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 9 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 82 68
Rank change year-on-year -10 -14 +13
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,067 829 1,100
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.95% 3.22% 3.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.64% 3.70% 3.92%
Number of salaries quoted 705 455 493
10th Percentile £31,600 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% -8.80%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,509 £100,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +8.91% -8.18%

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 40,425 22,396 28,079
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.06% 86.88% 76.68%
Number of salaries quoted 28,498 13,396 17,481
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,585 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,589 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.53% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £53,818
% change year-on-year +15.79% -11.74% -1.25%

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 9 August 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 9 August 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 -4 957 £55,000 -5.17% 1,158
UK excluding London -17 624 £50,000 -9.09% 567
Work from Home -21 412 £55,000 -12.00% 493
London -12 360 £67,500 -10.00% 708
North of England +1 195 £51,619 +8.67% 159
South East -44 116 £50,000 -9.09% 148
Midlands +7 106 £45,000 -18.18% 84
North West -28 101 £42,500 -12.82% 81
South West -15 87 £60,000 +20.00% 65
West Midlands -3 64 £47,500 -15.93% 66
East of England +2 63 £47,500 -20.83% 48
Yorkshire +23 49 £55,000 +10.00% 50
North East -10 45 £48,500 +56.45% 28
East Midlands +2 42 £42,500 -3.29% 18
Wales -34 25 £48,961 -27.47% 17
Scotland -17 23 £55,000 -29.03% 40
Northern Ireland -60 9 £46,000 - 16

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
1 160 (7.63%) SharePoint
2 113 (5.39%) CMS
3 68 (3.24%) Confluence
4 53 (2.53%) Microsoft Exchange
5 33 (1.57%) WordPress
6 9 (0.43%) IIS
7 7 (0.33%) Moodle
8 5 (0.24%) Drupal
8 5 (0.24%) Skype for Business
8 5 (0.24%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.19%) Apache
9 4 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.14%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.14%) nginx
11 2 (0.095%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.095%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.095%) Totara
12 1 (0.048%) ExpressionEngine
12 1 (0.048%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.048%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 39 (1.86%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (1.62%) Adobe XD
3 33 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
4 32 (1.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 24 (1.14%) Sketch
6 22 (1.05%) Chatbot
6 22 (1.05%) Photoshop
7 20 (0.95%) Adobe Illustrator
8 18 (0.86%) UserZoom
9 17 (0.81%) InDesign
10 12 (0.57%) Adobe After Effects
11 8 (0.38%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 8 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
12 7 (0.33%) MS Visio
13 5 (0.24%) InVision
14 4 (0.19%) Trello
15 3 (0.14%) Productboard
15 3 (0.14%) SPSS
15 3 (0.14%) Zeplin
16 2 (0.095%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 23 (1.10%) Shopify
2 19 (0.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.52%) Magento
4 11 (0.52%) NetSuite
5 9 (0.43%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.24%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
7 3 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.14%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.095%) Adobe Campaign
8 2 (0.095%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.095%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.095%) Towers Watson Igloo
8 2 (0.095%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.048%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.048%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.048%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 417 (19.88%) Azure
2 304 (14.49%) Microsoft 365
3 210 (10.01%) Figma
4 172 (8.20%) AWS
5 166 (7.91%) Power Platform
6 140 (6.67%) SaaS
7 127 (6.05%) Entra ID
8 105 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
