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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 372 306 421
Rank change year-on-year -66 +115 -113
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 519 457 470
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.50% 0.92% 0.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 1.03% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 295 185 270
10th Percentile £43,100 £37,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £48,750 £51,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £58,632
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +10.86% -9.80%
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £108,250 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,500 £62,875 £57,965
% change year-on-year -10.14% +8.47% -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 76,247 44,374 67,952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.60% 89.45% 81.06%
Number of salaries quoted 52,515 25,244 44,456
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,500 £31,246
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,246 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £49,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.24% -2.00% -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 4 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 4 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 +8 430 £60,000 -7.69% 534
UK excluding London -53 324 £56,500 -10.14% 224
Work from Home +11 263 £65,925 +19.86% 233
London -31 145 £71,121 +2.50% 331
North of England -6 81 £52,500 -19.23% 45
South East -10 79 £56,500 -7.00% 72
East of England +28 72 £65,000 +44.44% 39
North West -2 36 £50,000 -27.94% 29
Yorkshire -20 24 £65,000 +20.37% 5
South West -49 24 £60,000 -5.88% 39
Wales -36 21 £53,171 -22.38% 4
North East -38 21 £57,500 -11.54% 11
Midlands -44 21 £60,000 +2.13% 16
West Midlands -28 17 £62,500 +4.17% 14
Scotland -71 15 £52,250 -16.82% 11
Northern Ireland -66 11 £80,000 - 2
East Midlands -28 4 £55,000 +66.67% 2

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 (1.93%) Confluence
2 7 (1.35%) Apache Spark
3 6 (1.16%) Apache
4 4 (0.77%) CMS
5 3 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
5 3 (0.58%) Jupyter
5 3 (0.58%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.58%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.58%) WordPress
6 2 (0.39%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 19 (3.66%) Adobe XD
2 11 (2.12%) InDesign
2 11 (2.12%) Sketch
3 10 (1.93%) Adobe Illustrator
3 10 (1.93%) Photoshop
3 10 (1.93%) SOLIDWORKS
4 7 (1.35%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (1.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (0.96%) Adobe After Effects
6 5 (0.96%) MS Visio
6 5 (0.96%) Solid Edge
7 4 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
8 3 (0.58%) Productboard
8 3 (0.58%) Zeplin
9 2 (0.39%) InVision
9 2 (0.39%) Trello
9 2 (0.39%) Windchill
10 1 (0.19%) EPLAN
10 1 (0.19%) Mathcad
10 1 (0.19%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 3 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.39%) Elite 3E
3 1 (0.19%) Integrated Workplace Management System
3 1 (0.19%) Maximo
3 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
3 1 (0.19%) SAP MDG
3 1 (0.19%) SAP MM
3 1 (0.19%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 115 (22.16%) Figma
2 85 (16.38%) AWS
3 73 (14.07%) Azure
4 71 (13.68%) Adobe Analytics
5 45 (8.67%) GCP
6 21 (4.05%) SaaS
7 18 (3.47%) Amazon S3
7 18 (3.47%) Serverless
8 17 (3.28%) dbt
9 16 (3.08%) Amazon ECR
9 16 (3.08%) Amazon ECS
9 16 (3.08%) AWS CloudFormation
10 15 (2.89%) AWS Lambda
10 15 (2.89%) GitHub
11 11 (2.12%) AWS Step Functions
11 11 (2.12%) Microsoft Copilot
11 11 (2.12%) Power Platform
12 10 (1.93%) Cloud Computing
12 10 (1.93%) Google Analytics
12 10 (1.93%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 83 (15.99%) Broadband
2 8 (1.54%) WPA
3 7 (1.35%) TCP/IP
4 5 (0.96%) Intranet
5 4 (0.77%) Wireless
6 3 (0.58%) Software-Defined Radio
7 2 (0.39%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.39%) Internet
7 2 (0.39%) RS-485
7 2 (0.39%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.19%) AMQP
8 1 (0.19%) LTE
8 1 (0.19%) Modbus
8 1 (0.19%) MQTT
8 1 (0.19%) RS-232
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (2.89%) DynamoDB
2 14 (2.70%) PostgreSQL
3 12 (2.31%) Redis
4 8 (1.54%) Elasticsearch
4 8 (1.54%) SQL Server
5 7 (1.35%) Power BI
6 6 (1.16%) Relational Database
7 5 (0.96%) Amazon RDS
8 4 (0.77%) MongoDB
8 4 (0.77%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.58%) ClickHouse
9 3 (0.58%) Db2
9 3 (0.58%) DB2 UDB
9 3 (0.58%) Geospatial Data
9 3 (0.58%) Hadoop
9 3 (0.58%) QlikView
10 2 (0.39%) Apache Iceberg
10 2 (0.39%) Data Hub
10 2 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
10 2 (0.39%) Delta Lake
Development Applications
1 23 (4.43%) Git
2 18 (3.47%) JIRA
3 13 (2.50%) GitLab
4 11 (2.12%) Jenkins
5 10 (1.93%) Axure RP
5 10 (1.93%) Cypress.io
6 9 (1.73%) Maven
6 9 (1.73%) SonarQube
7 8 (1.54%) Balsamiq
7 8 (1.54%) LabVIEW
8 5 (0.96%) Postman
9 4 (0.77%) Claude Code
10 3 (0.58%) Eclipse
10 3 (0.58%) Eclipse RCP
11 2 (0.39%) Bitbucket
11 2 (0.39%) Bower
11 2 (0.39%) Rational DOORS
12 1 (0.19%) MLflow
12 1 (0.19%) Zephyr
General
1 159 (30.64%) Social Skills
2 101 (19.46%) Finance
3 91 (17.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 80 (15.41%) Analytical Skills
5 73 (14.07%) Games
5 73 (14.07%) Public Sector
6 64 (12.33%) Electronics
7 47 (9.06%) Law
8 44 (8.48%) Manufacturing
9 26 (5.01%) Marketing
10 25 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
11 19 (3.66%) Aerospace
12 17 (3.28%) Legal
12 17 (3.28%) Organisational Skills
13 12 (2.31%) Retail
14 8 (1.54%) Banking
14 8 (1.54%) Documentation Skills
14 8 (1.54%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (1.35%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (1.16%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 114 (21.97%) Designer
2 109 (21.00%) Senior
3 66 (12.72%) Lead
4 61 (11.75%) Developer
5 48 (9.25%) UX Designer
6 37 (7.13%) Architect
7 33 (6.36%) Software Engineer
8 32 (6.17%) Lead Designer
9 31 (5.97%) Systems Engineer
10 28 (5.39%) Interaction Designer
11 25 (4.82%) Senior Designer
12 20 (3.85%) Agile Delivery Manager
12 20 (3.85%) Consultant
12 20 (3.85%) Delivery Manager
12 20 (3.85%) Product Manager
13 19 (3.66%) UI Designer
13 19 (3.66%) UI/UX Designer
14 18 (3.47%) Senior Manager
15 17 (3.28%) Analyst
15 17 (3.28%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (7.90%) HTML
2 37 (7.13%) CSS
3 25 (4.82%) React
4 18 (3.47%) LangChain
5 17 (3.28%) AngularJS
6 16 (3.08%) .NET
7 13 (2.50%) Spring Boot
8 12 (2.31%) REST
9 10 (1.93%) Jest
10 9 (1.73%) Gherkin
10 9 (1.73%) Web Services
11 8 (1.54%) JSON
12 7 (1.35%) Django
12 7 (1.35%) Framer.js
12 7 (1.35%) Material Design
12 7 (1.35%) Node.js
12 7 (1.35%) RESTful
13 6 (1.16%) AWS CDK
13 6 (1.16%) XML
14 5 (0.96%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 71 (13.68%) Social Media
