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

3 months to
22 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 77 86
Rank change year-on-year -23 +9 -10
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,111 662 972
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.82% 3.00% 3.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 3.51% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 666 484 451
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,750 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -13.64%

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 45,116 18,865 27,798
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.83% 85.52% 87.02%
Number of salaries quoted 30,598 12,246 13,158
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,742 £34,750
25th Percentile £41,500 £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 22 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 22 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 -29 940 £57,500 +4.55% 2,657
UK excluding London -25 623 £50,000 -4.76% 1,305
London -15 384 £65,000 -7.14% 1,582
Work from Home -26 378 £57,500 - 1,135
North of England -10 185 £55,000 +16.40% 363
South West -4 104 £60,000 +20.00% 143
South East -59 104 £44,000 -20.00% 292
Midlands -27 94 £34,500 -36.41% 205
North West -31 91 £55,000 +10.00% 203
West Midlands -17 64 £35,313 -43.50% 141
Northern Ireland -26 63 £75,000 - 66
Yorkshire +3 59 £63,076 +80.22% 116
North East -17 35 £50,000 +61.29% 46
East of England -60 33 £45,000 -18.18% 104
East Midlands -45 30 £30,000 -18.37% 64
Scotland -14 23 £55,000 +29.41% 97
Wales -59 17 £38,500 -42.96% 39

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
1 142 (6.51%) SharePoint
2 90 (4.13%) CMS
3 66 (3.03%) Confluence
4 48 (2.20%) Microsoft Exchange
5 35 (1.60%) WordPress
6 13 (0.60%) IIS
7 10 (0.46%) Moodle
8 5 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.23%) Skype for Business
9 4 (0.18%) Apache
9 4 (0.18%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.092%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.092%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.092%) Drupal
11 2 (0.092%) nginx
11 2 (0.092%) SharePoint Server
11 2 (0.092%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.092%) Totara
12 1 (0.046%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 42 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (1.60%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (1.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 30 (1.38%) Chatbot
5 28 (1.28%) Adobe XD
6 22 (1.01%) Photoshop
7 20 (0.92%) Adobe Illustrator
8 19 (0.87%) InDesign
9 16 (0.73%) Sketch
10 15 (0.69%) UserZoom
11 11 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
12 9 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
13 8 (0.37%) 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 (0.092%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 22 (1.01%) Shopify
2 19 (0.87%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (0.78%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (0.64%) Workday HCM
5 11 (0.50%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.28%) 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
8 2 (0.092%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.092%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.092%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.092%) Towers Watson Igloo
8 2 (0.092%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.046%) Bloomberg TOMS
9 1 (0.046%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 388 (17.79%) Azure
2 284 (13.02%) Microsoft 365
3 186 (8.53%) Figma
4 179 (8.21%) Power Platform
5 170 (7.79%) AWS
6 151 (6.92%) SaaS
7 120 (5.50%) Entra ID
8 96 (4.40%) Azure DevOps
9 85 (3.90%) Power Automate
10 77 (3.53%) PowerApps
11 64 (2.93%) GCP
12 63 (2.89%) Google Analytics
13 57 (2.61%) Microsoft Copilot
14 55 (2.52%) GitHub
15 50 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
16 42 (1.93%) Azure Logic Apps
17 39 (1.79%) OneDrive
18 38 (1.74%) Serverless
19 35 (1.60%) Adobe Analytics
20 34 (1.56%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.02%) DNS
2 38 (1.74%) DHCP
3 34 (1.56%) Broadband
3 34 (1.56%) Firewall
4 22 (1.01%) VPN
5 20 (0.92%) TCP/IP
6 17 (0.78%) VoIP
7 15 (0.69%) Network Security
8 14 (0.64%) Internet
8 14 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (0.50%) CTI
10 9 (0.41%) Kerberos
11 8 (0.37%) HTTP
11 8 (0.37%) Wireless
12 7 (0.32%) Intranet
13 6 (0.28%) VLAN
14 5 (0.23%) SAN
14 5 (0.23%) Skype
14 5 (0.23%) SMS
14 5 (0.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (4.17%) Power BI
2 64 (2.93%) SQL Server
3 38 (1.74%) Relational Database
4 28 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (1.24%) MySQL
5 27 (1.24%) NoSQL
6 17 (0.78%) Azure SQL Database
7 16 (0.73%) Metadata
8 13 (0.60%) Looker
9 12 (0.55%) MongoDB
10 10 (0.46%) BigQuery
10 10 (0.46%) Tableau
11 9 (0.41%) Redis
12 8 (0.37%) GIS
13 7 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.28%) Power Query
15 5 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (0.23%) Star Schema
16 4 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 97 (4.45%) JIRA
2 86 (3.94%) Git
3 34 (1.56%) Claude Code
4 23 (1.05%) Jenkins
5 18 (0.83%) Cypress.io
6 15 (0.69%) fastlane
7 12 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
7 12 (0.55%) Selenium
7 12 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
8 10 (0.46%) Balsamiq
8 10 (0.46%) Crashlytics
9 8 (0.37%) Axure RP
9 8 (0.37%) GitLab
9 8 (0.37%) Postman
10 7 (0.32%) Storybook
10 7 (0.32%) Xcode
11 6 (0.28%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.28%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.23%) Android Studio
12 5 (0.23%) Gradle
General
1 779 (35.72%) Social Skills
2 400 (18.34%) Finance
3 336 (15.41%) Analytical Skills
4 264 (12.10%) Marketing
5 199 (9.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 195 (8.94%) Public Sector
7 136 (6.24%) Retail
8 132 (6.05%) Law
9 102 (4.68%) Organisational Skills
10 85 (3.90%) Legal
11 84 (3.85%) Presentation Skills
12 78 (3.58%) Influencing Skills
13 71 (3.26%) Banking
14 42 (1.93%) Games
15 32 (1.47%) Advertising
16 27 (1.24%) Documentation Skills
17 25 (1.15%) Manufacturing
17 25 (1.15%) Multimedia
18 24 (1.10%) Publishing
19 22 (1.01%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 419 (19.21%) Senior
2 342 (15.68%) Designer
3 300 (13.76%) Developer
4 243 (11.14%) UX Designer
5 242 (11.10%) Lead
6 214 (9.81%) Analyst
7 107 (4.91%) Software Engineer
8 96 (4.40%) IT Support
9 91 (4.17%) Senior Developer
10 87 (3.99%) UI Designer
11 80 (3.67%) Senior Designer
11 80 (3.67%) UI/UX Designer
12 73 (3.35%) Senior Analyst
13 71 (3.26%) Support Analyst
14 65 (2.98%) Architect
15 63 (2.89%) IT Manager
16 62 (2.84%) ITSM Analyst
16 62 (2.84%) Product Manager
16 62 (2.84%) Support Engineer
17 57 (2.61%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 209 (9.58%) HTML
2 208 (9.54%) CSS
3 154 (7.06%) .NET
4 146 (6.69%) React
5 97 (4.45%) REST
6 77 (3.53%) Node.js
7 69 (3.16%) RESTful
8 52 (2.38%) .NET Core
9 51 (2.34%) JSON
10 48 (2.20%) Next.js
11 45 (2.06%) ASP.NET
12 37 (1.70%) AngularJS
13 33 (1.51%) Spring
13 33 (1.51%) Terraform
14 32 (1.47%) jQuery
15 30 (1.38%) HTML5
16 29 (1.33%) CSS3
16 29 (1.33%) Spring Boot
17 26 (1.19%) Playwright
18 25 (1.15%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 199 (9.12%) Product Ownership
2 99 (4.54%) Mobile App
3 95 (4.36%) Onboarding
4 73 (3.35%) Enterprise Software
5 67 (3.07%) Social Media
6 64 (2.93%) Cloud Native
7 58 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
8 57 (2.61%) Management Information System
9 34 (1.56%) Analytical Mindset
10 31 (1.42%) Distributed Systems
11 30 (1.38%) Driving Licence
12 26 (1.19%) AI Agents
13 24 (1.10%) Algorithms
14 23 (1.05%) Graphic Design
15 21 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
16 19 (0.87%) Blog
17 18 (0.83%) e-Learning
18 17 (0.78%) Virtual Team
19 16 (0.73%) Learning Management System
19 16 (0.73%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 169 (7.75%) Windows
2 61 (2.80%) Apple iOS
3 49 (2.25%) Windows 10
4 44 (2.02%) Windows Server
5 42 (1.93%) Android
6 37 (1.70%) Linux
7 32 (1.47%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.37%) Unix
8 8 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.28%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.28%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.18%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.092%) AIX
11 2 (0.092%) CentOS
12 1 (0.046%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 599 (27.46%) Continuous Improvement
2 574 (26.32%) Agile
3 573 (26.27%) UX Design
4 490 (22.47%) Problem-Solving
5 457 (20.95%) AI
6 353 (16.19%) Analytics
7 334 (15.31%) Roadmaps
8 286 (13.11%) Mentoring
9 283 (12.98%) Stakeholder Management
10 265 (12.15%) Decision-Making
11 222 (10.18%) ITIL
12 217 (9.95%) DevOps
13 209 (9.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 202 (9.26%) CI/CD
15 194 (8.90%) Service Management
16 185 (8.48%) ITSM
17 182 (8.34%) Software Engineering
18 164 (7.52%) User Research
18 164 (7.52%) Workflow
19 159 (7.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 251 (11.51%) JavaScript
2 185 (8.48%) SQL
3 167 (7.66%) TypeScript
4 158 (7.24%) C#
5 133 (6.10%) Python
6 102 (4.68%) Java
7 78 (3.58%) PowerShell
8 27 (1.24%) PHP
9 22 (1.01%) Swift
9 22 (1.01%) VB.NET
10 18 (0.83%) C++
10 18 (0.83%) Kotlin
11 12 (0.55%) Bash
12 11 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 10 (0.46%) C
14 9 (0.41%) ABAP
14 9 (0.41%) VBScript
15 6 (0.28%) Go
15 6 (0.28%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.28%) VB
Qualifications
1 250 (11.46%) Degree
2 167 (7.66%) Security Cleared
3 98 (4.49%) SC Cleared
4 43 (1.97%) Microsoft Certification
5 35 (1.60%) DV Cleared
6 31 (1.42%) DBS Check
7 29 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (0.92%) Postgraduate
9 19 (0.87%) A+ Certification
10 15 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (0.55%) ICAEW
12 11 (0.50%) Master's Degree
13 10 (0.46%) PMI Certification
14 9 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (0.41%) CISSP
14 9 (0.41%) Network+ Certification
15 8 (0.37%) PhD
16 7 (0.32%) ISTQB
17 6 (0.28%) IIBA
18 5 (0.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 292 (13.39%) Accessibility
2 128 (5.87%) QA
3 97 (4.45%) WCAG
4 67 (3.07%) Data Quality
5 60 (2.75%) GDPR
6 41 (1.88%) SLA
7 20 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
8 15 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
9 12 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 10 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.23%) NEBOSH
11 5 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.18%) GRC
12 4 (0.18%) PERC
12 4 (0.18%) PMO
12 4 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 2 (0.092%) GxP
14 2 (0.092%) PSD2
System Software
1 121 (5.55%) Active Directory
2 62 (2.84%) Docker
3 11 (0.50%) BitLocker
4 10 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.23%) vSphere
7 4 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.092%) Firmware
8 2 (0.092%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.092%) UAG
8 2 (0.092%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.046%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 82 (3.76%) Microsoft Intune
2 43 (1.97%) Kubernetes
3 20 (0.92%) SCCM
4 13 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
5 10 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.37%) Ansible
7 5 (0.23%) Grafana
8 4 (0.18%) Packer
8 4 (0.18%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.092%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.092%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.046%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.046%) AppManager
10 1 (0.046%) Argo
10 1 (0.046%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.046%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.046%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 467 (21.41%) Microsoft
2 146 (6.69%) Adobe
3 107 (4.91%) Google
4 49 (2.25%) ServiceNow
5 46 (2.11%) Salesforce
6 41 (1.88%) Oracle
7 37 (1.70%) SAP
8 28 (1.28%) Apple
9 27 (1.24%) OpenAI
10 24 (1.10%) Cisco
11 19 (0.87%) iManage
11 19 (0.87%) Workday
12 17 (0.78%) VMware
13 14 (0.64%) Dynatrace
14 13 (0.60%) Meraki
15 12 (0.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 12 (0.55%) TikTok
16 11 (0.50%) Avaya
16 11 (0.50%) Okta
16 11 (0.50%) Pinterest