9 85 (4.05%) Power Automate
10 80 (3.81%) PowerApps
11 68 (3.24%) GitHub
12 67 (3.19%) Google Analytics
13 66 (3.15%) GCP
14 65 (3.10%) Adobe Analytics
15 58 (2.76%) Microsoft Copilot
16 48 (2.29%) Serverless
17 47 (2.24%) Azure Logic Apps
17 47 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
18 45 (2.14%) OneDrive
19 43 (2.05%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 63 (3.00%) Broadband
2 38 (1.81%) Firewall
3 32 (1.53%) DNS
4 26 (1.24%) DHCP
5 24 (1.14%) VPN
6 20 (0.95%) VoIP
7 17 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
8 16 (0.76%) TCP/IP
9 13 (0.62%) Network Security
10 12 (0.57%) Kerberos
11 11 (0.52%) CTI
12 10 (0.48%) HTTP
13 9 (0.43%) Wireless
14 8 (0.38%) Internet
15 7 (0.33%) Intranet
15 7 (0.33%) VLAN
16 6 (0.29%) Unified Communications
17 5 (0.24%) SAN
17 5 (0.24%) Skype
17 5 (0.24%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (4.29%) Power BI
2 67 (3.19%) SQL Server
3 30 (1.43%) Relational Database
4 28 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
6 21 (1.00%) MySQL
7 18 (0.86%) Looker
7 18 (0.86%) NoSQL
8 17 (0.81%) Metadata
9 12 (0.57%) MongoDB
10 11 (0.52%) BigQuery
11 9 (0.43%) Redis
11 9 (0.43%) Tableau
12 7 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.29%) GIS
13 6 (0.29%) Power Query
14 5 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (0.24%) Star Schema
15 4 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 105 (5.00%) JIRA
2 102 (4.86%) Git
3 30 (1.43%) Claude Code
4 24 (1.14%) Jenkins
5 21 (1.00%) fastlane
6 20 (0.95%) Crashlytics
7 17 (0.81%) Cypress.io
8 15 (0.71%) XCTest
9 12 (0.57%) Axure RP
9 12 (0.57%) Balsamiq
10 11 (0.52%) Selenium
10 11 (0.52%) webpack
11 9 (0.43%) Postman
11 9 (0.43%) Vite
11 9 (0.43%) Xcode
12 7 (0.33%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
12 7 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
13 6 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 6 (0.29%) Gradle
General
1 688 (32.79%) Social Skills
2 360 (17.16%) Finance
3 272 (12.96%) Marketing
4 260 (12.39%) Analytical Skills
5 188 (8.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 183 (8.72%) Public Sector
7 139 (6.63%) Retail
8 123 (5.86%) Law
9 112 (5.34%) Legal
10 99 (4.72%) Organisational Skills
11 73 (3.48%) Games
12 64 (3.05%) Influencing Skills
13 52 (2.48%) Banking
14 40 (1.91%) Presentation Skills
15 36 (1.72%) Advertising
16 31 (1.48%) Manufacturing
17 28 (1.33%) Documentation Skills
18 22 (1.05%) Financial Institution
19 21 (1.00%) Multimedia
20 19 (0.91%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 377 (17.97%) Senior
2 348 (16.59%) Designer
3 306 (14.59%) Developer
4 254 (12.11%) Lead
5 250 (11.92%) UX Designer
6 159 (7.58%) Analyst
7 106 (5.05%) Senior Developer
8 97 (4.62%) Software Engineer
9 94 (4.48%) UI Designer
10 92 (4.39%) IT Support
11 91 (4.34%) Senior Designer
12 89 (4.24%) UI/UX Designer
13 69 (3.29%) Architect
13 69 (3.29%) Product Manager
14 65 (3.10%) Support Engineer
15 64 (3.05%) Senior UX Designer
16 63 (3.00%) IT Manager
17 58 (2.76%) Business Analyst
18 55 (2.62%) Full-Stack Developer
19 50 (2.38%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 212 (10.10%) HTML
2 210 (10.01%) CSS
3 160 (7.63%) .NET
3 160 (7.63%) React
4 105 (5.00%) REST
5 79 (3.77%) RESTful
6 65 (3.10%) .NET Core
7 60 (2.86%) Node.js
8 51 (2.43%) JSON
9 44 (2.10%) ASP.NET
10 42 (2.00%) AngularJS
11 39 (1.86%) HTML5
12 38 (1.81%) Next.js
13 34 (1.62%) CSS3
14 33 (1.57%) jQuery
15 31 (1.48%) Vue
16 27 (1.29%) Blazor
16 27 (1.29%) SwiftUI
17 26 (1.24%) SPFx
17 26 (1.24%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 206 (9.82%) Product Ownership
2 112 (5.34%) Mobile App
3 107 (5.10%) Onboarding
4 74 (3.53%) Social Media
5 72 (3.43%) Enterprise Software
6 58 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
7 51 (2.43%) Cloud Native
8 34 (1.62%) Management Information System
9 31 (1.48%) AI Agents
10 30 (1.43%) Driving Licence
11 25 (1.19%) Analytical Mindset
12 24 (1.14%) Greenfield Project
13 23 (1.10%) Algorithms
13 23 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
14 21 (1.00%) Graphic Design
15 18 (0.86%) Low-Code
16 17 (0.81%) Security Posture
16 17 (0.81%) Virtual Team
17 16 (0.76%) Blog
17 16 (0.76%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 156 (7.44%) Windows
