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

3 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 81 88
Rank change year-on-year -17 +7 -11
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,139 682 1,029
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.82% 3.08% 3.07%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.47% 3.57% 3.51%
Number of salaries quoted 655 487 461
10th Percentile £31,350 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -4.96%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £100,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

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 46,035 19,129 29,287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.69% 86.28% 87.45%
Number of salaries quoted 30,933 12,135 13,190
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.09% -9.17% -
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 £53,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -11.21% +1.90%

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 28 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 28 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 -24 946 £57,500 +4.55% 2,468
UK excluding London -16 654 £50,000 -4.76% 1,189
London -13 391 £65,000 -7.14% 1,448
Work from Home -26 378 £57,500 +4.55% 1,071
North of England -13 182 £55,000 +15.79% 335
South East -66 106 £46,250 -15.14% 233
South West -1 105 £60,000 +20.00% 131
Midlands -25 96 £34,500 -34.29% 196
North West -32 90 £53,000 +0.95% 193
Northern Ireland -18 89 £75,000 - 71
West Midlands -19 67 £35,000 -44.00% 130
Yorkshire -2 55 £63,076 +80.22% 104
North East -21 37 £50,000 +61.29% 41
East of England -61 35 £45,000 -18.18% 105
East Midlands -42 29 £30,000 -16.67% 66
Scotland -11 24 £55,000 +29.41% 91
Wales -67 17 £38,500 -42.96% 33

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
1 139 (6.29%) SharePoint
2 91 (4.12%) CMS
3 61 (2.76%) Confluence
4 51 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 38 (1.72%) WordPress
6 14 (0.63%) IIS
7 10 (0.45%) Moodle
8 7 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
9 6 (0.27%) Apache
10 5 (0.23%) Skype for Business
11 4 (0.18%) Headless CMS
12 3 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.090%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.090%) Apache Spark
13 2 (0.090%) Drupal
13 2 (0.090%) nginx
13 2 (0.090%) SharePoint Server
13 2 (0.090%) Totara
14 1 (0.045%) MTS
Applications
1 44 (1.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (1.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 30 (1.36%) Chatbot
5 26 (1.18%) Adobe XD
6 22 (1.00%) Photoshop
7 20 (0.90%) Adobe Illustrator
8 19 (0.86%) InDesign
9 15 (0.68%) UserZoom
10 14 (0.63%) Sketch
11 11 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
12 9 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
13 8 (0.36%) MS Visio
14 6 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
15 3 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
15 3 (0.14%) Productboard
15 3 (0.14%) Trello
15 3 (0.14%) Zeplin
16 2 (0.090%) Camtasia
16 2 (0.090%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 22 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
1 22 (1.00%) Shopify
2 17 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.68%) Workday HCM
4 11 (0.50%) NetSuite
5 7 (0.32%) 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
6 3 (0.14%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.090%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.090%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.090%) SAP GRC
7 2 (0.090%) Towers Watson Igloo
7 2 (0.090%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.045%) Bloomberg TOMS
Cloud Services
1 389 (17.59%) Azure
2 281 (12.71%) Microsoft 365
3 178 (8.05%) Figma
3 178 (8.05%) Power Platform
4 170 (7.69%) AWS
5 151 (6.83%) SaaS
6 130 (5.88%) Entra ID
7 94 (4.25%) Azure DevOps
8 83 (3.75%) Power Automate
9 75 (3.39%) PowerApps
10 67 (3.03%) GCP
11 64 (2.89%) Google Analytics
12 58 (2.62%) GitHub
13 56 (2.53%) Microsoft Copilot
14 50 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
15 40 (1.81%) Azure Logic Apps
15 40 (1.81%) Serverless
16 36 (1.63%) OneDrive
17 34 (1.54%) Copilot Studio
18 31 (1.40%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 47 (2.13%) DNS
2 41 (1.85%) DHCP
3 36 (1.63%) Firewall
4 29 (1.31%) Broadband
5 23 (1.04%) VPN
6 21 (0.95%) TCP/IP
7 17 (0.77%) VoIP
8 16 (0.72%) Network Security
9 14 (0.63%) Internet
9 14 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (0.50%) CTI
11 10 (0.45%) Kerberos
12 8 (0.36%) Intranet
12 8 (0.36%) Wireless
13 7 (0.32%) HTTP
14 6 (0.27%) VLAN
15 5 (0.23%) Skype
15 5 (0.23%) SMS
15 5 (0.23%) Unified Communications
16 4 (0.18%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (4.03%) Power BI
2 63 (2.85%) SQL Server
3 40 (1.81%) Relational Database
4 29 (1.31%) MySQL
4 29 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (1.22%) NoSQL
6 16 (0.72%) Looker
6 16 (0.72%) Metadata
7 15 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
8 13 (0.59%) MongoDB
9 12 (0.54%) BigQuery
10 10 (0.45%) Tableau
11 9 (0.41%) Redis
12 8 (0.36%) GIS
13 7 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.27%) Power Query
15 5 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (0.23%) Star Schema
16 4 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 97 (4.39%) JIRA
2 85 (3.84%) Git
3 36 (1.63%) Claude Code
4 24 (1.09%) Jenkins
5 19 (0.86%) Cypress.io
6 15 (0.68%) fastlane
7 13 (0.59%) Oracle Forms
7 13 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
8 12 (0.54%) Selenium
9 11 (0.50%) GitLab
10 10 (0.45%) Crashlytics
11 9 (0.41%) Balsamiq
12 8 (0.36%) Axure RP
12 8 (0.36%) Postman
13 7 (0.32%) Storybook
13 7 (0.32%) Xcode
14 6 (0.27%) Bitbucket
15 5 (0.23%) Appium
15 5 (0.23%) Cucumber
15 5 (0.23%) Gradle
General
1 811 (36.68%) Social Skills
2 399 (18.05%) Finance
3 361 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
4 269 (12.17%) Marketing
5 203 (9.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 196 (8.86%) Public Sector
7 133 (6.02%) Retail
8 132 (5.97%) Law
9 105 (4.75%) Organisational Skills
9 105 (4.75%) Presentation Skills
10 83 (3.75%) Legal
11 80 (3.62%) Influencing Skills
12 70 (3.17%) Banking
13 37 (1.67%) Games
14 35 (1.58%) Advertising
15 27 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
15 27 (1.22%) Publishing
16 26 (1.18%) Manufacturing
17 25 (1.13%) Multimedia
18 22 (1.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 430 (19.45%) Senior
2 330 (14.93%) Designer
3 299 (13.52%) Developer
4 249 (11.26%) Lead
5 238 (10.76%) Analyst
6 236 (10.67%) UX Designer
7 108 (4.88%) Software Engineer
8 95 (4.30%) IT Support
9 92 (4.16%) Senior Analyst
10 90 (4.07%) Senior Developer
11 88 (3.98%) UI Designer
12 85 (3.84%) ITSM Analyst
12 85 (3.84%) Support Analyst
13 81 (3.66%) UI/UX Designer
14 73 (3.30%) Senior Designer
15 66 (2.99%) Architect
16 63 (2.85%) IT Manager
17 61 (2.76%) Support Engineer
18 59 (2.67%) Product Manager
19 58 (2.62%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 203 (9.18%) HTML
2 201 (9.09%) CSS
3 151 (6.83%) .NET
4 146 (6.60%) React
5 99 (4.48%) REST
6 78 (3.53%) Node.js
7 71 (3.21%) RESTful
8 49 (2.22%) .NET Core
8 49 (2.22%) Next.js
9 48 (2.17%) JSON
10 45 (2.04%) ASP.NET
11 37 (1.67%) AngularJS
12 35 (1.58%) Spring
12 35 (1.58%) Terraform
13 31 (1.40%) jQuery
13 31 (1.40%) Spring Boot
14 29 (1.31%) HTML5
15 28 (1.27%) CSS3
16 27 (1.22%) Playwright
17 24 (1.09%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 198 (8.96%) Product Ownership
2 100 (4.52%) Mobile App
3 94 (4.25%) Onboarding
4 73 (3.30%) Enterprise Software
5 68 (3.08%) Social Media
6 65 (2.94%) Cloud Native
7 60 (2.71%) Management Information System
7 60 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
8 34 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
9 33 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
10 32 (1.45%) Driving Licence
11 26 (1.18%) AI Agents
12 23 (1.04%) Algorithms
12 23 (1.04%) Graphic Design
13 21 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
14 20 (0.90%) Blog
15 18 (0.81%) e-Learning
15 18 (0.81%) Virtual Team
16 17 (0.77%) Low-Code
17 16 (0.72%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 181 (8.19%) Windows
2 59 (2.67%) Apple iOS
3 50 (2.26%) Windows 10
4 46 (2.08%) Windows Server
5 44 (1.99%) Android
6 37 (1.67%) Mac OS
7 36 (1.63%) Linux
8 8 (0.36%) Unix
