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

3 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 88 65
Rank change year-on-year -6 -23 +13
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,074 750 1,134
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.94% 2.95% 3.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.62% 3.40% 3.93%
Number of salaries quoted 691 470 499
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,250
25th Percentile £40,250 £43,750 £44,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -13.39%
75th Percentile £71,186 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,148 £105,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -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 41,046 22,062 28,841
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.14% 86.64% 76.97%
Number of salaries quoted 28,812 13,423 17,583
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £41,500 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -12.04% -

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 August 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 August 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 -2 953 £55,000 -8.33% 1,175
UK excluding London -7 620 £50,000 -4.76% 609
Work from Home -15 411 £55,000 -12.70% 528
London -12 363 £67,500 -10.00% 715
North of England +1 199 £52,500 +10.53% 163
South East -46 112 £50,000 -9.09% 152
Midlands -1 106 £45,000 -18.18% 89
North West -36 101 £42,500 -15.00% 85
South West -18 86 £60,000 +20.00% 72
West Midlands -5 64 £47,500 -15.93% 71
East of England -4 55 £47,500 -20.83% 48
Yorkshire +25 51 £56,250 +12.50% 49
North East -7 47 £50,000 +61.29% 29
East Midlands +1 42 £42,500 - 18
Scotland +16 26 £55,000 -24.14% 43
Wales -42 25 £46,980 -30.40% 18
Northern Ireland -59 11 £46,000 - 33

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
1 159 (7.58%) SharePoint
2 109 (5.19%) CMS
3 68 (3.24%) Confluence
4 52 (2.48%) Microsoft Exchange
5 35 (1.67%) WordPress
6 7 (0.33%) IIS
6 7 (0.33%) Moodle
7 5 (0.24%) Drupal
7 5 (0.24%) Skype for Business
7 5 (0.24%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.14%) Apache
9 3 (0.14%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.14%) nginx
10 2 (0.095%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.095%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.095%) Totara
11 1 (0.048%) ExpressionEngine
11 1 (0.048%) NServiceBus
11 1 (0.048%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 43 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (1.52%) Adobe XD
4 30 (1.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 26 (1.24%) Chatbot
6 23 (1.10%) Sketch
7 20 (0.95%) Photoshop
8 19 (0.91%) UserZoom
9 18 (0.86%) Adobe Illustrator
10 16 (0.76%) InDesign
11 11 (0.52%) Adobe After Effects
12 9 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
13 8 (0.38%) MS Visio
13 8 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
14 4 (0.19%) InVision
14 4 (0.19%) Trello
15 3 (0.14%) Productboard
15 3 (0.14%) SPSS
15 3 (0.14%) Zeplin
16 2 (0.095%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 24 (1.14%) Shopify
2 17 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.52%) NetSuite
5 10 (0.48%) Magento
5 10 (0.48%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.24%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
7 3 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.14%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.095%) Adobe Campaign
8 2 (0.095%) iTrent
8 2 (0.095%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.095%) Towers Watson Igloo
8 2 (0.095%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.048%) Integrated Workplace Management System
9 1 (0.048%) SAP MDG
9 1 (0.048%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 418 (19.91%) Azure
2 296 (14.10%) Microsoft 365
3 215 (10.24%) Figma
4 178 (8.48%) AWS
5 170 (8.10%) Power Platform
6 136 (6.48%) SaaS
7 122 (5.81%) Entra ID
8 107 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
9 89 (4.24%) Power Automate
10 83 (3.95%) PowerApps
11 72 (3.43%) Google Analytics
12 70 (3.33%) GCP
13 67 (3.19%) GitHub
14 65 (3.10%) Adobe Analytics
15 60 (2.86%) Microsoft Copilot