2 78 (3.72%) Apple iOS
3 46 (2.19%) Windows Server
4 45 (2.14%) Android
5 40 (1.91%) Windows 10
6 37 (1.76%) Mac OS
7 27 (1.29%) Linux
8 8 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.24%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.19%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.19%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.048%) AIX
11 1 (0.048%) CentOS
11 1 (0.048%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 592 (28.22%) Agile
2 563 (26.84%) UX Design
3 517 (24.64%) Continuous Improvement
4 475 (22.64%) Problem-Solving
5 436 (20.78%) AI
6 377 (17.97%) Analytics
7 338 (16.11%) Roadmaps
8 268 (12.77%) Mentoring
9 227 (10.82%) Decision-Making
10 225 (10.72%) Stakeholder Management
11 218 (10.39%) DevOps
12 199 (9.49%) CI/CD
13 179 (8.53%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 169 (8.06%) Software Engineering
14 169 (8.06%) User Research
15 165 (7.86%) ITIL
16 164 (7.82%) Customer Experience
17 160 (7.63%) Workflow
18 150 (7.15%) Product Roadmap
19 147 (7.01%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 255 (12.15%) JavaScript
2 163 (7.77%) SQL
3 160 (7.63%) C#
4 157 (7.48%) TypeScript
5 119 (5.67%) Python
6 92 (4.39%) Java
7 75 (3.57%) PowerShell
8 35 (1.67%) Swift
9 31 (1.48%) PHP
10 28 (1.33%) Kotlin
11 15 (0.71%) VB.NET
12 12 (0.57%) C++
13 11 (0.52%) ABAP
13 11 (0.52%) C
14 10 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 8 (0.38%) Go
15 8 (0.38%) VBScript
16 7 (0.33%) VB
17 6 (0.29%) Bash
18 5 (0.24%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 200 (9.53%) Degree
2 148 (7.05%) Security Cleared
3 88 (4.19%) SC Cleared
4 39 (1.86%) DV Cleared
5 34 (1.62%) Microsoft Certification
6 29 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (1.29%) DBS Check
8 12 (0.57%) CISSP
8 12 (0.57%) ICAEW
8 12 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
8 12 (0.57%) Master's Degree
9 11 (0.52%) Postgraduate
10 10 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (0.38%) PMI Certification
12 7 (0.33%) ISTQB
13 5 (0.24%) IIBA
14 4 (0.19%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.19%) CBAP
14 4 (0.19%) PMP
14 4 (0.19%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 325 (15.49%) Accessibility
2 124 (5.91%) QA
3 109 (5.20%) WCAG
4 68 (3.24%) GDPR
5 67 (3.19%) Data Quality
6 29 (1.38%) SLA
7 20 (0.95%) Cyber Essentials
8 15 (0.71%) Actionable Recommendations
9 12 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 11 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (0.38%) PCI DSS
12 5 (0.24%) NEBOSH
12 5 (0.24%) PMO
13 4 (0.19%) PERC
13 4 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
14 3 (0.14%) GxP
14 3 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 3 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 2 (0.095%) GRC
System Software
1 119 (5.67%) Active Directory
2 60 (2.86%) Docker
3 10 (0.48%) BitLocker
4 9 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.095%) Firmware
8 2 (0.095%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 92 (4.39%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (1.76%) Kubernetes
3 19 (0.91%) Terraform
4 16 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
5 15 (0.71%) SCCM
6 12 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.24%) Ansible
8 4 (0.19%) Grafana
9 3 (0.14%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.095%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.095%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.095%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.048%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.048%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 1 (0.048%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.048%) Kibana
11 1 (0.048%) Packer
11 1 (0.048%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 459 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 179 (8.53%) Adobe
3 106 (5.05%) Google
4 59 (2.81%) ServiceNow
5 52 (2.48%) Salesforce
6 39 (1.86%) Apple
7 38 (1.81%) Oracle
8 33 (1.57%) SAP
9 21 (1.00%) iManage
9 21 (1.00%) OpenAI
10 19 (0.91%) Cisco
11 18 (0.86%) Braze
11 18 (0.86%) HubSpot
12 16 (0.76%) Amplitude
13 15 (0.71%) Dynatrace
13 15 (0.71%) Hotjar
14 14 (0.67%) Meraki
15 11 (0.52%) Avaya
15 11 (0.52%) Genesys
15 11 (0.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud