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

3 months to
25 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 57 95
Rank change year-on-year -25 +38 -11
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,025 1,234 1,301
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.96% 4.82% 2.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.70% 5.23% 3.41%
Number of salaries quoted 711 497 766
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,150 £57,500 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% +9.42% -15.92%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,500 £53,688 £50,000
% change year-on-year -0.35% +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 38,009 23,595 38,142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.65% 92.09% 82.07%
Number of salaries quoted 26,010 12,082 25,658
10th Percentile £30,500 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -9.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -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 25 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 25 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 -18 904 £60,000 +0.33% 911
UK excluding London -13 661 £53,500 -0.35% 514
Work from Home -27 372 £57,000 -8.80% 462
London -32 290 £70,000 - 521
North of England -24 241 £52,000 -5.45% 144
North West -16 140 £55,000 -4.35% 95
South East +26 116 £51,442 +2.88% 135
East of England +41 115 £85,000 +70.00% 64
Midlands -29 71 £45,497 -15.26% 59
Yorkshire +4 61 £50,000 +21.21% 28
South West -31 54 £60,000 +7.35% 48
North East -6 40 £52,000 +66.40% 22
West Midlands -46 38 £45,497 -15.26% 39
Scotland -28 37 £50,000 +12.36% 34
East Midlands +16 33 £52,500 +64.06% 19
Wales - 24 £50,000 - 18
Northern Ireland -23 4 £39,500 - 17

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
1 118 (2.75%) CMS
2 115 (2.68%) SharePoint
3 72 (1.68%) Confluence
4 42 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
5 28 (0.65%) WordPress
6 9 (0.21%) Drupal
7 8 (0.19%) Umbraco
8 7 (0.16%) nginx
9 3 (0.070%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.070%) Moodle
9 3 (0.070%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.047%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.047%) IIS
10 2 (0.047%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.047%) Totara
11 1 (0.023%) Apache
11 1 (0.023%) Camunda
11 1 (0.023%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 33 (0.77%) Adobe XD
2 32 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 32 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (0.49%) Sketch
4 20 (0.47%) Photoshop
5 19 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
5 19 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
6 12 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
7 9 (0.21%) Chatbot
7 9 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
7 9 (0.21%) UserZoom
8 8 (0.19%) InDesign
8 8 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 6 (0.14%) InVision
10 3 (0.070%) Adobe Premiere
10 3 (0.070%) MS Visio
10 3 (0.070%) Productboard
10 3 (0.070%) SPSS
10 3 (0.070%) Trello
11 2 (0.047%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 31 (0.72%) Shopify
2 22 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (0.44%) Magento
4 11 (0.26%) SAP S/4HANA
5 9 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.12%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.093%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.070%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.070%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.047%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.047%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.047%) Payment Gateway
9 2 (0.047%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.047%) Towers Watson Igloo
10 1 (0.023%) Oracle General Ledger
10 1 (0.023%) PeopleSoft HCM
10 1 (0.023%) SAP Business One
10 1 (0.023%) SAP HCM
10 1 (0.023%) SAP HR
10 1 (0.023%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 2,447 (57.08%) Cloud Computing
2 324 (7.56%) Azure
3 224 (5.23%) Microsoft 365
4 218 (5.09%) Figma
5 163 (3.80%) AWS
6 135 (3.15%) SaaS
7 134 (3.13%) Power Platform
8 96 (2.24%) Entra ID
9 71 (1.66%) Azure DevOps
10 69 (1.61%) Adobe Analytics
11 66 (1.54%) GCP
12 64 (1.49%) GitHub
12 64 (1.49%) Google Analytics
13 54 (1.26%) PowerApps
14 51 (1.19%) Power Automate
15 42 (0.98%) Azure Logic Apps
16 41 (0.96%) Contentsquare
16 41 (0.96%) OneDrive
16 41 (0.96%) Serverless
17 35 (0.82%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2,454 (57.24%) Internet
2 78 (1.82%) Broadband
3 26 (0.61%) VPN
4 23 (0.54%) DNS
5 20 (0.47%) Firewall
6 19 (0.44%) DHCP
6 19 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
7 18 (0.42%) HTTP
8 12 (0.28%) TCP/IP
9 8 (0.19%) Kerberos
9 8 (0.19%) VoIP
10 4 (0.093%) NAS
10 4 (0.093%) Network Security
10 4 (0.093%) SAN
10 4 (0.093%) SMS
10 4 (0.093%) Unified Communications
10 4 (0.093%) VLAN
11 3 (0.070%) LAN
11 3 (0.070%) Structured Cabling
11 3 (0.070%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (1.61%) Power BI
2 54 (1.26%) SQL Server
3 33 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (0.58%) Looker
5 23 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
6 18 (0.42%) Metadata
7 17 (0.40%) MongoDB
7 17 (0.40%) MySQL
8 15 (0.35%) BigQuery
8 15 (0.35%) NoSQL
9 10 (0.23%) Redis
9 10 (0.23%) Tableau
10 8 (0.19%) Relational Database
11 6 (0.14%) DB2
11 6 (0.14%) GIS
11 6 (0.14%) SAP BW
11 6 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 5 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.12%) Elasticsearch
13 4 (0.093%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 111 (2.59%) JIRA
2 70 (1.63%) Git
3 20 (0.47%) Balsamiq
3 20 (0.47%) Jenkins
4 19 (0.44%) Axure RP
5 18 (0.42%) Selenium
6 17 (0.40%) Crashlytics
7 15 (0.35%) webpack
8 14 (0.33%) Vite
8 14 (0.33%) XCTest
9 13 (0.30%) Cypress.io
9 13 (0.30%) fastlane
10 11 (0.26%) Bitbucket
10 11 (0.26%) Claude Code
10 11 (0.26%) Cucumber
11 8 (0.19%) Postman
11 8 (0.19%) Storybook
11 8 (0.19%) Visual Studio
12 6 (0.14%) Xcode
13 5 (0.12%) JUnit
General
1 2,952 (68.86%) Social Skills
2 2,567 (59.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2,491 (58.11%) Banking
4 289 (6.74%) Finance
5 244 (5.69%) Marketing
6 187 (4.36%) Analytical Skills
7 142 (3.31%) Public Sector
8 103 (2.40%) Legal
9 90 (2.10%) Organisational Skills
10 89 (2.08%) Retail
11 84 (1.96%) Law
12 62 (1.45%) Games
13 59 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
14 47 (1.10%) Influencing Skills
15 33 (0.77%) Advertising
16 32 (0.75%) Manufacturing
17 25 (0.58%) Back Office
18 22 (0.51%) Telecoms
19 17 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
20 15 (0.35%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,847 (43.08%) Lecturer
2 370 (8.63%) Senior
3 309 (7.21%) Designer
4 264 (6.16%) Developer
5 227 (5.30%) UX Designer
6 190 (4.43%) Lead
7 126 (2.94%) Analyst
8 94 (2.19%) Senior Developer
9 86 (2.01%) Senior Designer
10 76 (1.77%) Software Engineer
11 72 (1.68%) UI Designer
12 65 (1.52%) Senior UX Designer
13 64 (1.49%) UI/UX Designer
14 61 (1.42%) Architect
14 61 (1.42%) Product Manager
15 59 (1.38%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 58 (1.35%) IT Support
17 57 (1.33%) IT Manager
18 51 (1.19%) Senior Manager
19 50 (1.17%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 200 (4.67%) HTML
2 198 (4.62%) CSS
3 178 (4.15%) React
4 115 (2.68%) .NET
5 92 (2.15%) REST
6 76 (1.77%) RESTful
7 64 (1.49%) AngularJS
8 56 (1.31%) Node.js
9 49 (1.14%) Vue
10 45 (1.05%) .NET Core
11 44 (1.03%) JSON
12 40 (0.93%) HTML5
13 31 (0.72%) CSS3
14 30 (0.70%) Web Services
15 27 (0.63%) ASP.NET
15 27 (0.63%) SOAP
16 26 (0.61%) Sass
17 25 (0.58%) Next.js
17 25 (0.58%) Spring
18 24 (0.56%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 2,451 (57.17%) IoT
2 193 (4.50%) Product Ownership
3 120 (2.80%) Mobile App
4 108 (2.52%) Onboarding
5 62 (1.45%) Social Media
6 46 (1.07%) Cloud Native
7 44 (1.03%) Enterprise Software
8 41 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
9 34 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
10 30 (0.70%) AI Agents
10 30 (0.70%) Management Information System
11 29 (0.68%) Greenfield Project
12 19 (0.44%) e-Learning
12 19 (0.44%) Low-Code
13 18 (0.42%) Life Science
13 18 (0.42%) Public Cloud
14 17 (0.40%) Driving Licence
15 15 (0.35%) Analytical Mindset
16 14 (0.33%) CMDB
17 13 (0.30%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 102 (2.38%) Windows
2 67 (1.56%) Apple iOS
3 45 (1.05%) Android
4 30 (0.70%) Windows 10
5 27 (0.63%) Windows Server
6 25 (0.58%) Mac OS
7 22 (0.51%) Linux
8 5 (0.12%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.093%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.070%) Unix
10 3 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.047%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.023%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,776 (64.75%) AI
2 2,528 (58.97%) Machine Learning
3 2,507 (58.48%) Cybersecurity
4 2,496 (58.22%) Web Development
5 541 (12.62%) UX Design
6 519 (12.11%) Agile
7 372 (8.68%) Continuous Improvement
8 361 (8.42%) Problem-Solving
9 332 (7.74%) Analytics
10 293 (6.83%) Roadmaps
11 256 (5.97%) Mentoring
12 178 (4.15%) Decision-Making
13 174 (4.06%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 167 (3.90%) DevOps
14 167 (3.90%) Software Engineering
15 161 (3.76%) Full-Stack Development
15 161 (3.76%) User Research
16 154 (3.59%) CI/CD
17 143 (3.34%) CRM
18 142 (3.31%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 250 (5.83%) JavaScript
2 151 (3.52%) TypeScript
3 130 (3.03%) SQL
4 115 (2.68%) C#
5 113 (2.64%) Python
6 104 (2.43%) Java
7 55 (1.28%) PowerShell
8 41 (0.96%) PHP
9 25 (0.58%) Kotlin
9 25 (0.58%) Swift
10 15 (0.35%) Go
11 9 (0.21%) Bash
11 9 (0.21%) Bicep
11 9 (0.21%) C++
11 9 (0.21%) T-SQL
12 8 (0.19%) Rust
13 7 (0.16%) ABAP
14 4 (0.093%) C
14 4 (0.093%) VB
14 4 (0.093%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2,638 (61.53%) Degree
2 2,463 (57.45%) Master's Degree
3 2,450 (57.15%) Postgraduate
4 2,449 (57.13%) PhD
5 153 (3.57%) Security Cleared
6 95 (2.22%) SC Cleared
7 41 (0.96%) DV Cleared
8 35 (0.82%) DBS Check
9 24 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (0.19%) CISSP
12 8 (0.19%) ICAEW
13 7 (0.16%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 6 (0.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 6 (0.14%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.14%) SAP Certification
15 5 (0.12%) PMP
16 4 (0.093%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 292 (6.81%) Accessibility
2 112 (2.61%) QA
3 97 (2.26%) WCAG
4 56 (1.31%) GDPR
5 29 (0.68%) 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 5 (0.12%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 5 (0.12%) NEBOSH
12 4 (0.093%) PMO
13 3 (0.070%) GRC
13 3 (0.070%) PERC
14 2 (0.047%) GxP
14 2 (0.047%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.023%) NCSC
15 1 (0.023%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 98 (2.29%) Active Directory
2 55 (1.28%) Docker
3 6 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.093%) BitLocker
5 4 (0.093%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.093%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 71 (1.66%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (0.86%) Kubernetes
3 26 (0.61%) Terraform
4 21 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
6 9 (0.21%) Grafana
6 9 (0.21%) SCCM
7 5 (0.12%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.093%) Ansible
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
1 334 (7.79%) Microsoft
2 188 (4.39%) Adobe
3 96 (2.24%) Google
4 72 (1.68%) ServiceNow
5 52 (1.21%) Salesforce
6 31 (0.72%) HubSpot
7 28 (0.65%) Apple
8 26 (0.61%) SAP
9 24 (0.56%) Nexthink
9 24 (0.56%) Oracle
10 18 (0.42%) Braze
11 16 (0.37%) BMC
11 16 (0.37%) Hotjar
12 15 (0.35%) Amplitude
13 12 (0.28%) iManage
13 12 (0.28%) OpenAI
14 10 (0.23%) WooCommerce
15 9 (0.21%) ConnectWise
15 9 (0.21%) Pinterest
15 9 (0.21%) TikTok