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

3 months to
27 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 82 89
Rank change year-on-year -18 +7 -13
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,142 686 1,023
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.83% 3.04% 3.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.48% 3.54% 3.48%
Number of salaries quoted 658 490 453
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,188 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -3.51% -5.79%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £100,000 £94,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -6.10%

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 46,037 19,386 29,412
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.75% 85.95% 87.52%
Number of salaries quoted 30,969 12,396 13,234
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £34,934
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,654 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.78% -8.91% -
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 £53,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -11.21% +1.90%

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 27 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 27 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 -26 949 £57,500 +4.55% 2,731
UK excluding London -16 655 £50,000 -4.76% 1,333
London -13 387 £65,000 -7.14% 1,628
Work from Home -25 383 £57,500 +3.14% 1,215
North of England -23 184 £57,500 +21.05% 367
South West +13 106 £60,000 +20.00% 150
South East -69 105 £47,500 -12.84% 299
Midlands -29 98 £34,500 -34.29% 206
North West -28 90 £55,000 +4.76% 215
Northern Ireland -20 87 £75,000 - 72
West Midlands -13 68 £35,000 -44.00% 139
Yorkshire -1 57 £63,076 +80.22% 110
North East -16 37 £50,000 +61.29% 45
East of England -58 35 £45,000 -18.18% 110
East Midlands -38 30 £30,000 -16.67% 67
Scotland -15 23 £55,000 +29.41% 98
Wales -58 17 £38,500 -42.96% 36

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
1 141 (6.36%) SharePoint
2 91 (4.10%) CMS
3 61 (2.75%) Confluence
4 50 (2.26%) Microsoft Exchange
5 38 (1.71%) WordPress
6 14 (0.63%) IIS
7 10 (0.45%) Moodle
8 7 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
9 6 (0.27%) Apache
10 5 (0.23%) Skype for Business
11 4 (0.18%) Headless CMS
12 3 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.090%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.090%) Apache Spark
13 2 (0.090%) Drupal
13 2 (0.090%) nginx
13 2 (0.090%) SharePoint Server
13 2 (0.090%) Totara
14 1 (0.045%) MTS
Applications
1 44 (1.98%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (1.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 30 (1.35%) Chatbot
5 27 (1.22%) Adobe XD
6 22 (0.99%) Photoshop
7 20 (0.90%) Adobe Illustrator
8 19 (0.86%) InDesign
9 15 (0.68%) Sketch
9 15 (0.68%) UserZoom
10 11 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
11 9 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 8 (0.36%) MS Visio
13 6 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
14 3 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
14 3 (0.14%) Productboard
14 3 (0.14%) Trello
14 3 (0.14%) Zeplin
15 2 (0.090%) Camtasia
15 2 (0.090%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 22 (0.99%) Shopify
2 21 (0.95%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.68%) Workday HCM
5 11 (0.50%) NetSuite
6 7 (0.32%) 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 (0.090%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.090%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.090%) SAP GRC
8 2 (0.090%) Towers Watson Igloo
8 2 (0.090%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.045%) Bloomberg TOMS
Cloud Services
1 392 (17.68%) Azure
2 284 (12.81%) Microsoft 365
3 181 (8.16%) Power Platform
4 180 (8.12%) Figma
5 170 (7.67%) AWS
6 150 (6.77%) SaaS
7 128 (5.77%) Entra ID
8 96 (4.33%) Azure DevOps
9 84 (3.79%) Power Automate
10 76 (3.43%) PowerApps
11 67 (3.02%) GCP
12 64 (2.89%) Google Analytics
13 58 (2.62%) GitHub
14 56 (2.53%) Microsoft Copilot
