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 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 55 83
Rank change year-on-year -28 +28 +5
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,052 1,294 1,316
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.99% 4.89% 2.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.74% 5.32% 3.57%
Number of salaries quoted 730 530 705
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,580
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.74% +4.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £54,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% +8.00% -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 38,361 24,309 36,883
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.75% 91.89% 80.81%
Number of salaries quoted 26,532 12,589 24,424
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -11.29%
75th Percentile £79,064 £75,000 £73,440
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%

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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -20 936 £57,500 - 1,127
UK excluding London -19 681 £52,500 -2.78% 625
Work from Home -28 387 £57,500 -4.17% 597
London -33 301 £70,000 - 631
North of England -26 252 £51,000 -7.27% 190
North West -22 146 £53,000 -7.83% 121
East of England +36 120 £80,150 +60.30% 74
South East +31 115 £53,250 +6.50% 159
Midlands -15 74 £45,000 -16.18% 79
Yorkshire -2 62 £50,000 +21.21% 49
South West -28 56 £60,000 +16.50% 52
North East -1 44 £47,000 +370.00% 22
Scotland -23 39 £50,000 +8.70% 30
West Midlands -44 38 £45,497 -17.28% 54
East Midlands +7 36 £45,000 +40.63% 24
Wales -12 22 £50,000 -25.93% 22
Northern Ireland -22 4 £39,500 - 25

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
1 122 (2.84%) CMS
2 121 (2.82%) SharePoint
3 72 (1.68%) Confluence
4 46 (1.07%) Microsoft Exchange
5 27 (0.63%) WordPress
6 9 (0.21%) Drupal
7 8 (0.19%) Umbraco
8 7 (0.16%) nginx
9 4 (0.093%) Moodle
10 3 (0.070%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.070%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.070%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.047%) IIS
11 2 (0.047%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.047%) Totara
12 1 (0.023%) Apache
12 1 (0.023%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 35 (0.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 33 (0.77%) Adobe XD
2 33 (0.77%) Microsoft Office
3 24 (0.56%) Photoshop
4 22 (0.51%) Adobe Illustrator
5 20 (0.47%) Microsoft Excel
5 20 (0.47%) Sketch
6 14 (0.33%) Adobe After Effects
7 13 (0.30%) UserZoom
8 11 (0.26%) InDesign
9 9 (0.21%) Chatbot
9 9 (0.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 9 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
10 6 (0.14%) InVision
11 4 (0.093%) Trello
12 3 (0.070%) Adobe Premiere
12 3 (0.070%) MS Visio
12 3 (0.070%) Productboard
12 3 (0.070%) SPSS
13 2 (0.047%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 31 (0.72%) Shopify
2 23 (0.54%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (0.44%) Magento
4 10 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
5 9 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.12%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.093%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.093%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.047%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.047%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.047%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.047%) Towers Watson Igloo
9 1 (0.023%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.023%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.023%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.023%) SAP EWM
9 1 (0.023%) SAP HCM
9 1 (0.023%) SAP HR
9 1 (0.023%) SAP Payroll
9 1 (0.023%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2,447 (57.03%) Cloud Computing
2 330 (7.69%) Azure
3 238 (5.55%) Microsoft 365
4 218 (5.08%) Figma
5 160 (3.73%) AWS
6 144 (3.36%) SaaS
7 135 (3.15%) Power Platform
8 102 (2.38%) Entra ID
9 75 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
10 71 (1.65%) Adobe Analytics
11 66 (1.54%) Google Analytics
12 65 (1.51%) GitHub
13 64 (1.49%) GCP
14 53 (1.24%) Power Automate
14 53 (1.24%) PowerApps
15 45 (1.05%) Contentsquare
16 44 (1.03%) Serverless
17 42 (0.98%) OneDrive
18 41 (0.96%) Azure Logic Apps
19 35 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2,454 (57.19%) Internet
2 82 (1.91%) Broadband
3 27 (0.63%) VPN
4 26 (0.61%) DNS
5 23 (0.54%) Firewall
6 22 (0.51%) DHCP
7 20 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
8 16 (0.37%) HTTP
9 12 (0.28%) TCP/IP
10 9 (0.21%) VoIP
11 8 (0.19%) Kerberos
12 5 (0.12%) SAN
13 4 (0.093%) NAS
13 4 (0.093%) Network Security
13 4 (0.093%) SMS
13 4 (0.093%) Structured Cabling
13 4 (0.093%) Unified Communications
13 4 (0.093%) VLAN
14 3 (0.070%) LAN
14 3 (0.070%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (1.58%) Power BI
2 50 (1.17%) SQL Server
3 32 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (0.58%) Looker
5 23 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
6 18 (0.42%) Metadata
6 18 (0.42%) MongoDB
6 18 (0.42%) MySQL
7 15 (0.35%) BigQuery
8 13 (0.30%) NoSQL
9 10 (0.23%) Relational Database
9 10 (0.23%) Tableau
10 9 (0.21%) Redis
11 6 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (0.12%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.12%) DB2
12 5 (0.12%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.12%) GIS
12 5 (0.12%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 110 (2.56%) JIRA
2 74 (1.72%) Git
3 20 (0.47%) Jenkins
4 19 (0.44%) Balsamiq
5 18 (0.42%) Axure RP
5 18 (0.42%) Crashlytics
6 15 (0.35%) fastlane
6 15 (0.35%) Selenium
7 14 (0.33%) Claude Code
7 14 (0.33%) Vite
7 14 (0.33%) webpack
7 14 (0.33%) XCTest
8 12 (0.28%) Cypress.io
9 10 (0.23%) Bitbucket
10 9 (0.21%) Cucumber
11 8 (0.19%) Postman
11 8 (0.19%) Storybook
11 8 (0.19%) Visual Studio
12 7 (0.16%) Xcode
13 6 (0.14%) Android Studio
General
1 2,959 (68.96%) Social Skills
2 2,572 (59.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2,486 (57.94%) Banking
4 282 (6.57%) Finance
5 243 (5.66%) Marketing
6 191 (4.45%) Analytical Skills
7 146 (3.40%) Public Sector
8 106 (2.47%) Legal
9 93 (2.17%) Organisational Skills
10 91 (2.12%) Retail
11 82 (1.91%) Law
12 67 (1.56%) Games
13 57 (1.33%) Presentation Skills
14 44 (1.03%) Influencing Skills
15 34 (0.79%) Advertising
16 32 (0.75%) Manufacturing
17 24 (0.56%) Back Office
18 19 (0.44%) Telecoms
19 18 (0.42%) Documentation Skills
20 15 (0.35%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 1,847 (43.04%) Lecturer
2 359 (8.37%) Senior
3 311 (7.25%) Designer
4 271 (6.32%) Developer
5 226 (5.27%) UX Designer
6 193 (4.50%) Lead
7 129 (3.01%) Analyst
8 99 (2.31%) Senior Developer
9 89 (2.07%) Senior Designer
10 79 (1.84%) Software Engineer
11 73 (1.70%) UI Designer
12 66 (1.54%) Senior UX Designer
13 65 (1.51%) UI/UX Designer
14 64 (1.49%) IT Support
15 63 (1.47%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 61 (1.42%) Product Manager
17 60 (1.40%) Architect
17 60 (1.40%) IT Manager
18 54 (1.26%) Support Engineer
19 50 (1.17%) Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 203 (4.73%) CSS
1 203 (4.73%) HTML
2 174 (4.05%) React
3 112 (2.61%) .NET
4 89 (2.07%) REST
5 75 (1.75%) RESTful
6 60 (1.40%) AngularJS
7 54 (1.26%) Node.js
8 49 (1.14%) Vue
9 44 (1.03%) .NET Core
10 43 (1.00%) JSON
11 38 (0.89%) HTML5
12 32 (0.75%) CSS3
13 28 (0.65%) Sass
13 28 (0.65%) Web Services
14 26 (0.61%) SOAP
15 25 (0.58%) Next.js
15 25 (0.58%) SwiftUI
16 24 (0.56%) ASP.NET
16 24 (0.56%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 2,451 (57.12%) IoT
2 193 (4.50%) Product Ownership
3 119 (2.77%) Mobile App
4 109 (2.54%) Onboarding
5 67 (1.56%) Social Media
6 46 (1.07%) Cloud Native
7 44 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
8 40 (0.93%) Legacy Systems
9 34 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
10 29 (0.68%) AI Agents
11 28 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
11 28 (0.65%) Management Information System
12 19 (0.44%) Driving Licence
13 18 (0.42%) e-Learning
14 17 (0.40%) Life Science
14 17 (0.40%) Low-Code
14 17 (0.40%) Public Cloud
15 15 (0.35%) Analytical Mindset
15 15 (0.35%) Graphic Design
15 15 (0.35%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 115 (2.68%) Windows
2 66 (1.54%) Apple iOS
3 41 (0.96%) Android
4 33 (0.77%) Windows 10
5 32 (0.75%) Windows Server
6 27 (0.63%) Mac OS
7 26 (0.61%) Linux
8 5 (0.12%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.093%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.047%) Unix
10 2 (0.047%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.023%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,786 (64.93%) AI
2 2,527 (58.89%) Machine Learning
3 2,511 (58.52%) Cybersecurity
4 2,499 (58.24%) Web Development
5 539 (12.56%) UX Design
6 507 (11.82%) Agile
7 385 (8.97%) Continuous Improvement
8 370 (8.62%) Problem-Solving
9 334 (7.78%) Analytics
10 298 (6.94%) Roadmaps
11 253 (5.90%) Mentoring
12 178 (4.15%) Decision-Making
13 169 (3.94%) DevOps
14 167 (3.89%) Software Engineering
15 166 (3.87%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 156 (3.64%) Full-Stack Development
16 156 (3.64%) User Research
17 154 (3.59%) CI/CD
18 146 (3.40%) CRM
18 146 (3.40%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 250 (5.83%) JavaScript
2 152 (3.54%) TypeScript
3 126 (2.94%) SQL
4 116 (2.70%) C#
4 116 (2.70%) Python
5 101 (2.35%) Java
6 58 (1.35%) PowerShell
7 44 (1.03%) PHP
8 26 (0.61%) Swift
9 24 (0.56%) Kotlin
10 13 (0.30%) Go
11 9 (0.21%) Bash
11 9 (0.21%) T-SQL
12 8 (0.19%) Bicep
12 8 (0.19%) Rust
13 7 (0.16%) ABAP
13 7 (0.16%) C++
14 6 (0.14%) Apex Code
15 5 (0.12%) VB
15 5 (0.12%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2,631 (61.31%) Degree
2 2,462 (57.38%) Master's Degree
3 2,451 (57.12%) Postgraduate
4 2,449 (57.07%) PhD
5 146 (3.40%) Security Cleared
6 89 (2.07%) SC Cleared
7 41 (0.96%) DV Cleared
8 35 (0.82%) DBS Check
9 21 (0.49%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (0.19%) CISSP
12 8 (0.19%) ICAEW
13 7 (0.16%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 6 (0.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 6 (0.14%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.14%) SAP Certification
15 5 (0.12%) PMP
16 4 (0.093%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 296 (6.90%) Accessibility
2 110 (2.56%) QA
3 101 (2.35%) WCAG
4 57 (1.33%) GDPR
5 30 (0.70%) Data Quality
6 19 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 15 (0.35%) SLA
8 11 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (0.19%) PCI DSS
10 6 (0.14%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.12%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.12%) NEBOSH
12 4 (0.093%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 4 (0.093%) PMO
13 3 (0.070%) GRC
13 3 (0.070%) PERC
14 2 (0.047%) GxP
14 2 (0.047%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.023%) COBIT
15 1 (0.023%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 105 (2.45%) Active Directory
2 55 (1.28%) Docker
3 6 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.12%) BitLocker
4 5 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.093%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.023%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 73 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (0.79%) Kubernetes
3 26 (0.61%) Terraform
4 21 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
5 10 (0.23%) SCCM
6 8 (0.19%) Grafana
7 5 (0.12%) Ansible
7 5 (0.12%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.047%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.047%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.047%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.047%) Packer
8 2 (0.047%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.023%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.023%) Kibana
9 1 (0.023%) MOM
Vendors
1 350 (8.16%) Microsoft
2 192 (4.47%) Adobe
3 96 (2.24%) Google
4 73 (1.70%) ServiceNow
5 53 (1.24%) Salesforce
6 30 (0.70%) HubSpot
7 27 (0.63%) Apple
8 24 (0.56%) SAP
9 23 (0.54%) Nexthink
9 23 (0.54%) Oracle
10 18 (0.42%) Braze
11 16 (0.37%) Hotjar
12 15 (0.35%) Amplitude
12 15 (0.35%) BMC
13 13 (0.30%) iManage
13 13 (0.30%) OpenAI
14 11 (0.26%) Dynatrace
15 10 (0.23%) TikTok
15 10 (0.23%) VMware
15 10 (0.23%) WooCommerce