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

3 months to
30 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 81 84
Rank change year-on-year -16 +3 -7
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,158 682 1,040
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.84% 3.09% 3.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.50% 3.55% 3.57%
Number of salaries quoted 656 486 457
10th Percentile £31,250 £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 £71,189 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £94,250
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 46,393 19,187 29,116
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.73% 86.97% 87.56%
Number of salaries quoted 31,066 11,939 13,032
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £35,000
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 £53,250
% change year-on-year +15.79% -10.80% +1.43%

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 30 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 30 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 -27 952 £57,500 +4.55% 2,826
UK excluding London -11 668 £50,000 -4.76% 1,353
London -9 392 £65,000 -9.72% 1,636
Work from Home -34 379 £57,500 +3.14% 1,255
North of England -20 185 £55,000 +15.79% 411
South East -59 108 £48,750 -8.88% 261
South West +6 107 £60,000 +20.00% 161
Northern Ireland -12 99 £75,000 - 66
Midlands -34 94 £34,500 -34.29% 197
North West -33 89 £51,000 -2.86% 231
West Midlands -15 65 £34,500 -44.80% 127
Yorkshire -9 58 £63,076 +80.22% 128
North East -28 38 £50,000 +61.29% 54
East of England -63 34 £45,000 -18.18% 122
East Midlands -40 29 £30,000 -16.67% 70
Scotland -11 24 £55,000 +29.41% 103
Wales -63 17 £38,500 -42.96% 38

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
1 138 (6.21%) SharePoint
2 91 (4.10%) CMS
3 61 (2.75%) Confluence
4 50 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
5 39 (1.76%) 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%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 44 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 30 (1.35%) Chatbot
5 26 (1.17%) Adobe XD
6 22 (0.99%) 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 4 (0.18%) Trello
16 3 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
16 3 (0.14%) Productboard
16 3 (0.14%) Zeplin
17 2 (0.090%) Camtasia
17 2 (0.090%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 22 (0.99%) SAP S/4HANA
1 22 (0.99%) Shopify
2 16 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.68%) Workday HCM
4 11 (0.50%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.23%) 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%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 392 (17.64%) Azure
2 281 (12.65%) Microsoft 365
3 178 (8.01%) Figma
3 178 (8.01%) Power Platform
4 170 (7.65%) AWS
5 150 (6.75%) SaaS
6 134 (6.03%) Entra ID
7 96 (4.32%) Azure DevOps
8 82 (3.69%) Power Automate
9 74 (3.33%) PowerApps
10 67 (3.02%) GCP
11 62 (2.79%) Google Analytics
12 57 (2.57%) GitHub
13 56 (2.52%) Microsoft Copilot
14 51 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
15 40 (1.80%) Azure Logic Apps
15 40 (1.80%) Serverless
16 36 (1.62%) OneDrive
17 34 (1.53%) Copilot Studio
18 31 (1.40%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.07%) DNS
2 41 (1.85%) DHCP
3 34 (1.53%) 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 13 (0.59%) Internet
9 13 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (0.50%) CTI
11 10 (0.45%) Kerberos
12 8 (0.36%) Intranet
12 8 (0.36%) LAN
12 8 (0.36%) WAN
12 8 (0.36%) Wireless
13 6 (0.27%) HTTP
13 6 (0.27%) VLAN
14 5 (0.23%) Skype
14 5 (0.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (4.01%) Power BI
2 63 (2.84%) SQL Server
3 40 (1.80%) Relational Database
4 29 (1.31%) MySQL
4 29 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (1.22%) NoSQL
6 15 (0.68%) Azure SQL Database
6 15 (0.68%) Looker
6 15 (0.68%) Metadata
7 13 (0.59%) MongoDB
8 12 (0.54%) BigQuery
9 10 (0.45%) Tableau
10 9 (0.41%) Redis
11 8 (0.36%) GIS
12 7 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.27%) Power Query
14 5 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (0.23%) Star Schema
15 4 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 98 (4.41%) JIRA
2 85 (3.83%) Git
3 36 (1.62%) Claude Code
4 24 (1.08%) Jenkins
5 19 (0.86%) Cypress.io
6 16 (0.72%) 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%) Android Studio
15 5 (0.23%) Appium
15 5 (0.23%) Gradle
General
1 820 (36.90%) Social Skills
2 396 (17.82%) Finance
3 366 (16.47%) Analytical Skills
4 266 (11.97%) Marketing
5 204 (9.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 198 (8.91%) Public Sector
7 132 (5.94%) Law
7 132 (5.94%) Retail
8 110 (4.95%) Presentation Skills
9 108 (4.86%) Organisational Skills
10 83 (3.74%) Legal
11 80 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
12 69 (3.11%) Banking
13 37 (1.67%) Games
14 35 (1.58%) Advertising
15 27 (1.22%) Publishing
16 26 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
17 25 (1.13%) Multimedia
18 24 (1.08%) Manufacturing
19 22 (0.99%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 433 (19.49%) Senior
2 330 (14.85%) Designer
3 301 (13.55%) Developer
4 254 (11.43%) Lead
5 243 (10.94%) Analyst
6 236 (10.62%) UX Designer
7 108 (4.86%) Software Engineer
8 95 (4.28%) Senior Analyst
9 93 (4.19%) IT Support
10 90 (4.05%) ITSM Analyst
10 90 (4.05%) Senior Developer
11 89 (4.01%) Support Analyst
12 87 (3.92%) UI Designer
13 80 (3.60%) UI/UX Designer
14 74 (3.33%) Senior Designer
15 65 (2.93%) Architect
16 63 (2.84%) IT Manager
17 61 (2.75%) Support Engineer
18 60 (2.70%) Process Analyst
19 59 (2.66%) Product Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 204 (9.18%) HTML
2 202 (9.09%) CSS
3 151 (6.80%) .NET
4 146 (6.57%) React
5 99 (4.46%) REST
6 78 (3.51%) Node.js
7 72 (3.24%) RESTful
8 49 (2.21%) .NET Core
8 49 (2.21%) Next.js
9 48 (2.16%) JSON
10 45 (2.03%) ASP.NET
11 37 (1.67%) AngularJS
12 36 (1.62%) Terraform
13 35 (1.58%) Spring
14 31 (1.40%) jQuery
14 31 (1.40%) Spring Boot
15 29 (1.31%) HTML5
16 28 (1.26%) CSS3
17 27 (1.22%) Playwright
18 24 (1.08%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 200 (9.00%) Product Ownership
2 102 (4.59%) Mobile App
3 92 (4.14%) Onboarding
4 73 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
5 67 (3.02%) Social Media
6 64 (2.88%) Cloud Native
7 61 (2.75%) Management Information System
8 60 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
9 35 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
10 33 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
11 30 (1.35%) Driving Licence
12 26 (1.17%) AI Agents
13 23 (1.04%) Algorithms
13 23 (1.04%) Graphic Design
14 21 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
15 19 (0.86%) Blog
16 18 (0.81%) e-Learning
16 18 (0.81%) Virtual Team
17 17 (0.77%) Low-Code
18 16 (0.72%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 186 (8.37%) Windows
2 60 (2.70%) Apple iOS
3 50 (2.25%) Windows 10
4 48 (2.16%) Windows Server
5 45 (2.03%) Android
6 41 (1.85%) Mac OS
7 37 (1.67%) Linux
8 9 (0.41%) Unix
9 8 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.27%) Windows 7
11 5 (0.23%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.18%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.14%) AIX
14 2 (0.090%) CentOS
15 1 (0.045%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 638 (28.71%) Continuous Improvement
2 567 (25.52%) Agile
3 565 (25.43%) UX Design
4 501 (22.55%) Problem-Solving
5 464 (20.88%) AI
6 349 (15.71%) Analytics
7 324 (14.58%) Roadmaps
8 304 (13.68%) Decision-Making
8 304 (13.68%) Stakeholder Management
9 280 (12.60%) Mentoring
10 249 (11.21%) ITIL
11 244 (10.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 228 (10.26%) Service Management
13 217 (9.77%) DevOps
14 214 (9.63%) ITSM
15 207 (9.32%) CI/CD
16 187 (8.42%) Software Engineering
17 175 (7.88%) Service Design
18 168 (7.56%) User Research
19 163 (7.34%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 247 (11.12%) JavaScript
2 191 (8.60%) SQL
3 168 (7.56%) TypeScript
4 158 (7.11%) C#
5 137 (6.17%) Python
6 102 (4.59%) Java
7 78 (3.51%) PowerShell
8 28 (1.26%) PHP
9 23 (1.04%) Swift
9 23 (1.04%) VB.NET
10 19 (0.86%) Kotlin
11 18 (0.81%) C++
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
1 276 (12.42%) Degree
2 168 (7.56%) Security Cleared
3 99 (4.46%) SC Cleared
4 43 (1.94%) Microsoft Certification
5 35 (1.58%) DV Cleared
6 30 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (1.35%) DBS Check
7 23 (1.04%) Postgraduate
8 19 (0.86%) A+ Certification
9 16 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
10 14 (0.63%) Master's Degree
11 12 (0.54%) ICAEW
12 11 (0.50%) PhD
12 11 (0.50%) PMI Certification
13 10 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (0.45%) CISSP
14 8 (0.36%) Network+ Certification
15 7 (0.32%) ISTQB
16 6 (0.27%) IIBA
17 5 (0.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 293 (13.19%) Accessibility
2 131 (5.90%) QA
3 92 (4.14%) WCAG
4 70 (3.15%) Data Quality
5 62 (2.79%) 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
1 124 (5.58%) Active Directory
2 66 (2.97%) 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 96 (4.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (2.03%) Kubernetes
3 20 (0.90%) SCCM
4 15 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
5 10 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.41%) 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
1 483 (21.74%) Microsoft
2 138 (6.21%) Adobe
3 117 (5.27%) Google
4 48 (2.16%) ServiceNow
5 44 (1.98%) Oracle
6 43 (1.94%) Salesforce
7 40 (1.80%) SAP
8 28 (1.26%) Cisco
9 27 (1.22%) Apple
9 27 (1.22%) OpenAI
10 21 (0.95%) Workday
11 19 (0.86%) iManage
12 17 (0.77%) Meraki
12 17 (0.77%) VMware
13 14 (0.63%) Dynatrace
14 12 (0.54%) Okta
15 11 (0.50%) Avaya
15 11 (0.50%) Genesys
15 11 (0.50%) TikTok
16 10 (0.45%) Pinterest