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 16 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
16 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 56 83
Rank change year-on-year -23 +27 0
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,032 1,207 1,390
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.00% 4.86% 3.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.75% 5.28% 3.63%
Number of salaries quoted 707 495 800
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,150 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% +9.52% -16.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,171 £53,688 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.96% +7.38% -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 37,500 22,848 38,305
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.71% 92.00% 84.21%
Number of salaries quoted 25,330 11,943 25,652
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -9.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,840 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,000 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +9.28% -3.00% -9.09%

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 16 May 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 16 May 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 -17 906 £60,000 +2.56% 755
UK excluding London -20 654 £53,171 -0.96% 519
Work from Home -27 374 £60,000 - 902
London -27 297 £70,000 - 350
North of England -24 242 £52,500 -4.55% 142
North West -18 137 £55,000 -4.35% 89
South East +22 114 £48,885 -4.81% 138
East of England +34 109 £85,000 +100.00% 59
Midlands -19 77 £45,000 -16.18% 67
Yorkshire -3 69 £50,000 +17.65% 31
South West -29 51 £57,000 +1.98% 57
West Midlands -41 42 £42,500 -20.84% 44
Scotland -33 38 £55,000 +23.60% 43
North East -8 36 £53,500 +1.90% 22
East Midlands +10 35 £52,500 +64.06% 21
Wales -10 21 £50,000 - 12
Northern Ireland -28 4 £39,500 - 10

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
1 119 (2.79%) CMS
2 115 (2.70%) SharePoint
3 73 (1.71%) Confluence
4 41 (0.96%) Microsoft Exchange
5 29 (0.68%) WordPress
6 10 (0.23%) Drupal
6 10 (0.23%) Umbraco
7 7 (0.16%) nginx
8 3 (0.070%) Apache Airflow
8 3 (0.070%) Moodle
8 3 (0.070%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.047%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.047%) IIS
9 2 (0.047%) Skype for Business
9 2 (0.047%) Totara
10 1 (0.023%) Apache
10 1 (0.023%) Camunda
10 1 (0.023%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 36 (0.84%) Adobe XD
2 32 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 20 (0.47%) Sketch
5 19 (0.45%) Microsoft Excel
6 16 (0.38%) Photoshop
7 15 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
8 9 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
8 9 (0.21%) UserZoom
9 8 (0.19%) Chatbot
10 7 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
10 7 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 6 (0.14%) InVision
12 4 (0.094%) InDesign
12 4 (0.094%) MS Visio
13 3 (0.070%) Adobe Premiere
13 3 (0.070%) SPSS
13 3 (0.070%) Trello
14 2 (0.047%) Avid Media Composer
14 2 (0.047%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 32 (0.75%) Shopify
2 21 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (0.45%) Magento
4 9 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
5 8 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
6 5 (0.12%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.070%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.070%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.047%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.023%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.023%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.023%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.023%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.023%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.023%) PeopleSoft HCM
9 1 (0.023%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.023%) SAP EWM
9 1 (0.023%) SAP HCM
9 1 (0.023%) Towers Watson Igloo
Cloud Services
1 2,446 (57.39%) Cloud Computing
2 318 (7.46%) Azure
3 216 (5.07%) Microsoft 365
4 211 (4.95%) Figma
5 169 (3.97%) AWS
6 132 (3.10%) Power Platform
7 129 (3.03%) SaaS
8 94 (2.21%) Entra ID
9 70 (1.64%) GCP
10 69 (1.62%) Adobe Analytics
11 68 (1.60%) Google Analytics
12 66 (1.55%) Azure DevOps
13 64 (1.50%) GitHub
14 55 (1.29%) PowerApps
15 50 (1.17%) Power Automate
16 43 (1.01%) OneDrive
17 42 (0.99%) Azure Logic Apps
18 41 (0.96%) Contentsquare
18 41 (0.96%) Serverless
19 36 (0.84%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2,454 (57.58%) Internet
2 78 (1.83%) Broadband
3 24 (0.56%) VPN
4 22 (0.52%) HTTP
5 21 (0.49%) DNS
6 19 (0.45%) Firewall
7 17 (0.40%) DHCP
7 17 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (0.28%) TCP/IP
9 8 (0.19%) Kerberos
10 7 (0.16%) VoIP
11 4 (0.094%) Intranet
11 4 (0.094%) NAS
11 4 (0.094%) Network Security
11 4 (0.094%) SAN
11 4 (0.094%) VLAN
12 3 (0.070%) LAN
12 3 (0.070%) SMS
12 3 (0.070%) Unified Communications
13 2 (0.047%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (1.57%) Power BI
2 56 (1.31%) SQL Server
3 32 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (0.59%) Looker
5 23 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
6 20 (0.47%) NoSQL
7 18 (0.42%) MongoDB
8 17 (0.40%) Metadata
8 17 (0.40%) MySQL
9 15 (0.35%) BigQuery
10 10 (0.23%) Tableau
11 9 (0.21%) Redis
12 8 (0.19%) Relational Database
13 7 (0.16%) DB2
14 6 (0.14%) SAP BW
14 6 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
15 5 (0.12%) Elasticsearch
16 4 (0.094%) GIS
16 4 (0.094%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 112 (2.63%) JIRA
2 67 (1.57%) Git
3 22 (0.52%) Balsamiq
4 21 (0.49%) Axure RP
5 20 (0.47%) Jenkins
6 19 (0.45%) Selenium
7 16 (0.38%) Crashlytics
7 16 (0.38%) webpack
8 14 (0.33%) Vite
8 14 (0.33%) XCTest
9 12 (0.28%) Bitbucket
9 12 (0.28%) Cucumber
10 11 (0.26%) Cypress.io
11 10 (0.23%) fastlane
12 9 (0.21%) Claude Code
13 8 (0.19%) Postman
13 8 (0.19%) Storybook
13 8 (0.19%) Visual Studio
14 6 (0.14%) JUnit
14 6 (0.14%) TeamCity
General
1 2,951 (69.24%) Social Skills
2 2,561 (60.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2,500 (58.66%) Banking
4 294 (6.90%) Finance
5 230 (5.40%) Marketing
6 178 (4.18%) Analytical Skills
7 142 (3.33%) Public Sector
8 103 (2.42%) Legal
9 86 (2.02%) Organisational Skills
10 84 (1.97%) Law
11 81 (1.90%) Retail
12 61 (1.43%) Games
12 61 (1.43%) Presentation Skills
13 51 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
14 32 (0.75%) Manufacturing
15 31 (0.73%) Advertising
16 25 (0.59%) Telecoms
17 24 (0.56%) Back Office
18 16 (0.38%) Documentation Skills
19 15 (0.35%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,847 (43.34%) Lecturer
2 380 (8.92%) Senior
3 300 (7.04%) Designer
4 257 (6.03%) Developer
5 223 (5.23%) UX Designer
6 190 (4.46%) Lead
7 123 (2.89%) Analyst
8 90 (2.11%) Senior Developer
9 87 (2.04%) Senior Designer
10 81 (1.90%) Software Engineer
11 67 (1.57%) UI Designer
12 66 (1.55%) Senior UX Designer
13 62 (1.45%) Product Manager
14 59 (1.38%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 59 (1.38%) UI/UX Designer
15 57 (1.34%) Architect
16 53 (1.24%) IT Manager
17 52 (1.22%) IT Support
17 52 (1.22%) Senior Manager
18 50 (1.17%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 196 (4.60%) HTML
2 194 (4.55%) CSS
3 179 (4.20%) React
4 118 (2.77%) .NET
5 91 (2.14%) REST
6 79 (1.85%) RESTful
7 65 (1.53%) AngularJS
8 58 (1.36%) Node.js
9 50 (1.17%) Vue
10 42 (0.99%) .NET Core
10 42 (0.99%) HTML5
11 41 (0.96%) JSON
12 33 (0.77%) CSS3
13 31 (0.73%) Web Services
14 28 (0.66%) ASP.NET
15 26 (0.61%) Sass
16 25 (0.59%) Next.js
16 25 (0.59%) SOAP
16 25 (0.59%) Spring
17 24 (0.56%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 2,451 (57.51%) IoT
2 187 (4.39%) Product Ownership
3 115 (2.70%) Mobile App
4 109 (2.56%) Onboarding
5 55 (1.29%) Social Media
6 51 (1.20%) Cloud Native
7 44 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
8 43 (1.01%) Legacy Systems
9 32 (0.75%) AI Agents
9 32 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
10 31 (0.73%) Self-Motivation
11 30 (0.70%) Management Information System
12 21 (0.49%) Low-Code
12 21 (0.49%) Public Cloud
13 20 (0.47%) e-Learning
14 18 (0.42%) Life Science
15 15 (0.35%) Driving Licence
16 14 (0.33%) CMDB
17 13 (0.31%) Security Posture
18 12 (0.28%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 94 (2.21%) Windows
2 66 (1.55%) Apple iOS
3 48 (1.13%) Android
4 30 (0.70%) Windows 10
5 25 (0.59%) Windows Server
6 22 (0.52%) Linux
6 22 (0.52%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.14%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.094%) Mac OS X
9 3 (0.070%) Unix
9 3 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.047%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.023%) VMS
11 1 (0.023%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,772 (65.04%) AI
2 2,529 (59.34%) Machine Learning
3 2,503 (58.73%) Cybersecurity
4 2,496 (58.56%) Web Development
5 528 (12.39%) UX Design
6 520 (12.20%) Agile
7 357 (8.38%) Continuous Improvement
8 350 (8.21%) Problem-Solving
9 324 (7.60%) Analytics
10 292 (6.85%) Roadmaps
11 259 (6.08%) Mentoring
12 176 (4.13%) Decision-Making
12 176 (4.13%) Software Engineering
13 175 (4.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 169 (3.97%) DevOps
15 167 (3.92%) User Research
16 165 (3.87%) Full-Stack Development
17 150 (3.52%) CI/CD
18 143 (3.36%) Product Roadmap
19 138 (3.24%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 253 (5.94%) JavaScript
2 155 (3.64%) TypeScript
3 132 (3.10%) SQL
4 114 (2.67%) C#
5 112 (2.63%) Python
6 110 (2.58%) Java
7 54 (1.27%) PowerShell
8 40 (0.94%) PHP
9 25 (0.59%) Kotlin
10 24 (0.56%) Swift
11 17 (0.40%) Go
12 11 (0.26%) Bicep
13 10 (0.23%) C++
13 10 (0.23%) T-SQL
14 9 (0.21%) Bash
15 8 (0.19%) Rust
16 5 (0.12%) ABAP
17 4 (0.094%) Apex Code
17 4 (0.094%) Scala
17 4 (0.094%) VB
Qualifications
1 2,643 (62.01%) Degree
2 2,464 (57.81%) Master's Degree
3 2,449 (57.46%) PhD
4 2,448 (57.44%) Postgraduate
5 157 (3.68%) Security Cleared
6 98 (2.30%) SC Cleared
7 41 (0.96%) DV Cleared
8 38 (0.89%) DBS Check
9 29 (0.68%) Computer Science Degree
10 19 (0.45%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (0.19%) CISSP
13 7 (0.16%) PMI Certification
13 7 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 6 (0.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
15 5 (0.12%) ICAEW
15 5 (0.12%) ITIL Certification
15 5 (0.12%) PMP
15 5 (0.12%) SAP Certification
16 4 (0.094%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 291 (6.83%) Accessibility
2 108 (2.53%) QA
3 97 (2.28%) WCAG
4 54 (1.27%) GDPR
5 24 (0.56%) Data Quality
6 18 (0.42%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (0.33%) SLA
8 12 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
9 11 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 10 (0.23%) PCI DSS
11 7 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 5 (0.12%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.12%) NEBOSH
13 4 (0.094%) PMO
14 3 (0.070%) GRC
15 2 (0.047%) GxP
15 2 (0.047%) PERC
15 2 (0.047%) SOC 2
16 1 (0.023%) HMG Security Policy Framework
16 1 (0.023%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 95 (2.23%) Active Directory
2 58 (1.36%) Docker
3 7 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.094%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.070%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.023%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 71 (1.67%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (0.99%) Kubernetes
3 28 (0.66%) Terraform
4 23 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
6 9 (0.21%) Grafana
7 8 (0.19%) SCCM
8 5 (0.12%) Ansible
8 5 (0.12%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.047%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.047%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.047%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.047%) Packer
9 2 (0.047%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.023%) Argo
10 1 (0.023%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.023%) Kibana
10 1 (0.023%) MOM
Vendors
1 324 (7.60%) Microsoft
2 186 (4.36%) Adobe
3 99 (2.32%) Google
4 71 (1.67%) ServiceNow
5 52 (1.22%) Salesforce
6 33 (0.77%) HubSpot
7 27 (0.63%) Apple
8 26 (0.61%) Nexthink
9 24 (0.56%) SAP
10 19 (0.45%) Oracle
11 18 (0.42%) Braze
12 17 (0.40%) BMC
13 16 (0.38%) Hotjar
14 15 (0.35%) Amplitude
15 12 (0.28%) OpenAI
16 11 (0.26%) iManage
17 10 (0.23%) Atlassian
17 10 (0.23%) VMware
17 10 (0.23%) WooCommerce
18 9 (0.21%) ConnectWise