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 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 81 65
Rank change year-on-year -17 -16 +16
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,061 734 1,173
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.90% 3.02% 3.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.57% 3.53% 3.98%
Number of salaries quoted 673 482 499
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £32,450
25th Percentile £40,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +7.27% -15.38%
75th Percentile £71,750 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,148 £100,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

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 41,250 20,806 29,509
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.69% 85.62% 78.71%
Number of salaries quoted 28,823 13,111 16,969
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,842 £54,000
% change year-on-year +14.96% -11.40% +2.47%

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 24 August 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 24 August 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 -11 927 £55,000 -5.17% 596
UK excluding London -21 612 £50,000 -4.76% 431
Work from Home -23 411 £55,000 -8.33% 301
London -12 356 £65,500 -12.67% 276
North of England -1 196 £55,000 +15.79% 109
South East -57 107 £50,000 -11.11% 124
Midlands -9 106 £42,500 -22.73% 71
North West -33 94 £42,500 -12.82% 55
South West -15 85 £60,000 +20.00% 63
West Midlands 0 67 £43,724 -23.96% 51
Yorkshire +18 58 £60,000 +20.00% 35
East of England -29 45 £46,250 -15.91% 28
North East -10 44 £50,000 +61.29% 20
East Midlands -23 39 £42,500 +3.03% 20
Northern Ireland -54 27 £46,000 - 17
Scotland +6 26 £55,000 -24.14% 19
Wales -54 20 £38,500 -42.96% 10

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
1 159 (7.61%) SharePoint
2 96 (4.60%) CMS
3 64 (3.06%) Confluence
4 48 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
5 33 (1.58%) WordPress
6 8 (0.38%) IIS
7 7 (0.34%) Moodle
8 5 (0.24%) Skype for Business
8 5 (0.24%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.19%) Drupal
10 3 (0.14%) Apache
10 3 (0.14%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.096%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.096%) nginx
11 2 (0.096%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.096%) Totara
12 1 (0.048%) ExpressionEngine
12 1 (0.048%) MTS
12 1 (0.048%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 43 (2.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (1.53%) Adobe XD
4 29 (1.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 28 (1.34%) Chatbot
6 20 (0.96%) UserZoom
7 19 (0.91%) Photoshop
7 19 (0.91%) Sketch
8 17 (0.81%) Adobe Illustrator
8 17 (0.81%) InDesign
9 10 (0.48%) Adobe After Effects
10 9 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 8 (0.38%) MS Visio
11 8 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (0.14%) InVision
12 3 (0.14%) Productboard
12 3 (0.14%) SPSS
12 3 (0.14%) Trello
12 3 (0.14%) Zeplin
13 2 (0.096%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 21 (1.01%) Shopify
2 17 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.53%) NetSuite
4 11 (0.53%) Workday HCM
5 10 (0.48%) Magento
6 5 (0.24%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
7 3 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.14%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.14%) iTrent
7 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.096%) Adobe Campaign
8 2 (0.096%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.096%) Towers Watson Igloo
8 2 (0.096%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.048%) Bloomberg TOMS
9 1 (0.048%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 1 (0.048%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.048%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 412 (19.72%) Azure
2 291 (13.93%) Microsoft 365
3 198 (9.48%) Figma
4 175 (8.38%) Power Platform
5 173 (8.28%) AWS
6 141 (6.75%) SaaS
7 123 (5.89%) Entra ID
8 107 (5.12%) Azure DevOps
9 91 (4.36%) Power Automate
10 84 (4.02%) PowerApps
11 73 (3.49%) Google Analytics
12 67 (3.21%) GCP
13 63 (3.02%) GitHub
14 59 (2.82%) Microsoft Copilot
15 53 (2.54%) Adobe Analytics
16 50 (2.39%) Dynamics 365
17 48 (2.30%) Azure Logic Apps
18 44 (2.11%) OneDrive
19 42 (2.01%) Serverless
20 38 (1.82%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 53 (2.54%) Broadband
2 37 (1.77%) Firewall
3 36 (1.72%) DNS
4 29 (1.39%) DHCP
5 20 (0.96%) TCP/IP
6 19 (0.91%) VPN
7 18 (0.86%) VoIP
8 16 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
9 15 (0.72%) Network Security
10 11 (0.53%) CTI
11 9 (0.43%) HTTP
11 9 (0.43%) Kerberos
12 8 (0.38%) Wireless
13 7 (0.34%) Internet
13 7 (0.34%) VLAN
14 6 (0.29%) Intranet
14 6 (0.29%) Unified Communications
15 5 (0.24%) SAN
15 5 (0.24%) Skype
15 5 (0.24%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (4.55%) Power BI
2 66 (3.16%) SQL Server
3 33 (1.58%) Relational Database
4 29 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
5 24 (1.15%) NoSQL
6 23 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
7 22 (1.05%) MySQL
8 17 (0.81%) Looker
9 15 (0.72%) Metadata
10 11 (0.53%) MongoDB
11 10 (0.48%) Tableau
12 9 (0.43%) BigQuery
12 9 (0.43%) Redis
13 7 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.29%) GIS
14 6 (0.29%) Power Query
15 5 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (0.24%) Star Schema
16 4 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 98 (4.69%) JIRA
2 94 (4.50%) Git
3 30 (1.44%) Claude Code
4 24 (1.15%) Jenkins
5 20 (0.96%) fastlane
6 19 (0.91%) Cypress.io
7 17 (0.81%) Crashlytics
8 14 (0.67%) Selenium
9 13 (0.62%) Balsamiq
10 12 (0.57%) XCTest
11 11 (0.53%) Axure RP
12 10 (0.48%) Postman
13 9 (0.43%) Xcode
14 8 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
14 8 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
15 7 (0.34%) Bitbucket
16 6 (0.29%) Android Studio
16 6 (0.29%) Gradle
16 6 (0.29%) NUnit
17 5 (0.24%) JUnit
General
1 710 (33.99%) Social Skills
2 370 (17.71%) Finance
3 287 (13.74%) Analytical Skills
4 268 (12.83%) Marketing
5 189 (9.05%) Public Sector
6 187 (8.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 139 (6.65%) Retail
8 133 (6.37%) Law
9 101 (4.83%) Organisational Skills
10 89 (4.26%) Legal
11 68 (3.26%) Influencing Skills
12 62 (2.97%) Games
13 55 (2.63%) Banking
14 51 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
15 31 (1.48%) Advertising
16 29 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
17 27 (1.29%) Manufacturing
18 21 (1.01%) Financial Institution
18 21 (1.01%) Multimedia
19 18 (0.86%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 391 (18.72%) Senior
2 336 (16.08%) Designer
3 301 (14.41%) Developer
4 248 (11.87%) Lead
5 240 (11.49%) UX Designer
6 185 (8.86%) Analyst
7 105 (5.03%) Senior Developer
8 96 (4.60%) Software Engineer
9 91 (4.36%) IT Support
9 91 (4.36%) UI Designer
10 85 (4.07%) Senior Designer
11 84 (4.02%) UI/UX Designer
12 72 (3.45%) Product Manager
13 63 (3.02%) Architect
13 63 (3.02%) IT Manager
13 63 (3.02%) Support Engineer
14 62 (2.97%) Business Analyst
15 59 (2.82%) Senior UX Designer
16 57 (2.73%) Full-Stack Developer
17 56 (2.68%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 205 (9.81%) CSS
1 205 (9.81%) HTML
2 161 (7.71%) .NET
3 152 (7.28%) React
4 104 (4.98%) REST
5 77 (3.69%) RESTful
6 67 (3.21%) Node.js
7 64 (3.06%) .NET Core
8 56 (2.68%) JSON
9 47 (2.25%) ASP.NET
10 41 (1.96%) Next.js
11 36 (1.72%) AngularJS
12 31 (1.48%) HTML5
13 30 (1.44%) CSS3
14 28 (1.34%) Blazor
14 28 (1.34%) jQuery
15 26 (1.24%) SPFx
15 26 (1.24%) Spring
15 26 (1.24%) SwiftUI
15 26 (1.24%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 207 (9.91%) Product Ownership
2 110 (5.27%) Mobile App
3 99 (4.74%) Onboarding
4 73 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
5 69 (3.30%) Social Media
6 58 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
7 51 (2.44%) Cloud Native
8 46 (2.20%) Management Information System
9 29 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
9 29 (1.39%) Driving Licence
10 26 (1.24%) AI Agents
11 23 (1.10%) Algorithms
12 21 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
12 21 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
13 20 (0.96%) Graphic Design
14 18 (0.86%) Blog
14 18 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
14 18 (0.86%) Virtual Team
15 16 (0.77%) Low-Code
