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

6 months to
15 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 344 317 325
Rank change year-on-year -27 +8 +11
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 607 408 561
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.51% 0.83% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 0.93% 0.96%
Number of salaries quoted 411 174 210
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,675 £47,500
25th Percentile £46,875 £51,438 £54,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £94,375 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £120,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £56,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.67% -7.69% +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 87,229 43,738 58,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.43% 88.90% 82.16%
Number of salaries quoted 59,718 24,553 31,325
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £32,925
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,243 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,600
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.70% -2.59%

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 15 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 15 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 +32 524 £60,000 -14.29% 161
UK excluding London -26 416 £56,000 -6.67% 124
Work from Home -32 184 £65,000 +18.18% 85
London -56 150 £75,000 - 71
South East 0 116 £56,000 -10.93% 42
North of England +4 112 £55,000 -8.33% 25
East of England +9 67 £58,750 -28.79% 21
North West +8 63 £55,000 -17.79% 15
Midlands -18 45 £56,250 -4.26% 5
South West -42 38 £55,000 -35.29% 24
West Midlands -19 34 £57,500 -4.17% 3
North East -38 29 £60,000 -7.69% 3
Wales -48 25 £53,171 -2.88%
Yorkshire -22 20 £50,000 +63.93% 8
Scotland -60 14 £55,000 -25.48% 5
East Midlands -28 11 £45,000 +36.36% 2
Northern Ireland -72 7 £77,415 +4.90% 4

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 (2.14%) Apache Spark
2 12 (1.98%) Apache
3 11 (1.81%) Confluence
4 10 (1.65%) SharePoint
5 9 (1.48%) Apache Airflow
6 7 (1.15%) Jupyter
7 4 (0.66%) CMS
7 4 (0.66%) Microsoft Exchange
8 2 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 1 (0.16%) Apache Superset
9 1 (0.16%) Umbraco
9 1 (0.16%) WordPress
Applications
1 22 (3.62%) SOLIDWORKS
2 18 (2.97%) Adobe Illustrator
2 18 (2.97%) Photoshop
3 17 (2.80%) Adobe XD
4 13 (2.14%) InDesign
5 12 (1.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 12 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
6 8 (1.32%) EPLAN
6 8 (1.32%) Sketch
7 7 (1.15%) Solid Edge
8 5 (0.82%) Adobe After Effects
8 5 (0.82%) MS Visio
8 5 (0.82%) OrCAD
9 3 (0.49%) Productboard
9 3 (0.49%) UserZoom
9 3 (0.49%) Zeplin
10 2 (0.33%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.33%) InVision
10 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Office
10 2 (0.33%) Windchill
Business Applications
1 8 (1.32%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (0.66%) SAP SD
3 3 (0.49%) SAP MM
4 1 (0.16%) Integrated Workplace Management System
4 1 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
4 1 (0.16%) SAP MDG
4 1 (0.16%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 95 (15.65%) Figma
2 84 (13.84%) AWS
3 66 (10.87%) Azure
4 42 (6.92%) GCP
5 27 (4.45%) GitHub
6 19 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
7 18 (2.97%) Amazon S3
7 18 (2.97%) Anthropic Claude
7 18 (2.97%) Power Platform
8 16 (2.64%) SaaS
9 15 (2.47%) AWS Lambda
9 15 (2.47%) Serverless
10 14 (2.31%) dbt
10 14 (2.31%) Microsoft Copilot
11 11 (1.81%) Azure AI
11 11 (1.81%) Google Analytics
12 10 (1.65%) Copilot Studio
12 10 (1.65%) Power Automate
13 9 (1.48%) GitHub Actions
13 9 (1.48%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 9 (1.48%) Wireless
2 8 (1.32%) Broadband
2 8 (1.32%) WPA
3 6 (0.99%) Ethernet
4 5 (0.82%) Intranet
4 5 (0.82%) Software-Defined Radio
5 4 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
6 3 (0.49%) RS-485
7 2 (0.33%) Bluetooth
7 2 (0.33%) LTE
7 2 (0.33%) Multicast
7 2 (0.33%) RS-232
7 2 (0.33%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.16%) Internet
8 1 (0.16%) J1939
8 1 (0.16%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (2.31%) DynamoDB
2 11 (1.81%) PostgreSQL
2 11 (1.81%) SQL Server
3 8 (1.32%) Redis
4 7 (1.15%) Power BI
5 6 (0.99%) Metadata
5 6 (0.99%) MongoDB
5 6 (0.99%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.66%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (0.66%) Geospatial Data
6 4 (0.66%) Hadoop
7 3 (0.49%) Amazon Athena
7 3 (0.49%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.49%) NoSQL
7 3 (0.49%) Tableau
8 2 (0.33%) Apache Iceberg
8 2 (0.33%) Big Data
8 2 (0.33%) Data Hub
8 2 (0.33%) Delta Lake
8 2 (0.33%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 30 (4.94%) Git
2 19 (3.13%) GitLab
2 19 (3.13%) JIRA
3 8 (1.32%) Axure RP
3 8 (1.32%) LabVIEW
4 7 (1.15%) Claude Code
4 7 (1.15%) Cypress.io
4 7 (1.15%) Jenkins
5 6 (0.99%) Balsamiq
5 6 (0.99%) Postman
6 5 (0.82%) Maven
6 5 (0.82%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.49%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.49%) Eclipse RCP
8 2 (0.33%) Bower
8 2 (0.33%) GDB
8 2 (0.33%) MLflow
9 1 (0.16%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.16%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.16%) ER Studio
General
1 232 (38.22%) Social Skills
2 140 (23.06%) Electronics
3 122 (20.10%) Manufacturing
4 106 (17.46%) Finance
5 99 (16.31%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 90 (14.83%) Public Sector
7 74 (12.19%) Analytical Skills
8 64 (10.54%) Aerospace
9 54 (8.90%) Law
10 38 (6.26%) Marketing
11 34 (5.60%) Presentation Skills
12 32 (5.27%) Automotive
13 24 (3.95%) Retail
14 20 (3.29%) Organisational Skills
15 16 (2.64%) Influencing Skills
16 15 (2.47%) Legal
17 13 (2.14%) Games
17 13 (2.14%) Military
18 12 (1.98%) Banking
19 10 (1.65%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 153 (25.21%) Senior
2 120 (19.77%) Designer
3 61 (10.05%) Developer
4 59 (9.72%) Electronics Engineer
5 49 (8.07%) Lead
6 46 (7.58%) Software Engineer
7 44 (7.25%) UX Designer
8 35 (5.77%) Senior Designer
9 34 (5.60%) Design Engineer
10 30 (4.94%) Interaction Designer
11 25 (4.12%) Architect
12 23 (3.79%) UI Designer
12 23 (3.79%) UI/UX Designer
13 22 (3.62%) Agile Delivery Manager
13 22 (3.62%) Delivery Manager
14 20 (3.29%) Full-Stack Developer
15 19 (3.13%) Consultant
15 19 (3.13%) Electronics Design Engineer
15 19 (3.13%) Systems Engineer
16 18 (2.97%) Lead Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (7.25%) CSS
1 44 (7.25%) HTML
2 37 (6.10%) React
3 25 (4.12%) .NET
4 18 (2.97%) LangChain
4 18 (2.97%) Terraform
5 17 (2.80%) REST
6 16 (2.64%) Spring Boot
7 15 (2.47%) Kafka
8 13 (2.14%) Web Services
9 12 (1.98%) Spring
10 11 (1.81%) AngularJS
10 11 (1.81%) FastAPI
11 10 (1.65%) JSON
11 10 (1.65%) RESTful
12 9 (1.48%) AWS CDK
13 8 (1.32%) Framer.js
13 8 (1.32%) LlamaIndex
13 8 (1.32%) Next.js
14 7 (1.15%) Material Design
Miscellaneous
1 44 (7.25%) Cloud Native
1 44 (7.25%) Embedded Systems
2 33 (5.44%) Self-Motivation
3 30 (4.94%) AI Agents
4 29 (4.78%) Product Ownership
5 27 (4.45%) Analogue Electronics
6 26 (4.28%) Robotics
7 24 (3.95%) IoT