8 8 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.27%) Windows 7
10 5 (0.23%) Ubuntu
11 4 (0.18%) Mac OS X
12 3 (0.14%) AIX
13 2 (0.090%) CentOS
14 1 (0.045%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 626 (28.31%) Continuous Improvement
2 564 (25.51%) Agile
3 562 (25.42%) UX Design
4 499 (22.57%) Problem-Solving
5 465 (21.03%) AI
6 353 (15.97%) Analytics
7 324 (14.65%) Roadmaps
8 299 (13.52%) Stakeholder Management
9 294 (13.30%) Decision-Making
10 281 (12.71%) Mentoring
11 241 (10.90%) ITIL
12 237 (10.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 219 (9.91%) Service Management
14 214 (9.68%) DevOps
15 207 (9.36%) ITSM
16 205 (9.27%) CI/CD
17 187 (8.46%) Software Engineering
18 171 (7.73%) Service Design
19 166 (7.51%) User Research
20 163 (7.37%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 246 (11.13%) JavaScript
2 190 (8.59%) SQL
3 168 (7.60%) TypeScript
4 158 (7.15%) C#
5 137 (6.20%) Python
6 103 (4.66%) Java
7 79 (3.57%) PowerShell
8 27 (1.22%) PHP
9 23 (1.04%) VB.NET
10 22 (1.00%) Swift
11 18 (0.81%) C++
11 18 (0.81%) Kotlin
12 11 (0.50%) Bash
12 11 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 10 (0.45%) C
14 9 (0.41%) ABAP
14 9 (0.41%) VBScript
15 6 (0.27%) Go
15 6 (0.27%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 272 (12.30%) Degree
2 166 (7.51%) Security Cleared
3 98 (4.43%) SC Cleared
4 45 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
5 34 (1.54%) DV Cleared
6 31 (1.40%) DBS Check
7 30 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 23 (1.04%) Postgraduate
9 20 (0.90%) A+ Certification
10 16 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
11 14 (0.63%) Master's Degree
12 12 (0.54%) ICAEW
13 11 (0.50%) PhD
13 11 (0.50%) PMI Certification
14 10 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
14 10 (0.45%) CISSP
15 9 (0.41%) Network+ Certification
16 7 (0.32%) ISTQB
17 6 (0.27%) IIBA
18 5 (0.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 291 (13.16%) Accessibility
2 131 (5.92%) QA
3 92 (4.16%) WCAG
4 69 (3.12%) Data Quality
5 62 (2.80%) GDPR
6 39 (1.76%) SLA
7 21 (0.95%) Actionable Recommendations
8 15 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
9 12 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 10 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.23%) GRC
11 5 (0.23%) NEBOSH
11 5 (0.23%) PMO
11 5 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.18%) PERC
12 4 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 2 (0.090%) GxP
14 2 (0.090%) PSD2
System Software
1 123 (5.56%) Active Directory
2 66 (2.99%) Docker
3 11 (0.50%) BitLocker
3 11 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 6 (0.27%) vSphere
6 3 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.090%) Firmware
7 2 (0.090%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.090%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.090%) UAG
7 2 (0.090%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.045%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 91 (4.12%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (2.04%) Kubernetes
3 20 (0.90%) SCCM
4 13 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
5 10 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.36%) Ansible
7 7 (0.32%) Grafana
8 4 (0.18%) Packer
8 4 (0.18%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.090%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.090%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.045%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.045%) AppManager
10 1 (0.045%) Argo
10 1 (0.045%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.045%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.045%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 479 (21.66%) Microsoft
2 140 (6.33%) Adobe
3 116 (5.25%) Google
4 48 (2.17%) ServiceNow
5 44 (1.99%) Oracle
6 43 (1.94%) Salesforce
7 40 (1.81%) SAP
8 27 (1.22%) Apple
8 27 (1.22%) OpenAI
9 26 (1.18%) Cisco
10 20 (0.90%) Workday
11 19 (0.86%) iManage
12 17 (0.77%) VMware
13 15 (0.68%) Meraki
14 14 (0.63%) Dynatrace
15 12 (0.54%) Okta
16 11 (0.50%) Avaya
16 11 (0.50%) Genesys
16 11 (0.50%) TikTok
17 10 (0.45%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud