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

3 months to
6 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 80 84
Rank change year-on-year -13 +4 -8
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,183 695 1,088
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.84% 3.25% 3.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.50% 3.69% 3.73%
Number of salaries quoted 659 489 468
10th Percentile £31,950 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,875 £40,870 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -4.56%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £100,500 £94,125
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 47,309 18,822 29,178
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.64% 87.90% 87.98%
Number of salaries quoted 31,319 11,551 12,859
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,854 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% -11.67% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £53,862
% change year-on-year +22.22% -16.45% +2.59%

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 6 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 6 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 -24 964 £57,500 +4.55% 3,451
UK excluding London -13 689 £50,000 -4.76% 1,821
London -10 399 £70,000 - 1,938
Work from Home -24 385 £57,500 +4.55% 1,766
North of England -24 185 £55,000 +15.79% 475
Northern Ireland -7 114 £75,000 - 61
South East -59 111 £50,000 -4.76% 404
South West +7 109 £60,000 +20.00% 185
Midlands -37 93 £33,500 -36.19% 253
North West -36 87 £55,000 +4.76% 260
West Midlands -20 63 £34,500 -44.80% 155
Yorkshire -5 61 £63,076 +34.20% 147
North East -17 37 £50,000 +61.29% 68
East of England -67 37 £44,500 -19.09% 176
East Midlands -42 30 £30,000 -16.67% 98
Scotland -10 24 £55,000 +29.41% 187
Wales -52 16 £43,013 -32.53% 86

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
1 136 (6.17%) SharePoint
2 89 (4.04%) CMS
3 57 (2.59%) Confluence
4 51 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 41 (1.86%) WordPress
6 15 (0.68%) IIS
7 10 (0.45%) Moodle
8 6 (0.27%) Apache
9 5 (0.23%) Skype for Business
10 4 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
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%) Sitecore CMS
12 2 (0.091%) Totara
13 1 (0.045%) Drupal
13 1 (0.045%) MTS
13 1 (0.045%) Umbraco
Applications
1 42 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 30 (1.36%) Chatbot
4 25 (1.13%) Adobe XD
5 22 (1.00%) Photoshop
6 20 (0.91%) Adobe Illustrator
7 19 (0.86%) InDesign
8 14 (0.64%) Sketch
9 11 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
9 11 (0.50%) UserZoom
10 9 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 8 (0.36%) MS Visio
12 6 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
13 4 (0.18%) Trello
14 3 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
14 3 (0.14%) Productboard
14 3 (0.14%) Zeplin
15 2 (0.091%) Elementor
15 2 (0.091%) InVision
Business Applications
1 23 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 22 (1.00%) Shopify
3 17 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.68%) Workday HCM
5 11 (0.50%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.27%) Magento
7 3 (0.14%) 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 (0.045%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 386 (17.51%) Azure
2 283 (12.84%) Microsoft 365
3 177 (8.03%) Figma
4 176 (7.99%) Power Platform
5 159 (7.21%) AWS
6 152 (6.90%) SaaS
7 135 (6.13%) Entra ID
8 92 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
9 81 (3.68%) Power Automate
10 73 (3.31%) PowerApps
11 65 (2.95%) GCP
12 61 (2.77%) Google Analytics
13 59 (2.68%) GitHub
14 58 (2.63%) Microsoft Copilot
15 51 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
16 40 (1.81%) Serverless
17 38 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
18 35 (1.59%) OneDrive
19 34 (1.54%) Copilot Studio
20 28 (1.27%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 47 (2.13%) DNS
