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

6 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 362 321 350
Rank change year-on-year -41 +29 -21
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 579 408 534
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.49% 0.82% 0.73%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.92% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 388 169 193
10th Percentile £41,250 £44,500 £47,100
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 £95,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £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 86,526 44,119 60,045
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.14% 89.04% 81.91%
Number of salaries quoted 59,327 24,381 32,429
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 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
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 6 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 6 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 +21 494 £60,000 -14.29% 1,400
UK excluding London -33 388 £56,000 -6.67% 660
Work from Home -26 188 £65,000 +18.18% 526
London -53 148 £75,000 - 806
North of England +4 106 £55,000 -4.35% 122
South East -1 100 £56,000 -10.93% 179
East of England +20 65 £60,000 -15.79% 118
North West +3 58 £55,000 -8.33% 69
Midlands -31 43 £57,500 -2.13% 58
West Midlands -8 33 £57,500 -4.17% 43
South West -50 33 £57,500 -32.35% 96
North East -40 29 £60,000 -7.69% 27
Wales -48 24 £53,171 +7.42% 17
Yorkshire -21 19 £50,000 +63.93% 27
Scotland -69 13 £55,000 - 52
East Midlands -32 10 £45,000 +36.36% 15
Northern Ireland -79 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 13 (2.25%) Apache Spark
2 12 (2.07%) Apache
3 11 (1.90%) Confluence
4 9 (1.55%) Apache Airflow
4 9 (1.55%) SharePoint
5 7 (1.21%) Jupyter
6 5 (0.86%) CMS
7 3 (0.52%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.52%) WordPress
8 2 (0.35%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.17%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.17%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.17%) Umbraco
Applications
1 22 (3.80%) SOLIDWORKS
2 18 (3.11%) Adobe Illustrator
2 18 (3.11%) Photoshop
3 17 (2.94%) Adobe XD
4 14 (2.42%) InDesign
5 12 (2.07%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 10 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
7 8 (1.38%) Sketch
8 7 (1.21%) EPLAN
8 7 (1.21%) Solid Edge
9 5 (0.86%) Adobe After Effects
9 5 (0.86%) MS Visio
10 4 (0.69%) 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 (1.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.69%) SAP SD
3 3 (0.52%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.17%) Dynamics CRM
4 1 (0.17%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.17%) Maximo
4 1 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.17%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.17%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 99 (17.10%) Figma
2 86 (14.85%) AWS
3 66 (11.40%) Azure
4 41 (7.08%) GCP
5 26 (4.49%) GitHub
6 18 (3.11%) Amazon S3
6 18 (3.11%) SaaS
7 17 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
7 17 (2.94%) Power Platform
8 16 (2.76%) Anthropic Claude
8 16 (2.76%) Serverless
9 15 (2.59%) AWS Lambda
10 14 (2.42%) Adobe Analytics
10 14 (2.42%) dbt
