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 5 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 363 333 339
Rank change year-on-year -30 +6 -7
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 574 411 537
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.83% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.93% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 382 171 194
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £47,000
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 £93,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £120,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% - -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 86,353 44,239 60,788
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.12% 89.09% 81.92%
Number of salaries quoted 59,227 24,477 32,914
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £59,430
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -7.45% -0.95%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
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 5 October 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 5 October 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 +22 489 £60,000 -14.29% 1,728
UK excluding London -17 383 £56,000 -6.67% 1,138
Work from Home -30 186 £65,000 +19.27% 1,034
London -54 148 £75,000 - 809
North of England +17 106 £55,000 -4.35% 212
South East -10 99 £56,000 -10.93% 257
East of England +14 64 £60,000 - 171
North West +1 59 £53,750 -10.42% 101
Midlands -29 41 £57,500 -2.13% 121
West Midlands -12 31 £57,500 -4.17% 74
South West -50 31 £58,250 -31.47% 152
North East -38 28 £58,750 -9.62% 51
Wales -47 24 £53,171 +7.42% 75
Yorkshire -30 19 £50,000 +63.93% 63
Scotland -68 13 £55,000 - 135
East Midlands -42 10 £45,000 +36.36% 47
Northern Ireland -72 10 £80,000 - 18

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 (2.09%) Apache Spark
2 11 (1.92%) Apache
2 11 (1.92%) Confluence
3 9 (1.57%) SharePoint
4 8 (1.39%) Apache Airflow
5 6 (1.05%) CMS
5 6 (1.05%) Jupyter
6 4 (0.70%) WordPress
7 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 2 (0.35%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.17%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 22 (3.83%) SOLIDWORKS
2 18 (3.14%) Adobe Illustrator
2 18 (3.14%) Photoshop
3 17 (2.96%) Adobe XD
4 14 (2.44%) InDesign
5 12 (2.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 10 (1.74%) Microsoft Excel
7 8 (1.39%) Sketch
8 7 (1.22%) EPLAN
8 7 (1.22%) Solid Edge
9 5 (0.87%) Adobe After Effects
9 5 (0.87%) MS Visio
10 4 (0.70%) OrCAD
11 3 (0.52%) Productboard
11 3 (0.52%) UserZoom
11 3 (0.52%) Zeplin
12 2 (0.35%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.35%) InVision
12 2 (0.35%) Simulink
12 2 (0.35%) Trello
Business Applications
1 8 (1.39%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.70%) SAP SD
3 3 (0.52%) SAP MM
4 2 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
5 1 (0.17%) Maximo
5 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.17%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 99 (17.25%) Figma
2 85 (14.81%) AWS
3 67 (11.67%) Azure
4 41 (7.14%) GCP
5 27 (4.70%) GitHub
6 18 (3.14%) Power Platform
6 18 (3.14%) SaaS
7 17 (2.96%) Amazon S3
7 17 (2.96%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (2.96%) Serverless
8 16 (2.79%) Anthropic Claude
9 15 (2.61%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (2.44%) Adobe Analytics
10 14 (2.44%) dbt
11 13 (2.26%) Microsoft Copilot
12 11 (1.92%) Google Analytics
13 10 (1.74%) Azure AI
13 10 (1.74%) Power Automate
14 9 (1.57%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (1.57%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.61%) Broadband
2 8 (1.39%) WPA
3 7 (1.22%) Wireless
4 5 (0.87%) Ethernet
4 5 (0.87%) Intranet
4 5 (0.87%) Software-Defined Radio
5 3 (0.52%) RS-485
6 2 (0.35%) Internet
6 2 (0.35%) RS-232
6 2 (0.35%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
7 1 (0.17%) AMQP
7 1 (0.17%) Bluetooth
7 1 (0.17%) J1939
7 1 (0.17%) LTE
7 1 (0.17%) Modbus
7 1 (0.17%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.44%) DynamoDB
2 12 (2.09%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (1.92%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.39%) Power BI
4 8 (1.39%) Redis
5 6 (1.05%) MongoDB
5 6 (1.05%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.70%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.70%) Geospatial Data
6 4 (0.70%) Hadoop
6 4 (0.70%) Metadata
7 3 (0.52%) ClickHouse
7 3 (0.52%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
7 3 (0.52%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.52%) Tableau
8 2 (0.35%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (0.35%) Big Data
8 2 (0.35%) Power Query
8 2 (0.35%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 26 (4.53%) Git
2 18 (3.14%) JIRA
3 16 (2.79%) GitLab
4 8 (1.39%) Axure RP
4 8 (1.39%) LabVIEW
5 7 (1.22%) Claude Code
5 7 (1.22%) Cypress.io
5 7 (1.22%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.05%) Balsamiq
6 6 (1.05%) Postman
7 5 (0.87%) Maven
7 5 (0.87%) SonarQube
8 3 (0.52%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.52%) Eclipse RCP
9 2 (0.35%) Bower
9 2 (0.35%) MLflow
10 1 (0.17%) Bitbucket
10 1 (0.17%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.17%) ER Studio
10 1 (0.17%) ERwin
General
1 223 (38.85%) Social Skills
2 116 (20.21%) Electronics
3 106 (18.47%) Manufacturing
4 105 (18.29%) Finance
5 96 (16.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 85 (14.81%) Public Sector
7 71 (12.37%) Analytical Skills
8 55 (9.58%) Aerospace
9 53 (9.23%) Law
10 40 (6.97%) Marketing
11 33 (5.75%) Presentation Skills
12 29 (5.05%) Automotive
13 22 (3.83%) Retail
14 19 (3.31%) Games
15 18 (3.14%) Organisational Skills
16 15 (2.61%) Influencing Skills
17 14 (2.44%) Legal
18 13 (2.26%) Military
19 11 (1.92%) Banking
20 10 (1.74%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 146 (25.44%) Senior
2 119 (20.73%) Designer
3 62 (10.80%) Developer
4 52 (9.06%) Lead
5 46 (8.01%) UX Designer
6 45 (7.84%) Software Engineer
7 43 (7.49%) Electronics Engineer
8 34 (5.92%) Senior Designer
9 29 (5.05%) Interaction Designer
10 28 (4.88%) Architect
11 24 (4.18%) Design Engineer
11 24 (4.18%) UI Designer
11 24 (4.18%) UI/UX Designer
12 22 (3.83%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 22 (3.83%) Delivery Manager
13 21 (3.66%) Lead Designer
14 20 (3.48%) Full-Stack Developer
15 19 (3.31%) Consultant
15 19 (3.31%) Software Developer
16 18 (3.14%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (7.67%) HTML
2 43 (7.49%) CSS
3 39 (6.79%) React
4 25 (4.36%) .NET
5 17 (2.96%) LangChain
5 17 (2.96%) Spring Boot
5 17 (2.96%) Terraform
6 15 (2.61%) Kafka
6 15 (2.61%) REST
7 13 (2.26%) Spring
8 12 (2.09%) AngularJS
8 12 (2.09%) Web Services
9 10 (1.74%) FastAPI
9 10 (1.74%) RESTful
10 9 (1.57%) AWS CDK
10 9 (1.57%) Framer.js
10 9 (1.57%) JSON
10 9 (1.57%) Next.js
11 8 (1.39%) Node.js
12 7 (1.22%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 43 (7.49%) Cloud Native
2 35 (6.10%) Embedded Systems
3 31 (5.40%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (4.70%) Product Ownership
5 26 (4.53%) AI Agents
5 26 (4.53%) Robotics
6 22 (3.83%) IoT
7 18 (3.14%) FPGA
8 17 (2.96%) Analogue Electronics
9 16 (2.79%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (2.61%) Onboarding
10 15 (2.61%) Social Media
11 13 (2.26%) Algorithms
11 13 (2.26%) Mobile App
12 11 (1.92%) Life Science
13 10 (1.74%) Management Information System
14 9 (1.57%) Data Structures
14 9 (1.57%) Public Cloud
15 8 (1.39%) Fibre Optics
15 8 (1.39%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.57%) Android
1 9 (1.57%) Linux
2 8 (1.39%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (0.35%) Unix
5 1 (0.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 204 (35.54%) AI
2 193 (33.62%) Agile
3 137 (23.87%) Continuous Improvement
4 124 (21.60%) Problem-Solving
5 117 (20.38%) User Experience
6 109 (18.99%) User Research
7 108 (18.82%) Rapid Prototyping
8 105 (18.29%) Mentoring
8 105 (18.29%) Validation
9 95 (16.55%) Software Engineering
10 94 (16.38%) Analytics
11 79 (13.76%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 78 (13.59%) UX Design
13 73 (12.72%) CI/CD
14 64 (11.15%) LLM
15 63 (10.98%) Roadmaps
16 61 (10.63%) Service Design
17 56 (9.76%) Wireframes
18 50 (8.71%) DevOps
18 50 (8.71%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 103 (17.94%) Python
2 48 (8.36%) JavaScript
2 48 (8.36%) TypeScript
3 39 (6.79%) SQL
4 38 (6.62%) Java
5 29 (5.05%) C#
6 27 (4.70%) C
6 27 (4.70%) C++
7 16 (2.79%) MATLAB
8 8 (1.39%) Bash
8 8 (1.39%) Rust
9 6 (1.05%) Embedded C
9 6 (1.05%) Go
9 6 (1.05%) Groovy
10 5 (0.87%) Embedded C++
10 5 (0.87%) PHP
11 4 (0.70%) R
12 3 (0.52%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.52%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.35%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 201 (35.02%) Degree
2 117 (20.38%) Security Cleared
3 91 (15.85%) SC Cleared
4 27 (4.70%) Master's Degree
5 22 (3.83%) BPSS Clearance
5 22 (3.83%) Computer Science Degree
6 18 (3.14%) HND
7 15 (2.61%) PhD
8 13 (2.26%) HNC
9 12 (2.09%) AWS Certification
10 11 (1.92%) Chartered Engineer
11 5 (0.87%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
11 5 (0.87%) Azure Certification
11 5 (0.87%) ITIL Certification
11 5 (0.87%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 4 (0.70%) DV Cleared
13 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
13 2 (0.35%) Postgraduate
14 1 (0.17%) OCP
14 1 (0.17%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 95 (16.55%) Accessibility
2 41 (7.14%) WCAG
3 19 (3.31%) QA
4 10 (1.74%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.05%) ISO 9001
6 4 (0.70%) GDPR
7 3 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.52%) JTAG
8 2 (0.35%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.35%) DO-254
8 2 (0.35%) EU AI Act
8 2 (0.35%) GRC
8 2 (0.35%) MISRA
9 1 (0.17%) California Consumer Privacy Act
9 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.17%) IASME
9 1 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 36 (6.27%) Docker
2 33 (5.75%) Firmware
3 11 (1.92%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (3.14%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.87%) HP Fortify
3 4 (0.70%) Grafana
4 1 (0.17%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 55 (9.58%) Microsoft
2 53 (9.23%) Adobe
3 32 (5.57%) EMC
3 32 (5.57%) OpenAI
4 19 (3.31%) Google
5 12 (2.09%) SAP
6 11 (1.92%) Databricks
7 10 (1.74%) Salesforce
8 7 (1.22%) Autodesk
9 6 (1.05%) Thales
10 5 (0.87%) Foundry
11 4 (0.70%) Oracle
11 4 (0.70%) Siemens
12 3 (0.52%) Apple
12 3 (0.52%) Cognizant
12 3 (0.52%) DocuSign
12 3 (0.52%) HighQ
12 3 (0.52%) Legora
12 3 (0.52%) Xilinx
13 2 (0.35%) Revolut