2 41 (7.90%) Cloud Native
3 27 (5.20%) Product Ownership
4 23 (4.43%) Embedded Systems
5 18 (3.47%) Self-Motivation
6 17 (3.28%) FPGA
7 16 (3.08%) IoT
8 15 (2.89%) Public Cloud
9 14 (2.70%) AI Agents
9 14 (2.70%) Robotics
10 12 (2.31%) Management Information System
10 12 (2.31%) Onboarding
11 11 (2.12%) Distributed Systems
11 11 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
12 10 (1.93%) Algorithms
12 10 (1.93%) Life Science
12 10 (1.93%) Low-Code
13 9 (1.73%) Data Structures
13 9 (1.73%) VHDL
14 8 (1.54%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 14 (2.70%) Linux
2 8 (1.54%) Unix
3 1 (0.19%) Android
3 1 (0.19%) Embedded Linux
3 1 (0.19%) FreeRTOS
3 1 (0.19%) ThreadX
3 1 (0.19%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 255 (49.13%) Agile
2 228 (43.93%) AI
3 162 (31.21%) User Research
4 136 (26.20%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 134 (25.82%) Analytics
6 123 (23.70%) Roadmaps
7 109 (21.00%) User Experience
8 103 (19.85%) Rapid Prototyping
9 94 (18.11%) Customer Experience
10 92 (17.73%) Mentoring
11 89 (17.15%) Product Roadmap
12 88 (16.96%) Problem-Solving
13 84 (16.18%) Continuous Improvement
14 81 (15.61%) UX Design
15 78 (15.03%) Storytelling
16 75 (14.45%) Software Engineering
17 71 (13.68%) Digital Customer Experience
18 70 (13.49%) Validation
19 60 (11.56%) Workshop Facilitation
20 55 (10.60%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 92 (17.73%) Python
2 43 (8.29%) Java
3 38 (7.32%) JavaScript
4 32 (6.17%) TypeScript
5 30 (5.78%) SQL
6 28 (5.39%) C
7 26 (5.01%) C#
7 26 (5.01%) C++
8 12 (2.31%) MATLAB
9 11 (2.12%) Bash
10 10 (1.93%) Groovy
11 6 (1.16%) Embedded C
12 5 (0.96%) Go
12 5 (0.96%) PHP
13 3 (0.58%) Julia
13 3 (0.58%) Pascal
13 3 (0.58%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.58%) Rust
14 1 (0.19%) Kotlin
14 1 (0.19%) R
Qualifications
1 146 (28.13%) Degree
2 90 (17.34%) Security Cleared
3 68 (13.10%) SC Cleared
4 26 (5.01%) Master's Degree
5 18 (3.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (2.31%) AWS Certification
6 12 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
6 12 (2.31%) PhD
7 10 (1.93%) DV Cleared
8 9 (1.73%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
8 9 (1.73%) ITIL Certification
9 6 (1.16%) HND
10 3 (0.58%) Postgraduate
11 2 (0.39%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.39%) HNC
12 1 (0.19%) Chartered Engineer
12 1 (0.19%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 1 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 138 (26.59%) Accessibility
2 71 (13.68%) WCAG
3 13 (2.50%) QA
4 7 (1.35%) Data Quality
5 4 (0.77%) DO-254
5 4 (0.77%) GDPR
6 2 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 2 (0.39%) JTAG
7 1 (0.19%) DO-178B
7 1 (0.19%) GRC
7 1 (0.19%) GxP
7 1 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 42001
7 1 (0.19%) NIST
System Software
1 31 (5.97%) Docker
2 20 (3.85%) Firmware
3 7 (1.35%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 17 (3.28%) Terraform
2 13 (2.50%) Kubernetes
3 9 (1.73%) HP Fortify
4 5 (0.96%) AWS Copilot
5 1 (0.19%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 101 (19.46%) Adobe
2 47 (9.06%) Microsoft
3 34 (6.55%) Google
4 22 (4.24%) OpenAI
5 16 (3.08%) EMC
6 10 (1.93%) Salesforce
7 8 (1.54%) Foundry
8 6 (1.16%) Databricks
8 6 (1.16%) SAP
9 4 (0.77%) Oracle
9 4 (0.77%) Xilinx
10 3 (0.58%) Cognizant
10 3 (0.58%) JD Edwards
10 3 (0.58%) Motorola
11 2 (0.39%) Altera
11 2 (0.39%) Hotjar
11 2 (0.39%) Intel
11 2 (0.39%) Revolut
11 2 (0.39%) ServiceNow
11 2 (0.39%) Workday