2 42 (1.91%) DHCP
3 35 (1.59%) Firewall
4 25 (1.13%) Broadband
5 23 (1.04%) VPN
6 21 (0.95%) TCP/IP
7 17 (0.77%) VoIP
8 16 (0.73%) 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%) VLAN
14 5 (0.23%) Skype
14 5 (0.23%) SMS
14 5 (0.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (3.95%) Power BI
2 62 (2.81%) SQL Server
3 42 (1.91%) Relational Database
4 30 (1.36%) MySQL
5 29 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
6 27 (1.23%) NoSQL
7 15 (0.68%) Looker
8 14 (0.64%) Metadata
9 13 (0.59%) MongoDB
10 12 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (0.45%) BigQuery
12 9 (0.41%) Redis
13 8 (0.36%) GIS
13 8 (0.36%) Tableau
14 7 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.27%) Power Query
16 5 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 5 (0.23%) Star Schema
17 4 (0.18%) QGIS
18 3 (0.14%) Flink
Development Applications
1 90 (4.08%) JIRA
2 81 (3.68%) Git
3 36 (1.63%) Claude Code
4 24 (1.09%) Jenkins
5 20 (0.91%) Cypress.io
6 16 (0.73%) fastlane
7 14 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
7 14 (0.64%) Team Foundation Server
8 13 (0.59%) GitLab
9 11 (0.50%) Selenium
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 5 (0.23%) Android Studio
14 5 (0.23%) Appium
14 5 (0.23%) Gradle
14 5 (0.23%) JUnit
General
1 820 (37.21%) Social Skills
2 394 (17.88%) Finance
3 374 (16.97%) Analytical Skills
4 254 (11.52%) Marketing
5 206 (9.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 199 (9.03%) Public Sector
7 133 (6.03%) Retail
8 131 (5.94%) Law
9 123 (5.58%) Presentation Skills
10 105 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
11 83 (3.77%) Legal
12 79 (3.58%) Influencing Skills
13 69 (3.13%) Banking
14 36 (1.63%) Advertising
15 33 (1.50%) Games
16 27 (1.23%) Publishing
17 25 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
18 24 (1.09%) Manufacturing
18 24 (1.09%) Multimedia
19 22 (1.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 437 (19.83%) Senior
2 329 (14.93%) Designer
3 291 (13.20%) Developer
4 254 (11.52%) Analyst
5 244 (11.07%) Lead
6 233 (10.57%) UX Designer
7 104 (4.72%) ITSM Analyst
7 104 (4.72%) Senior Analyst
7 104 (4.72%) Software Engineer
8 99 (4.49%) Support Analyst
9 96 (4.36%) IT Support
10 88 (3.99%) UI Designer
11 86 (3.90%) Senior Developer
12 81 (3.68%) UI/UX Designer
13 71 (3.22%) Senior Designer
14 70 (3.18%) Process Analyst
15 65 (2.95%) Architect
16 63 (2.86%) IT Manager
17 61 (2.77%) Support Engineer
18 56 (2.54%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (8.85%) HTML
2 194 (8.80%) CSS
3 148 (6.72%) .NET
4 139 (6.31%) React
5 98 (4.45%) REST
6 75 (3.40%) Node.js
7 68 (3.09%) RESTful
8 48 (2.18%) Next.js
9 47 (2.13%) .NET Core
10 44 (2.00%) ASP.NET
10 44 (2.00%) JSON
11 35 (1.59%) Spring
12 34 (1.54%) AngularJS
13 33 (1.50%) Terraform
14 31 (1.41%) jQuery
14 31 (1.41%) Spring Boot
15 28 (1.27%) HTML5
16 27 (1.23%) CSS3
17 26 (1.18%) Playwright
18 24 (1.09%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 196 (8.89%) Product Ownership
2 100 (4.54%) Mobile App
3 88 (3.99%) Onboarding
4 72 (3.27%) Enterprise Software
5 63 (2.86%) Cloud Native
6 62 (2.81%) Social Media
7 61 (2.77%) Management Information System
8 60 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
9 35 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
10 33 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
11 31 (1.41%) Driving Licence
12 28 (1.27%) AI Agents
13 23 (1.04%) Algorithms
13 23 (1.04%) Graphic Design
14 20 (0.91%) Blog
15 19 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
15 19 (0.86%) Low-Code
16 18 (0.82%) Virtual Team
17 16 (0.73%) Learning Management System
17 16 (0.73%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 186 (8.44%) Windows
2 60 (2.72%) Apple iOS
3 50 (2.27%) Windows 10
4 47 (2.13%) Windows Server
5 46 (2.09%) Android
6 41 (1.86%) Mac OS
7 37 (1.68%) Linux
8 9 (0.41%) Unix
9 8 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.27%) Windows 7
11 4 (0.18%) Mac OS X
11 4 (0.18%) Ubuntu
12 3 (0.14%) AIX
13 2 (0.091%) CentOS
14 1 (0.045%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 641 (29.08%) Continuous Improvement
2 560 (25.41%) UX Design
3 550 (24.95%) Agile
4 497 (22.55%) Problem-Solving
5 465 (21.10%) AI
6 344 (15.61%) Analytics
7 319 (14.47%) Decision-Making
8 314 (14.25%) Roadmaps
9 308 (13.97%) Stakeholder Management
10 279 (12.66%) Mentoring
11 268 (12.16%) ITIL
12 262 (11.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 247 (11.21%) Service Management
14 234 (10.62%) ITSM
15 209 (9.48%) DevOps
16 205 (9.30%) CI/CD
17 190 (8.62%) Service Design
18 178 (8.08%) Software Engineering
19 176 (7.99%) Change Management
19 176 (7.99%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 240 (10.89%) JavaScript
2 184 (8.35%) SQL
3 164 (7.44%) TypeScript
4 159 (7.21%) C#
5 134 (6.08%) Python
6 97 (4.40%) Java
7 78 (3.54%) PowerShell
8 28 (1.27%) PHP
9 24 (1.09%) VB.NET
10 23 (1.04%) Swift
11 19 (0.86%) Kotlin
12 18 (0.82%) C++
13 11 (0.50%) Bash
13 11 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 10 (0.45%) C
15 9 (0.41%) ABAP
15 9 (0.41%) VBScript
16 6 (0.27%) Go
16 6 (0.27%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 295 (13.38%) Degree
2 164 (7.44%) Security Cleared
3 97 (4.40%) SC Cleared
4 46 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 33 (1.50%) DV Cleared
6 30 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (1.23%) DBS Check
8 26 (1.18%) Postgraduate
9 20 (0.91%) A+ Certification
9 20 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
10 17 (0.77%) Master's Degree
11 14 (0.64%) PhD
12 12 (0.54%) CISSP
12 12 (0.54%) ICAEW
13 11 (0.50%) PMI Certification
14 9 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
15 8 (0.36%) Network+ Certification
16 7 (0.32%) ISTQB
17 6 (0.27%) IIBA
17 6 (0.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 286 (12.98%) Accessibility
2 126 (5.72%) QA
3 92 (4.17%) WCAG
4 71 (3.22%) Data Quality
5 60 (2.72%) GDPR
6 37 (1.68%) SLA
7 18 (0.82%) 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%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.18%) PERC
12 4 (0.18%) PMO
12 4 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 2 (0.091%) GxP
14 2 (0.091%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.091%) PSD2
System Software
1 126 (5.72%) Active Directory
2 67 (3.04%) Docker
3 12 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (0.50%) BitLocker
5 8 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (0.32%) vSphere
7 2 (0.091%) Firmware
7 2 (0.091%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.091%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.091%) UAG
7 2 (0.091%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.091%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.045%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 98 (4.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (2.04%) Kubernetes
3 21 (0.95%) SCCM
4 15 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
5 10 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.41%) Ansible
6 9 (0.41%) Grafana
7 4 (0.18%) Packer
7 4 (0.18%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.091%) AirWatch
8 2 (0.091%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.045%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.045%) AppManager
9 1 (0.045%) Argo
9 1 (0.045%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.045%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.045%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 479 (21.73%) Microsoft
2 131 (5.94%) Adobe
3 120 (5.44%) Google
4 48 (2.18%) ServiceNow
5 44 (2.00%) Oracle
6 40 (1.81%) Salesforce
6 40 (1.81%) SAP
7 29 (1.32%) Cisco
7 29 (1.32%) OpenAI
8 26 (1.18%) Apple
9 22 (1.00%) Workday
10 19 (0.86%) iManage
11 18 (0.82%) Meraki
12 17 (0.77%) VMware
13 14 (0.64%) Dynatrace
14 13 (0.59%) Okta
15 11 (0.50%) Avaya
15 11 (0.50%) Genesys
16 10 (0.45%) TikTok
17 9 (0.41%) Pinterest