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 22 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
22 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 8 58 96
Rank change year-on-year +50 +38 -27
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 4,885 1,069 726
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 13.20% 4.43% 3.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 16.32% 4.75% 3.57%
Number of salaries quoted 529 521 550
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,500 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £106,250 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% -8.70%

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 29,938 22,515 20,323
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 80.93% 93.22% 93.68%
Number of salaries quoted 16,384 12,113 15,153
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -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 22 December 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 22 December 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 +54 4,736 £55,000 -8.33% 973
UK excluding London +64 4,060 £52,500 +5.00% 572
North of England +58 1,740 £52,500 - 187
North West +52 1,551 £55,000 - 123
Midlands +87 1,110 £42,039 +20.11% 88
West Midlands +97 964 £44,770 -10.46% 59
London +30 709 £71,028 -5.30% 509
South East +40 677 £52,500 -4.55% 162
East of England +34 396 £55,000 +10.00% 49
Work from Home -30 321 £55,000 -15.38% 505
Yorkshire +42 177 £55,000 +22.22% 47
East Midlands +31 158 £40,000 +14.29% 29
South West +14 71 £52,500 -4.55% 58
Wales +16 43 £50,000 +61.29% 10
Scotland -38 17 £53,750 -17.31% 30
Northern Ireland -2 12 £95,000 - 3
North East -5 12 £50,000 +17.65% 18
Channel Islands +3 9 £90,000 +260.00%

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 77 (1.39%) CMS
2 61 (1.10%) Confluence
3 57 (1.03%) SharePoint
4 34 (0.61%) WordPress
5 18 (0.32%) Drupal
6 17 (0.31%) Microsoft Exchange
7 10 (0.18%) Headless CMS
7 10 (0.18%) Umbraco
8 5 (0.090%) nginx
9 4 (0.072%) Apache
9 4 (0.072%) Appian
9 4 (0.072%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.054%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.054%) Joomla!
10 3 (0.054%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.036%) CICS
11 2 (0.036%) EPiServer
12 1 (0.018%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.018%) IIS
12 1 (0.018%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 61 (1.10%) Adobe XD
2 43 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
3 41 (0.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 33 (0.59%) Sketch
5 31 (0.56%) Microsoft Office
6 30 (0.54%) Photoshop
7 22 (0.40%) Adobe Illustrator
7 22 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 22 (0.40%) MS Visio
8 19 (0.34%) InDesign
9 9 (0.16%) Chatbot
10 6 (0.11%) InVision
11 5 (0.090%) Spreadsheet
12 4 (0.072%) Trello
13 3 (0.054%) Adobe After Effects
13 3 (0.054%) Adobe Premiere
13 3 (0.054%) AutoCAD
14 2 (0.036%) Adobe Captivate
14 2 (0.036%) Elementor
14 2 (0.036%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 46 (0.83%) Shopify
2 26 (0.47%) SAP S/4HANA
3 23 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
4 10 (0.18%) Magento
5 6 (0.11%) Payment Gateway
6 5 (0.090%) Dynamics GP
6 5 (0.090%) Workday HCM
7 4 (0.072%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.072%) SAP BPC
8 3 (0.054%) Infor SunSystems
8 3 (0.054%) SAP Business One
9 2 (0.036%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 2 (0.036%) OpenCart
9 2 (0.036%) Sage X3
9 2 (0.036%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.036%) SAP EWM
10 1 (0.018%) Adobe Campaign
10 1 (0.018%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.018%) Oracle Receivables
10 1 (0.018%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 4,044 (72.90%) Cloud Computing
2 293 (5.28%) Azure
3 215 (3.88%) AWS
4 182 (3.28%) Figma
5 143 (2.58%) Microsoft 365
6 108 (1.95%) SaaS
7 85 (1.53%) Google Analytics
8 80 (1.44%) Power Platform
9 70 (1.26%) GCP
10 69 (1.24%) Azure DevOps
11 54 (0.97%) GitHub
12 53 (0.96%) Serverless
13 47 (0.85%) Entra ID
14 35 (0.63%) Miro
15 32 (0.58%) AWS Lambda
16 31 (0.56%) Azure Logic Apps
16 31 (0.56%) PowerApps
17 27 (0.49%) Power Automate
18 25 (0.45%) Adobe Analytics
