User Experience Job Trends

UX
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring User Experience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 3 months leading up to 19 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 79 84
Rank change year-on-year -4 +5 -6
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 961 798 1,913
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.04% 3.72% 3.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.74% 4.04% 3.68%
Number of salaries quoted 649 487 1,264
10th Percentile £31,497 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £39,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.87% +15.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,171 £50,000 £49,000
% change year-on-year +6.34% +2.04% -10.91%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

User Experience 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 35,039 19,745 51,962
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.50% 92.15% 85.66%
Number of salaries quoted 23,099 11,917 37,502
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,000 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,836 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.58% +10.16% -12.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,410 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -8.41%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend

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

User Experience job vacancy trend in the UK

User Experience
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing User Experience.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing User Experience

User Experience
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience over the 3 months to 19 April 2026.

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 3 months to 19 April 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 3 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -2 834 £58,445 +1.64% 718
UK excluding London -2 585 £53,171 +6.34% 492
Work from Home -2 363 £60,000 +4.35% 382
London -31 278 £68,000 -2.86% 306
North of England +10 218 £55,000 - 143
North West +2 119 £55,550 +1.00% 74
South East -23 87 £48,885 -2.23% 124
Midlands -17 83 £45,000 -16.18% 93
East of England +15 82 £85,000 +126.67% 57
Yorkshire 0 76 £55,000 +15.79% 44
South West -5 64 £50,000 -14.37% 43
West Midlands -20 47 £43,250 -19.44% 68
East Midlands -23 36 £52,500 +64.06% 25
Scotland -21 33 £45,000 -18.18% 22
North East -21 23 £60,000 +14.29% 27
Wales -14 16 £42,934 - 11
Northern Ireland - 4 £60,000 - 8

User Experience
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
1 117 (2.02%) CMS
2 97 (1.67%) SharePoint
3 70 (1.21%) Confluence
4 35 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
5 29 (0.50%) WordPress
6 15 (0.26%) Drupal
7 10 (0.17%) Umbraco
8 8 (0.14%) nginx
9 3 (0.052%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.052%) IIS
9 3 (0.052%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.034%) Appian
10 2 (0.034%) CICS
10 2 (0.034%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.034%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.017%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.017%) Apache
11 1 (0.017%) Camunda
Applications
1 45 (0.78%) Adobe XD
2 32 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 28 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
5 23 (0.40%) Sketch
6 22 (0.38%) Photoshop
7 21 (0.36%) Adobe Illustrator
8 10 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 10 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 9 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
9 9 (0.16%) MS Visio
9 9 (0.16%) UserZoom
10 8 (0.14%) InVision
11 7 (0.12%) InDesign
11 7 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
12 4 (0.069%) Adobe Premiere
13 3 (0.052%) AutoCAD
13 3 (0.052%) Microsoft Project
13 3 (0.052%) SPSS
13 3 (0.052%) Trello
Business Applications
1 35 (0.60%) Shopify
2 21 (0.36%) Dynamics CRM
3 20 (0.34%) Magento
4 9 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
5 6 (0.10%) Dynamics GP
6 5 (0.086%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.086%) SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (0.069%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.052%) Dynamics AX
9 2 (0.034%) Payment Gateway
9 2 (0.034%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.034%) Sage X3
10 1 (0.017%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.017%) Oracle General Ledger
10 1 (0.017%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.017%) Oracle Receivables
10 1 (0.017%) SAP BPC
10 1 (0.017%) SAP Business One
10 1 (0.017%) SAP EWM
10 1 (0.017%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 4,034 (69.58%) Cloud Computing
2 284 (4.90%) Azure
3 217 (3.74%) Figma
4 184 (3.17%) AWS
4 184 (3.17%) Microsoft 365
5 117 (2.02%) SaaS
6 113 (1.95%) Power Platform
7 85 (1.47%) Google Analytics
8 76 (1.31%) Entra ID
9 70 (1.21%) GitHub
10 68 (1.17%) GCP
11 66 (1.14%) Adobe Analytics
12 57 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
13 47 (0.81%) PowerApps
14 38 (0.66%) Contentsquare
14 38 (0.66%) Power Automate
15 36 (0.62%) OneDrive
15 36 (0.62%) Serverless
16 34 (0.59%) Dynamics 365
17 33 (0.57%) GitHub Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 4,043 (69.73%) Internet
2 71 (1.22%) Broadband
3 24 (0.41%) Firewall
4 23 (0.40%) HTTP
4 23 (0.40%) VPN
5 21 (0.36%) DNS
6 16 (0.28%) DHCP
7 15 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
8 14 (0.24%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.10%) LAN
10 5 (0.086%) Intranet
10 5 (0.086%) Kerberos
11 4 (0.069%) Network Security
11 4 (0.069%) VoIP
12 3 (0.052%) Bluetooth
12 3 (0.052%) NAS
12 3 (0.052%) SAN
12 3 (0.052%) WAN
12 3 (0.052%) WebEx
13 2 (0.034%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (1.00%) Power BI
2 51 (0.88%) SQL Server
3 34 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
4 30 (0.52%) Looker
5 23 (0.40%) NoSQL
6 21 (0.36%) MySQL
7 18 (0.31%) Metadata
8 17 (0.29%) MongoDB
9 16 (0.28%) Azure SQL Database
9 16 (0.28%) BigQuery
10 12 (0.21%) DB2
11 11 (0.19%) Relational Database
11 11 (0.19%) Tableau
12 7 (0.12%) Redis
13 6 (0.10%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.10%) SAP BW
14 5 (0.086%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (0.086%) Oracle Reports
15 4 (0.069%) QGIS
15 4 (0.069%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 120 (2.07%) JIRA
2 72 (1.24%) Git
3 33 (0.57%) Balsamiq
4 30 (0.52%) Axure RP
5 20 (0.34%) Jenkins
5 20 (0.34%) Selenium
6 16 (0.28%) webpack
7 15 (0.26%) Bitbucket
7 15 (0.26%) Cypress.io
7 15 (0.26%) Vite
8 14 (0.24%) Cucumber
9 13 (0.22%) Crashlytics
10 11 (0.19%) Visual Studio
10 11 (0.19%) XCTest
11 9 (0.16%) Postman
11 9 (0.16%) TeamCity
12 8 (0.14%) Storybook
13 6 (0.10%) Claude Code
13 6 (0.10%) fastlane
13 6 (0.10%) JUnit
General
1 4,543 (78.35%) Social Skills
2 4,155 (71.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,105 (70.80%) Banking
4 303 (5.23%) Finance
5 236 (4.07%) Marketing
6 192 (3.31%) Analytical Skills
7 137 (2.36%) Public Sector
8 110 (1.90%) Legal
9 82 (1.41%) Law
10 81 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
11 76 (1.31%) Retail
12 66 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
13 54 (0.93%) Games
14 51 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
15 34 (0.59%) Manufacturing
16 33 (0.57%) Telecoms
17 30 (0.52%) Advertising
18 19 (0.33%) Back Office
19 18 (0.31%) Documentation Skills
20 12 (0.21%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 3,129 (53.97%) Lecturer
2 368 (6.35%) Senior
3 271 (4.67%) Designer
4 242 (4.17%) Developer
5 193 (3.33%) UX Designer
6 190 (3.28%) Lead
7 126 (2.17%) Analyst
8 88 (1.52%) Senior Developer
9 87 (1.50%) Software Engineer
10 77 (1.33%) Senior Designer
11 65 (1.12%) Product Manager
12 60 (1.03%) UI Designer
13 58 (1.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 56 (0.97%) Senior UX Designer
15 55 (0.95%) Senior Manager
16 49 (0.85%) UI/UX Designer
17 47 (0.81%) IT Support
18 46 (0.79%) Architect
19 45 (0.78%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 45 (0.78%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (3.41%) HTML
2 197 (3.40%) CSS
3 193 (3.33%) React
4 106 (1.83%) .NET
5 88 (1.52%) RESTful
6 86 (1.48%) REST
7 69 (1.19%) Node.js
8 67 (1.16%) AngularJS
9 56 (0.97%) Vue
10 36 (0.62%) HTML5
11 34 (0.59%) JSON
12 33 (0.57%) Web Services
13 30 (0.52%) Next.js
14 27 (0.47%) .NET Core
14 27 (0.47%) CSS3
14 27 (0.47%) Spring
15 25 (0.43%) WebSockets
16 24 (0.41%) .NET Framework
16 24 (0.41%) Laravel
17 22 (0.38%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 4,043 (69.73%) IoT
2 185 (3.19%) Product Ownership
3 116 (2.00%) Mobile App
4 102 (1.76%) Onboarding
5 63 (1.09%) Social Media
6 54 (0.93%) Cloud Native
7 43 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
8 39 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
9 38 (0.66%) Management Information System
10 37 (0.64%) AI Agents
11 33 (0.57%) Greenfield Project
12 29 (0.50%) Self-Motivation
13 22 (0.38%) Public Cloud
14 21 (0.36%) e-Learning
14 21 (0.36%) Low-Code
15 20 (0.34%) CMDB
16 18 (0.31%) Life Science
17 17 (0.29%) Analytical Mindset
18 16 (0.28%) Distributed Systems
18 16 (0.28%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 72 (1.24%) Windows
2 59 (1.02%) Apple iOS
3 52 (0.90%) Android
4 24 (0.41%) Linux
5 23 (0.40%) Windows 10
6 20 (0.34%) Windows Server
7 18 (0.31%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.10%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.10%) Unix
9 4 (0.069%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.052%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.052%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.034%) zOS
12 1 (0.017%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.017%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,344 (74.92%) AI
2 4,110 (70.89%) Machine Learning
3 4,105 (70.80%) Cybersecurity
4 4,083 (70.42%) Web Development
5 541 (9.33%) Agile
6 502 (8.66%) UX Design
7 359 (6.19%) Continuous Improvement
8 353 (6.09%) Problem-Solving
9 347 (5.98%) Analytics
10 281 (4.85%) Roadmaps
11 232 (4.00%) Mentoring
12 180 (3.10%) Software Engineering
13 179 (3.09%) Decision-Making
14 171 (2.95%) DevOps
14 171 (2.95%) Full-Stack Development
15 168 (2.90%) User Research
15 168 (2.90%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 148 (2.55%) CI/CD
17 135 (2.33%) ITIL
17 135 (2.33%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 266 (4.59%) JavaScript
2 161 (2.78%) TypeScript
3 136 (2.35%) SQL
4 119 (2.05%) Java
5 107 (1.85%) Python
6 92 (1.59%) C#
7 51 (0.88%) PowerShell
8 40 (0.69%) PHP
9 25 (0.43%) Kotlin
10 22 (0.38%) Go
10 22 (0.38%) Swift
11 16 (0.28%) Bash
12 13 (0.22%) C++
13 11 (0.19%) Bicep
14 10 (0.17%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.10%) ABAP
16 5 (0.086%) Rust
17 4 (0.069%) Apex Code
18 3 (0.052%) R
18 3 (0.052%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4,251 (73.32%) Degree
2 4,056 (69.96%) Master's Degree
3 4,038 (69.64%) PhD
4 4,035 (69.59%) Postgraduate
5 150 (2.59%) Security Cleared
6 109 (1.88%) SC Cleared
7 41 (0.71%) DBS Check
8 34 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
9 25 (0.43%) DV Cleared
10 20 (0.34%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (0.17%) PMI Certification
13 8 (0.14%) PMP
14 7 (0.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 7 (0.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 5 (0.086%) CISSP
15 5 (0.086%) ISTQB
15 5 (0.086%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
15 5 (0.086%) SAP Certification
16 4 (0.069%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 291 (5.02%) Accessibility
2 117 (2.02%) QA
3 96 (1.66%) WCAG
4 57 (0.98%) GDPR
5 25 (0.43%) Data Quality
6 13 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (0.22%) SLA
7 12 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
7 12 (0.21%) PCI DSS
8 10 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 19770
9 8 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.086%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.052%) PERC
12 3 (0.052%) PMO
12 3 (0.052%) SOC 2
13 2 (0.034%) GRC
13 2 (0.034%) GxP
13 2 (0.034%) HL7
13 2 (0.034%) NEBOSH
System Software
1 82 (1.41%) Active Directory
2 69 (1.19%) Docker
3 17 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.086%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.052%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.052%) vSphere
7 2 (0.034%) RACF
8 1 (0.017%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 59 (1.02%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (0.88%) Kubernetes
3 38 (0.66%) Terraform
4 22 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (0.17%) Grafana
5 10 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (0.10%) Ansible
6 6 (0.10%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.086%) SCCM
8 2 (0.034%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.034%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 2 (0.034%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.034%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.034%) Packer
8 2 (0.034%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.034%) SmoothWall
9 1 (0.017%) Argo
9 1 (0.017%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.017%) Nessus
9 1 (0.017%) Nmap
Vendors
1 286 (4.93%) Microsoft
2 187 (3.23%) Adobe
3 123 (2.12%) Google
4 78 (1.35%) ServiceNow
5 48 (0.83%) Salesforce
6 40 (0.69%) HubSpot
7 29 (0.50%) Nexthink
8 28 (0.48%) Apple
9 24 (0.41%) SAP
10 22 (0.38%) Oracle
11 20 (0.34%) Hotjar
12 19 (0.33%) BMC
13 15 (0.26%) Braze
14 13 (0.22%) Atlassian
15 12 (0.21%) iManage
16 11 (0.19%) Amplitude
17 10 (0.17%) New Relic
17 10 (0.17%) Splunk
17 10 (0.17%) WooCommerce
18 9 (0.16%) Sitecore