11 13 (2.25%) Microsoft Copilot
12 11 (1.90%) Google Analytics
13 10 (1.73%) Azure AI
13 10 (1.73%) Power Automate
14 9 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
14 9 (1.55%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.59%) Broadband
2 8 (1.38%) Wireless
2 8 (1.38%) WPA
3 5 (0.86%) Ethernet
3 5 (0.86%) Intranet
3 5 (0.86%) Software-Defined Radio
4 3 (0.52%) RS-485
4 3 (0.52%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.35%) Bluetooth
5 2 (0.35%) Internet
5 2 (0.35%) RS-232
5 2 (0.35%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.17%) AMQP
6 1 (0.17%) J1939
6 1 (0.17%) LTE
6 1 (0.17%) Modbus
6 1 (0.17%) MQTT
6 1 (0.17%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.42%) DynamoDB
2 12 (2.07%) PostgreSQL
3 11 (1.90%) SQL Server
4 8 (1.38%) Redis
5 7 (1.21%) Power BI
6 6 (1.04%) MongoDB
6 6 (1.04%) Relational Database
7 4 (0.69%) Data Warehouse
7 4 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
7 4 (0.69%) Hadoop
7 4 (0.69%) Metadata
8 3 (0.52%) Amazon Athena
8 3 (0.52%) ClickHouse
8 3 (0.52%) Data Lake
8 3 (0.52%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (0.52%) NoSQL
8 3 (0.52%) Tableau
9 2 (0.35%) Big Data
9 2 (0.35%) Delta Lake
9 2 (0.35%) Triplestore
Development Applications
1 26 (4.49%) Git
2 18 (3.11%) JIRA
3 17 (2.94%) GitLab
4 8 (1.38%) Axure RP
4 8 (1.38%) LabVIEW
5 7 (1.21%) Claude Code
5 7 (1.21%) Cypress.io
5 7 (1.21%) Jenkins
6 6 (1.04%) Balsamiq
6 6 (1.04%) Postman
7 5 (0.86%) Maven
7 5 (0.86%) 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
1 225 (38.86%) Social Skills
2 119 (20.55%) Electronics
3 110 (19.00%) Manufacturing
4 105 (18.13%) Finance
5 96 (16.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 86 (14.85%) Public Sector
7 71 (12.26%) Analytical Skills
8 57 (9.84%) Aerospace
9 53 (9.15%) Law
10 39 (6.74%) Marketing
11 33 (5.70%) Presentation Skills
12 31 (5.35%) Automotive
13 22 (3.80%) Retail
14 19 (3.28%) Games
15 18 (3.11%) Organisational Skills
16 15 (2.59%) Influencing Skills
17 14 (2.42%) Legal
18 13 (2.25%) Military
19 11 (1.90%) Banking
20 10 (1.73%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 146 (25.22%) Senior
2 119 (20.55%) Designer
3 62 (10.71%) Developer
4 52 (8.98%) Lead
5 46 (7.94%) Electronics Engineer
5 46 (7.94%) UX Designer
6 44 (7.60%) Software Engineer
7 34 (5.87%) Senior Designer
8 29 (5.01%) Architect
8 29 (5.01%) Interaction Designer
9 25 (4.32%) Design Engineer
10 24 (4.15%) UI Designer
10 24 (4.15%) UI/UX Designer
11 22 (3.80%) Agile Delivery Manager
11 22 (3.80%) Delivery Manager
12 21 (3.63%) Lead Designer
13 20 (3.45%) Consultant
13 20 (3.45%) Full-Stack Developer
14 19 (3.28%) Software Developer
15 18 (3.11%) Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 43 (7.43%) CSS
1 43 (7.43%) HTML
2 39 (6.74%) React
3 25 (4.32%) .NET
4 18 (3.11%) Terraform
5 17 (2.94%) LangChain
5 17 (2.94%) Spring Boot
6 16 (2.76%) REST
7 15 (2.59%) Kafka
8 13 (2.25%) Spring
8 13 (2.25%) Web Services
9 12 (2.07%) AngularJS
10 10 (1.73%) FastAPI
10 10 (1.73%) RESTful
11 9 (1.55%) AWS CDK
11 9 (1.55%) Framer.js
11 9 (1.55%) JSON
11 9 (1.55%) Next.js
12 8 (1.38%) Node.js
13 7 (1.21%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 44 (7.60%) Cloud Native
2 38 (6.56%) Embedded Systems
3 31 (5.35%) Self-Motivation
4 27 (4.66%) Product Ownership
5 26 (4.49%) AI Agents
