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 13 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
13 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 80 75
Rank change year-on-year -13 -5 +4
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,220 704 1,143
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.86% 3.39% 3.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.52% 3.81% 3.89%
Number of salaries quoted 676 495 469
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £74,985 £79,375 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £95,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.86% +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 48,400 18,493 29,348
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.88% 89.04% 88.73%
Number of salaries quoted 31,650 11,397 12,761
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,150 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.38% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -16.67% +2.86%

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 13 October 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 13 October 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 1,000 £60,000 +9.09% 2,313
UK excluding London -15 714 £51,000 -2.86% 1,044
London -10 410 £70,000 - 1,403
Work from Home -21 401 £57,500 +4.55% 1,082
North of England -24 191 £55,000 +10.00% 274
South East -50 122 £50,000 -4.76% 213
Northern Ireland +2 114 £75,000 - 54
South West -3 111 £60,000 +20.00% 116
Midlands -46 94 £34,500 -34.29% 145
North West -42 92 £51,000 -7.27% 148
West Midlands -29 61 £34,500 -44.80% 89
Yorkshire -16 60 £63,076 +34.20% 94
East of England -81 40 £42,500 -22.73% 108
North East -28 39 £50,000 +39.54% 32
East Midlands -45 33 £30,000 -16.67% 56
Scotland -11 25 £55,000 +29.41% 106
Wales -55 17 £48,961 -18.40% 32

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
1 133 (6.05%) SharePoint
2 83 (3.78%) CMS
3 54 (2.46%) Confluence
4 53 (2.41%) Microsoft Exchange
5 43 (1.96%) WordPress
6 15 (0.68%) IIS
7 10 (0.46%) Moodle
8 7 (0.32%) Apache
9 5 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.23%) Skype for Business
10 4 (0.18%) Headless CMS
11 3 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.091%) Apache Spark
12 2 (0.091%) nginx
12 2 (0.091%) SharePoint Server
12 2 (0.091%) Totara
13 1 (0.046%) Drupal
13 1 (0.046%) ExpressionEngine
13 1 (0.046%) MTS
13 1 (0.046%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 42 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.50%) Chatbot
2 33 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (1.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 24 (1.09%) Adobe XD
5 21 (0.96%) Photoshop
6 19 (0.86%) Adobe Illustrator
7 18 (0.82%) InDesign
8 14 (0.64%) Sketch
9 11 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
9 11 (0.50%) UserZoom
10 9 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 9 (0.41%) MS Visio
11 6 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
12 4 (0.18%) Elementor
12 4 (0.18%) Trello
13 3 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
13 3 (0.14%) Productboard
13 3 (0.14%) Zeplin
14 2 (0.091%) InVision
Business Applications
1 23 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (0.96%) Shopify
3 15 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.68%) Workday HCM
4 14 (0.64%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.23%) Magento
6 4 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
7 3 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
7 3 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.14%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.14%) iTrent
7 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.14%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.091%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.091%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.091%) SAP GRC
8 2 (0.091%) Towers Watson Igloo
8 2 (0.091%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.046%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 390 (17.75%) Azure
2 283 (12.88%) Microsoft 365
3 179 (8.15%) Power Platform
4 172 (7.83%) Figma
5 160 (7.28%) AWS
6 158 (7.19%) SaaS
7 135 (6.14%) Entra ID
8 94 (4.28%) Azure DevOps
9 80 (3.64%) Power Automate
10 72 (3.28%) PowerApps
11 68 (3.10%) GCP
12 62 (2.82%) Microsoft Copilot
13 59 (2.69%) GitHub
14 55 (2.50%) Google Analytics
15 53 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
16 40 (1.82%) Serverless
17 37 (1.68%) Copilot Studio
17 37 (1.68%) OneDrive
18 35 (1.59%) Azure Logic Apps
19 29 (1.32%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.09%) DNS
2 41 (1.87%) DHCP
3 35 (1.59%) Firewall
4 23 (1.05%) Broadband
4 23 (1.05%) VPN
5 19 (0.86%) TCP/IP
6 17 (0.77%) Network Security
6 17 (0.77%) VoIP
7 12 (0.55%) Internet
7 12 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
8 11 (0.50%) CTI
8 11 (0.50%) Kerberos
8 11 (0.50%) LAN
8 11 (0.50%) WAN
9 8 (0.36%) Intranet
9 8 (0.36%) Wireless
10 6 (0.27%) SMS
10 6 (0.27%) VLAN
11 5 (0.23%) Skype
11 5 (0.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (4.05%) Power BI
2 61 (2.78%) SQL Server
3 43 (1.96%) Relational Database
4 33 (1.50%) MySQL
5 29 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
6 26 (1.18%) NoSQL
7 15 (0.68%) Metadata
8 14 (0.64%) Looker
9 12 (0.55%) MongoDB
10 11 (0.50%) BigQuery
11 10 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
12 9 (0.41%) GIS
12 9 (0.41%) Redis
13 8 (0.36%) Tableau
14 7 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
14 7 (0.32%) Power Query
15 5 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.23%) Star Schema
16 4 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
16 4 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 89 (4.05%) JIRA
2 84 (3.82%) Git
3 38 (1.73%) Claude Code
4 24 (1.09%) Jenkins
5 20 (0.91%) Cypress.io
6 17 (0.77%) fastlane
7 16 (0.73%) GitLab
8 14 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
8 14 (0.64%) Team Foundation Server
9 11 (0.50%) Selenium
10 9 (0.41%) Crashlytics
11 8 (0.36%) Axure RP
11 8 (0.36%) Balsamiq
11 8 (0.36%) Postman
12 7 (0.32%) Storybook
12 7 (0.32%) Xcode
13 5 (0.23%) Android Studio
13 5 (0.23%) Appium
13 5 (0.23%) Gradle
13 5 (0.23%) JUnit
General
1 814 (37.05%) Social Skills
2 401 (18.25%) Finance
3 374 (17.02%) Analytical Skills
4 249 (11.33%) Marketing
5 220 (10.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 205 (9.33%) Public Sector
7 130 (5.92%) Law
8 129 (5.87%) Retail
9 124 (5.64%) Presentation Skills
10 105 (4.78%) Organisational Skills
11 82 (3.73%) Legal
12 79 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
13 70 (3.19%) Banking
14 37 (1.68%) Advertising
15 31 (1.41%) Games
16 27 (1.23%) Publishing
17 22 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
17 22 (1.00%) Financial Institution
17 22 (1.00%) Manufacturing
18 21 (0.96%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 431 (19.62%) Senior
2 321 (14.61%) Designer
3 292 (13.29%) Developer
4 257 (11.70%) Analyst
5 243 (11.06%) Lead
6 225 (10.24%) UX Designer
7 106 (4.82%) Senior Analyst
8 104 (4.73%) ITSM Analyst
9 103 (4.69%) Software Engineer
10 101 (4.60%) Support Analyst
11 95 (4.32%) IT Support
12 87 (3.96%) UI Designer
13 85 (3.87%) Senior Developer
14 80 (3.64%) UI/UX Designer
15 70 (3.19%) Process Analyst
16 66 (3.00%) Architect
17 65 (2.96%) Senior Designer
18 64 (2.91%) IT Manager
19 57 (2.59%) Business Analyst
20 55 (2.50%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (8.65%) HTML
2 189 (8.60%) CSS
3 148 (6.74%) .NET
4 138 (6.28%) React
5 102 (4.64%) REST
6 74 (3.37%) Node.js
7 69 (3.14%) RESTful
8 51 (2.32%) Next.js
9 45 (2.05%) .NET Core
10 44 (2.00%) ASP.NET
11 41 (1.87%) JSON
12 36 (1.64%) Spring
13 34 (1.55%) AngularJS
13 34 (1.55%) Terraform
14 32 (1.46%) Spring Boot
15 31 (1.41%) jQuery
16 28 (1.27%) HTML5
17 27 (1.23%) CSS3
17 27 (1.23%) Playwright
18 24 (1.09%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 197 (8.97%) Product Ownership
2 99 (4.51%) Mobile App
3 84 (3.82%) Onboarding
4 74 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
5 65 (2.96%) Management Information System
6 64 (2.91%) Cloud Native
7 59 (2.69%) Social Media
8 57 (2.59%) Self-Motivation
9 37 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
10 33 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
11 31 (1.41%) Driving Licence
12 27 (1.23%) AI Agents
13 23 (1.05%) Algorithms
13 23 (1.05%) Graphic Design
14 21 (0.96%) Blog
15 20 (0.91%) Low-Code
16 19 (0.86%) Virtual Team
17 18 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
17 18 (0.82%) Taxonomies
18 16 (0.73%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 185 (8.42%) Windows
2 59 (2.69%) Apple iOS
3 50 (2.28%) Windows Server
4 47 (2.14%) Android
5 45 (2.05%) Windows 10
