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

3 months to
9 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 57 68
Rank change year-on-year -27 +11 +21
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,070 1,265 1,422
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.98% 4.75% 3.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.73% 5.20% 4.09%
Number of salaries quoted 742 484 619
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £34,575
25th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £59,150 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.48% +7.55% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £80,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.71% -4.50%

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 39,265 24,333 34,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.52% 91.46% 78.65%
Number of salaries quoted 27,257 12,102 22,073
10th Percentile £30,750 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
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 9 June 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 9 June 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 -22 951 £57,500 -4.17% 648
UK excluding London -15 682 £52,500 -4.55% 444
Work from Home -32 394 £57,500 -8.00% 373
London -25 316 £70,000 - 311
North of England -23 254 £50,000 -9.09% 128
North West -26 144 £51,000 -12.82% 85
East of England +53 119 £76,500 +61.05% 50
South East +35 112 £54,000 -1.82% 145
Midlands -12 78 £45,497 -15.26% 54
Yorkshire -3 62 £50,000 - 30
South West -29 55 £60,000 +9.09% 32
North East -6 48 £47,000 +370.00% 14
West Midlands -53 40 £47,500 -13.64% 37
Scotland -17 39 £60,000 +20.00% 13
East Midlands +15 38 £45,000 +40.63% 17
Wales -18 22 £50,000 -25.93% 17
Northern Ireland -19 4 £39,500 - 13

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
1 122 (6.37%) SharePoint
2 120 (6.27%) CMS
3 68 (3.55%) Confluence
4 48 (2.51%) Microsoft Exchange
5 26 (1.36%) WordPress
6 9 (0.47%) Drupal
7 8 (0.42%) Umbraco
8 7 (0.37%) nginx
9 4 (0.21%) Moodle
10 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.10%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.10%) IIS
11 2 (0.10%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.10%) Totara
12 1 (0.052%) Apache
12 1 (0.052%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 36 (1.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 33 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.62%) Adobe XD
4 24 (1.25%) Photoshop
5 22 (1.15%) Adobe Illustrator
5 22 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
5 22 (1.15%) Sketch
6 14 (0.73%) Adobe After Effects
7 13 (0.68%) UserZoom
8 11 (0.57%) InDesign
9 9 (0.47%) Chatbot
9 9 (0.47%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 9 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
10 6 (0.31%) InVision
11 5 (0.26%) Trello
12 3 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
12 3 (0.16%) Productboard
12 3 (0.16%) SPSS
13 2 (0.10%) MS Visio
13 2 (0.10%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 28 (1.46%) Shopify
2 20 (1.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.84%) Magento
4 10 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.31%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.26%) Dynamics GP
6 5 (0.26%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.16%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.10%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.10%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.10%) Towers Watson Igloo
9 2 (0.10%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.052%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.052%) Oracle Receivables
10 1 (0.052%) SAP EWM
10 1 (0.052%) SAP HR
10 1 (0.052%) SAP Payroll
10 1 (0.052%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 324 (16.93%) Azure
2 242 (12.64%) Microsoft 365
3 215 (11.23%) Figma
4 156 (8.15%) AWS
5 141 (7.37%) SaaS
6 136 (7.11%) Power Platform
7 100 (5.22%) Entra ID
8 76 (3.97%) Azure DevOps
9 69 (3.61%) Adobe Analytics
10 66 (3.45%) GitHub
11 63 (3.29%) Cloud Computing
11 63 (3.29%) Google Analytics
12 61 (3.19%) GCP
13 53 (2.77%) Power Automate
13 53 (2.77%) PowerApps
14 46 (2.40%) Serverless
15 43 (2.25%) Contentsquare
16 41 (2.14%) OneDrive
17 40 (2.09%) Azure Logic Apps
18 33 (1.72%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 81 (4.23%) Broadband
2 70 (3.66%) Internet
3 26 (1.36%) VPN
4 25 (1.31%) DNS
4 25 (1.31%) Firewall
5 21 (1.10%) DHCP
6 19 (0.99%) Wi-Fi
7 14 (0.73%) HTTP
8 11 (0.57%) TCP/IP
9 9 (0.47%) VoIP
10 8 (0.42%) Kerberos
11 5 (0.26%) SAN
11 5 (0.26%) VLAN
12 4 (0.21%) NAS
12 4 (0.21%) Network Security
12 4 (0.21%) SMS
12 4 (0.21%) Structured Cabling
12 4 (0.21%) Unified Communications
12 4 (0.21%) Wireless
13 3 (0.16%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (3.71%) Power BI
2 43 (2.25%) SQL Server
3 29 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (1.25%) Looker
5 23 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
6 19 (0.99%) MySQL
7 17 (0.89%) Metadata
8 16 (0.84%) MongoDB
9 13 (0.68%) BigQuery
9 13 (0.68%) NoSQL
10 10 (0.52%) Relational Database
10 10 (0.52%) Tableau
11 8 (0.42%) Redis
12 6 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
13 5 (0.26%) Elasticsearch
13 5 (0.26%) GIS
13 5 (0.26%) SAP BW
14 4 (0.21%) Amazon RDS
14 4 (0.21%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 103 (5.38%) JIRA
2 73 (3.81%) Git
3 20 (1.04%) Crashlytics
4 19 (0.99%) Jenkins
5 17 (0.89%) Balsamiq
5 17 (0.89%) fastlane
6 16 (0.84%) Axure RP
7 15 (0.78%) Claude Code
7 15 (0.78%) XCTest
8 14 (0.73%) Vite
9 12 (0.63%) Cypress.io
9 12 (0.63%) Selenium
9 12 (0.63%) webpack
10 8 (0.42%) Bitbucket
10 8 (0.42%) Postman
10 8 (0.42%) Storybook
10 8 (0.42%) Xcode
11 7 (0.37%) Android Studio
11 7 (0.37%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.37%) Visual Studio
General
1 577 (30.15%) Social Skills
2 283 (14.79%) Finance
3 239 (12.49%) Marketing
4 192 (10.03%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 191 (9.98%) Analytical Skills
6 146 (7.63%) Public Sector
7 105 (5.49%) Legal
8 101 (5.28%) Banking
9 95 (4.96%) Retail
10 94 (4.91%) Organisational Skills
11 77 (4.02%) Law
12 66 (3.45%) Games
13 57 (2.98%) Presentation Skills
14 45 (2.35%) Influencing Skills
15 36 (1.88%) Advertising
16 33 (1.72%) Manufacturing
17 21 (1.10%) Back Office
18 19 (0.99%) Documentation Skills
18 19 (0.99%) Telecoms
19 16 (0.84%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 355 (18.55%) Senior
2 318 (16.61%) Designer
3 260 (13.58%) Developer
4 233 (12.17%) UX Designer
5 192 (10.03%) Lead
6 129 (6.74%) Analyst
7 97 (5.07%) Senior Developer
8 90 (4.70%) Senior Designer
9 79 (4.13%) UI Designer
10 78 (4.08%) Software Engineer
11 71 (3.71%) UI/UX Designer
12 68 (3.55%) IT Support
13 67 (3.50%) Senior UX Designer
14 60 (3.13%) Product Manager
15 59 (3.08%) Architect
16 58 (3.03%) IT Manager
17 56 (2.93%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
17 56 (2.93%) Support Engineer
18 51 (2.66%) Product Designer
19 48 (2.51%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 197 (10.29%) HTML
2 195 (10.19%) CSS
3 169 (8.83%) React
4 110 (5.75%) .NET
5 86 (4.49%) REST
6 73 (3.81%) RESTful
7 58 (3.03%) AngularJS
8 51 (2.66%) Node.js
9 48 (2.51%) Vue
10 44 (2.30%) .NET Core
11 43 (2.25%) JSON
12 36 (1.88%) HTML5
13 30 (1.57%) CSS3
14 27 (1.41%) Sass
14 27 (1.41%) SwiftUI
15 26 (1.36%) Web Services
16 24 (1.25%) ASP.NET
16 24 (1.25%) Next.js
16 24 (1.25%) Spring
17 23 (1.20%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 192 (10.03%) Product Ownership
2 123 (6.43%) Mobile App
3 107 (5.59%) Onboarding
4 67 (3.50%) IoT
5 64 (3.34%) Social Media
6 45 (2.35%) Cloud Native
7 44 (2.30%) Enterprise Software
8 39 (2.04%) Legacy Systems
9 33 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
10 28 (1.46%) AI Agents
10 28 (1.46%) Management Information System
11 25 (1.31%) Greenfield Project
12 21 (1.10%) Driving Licence
13 18 (0.94%) e-Learning
14 17 (0.89%) Analytical Mindset
14 17 (0.89%) Life Science
15 16 (0.84%) Low-Code
15 16 (0.84%) Public Cloud
16 15 (0.78%) Graphic Design
16 15 (0.78%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 118 (6.17%) Windows