19 22 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4,047 (72.96%) Internet
2 21 (0.38%) DNS
3 20 (0.36%) Firewall
4 17 (0.31%) TCP/IP
5 16 (0.29%) DHCP
6 15 (0.27%) HTTP
7 11 (0.20%) VLAN
8 9 (0.16%) VPN
9 7 (0.13%) LAN
9 7 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
10 6 (0.11%) Broadband
10 6 (0.11%) Intranet
10 6 (0.11%) WAN
11 5 (0.090%) Bluetooth
12 4 (0.072%) Intrusion Detection
12 4 (0.072%) Modbus
12 4 (0.072%) Network Security
12 4 (0.072%) Wireshark
12 4 (0.072%) ZigBee
13 3 (0.054%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (1.10%) SQL Server
2 45 (0.81%) NoSQL
2 45 (0.81%) Power BI
3 36 (0.65%) MySQL
3 36 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
4 26 (0.47%) Relational Database
5 21 (0.38%) MongoDB
6 18 (0.32%) Looker
7 14 (0.25%) Metadata
8 13 (0.23%) DB2
9 12 (0.22%) Tableau
10 8 (0.14%) BigQuery
10 8 (0.14%) Oracle Reports
11 7 (0.13%) DynamoDB
11 7 (0.13%) Redis
12 6 (0.11%) MariaDB
13 5 (0.090%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.054%) Power Query
14 3 (0.054%) RDBMS
14 3 (0.054%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 130 (2.34%) JIRA
2 112 (2.02%) Git
3 35 (0.63%) Axure RP
4 31 (0.56%) Jenkins
5 29 (0.52%) Balsamiq
5 29 (0.52%) Cypress.io
5 29 (0.52%) webpack
6 18 (0.32%) Bitbucket
7 17 (0.31%) Selenium
8 15 (0.27%) Storybook
8 15 (0.27%) TeamCity
9 14 (0.25%) NeoLoad
10 12 (0.22%) Cucumber
10 12 (0.22%) eCATT
11 11 (0.20%) Babel
11 11 (0.20%) GitLab
11 11 (0.20%) Vite
12 10 (0.18%) Postman
13 9 (0.16%) gulp
14 7 (0.13%) Visual Studio
General
1 4,606 (83.04%) Social Skills
2 4,151 (74.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,111 (74.11%) Banking
4 288 (5.19%) Finance
5 259 (4.67%) Marketing
6 196 (3.53%) Analytical Skills
7 159 (2.87%) Law
8 110 (1.98%) Public Sector
9 96 (1.73%) Legal
10 83 (1.50%) Retail
11 57 (1.03%) Organisational Skills
12 50 (0.90%) Influencing Skills
12 50 (0.90%) Manufacturing
13 47 (0.85%) Presentation Skills
14 45 (0.81%) Telecoms
15 17 (0.31%) Advertising
15 17 (0.31%) Electronics
16 16 (0.29%) Pharmaceutical
17 14 (0.25%) Digital Health
18 12 (0.22%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 3,139 (56.59%) Lecturer
2 300 (5.41%) Developer
3 270 (4.87%) Senior
4 156 (2.81%) Analyst
5 155 (2.79%) Designer
6 135 (2.43%) Lead
7 93 (1.68%) Full-Stack Developer
8 88 (1.59%) Senior Developer
9 72 (1.30%) UX Designer
10 62 (1.12%) Product Manager
11 61 (1.10%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 61 (1.10%) IT Support
12 53 (0.96%) Business Analyst
13 49 (0.88%) Software Engineer
14 46 (0.83%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 46 (0.83%) Senior Manager
15 38 (0.69%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
15 38 (0.69%) Support Analyst
16 35 (0.63%) IT Manager
16 35 (0.63%) UI Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 273 (4.92%) HTML
2 272 (4.90%) React
3 251 (4.52%) CSS
4 143 (2.58%) .NET
5 115 (2.07%) Node.js
6 113 (2.04%) RESTful
7 81 (1.46%) REST
8 65 (1.17%) AngularJS
9 63 (1.14%) Next.js
10 57 (1.03%) HTML5
11 53 (0.96%) Vue
12 45 (0.81%) CSS3
13 38 (0.69%) Spring
14 36 (0.65%) GraphQL
14 36 (0.65%) Jest
15 35 (0.63%) Spring Boot
16 31 (0.56%) .NET Framework
16 31 (0.56%) ASP.NET
17 26 (0.47%) JSON
17 26 (0.47%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 4,054 (73.08%) IoT
2 134 (2.42%) Product Ownership
3 96 (1.73%) Onboarding
4 69 (1.24%) Cloud Native
5 66 (1.19%) Mobile App
6 61 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
7 46 (0.83%) Social Media
8 39 (0.70%) Management Information System
9 34 (0.61%) AI Agents
10 28 (0.50%) Analytical Mindset
11 27 (0.49%) Driving Licence
11 27 (0.49%) Greenfield Project
12 24 (0.43%) e-Learning
13 22 (0.40%) Graphic Design
14 21 (0.38%) Legacy Systems
15 18 (0.32%) Enterprise Software
16 17 (0.31%) Distributed Systems
16 17 (0.31%) Virtual Team
17 14 (0.25%) Blog
17 14 (0.25%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 73 (1.32%) Windows
2 69 (1.24%) Apple iOS
3 62 (1.12%) Android
4 41 (0.74%) Windows 10
5 25 (0.45%) Windows Server
6 17 (0.31%) Linux
7 9 (0.16%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.13%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.090%) Unix
9 5 (0.090%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.072%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.054%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.036%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,309 (77.68%) AI
2 4,126 (74.38%) Machine Learning
3 4,104 (73.99%) Cybersecurity
4 4,102 (73.95%) Web Development
5 601 (10.83%) Agile
6 421 (7.59%) UX Design
7 385 (6.94%) Problem-Solving
8 331 (5.97%) Continuous Improvement
9 301 (5.43%) Analytics
10 236 (4.25%) Roadmaps
11 216 (3.89%) DevOps
12 201 (3.62%) CI/CD
13 199 (3.59%) Full-Stack Development
14 160 (2.88%) Mentoring
15 155 (2.79%) Stakeholder Management
16 150 (2.70%) User Research
17 145 (2.61%) Front End Development
18 144 (2.60%) E-Commerce
19 143 (2.58%) Prototyping
20 140 (2.52%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 312 (5.62%) JavaScript
2 174 (3.14%) TypeScript
3 142 (2.56%) SQL
4 119 (2.15%) Java
5 117 (2.11%) C#
6 114 (2.06%) Python
7 52 (0.94%) PowerShell
8 31 (0.56%) PHP
9 18 (0.32%) Bash
10 17 (0.31%) Go
11 16 (0.29%) C++
11 16 (0.29%) Kotlin
12 14 (0.25%) Swift
13 11 (0.20%) Bicep
14 10 (0.18%) VBScript
15 9 (0.16%) Rust
16 8 (0.14%) R
17 7 (0.13%) Ruby
17 7 (0.13%) XAML
18 6 (0.11%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 4,285 (77.25%) Degree
2 4,075 (73.46%) Master's Degree
3 4,046 (72.94%) PhD
3 4,046 (72.94%) Postgraduate
4 148 (2.67%) Security Cleared
5 108 (1.95%) SC Cleared
6 54 (0.97%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (0.43%) DBS Check
7 24 (0.43%) DV Cleared
8 20 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (0.34%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 17 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (0.22%) MCSA
12 10 (0.18%) AWS Certification
13 9 (0.16%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.13%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.13%) CCNA
14 7 (0.13%) SAP Certification
15 6 (0.11%) A+ Certification
15 6 (0.11%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 314 (5.66%) Accessibility
2 115 (2.07%) QA
3 76 (1.37%) WCAG
4 41 (0.74%) GDPR
5 24 (0.43%) SLA
6 18 (0.32%) Data Quality
7 14 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.18%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (0.18%) ISO/IEC 19770
9 8 (0.14%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (0.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 7 (0.13%) PERC
11 5 (0.090%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 5 (0.090%) GxP
11 5 (0.090%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.054%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 3 (0.054%) HL7
12 3 (0.054%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.054%) Section 508
13 2 (0.036%) NIST
System Software
1 83 (1.50%) Active Directory
2 81 (1.46%) Docker
3 20 (0.36%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
5 5 (0.090%) Firmware
6 4 (0.072%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (0.054%) vSphere
8 2 (0.036%) RACF
8 2 (0.036%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.018%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.018%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.018%) VMware ESXi
9 1 (0.018%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 72 (1.30%) Kubernetes
2 54 (0.97%) Microsoft Intune
3 41 (0.74%) Terraform
4 14 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (0.22%) HP ALM
6 8 (0.14%) Grafana
7 7 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
8 6 (0.11%) Ansible
9 5 (0.090%) SCCM
10 4 (0.072%) Nessus
10 4 (0.072%) Nmap
11 3 (0.054%) Prometheus
12 2 (0.036%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
12 2 (0.036%) SmoothWall
12 2 (0.036%) vCenter Server
13 1 (0.018%) Argo
13 1 (0.018%) Backup Exec
13 1 (0.018%) BMC PATROL
13 1 (0.018%) MOM
13 1 (0.018%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 234 (4.22%) Microsoft
2 139 (2.51%) Adobe
3 127 (2.29%) Google
4 59 (1.06%) SAP
5 43 (0.78%) ServiceNow
6 34 (0.61%) Salesforce
7 27 (0.49%) Cisco
8 25 (0.45%) HubSpot
8 25 (0.45%) Oracle
9 24 (0.43%) Apple
10 21 (0.38%) Qualtrics
11 20 (0.36%) Atlassian
12 16 (0.29%) Hotjar
13 15 (0.27%) Screaming Frog
14 14 (0.25%) HP
15 12 (0.22%) Nexthink
15 12 (0.22%) Splunk
16 10 (0.18%) Citrix
17 9 (0.16%) Ahrefs
17 9 (0.16%) Foundry