6 43 (1.96%) macOS
7 37 (1.68%) Linux
8 9 (0.41%) Unix
8 9 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.27%) Windows 7
10 3 (0.14%) AIX
10 3 (0.14%) Ubuntu
11 2 (0.091%) CentOS
12 1 (0.046%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 633 (28.81%) Continuous Improvement
2 545 (24.81%) UX Design
3 542 (24.67%) Agile
4 498 (22.67%) Problem-Solving
5 476 (21.67%) AI
6 342 (15.57%) Analytics
7 327 (14.88%) Decision-Making
8 321 (14.61%) Stakeholder Management
9 313 (14.25%) Roadmaps
10 280 (12.74%) Mentoring
11 268 (12.20%) ITIL
12 263 (11.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 252 (11.47%) Service Management
14 244 (11.11%) ITSM
15 210 (9.56%) DevOps
16 209 (9.51%) CI/CD
17 188 (8.56%) Service Design
18 181 (8.24%) Project Delivery
19 179 (8.15%) Software Engineering
20 178 (8.10%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 239 (10.88%) JavaScript
2 185 (8.42%) SQL
3 165 (7.51%) TypeScript
4 158 (7.19%) C#
5 138 (6.28%) Python
6 96 (4.37%) Java
7 77 (3.50%) PowerShell
8 29 (1.32%) PHP
9 24 (1.09%) VB.NET
10 23 (1.05%) Swift
11 20 (0.91%) Kotlin
12 18 (0.82%) C++
13 13 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 10 (0.46%) Bash
14 10 (0.46%) C
15 9 (0.41%) ABAP
15 9 (0.41%) VBScript
16 7 (0.32%) T-SQL
17 6 (0.27%) Go
17 6 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 305 (13.88%) Degree
2 163 (7.42%) Security Cleared
3 97 (4.42%) SC Cleared
4 48 (2.18%) Microsoft Certification
5 33 (1.50%) Postgraduate
6 32 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
7 29 (1.32%) DV Cleared
8 27 (1.23%) DBS Check
9 24 (1.09%) Master's Degree
10 21 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
11 20 (0.91%) A+ Certification
11 20 (0.91%) PhD
12 14 (0.64%) CISSP
13 13 (0.59%) PMI Certification
14 12 (0.55%) ICAEW
15 10 (0.46%) BPSS Clearance
16 8 (0.36%) Azure Certification
17 7 (0.32%) ISTQB
17 7 (0.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 7 (0.32%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 285 (12.97%) Accessibility
2 129 (5.87%) QA
3 89 (4.05%) WCAG
4 72 (3.28%) Data Quality
5 59 (2.69%) GDPR
6 35 (1.59%) SLA
7 18 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
8 15 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
9 12 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 10 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 6 (0.27%) GRC
12 5 (0.23%) PMO
12 5 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.18%) NEBOSH
13 4 (0.18%) PERC
13 4 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
14 3 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
15 2 (0.091%) GxP
15 2 (0.091%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.091%) PSD2
System Software
1 128 (5.83%) Active Directory
2 74 (3.37%) Docker
3 12 (0.55%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (0.50%) BitLocker
5 7 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.32%) vSphere
6 2 (0.091%) Firmware
6 2 (0.091%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.091%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.091%) UAG
6 2 (0.091%) Virtual Machines
7 1 (0.046%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.046%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 98 (4.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 48 (2.18%) Kubernetes
3 20 (0.91%) SCCM
4 17 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
5 11 (0.50%) Grafana
5 11 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.41%) Ansible
7 4 (0.18%) Packer
7 4 (0.18%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.091%) AirWatch
8 2 (0.091%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.046%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.046%) AppManager
9 1 (0.046%) Argo
9 1 (0.046%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.046%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.046%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 478 (21.76%) Microsoft
2 120 (5.46%) Adobe
2 120 (5.46%) Google
3 51 (2.32%) ServiceNow
4 46 (2.09%) Oracle
5 41 (1.87%) Salesforce
5 41 (1.87%) SAP
6 31 (1.41%) Cisco
7 29 (1.32%) OpenAI
8 24 (1.09%) Apple
9 22 (1.00%) Workday
10 20 (0.91%) Meraki
11 18 (0.82%) iManage
12 15 (0.68%) VMware
13 14 (0.64%) Dynatrace
14 13 (0.59%) Okta
15 11 (0.50%) Avaya
15 11 (0.50%) Genesys
16 9 (0.41%) Optimizely
16 9 (0.41%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud