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

3 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 65 81
Rank change year-on-year +49 +16 -19
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 2,405 1,214 866
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 8.74% 3.99% 3.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.21% 4.40% 3.89%
Number of salaries quoted 536 474 717
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,464 £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 £78,125 £82,438 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £108,142 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -13.04%

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 23,558 27,578 22,286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.64% 90.67% 93.36%
Number of salaries quoted 13,884 11,866 17,383
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,269 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -16.36% +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 16 November 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 16 November 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 +52 2,269 £55,000 -10.93% 1,413
UK excluding London +58 1,746 £52,500 +5.00% 747
North of England +56 727 £50,000 -12.28% 212
North West +52 633 £56,250 -2.17% 143
London +32 556 £70,000 -9.68% 765
South East +46 498 £54,500 +3.81% 264
Work from Home -19 310 £55,000 -21.43% 846
East of England +56 281 £55,000 - 39
Midlands +59 116 £40,000 +14.29% 78
Yorkshire +30 87 £39,000 -29.09% 48
East Midlands +27 73 £35,000 - 31
South West +7 62 £55,000 +15.79% 92
West Midlands +49 44 £52,250 +4.50% 47
Wales +20 31 £52,500 +90.91% 20
Scotland -36 24 £46,750 -20.43% 32
Northern Ireland -5 10 £95,000 +31.03% 15
North East -10 7 £50,000 +17.65% 21
Channel Islands +1 6 - -

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 92 (2.91%) CMS
2 58 (1.83%) Confluence
3 55 (1.74%) SharePoint
4 51 (1.61%) WordPress
5 24 (0.76%) Drupal
6 14 (0.44%) Umbraco
7 13 (0.41%) Microsoft Exchange
8 11 (0.35%) Headless CMS
9 4 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.13%) Apache
9 4 (0.13%) Appian
9 4 (0.13%) IIS
9 4 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.095%) Joomla!
10 3 (0.095%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.063%) CICS
11 2 (0.063%) EPiServer
11 2 (0.063%) nginx
12 1 (0.032%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.032%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 64 (2.02%) Adobe XD
2 47 (1.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 46 (1.46%) Microsoft Excel
4 41 (1.30%) Sketch
5 36 (1.14%) Microsoft Office
6 33 (1.04%) Photoshop
7 25 (0.79%) Adobe Illustrator
8 23 (0.73%) MS Visio
9 20 (0.63%) InDesign
9 20 (0.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 10 (0.32%) Chatbot
11 5 (0.16%) InVision
11 5 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
12 4 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
12 4 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
12 4 (0.13%) Elementor
13 3 (0.095%) Adobe Captivate
13 3 (0.095%) AutoCAD
14 2 (0.063%) Microsoft Project
14 2 (0.063%) Trello
Business Applications
1 40 (1.27%) Shopify
2 31 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 24 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.19%) Magento
4 6 (0.19%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
5 5 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.13%) SAP BPC
7 3 (0.095%) Infor SunSystems
7 3 (0.095%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.095%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.063%) Adobe Campaign
8 2 (0.063%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 2 (0.063%) iTrent
8 2 (0.063%) OpenCart
8 2 (0.063%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.063%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.032%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.032%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 1,599 (50.59%) Cloud Computing
2 300 (9.49%) Azure
3 244 (7.72%) AWS
4 190 (6.01%) Figma
5 143 (4.52%) Microsoft 365
6 102 (3.23%) Google Analytics
7 101 (3.20%) SaaS
8 74 (2.34%) Power Platform
9 72 (2.28%) GCP
10 71 (2.25%) Azure DevOps
11 62 (1.96%) Serverless
12 61 (1.93%) GitHub
13 38 (1.20%) Entra ID
14 35 (1.11%) AWS Lambda
14 35 (1.11%) PowerApps