15 16 (0.77%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 155 (7.42%) Windows
2 74 (3.54%) Apple iOS
3 47 (2.25%) Windows Server
4 43 (2.06%) Android
5 39 (1.87%) Windows 10
6 35 (1.68%) Mac OS
7 27 (1.29%) Linux
8 8 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.24%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.19%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.19%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.096%) AIX
11 2 (0.096%) Unix
12 1 (0.048%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 572 (27.38%) Agile
2 554 (26.52%) UX Design
3 530 (25.37%) Continuous Improvement
4 461 (22.07%) Problem-Solving
5 437 (20.92%) AI
6 366 (17.52%) Analytics
7 334 (15.99%) Roadmaps
8 273 (13.07%) Mentoring
9 240 (11.49%) Stakeholder Management
10 234 (11.20%) Decision-Making
11 222 (10.63%) DevOps
12 201 (9.62%) CI/CD
13 173 (8.28%) Software Engineering
14 168 (8.04%) ITIL
14 168 (8.04%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 165 (7.90%) Customer Experience
15 165 (7.90%) User Research
16 163 (7.80%) Workflow
17 162 (7.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
18 151 (7.23%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 252 (12.06%) JavaScript
2 177 (8.47%) SQL
3 167 (7.99%) C#
4 157 (7.52%) TypeScript
5 122 (5.84%) Python
6 92 (4.40%) Java
7 75 (3.59%) PowerShell
8 33 (1.58%) Swift
9 28 (1.34%) PHP
10 24 (1.15%) Kotlin
11 17 (0.81%) VB.NET
12 13 (0.62%) C++
13 11 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 10 (0.48%) C
15 9 (0.43%) ABAP
16 8 (0.38%) Go
16 8 (0.38%) VBScript
17 7 (0.34%) Bash
17 7 (0.34%) VB
18 6 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 209 (10.00%) Degree
2 145 (6.94%) Security Cleared
3 86 (4.12%) SC Cleared
4 38 (1.82%) DV Cleared
5 37 (1.77%) Microsoft Certification
6 27 (1.29%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (1.20%) DBS Check
8 12 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (0.57%) ICAEW
8 12 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (0.53%) Postgraduate
10 9 (0.43%) CISSP
10 9 (0.43%) PMI Certification
11 8 (0.38%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.29%) IIBA
12 6 (0.29%) ISTQB
13 5 (0.24%) A+ Certification
13 5 (0.24%) Network+ Certification
14 4 (0.19%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 304 (14.55%) Accessibility
2 132 (6.32%) QA
3 106 (5.07%) WCAG
4 67 (3.21%) Data Quality
5 61 (2.92%) GDPR
6 33 (1.58%) SLA
7 19 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
8 17 (0.81%) Cyber Essentials
9 12 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 11 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.24%) NEBOSH
11 5 (0.24%) PMO
12 4 (0.19%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.19%) PERC
12 4 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.14%) GRC
13 3 (0.14%) GxP
13 3 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 116 (5.55%) Active Directory
2 59 (2.82%) Docker
3 11 (0.53%) BitLocker
4 9 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.096%) Firmware
7 2 (0.096%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 86 (4.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (1.82%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
4 15 (0.72%) SCCM
5 8 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.29%) Ansible
7 5 (0.24%) Grafana
8 2 (0.096%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.096%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.096%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.096%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.048%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.048%) AppManager
9 1 (0.048%) Argo
9 1 (0.048%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.048%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 464 (22.21%) Microsoft
2 168 (8.04%) Adobe
3 111 (5.31%) Google
4 47 (2.25%) Salesforce
4 47 (2.25%) ServiceNow
5 39 (1.87%) Oracle
6 33 (1.58%) Apple
7 30 (1.44%) SAP
8 25 (1.20%) OpenAI
9 19 (0.91%) Cisco
9 19 (0.91%) iManage
10 15 (0.72%) Dynatrace
10 15 (0.72%) HubSpot
11 14 (0.67%) Braze
12 13 (0.62%) Amplitude
12 13 (0.62%) Workday
13 11 (0.53%) Avaya
13 11 (0.53%) Genesys
13 11 (0.53%) Hotjar
13 11 (0.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud