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

6 months to
29 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 368 304 375
Rank change year-on-year -64 +71 -55
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 525 447 527
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.48% 0.89% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 1.01% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 324 185 233
10th Percentile £42,825 £37,500 £44,500
25th Percentile £49,688 £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 £87,500 £74,144
90th Percentile £85,000 £114,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £58,800
% change year-on-year -4.17% +2.04% -5.92%

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 80,048 44,438 65,626
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.13% 88.74% 80.77%
Number of salaries quoted 55,528 25,365 40,468
10th Percentile £31,125 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,465
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -0.84% -7.56%
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 £50,803
% change year-on-year +15.79% -6.50% -6.94%

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 29 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 29 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 +7 440 £60,000 -7.69% 1,005
UK excluding London -58 330 £57,500 -4.17% 516
Work from Home -16 230 £65,000 +20.37% 437
London -33 151 £75,000 +3.45% 599
North of England -10 86 £52,500 -19.23% 108
South East -11 84 £57,500 -13.21% 109
East of England +22 55 £60,000 +33.33% 77
North West 0 40 £50,000 -25.93% 69
South West -46 30 £60,000 -29.41% 106
Midlands -30 29 £57,500 -4.17% 41
Yorkshire -29 23 £66,250 +22.69% 17
North East -42 23 £60,000 -7.69% 22
West Midlands -11 22 £58,000 -3.33% 25
Wales -51 21 £53,171 -11.38% 14
Scotland -83 15 £55,000 -12.44% 60
Northern Ireland -69 10 £80,000 - 15
East Midlands -31 7 £47,500 +43.94% 16

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 (2.29%) Confluence
2 8 (1.52%) Apache
2 8 (1.52%) Apache Spark
3 5 (0.95%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (0.95%) SharePoint
4 4 (0.76%) CMS
5 3 (0.57%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.57%) WordPress
6 2 (0.38%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.19%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.19%) Apache Superset
Applications
1 19 (3.62%) Adobe XD
2 18 (3.43%) SOLIDWORKS
3 14 (2.67%) InDesign
4 13 (2.48%) Adobe Illustrator
4 13 (2.48%) Photoshop
5 8 (1.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 8 (1.52%) Sketch
5 8 (1.52%) Solid Edge
6 7 (1.33%) Microsoft Excel
7 5 (0.95%) Adobe After Effects
7 5 (0.95%) MS Visio
8 4 (0.76%) EPLAN
9 3 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
9 3 (0.57%) Productboard
9 3 (0.57%) UserZoom
9 3 (0.57%) Zeplin
10 2 (0.38%) InVision
10 2 (0.38%) OrCAD
10 2 (0.38%) Trello
10 2 (0.38%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (1.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.76%) SAP SD
3 3 (0.57%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.38%) 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
1 104 (19.81%) Figma
2 88 (16.76%) AWS
3 73 (13.90%) Azure
4 40 (7.62%) Adobe Analytics
4 40 (7.62%) GCP
5 21 (4.00%) GitHub
5 21 (4.00%) SaaS
6 20 (3.81%) Amazon S3
6 20 (3.81%) Serverless
7 18 (3.43%) AWS Lambda
7 18 (3.43%) Power Platform
8 17 (3.24%) Anthropic Claude
9 15 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