2 68 (3.55%) Apple iOS
3 43 (2.25%) Android
4 35 (1.83%) Windows 10
5 33 (1.72%) Windows Server
6 27 (1.41%) Linux
6 27 (1.41%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.31%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.21%) Mac OS X
8 4 (0.21%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.10%) Unix
9 2 (0.10%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.052%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 545 (28.47%) UX Design
2 495 (25.86%) Agile
3 392 (20.48%) AI
4 385 (20.11%) Continuous Improvement
5 370 (19.33%) Problem-Solving
6 332 (17.35%) Analytics
7 289 (15.10%) Roadmaps
8 248 (12.96%) Mentoring
9 180 (9.40%) Decision-Making
10 165 (8.62%) DevOps
11 164 (8.57%) Software Engineering
11 164 (8.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 156 (8.15%) User Research
13 153 (7.99%) CI/CD
13 153 (7.99%) Full-Stack Development
14 143 (7.47%) ITIL
14 143 (7.47%) Product Roadmap
15 142 (7.42%) Machine Learning
16 140 (7.31%) Stakeholder Management
17 138 (7.21%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 237 (12.38%) JavaScript
2 147 (7.68%) TypeScript
3 123 (6.43%) SQL
4 114 (5.96%) C#
5 113 (5.90%) Python
6 97 (5.07%) Java
7 59 (3.08%) PowerShell
8 44 (2.30%) PHP
9 28 (1.46%) Swift
10 26 (1.36%) Kotlin
11 13 (0.68%) Go
12 8 (0.42%) Bash
12 8 (0.42%) Rust
13 7 (0.37%) ABAP
13 7 (0.37%) Bicep
13 7 (0.37%) C++
14 6 (0.31%) Apex Code
14 6 (0.31%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.31%) VBScript
15 5 (0.26%) VB
Qualifications
1 239 (12.49%) Degree
2 138 (7.21%) Security Cleared
3 82 (4.28%) SC Cleared
4 77 (4.02%) Master's Degree
5 67 (3.50%) Postgraduate
6 65 (3.40%) PhD
7 41 (2.14%) DV Cleared
8 34 (1.78%) DBS Check
9 19 (0.99%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (0.73%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (0.42%) CISSP
12 8 (0.42%) ICAEW
13 7 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 6 (0.31%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 6 (0.31%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.31%) SAP Certification
15 5 (0.26%) ISTQB
15 5 (0.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 292 (15.26%) Accessibility
2 111 (5.80%) QA
3 99 (5.17%) WCAG
4 57 (2.98%) GDPR
5 31 (1.62%) Data Quality
6 21 (1.10%) Cyber Essentials
7 15 (0.78%) SLA
8 12 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (0.42%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.26%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.26%) NEBOSH
12 4 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 4 (0.21%) PMO
13 3 (0.16%) PERC
14 2 (0.10%) GRC
14 2 (0.10%) GxP
14 2 (0.10%) Software Quality Assurance
15 1 (0.052%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 1 (0.052%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 104 (5.43%) Active Directory
2 51 (2.66%) Docker
3 7 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.31%) BitLocker
5 5 (0.26%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.052%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 71 (3.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (1.57%) Kubernetes
3 23 (1.20%) Terraform
4 19 (0.99%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (0.57%) SCCM
6 9 (0.47%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (0.31%) Grafana
8 5 (0.26%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.16%) Ansible
10 2 (0.10%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.10%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.10%) Packer
10 2 (0.10%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.052%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.052%) Kibana
11 1 (0.052%) MOM
Vendors
1 352 (18.39%) Microsoft
2 191 (9.98%) Adobe
3 93 (4.86%) Google
4 71 (3.71%) ServiceNow
5 53 (2.77%) Salesforce
6 29 (1.52%) HubSpot
7 28 (1.46%) Apple
8 25 (1.31%) SAP
9 24 (1.25%) Oracle
10 23 (1.20%) Nexthink
11 19 (0.99%) Braze
12 17 (0.89%) Hotjar
13 16 (0.84%) Amplitude
14 15 (0.78%) BMC
15 14 (0.73%) iManage
16 13 (0.68%) Dynatrace
16 13 (0.68%) OpenAI
17 10 (0.52%) TikTok
17 10 (0.52%) VMware
18 9 (0.47%) Pinterest