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 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 63 81
Rank change year-on-year +46 +18 -22
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 2,424 1,270 819
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 8.17% 4.31% 3.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.75% 4.70% 3.82%
Number of salaries quoted 531 560 670
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% -11.30%

All Process and 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 24,857 27,035 21,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.76% 91.79% 93.40%
Number of salaries quoted 14,720 13,031 16,701
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%

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 29 November 2025.

Salary histogram for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Top 18 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 29 November 2025. 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 +47 2,291 £55,000 -8.33% 728
UK excluding London +52 1,744 £52,500 +5.00% 650
North of England +48 744 £55,000 - 125
North West +46 636 £57,500 +4.55% 67
London +28 582 £70,000 -9.68% 300
South East +36 492 £52,500 +5.00% 304
Work from Home -25 318 £55,000 -18.22% 354
East of England +48 274 £55,000 +10.00% 34
Midlands +52 117 £40,000 +14.29% 103
Yorkshire +37 97 £51,000 +13.33% 40
East Midlands +26 71 £31,000 -11.43% 28
South West +8 59 £55,000 +10.00% 61
West Midlands +34 46 £42,039 -15.92% 75
Wales +14 30 £51,250 +86.36% 7
Scotland -40 21 £51,000 -5.56% 19
Northern Ireland -6 11 £95,000 - 1
North East -12 11 £50,000 +17.65% 19
Channel Islands +2 7 £90,000 +260.00%

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 88 (2.80%) CMS
2 60 (1.91%) SharePoint
3 59 (1.87%) Confluence
4 50 (1.59%) WordPress
5 24 (0.76%) Drupal
6 14 (0.44%) Microsoft Exchange
7 13 (0.41%) Umbraco
8 11 (0.35%) Headless CMS
9 4 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.13%) Apache
9 4 (0.13%) Appian
9 4 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.095%) Joomla!
10 3 (0.095%) nginx
10 3 (0.095%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.064%) CICS
11 2 (0.064%) EPiServer
11 2 (0.064%) IIS
12 1 (0.032%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.032%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 63 (2.00%) Adobe XD
2 46 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
3 44 (1.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 36 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
5 35 (1.11%) Sketch
6 34 (1.08%) Photoshop
7 26 (0.83%) Adobe Illustrator
8 24 (0.76%) MS Visio
9 21 (0.67%) InDesign
9 21 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 6 (0.19%) Chatbot
11 5 (0.16%) InVision
11 5 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
12 4 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
12 4 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
12 4 (0.13%) Elementor
13 3 (0.095%) Adobe Captivate
13 3 (0.095%) AutoCAD
14 2 (0.064%) Microsoft Project
14 2 (0.064%) Trello
Business Applications
1 41 (1.30%) Shopify
2 29 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 25 (0.79%) SAP S/4HANA
4 5 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
4 5 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
4 5 (0.16%) Workday HCM
5 4 (0.13%) Magento
5 4 (0.13%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.13%) SAP BPC
6 3 (0.095%) Infor SunSystems
6 3 (0.095%) Salesforce CRM
6 3 (0.095%) SAP Business One
7 2 (0.064%) Adobe Campaign
7 2 (0.064%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 2 (0.064%) OpenCart
7 2 (0.064%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.064%) Sage X3
8 1 (0.032%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.032%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.032%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 1,599 (50.79%) Cloud Computing
2 305 (9.69%) Azure
3 235 (7.47%) AWS
4 184 (5.84%) Figma
5 143 (4.54%) Microsoft 365
6 100 (3.18%) Google Analytics
7 99 (3.14%) SaaS
8 81 (2.57%) Power Platform
9 75 (2.38%) GCP
10 71 (2.26%) Azure DevOps
11 62 (1.97%) GitHub
12 60 (1.91%) Serverless
13 41 (1.30%) Entra ID
14 37 (1.18%) PowerApps
15 34 (1.08%) AWS Lambda
16 33 (1.05%) Miro
17 30 (0.95%) Azure Logic Apps
18 29 (0.92%) Power Automate
19 24 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
20 23 (0.73%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 1,603 (50.92%) Internet
2 19 (0.60%) DNS
2 19 (0.60%) Firewall
3 15 (0.48%) TCP/IP
4 14 (0.44%) DHCP
5 12 (0.38%) HTTP
6 11 (0.35%) VLAN
7 8 (0.25%) Intranet
8 7 (0.22%) VPN
9 6 (0.19%) LAN
10 5 (0.16%) Broadband
10 5 (0.16%) WAN
11 4 (0.13%) Bluetooth
11 4 (0.13%) Intrusion Detection
11 4 (0.13%) Modbus
11 4 (0.13%) Network Security
11 4 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
11 4 (0.13%) Wireshark
11 4 (0.13%) ZigBee
12 3 (0.095%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (1.94%) SQL Server
2 53 (1.68%) Power BI
3 46 (1.46%) MySQL
4 45 (1.43%) NoSQL
5 39 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
6 30 (0.95%) Relational Database
7 21 (0.67%) MongoDB
8 14 (0.44%) DynamoDB
8 14 (0.44%) Looker
9 12 (0.38%) Tableau
10 11 (0.35%) Metadata
11 9 (0.29%) DB2
11 9 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
12 8 (0.25%) BigQuery
13 7 (0.22%) Amazon Aurora
13 7 (0.22%) Redis
14 6 (0.19%) MariaDB
15 5 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 4 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
16 4 (0.13%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 131 (4.16%) Git
2 123 (3.91%) JIRA
3 33 (1.05%) Axure RP
4 31 (0.98%) Cypress.io
5 30 (0.95%) webpack
6 29 (0.92%) Jenkins
7 27 (0.86%) Balsamiq
8 17 (0.54%) Vite
9 16 (0.51%) Bitbucket
9 16 (0.51%) Storybook
10 14 (0.44%) NeoLoad
11 13 (0.41%) Selenium
12 12 (0.38%) eCATT
12 12 (0.38%) GitLab
12 12 (0.38%) TeamCity
13 11 (0.35%) Babel
14 10 (0.32%) gulp
14 10 (0.32%) Postman
15 8 (0.25%) Cucumber
15 8 (0.25%) JUnit
General
1 2,186 (69.44%) Social Skills
2 1,718 (54.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,679 (53.34%) Banking
4 325 (10.32%) Finance
5 289 (9.18%) Marketing
6 203 (6.45%) Analytical Skills
7 187 (5.94%) Law
8 108 (3.43%) Legal
9 99 (3.14%) Public Sector
10 88 (2.80%) Retail
11 52 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
12 48 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
13 47 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
14 46 (1.46%) Manufacturing
15 36 (1.14%) Telecoms
16 24 (0.76%) Advertising
17 18 (0.57%) Electronics
18 15 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
18 15 (0.48%) Publishing
19 13 (0.41%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,292 (41.04%) Lecturer
2 347 (11.02%) Developer
3 287 (9.12%) Senior
4 151 (4.80%) Designer
5 149 (4.73%) Analyst
6 143 (4.54%) Lead
7 112 (3.56%) Senior Developer
8 100 (3.18%) Full-Stack Developer
9 69 (2.19%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 65 (2.06%) Product Manager
11 64 (2.03%) Software Engineer
12 61 (1.94%) IT Support
13 60 (1.91%) UX Designer
14 54 (1.72%) Business Analyst
15 47 (1.49%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 43 (1.37%) Senior Manager
17 42 (1.33%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
18 37 (1.18%) Architect
19 36 (1.14%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
20 35 (1.11%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 319 (10.13%) React
2 299 (9.50%) HTML
3 282 (8.96%) CSS
4 154 (4.89%) .NET
5 123 (3.91%) Node.js
6 114 (3.62%) RESTful
7 73 (2.32%) REST
8 71 (2.26%) AngularJS
9 70 (2.22%) HTML5
10 66 (2.10%) Next.js
11 57 (1.81%) Vue
12 50 (1.59%) CSS3
13 45 (1.43%) Jest
13 45 (1.43%) Spring
14 40 (1.27%) Spring Boot
15 38 (1.21%) .NET Framework
15 38 (1.21%) ASP.NET
16 37 (1.18%) GraphQL
17 31 (0.98%) Tailwind CSS
18 29 (0.92%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1,609 (51.11%) IoT
2 128 (4.07%) Product Ownership
3 96 (3.05%) Onboarding
4 70 (2.22%) Cloud Native
5 69 (2.19%) Self-Motivation
6 60 (1.91%) Mobile App
7 51 (1.62%) Social Media
8 46 (1.46%) Management Information System
9 34 (1.08%) Analytical Mindset
10 33 (1.05%) AI Agents
11 29 (0.92%) Driving Licence
12 25 (0.79%) e-Learning
13 22 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
14 21 (0.67%) Data Structures
14 21 (0.67%) Graphic Design
15 18 (0.57%) Algorithms
15 18 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
16 15 (0.48%) Animation
16 15 (0.48%) Blog
16 15 (0.48%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 70 (2.22%) Windows
2 69 (2.19%) Apple iOS
3 56 (1.78%) Android
4 41 (1.30%) Windows 10
5 24 (0.76%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.51%) Linux
7 7 (0.22%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.19%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.16%) Unix
9 5 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.13%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.095%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.064%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,870 (59.40%) AI
2 1,692 (53.75%) Machine Learning
3 1,674 (53.18%) Web Development
4 1,663 (52.83%) Cybersecurity
5 629 (19.98%) Agile
6 434 (13.79%) UX Design
7 396 (12.58%) Problem-Solving
8 335 (10.64%) Continuous Improvement
9 308 (9.78%) Analytics
10 237 (7.53%) Roadmaps
11 227 (7.21%) DevOps
12 222 (7.05%) CI/CD
13 210 (6.67%) Full-Stack Development
14 165 (5.24%) Mentoring
15 158 (5.02%) User Research
16 157 (4.99%) Front End Development
17 153 (4.86%) Stakeholder Management
18 151 (4.80%) E-Commerce
19 150 (4.76%) Prototyping
20 149 (4.73%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 347 (11.02%) JavaScript
2 205 (6.51%) TypeScript
3 153 (4.86%) SQL
4 134 (4.26%) C#
5 132 (4.19%) Python
6 130 (4.13%) Java
7 54 (1.72%) PowerShell
8 33 (1.05%) PHP
9 17 (0.54%) Bash
10 16 (0.51%) Go
10 16 (0.51%) Swift
11 15 (0.48%) Kotlin
12 13 (0.41%) Bicep
12 13 (0.41%) C++
13 10 (0.32%) VBScript
14 8 (0.25%) R
14 8 (0.25%) Ruby
14 8 (0.25%) Rust
15 7 (0.22%) XAML
16 5 (0.16%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,840 (58.45%) Degree
2 1,628 (51.72%) Master's Degree
3 1,601 (50.86%) PhD
3 1,601 (50.86%) Postgraduate
4 140 (4.45%) Security Cleared
5 102 (3.24%) SC Cleared
6 59 (1.87%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (0.76%) DV Cleared
9 23 (0.73%) DBS Check
10 19 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 17 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (0.41%) AWS Certification
13 12 (0.38%) MCSA
14 8 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (0.22%) Azure Certification
15 7 (0.22%) SAP Certification
16 6 (0.19%) A+ Certification
16 6 (0.19%) AWS Certified Developer
16 6 (0.19%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 324 (10.29%) Accessibility
2 124 (3.94%) QA
3 76 (2.41%) WCAG
4 47 (1.49%) GDPR
5 25 (0.79%) SLA
6 17 (0.54%) Data Quality
7 11 (0.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 19770
9 9 (0.29%) PERC
10 8 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 7 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
12 5 (0.16%) 21 CFR Part 11
12 5 (0.16%) GxP
12 5 (0.16%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.095%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.095%) Section 508
14 2 (0.064%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.064%) HL7
14 2 (0.064%) NIST
System Software
1 84 (2.67%) Docker
2 77 (2.45%) Active Directory
3 20 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.16%) Firmware
6 4 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (0.095%) vSphere
8 2 (0.064%) RACF
8 2 (0.064%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.064%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.032%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.032%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.032%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 84 (2.67%) Kubernetes
2 47 (1.49%) Microsoft Intune
3 44 (1.40%) Terraform
4 12 (0.38%) HP ALM
5 7 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.19%) Grafana
7 5 (0.16%) SCCM
8 4 (0.13%) Ansible
8 4 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
8 4 (0.13%) Nessus
8 4 (0.13%) Nmap
9 2 (0.064%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 2 (0.064%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.064%) SmoothWall
9 2 (0.064%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.064%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.032%) AppManager
10 1 (0.032%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.032%) BMC PATROL
10 1 (0.032%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 241 (7.66%) Microsoft
2 150 (4.76%) Google
3 143 (4.54%) Adobe
4 57 (1.81%) SAP
5 41 (1.30%) ServiceNow
6 40 (1.27%) Salesforce
7 32 (1.02%) Oracle
8 26 (0.83%) Cisco
9 25 (0.79%) HubSpot
10 23 (0.73%) Apple
11 21 (0.67%) Hotjar
11 21 (0.67%) Qualtrics
12 16 (0.51%) Atlassian
13 15 (0.48%) Foundry
13 15 (0.48%) HP
13 15 (0.48%) Screaming Frog
14 10 (0.32%) Ahrefs
14 10 (0.32%) Citrix
14 10 (0.32%) Splunk
15 9 (0.29%) Sitecore