UX
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for User Experience skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited User Experience over the 6 months to 29 November 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 82 54 43
Rank change year-on-year -28 -11 +14
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,978 7,078 8,342
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.66% 5.62% 6.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.89% 5.88% 6.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,517 3,370 4,389
10th Percentile £37,500 £37,806 £34,183
25th Percentile £47,196 £47,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,500 £61,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.82% +6.09% +9.52%
75th Percentile £82,500 £78,750 £75,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +11.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

User Experience is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50,908 120,439 123,182
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.09% 95.71% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 36,868 73,620 81,568
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,459 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £59,045
Median % change year-on-year - +1.62% +7.35%
75th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,825 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.94% +6.00% +3.63%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing User Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Experience.

Salary trend for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience over the 6 months to 29 November 2023.

Salary histogram for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience within the UK over the 6 months to 29 November 2023. 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 -24 1,737 £62,000 -0.80% 1,115
UK excluding London -34 1,043 £55,000 - 635
Work from Home -32 864 £63,000 +5.00% 656
London -20 803 £71,000 +1.43% 602
North of England -10 298 £50,000 -9.09% 159
South East -22 265 £60,000 -4.00% 207
North West +19 191 £50,000 -9.09% 106
Midlands +16 172 £55,000 +4.76% 86
South West -67 114 £50,250 +0.50% 72
West Midlands +15 112 £55,000 +5.87% 62
Scotland -33 96 £50,000 -13.04% 48
Yorkshire -30 93 £51,498 -2.37% 38
East Midlands +20 60 £50,000 -4.76% 24
East of England -21 57 £55,000 - 53
Wales -55 22 £52,500 - 18
Northern Ireland +4 19 £37,500 -31.82% 7
North East -11 14 £47,500 -17.39% 15

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 87 (4.40%) JBoss
1 87 (4.40%) Red Hat Fuse
2 74 (3.74%) CMS
3 55 (2.78%) WordPress
4 38 (1.92%) Confluence
4 38 (1.92%) SharePoint
5 10 (0.51%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.35%) Jupyter
6 7 (0.35%) Sitecore CMS
7 6 (0.30%) Drupal
7 6 (0.30%) MS Exchange
7 6 (0.30%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.25%) IIS
9 4 (0.20%) Apache
9 4 (0.20%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.15%) Camunda
10 3 (0.15%) NServiceBus
10 3 (0.15%) Tomcat
11 2 (0.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.10%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 83 (4.20%) Sketch
2 55 (2.78%) Adobe XD
3 41 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
4 37 (1.87%) Photoshop
5 35 (1.77%) Adobe Illustrator
6 31 (1.57%) Microsoft Excel
7 28 (1.42%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 24 (1.21%) InVision
9 15 (0.76%) InDesign
9 15 (0.76%) MS Visio
10 12 (0.61%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 7 (0.35%) InCopy
11 7 (0.35%) SPSS
12 6 (0.30%) Chatbot
13 5 (0.25%) Adobe After Effects
13 5 (0.25%) Marvel
14 4 (0.20%) Adobe Premiere
14 4 (0.20%) MadCap Flare
15 3 (0.15%) Trello
15 3 (0.15%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 21 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (0.61%) Shopify
3 8 (0.40%) Distributed Ledger
4 5 (0.25%) Remedy ITSM
5 4 (0.20%) Front Arena
6 3 (0.15%) Academy Revenues and Benefits
6 3 (0.15%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.10%) Misys Equation
7 2 (0.10%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.10%) SDL Web 8
8 1 (0.051%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.051%) Endur
8 1 (0.051%) Magento
8 1 (0.051%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.051%) Sage X3
8 1 (0.051%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.051%) Workfront
Cloud Services
1 321 (16.23%) Azure
2 280 (14.16%) AWS
3 207 (10.47%) Figma
4 165 (8.34%) SaaS
5 121 (6.12%) GCP
6 111 (5.61%) Power Platform
7 87 (4.40%) Microsoft 365
8 61 (3.08%) Google Analytics
9 59 (2.98%) Serverless
10 54 (2.73%) Azure DevOps
11 51 (2.58%) Entra ID
12 41 (2.07%) PowerApps
13 40 (2.02%) GitHub
14 31 (1.57%) Power Automate
15 28 (1.42%) Dynamics 365
16 27 (1.37%) npm
17 21 (1.06%) Canva
18 19 (0.96%) Bitrise
19 17 (0.86%) PaaS
20 16 (0.81%) Azure Data Factory
Communications & Networking
1 32 (1.62%) Firewall
2 22 (1.11%) DNS
3 18 (0.91%) VPN
4 16 (0.81%) DHCP
4 16 (0.81%) Internet
5 13 (0.66%) Wi-Fi
6 11 (0.56%) LAN
7 10 (0.51%) Network Security
7 10 (0.51%) WAN
8 8 (0.40%) SAN
9 7 (0.35%) VLAN
10 6 (0.30%) Intranet
10 6 (0.30%) Unified Communications
11 5 (0.25%) NetScaler
11 5 (0.25%) TCP/IP
11 5 (0.25%) Wireless
12 4 (0.20%) VoIP
12 4 (0.20%) WebEx
13 3 (0.15%) MPLS
13 3 (0.15%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (3.99%) Power BI
2 66 (3.34%) SQL Server
3 49 (2.48%) Tableau
4 38 (1.92%) MongoDB
5 34 (1.72%) MySQL
6 26 (1.31%) Elasticsearch
7 24 (1.21%) Relational Database
8 22 (1.11%) NoSQL
9 19 (0.96%) Data Warehouse
10 18 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 16 (0.81%) PostgreSQL
12 14 (0.71%) Hadoop
12 14 (0.71%) Redis
13 11 (0.56%) Big Data
14 10 (0.51%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 9 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
15 9 (0.46%) BigQuery
15 9 (0.46%) DynamoDB
15 9 (0.46%) RDBMS
16 8 (0.40%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 205 (10.36%) Git
2 115 (5.81%) JIRA
3 87 (4.40%) IntelliJ
4 39 (1.97%) Cypress.io
5 37 (1.87%) Jenkins
6 24 (1.21%) GitLab
6 24 (1.21%) Postman
7 23 (1.16%) webpack
8 20 (1.01%) Visual Studio
9 19 (0.96%) Cucumber
9 19 (0.96%) Subversion
10 17 (0.86%) Selenium
11 14 (0.71%) Team Foundation Server
12 13 (0.66%) Xcode
13 12 (0.61%) Bitbucket
13 12 (0.61%) gulp
14 11 (0.56%) Axure RP
14 11 (0.56%) Gradle
14 11 (0.56%) Maven
15 10 (0.51%) Android Studio
General
1 609 (30.79%) Social Skills
2 419 (21.18%) Finance
3 260 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
4 199 (10.06%) Marketing
5 168 (8.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 134 (6.77%) Public Sector
7 113 (5.71%) Banking
8 106 (5.36%) Retail
9 99 (5.01%) Games
10 61 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
11 57 (2.88%) Organisational Skills
12 44 (2.22%) Law
13 34 (1.72%) Telecoms
14 33 (1.67%) Legal
15 29 (1.47%) Front Office
16 23 (1.16%) Financial Institution
16 23 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
17 21 (1.06%) Advertising
17 21 (1.06%) Pharmaceutical
18 19 (0.96%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 600 (30.33%) Developer
2 435 (21.99%) Senior
3 262 (13.25%) Designer
4 205 (10.36%) Lead
5 186 (9.40%) Software Engineer
6 147 (7.43%) UX Designer
7 142 (7.18%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 141 (7.13%) Senior Developer
9 114 (5.76%) Analyst
10 92 (4.65%) Architect
11 87 (4.40%) Senior Software Engineer
12 81 (4.10%) Full Stack Developer
13 80 (4.04%) Product Manager
14 75 (3.79%) UI Designer
15 74 (3.74%) Java Engineer
16 73 (3.69%) Senior Designer
17 72 (3.64%) React Developer
18 67 (3.39%) Java Software Engineer
19 66 (3.34%) Senior Java Engineer
20 65 (3.29%) Senior Java Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 390 (19.72%) CSS
2 374 (18.91%) HTML
3 320 (16.18%) React
4 289 (14.61%) AngularJS
5 203 (10.26%) REST
6 189 (9.56%) .NET
7 178 (9.00%) Web Services
8 166 (8.39%) RESTful
9 149 (7.53%) Node.js
10 128 (6.47%) JSON
11 121 (6.12%) XML
12 120 (6.07%) HTML5
13 119 (6.02%) Spring
14 104 (5.26%) SOAP
15 103 (5.21%) Vue
16 88 (4.45%) Hibernate
17 87 (4.40%) JPA
17 87 (4.40%) XSD
18 81 (4.10%) CSS3
19 78 (3.94%) Java EE
Miscellaneous
1 174 (8.80%) Product Ownership
2 139 (7.03%) Mobile App
3 83 (4.20%) Self-Motivation
4 64 (3.24%) Public Cloud
5 60 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
5 60 (3.03%) Management Information System
6 40 (2.02%) Cyberattack
7 30 (1.52%) Graphic Design
8 29 (1.47%) Fixed Income
9 27 (1.37%) Sports Betting
10 25 (1.26%) Algorithms
11 24 (1.21%) Onboarding
12 23 (1.16%) Linux Command Line
13 22 (1.11%) IoT
14 21 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
14 21 (1.06%) Social Media
15 20 (1.01%) Smartphone
16 18 (0.91%) Handset
16 18 (0.91%) Mali
16 18 (0.91%) Ray Tracing
Operating Systems
1 140 (7.08%) Windows
2 118 (5.97%) Android
3 94 (4.75%) Linux
4 82 (4.15%) Apple iOS
5 57 (2.88%) Windows Server
6 46 (2.33%) Windows Server 2016
7 35 (1.77%) Windows Server 2019
8 33 (1.67%) Windows 10
9 22 (1.11%) CentOS
9 22 (1.11%) Mac OS
9 22 (1.11%) Windows Server 2012
10 16 (0.81%) Mac OS X
11 4 (0.20%) Windows 7
12 3 (0.15%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.15%) VMS
13 1 (0.051%) Embedded Linux
13 1 (0.051%) SUSE
13 1 (0.051%) Unix
13 1 (0.051%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 829 (41.91%) Agile
2 798 (40.34%) UX Design
3 491 (24.82%) Problem-Solving
4 353 (17.85%) Software Engineering
5 351 (17.75%) Front End Development
6 267 (13.50%) Mentoring
7 261 (13.20%) Analytics
8 243 (12.29%) Roadmaps
9 240 (12.13%) DevOps
10 236 (11.93%) Scrum
11 212 (10.72%) Actionable Insight
12 193 (9.76%) Full Stack Development
13 180 (9.10%) Computer Science
14 174 (8.80%) Collaborative Working
15 171 (8.65%) Continuous Improvement
16 167 (8.44%) Microservices
17 154 (7.79%) User Research
18 149 (7.53%) Project Management
19 148 (7.48%) Wireframes
20 146 (7.38%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 524 (26.49%) JavaScript
2 246 (12.44%) SQL
3 240 (12.13%) Java
4 204 (10.31%) TypeScript
5 167 (8.44%) Python
6 160 (8.09%) C#
7 101 (5.11%) PowerShell
8 62 (3.13%) PHP
9 52 (2.63%) Rust
10 50 (2.53%) Bash
11 36 (1.82%) Go
12 34 (1.72%) C++
13 31 (1.57%) Kotlin
14 27 (1.37%) T-SQL
15 25 (1.26%) C
16 22 (1.11%) Objective-C
17 14 (0.71%) Data Analysis Expressions
17 14 (0.71%) VB.NET
18 13 (0.66%) BrightScript
19 12 (0.61%) Swift
Qualifications
1 332 (16.78%) Degree
2 232 (11.73%) Security Cleared
3 164 (8.29%) SC Cleared
4 124 (6.27%) Computer Science Degree
5 46 (2.33%) DV Cleared
6 29 (1.47%) Master's Degree
7 24 (1.21%) AWS Certification
7 24 (1.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 23 (1.16%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
8 23 (1.16%) AWS Certified Developer
9 19 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
10 13 (0.66%) Azure Certification
10 13 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
11 10 (0.51%) DBS Check
12 7 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.35%) Postgraduate
13 5 (0.25%) PhD
14 4 (0.20%) MCSE
14 4 (0.20%) Tableau Certification
15 3 (0.15%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 132 (6.67%) Accessibility
2 118 (5.97%) QA
3 36 (1.82%) WCAG
4 19 (0.96%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 15 (0.76%) GDPR
6 14 (0.71%) Data Quality
6 14 (0.71%) SLA
7 11 (0.56%) PMO
8 6 (0.30%) Actionable Recommendations
8 6 (0.30%) Cyber Essentials
9 5 (0.25%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 2 (0.10%) Disclosure Scotland
10 2 (0.10%) NIST
10 2 (0.10%) NIST 800
10 2 (0.10%) SOC 2
11 1 (0.051%) GMP
11 1 (0.051%) ISO 22301
11 1 (0.051%) ISO 26262
11 1 (0.051%) SOC 3
11 1 (0.051%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 86 (4.35%) Active Directory
2 38 (1.92%) VMware Infrastructure
3 35 (1.77%) Docker
4 22 (1.11%) Hyper-V
5 14 (0.71%) Virtual Machines
6 9 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
7 6 (0.30%) Firmware
8 4 (0.20%) BitLocker
9 3 (0.15%) NFS
10 2 (0.10%) Microsoft App-V
10 2 (0.10%) XenApp
10 2 (0.10%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.051%) Virtual Servers
11 1 (0.051%) VMware ESXi
11 1 (0.051%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 55 (2.78%) Kubernetes
2 31 (1.57%) SCCM
3 29 (1.47%) Terraform
4 27 (1.37%) Microsoft Intune
5 15 (0.76%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.40%) Jamf Pro
6 8 (0.40%) SysTrack
7 7 (0.35%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 7 (0.35%) Argo
7 7 (0.35%) Grafana
8 6 (0.30%) Ansible
9 5 (0.25%) Packer
9 5 (0.25%) SELinux
10 3 (0.15%) HP Quality Center
11 2 (0.10%) Nessus
11 2 (0.10%) vCenter Server
11 2 (0.10%) WMI
12 1 (0.051%) Progress Chef
12 1 (0.051%) Trend Micro Deep Security
12 1 (0.051%) WSUS
Vendors
1 260 (13.14%) Microsoft
2 165 (8.34%) Google
3 121 (6.12%) Adobe
4 61 (3.08%) Salesforce
5 46 (2.33%) VMware
6 42 (2.12%) Oracle
7 22 (1.11%) Red Hat
8 21 (1.06%) Hotjar
9 20 (1.01%) ServiceNow
10 19 (0.96%) Citrix
10 19 (0.96%) SAP
11 18 (0.91%) Apple
12 12 (0.61%) Cisco
13 11 (0.56%) LogicMonitor
13 11 (0.56%) Okta
13 11 (0.56%) Xamarin
14 10 (0.51%) Dell
14 10 (0.51%) Sitecore
15 9 (0.46%) IBM
16 8 (0.40%) Revolut