Usability Engineering Job Trends

Usability Engineering
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Usability Engineering skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 799 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Usability Engineering 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.002% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.002% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
75th Percentile £72,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Usability Engineering 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 84,843 43,391 61,954
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.02% 88.66% 81.33%
Number of salaries quoted 58,659 24,441 34,825
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,250
25th Percentile £41,969 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -2.78%

Usability Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Usability Engineering relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Usability Engineering job vacancy trend in the UK

Usability Engineering
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Usability Engineering.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Usability Engineering

Usability Engineering
Top 4 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Usability Engineering within the UK over the 6 months to 22 September 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
North East - 2 £70,000 -
England - 2 £70,000 - 1
UK excluding London - 2 £70,000 - 2
North of England - 2 £70,000 -

Usability Engineering
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:

Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe XD
1 2 (100.00%) InVision
1 2 (100.00%) Sketch
1 2 (100.00%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Asana
1 2 (100.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Axure RP
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
1 2 (100.00%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) Framer.js
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Augmented Reality
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) A/B Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) Psychology
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) SFIA
1 2 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 2 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
1 2 (100.00%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (100.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe