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 15 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
15 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 95 64 74
Rank change year-on-year -31 +10 +5
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 979 1,173 1,129
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.85% 4.14% 2.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.54% 4.66% 3.93%
Number of salaries quoted 687 476 493
10th Percentile £30,500 £34,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,400 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.70%
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,968 £70,400
90th Percentile £92,500 £96,250 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -

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 38,519 25,155 28,762
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.88% 88.71% 76.22%
Number of salaries quoted 27,839 13,071 18,446
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -5.17% -7.20%
75th Percentile £78,312 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -9.52% -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 15 July 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 15 July 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 -27 877 £55,000 -8.33% 1,232
UK excluding London -25 605 £50,000 -9.09% 1,092
Work from Home -47 365 £55,000 -12.00% 964
London -25 296 £70,000 - 412
North of England -27 204 £50,000 -4.76% 263
South East -1 115 £52,500 -8.70% 258
North West -43 115 £46,499 -15.46% 132
Midlands +15 89 £47,500 -13.64% 158
East of England +31 84 £62,500 +4.17% 129
South West -34 60 £60,000 +9.09% 100
West Midlands -24 52 £47,500 -13.64% 82
Yorkshire +21 45 £51,250 +36.67% 93
North East -5 44 £51,619 +416.19% 38
East Midlands +21 37 £45,000 -18.18% 75
Scotland -14 26 £70,000 -9.68% 130
Wales -24 25 £50,000 -25.93% 36
Northern Ireland -50 2 £39,500 - 40

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
1 147 (7.68%) SharePoint
2 123 (6.43%) CMS
3 64 (3.35%) Confluence
4 51 (2.67%) Microsoft Exchange
5 29 (1.52%) WordPress
6 8 (0.42%) Drupal
7 7 (0.37%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.21%) Moodle
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.16%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.16%) IIS
9 3 (0.16%) nginx
9 3 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.10%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.10%) Totara
11 1 (0.052%) Apache
11 1 (0.052%) ExpressionEngine
11 1 (0.052%) NServiceBus
11 1 (0.052%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 34 (1.78%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (1.73%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 28 (1.46%) Adobe XD
4 24 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
4 24 (1.25%) Photoshop
5 22 (1.15%) Adobe Illustrator
5 22 (1.15%) Sketch
6 17 (0.89%) Chatbot
6 17 (0.89%) UserZoom
7 15 (0.78%) Adobe After Effects
8 14 (0.73%) InDesign
9 9 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
10 5 (0.26%) InVision
10 5 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 4 (0.21%) Trello
12 3 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
12 3 (0.16%) Productboard
12 3 (0.16%) SPSS
13 2 (0.10%) Camtasia
14 1 (0.052%) PlantUML
Business Applications
1 22 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
1 22 (1.15%) Shopify
2 15 (0.78%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.68%) Magento
4 8 (0.42%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.31%) Dynamics GP
6 5 (0.26%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.21%) Elite 3E
7 4 (0.21%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
8 3 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.10%) Adobe Campaign
9 2 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.10%) Towers Watson Igloo
9 2 (0.10%) Visualfiles
10 1 (0.052%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.052%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 364 (19.03%) Azure
2 283 (14.79%) Microsoft 365
3 208 (10.87%) Figma
4 152 (7.95%) AWS
4 152 (7.95%) Power Platform
5 136 (7.11%) SaaS
6 113 (5.91%) Entra ID
7 96 (5.02%) Azure DevOps
8 75 (3.92%) Power Automate
9 71 (3.71%) PowerApps
10 69 (3.61%) Adobe Analytics
11 68 (3.55%) GitHub
12 60 (3.14%) GCP
12 60 (3.14%) Google Analytics
13 53 (2.77%) Microsoft Copilot
14 48 (2.51%) Serverless
15 46 (2.40%) Contentsquare
16 45 (2.35%) Azure Logic Apps
17 42 (2.20%) OneDrive
18 41 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 78 (4.08%) Broadband
2 32 (1.67%) Firewall
3 26 (1.36%) DNS
4 24 (1.25%) VPN
5 22 (1.15%) DHCP
6 20 (1.05%) VoIP
7 17 (0.89%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (0.63%) CTI
9 11 (0.58%) TCP/IP
10 10 (0.52%) HTTP
10 10 (0.52%) Kerberos
11 9 (0.47%) Internet
11 9 (0.47%) Wireless
12 7 (0.37%) VLAN
13 6 (0.31%) Network Security
14 5 (0.26%) Intranet
14 5 (0.26%) SAN
14 5 (0.26%) Unified Communications
15 4 (0.21%) NAS
15 4 (0.21%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (4.23%) Power BI
2 56 (2.93%) SQL Server
3 25 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
5 19 (0.99%) Looker
6 17 (0.89%) Metadata
6 17 (0.89%) MySQL
7 15 (0.78%) MongoDB
8 14 (0.73%) NoSQL
8 14 (0.73%) Relational Database
9 13 (0.68%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.42%) Redis
11 6 (0.31%) Power Query
11 6 (0.31%) Tableau
12 5 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.26%) SAP BW
12 5 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
13 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 4 (0.21%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 99 (5.18%) JIRA
2 77 (4.03%) Git
3 23 (1.20%) Jenkins
4 22 (1.15%) Claude Code
5 21 (1.10%) fastlane
6 20 (1.05%) Crashlytics
7 15 (0.78%) XCTest
8 12 (0.63%) Cypress.io
9 11 (0.58%) webpack
10 10 (0.52%) Vite
11 9 (0.47%) Axure RP
11 9 (0.47%) Balsamiq
11 9 (0.47%) Xcode
12 8 (0.42%) Selenium
13 7 (0.37%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.37%) Postman
14 6 (0.31%) Android Studio
14 6 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 6 (0.31%) Gradle
14 6 (0.31%) Storybook
General
1 576 (30.11%) Social Skills
2 294 (15.37%) Finance
3 237 (12.39%) Marketing
4 206 (10.77%) Analytical Skills
5 166 (8.68%) Public Sector
6 133 (6.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 113 (5.91%) Legal
8 112 (5.85%) Retail
9 93 (4.86%) Organisational Skills
10 88 (4.60%) Law
11 74 (3.87%) Games
12 58 (3.03%) Influencing Skills
13 47 (2.46%) Presentation Skills
14 40 (2.09%) Advertising
15 34 (1.78%) Banking
16 33 (1.73%) Manufacturing
17 21 (1.10%) Documentation Skills
18 20 (1.05%) Multimedia
19 18 (0.94%) Back Office
20 15 (0.78%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 353 (18.45%) Senior
2 312 (16.31%) Designer
3 276 (14.43%) Developer
4 227 (11.87%) UX Designer
5 221 (11.55%) Lead
6 139 (7.27%) Analyst
7 101 (5.28%) Senior Developer
8 86 (4.50%) Senior Designer
9 84 (4.39%) IT Support
10 83 (4.34%) Software Engineer
10 83 (4.34%) UI Designer
11 80 (4.18%) UI/UX Designer
12 67 (3.50%) IT Manager
13 65 (3.40%) Product Manager
13 65 (3.40%) Senior UX Designer
14 64 (3.35%) Support Engineer
15 63 (3.29%) Architect
16 51 (2.67%) Business Analyst
16 51 (2.67%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
17 48 (2.51%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 190 (9.93%) CSS
1 190 (9.93%) HTML
2 160 (8.36%) React
3 137 (7.16%) .NET
4 89 (4.65%) REST
5 75 (3.92%) RESTful
6 53 (2.77%) .NET Core
6 53 (2.77%) Node.js
7 49 (2.56%) AngularJS
8 46 (2.40%) JSON
9 37 (1.93%) Vue
10 35 (1.83%) HTML5
11 32 (1.67%) ASP.NET
12 30 (1.57%) Next.js
13 29 (1.52%) CSS3
14 27 (1.41%) Sass
14 27 (1.41%) SwiftUI
15 26 (1.36%) SPFx
16 24 (1.25%) jQuery
16 24 (1.25%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 180 (9.41%) Product Ownership
2 115 (6.01%) Mobile App
3 102 (5.33%) Onboarding
4 72 (3.76%) Social Media
5 52 (2.72%) Enterprise Software
6 45 (2.35%) Self-Motivation
7 42 (2.20%) Cloud Native
8 32 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
9 30 (1.57%) Management Information System
10 26 (1.36%) AI Agents
11 25 (1.31%) Driving Licence
12 23 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
13 22 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
14 18 (0.94%) Low-Code
15 17 (0.89%) Graphic Design
16 16 (0.84%) Algorithms
16 16 (0.84%) Life Science
17 15 (0.78%) Security Posture
18 12 (0.63%) Animation
18 12 (0.63%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 132 (6.90%) Windows
2 73 (3.82%) Apple iOS
3 41 (2.14%) Android
3 41 (2.14%) Windows Server
4 36 (1.88%) Windows 10
5 30 (1.57%) Mac OS
6 26 (1.36%) Linux
7 8 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.21%) Mac OS X
8 4 (0.21%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.10%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.052%) Unix
10 1 (0.052%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 532 (27.81%) Agile
2 520 (27.18%) UX Design
3 447 (23.37%) Continuous Improvement
4 418 (21.85%) Problem-Solving
5 367 (19.18%) AI
6 348 (18.19%) Analytics
7 314 (16.41%) Roadmaps
8 257 (13.43%) Mentoring
9 194 (10.14%) DevOps
10 186 (9.72%) Decision-Making
11 174 (9.10%) CI/CD
12 173 (9.04%) Stakeholder Management
13 167 (8.73%) Software Engineering
13 167 (8.73%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 158 (8.26%) User Research
15 150 (7.84%) ITIL
16 147 (7.68%) Customer Experience
17 144 (7.53%) Workflow
18 143 (7.48%) Full-Stack Development
19 142 (7.42%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 226 (11.81%) JavaScript
2 147 (7.68%) TypeScript
3 144 (7.53%) C#
4 140 (7.32%) SQL
5 113 (5.91%) Python
6 87 (4.55%) Java
7 66 (3.45%) PowerShell
8 32 (1.67%) PHP
9 31 (1.62%) Swift
10 25 (1.31%) Kotlin
11 13 (0.68%) ABAP
12 11 (0.58%) C++
13 9 (0.47%) C
13 9 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 9 (0.47%) Go
13 9 (0.47%) VB.NET
14 7 (0.37%) Apex Code
14 7 (0.37%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.31%) Rust
15 6 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 159 (8.31%) Degree
2 125 (6.53%) Security Cleared
3 72 (3.76%) SC Cleared
4 37 (1.93%) DV Cleared
5 26 (1.36%) DBS Check
6 22 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (1.10%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (0.58%) Postgraduate
9 10 (0.52%) CISSP
9 10 (0.52%) Master's Degree
10 9 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (0.42%) ICAEW
12 7 (0.37%) ISTQB
13 6 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (0.31%) SAP Certification
14 5 (0.26%) PMI Certification
14 5 (0.26%) PMP
15 3 (0.16%) A+ Certification
15 3 (0.16%) PhD
15 3 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 307 (16.05%) Accessibility
2 113 (5.91%) QA
3 95 (4.97%) WCAG
4 71 (3.71%) GDPR
5 47 (2.46%) Data Quality
6 23 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
7 20 (1.05%) SLA
8 12 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 9 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 8 (0.42%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
12 5 (0.26%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.26%) NEBOSH
13 4 (0.21%) PMO
13 4 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
14 3 (0.16%) PERC
14 3 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
15 2 (0.10%) GRC
15 2 (0.10%) GxP
16 1 (0.052%) COBIT
System Software
1 113 (5.91%) Active Directory
2 52 (2.72%) Docker
3 9 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.31%) BitLocker
4 6 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.052%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 76 (3.97%) Microsoft Intune
2 27 (1.41%) Kubernetes
3 17 (0.89%) Terraform
4 12 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (0.58%) Jamf Pro
5 11 (0.58%) SCCM
6 5 (0.26%) Ansible
6 5 (0.26%) Grafana
7 4 (0.21%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.10%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.10%) Packer
8 2 (0.10%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.052%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.052%) Kibana
Vendors
1 409 (21.38%) Microsoft
2 183 (9.57%) Adobe
3 90 (4.70%) Google
4 64 (3.35%) ServiceNow
5 50 (2.61%) Salesforce
6 34 (1.78%) Apple
7 31 (1.62%) Oracle
7 31 (1.62%) SAP
8 25 (1.31%) iManage
9 19 (0.99%) Braze
10 18 (0.94%) HubSpot
11 16 (0.84%) Amplitude
11 16 (0.84%) Cisco
11 16 (0.84%) Hotjar
11 16 (0.84%) OpenAI
12 14 (0.73%) Dynatrace
13 13 (0.68%) Nexthink
14 12 (0.63%) Genesys
15 11 (0.58%) Avaya
15 11 (0.58%) Meraki