15 50 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
16 41 (1.85%) Azure Logic Apps
17 40 (1.80%) Serverless
18 37 (1.67%) OneDrive
19 34 (1.53%) Copilot Studio
20 31 (1.40%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.07%) DNS
2 40 (1.80%) DHCP
3 36 (1.62%) Firewall
4 29 (1.31%) Broadband
5 23 (1.04%) VPN
6 21 (0.95%) TCP/IP
7 17 (0.77%) VoIP
8 16 (0.72%) Network Security
9 14 (0.63%) Internet
9 14 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (0.50%) CTI
11 10 (0.45%) Kerberos
12 8 (0.36%) Intranet
12 8 (0.36%) Wireless
13 7 (0.32%) HTTP
14 6 (0.27%) VLAN
15 5 (0.23%) Skype
15 5 (0.23%) SMS
15 5 (0.23%) Unified Communications
16 4 (0.18%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (4.10%) Power BI
2 64 (2.89%) SQL Server
3 40 (1.80%) Relational Database
4 29 (1.31%) MySQL
4 29 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (1.22%) NoSQL
6 16 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
6 16 (0.72%) Looker
6 16 (0.72%) Metadata
7 13 (0.59%) MongoDB
8 12 (0.54%) BigQuery
9 10 (0.45%) Tableau
10 9 (0.41%) Redis
11 8 (0.36%) GIS
12 7 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.27%) Power Query
14 5 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (0.23%) Star Schema
15 4 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 97 (4.38%) JIRA
2 85 (3.83%) Git
3 36 (1.62%) Claude Code
4 24 (1.08%) Jenkins
5 19 (0.86%) Cypress.io
6 15 (0.68%) fastlane
7 13 (0.59%) Oracle Forms
7 13 (0.59%) Team Foundation Server
8 12 (0.54%) Selenium
9 11 (0.50%) GitLab
10 10 (0.45%) Balsamiq
10 10 (0.45%) Crashlytics
11 8 (0.36%) Axure RP
11 8 (0.36%) Postman
12 7 (0.32%) Storybook
12 7 (0.32%) Xcode
13 6 (0.27%) Bitbucket
14 5 (0.23%) Appium
14 5 (0.23%) Cucumber
14 5 (0.23%) Gradle
General
1 814 (36.72%) Social Skills
2 399 (18.00%) Finance
3 364 (16.42%) Analytical Skills
4 271 (12.22%) Marketing
5 200 (9.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 197 (8.89%) Public Sector
7 135 (6.09%) Retail
8 133 (6.00%) Law
9 106 (4.78%) Organisational Skills
9 106 (4.78%) Presentation Skills
10 84 (3.79%) Legal
11 80 (3.61%) Influencing Skills
12 70 (3.16%) Banking
13 37 (1.67%) Games
14 35 (1.58%) Advertising
15 27 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
15 27 (1.22%) Publishing
16 26 (1.17%) Manufacturing
17 25 (1.13%) Multimedia
18 22 (0.99%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 433 (19.53%) Senior
2 333 (15.02%) Designer
3 302 (13.62%) Developer
4 247 (11.14%) Lead
5 240 (10.83%) Analyst
6 238 (10.74%) UX Designer
7 107 (4.83%) Software Engineer
8 94 (4.24%) IT Support
9 92 (4.15%) Senior Analyst
9 92 (4.15%) Senior Developer
10 88 (3.97%) UI Designer
11 85 (3.83%) ITSM Analyst
11 85 (3.83%) Support Analyst
12 81 (3.65%) UI/UX Designer
13 75 (3.38%) Senior Designer
14 67 (3.02%) Architect
15 63 (2.84%) IT Manager
16 61 (2.75%) Support Engineer
17 60 (2.71%) Product Manager
18 58 (2.62%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (9.34%) HTML
2 205 (9.25%) CSS
3 154 (6.95%) .NET
4 147 (6.63%) React
5 99 (4.47%) REST
6 78 (3.52%) Node.js
7 71 (3.20%) RESTful
8 50 (2.26%) .NET Core
8 50 (2.26%) JSON
9 49 (2.21%) Next.js
10 45 (2.03%) ASP.NET
11 37 (1.67%) AngularJS
12 35 (1.58%) Spring
12 35 (1.58%) Terraform
13 32 (1.44%) jQuery
14 31 (1.40%) Spring Boot
15 30 (1.35%) HTML5
16 29 (1.31%) CSS3
17 27 (1.22%) Playwright
18 25 (1.13%) LESS
Miscellaneous
1 199 (8.98%) Product Ownership
2 101 (4.56%) Mobile App
3 94 (4.24%) Onboarding
4 73 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
5 69 (3.11%) Social Media
6 65 (2.93%) Cloud Native
7 60 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
8 59 (2.66%) Management Information System
9 34 (1.53%) Analytical Mindset
10 33 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
11 31 (1.40%) Driving Licence
12 26 (1.17%) AI Agents
13 23 (1.04%) Algorithms
13 23 (1.04%) Graphic Design
14 22 (0.99%) Legacy Systems
15 20 (0.90%) Blog
16 18 (0.81%) e-Learning
16 18 (0.81%) Virtual Team
17 17 (0.77%) Low-Code
18 16 (0.72%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 178 (8.03%) Windows
2 59 (2.66%) Apple iOS
3 49 (2.21%) Windows 10
4 46 (2.07%) Windows Server
5 44 (1.98%) Android
6 35 (1.58%) Linux
6 35 (1.58%) Mac OS
7 8 (0.36%) Unix
7 8 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
8 6 (0.27%) Windows 7
9 5 (0.23%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.18%) Mac OS X
11 3 (0.14%) AIX
12 2 (0.090%) CentOS
13 1 (0.045%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 626 (28.24%) Continuous Improvement
2 567 (25.58%) Agile
3 565 (25.48%) UX Design
4 503 (22.69%) Problem-Solving
5 463 (20.88%) AI
6 352 (15.88%) Analytics
7 326 (14.70%) Roadmaps
8 297 (13.40%) Stakeholder Management
9 289 (13.04%) Decision-Making
10 282 (12.72%) Mentoring
11 242 (10.92%) ITIL
12 237 (10.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 217 (9.79%) Service Management
14 216 (9.74%) DevOps
15 206 (9.29%) ITSM
16 205 (9.25%) CI/CD
17 186 (8.39%) Software Engineering
18 170 (7.67%) Service Design
19 166 (7.49%) User Research
20 164 (7.40%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 250 (11.28%) JavaScript
2 192 (8.66%) SQL
3 169 (7.62%) TypeScript
4 161 (7.26%) C#
5 136 (6.13%) Python
6 103 (4.65%) Java
7 80 (3.61%) PowerShell
8 27 (1.22%) PHP
9 23 (1.04%) VB.NET
10 22 (0.99%) Swift
11 18 (0.81%) C++
11 18 (0.81%) Kotlin
12 11 (0.50%) Bash
12 11 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 10 (0.45%) C
14 9 (0.41%) ABAP
14 9 (0.41%) VBScript
15 6 (0.27%) Go
15 6 (0.27%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 269 (12.13%) Degree
2 166 (7.49%) Security Cleared
3 98 (4.42%) SC Cleared
4 44 (1.98%) Microsoft Certification
5 34 (1.53%) DV Cleared
6 31 (1.40%) DBS Check
7 30 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (0.90%) Postgraduate
9 19 (0.86%) A+ Certification
10 16 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (0.54%) ICAEW
12 11 (0.50%) Master's Degree
12 11 (0.50%) PMI Certification
13 10 (0.45%) BPSS Clearance
13 10 (0.45%) CISSP
14 9 (0.41%) Network+ Certification
15 8 (0.36%) PhD
16 7 (0.32%) ISTQB
17 6 (0.27%) IIBA
18 5 (0.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 292 (13.17%) Accessibility
2 132 (5.95%) QA
3 92 (4.15%) WCAG
4 69 (3.11%) Data Quality
5 62 (2.80%) GDPR
6 40 (1.80%) SLA
7 20 (0.90%) 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%) PMO
11 5 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.18%) PERC
12 4 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 2 (0.090%) GxP
14 2 (0.090%) PSD2
System Software
1 122 (5.50%) Active Directory
2 66 (2.98%) Docker
3 11 (0.50%) BitLocker
3 11 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.23%) vSphere
6 3 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.090%) Firmware
7 2 (0.090%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.090%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.090%) UAG
7 2 (0.090%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.045%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 89 (4.01%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (2.03%) Kubernetes
3 20 (0.90%) SCCM
4 13 (0.59%) Jamf Pro
5 10 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.36%) Ansible
7 7 (0.32%) Grafana
8 4 (0.18%) Packer
8 4 (0.18%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.090%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.090%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.045%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.045%) AppManager
10 1 (0.045%) Argo
10 1 (0.045%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.045%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.045%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 479 (21.61%) Microsoft
2 141 (6.36%) Adobe
3 116 (5.23%) Google
4 48 (2.17%) ServiceNow
5 44 (1.98%) Oracle
6 43 (1.94%) Salesforce
7 39 (1.76%) SAP
8 27 (1.22%) Apple
8 27 (1.22%) OpenAI
9 25 (1.13%) Cisco
10 20 (0.90%) Workday
11 19 (0.86%) iManage
12 16 (0.72%) VMware
13 14 (0.63%) Dynatrace
13 14 (0.63%) Meraki
14 12 (0.54%) Okta
14 12 (0.54%) TikTok
15 11 (0.50%) Avaya
15 11 (0.50%) Genesys
15 11 (0.50%) Pinterest