8 21 (3.46%) FPGA
9 18 (2.97%) Distributed Systems
10 15 (2.47%) Algorithms
10 15 (2.47%) Onboarding
11 13 (2.14%) Mobile App
12 12 (1.98%) Life Science
13 10 (1.65%) Data Structures
13 10 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
14 9 (1.48%) Acoustics
15 8 (1.32%) Cyber Threat
15 8 (1.32%) Fibre Optics
15 8 (1.32%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 11 (1.81%) Linux
2 9 (1.48%) Android
3 8 (1.32%) Apple iOS
4 3 (0.49%) Embedded Linux
5 2 (0.33%) Unix
6 1 (0.16%) macOS
6 1 (0.16%) Robot Operating System
6 1 (0.16%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 211 (34.76%) AI
2 192 (31.63%) Agile
3 144 (23.72%) Continuous Improvement
4 138 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
5 121 (19.93%) Validation
6 118 (19.44%) User Experience
7 113 (18.62%) Mentoring
8 112 (18.45%) Rapid Prototyping
9 104 (17.13%) User Research
10 99 (16.31%) Software Engineering
11 86 (14.17%) Analytics
12 77 (12.69%) UX Design
13 76 (12.52%) CI/CD
14 75 (12.36%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 71 (11.70%) LLM
16 65 (10.71%) Service Design
17 58 (9.56%) Wireframes
18 55 (9.06%) Roadmaps
19 54 (8.90%) Workflow
20 52 (8.57%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 109 (17.96%) Python
2 47 (7.74%) TypeScript
3 45 (7.41%) JavaScript
4 44 (7.25%) SQL
5 38 (6.26%) Java
6 35 (5.77%) C++
7 34 (5.60%) C
8 28 (4.61%) C#
9 17 (2.80%) MATLAB
10 10 (1.65%) Bash
10 10 (1.65%) Embedded C
10 10 (1.65%) Rust
11 8 (1.32%) Embedded C++
12 6 (0.99%) Go
12 6 (0.99%) Groovy
13 5 (0.82%) PHP
13 5 (0.82%) R
14 4 (0.66%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.49%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.33%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 218 (35.91%) Degree
2 122 (20.10%) Security Cleared
3 97 (15.98%) SC Cleared
4 29 (4.78%) Master's Degree
5 23 (3.79%) BPSS Clearance
6 21 (3.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 21 (3.46%) HND
7 17 (2.80%) PhD
8 15 (2.47%) HNC
9 12 (1.98%) AWS Certification
9 12 (1.98%) Chartered Engineer
10 5 (0.82%) AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
10 5 (0.82%) Azure Certification
10 5 (0.82%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (0.82%) Microsoft Certified Professional
11 4 (0.66%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.49%) Postgraduate
13 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
14 1 (0.16%) OCP
14 1 (0.16%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (15.32%) Accessibility
2 41 (6.75%) WCAG
3 22 (3.62%) QA
4 12 (1.98%) Data Quality
5 7 (1.15%) ISO 9001
6 6 (0.99%) GDPR
7 3 (0.49%) EU AI Act
7 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.49%) JTAG
7 3 (0.49%) MISRA
8 2 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.33%) DO-254
8 2 (0.33%) GRC
8 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 42001
8 2 (0.33%) NIST
9 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.16%) HAZOP
9 1 (0.16%) IASME
9 1 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 15288
System Software
1 44 (7.25%) Docker
2 40 (6.59%) Firmware
3 16 (2.64%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 20 (3.29%) Kubernetes
2 6 (0.99%) Grafana
3 5 (0.82%) HP Fortify
4 1 (0.16%) Functional Safety
Vendors
1 57 (9.39%) Microsoft
2 45 (7.41%) Adobe
3 42 (6.92%) EMC
4 33 (5.44%) OpenAI
5 19 (3.13%) Google
6 12 (1.98%) Databricks
7 11 (1.81%) SAP
8 9 (1.48%) Salesforce
9 8 (1.32%) Autodesk
10 7 (1.15%) Thales
11 6 (0.99%) Foundry
12 5 (0.82%) Siemens
13 3 (0.49%) Apple
13 3 (0.49%) DocuSign
13 3 (0.49%) HighQ
13 3 (0.49%) Legora
13 3 (0.49%) Oracle
13 3 (0.49%) Xilinx
14 2 (0.33%) IBM
14 2 (0.33%) Intel