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

3 months to
4 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 57 73
Rank change year-on-year -26 +16 +13
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,040 1,233 1,374
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.99% 4.84% 3.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.74% 5.28% 3.89%
Number of salaries quoted 721 477 658
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,425
25th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £41,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £59,800 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.52% +8.73% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £80,375
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -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 37,993 23,367 35,348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.61% 91.69% 79.72%
Number of salaries quoted 26,257 11,738 23,124
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,188 £30,015
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 £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £98,750 £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 4 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 4 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 -19 926 £57,500 -4.17% 1,072
UK excluding London -9 672 £52,500 -4.55% 618
Work from Home -31 381 £57,500 -8.00% 978
London -30 298 £70,000 - 590
North of England -25 248 £51,619 -6.15% 178
North West -21 141 £53,000 -10.55% 118
East of England +48 120 £76,500 +70.00% 67
South East +41 113 £52,500 - 164
Midlands -13 74 £45,497 -15.26% 88
Yorkshire -4 61 £47,749 +27.33% 38
South West -27 55 £60,000 +12.68% 46
North East -11 46 £51,619 +416.19% 24
Scotland -21 38 £55,000 +10.00% 27
East Midlands +5 37 £45,000 +40.63% 27
West Midlands -53 37 £46,499 -15.46% 60
Wales -17 21 £50,000 -25.93% 27
Northern Ireland -21 4 £39,500 - 27

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
1 119 (3.37%) CMS
1 119 (3.37%) SharePoint
2 70 (1.98%) Confluence
3 46 (1.30%) Microsoft Exchange
4 26 (0.74%) WordPress
5 9 (0.25%) Drupal
6 8 (0.23%) Umbraco
7 6 (0.17%) nginx
8 4 (0.11%) Moodle
9 3 (0.085%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.085%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.085%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.057%) IIS
10 2 (0.057%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.057%) Totara
11 1 (0.028%) Apache
11 1 (0.028%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 35 (0.99%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 32 (0.91%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (0.88%) Adobe XD
4 23 (0.65%) Photoshop
5 21 (0.59%) Adobe Illustrator
5 21 (0.59%) Sketch
6 20 (0.57%) Microsoft Excel
7 14 (0.40%) Adobe After Effects
8 13 (0.37%) UserZoom
9 10 (0.28%) InDesign
10 9 (0.25%) Chatbot
10 9 (0.25%) Spreadsheet
11 8 (0.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 7 (0.20%) InVision
13 5 (0.14%) Trello
14 3 (0.085%) Adobe Premiere
14 3 (0.085%) Productboard
14 3 (0.085%) SPSS
15 2 (0.057%) MS Visio
15 2 (0.057%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 29 (0.82%) Shopify
2 20 (0.57%) Dynamics CRM
3 17 (0.48%) Magento
4 10 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
5 7 (0.20%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
6 5 (0.14%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.11%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.057%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.057%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.057%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.057%) Towers Watson Igloo
9 1 (0.028%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.028%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.028%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.028%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.028%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.028%) SAP EWM
9 1 (0.028%) SAP HCM
9 1 (0.028%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 1,704 (48.23%) Cloud Computing
2 323 (9.14%) Azure
3 239 (6.76%) Microsoft 365
4 212 (6.00%) Figma
5 159 (4.50%) AWS
6 141 (3.99%) SaaS
7 134 (3.79%) Power Platform
8 101 (2.86%) Entra ID
9 74 (2.09%) Azure DevOps
10 71 (2.01%) Adobe Analytics
11 64 (1.81%) GCP
11 64 (1.81%) GitHub
11 64 (1.81%) Google Analytics
12 52 (1.47%) Power Automate
12 52 (1.47%) PowerApps
13 45 (1.27%) Serverless
14 44 (1.25%) Contentsquare
15 41 (1.16%) Azure Logic Apps
16 40 (1.13%) OneDrive
17 32 (0.91%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 1,711 (48.43%) Internet
2 82 (2.32%) Broadband
3 27 (0.76%) VPN
4 26 (0.74%) DNS
5 24 (0.68%) Firewall
6 22 (0.62%) DHCP
7 19 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
8 14 (0.40%) HTTP
9 12 (0.34%) TCP/IP
10 9 (0.25%) VoIP
11 8 (0.23%) Kerberos
12 5 (0.14%) SAN
13 4 (0.11%) NAS
13 4 (0.11%) Network Security
13 4 (0.11%) SMS
13 4 (0.11%) Structured Cabling
13 4 (0.11%) Unified Communications
13 4 (0.11%) VLAN
14 3 (0.085%) Wireless
14 3 (0.085%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (1.95%) Power BI
2 45 (1.27%) SQL Server
3 30 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (0.71%) Looker
5 23 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
6 18 (0.51%) Metadata
6 18 (0.51%) MySQL
7 17 (0.48%) MongoDB
8 15 (0.42%) BigQuery
9 13 (0.37%) NoSQL
10 11 (0.31%) Tableau
11 10 (0.28%) Relational Database
12 8 (0.23%) Redis
13 6 (0.17%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (0.14%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.14%) Data Warehouse
14 5 (0.14%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (0.14%) GIS
14 5 (0.14%) SAP BW
15 4 (0.11%) DB2
Development Applications
1 107 (3.03%) JIRA
2 73 (2.07%) Git
3 19 (0.54%) Crashlytics
3 19 (0.54%) Jenkins
4 17 (0.48%) Axure RP
4 17 (0.48%) Balsamiq
5 15 (0.42%) fastlane
5 15 (0.42%) XCTest
6 14 (0.40%) Claude Code
6 14 (0.40%) Vite
6 14 (0.40%) webpack
7 13 (0.37%) Selenium
8 12 (0.34%) Cypress.io
9 9 (0.25%) Bitbucket
10 8 (0.23%) Cucumber
10 8 (0.23%) Postman
10 8 (0.23%) Storybook
11 7 (0.20%) Visual Studio
11 7 (0.20%) Xcode
12 6 (0.17%) Android Studio
General
1 2,216 (62.72%) Social Skills
2 1,826 (51.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,743 (49.33%) Banking
4 281 (7.95%) Finance
5 237 (6.71%) Marketing
6 192 (5.43%) Analytical Skills
7 145 (4.10%) Public Sector
8 103 (2.92%) Legal
9 92 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
10 91 (2.58%) Retail
11 78 (2.21%) Law
12 67 (1.90%) Games
13 57 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
14 43 (1.22%) Influencing Skills
15 34 (0.96%) Advertising
16 32 (0.91%) Manufacturing
17 22 (0.62%) Back Office
18 19 (0.54%) Telecoms
19 17 (0.48%) Documentation Skills
20 15 (0.42%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 1,341 (37.96%) Lecturer
2 356 (10.08%) Senior
3 310 (8.77%) Designer
4 261 (7.39%) Developer
5 226 (6.40%) UX Designer
6 194 (5.49%) Lead
7 129 (3.65%) Analyst
8 98 (2.77%) Senior Developer
9 89 (2.52%) Senior Designer
10 78 (2.21%) Software Engineer
11 73 (2.07%) UI Designer
12 66 (1.87%) IT Support
12 66 (1.87%) Senior UX Designer
13 65 (1.84%) UI/UX Designer
14 60 (1.70%) Product Manager
15 59 (1.67%) Architect
15 59 (1.67%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 58 (1.64%) IT Manager
17 55 (1.56%) Support Engineer
18 50 (1.42%) Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 199 (5.63%) HTML
2 198 (5.60%) CSS
3 171 (4.84%) React
4 109 (3.09%) .NET
5 85 (2.41%) REST
6 73 (2.07%) RESTful
7 60 (1.70%) AngularJS
8 52 (1.47%) Node.js
9 48 (1.36%) Vue
10 44 (1.25%) .NET Core
11 43 (1.22%) JSON
12 38 (1.08%) HTML5
13 32 (0.91%) CSS3
14 28 (0.79%) Sass
15 26 (0.74%) SwiftUI
15 26 (0.74%) Web Services
16 24 (0.68%) Blazor
16 24 (0.68%) Next.js
16 24 (0.68%) SOAP
16 24 (0.68%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 1,708 (48.34%) IoT
2 192 (5.43%) Product Ownership
3 119 (3.37%) Mobile App
4 108 (3.06%) Onboarding
5 64 (1.81%) Social Media
6 44 (1.25%) Cloud Native
6 44 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
7 40 (1.13%) Legacy Systems
8 34 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
9 29 (0.82%) AI Agents
10 28 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
10 28 (0.79%) Management Information System
11 19 (0.54%) Driving Licence
12 18 (0.51%) e-Learning
13 17 (0.48%) Life Science
14 16 (0.45%) Analytical Mindset
14 16 (0.45%) Low-Code
14 16 (0.45%) Public Cloud
15 15 (0.42%) Graphic Design
15 15 (0.42%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 117 (3.31%) Windows
