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

3 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 77 90
Rank change year-on-year -27 +13 -11
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,051 665 952
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.75% 2.95% 2.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.37% 3.46% 3.41%
Number of salaries quoted 647 482 453
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,250 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.93% +4.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £91,750 £100,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £48,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +9.38% -12.73%

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 44,407 19,235 27,903
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.94% 85.35% 86.51%
Number of salaries quoted 30,349 12,520 13,466
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £34,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £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 £53,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -10.38% +0.95%

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 18 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 18 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 -24 904 £57,000 - 2,642
UK excluding London -28 582 £50,000 -4.76% 1,209
Work from Home -32 369 £55,000 -4.35% 1,119
London -14 367 £63,000 -14.58% 1,645
North of England -12 177 £55,000 +17.02% 338
South East -69 102 £44,000 -20.00% 277
South West +2 98 £60,500 +21.00% 122
Midlands -28 92 £34,500 -35.51% 179
North West -34 87 £55,000 +10.00% 214
West Midlands -16 62 £36,126 -41.14% 126
Yorkshire +5 57 £61,538 +75.82% 80
Northern Ireland -47 39 £75,000 - 81
North East -25 33 £50,000 +61.29% 46
East of England -59 32 £45,000 -18.18% 109
East Midlands -40 30 £30,000 -18.37% 53
Scotland -18 24 £55,000 +29.41% 84
Wales -58 18 £38,500 -42.96% 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
1 145 (6.80%) SharePoint
2 91 (4.27%) CMS
3 66 (3.10%) Confluence
4 47 (2.20%) Microsoft Exchange
5 37 (1.74%) 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%) ExpressionEngine
Applications
1 43 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (1.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 30 (1.41%) 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 (0.38%) 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 (0.38%) 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
1 392 (18.39%) Azure
2 283 (13.27%) Microsoft 365
3 188 (8.82%) Figma
4 180 (8.44%) Power Platform
5 170 (7.97%) AWS
6 150 (7.04%) SaaS
7 121 (5.68%) Entra ID
8 96 (4.50%) Azure DevOps
9 88 (4.13%) Power Automate
10 80 (3.75%) PowerApps
11 68 (3.19%) Google Analytics
12 66 (3.10%) GCP
13 56 (2.63%) GitHub
13 56 (2.63%) Microsoft Copilot
14 51 (2.39%) Dynamics 365
15 44 (2.06%) Azure Logic Apps
16 40 (1.88%) OneDrive
17 39 (1.83%) Serverless
18 37 (1.74%) Adobe Analytics
19 33 (1.55%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.02%) DNS
2 36 (1.69%) Broadband
2 36 (1.69%) DHCP
3 35 (1.64%) Firewall
4 22 (1.03%) VPN
5 20 (0.94%) TCP/IP
6 17 (0.80%) VoIP
7 15 (0.70%) Network Security
7 15 (0.70%) Wi-Fi
8 14 (0.66%) Internet
9 11 (0.52%) CTI
10 9 (0.42%) Kerberos
11 8 (0.38%) HTTP
11 8 (0.38%) Wireless
12 6 (0.28%) Intranet
12 6 (0.28%) VLAN
13 5 (0.23%) SAN
13 5 (0.23%) Skype
13 5 (0.23%) SMS
13 5 (0.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (4.41%) Power BI
2 64 (3.00%) SQL Server
3 38 (1.78%) Relational Database
4 27 (1.27%) MySQL
4 27 (1.27%) NoSQL
4 27 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (0.84%) Azure SQL Database
6 16 (0.75%) Looker
6 16 (0.75%) Metadata
7 12 (0.56%) MongoDB
8 11 (0.52%) BigQuery
9 10 (0.47%) Tableau
10 9 (0.42%) Redis
11 8 (0.38%) GIS
12 7 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.28%) Power Query
14 5 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (0.23%) Star Schema
15 4 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 97 (4.55%) 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 (0.38%) Axure RP
10 8 (0.38%) GitLab
10 8 (0.38%) Postman
11 7 (0.33%) Storybook
11 7 (0.33%) Xcode
12 6 (0.28%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.28%) Cucumber
12 6 (0.28%) XCTest
13 5 (0.23%) Gradle
General
1 750 (35.18%) Social Skills
2 394 (18.48%) Finance
3 310 (14.54%) Analytical Skills
4 272 (12.76%) Marketing
5 197 (9.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 196 (9.19%) Public Sector
7 136 (6.38%) Retail
8 131 (6.14%) Law
9 103 (4.83%) Organisational Skills
10 85 (3.99%) Legal
11 76 (3.56%) Influencing Skills
12 70 (3.28%) Banking
13 60 (2.81%) Presentation Skills
14 44 (2.06%) Games
15 32 (1.50%) Advertising
16 27 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
17 26 (1.22%) Manufacturing
18 25 (1.17%) Multimedia
19 24 (1.13%) Publishing
20 22 (1.03%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 391 (18.34%) Senior
2 334 (15.67%) Designer
3 301 (14.12%) Developer
4 240 (11.26%) Lead
5 236 (11.07%) UX Designer
6 188 (8.82%) Analyst
7 104 (4.88%) Software Engineer
8 94 (4.41%) IT Support
9 92 (4.32%) Senior Developer
10 86 (4.03%) UI Designer
11 79 (3.71%) Senior Designer
11 79 (3.71%) UI/UX Designer
12 64 (3.00%) Architect
12 64 (3.00%) IT Manager
12 64 (3.00%) Product Manager
13 62 (2.91%) Support Analyst
13 62 (2.91%) Support Engineer
14 56 (2.63%) Business Analyst
14 56 (2.63%) Full-Stack Developer
15 53 (2.49%) Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 210 (9.85%) HTML
2 209 (9.80%) CSS
3 157 (7.36%) .NET
4 143 (6.71%) React
5 97 (4.55%) REST
6 77 (3.61%) Node.js
7 70 (3.28%) RESTful
8 53 (2.49%) .NET Core
9 52 (2.44%) JSON
10 47 (2.20%) Next.js
11 45 (2.11%) ASP.NET
12 36 (1.69%) AngularJS
13 32 (1.50%) jQuery
14 31 (1.45%) Spring
15 29 (1.36%) HTML5
15 29 (1.36%) Terraform
16 28 (1.31%) CSS3
17 27 (1.27%) Spring Boot
18 26 (1.22%) Playwright
19 25 (1.17%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 200 (9.38%) Product Ownership
2 99 (4.64%) Mobile App
3 96 (4.50%) Onboarding
4 73 (3.42%) Enterprise Software
5 68 (3.19%) Social Media
6 61 (2.86%) Cloud Native
7 60 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
8 55 (2.58%) Management Information System
9 34 (1.59%) Analytical Mindset
10 30 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
10 30 (1.41%) Driving Licence
11 26 (1.22%) AI Agents
12 24 (1.13%) Algorithms
13 23 (1.08%) Graphic Design
14 20 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
15 19 (0.89%) Blog
16 18 (0.84%) e-Learning
17 17 (0.80%) Virtual Team
18 16 (0.75%) Learning Management System
18 16 (0.75%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 165 (7.74%) Windows
2 63 (2.95%) Apple iOS
3 46 (2.16%) Windows 10
4 44 (2.06%) Windows Server
5 41 (1.92%) Android
6 35 (1.64%) Linux
7 32 (1.50%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (0.33%) Unix
10 6 (0.28%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.28%) Windows 7
11 4 (0.19%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.094%) AIX
12 2 (0.094%) CentOS
13 1 (0.047%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 571 (26.78%) Agile
2 569 (26.69%) Continuous Improvement
3 559 (26.22%) UX Design
4 479 (22.47%) Problem-Solving
5 454 (21.29%) AI
6 357 (16.74%) Analytics
7 328 (15.38%) Roadmaps
8 282 (13.23%) Mentoring
9 276 (12.95%) Stakeholder Management
10 238 (11.16%) Decision-Making
11 214 (10.04%) DevOps
12 198 (9.29%) CI/CD
13 195 (9.15%) ITIL
14 181 (8.49%) Stakeholder Engagement
15 177 (8.30%) Software Engineering
16 166 (7.79%) Service Management
17 162 (7.60%) User Research
18 161 (7.55%) Workflow
19 159 (7.46%) ITSM
20 158 (7.41%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 253 (11.87%) JavaScript
2 184 (8.63%) SQL
3 164 (7.69%) TypeScript
4 161 (7.55%) C#
5 131 (6.14%) Python
6 99 (4.64%) Java
7 78 (3.66%) PowerShell
8 27 (1.27%) PHP
9 24 (1.13%) 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
1 227 (10.65%) Degree
2 163 (7.65%) Security Cleared
3 96 (4.50%) SC Cleared
4 43 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 34 (1.59%) DV Cleared
6 31 (1.45%) DBS Check
7 29 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (0.94%) Postgraduate
9 17 (0.80%) A+ Certification
10 15 (0.70%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (0.56%) ICAEW
12 11 (0.52%) Master's Degree
13 10 (0.47%) PMI Certification
14 9 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (0.42%) CISSP
14 9 (0.42%) Network+ Certification
15 8 (0.38%) PhD
16 7 (0.33%) ISTQB
17 6 (0.28%) IIBA
18 5 (0.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 291 (13.65%) Accessibility
2 131 (6.14%) QA
3 96 (4.50%) WCAG
4 71 (3.33%) Data Quality
5 59 (2.77%) GDPR
6 41 (1.92%) 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
1 119 (5.58%) Active Directory
2 61 (2.86%) Docker
3 11 (0.52%) BitLocker
4 10 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.38%) 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 82 (3.85%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (1.92%) 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%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.047%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.047%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 466 (21.86%) Microsoft
2 151 (7.08%) Adobe
3 112 (5.25%) Google
4 47 (2.20%) ServiceNow
5 45 (2.11%) Salesforce
6 40 (1.88%) 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 15 (0.70%) 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%) Genesys
16 11 (0.52%) Meraki
16 11 (0.52%) Pinterest