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 17 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
17 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 79 90
Rank change year-on-year -27 +11 -10
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,061 659 944
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.76% 2.90% 2.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.38% 3.40% 3.40%
Number of salaries quoted 658 479 452
10th Percentile £31,175 £30,500 £32,275
25th Percentile £38,988 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £77,813
90th Percentile £91,625 £100,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,750
% change year-on-year -4.76% +9.95% -13.18%

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 44,503 19,399 27,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.97% 85.33% 86.05%
Number of salaries quoted 30,440 12,606 13,695
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,844 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £53,544
% change year-on-year +15.79% -11.29% +1.99%

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 17 September 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 17 September 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 -24 920 £56,750 -1.30% 3,265
UK excluding London -25 590 £50,000 -4.76% 1,461
Work from Home -34 376 £55,000 -4.35% 1,422
London -15 369 £64,000 -14.67% 2,082
North of England -10 180 £55,000 +15.79% 404
South East -61 106 £44,000 -19.63% 302
South West +2 99 £60,000 +20.00% 161
Midlands -25 96 £37,063 -30.72% 206
North West -23 89 £55,000 +7.32% 260
West Midlands -17 63 £37,063 -39.61% 148
Yorkshire +8 57 £61,538 +75.82% 95
North East -22 34 £50,000 +61.29% 51
East of England -59 34 £45,000 -18.18% 137
East Midlands -41 33 £36,250 -1.36% 58
Northern Ireland -46 33 £75,000 - 102
Scotland -12 24 £55,000 +29.41% 125
Wales -64 18 £38,500 -42.96% 30

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
1 149 (6.98%) SharePoint
2 91 (4.26%) CMS
3 66 (3.09%) Confluence
4 48 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
5 37 (1.73%) WordPress
6 13 (0.61%) IIS
7 10 (0.47%) Moodle
8 5 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.23%) Skype for Business
9 4 (0.19%) Apache
9 4 (0.19%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.094%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.094%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.094%) Drupal
11 2 (0.094%) nginx
11 2 (0.094%) SharePoint Server
11 2 (0.094%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.094%) Totara
12 1 (0.047%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 43 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (1.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 31 (1.45%) Chatbot
5 29 (1.36%) Adobe XD
6 22 (1.03%) Photoshop
7 20 (0.94%) Adobe Illustrator
8 19 (0.89%) InDesign
9 16 (0.75%) Sketch
10 15 (0.70%) UserZoom
11 11 (0.52%) Adobe After Effects
12 9 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
13 8 (0.37%) MS Visio
14 6 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
15 3 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
15 3 (0.14%) InVision
15 3 (0.14%) Productboard
15 3 (0.14%) Trello
15 3 (0.14%) Zeplin
16 2 (0.094%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 22 (1.03%) Shopify
2 18 (0.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.61%) Workday HCM
4 11 (0.52%) NetSuite
5 8 (0.37%) Magento
6 3 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
6 3 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
6 3 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.14%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.14%) iTrent
6 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.094%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.094%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.094%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.094%) Towers Watson Igloo
7 2 (0.094%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.047%) Bloomberg TOMS
8 1 (0.047%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 395 (18.51%) Azure
2 287 (13.45%) Microsoft 365
3 187 (8.76%) Figma
4 181 (8.48%) Power Platform
5 172 (8.06%) AWS
6 152 (7.12%) SaaS
7 122 (5.72%) Entra ID
8 97 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
9 88 (4.12%) Power Automate
10 80 (3.75%) PowerApps
