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 9 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
9 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 71 83
Rank change year-on-year -12 +12 -6
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 930 768 2,048
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.09% 3.77% 3.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.77% 4.08% 3.77%
Number of salaries quoted 626 481 1,399
10th Percentile £31,550 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,708 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,075 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.74% +15.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,171 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.34% +5.26% -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 33,550 18,804 54,331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.25% 92.26% 85.83%
Number of salaries quoted 22,130 11,705 40,349
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

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 9 April 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 9 April 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 -7 805 £57,985 -0.88% 728
UK excluding London -15 553 £53,171 +6.34% 522
Work from Home -1 344 £60,000 - 357
London -20 279 £68,559 -5.44% 296
North of England -8 197 £56,100 +7.88% 176
North West -19 105 £56,800 +3.27% 94
Midlands -14 87 £45,000 -5.26% 93
South East -42 84 £52,500 +5.00% 122
Yorkshire -7 71 £55,000 +22.22% 45
South West -1 70 £50,000 -2.44% 59
East of England +1 67 £85,000 +106.06% 33
West Midlands -8 53 £44,000 -26.67% 62
East Midlands -32 34 £51,250 +46.43% 31
Scotland -26 28 £62,500 +11.11% 23
North East -21 21 £59,223 +13.35% 39
Wales -12 18 £42,934 - 19
Northern Ireland - 4 £62,500 - 5

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
1 117 (2.03%) CMS
2 86 (1.49%) SharePoint
3 72 (1.25%) Confluence
4 34 (0.59%) WordPress
5 33 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
6 15 (0.26%) Drupal
7 10 (0.17%) Umbraco
8 8 (0.14%) nginx
9 5 (0.087%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.052%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.052%) IIS
11 2 (0.035%) Appian
11 2 (0.035%) CICS
11 2 (0.035%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.035%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.017%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.017%) Apache
12 1 (0.017%) Camunda
12 1 (0.017%) Joomla!
Applications
1 51 (0.88%) Adobe XD
2 32 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 30 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
4 24 (0.42%) Sketch
5 22 (0.38%) Photoshop
6 20 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
7 12 (0.21%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 10 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 9 (0.16%) UserZoom
10 8 (0.14%) Adobe After Effects
10 8 (0.14%) InVision
11 7 (0.12%) InDesign
11 7 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
12 4 (0.069%) Adobe Premiere
13 3 (0.052%) AutoCAD
13 3 (0.052%) Microsoft Project
13 3 (0.052%) SPSS
13 3 (0.052%) Trello
Business Applications
1 37 (0.64%) Shopify
2 20 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.35%) Magento
3 9 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.10%) Dynamics GP
5 5 (0.087%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.087%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (0.069%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.035%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.035%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.035%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.035%) Sage X3
7 2 (0.035%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.017%) Oracle SCM
8 1 (0.017%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.017%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.017%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.017%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.017%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.017%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 4,040 (70.02%) Cloud Computing
2 285 (4.94%) Azure
3 220 (3.81%) Figma
4 183 (3.17%) AWS
5 179 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
6 118 (2.05%) SaaS
7 112 (1.94%) Power Platform
8 82 (1.42%) Google Analytics
9 70 (1.21%) GitHub
10 69 (1.20%) GCP
11 68 (1.18%) Entra ID
12 67 (1.16%) Adobe Analytics
13 56 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
14 46 (0.80%) PowerApps
15 37 (0.64%) Serverless
16 36 (0.62%) Contentsquare
16 36 (0.62%) Power Automate
17 34 (0.59%) Dynamics 365
17 34 (0.59%) OneDrive
18 32 (0.55%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 4,049 (70.17%) Internet
2 66 (1.14%) Broadband
3 23 (0.40%) VPN
4 22 (0.38%) HTTP
5 21 (0.36%) Firewall
6 19 (0.33%) DNS
7 14 (0.24%) DHCP
7 14 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (0.21%) TCP/IP
9 7 (0.12%) LAN
10 5 (0.087%) Intranet
11 4 (0.069%) Kerberos
11 4 (0.069%) VoIP
11 4 (0.069%) WAN
12 3 (0.052%) Bluetooth
12 3 (0.052%) Network Security
12 3 (0.052%) WebEx
13 2 (0.035%) NAS
13 2 (0.035%) VLAN
13 2 (0.035%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (0.99%) Power BI
2 50 (0.87%) SQL Server
3 34 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
4 33 (0.57%) Looker
5 23 (0.40%) MySQL
5 23 (0.40%) NoSQL
6 17 (0.29%) MongoDB
7 16 (0.28%) BigQuery
8 15 (0.26%) Metadata
9 14 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
9 14 (0.24%) Tableau
10 13 (0.23%) Relational Database
11 12 (0.21%) DB2
12 7 (0.12%) Redis
13 6 (0.10%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.10%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (0.10%) SAP BW
14 5 (0.087%) Elasticsearch
15 4 (0.069%) QGIS
16 3 (0.052%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 126 (2.18%) JIRA
2 77 (1.33%) Git
3 32 (0.55%) Axure RP
3 32 (0.55%) Balsamiq
4 20 (0.35%) Jenkins
4 20 (0.35%) Selenium
5 18 (0.31%) webpack
6 16 (0.28%) Cypress.io
6 16 (0.28%) Vite
7 15 (0.26%) Bitbucket
8 14 (0.24%) Cucumber
9 12 (0.21%) Crashlytics
10 11 (0.19%) Visual Studio
11 10 (0.17%) Postman
11 10 (0.17%) XCTest
12 9 (0.16%) TeamCity
13 8 (0.14%) Storybook
14 7 (0.12%) Babel
15 6 (0.10%) Claude Code
15 6 (0.10%) fastlane
General
1 4,537 (78.63%) Social Skills
2 4,164 (72.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,115 (71.32%) Banking
4 298 (5.16%) Finance
5 232 (4.02%) Marketing
6 194 (3.36%) Analytical Skills
7 135 (2.34%) Public Sector
8 101 (1.75%) Legal
9 87 (1.51%) Law
10 76 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
11 70 (1.21%) Retail
12 64 (1.11%) Presentation Skills
13 52 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
14 49 (0.85%) Games
15 33 (0.57%) Manufacturing
15 33 (0.57%) Telecoms
16 26 (0.45%) Advertising
17 19 (0.33%) Back Office
18 15 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
19 12 (0.21%) Digital Health
Job Titles
1 3,135 (54.33%) Lecturer
2 361 (6.26%) Senior
3 252 (4.37%) Designer
3 252 (4.37%) Developer
4 190 (3.29%) Lead
5 178 (3.08%) UX Designer
6 129 (2.24%) Analyst
7 88 (1.53%) Senior Developer
8 82 (1.42%) Software Engineer
9 66 (1.14%) Senior Designer
10 63 (1.09%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 60 (1.04%) Product Manager
12 59 (1.02%) Senior Manager
13 56 (0.97%) UI Designer
14 50 (0.87%) Full-Stack Developer
15 49 (0.85%) Senior UX Designer
16 47 (0.81%) IT Support
16 47 (0.81%) UI/UX Designer
17 46 (0.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 42 (0.73%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 217 (3.76%) HTML
2 211 (3.66%) CSS
3 200 (3.47%) React
4 115 (1.99%) .NET
5 89 (1.54%) RESTful
6 88 (1.53%) REST
7 69 (1.20%) AngularJS
7 69 (1.20%) Node.js
8 59 (1.02%) Vue
9 39 (0.68%) HTML5
10 33 (0.57%) JSON
11 30 (0.52%) Next.js
11 30 (0.52%) Web Services
12 29 (0.50%) CSS3
13 27 (0.47%) .NET Core
14 26 (0.45%) Spring
15 25 (0.43%) .NET Framework
15 25 (0.43%) ASP.NET
15 25 (0.43%) Laravel
15 25 (0.43%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 4,049 (70.17%) IoT
2 178 (3.08%) Product Ownership
3 117 (2.03%) Mobile App
4 97 (1.68%) Onboarding
5 61 (1.06%) Social Media
6 53 (0.92%) Cloud Native
7 45 (0.78%) Management Information System
8 43 (0.75%) Legacy Systems
9 37 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
10 36 (0.62%) AI Agents
11 32 (0.55%) Greenfield Project
11 32 (0.55%) Self-Motivation
12 20 (0.35%) Low-Code
12 20 (0.35%) Public Cloud
13 19 (0.33%) Analytical Mindset
14 18 (0.31%) e-Learning
15 17 (0.29%) CMDB
15 17 (0.29%) Driving Licence
15 17 (0.29%) Life Science
16 16 (0.28%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 64 (1.11%) Windows
2 62 (1.07%) Apple iOS
3 54 (0.94%) Android
4 23 (0.40%) Linux
5 19 (0.33%) Windows 10
6 18 (0.31%) Mac OS
6 18 (0.31%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.10%) Unix
8 5 (0.087%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.069%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.052%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.052%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.035%) zOS
12 1 (0.017%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.017%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,338 (75.18%) AI
2 4,110 (71.23%) Cybersecurity
3 4,109 (71.21%) Machine Learning
4 4,085 (70.80%) Web Development
5 540 (9.36%) Agile
6 491 (8.51%) UX Design
7 370 (6.41%) Problem-Solving
8 348 (6.03%) Analytics
9 347 (6.01%) Continuous Improvement
10 272 (4.71%) Roadmaps
11 219 (3.80%) Mentoring
12 177 (3.07%) Full-Stack Development
13 174 (3.02%) Decision-Making
13 174 (3.02%) DevOps
14 173 (3.00%) Software Engineering
15 168 (2.91%) User Research
15 168 (2.91%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 153 (2.65%) CI/CD
17 138 (2.39%) Customer Experience
18 131 (2.27%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 275 (4.77%) JavaScript
2 158 (2.74%) TypeScript
3 129 (2.24%) SQL
4 115 (1.99%) Java
5 104 (1.80%) Python
6 97 (1.68%) C#
7 46 (0.80%) PowerShell
8 42 (0.73%) PHP
9 25 (0.43%) Kotlin
10 22 (0.38%) Swift
11 21 (0.36%) Go
12 15 (0.26%) Bash
13 14 (0.24%) C++
14 11 (0.19%) Bicep
15 10 (0.17%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.10%) ABAP
17 5 (0.087%) Rust
18 4 (0.069%) Apex Code
18 4 (0.069%) R
19 3 (0.052%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 4,272 (74.04%) Degree
2 4,065 (70.45%) Master's Degree
3 4,044 (70.09%) PhD
4 4,041 (70.03%) Postgraduate
5 146 (2.53%) Security Cleared
6 107 (1.85%) SC Cleared
7 39 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
7 39 (0.68%) DBS Check
8 20 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
9 19 (0.33%) DV Cleared
10 17 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (0.17%) PMI Certification
12 8 (0.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 8 (0.14%) PMP
13 7 (0.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 7 (0.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 5 (0.087%) ISTQB
14 5 (0.087%) SAP Certification
15 4 (0.069%) CISSP
16 3 (0.052%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 308 (5.34%) Accessibility
2 114 (1.98%) QA
3 95 (1.65%) WCAG
4 59 (1.02%) GDPR
5 25 (0.43%) Data Quality
6 14 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
7 12 (0.21%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 19770
10 8 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 8 (0.14%) SLA
11 7 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.069%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.069%) PERC
13 3 (0.052%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.052%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.035%) GRC
14 2 (0.035%) HL7
14 2 (0.035%) PMO
15 1 (0.017%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 77 (1.33%) Active Directory
2 71 (1.23%) Docker
3 17 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.069%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.052%) vSphere
7 2 (0.035%) Firmware
7 2 (0.035%) RACF
7 2 (0.035%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 52 (0.90%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (0.88%) Kubernetes
3 39 (0.68%) Terraform
4 22 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (0.17%) Grafana
5 10 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (0.10%) Ansible
6 6 (0.10%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.087%) SCCM
8 2 (0.035%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.035%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 2 (0.035%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.035%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.035%) Packer
8 2 (0.035%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.035%) SmoothWall
9 1 (0.017%) Argo
9 1 (0.017%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.017%) Kibana
9 1 (0.017%) MOM
Vendors
1 276 (4.78%) Microsoft
2 192 (3.33%) Adobe
3 119 (2.06%) Google
4 76 (1.32%) ServiceNow
5 50 (0.87%) Salesforce
6 41 (0.71%) HubSpot
7 29 (0.50%) Apple
7 29 (0.50%) Nexthink
8 24 (0.42%) SAP
9 23 (0.40%) Oracle
10 21 (0.36%) Hotjar
11 19 (0.33%) BMC
12 13 (0.23%) Atlassian
12 13 (0.23%) Braze
13 12 (0.21%) iManage
13 12 (0.21%) Qualtrics
13 12 (0.21%) Sitecore
14 11 (0.19%) Cisco
14 11 (0.19%) Splunk
15 10 (0.17%) New Relic