10 14 (2.67%) dbt
11 13 (2.48%) Microsoft Copilot
12 12 (2.29%) Azure AI
12 12 (2.29%) Google Analytics
13 11 (2.10%) Amazon ECS
13 11 (2.10%) AWS CloudFormation
14 10 (1.90%) AWS Step Functions
Communications & Networking
1 48 (9.14%) Broadband
2 8 (1.52%) WPA
3 5 (0.95%) Intranet
4 4 (0.76%) Wireless
5 3 (0.57%) Software-Defined Radio
6 2 (0.38%) RS-485
6 2 (0.38%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.38%) 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 (3.24%) DynamoDB
2 11 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (1.71%) Power BI
4 8 (1.52%) Redis
5 7 (1.33%) SQL Server
6 6 (1.14%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.95%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.76%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (0.76%) Geospatial Data
8 4 (0.76%) Hadoop
8 4 (0.76%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.57%) ClickHouse
9 3 (0.57%) Elasticsearch
9 3 (0.57%) Tableau
10 2 (0.38%) Big Data
10 2 (0.38%) Db2
10 2 (0.38%) DB2 UDB
10 2 (0.38%) Delta Lake
10 2 (0.38%) QlikView
10 2 (0.38%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 23 (4.38%) Git
2 19 (3.62%) JIRA
3 12 (2.29%) GitLab
4 10 (1.90%) Axure RP
4 10 (1.90%) Jenkins
5 9 (1.71%) Cypress.io
6 8 (1.52%) Balsamiq
6 8 (1.52%) LabVIEW
6 8 (1.52%) Maven
6 8 (1.52%) SonarQube
7 7 (1.33%) Claude Code
8 6 (1.14%) Postman
9 3 (0.57%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.57%) Eclipse RCP
10 2 (0.38%) Bitbucket
10 2 (0.38%) Bower
10 2 (0.38%) MLflow
10 2 (0.38%) Rational DOORS
11 1 (0.19%) ER Studio
11 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 180 (34.29%) Social Skills
2 104 (19.81%) Finance
3 92 (17.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 76 (14.48%) Analytical Skills
4 76 (14.48%) Public Sector
5 73 (13.90%) Electronics
6 58 (11.05%) Manufacturing
7 51 (9.71%) Law
8 43 (8.19%) Games
9 33 (6.29%) Marketing
10 29 (5.52%) Aerospace
11 26 (4.95%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (2.67%) Legal
13 13 (2.48%) Organisational Skills
14 12 (2.29%) Retail
15 9 (1.71%) Automotive
15 9 (1.71%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.71%) Military
16 7 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
17 6 (1.14%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 108 (20.57%) Senior
2 106 (20.19%) Designer
3 68 (12.95%) Developer
4 57 (10.86%) Lead
5 44 (8.38%) UX Designer
6 39 (7.43%) Architect
7 37 (7.05%) Software Engineer
8 27 (5.14%) Interaction Designer
8 27 (5.14%) Senior Designer
9 26 (4.95%) Lead Designer
9 26 (4.95%) Systems Engineer
10 21 (4.00%) Agile Delivery Manager
10 21 (4.00%) Consultant
10 21 (4.00%) Delivery Manager
10 21 (4.00%) UI Designer
10 21 (4.00%) UI/UX Designer
11 20 (3.81%) Full-Stack Developer
12 18 (3.43%) Product Manager
12 18 (3.43%) Senior Manager
12 18 (3.43%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (7.43%) HTML
2 38 (7.24%) CSS
3 31 (5.90%) React
4 20 (3.81%) .NET
5 19 (3.62%) LangChain
6 16 (3.05%) AngularJS
7 15 (2.86%) Terraform
8 13 (2.48%) REST
8 13 (2.48%) Spring Boot
9 10 (1.90%) Web Services
10 9 (1.71%) AWS CDK
10 9 (1.71%) Framer.js
10 9 (1.71%) Jest
10 9 (1.71%) Node.js
10 9 (1.71%) RESTful
11 8 (1.52%) Gherkin
11 8 (1.52%) JSON
11 8 (1.52%) Next.js
12 7 (1.33%) Kafka
12 7 (1.33%) Material Design
Miscellaneous
1 48 (9.14%) Cloud Native
2 40 (7.62%) Social Media
3 30 (5.71%) Product Ownership
4 26 (4.95%) Embedded Systems
5 24 (4.57%) AI Agents
6 21 (4.00%) Robotics
6 21 (4.00%) Self-Motivation
7 17 (3.24%) Public Cloud
8 16 (3.05%) FPGA
9 14 (2.67%) Algorithms
9 14 (2.67%) IoT
10 12 (2.29%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (2.10%) Low-Code
11 11 (2.10%) Onboarding
12 10 (1.90%) Analogue Electronics
12 10 (1.90%) Data Structures
12 10 (1.90%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.90%) Life Science
12 10 (1.90%) Management Information System
13 8 (1.52%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.71%) Linux
2 4 (0.76%) Android
3 3 (0.57%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.57%) Unix
4 1 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
4 1 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
4 1 (0.19%) ThreadX
Processes & Methodologies
1 221 (42.10%) Agile
2 217 (41.33%) AI
3 133 (25.33%) User Research
4 116 (22.10%) Rapid Prototyping
5 110 (20.95%) Analytics
5 110 (20.95%) User Experience
6 106 (20.19%) Continuous Improvement
7 103 (19.62%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 96 (18.29%) Mentoring
9 90 (17.14%) Roadmaps
10 88 (16.76%) Problem-Solving
11 85 (16.19%) Software Engineering
12 79 (15.05%) UX Design
13 78 (14.86%) Validation
14 68 (12.95%) LLM
15 67 (12.76%) Customer Experience
16 58 (11.05%) Product Roadmap
17 56 (10.67%) CI/CD
18 55 (10.48%) Machine Learning
19 53 (10.10%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 93 (17.71%) Python
2 44 (8.38%) JavaScript
3 39 (7.43%) Java
4 37 (7.05%) TypeScript
5 31 (5.90%) SQL
6 29 (5.52%) C
7 27 (5.14%) C#
8 23 (4.38%) C++
9 11 (2.10%) MATLAB
10 10 (1.90%) Bash
11 9 (1.71%) Groovy
12 7 (1.33%) Go
13 6 (1.14%) Embedded C
14 5 (0.95%) PHP
15 3 (0.57%) Pascal
15 3 (0.57%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.57%) Rust
16 2 (0.38%) Ruby
17 1 (0.19%) Apex Code
17 1 (0.19%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 162 (30.86%) Degree
2 104 (19.81%) Security Cleared
3 78 (14.86%) SC Cleared
4 25 (4.76%) Master's Degree
5 18 (3.43%) Computer Science Degree
6 17 (3.24%) BPSS Clearance
7 14 (2.67%) PhD
8 12 (2.29%) AWS Certification
9 9 (1.71%) HND
10 8 (1.52%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 8 (1.52%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (1.33%) DV Cleared
12 6 (1.14%) Azure Certification
13 4 (0.76%) Chartered Engineer
13 4 (0.76%) HNC
13 4 (0.76%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.19%) OCP
14 1 (0.19%) Oracle Certification
14 1 (0.19%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 117 (22.29%) Accessibility
2 54 (10.29%) WCAG
3 18 (3.43%) QA
4 10 (1.90%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.14%) GDPR
6 4 (0.76%) DO-254
7 3 (0.57%) JTAG
8 2 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.38%) GRC
8 2 (0.38%) 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 (5.14%) Docker
2 24 (4.57%) Firmware
3 8 (1.52%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 14 (2.67%) Kubernetes
2 8 (1.52%) HP Fortify
3 1 (0.19%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 75 (14.29%) Adobe
2 52 (9.90%) Microsoft
3 31 (5.90%) OpenAI
4 28 (5.33%) Google
5 16 (3.05%) EMC
6 11 (2.10%) Salesforce
6 11 (2.10%) SAP
7 10 (1.90%) Databricks
8 6 (1.14%) Foundry
9 4 (0.76%) Autodesk
9 4 (0.76%) Oracle
10 3 (0.57%) Cognizant
10 3 (0.57%) Motorola
10 3 (0.57%) Siemens
10 3 (0.57%) Xilinx
11 2 (0.38%) Altera
11 2 (0.38%) JD Edwards
11 2 (0.38%) Revolut
11 2 (0.38%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.38%) YouTube