2 66 (1.87%) Apple iOS
3 41 (1.16%) Android
4 34 (0.96%) Windows 10
5 32 (0.91%) Windows Server
6 28 (0.79%) Mac OS
7 27 (0.76%) Linux
8 6 (0.17%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.14%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.11%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.057%) Unix
11 2 (0.057%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.028%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,034 (57.57%) AI
2 1,783 (50.47%) Machine Learning
3 1,768 (50.04%) Cybersecurity
4 1,756 (49.70%) Web Development
5 533 (15.09%) UX Design
6 499 (14.12%) Agile
7 382 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
8 368 (10.42%) Problem-Solving
9 329 (9.31%) Analytics
10 293 (8.29%) Roadmaps
11 250 (7.08%) Mentoring
12 181 (5.12%) Decision-Making
13 166 (4.70%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 164 (4.64%) DevOps
15 163 (4.61%) Software Engineering
16 156 (4.42%) User Research
17 154 (4.36%) Full-Stack Development
18 153 (4.33%) CI/CD
19 145 (4.10%) Product Roadmap
20 142 (4.02%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 243 (6.88%) JavaScript
2 150 (4.25%) TypeScript
3 123 (3.48%) SQL
4 115 (3.26%) Python
5 113 (3.20%) C#
6 99 (2.80%) Java
7 59 (1.67%) PowerShell
8 44 (1.25%) PHP
9 27 (0.76%) Swift
10 25 (0.71%) Kotlin
11 13 (0.37%) Go
12 9 (0.25%) Bash
13 8 (0.23%) Bicep
13 8 (0.23%) Rust
14 7 (0.20%) ABAP
14 7 (0.20%) C++
14 7 (0.20%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.17%) Apex Code
16 5 (0.14%) VB
16 5 (0.14%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1,886 (53.38%) Degree
2 1,718 (48.63%) Master's Degree
3 1,708 (48.34%) Postgraduate
4 1,706 (48.29%) PhD
5 142 (4.02%) Security Cleared
6 85 (2.41%) SC Cleared
7 41 (1.16%) DV Cleared
8 34 (0.96%) DBS Check
9 21 (0.59%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (0.23%) CISSP
12 8 (0.23%) ICAEW
13 7 (0.20%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.20%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 6 (0.17%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 6 (0.17%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.17%) SAP Certification
15 5 (0.14%) PMP
16 4 (0.11%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 291 (8.24%) Accessibility
2 109 (3.09%) QA
3 98 (2.77%) WCAG
4 56 (1.59%) GDPR
5 30 (0.85%) Data Quality
6 20 (0.57%) Cyber Essentials
7 15 (0.42%) SLA
8 11 (0.31%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (0.23%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.20%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.14%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 5 (0.14%) NEBOSH
12 4 (0.11%) PMO
13 3 (0.085%) PERC
14 2 (0.057%) GRC
14 2 (0.057%) GxP
14 2 (0.057%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.028%) COBIT
15 1 (0.028%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 104 (2.94%) Active Directory
2 53 (1.50%) Docker
3 6 (0.17%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.14%) BitLocker
4 5 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.11%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.028%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 71 (2.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 32 (0.91%) Kubernetes
3 25 (0.71%) Terraform
4 19 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (0.28%) SCCM
6 9 (0.25%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (0.17%) Grafana
8 5 (0.14%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.11%) Ansible
10 2 (0.057%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.057%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.057%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.057%) Packer
10 2 (0.057%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.028%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.028%) Kibana
11 1 (0.028%) MOM
Vendors
1 346 (9.79%) Microsoft
2 191 (5.41%) Adobe
3 95 (2.69%) Google
4 71 (2.01%) ServiceNow
5 51 (1.44%) Salesforce
6 30 (0.85%) HubSpot
7 26 (0.74%) Apple
8 24 (0.68%) SAP
9 23 (0.65%) Nexthink
9 23 (0.65%) Oracle
10 19 (0.54%) Braze
11 16 (0.45%) Amplitude
11 16 (0.45%) Hotjar
12 15 (0.42%) BMC
13 14 (0.40%) iManage
14 13 (0.37%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.31%) Dynatrace
16 10 (0.28%) TikTok
16 10 (0.28%) VMware
17 9 (0.25%) Pinterest