5 26 (4.49%) Robotics
6 23 (3.97%) IoT
7 19 (3.28%) FPGA
8 18 (3.11%) Analogue Electronics
9 17 (2.94%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (2.59%) Onboarding
10 15 (2.59%) Social Media
11 13 (2.25%) Algorithms
11 13 (2.25%) Mobile App
12 11 (1.90%) Life Science
13 10 (1.73%) Data Structures
14 9 (1.55%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (1.55%) Management Information System
14 9 (1.55%) Public Cloud
15 8 (1.38%) Fibre Optics
Operating Systems
1 9 (1.55%) Android
1 9 (1.55%) Linux
2 8 (1.38%) Apple iOS
3 3 (0.52%) Embedded Linux
4 2 (0.35%) Unix
5 1 (0.17%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 205 (35.41%) AI
2 195 (33.68%) Agile
3 138 (23.83%) Continuous Improvement
4 125 (21.59%) Problem-Solving
5 117 (20.21%) User Experience
6 109 (18.83%) User Research
7 108 (18.65%) Validation
8 106 (18.31%) Rapid Prototyping
9 105 (18.13%) Mentoring
10 94 (16.23%) Analytics
10 94 (16.23%) Software Engineering
11 79 (13.64%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 78 (13.47%) UX Design
13 74 (12.78%) CI/CD
14 64 (11.05%) Roadmaps
15 63 (10.88%) LLM
16 61 (10.54%) Service Design
17 56 (9.67%) Wireframes
18 51 (8.81%) DevOps
18 51 (8.81%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 103 (17.79%) Python
2 47 (8.12%) JavaScript
2 47 (8.12%) TypeScript
3 41 (7.08%) SQL
4 38 (6.56%) Java
5 29 (5.01%) C
5 29 (5.01%) C#
5 29 (5.01%) C++
6 16 (2.76%) MATLAB
7 9 (1.55%) Rust
8 8 (1.38%) Bash
9 7 (1.21%) Embedded C
10 6 (1.04%) Embedded C++
10 6 (1.04%) Go
10 6 (1.04%) Groovy
11 5 (0.86%) PHP
12 4 (0.69%) R
13 3 (0.52%) PowerShell
13 3 (0.52%) T-SQL
14 2 (0.35%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 204 (35.23%) Degree
2 118 (20.38%) Security Cleared
3 92 (15.89%) SC Cleared
4 27 (4.66%) Master's Degree
5 22 (3.80%) BPSS Clearance
6 21 (3.63%) Computer Science Degree
7 18 (3.11%) HND
8 16 (2.76%) PhD
9 13 (2.25%) HNC
10 12 (2.07%) AWS Certification
11 11 (1.90%) Chartered Engineer
12 5 (0.86%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
12 5 (0.86%) Azure Certification
12 5 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
12 5 (0.86%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 4 (0.69%) DV Cleared
14 2 (0.35%) Microsoft Certification
14 2 (0.35%) Postgraduate
15 1 (0.17%) OCP
15 1 (0.17%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 96 (16.58%) Accessibility
2 41 (7.08%) WCAG
3 19 (3.28%) QA
4 11 (1.90%) Data Quality
5 6 (1.04%) ISO 9001
6 4 (0.69%) 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%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.17%) DO-178B
9 1 (0.17%) GxP
9 1 (0.17%) HIPAA
9 1 (0.17%) IASME
9 1 (0.17%) NIST
System Software
1 38 (6.56%) Docker
2 34 (5.87%) Firmware
3 12 (2.07%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (3.11%) Kubernetes
2 5 (0.86%) HP Fortify
3 4 (0.69%) Grafana
4 1 (0.17%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 54 (9.33%) Microsoft
2 53 (9.15%) Adobe
3 34 (5.87%) EMC
4 32 (5.53%) OpenAI
5 19 (3.28%) Google
6 12 (2.07%) SAP
7 11 (1.90%) Databricks
8 10 (1.73%) Salesforce
9 7 (1.21%) Autodesk
10 6 (1.04%) Thales
11 5 (0.86%) Foundry
12 4 (0.69%) Oracle
12 4 (0.69%) Siemens
13 3 (0.52%) Apple
13 3 (0.52%) Cognizant
13 3 (0.52%) DocuSign
13 3 (0.52%) HighQ
13 3 (0.52%) Legora
13 3 (0.52%) Xilinx
14 2 (0.35%) Revolut