User Experience Job Trends

UX
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring User Experience skills. It covers vacancies from the 3 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 80 89 79
Rank change year-on-year +9 -10 -31
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 666 947 973
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.94% 2.94% 3.67%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.45% 3.41% 3.92%
Number of salaries quoted 485 449 804
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,250 £38,543
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.53% -13.64% -0.36%

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 19,318 27,789 24,821
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.35% 86.20% 93.70%
Number of salaries quoted 12,546 13,592 19,439
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,175 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £53,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.38% +0.95% -

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

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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 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 +7 579 £57,500 +0.88% 1,449
UK excluding London -12 363 £52,500 +10.53% 1,006
Work from Home +12 286 £57,500 -10.16% 729
London +34 235 £75,000 -3.23% 745
South East +29 113 £56,250 +12.50% 447
North of England -22 78 £47,500 -5.00% 214
Midlands 0 61 £53,500 +30.49% 99
East of England +38 47 £55,000 +10.00% 78
North West -19 47 £50,000 +11.11% 132
West Midlands +16 37 £61,375 +0.61% 61
South West -28 29 £50,000 +7.53% 91
East Midlands -4 25 £36,750 +5.00% 36
Yorkshire +4 24 £35,000 -33.33% 53
Wales +7 18 £67,500 +145.45% 25
Scotland -6 15 £42,500 -24.78% 53
North East -10 7 £31,000 -38.00% 31
Northern Ireland +1 2 - - 13

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 92 (4.82%) CMS
2 61 (3.20%) SharePoint
3 48 (2.52%) Confluence
4 43 (2.25%) WordPress
5 24 (1.26%) Microsoft Exchange
6 18 (0.94%) Skype for Business
7 17 (0.89%) Drupal
8 15 (0.79%) Umbraco
9 12 (0.63%) Headless CMS
10 8 (0.42%) Apache
11 4 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
11 4 (0.21%) Apache Spark
11 4 (0.21%) IIS
12 3 (0.16%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
12 3 (0.16%) EPiServer
12 3 (0.16%) Liferay
13 2 (0.10%) Oracle SOA Suite
14 1 (0.052%) concrete5
14 1 (0.052%) Moodle
Applications
1 62 (3.25%) Adobe XD
2 51 (2.67%) Sketch
3 46 (2.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 33 (1.73%) Microsoft Excel
5 31 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
6 28 (1.47%) Photoshop
7 21 (1.10%) Adobe Illustrator
8 20 (1.05%) InDesign
9 18 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 12 (0.63%) Chatbot
11 10 (0.52%) MS Visio
12 8 (0.42%) InVision
13 6 (0.31%) Adobe Premiere
14 4 (0.21%) Adobe After Effects
14 4 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
15 3 (0.16%) Adobe Captivate
15 3 (0.16%) Trello
16 2 (0.10%) Elementor
16 2 (0.10%) Final Cut Pro
16 2 (0.10%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 37 (1.94%) Dynamics CRM
2 34 (1.78%) Shopify
3 13 (0.68%) NetSuite
4 10 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
5 8 (0.42%) Magento
6 7 (0.37%) Salesforce CRM
7 4 (0.21%) Integrated Workplace Management System
7 4 (0.21%) JDE OneWorld
8 3 (0.16%) Infor SunSystems
8 3 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
8 3 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
9 2 (0.10%) Adobe Campaign
9 2 (0.10%) Dynamics GP
9 2 (0.10%) iTrent
9 2 (0.10%) OpenCart
9 2 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.10%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.10%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.052%) Oracle EBS R12
10 1 (0.052%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 567 (29.72%) Azure
2 522 (27.36%) AWS
3 255 (13.36%) GCP
4 156 (8.18%) Figma
5 143 (7.49%) Microsoft 365
6 103 (5.40%) SaaS
7 88 (4.61%) Google Analytics
8 72 (3.77%) Power Platform
9 59 (3.09%) Serverless
10 56 (2.94%) Azure DevOps
11 39 (2.04%) Power Automate
12 37 (1.94%) AWS Lambda
12 37 (1.94%) PowerApps
13 35 (1.83%) GitHub
14 34 (1.78%) Entra ID
15 28 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
16 24 (1.26%) Microsoft Copilot
17 23 (1.21%) Amazon S3
17 23 (1.21%) Dynamics 365
18 22 (1.15%) Azure AI
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.00%) Unified Communications
2 18 (0.94%) Skype
2 18 (0.94%) Wireless
3 13 (0.68%) DNS
3 13 (0.68%) TCP/IP
4 11 (0.58%) Firewall
4 11 (0.58%) HTTP
5 10 (0.52%) DHCP
5 10 (0.52%) VLAN
6 5 (0.26%) Cisco IOS
6 5 (0.26%) Internet
6 5 (0.26%) Intranet
6 5 (0.26%) LAN
6 5 (0.26%) WAN
7 4 (0.21%) Broadband
7 4 (0.21%) Wireshark
8 3 (0.16%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.16%) Modbus
8 3 (0.16%) Network Security
8 3 (0.16%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 152 (7.97%) SQL Server
2 69 (3.62%) PostgreSQL
3 60 (3.14%) MySQL
4 47 (2.46%) Power BI
5 46 (2.41%) NoSQL
6 32 (1.68%) MongoDB
7 28 (1.47%) Relational Database
8 18 (0.94%) DynamoDB
9 16 (0.84%) Tableau
10 13 (0.68%) DB2
11 12 (0.63%) Metadata
12 11 (0.58%) Amazon Aurora
13 9 (0.47%) Elasticsearch
13 9 (0.47%) Redis
14 7 (0.37%) Mixpanel
15 6 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.31%) Big Data
15 6 (0.31%) BigQuery
15 6 (0.31%) Looker
16 5 (0.26%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 202 (10.59%) JIRA
2 135 (7.08%) Git
3 111 (5.82%) GitLab
4 109 (5.71%) Selenium
5 102 (5.35%) Bitbucket
6 93 (4.87%) Cucumber
7 92 (4.82%) Maven
8 91 (4.77%) SonarQube
9 90 (4.72%) Sonatype Nexus
10 28 (1.47%) Cypress.io
11 27 (1.42%) webpack
12 25 (1.31%) Axure RP
13 23 (1.21%) Jenkins
14 20 (1.05%) Vite
15 18 (0.94%) Balsamiq
16 16 (0.84%) Postman
17 15 (0.79%) Storybook
18 11 (0.58%) JUnit
19 9 (0.47%) Babel
19 9 (0.47%) JMeter
General
1 567 (29.72%) Social Skills
2 529 (27.73%) Finance
3 399 (20.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 271 (14.20%) Marketing
5 263 (13.78%) Banking
6 213 (11.16%) Analytical Skills
7 209 (10.95%) Law
8 169 (8.86%) Retail
9 107 (5.61%) Investment Banking
10 92 (4.82%) Corporate Banking
11 85 (4.45%) Public Sector
12 77 (4.04%) Legal
13 47 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
14 35 (1.83%) Advertising
15 30 (1.57%) Manufacturing
16 26 (1.36%) Financial Institution
17 25 (1.31%) Organisational Skills
18 24 (1.26%) Electronics
19 21 (1.10%) Front Office
20 20 (1.05%) Games
Job Titles
1 562 (29.45%) Senior
2 393 (20.60%) Developer
3 341 (17.87%) Software Engineer
4 229 (12.00%) Designer
5 196 (10.27%) Senior Software Engineer
6 142 (7.44%) Senior Developer
7 140 (7.34%) UX Designer
8 137 (7.18%) Lead
9 117 (6.13%) Analyst
10 100 (5.24%) Senior Designer
11 89 (4.66%) Full-Stack Developer
12 85 (4.45%) Senior UX Designer
13 73 (3.83%) Product Manager
14 72 (3.77%) Architect
15 69 (3.62%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 65 (3.41%) IT Support
17 51 (2.67%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 50 (2.62%) React Developer
19 47 (2.46%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
20 42 (2.20%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 413 (21.65%) React
2 349 (18.29%) HTML
3 343 (17.98%) CSS
4 328 (17.19%) .NET
5 293 (15.36%) Node.js
6 195 (10.22%) RESTful
7 155 (8.12%) HTML5
8 143 (7.49%) REST
9 138 (7.23%) CSS3
10 136 (7.13%) Jest
11 134 (7.02%) Spring
12 130 (6.81%) Spring Boot
13 123 (6.45%) Redux
14 121 (6.34%) Kafka
15 114 (5.97%) Sass
16 91 (4.77%) JPA
17 89 (4.66%) AngularJS
18 60 (3.14%) Next.js
19 37 (1.94%) Vue
20 35 (1.83%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 232 (12.16%) Self-Motivation
2 231 (12.11%) Product Ownership
3 179 (9.38%) Linux Command Line
4 178 (9.33%) Cyberattack
5 107 (5.61%) Enterprise Software
6 89 (4.66%) Onboarding
7 59 (3.09%) Mobile App
8 50 (2.62%) Social Media
9 45 (2.36%) Cloud Native
10 42 (2.20%) e-Learning
11 34 (1.78%) Data Structures
12 33 (1.73%) Analytical Mindset
13 32 (1.68%) Management Information System
14 30 (1.57%) Algorithms
15 26 (1.36%) Driving Licence
16 24 (1.26%) AI Agents
16 24 (1.26%) Graphic Design
17 20 (1.05%) Greenfield Project
17 20 (1.05%) Video Conferencing
18 19 (1.00%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 220 (11.53%) Linux
2 93 (4.87%) Windows
3 70 (3.67%) Apple iOS
4 59 (3.09%) Android
5 36 (1.89%) Windows Server
6 35 (1.83%) Windows 10
7 8 (0.42%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.21%) Ubuntu
9 3 (0.16%) Kali Linux
9 3 (0.16%) Unix
10 2 (0.10%) Windows Server 2019
11 1 (0.052%) CentOS
11 1 (0.052%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 989 (51.83%) Agile
2 524 (27.46%) UX Design
3 434 (22.75%) Mentoring
4 407 (21.33%) Software Engineering
5 362 (18.97%) Problem-Solving
6 342 (17.92%) Microservices
7 295 (15.46%) CI/CD
8 290 (15.20%) DevOps
9 286 (14.99%) Full-Stack Development
10 281 (14.73%) Scrum
11 265 (13.89%) Machine Learning
12 262 (13.73%) Artificial Intelligence
13 261 (13.68%) Analytics
14 254 (13.31%) Continuous Improvement
15 251 (13.16%) Roadmaps
16 250 (13.10%) Front End Development
17 233 (12.21%) User Research
18 228 (11.95%) Prototyping
19 221 (11.58%) Project Management
19 221 (11.58%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 620 (32.49%) JavaScript
2 399 (20.91%) Java
3 337 (17.66%) Python
4 315 (16.51%) TypeScript
5 262 (13.73%) SQL
6 187 (9.80%) C++
7 184 (9.64%) Rust
8 182 (9.54%) Go
9 138 (7.23%) C#
10 42 (2.20%) PowerShell
11 34 (1.78%) PHP
12 16 (0.84%) Swift
13 15 (0.79%) Bicep
14 12 (0.63%) Kotlin
15 10 (0.52%) Bash
16 8 (0.42%) R
17 7 (0.37%) VBScript
18 6 (0.31%) T-SQL
19 4 (0.21%) Scala
19 4 (0.21%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 281 (14.73%) Security Cleared
2 242 (12.68%) Degree
3 193 (10.12%) AWS Certification
4 191 (10.01%) DV Cleared
5 185 (9.70%) AWS Certified Developer
6 183 (9.59%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
7 80 (4.19%) SC Cleared
8 78 (4.09%) Computer Science Degree
9 33 (1.73%) Microsoft Certification
10 25 (1.31%) Master's Degree
11 18 (0.94%) DBS Check
12 16 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
13 12 (0.63%) Azure Certification
13 12 (0.63%) MCSA
13 12 (0.63%) PMI Certification
13 12 (0.63%) PMP
14 9 (0.47%) A+ Certification
15 8 (0.42%) ITIL Certification
15 8 (0.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
16 7 (0.37%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 428 (22.43%) Accessibility
2 225 (11.79%) QA
3 56 (2.94%) WCAG
4 40 (2.10%) GDPR
5 24 (1.26%) SLA
6 18 (0.94%) Data Quality
7 9 (0.47%) 21 CFR Part 11
7 9 (0.47%) Actionable Recommendations
8 8 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (0.37%) California Consumer Privacy Act
10 6 (0.31%) COBIT
11 5 (0.26%) GxP
12 4 (0.21%) Good Clinical Practice
12 4 (0.21%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
13 3 (0.16%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.16%) PERC
13 3 (0.16%) Section 508
System Software
1 176 (9.22%) Docker
2 68 (3.56%) Active Directory
3 10 (0.52%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.37%) VMware ESXi
6 6 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.16%) Firmware
8 2 (0.10%) KVM
8 2 (0.10%) Xen
8 2 (0.10%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.052%) HDFS
9 1 (0.052%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.052%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 178 (9.33%) Kubernetes
2 44 (2.31%) Microsoft Intune
3 36 (1.89%) Terraform
4 8 (0.42%) SCCM
4 8 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
5 7 (0.37%) Grafana
6 3 (0.16%) Nessus
6 3 (0.16%) Nmap
6 3 (0.16%) Progress Chef
6 3 (0.16%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.10%) CFEngine
7 2 (0.10%) Jamf Pro
7 2 (0.10%) Puppet
7 2 (0.10%) SCOM
7 2 (0.10%) SCSM
7 2 (0.10%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 2 (0.10%) vCenter Server
8 1 (0.052%) Argo
8 1 (0.052%) Kubeflow
8 1 (0.052%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 256 (13.42%) Microsoft
2 152 (7.97%) Google
3 138 (7.23%) Adobe
4 90 (4.72%) Solace
5 71 (3.72%) ServiceNow
6 51 (2.67%) SAP
7 50 (2.62%) Salesforce
8 36 (1.89%) Cisco
9 30 (1.57%) Oracle
10 22 (1.15%) Hotjar
10 22 (1.15%) Workday
11 19 (1.00%) Apple
11 19 (1.00%) Databricks
11 19 (1.00%) IBM
12 18 (0.94%) Mitel
12 18 (0.94%) Polycom
12 18 (0.94%) ShoreTel
13 17 (0.89%) Facebook
13 17 (0.89%) VMware
14 16 (0.84%) Red Hat