
14 84 (15.47%) UX Design
15 79 (14.55%) Storytelling
16 78 (14.36%) Software Engineering
17 72 (13.26%) Validation
18 71 (13.08%) Digital Customer Experience
19 60 (11.05%) Workshop Facilitation
20 59 (10.87%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 96 (17.68%) Python
2 45 (8.29%) Java
3 38 (7.00%) JavaScript
4 34 (6.26%) TypeScript
5 32 (5.89%) SQL
6 28 (5.16%) C
7 26 (4.79%) C#
7 26 (4.79%) C++
8 12 (2.21%) MATLAB
9 11 (2.03%) Bash
10 10 (1.84%) Groovy
11 6 (1.10%) Embedded C
11 6 (1.10%) Go
12 5 (0.92%) PHP
13 3 (0.55%) Julia
13 3 (0.55%) Pascal
13 3 (0.55%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.55%) Rust
14 1 (0.18%) Apex Code
14 1 (0.18%) R
Qualifications
1 153 (28.18%) Degree
2 97 (17.86%) Security Cleared
3 70 (12.89%) SC Cleared
4 27 (4.97%) Master's Degree
5 19 (3.50%) Computer Science Degree
6 16 (2.95%) BPSS Clearance
7 13 (2.39%) AWS Certification
7 13 (2.39%) PhD
8 10 (1.84%) DV Cleared
9 9 (1.66%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
9 9 (1.66%) ITIL Certification
10 7 (1.29%) HND
11 3 (0.55%) Azure Certification
11 3 (0.55%) HNC
11 3 (0.55%) Postgraduate
12 2 (0.37%) Chartered Engineer
13 1 (0.18%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 1 (0.18%) OCP
13 1 (0.18%) Oracle Certification
13 1 (0.18%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 141 (25.97%) Accessibility
2 71 (13.08%) WCAG
3 14 (2.58%) QA
4 9 (1.66%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.92%) GDPR
6 4 (0.74%) DO-254
7 2 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.37%) JTAG
8 1 (0.18%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 1 (0.18%) DO-178B
8 1 (0.18%) GRC
8 1 (0.18%) GxP
8 1 (0.18%) HIPAA
8 1 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 1 (0.18%) NIST
System Software
1 33 (6.08%) Docker
2 22 (4.05%) Firmware
3 7 (1.29%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (3.50%) Terraform
2 15 (2.76%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.66%) HP Fortify
4 5 (0.92%) AWS Copilot
5 1 (0.18%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 103 (18.97%) Adobe
2 48 (8.84%) Microsoft
3 35 (6.45%) Google
4 24 (4.42%) OpenAI
5 17 (3.13%) EMC
6 10 (1.84%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.47%) Databricks
7 8 (1.47%) Foundry
7 8 (1.47%) SAP
8 4 (0.74%) Oracle
8 4 (0.74%) Xilinx
9 3 (0.55%) Cognizant
9 3 (0.55%) JD Edwards
9 3 (0.55%) Motorola
10 2 (0.37%) Altera
10 2 (0.37%) Hotjar
10 2 (0.37%) Revolut
10 2 (0.37%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.37%) Siemens
10 2 (0.37%) Workday