User Experience Jobs

UX
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring User Experience skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited User Experience over the 3 months leading up to 19 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

3 months to
19 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 69 85
Rank change year-on-year -11 +16 -49
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,148 1,117 1,163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.30% 3.01% 3.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.75% 3.95% 3.78%
Number of salaries quoted 461 474 864
10th Percentile £33,750 £32,500 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,874 £72,188 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £83,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

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 30,589 28,278 30,785
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 87.94% 76.29% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 14,822 17,847 21,810
10th Percentile £26,500 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £35,656 £43,750 £45,194
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -1.64% +1.67%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing User Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Experience.

Salary trend for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience over the 3 months to 19 July 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 19 July 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 -21 971 £60,000 +9.09% 2,288
UK excluding London -32 735 £55,000 +4.76% 1,336
Work from Home +52 649 £62,500 +4.17% 1,232
North of England -30 359 £50,000 +11.11% 390
North West -11 334 £55,000 +23.23% 238
London +43 331 £72,500 +11.54% 1,161
South East -38 115 £57,500 +4.55% 333
Scotland +14 90 £77,500 +29.17% 72
Midlands -50 70 £55,000 +10.00% 196
West Midlands +3 56 £55,000 -3.49% 132
South West -10 42 £53,750 -10.42% 150
East of England -27 40 £60,000 +23.08% 137
Yorkshire -51 17 £50,000 - 115
East Midlands -53 14 £52,500 +44.83% 63
Northern Ireland +3 9 - - 33
North East -15 8 £10,000 -76.06% 40
Wales -22 8 £67,500 +68.75% 47
Channel Islands +2 2 £87,500 +59.09% 1

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 94 (4.82%) CMS
2 65 (3.33%) SharePoint
3 52 (2.67%) WordPress
4 38 (1.95%) Confluence
5 31 (1.59%) Microsoft Exchange
6 18 (0.92%) Drupal
6 18 (0.92%) Skype for Business
7 14 (0.72%) Headless CMS
7 14 (0.72%) Umbraco
8 11 (0.56%) IBM Domino
9 8 (0.41%) Apache
10 6 (0.31%) Apache Spark
10 6 (0.31%) IIS
11 5 (0.26%) Apache Airflow
12 4 (0.21%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 4 (0.21%) Liferay
12 4 (0.21%) SAP Portal
13 3 (0.15%) Apache Solr
13 3 (0.15%) nginx
14 2 (0.10%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 51 (2.61%) Adobe XD
2 46 (2.36%) Sketch
3 42 (2.15%) Microsoft Excel
4 40 (2.05%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 25 (1.28%) Photoshop
6 24 (1.23%) Microsoft Office
7 19 (0.97%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 18 (0.92%) MS Visio
9 17 (0.87%) Adobe Illustrator
10 14 (0.72%) InDesign
11 9 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
11 9 (0.46%) Chatbot
11 9 (0.46%) InVision
12 5 (0.26%) UserZoom
13 4 (0.21%) Trello
14 3 (0.15%) Adobe After Effects
14 3 (0.15%) Adobe Captivate
14 3 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
15 2 (0.10%) Elementor
15 2 (0.10%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 36 (1.85%) Shopify
2 33 (1.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 29 (1.49%) NetSuite
4 11 (0.56%) JDE OneWorld
4 11 (0.56%) Magento
5 7 (0.36%) Salesforce CRM
5 7 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (0.26%) Payment Gateway
7 4 (0.21%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.10%) Adobe Campaign
9 2 (0.10%) iTrent
9 2 (0.10%) Oracle EBS R12
9 2 (0.10%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.051%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.051%) Lorenzo
10 1 (0.051%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 1 (0.051%) Sage 200
10 1 (0.051%) Sprinklr
10 1 (0.051%) SystmOne
Cloud Services
1 579 (29.68%) AWS
2 578 (29.63%) Azure
3 263 (13.48%) GCP
4 158 (8.10%) Figma
5 118 (6.05%) Microsoft 365
6 104 (5.33%) SaaS
7 96 (4.92%) Google Analytics
8 83 (4.25%) Power Platform
9 59 (3.02%) Serverless
10 51 (2.61%) GitHub
11 49 (2.51%) Azure DevOps
12 40 (2.05%) PowerApps
13 37 (1.90%) Power Automate
14 35 (1.79%) AWS Lambda
15 31 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
15 31 (1.59%) Entra ID
16 30 (1.54%) Azure Logic Apps
17 27 (1.38%) Azure AI
18 24 (1.23%) Boomi
19 23 (1.18%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 19 (0.97%) Unified Communications
2 18 (0.92%) Skype
2 18 (0.92%) Wireless
3 16 (0.82%) Internet
4 11 (0.56%) DNS
5 10 (0.51%) HTTP
6 8 (0.41%) LAN
6 8 (0.41%) VPN
6 8 (0.41%) WAN
7 7 (0.36%) Cisco IOS
7 7 (0.36%) TCP/IP
8 6 (0.31%) Intranet
9 5 (0.26%) Firewall
10 4 (0.21%) DHCP
10 4 (0.21%) LoRaWAN
10 4 (0.21%) Remote Desktop
11 3 (0.15%) Broadband
11 3 (0.15%) NetScaler
12 2 (0.10%) Softphone
12 2 (0.10%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 158 (8.10%) SQL Server
2 84 (4.31%) PostgreSQL
3 67 (3.43%) MySQL
4 56 (2.87%) Power BI
5 43 (2.20%) NoSQL
6 30 (1.54%) MongoDB
6 30 (1.54%) Relational Database
7 21 (1.08%) Tableau
8 20 (1.03%) DynamoDB
9 12 (0.62%) DB2
10 11 (0.56%) Amazon Aurora
10 11 (0.56%) Amazon RDS
11 10 (0.51%) Metadata
12 9 (0.46%) Elasticsearch
12 9 (0.46%) Redis
13 7 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
13 7 (0.36%) Mixpanel
14 6 (0.31%) Big Data
14 6 (0.31%) BigQuery
14 6 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 197 (10.10%) JIRA
2 157 (8.05%) Git
3 116 (5.95%) GitLab
4 110 (5.64%) Selenium
5 99 (5.07%) Cucumber
5 99 (5.07%) Maven
6 97 (4.97%) Bitbucket
7 91 (4.66%) SonarQube
8 90 (4.61%) Sonatype Nexus
9 30 (1.54%) Jenkins
10 23 (1.18%) Cypress.io
11 21 (1.08%) Axure RP
11 21 (1.08%) webpack
12 16 (0.82%) Balsamiq
12 16 (0.82%) Vite
13 11 (0.56%) Visual Studio
14 10 (0.51%) Appium
14 10 (0.51%) Octopus Deploy
14 10 (0.51%) Storybook
14 10 (0.51%) Subversion
General
1 577 (29.57%) Finance
2 562 (28.81%) Social Skills
3 397 (20.35%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 297 (15.22%) Banking
5 262 (13.43%) Marketing
6 248 (12.71%) Analytical Skills
7 203 (10.40%) Law
8 152 (7.79%) Retail
9 109 (5.59%) Investment Banking
10 92 (4.72%) Corporate Banking
11 65 (3.33%) Public Sector
12 63 (3.23%) Legal
13 44 (2.26%) Presentation Skills
14 42 (2.15%) Advertising
15 38 (1.95%) Games
16 35 (1.79%) Manufacturing
17 31 (1.59%) Financial Institution
17 31 (1.59%) Front Office
18 25 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
19 24 (1.23%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 610 (31.27%) Senior
2 478 (24.50%) Developer
3 366 (18.76%) Software Engineer
4 206 (10.56%) Designer
5 201 (10.30%) Senior Software Engineer
6 169 (8.66%) Senior Developer
7 138 (7.07%) Lead
8 136 (6.97%) UX Designer
9 115 (5.89%) Analyst
10 105 (5.38%) Senior Designer
11 96 (4.92%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 90 (4.61%) Senior UX Designer
13 88 (4.51%) Full-Stack Developer
14 72 (3.69%) Architect
15 70 (3.59%) Product Manager
16 58 (2.97%) React Developer
17 50 (2.56%) Solutions Architect
18 49 (2.51%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 47 (2.41%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
20 44 (2.26%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 424 (21.73%) React
2 379 (19.43%) CSS
3 373 (19.12%) HTML
4 336 (17.22%) .NET
5 306 (15.68%) Node.js
6 227 (11.64%) RESTful
7 161 (8.25%) HTML5
8 152 (7.79%) CSS3
9 148 (7.59%) REST
10 135 (6.92%) Jest
10 135 (6.92%) Redux
11 120 (6.15%) Kafka
11 120 (6.15%) Sass
12 117 (6.00%) Spring
13 115 (5.89%) Spring Boot
14 109 (5.59%) AngularJS
15 91 (4.66%) JPA
16 54 (2.77%) Next.js
17 46 (2.36%) Vue
18 44 (2.26%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 236 (12.10%) Product Ownership
2 220 (11.28%) Self-Motivation
3 178 (9.12%) Cyberattack
3 178 (9.12%) Linux Command Line
4 112 (5.74%) Enterprise Software
5 98 (5.02%) Mobile App
6 54 (2.77%) Social Media
7 50 (2.56%) Onboarding
8 49 (2.51%) Algorithms
9 41 (2.10%) Data Structures
10 32 (1.64%) Analytical Mindset
10 32 (1.64%) Management Information System
11 30 (1.54%) e-Learning
12 27 (1.38%) Fixed Income
13 26 (1.33%) Cloud Native
14 23 (1.18%) Virtual Team
15 21 (1.08%) Greenfield Project
15 21 (1.08%) Video Conferencing
16 20 (1.03%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 19 (0.97%) AI Agents
Operating Systems
1 232 (11.89%) Linux
2 100 (5.13%) Android
3 88 (4.51%) Apple iOS
4 80 (4.10%) Windows
5 32 (1.64%) Windows Server
6 13 (0.67%) Windows 10
7 10 (0.51%) Mac OS
8 3 (0.15%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.10%) Unix
10 1 (0.051%) CentOS
10 1 (0.051%) Debian
10 1 (0.051%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 989 (50.69%) Agile
2 560 (28.70%) UX Design
3 447 (22.91%) Software Engineering
4 439 (22.50%) Mentoring
5 412 (21.12%) Problem-Solving
6 349 (17.89%) Microservices
7 302 (15.48%) DevOps
8 299 (15.33%) CI/CD
8 299 (15.33%) Scrum
9 290 (14.86%) Full-Stack Development
10 279 (14.30%) Front End Development
11 273 (13.99%) Machine Learning
11 273 (13.99%) Project Management
12 268 (13.74%) Analytics
13 261 (13.38%) Roadmaps
14 248 (12.71%) Test Automation
15 241 (12.35%) Artificial Intelligence
16 223 (11.43%) Prototyping
17 216 (11.07%) User Research
18 212 (10.87%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 695 (35.62%) JavaScript
2 390 (19.99%) Java
3 366 (18.76%) Python
4 347 (17.79%) TypeScript
5 289 (14.81%) SQL
6 192 (9.84%) Go
7 189 (9.69%) C++
8 180 (9.23%) Rust
9 162 (8.30%) C#
10 51 (2.61%) PHP
11 32 (1.64%) Kotlin
12 29 (1.49%) PowerShell
12 29 (1.49%) Swift
13 16 (0.82%) Bicep
14 11 (0.56%) Objective-C
15 7 (0.36%) C
15 7 (0.36%) R
16 6 (0.31%) Bash
17 5 (0.26%) Dart
17 5 (0.26%) Scala
Qualifications
1 273 (13.99%) Degree
2 259 (13.28%) Security Cleared
3 189 (9.69%) DV Cleared
4 186 (9.53%) AWS Certification
5 180 (9.23%) AWS Certified Developer
6 178 (9.12%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 95 (4.87%) Computer Science Degree
8 54 (2.77%) SC Cleared
9 25 (1.28%) Microsoft Certification
10 23 (1.18%) DBS Check
10 23 (1.18%) Master's Degree
10 23 (1.18%) PMI Certification
10 23 (1.18%) PMP
11 16 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (0.77%) Azure Certification
13 11 (0.56%) PhD
14 10 (0.51%) ISTQB
14 10 (0.51%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (0.26%) CISSP
15 5 (0.26%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 383 (19.63%) Accessibility
2 248 (12.71%) QA
3 49 (2.51%) GDPR
4 40 (2.05%) WCAG
5 14 (0.72%) Data Quality
6 12 (0.62%) California Consumer Privacy Act
7 10 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (0.46%) Actionable Recommendations
8 9 (0.46%) SLA
9 6 (0.31%) COBIT
10 5 (0.26%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 5 (0.26%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.26%) Software Quality Assurance
11 4 (0.21%) Good Clinical Practice
12 3 (0.15%) Cyber Essentials
12 3 (0.15%) PERC
12 3 (0.15%) Section 508
13 2 (0.10%) IEC 62304
13 2 (0.10%) NCSC
13 2 (0.10%) NIST
System Software
1 197 (10.10%) Docker
2 54 (2.77%) Active Directory
3 11 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 8 (0.41%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.21%) Virtual Desktop
6 2 (0.10%) HDFS
6 2 (0.10%) KVM
6 2 (0.10%) Xen
7 1 (0.051%) Firmware
7 1 (0.051%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.051%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 193 (9.89%) Kubernetes
2 40 (2.05%) Terraform
3 27 (1.38%) Microsoft Intune
4 16 (0.82%) Grafana
5 13 (0.67%) Single Sign-On
6 10 (0.51%) SCCM
7 6 (0.31%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.21%) Puppet
9 3 (0.15%) Ansible
9 3 (0.15%) Kibana
10 2 (0.10%) CFEngine
10 2 (0.10%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.10%) Progress Chef
10 2 (0.10%) SCOM
10 2 (0.10%) SCSM
10 2 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
11 1 (0.051%) AppManager
11 1 (0.051%) Backup Exec
11 1 (0.051%) NetBackup
11 1 (0.051%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 231 (11.84%) Microsoft
2 170 (8.71%) Google
3 128 (6.56%) Adobe
4 90 (4.61%) Solace
5 88 (4.51%) ServiceNow
6 69 (3.54%) Salesforce
7 60 (3.08%) SAP
8 36 (1.85%) Oracle
9 34 (1.74%) Workday
10 30 (1.54%) Cisco
11 23 (1.18%) Apple
12 22 (1.13%) Hotjar
13 21 (1.08%) Databricks
14 19 (0.97%) Concur
14 19 (0.97%) VMware
15 18 (0.92%) IBM
15 18 (0.92%) Mitel
15 18 (0.92%) Polycom
15 18 (0.92%) ShoreTel
16 17 (0.87%) Facebook