15 31 (0.98%) Miro
16 30 (0.95%) Azure Logic Apps
17 29 (0.92%) Power Automate
18 24 (0.76%) Google Tag Manager
19 22 (0.70%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 1,605 (50.78%) Internet
2 18 (0.57%) DNS
2 18 (0.57%) Firewall
3 15 (0.47%) TCP/IP
4 13 (0.41%) DHCP
5 11 (0.35%) VLAN
6 7 (0.22%) HTTP
6 7 (0.22%) VPN
7 6 (0.19%) Broadband
7 6 (0.19%) Intranet
7 6 (0.19%) LAN
8 5 (0.16%) WAN
9 4 (0.13%) Bluetooth
9 4 (0.13%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.13%) Modbus
9 4 (0.13%) Network Security
9 4 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.13%) Wireshark
9 4 (0.13%) ZigBee
10 3 (0.095%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (1.90%) SQL Server
2 51 (1.61%) Power BI
3 49 (1.55%) MySQL
4 41 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
5 40 (1.27%) NoSQL
6 31 (0.98%) Relational Database
7 20 (0.63%) MongoDB
8 16 (0.51%) DynamoDB
9 14 (0.44%) Looker
10 12 (0.38%) Tableau
11 11 (0.35%) Metadata
12 10 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
13 9 (0.28%) Oracle Reports
14 8 (0.25%) BigQuery
14 8 (0.25%) Redis
15 7 (0.22%) DB2
15 7 (0.22%) Mixpanel
16 6 (0.19%) MariaDB
17 5 (0.16%) Power Query
17 5 (0.16%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 142 (4.49%) Git
2 122 (3.86%) JIRA
3 34 (1.08%) Cypress.io
4 31 (0.98%) Axure RP
5 28 (0.89%) webpack
6 25 (0.79%) Jenkins
7 24 (0.76%) Balsamiq
8 21 (0.66%) Vite
9 17 (0.54%) Storybook
10 16 (0.51%) Bitbucket
11 15 (0.47%) GitLab
12 14 (0.44%) NeoLoad
12 14 (0.44%) Selenium
13 12 (0.38%) eCATT
14 11 (0.35%) Babel
15 10 (0.32%) Postman
15 10 (0.32%) TeamCity
16 9 (0.28%) gulp
17 8 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
17 8 (0.25%) Xcode
General
1 2,198 (69.53%) Social Skills
2 1,723 (54.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,677 (53.05%) Banking
4 323 (10.22%) Finance
5 297 (9.40%) Marketing
6 206 (6.52%) Analytical Skills
7 200 (6.33%) Law
8 105 (3.32%) Legal
9 91 (2.88%) Public Sector
10 86 (2.72%) Retail
11 50 (1.58%) Presentation Skills
12 45 (1.42%) Manufacturing
13 44 (1.39%) Organisational Skills
14 41 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
15 32 (1.01%) Telecoms
16 27 (0.85%) Advertising
17 20 (0.63%) Electronics
18 16 (0.51%) Publishing
19 15 (0.47%) Games
19 15 (0.47%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1,292 (40.87%) Lecturer
2 367 (11.61%) Developer
3 287 (9.08%) Senior
4 155 (4.90%) Designer
5 151 (4.78%) Analyst
6 135 (4.27%) Lead
7 126 (3.99%) Senior Developer
8 98 (3.10%) Full-Stack Developer
9 77 (2.44%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 68 (2.15%) IT Support
11 66 (2.09%) Product Manager
12 65 (2.06%) Software Engineer
13 60 (1.90%) UX Designer
14 54 (1.71%) Business Analyst
15 44 (1.39%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
16 43 (1.36%) Architect
16 43 (1.36%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 43 (1.36%) Senior Manager
17 40 (1.27%) React Developer
18 35 (1.11%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 325 (10.28%) React
2 296 (9.36%) HTML
3 282 (8.92%) CSS
4 150 (4.75%) .NET
5 120 (3.80%) Node.js
6 111 (3.51%) RESTful
7 72 (2.28%) AngularJS
8 71 (2.25%) HTML5
9 67 (2.12%) REST
10 66 (2.09%) Next.js
11 52 (1.65%) CSS3
11 52 (1.65%) Vue
12 50 (1.58%) Jest
13 49 (1.55%) Spring
14 45 (1.42%) Spring Boot
15 38 (1.20%) GraphQL
16 36 (1.14%) .NET Framework
17 35 (1.11%) ASP.NET
18 31 (0.98%) Tailwind CSS
19 30 (0.95%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1,610 (50.93%) IoT
2 131 (4.14%) Product Ownership
3 95 (3.01%) Onboarding
4 72 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
5 62 (1.96%) Cloud Native
6 61 (1.93%) Mobile App
7 54 (1.71%) Social Media
8 48 (1.52%) Management Information System
9 37 (1.17%) Analytical Mindset
10 31 (0.98%) AI Agents
10 31 (0.98%) Driving Licence
11 25 (0.79%) e-Learning
12 23 (0.73%) Data Structures
13 22 (0.70%) Algorithms
13 22 (0.70%) Graphic Design
14 19 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
15 15 (0.47%) Animation
15 15 (0.47%) Legacy Systems
16 14 (0.44%) Blog
16 14 (0.44%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 73 (2.31%) Windows
2 70 (2.21%) Apple iOS
3 55 (1.74%) Android
4 40 (1.27%) Windows 10
5 25 (0.79%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.51%) Linux
7 7 (0.22%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.16%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.13%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.13%) Unix
9 4 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
10 2 (0.063%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (0.063%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,867 (59.06%) AI
2 1,696 (53.65%) Machine Learning
3 1,676 (53.02%) Web Development
4 1,668 (52.77%) Cybersecurity
5 630 (19.93%) Agile
6 454 (14.36%) UX Design
7 396 (12.53%) Problem-Solving
8 334 (10.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 303 (9.59%) Analytics
10 238 (7.53%) Roadmaps
11 222 (7.02%) CI/CD
12 221 (6.99%) DevOps
13 206 (6.52%) Full-Stack Development
14 168 (5.31%) Front End Development
15 154 (4.87%) E-Commerce
15 154 (4.87%) Mentoring
15 154 (4.87%) SEO
16 151 (4.78%) Stakeholder Management
17 148 (4.68%) Prototyping
18 143 (4.52%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 354 (11.20%) JavaScript
2 212 (6.71%) TypeScript
3 148 (4.68%) SQL
4 139 (4.40%) Python
5 133 (4.21%) C#
6 128 (4.05%) Java
7 52 (1.65%) PowerShell
8 35 (1.11%) PHP
9 17 (0.54%) Bash
9 17 (0.54%) Kotlin
9 17 (0.54%) Swift
10 13 (0.41%) Go
11 12 (0.38%) C++
12 11 (0.35%) Bicep
13 10 (0.32%) VBScript
14 8 (0.25%) R
14 8 (0.25%) Ruby
14 8 (0.25%) Rust
15 7 (0.22%) XAML
16 6 (0.19%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,842 (58.27%) Degree
2 1,628 (51.50%) Master's Degree
3 1,601 (50.65%) PhD
3 1,601 (50.65%) Postgraduate
4 129 (4.08%) Security Cleared
5 94 (2.97%) SC Cleared
6 62 (1.96%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (0.82%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (0.76%) DV Cleared
9 20 (0.63%) DBS Check
10 19 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 16 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (0.47%) AWS Certification
13 12 (0.38%) MCSA
14 7 (0.22%) A+ Certification
14 7 (0.22%) AWS Certified Developer
14 7 (0.22%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.22%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.22%) SAP Certification
15 5 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 311 (9.84%) Accessibility
2 124 (3.92%) QA
3 71 (2.25%) WCAG
4 49 (1.55%) GDPR
5 26 (0.82%) SLA
6 18 (0.57%) Data Quality
7 10 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 19770
8 9 (0.28%) PERC
9 8 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 6 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.16%) GxP
12 3 (0.095%) ISO 9001
12 3 (0.095%) PCI DSS
12 3 (0.095%) Section 508
13 2 (0.063%) COBIT
13 2 (0.063%) HL7
13 2 (0.063%) NIST
System Software
1 84 (2.66%) Docker
2 74 (2.34%) Active Directory
3 20 (0.63%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.19%) Firmware
6 4 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.095%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (0.063%) RACF
8 2 (0.063%) vSphere
8 2 (0.063%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.032%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.032%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.032%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 86 (2.72%) Kubernetes
2 46 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
2 46 (1.46%) Terraform
3 12 (0.38%) HP ALM
4 7 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.16%) Grafana
5 5 (0.16%) SCCM
6 4 (0.13%) Nessus
6 4 (0.13%) Nmap
7 3 (0.095%) Ansible
7 3 (0.095%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.063%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 2 (0.063%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.063%) SmoothWall
8 2 (0.063%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.063%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.032%) AppManager
9 1 (0.032%) Backup Exec
9 1 (0.032%) BMC PATROL
9 1 (0.032%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 237 (7.50%) Microsoft
2 154 (4.87%) Google
3 144 (4.56%) Adobe
4 57 (1.80%) SAP
5 49 (1.55%) ServiceNow
6 44 (1.39%) Salesforce
7 34 (1.08%) Oracle
8 28 (0.89%) Hotjar
9 25 (0.79%) Cisco
10 24 (0.76%) HubSpot
11 21 (0.66%) Apple
11 21 (0.66%) Qualtrics
12 15 (0.47%) Atlassian
12 15 (0.47%) Foundry
12 15 (0.47%) HP
12 15 (0.47%) Screaming Frog
13 14 (0.44%) Databricks
14 11 (0.35%) Ahrefs
15 10 (0.32%) Citrix
16 9 (0.28%) Sitecore