11 68 (3.19%) Google Analytics
12 67 (3.14%) GCP
13 57 (2.67%) Microsoft Copilot
14 56 (2.62%) GitHub
15 50 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
16 44 (2.06%) Azure Logic Apps
17 42 (1.97%) OneDrive
18 41 (1.92%) Serverless
19 37 (1.73%) Adobe Analytics
20 33 (1.55%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.01%) DNS
2 37 (1.73%) Broadband
3 36 (1.69%) DHCP
4 35 (1.64%) Firewall
5 22 (1.03%) VPN
6 21 (0.98%) TCP/IP
7 17 (0.80%) VoIP
8 15 (0.70%) Network Security
8 15 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
9 14 (0.66%) Internet
10 11 (0.52%) CTI
11 9 (0.42%) Kerberos
12 8 (0.37%) HTTP
12 8 (0.37%) Wireless
13 7 (0.33%) Intranet
14 6 (0.28%) VLAN
15 5 (0.23%) SAN
15 5 (0.23%) Skype
15 5 (0.23%) SMS
15 5 (0.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (4.45%) Power BI
2 65 (3.05%) SQL Server
3 38 (1.78%) Relational Database
4 28 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (1.27%) MySQL
5 27 (1.27%) NoSQL
6 19 (0.89%) Azure SQL Database
7 16 (0.75%) Looker
7 16 (0.75%) Metadata
8 12 (0.56%) MongoDB
9 11 (0.52%) BigQuery
10 10 (0.47%) Tableau
11 9 (0.42%) Redis
12 8 (0.37%) GIS
13 7 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.28%) Power Query
15 5 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (0.23%) Star Schema
16 4 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 98 (4.59%) JIRA
2 86 (4.03%) Git
3 34 (1.59%) Claude Code
4 23 (1.08%) Jenkins
5 18 (0.84%) Cypress.io
6 15 (0.70%) fastlane
7 12 (0.56%) Oracle Forms
7 12 (0.56%) Selenium
7 12 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
8 11 (0.52%) Crashlytics
9 10 (0.47%) Balsamiq
10 8 (0.37%) Axure RP
10 8 (0.37%) Postman
11 7 (0.33%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.33%) GitLab
11 7 (0.33%) Storybook
11 7 (0.33%) Xcode
12 6 (0.28%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.28%) XCTest
13 5 (0.23%) Gradle
General
1 746 (34.96%) Social Skills
2 392 (18.37%) Finance
3 304 (14.25%) Analytical Skills
4 272 (12.75%) Marketing
5 197 (9.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 196 (9.18%) Public Sector
7 137 (6.42%) Retail
8 131 (6.14%) Law
9 104 (4.87%) Organisational Skills
10 85 (3.98%) Legal
11 75 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
12 69 (3.23%) Banking
13 55 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
14 44 (2.06%) Games
15 32 (1.50%) Advertising
16 28 (1.31%) Documentation Skills
17 26 (1.22%) Manufacturing
18 25 (1.17%) Multimedia
19 24 (1.12%) Publishing
20 22 (1.03%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 392 (18.37%) Senior
2 333 (15.60%) Designer
3 304 (14.25%) Developer
4 240 (11.25%) Lead
5 235 (11.01%) UX Designer
6 185 (8.67%) Analyst
7 104 (4.87%) Software Engineer
8 95 (4.45%) IT Support
8 95 (4.45%) Senior Developer
9 86 (4.03%) UI Designer
10 79 (3.70%) Senior Designer
10 79 (3.70%) UI/UX Designer
11 65 (3.05%) Product Manager
12 64 (3.00%) Architect
12 64 (3.00%) IT Manager
13 62 (2.91%) Support Engineer
14 59 (2.76%) Support Analyst
15 57 (2.67%) Business Analyst
15 57 (2.67%) Full-Stack Developer
16 53 (2.48%) Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 212 (9.93%) HTML
2 211 (9.89%) CSS
3 159 (7.45%) .NET
4 143 (6.70%) React
5 97 (4.55%) REST
6 78 (3.66%) Node.js
7 70 (3.28%) RESTful
8 55 (2.58%) .NET Core
9 53 (2.48%) JSON
10 47 (2.20%) Next.js
11 46 (2.16%) ASP.NET
12 36 (1.69%) AngularJS
13 32 (1.50%) jQuery
13 32 (1.50%) Spring
14 29 (1.36%) HTML5
14 29 (1.36%) Terraform
15 28 (1.31%) CSS3
15 28 (1.31%) Spring Boot
16 26 (1.22%) Playwright
17 25 (1.17%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 200 (9.37%) Product Ownership
2 99 (4.64%) Mobile App
3 97 (4.55%) Onboarding
4 74 (3.47%) Enterprise Software
5 68 (3.19%) Social Media
6 61 (2.86%) Cloud Native
6 61 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
7 53 (2.48%) Management Information System
8 34 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
9 30 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
9 30 (1.41%) Driving Licence
10 26 (1.22%) AI Agents
11 24 (1.12%) Algorithms
12 23 (1.08%) Graphic Design
13 20 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
14 19 (0.89%) Blog
15 18 (0.84%) e-Learning
16 17 (0.80%) Virtual Team
17 16 (0.75%) Learning Management System
17 16 (0.75%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 167 (7.83%) Windows
2 63 (2.95%) Apple iOS
3 46 (2.16%) Windows 10
3 46 (2.16%) Windows Server
4 40 (1.87%) Android
5 35 (1.64%) Linux
6 32 (1.50%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
8 7 (0.33%) Unix
9 6 (0.28%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.28%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.19%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.094%) AIX
11 2 (0.094%) CentOS
12 1 (0.047%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 575 (26.94%) Agile
2 565 (26.48%) Continuous Improvement
3 558 (26.15%) UX Design
4 483 (22.63%) Problem-Solving
5 455 (21.32%) AI
6 357 (16.73%) Analytics
7 333 (15.60%) Roadmaps
8 284 (13.31%) Mentoring
9 275 (12.89%) Stakeholder Management
10 234 (10.97%) Decision-Making
11 215 (10.07%) DevOps
12 198 (9.28%) CI/CD
13 189 (8.86%) ITIL
14 178 (8.34%) Software Engineering
15 175 (8.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 163 (7.64%) Workflow
17 161 (7.54%) Service Management
17 161 (7.54%) User Research
18 158 (7.40%) Customer Experience
18 158 (7.40%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 256 (12.00%) JavaScript
2 185 (8.67%) SQL
3 165 (7.73%) TypeScript
4 163 (7.64%) C#
5 133 (6.23%) Python
6 101 (4.73%) Java
7 80 (3.75%) PowerShell
8 27 (1.27%) PHP
9 24 (1.12%) Swift
10 22 (1.03%) VB.NET
11 19 (0.89%) Kotlin
12 17 (0.80%) C++
13 12 (0.56%) Bash
14 11 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 10 (0.47%) C
16 9 (0.42%) ABAP
16 9 (0.42%) VBScript
17 7 (0.33%) VB
18 6 (0.28%) Go
18 6 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 223 (10.45%) Degree
2 162 (7.59%) Security Cleared
3 94 (4.40%) SC Cleared
4 42 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 35 (1.64%) DV Cleared
6 30 (1.41%) DBS Check
7 29 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (0.94%) Postgraduate
9 17 (0.80%) A+ Certification
10 14 (0.66%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (0.56%) ICAEW
12 11 (0.52%) Master's Degree
13 10 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (0.47%) PMI Certification
14 9 (0.42%) CISSP
14 9 (0.42%) Network+ Certification
14 9 (0.42%) PhD
15 7 (0.33%) ISTQB
16 6 (0.28%) IIBA
17 5 (0.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 291 (13.64%) Accessibility
2 132 (6.19%) QA
3 96 (4.50%) WCAG
4 71 (3.33%) Data Quality
5 59 (2.76%) GDPR
6 40 (1.87%) SLA
7 19 (0.89%) Actionable Recommendations
8 15 (0.70%) Cyber Essentials
9 12 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 10 (0.47%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.23%) NEBOSH
11 5 (0.23%) PMO
11 5 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.19%) GRC
12 4 (0.19%) PERC
12 4 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.14%) GxP
13 3 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 2 (0.094%) HIPAA
System Software
1 121 (5.67%) Active Directory
2 62 (2.91%) Docker
3 11 (0.52%) BitLocker
4 10 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.14%) vSphere
8 2 (0.094%) Firmware
8 2 (0.094%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.094%) UAG
Systems Management
1 83 (3.89%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (1.97%) Kubernetes
3 18 (0.84%) SCCM
4 13 (0.61%) Jamf Pro
5 9 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.33%) Ansible
7 4 (0.19%) Grafana
8 2 (0.094%) AirWatch
8 2 (0.094%) Packer
8 2 (0.094%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.094%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.047%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.047%) AppManager
9 1 (0.047%) Argo
9 1 (0.047%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.047%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.047%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.047%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.047%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.047%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 470 (22.02%) Microsoft
2 152 (7.12%) Adobe
3 112 (5.25%) Google
4 48 (2.25%) ServiceNow
5 46 (2.16%) Salesforce
6 41 (1.92%) Oracle
7 35 (1.64%) SAP
8 29 (1.36%) Apple
9 27 (1.27%) OpenAI
10 22 (1.03%) Cisco
11 19 (0.89%) iManage
12 17 (0.80%) Workday
13 16 (0.75%) VMware
14 13 (0.61%) Dynatrace
15 12 (0.56%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 12 (0.56%) TikTok
16 11 (0.52%) Avaya
16 11 (0.52%) HubSpot
16 11 (0.52%) Meraki
16 11 (0.52%) Pinterest