16 49 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
17 47 (2.24%) Azure Logic Apps
18 46 (2.19%) Serverless
19 44 (2.10%) OneDrive
20 43 (2.05%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 63 (3.00%) Broadband
2 37 (1.76%) Firewall
3 34 (1.62%) DNS
4 27 (1.29%) DHCP
5 21 (1.00%) VPN
6 19 (0.91%) VoIP
7 17 (0.81%) TCP/IP
7 17 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (0.57%) Network Security
9 11 (0.52%) CTI
10 10 (0.48%) HTTP
10 10 (0.48%) Kerberos
11 9 (0.43%) Wireless
12 7 (0.33%) Internet
12 7 (0.33%) VLAN
13 6 (0.29%) Intranet
13 6 (0.29%) Unified Communications
14 5 (0.24%) SAN
14 5 (0.24%) Skype
14 5 (0.24%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 93 (4.43%) Power BI
2 65 (3.10%) SQL Server
3 31 (1.48%) Relational Database
4 28 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
6 21 (1.00%) MySQL
6 21 (1.00%) NoSQL
7 19 (0.91%) Looker
8 17 (0.81%) Metadata
9 11 (0.52%) BigQuery
9 11 (0.52%) MongoDB
10 10 (0.48%) Tableau
11 9 (0.43%) Redis
12 7 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.29%) GIS
13 6 (0.29%) Power Query
14 5 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (0.24%) Star Schema
15 4 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 101 (4.81%) JIRA
2 99 (4.72%) Git
3 29 (1.38%) Claude Code
4 25 (1.19%) Jenkins
5 21 (1.00%) fastlane
6 19 (0.91%) Crashlytics
7 18 (0.86%) Cypress.io
8 14 (0.67%) XCTest
9 12 (0.57%) Balsamiq
9 12 (0.57%) Selenium
10 11 (0.52%) Axure RP
11 10 (0.48%) Postman
12 9 (0.43%) Xcode
13 7 (0.33%) Oracle Forms
13 7 (0.33%) Team Foundation Server
13 7 (0.33%) Vite
13 7 (0.33%) webpack
14 6 (0.29%) Android Studio
14 6 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 6 (0.29%) JUnit
General
1 698 (33.25%) Social Skills
2 360 (17.15%) Finance
3 276 (13.15%) Marketing
4 268 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
5 194 (9.24%) Public Sector
6 190 (9.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 141 (6.72%) Retail
8 120 (5.72%) Law
9 104 (4.95%) Legal
10 100 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
11 72 (3.43%) Games
12 67 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
13 54 (2.57%) Banking
14 41 (1.95%) Presentation Skills
15 35 (1.67%) Advertising
16 30 (1.43%) Manufacturing
17 29 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
18 21 (1.00%) Financial Institution
18 21 (1.00%) Multimedia
19 19 (0.91%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 382 (18.20%) Senior
2 350 (16.67%) Designer
3 300 (14.29%) Developer
4 260 (12.39%) Lead
5 250 (11.91%) UX Designer
6 167 (7.96%) Analyst
7 106 (5.05%) Senior Developer
8 97 (4.62%) Software Engineer
9 93 (4.43%) UI Designer
10 91 (4.34%) Senior Designer
11 89 (4.24%) IT Support
12 87 (4.14%) UI/UX Designer
13 73 (3.48%) Product Manager
14 66 (3.14%) Architect
15 64 (3.05%) Senior UX Designer
16 63 (3.00%) IT Manager
17 62 (2.95%) Business Analyst
17 62 (2.95%) Support Engineer
18 54 (2.57%) Full-Stack Developer
19 48 (2.29%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 209 (9.96%) HTML
2 207 (9.86%) CSS
3 156 (7.43%) .NET
4 155 (7.38%) React
5 103 (4.91%) REST
6 76 (3.62%) RESTful
7 64 (3.05%) .NET Core
8 62 (2.95%) Node.js
9 53 (2.53%) JSON
10 44 (2.10%) ASP.NET
11 41 (1.95%) Next.js
12 35 (1.67%) AngularJS
13 33 (1.57%) HTML5
14 32 (1.52%) CSS3
15 28 (1.33%) jQuery
16 27 (1.29%) Blazor
16 27 (1.29%) Spring
16 27 (1.29%) SwiftUI
16 27 (1.29%) Vue
17 26 (1.24%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 209 (9.96%) Product Ownership
2 111 (5.29%) Mobile App
3 101 (4.81%) Onboarding
4 74 (3.53%) Social Media
5 69 (3.29%) Enterprise Software
6 59 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
7 50 (2.38%) Cloud Native
8 33 (1.57%) Management Information System
9 29 (1.38%) Driving Licence
10 28 (1.33%) AI Agents
11 27 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
12 24 (1.14%) Algorithms
13 21 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
14 20 (0.95%) Graphic Design
14 20 (0.95%) Greenfield Project
15 19 (0.91%) Distributed Systems
16 18 (0.86%) Virtual Team
17 17 (0.81%) Blog
17 17 (0.81%) Security Posture
18 16 (0.76%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 156 (7.43%) Windows
2 78 (3.72%) Apple iOS
3 47 (2.24%) Windows Server
4 45 (2.14%) Android
5 39 (1.86%) Windows 10
6 36 (1.72%) Mac OS
7 27 (1.29%) Linux
8 8 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.24%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.19%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.19%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.095%) AIX
12 1 (0.048%) CentOS
12 1 (0.048%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 594 (28.30%) Agile
2 559 (26.63%) UX Design
3 519 (24.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 471 (22.44%) Problem-Solving
5 441 (21.01%) AI
6 382 (18.20%) Analytics
7 340 (16.20%) Roadmaps
8 278 (13.24%) Mentoring
9 237 (11.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 233 (11.10%) Decision-Making
11 223 (10.62%) DevOps
12 202 (9.62%) CI/CD
13 179 (8.53%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 170 (8.10%) Software Engineering
14 170 (8.10%) User Research
15 168 (8.00%) Customer Experience
16 159 (7.58%) Workflow
17 158 (7.53%) ITIL
18 155 (7.38%) Product Roadmap
19 152 (7.24%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 251 (11.96%) JavaScript
2 169 (8.05%) SQL
3 162 (7.72%) C#
4 154 (7.34%) TypeScript
5 120 (5.72%) Python
6 93 (4.43%) Java
7 74 (3.53%) PowerShell
8 35 (1.67%) Swift
9 29 (1.38%) PHP
10 26 (1.24%) Kotlin
11 16 (0.76%) VB.NET
12 12 (0.57%) C++
13 11 (0.52%) C
14 10 (0.48%) ABAP
14 10 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 8 (0.38%) Go
15 8 (0.38%) VBScript
16 7 (0.33%) VB
17 6 (0.29%) Apex Code
17 6 (0.29%) Bash
Qualifications
1 199 (9.48%) Degree
2 149 (7.10%) Security Cleared
3 88 (4.19%) SC Cleared
4 39 (1.86%) DV Cleared
5 37 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (1.33%) DBS Check
7 12 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
7 12 (0.57%) ICAEW
7 12 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
8 11 (0.52%) Postgraduate
9 10 (0.48%) CISSP
9 10 (0.48%) Master's Degree
10 8 (0.38%) PMI Certification
11 7 (0.33%) ISTQB
12 6 (0.29%) IIBA
13 4 (0.19%) AWS Certification
14 3 (0.14%) CBAP
14 3 (0.14%) CSPO
14 3 (0.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 323 (15.39%) Accessibility
2 132 (6.29%) QA
3 112 (5.34%) WCAG
4 67 (3.19%) Data Quality
5 64 (3.05%) GDPR
6 31 (1.48%) SLA
7 19 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
8 18 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
9 12 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 11 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.24%) NEBOSH
11 5 (0.24%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.24%) PMO
11 5 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.19%) PERC
12 4 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.14%) GxP
13 3 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 2 (0.095%) HIPAA
System Software
1 117 (5.57%) Active Directory
2 60 (2.86%) Docker
3 10 (0.48%) BitLocker
3 10 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.095%) Firmware
7 2 (0.095%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 87 (4.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (1.76%) Kubernetes
3 24 (1.14%) Terraform
4 16 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
5 14 (0.67%) SCCM
6 9 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.24%) Ansible
8 4 (0.19%) Grafana
9 2 (0.095%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.095%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.095%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.095%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.048%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.048%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.048%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 459 (21.87%) Microsoft
2 180 (8.58%) Adobe
3 110 (5.24%) Google
4 52 (2.48%) ServiceNow
5 49 (2.33%) Salesforce
6 38 (1.81%) Oracle
7 33 (1.57%) Apple
8 31 (1.48%) SAP
9 23 (1.10%) OpenAI
10 20 (0.95%) iManage
11 19 (0.91%) Cisco
12 17 (0.81%) Braze
13 16 (0.76%) HubSpot
14 15 (0.71%) Amplitude
14 15 (0.71%) Dynatrace
15 14 (0.67%) Hotjar
16 12 (0.57%) Workday
17 11 (0.52%) Avaya
17 11 (0.52%) Genesys
17 11 (0.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud