User Experience Jobs

UX
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring User Experience skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited User Experience over the 3 months leading up to 9 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

3 months to
9 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 77 86
Rank change year-on-year +2 +9 -53
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,116 1,556 1,642
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.79% 3.25% 3.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.11% 3.82% 3.88%
Number of salaries quoted 501 838 1,088
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £51,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.75% -18.40% +6.51%
75th Percentile £76,250 £67,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £81,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,688 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +7.38% -9.09% +4.76%

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 27,143 40,749 42,346
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 92.07% 85.02% 95.74%
Number of salaries quoted 14,078 26,450 26,964
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year - -9.54% +1.33%
75th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £93,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing User Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Experience.

Salary trend for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience over the 3 months to 9 May 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 9 May 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 0 969 £58,000 +10.48% 2,531
UK excluding London -30 706 £53,688 +7.38% 1,451
Work from Home +38 621 £60,000 +20.00% 1,435
North of England -12 356 £55,000 +15.79% 397
London +75 327 £70,000 +16.67% 1,470
North West -9 316 £57,500 +21.05% 273
South East -65 91 £50,000 +5.26% 501
Scotland +43 86 £49,195 +1.96% 81
Midlands -64 80 £53,688 +7.38% 179
West Midlands -6 66 £53,688 -6.63% 127
East of England +7 52 £42,500 -19.05% 148
South West -8 35 £54,143 -1.56% 150
Yorkshire -11 34 £42,500 -15.00% 88
East Midlands -77 14 £32,000 -8.57% 42
North East +10 6 £58,750 +35.41% 44
Isle of Man - 4 - -
Wales -2 1 - - 29
Channel Islands - 1 £87,500 - 2

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 95 (5.21%) CMS
2 58 (3.18%) SharePoint
3 55 (3.02%) WordPress
4 36 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
5 28 (1.54%) Confluence
6 19 (1.04%) IBM Domino
7 18 (0.99%) Skype for Business
8 17 (0.93%) Drupal
9 10 (0.55%) Apache
9 10 (0.55%) nginx
10 8 (0.44%) Apache Airflow
11 6 (0.33%) Headless CMS
11 6 (0.33%) Umbraco
12 5 (0.27%) Apache Spark
13 4 (0.22%) IIS
13 4 (0.22%) Liferay
13 4 (0.22%) SAP Portal
14 3 (0.16%) Apache Solr
14 3 (0.16%) Strapi
15 2 (0.11%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 55 (3.02%) Adobe XD
2 46 (2.52%) Sketch
3 36 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
4 31 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
5 22 (1.21%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 16 (0.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 15 (0.82%) MS Visio
8 14 (0.77%) Adobe Premiere
8 14 (0.77%) Photoshop
9 13 (0.71%) Trello
10 10 (0.55%) Adobe Illustrator
11 8 (0.44%) InDesign
11 8 (0.44%) InVision
12 4 (0.22%) Notion
13 3 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
13 3 (0.16%) Blender
13 3 (0.16%) UserZoom
14 2 (0.11%) Adobe Captivate
14 2 (0.11%) Final Cut Pro
14 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 32 (1.76%) NetSuite
2 29 (1.59%) Shopify
3 21 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (0.77%) Magento
5 13 (0.71%) Payment Gateway
6 11 (0.60%) JDE OneWorld
7 4 (0.22%) Salesforce CRM
8 3 (0.16%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS R12
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.11%) SAP S/4HANA
9 2 (0.11%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.055%) Dynamics GP
10 1 (0.055%) iTrent
10 1 (0.055%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
10 1 (0.055%) Sage 200
10 1 (0.055%) SAP SD
10 1 (0.055%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 467 (25.62%) AWS
2 458 (25.12%) Azure
3 224 (12.29%) GCP
4 154 (8.45%) Figma
5 112 (6.14%) SaaS
6 101 (5.54%) Microsoft 365
7 90 (4.94%) Power Platform
8 55 (3.02%) Google Analytics
9 53 (2.91%) GitHub
10 43 (2.36%) Azure DevOps
11 38 (2.08%) PowerApps
11 38 (2.08%) Serverless
12 34 (1.87%) Entra ID
13 28 (1.54%) Dynamics 365
13 28 (1.54%) Power Automate
14 23 (1.26%) Boomi
15 22 (1.21%) AWS Lambda
15 22 (1.21%) Slack
16 19 (1.04%) Microsoft Copilot
17 18 (0.99%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 25 (1.37%) Internet
2 20 (1.10%) Wireless
3 19 (1.04%) Unified Communications
4 18 (0.99%) Skype
5 11 (0.60%) DNS
6 10 (0.55%) VPN
7 9 (0.49%) WAN
8 8 (0.44%) Firewall
8 8 (0.44%) HTTP
9 7 (0.38%) Cisco IOS
9 7 (0.38%) LAN
9 7 (0.38%) TCP/IP
10 6 (0.33%) Remote Desktop
11 5 (0.27%) Intranet
11 5 (0.27%) SMS
12 4 (0.22%) DHCP
12 4 (0.22%) LoRaWAN
12 4 (0.22%) NetScaler
13 3 (0.16%) Broadband
14 2 (0.11%) GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 121 (6.64%) SQL Server
2 73 (4.00%) MySQL
2 73 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
3 47 (2.58%) Power BI
4 33 (1.81%) Tableau
5 31 (1.70%) Relational Database
6 29 (1.59%) NoSQL
7 24 (1.32%) MongoDB
8 13 (0.71%) Amazon RDS
9 10 (0.55%) Data Lake
10 9 (0.49%) Azure SQL Database
10 9 (0.49%) Redis
10 9 (0.49%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 9 (0.49%) SQLite
11 8 (0.44%) RDBMS
12 7 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
12 7 (0.38%) Metadata
13 6 (0.33%) DB2
14 5 (0.27%) DynamoDB
14 5 (0.27%) Looker
Development Applications
1 175 (9.60%) JIRA
2 150 (8.23%) Git
3 77 (4.22%) GitLab
4 71 (3.89%) Selenium
5 66 (3.62%) Maven
6 61 (3.35%) Cucumber
7 60 (3.29%) Bitbucket
8 55 (3.02%) SonarQube
9 54 (2.96%) Sonatype Nexus
10 38 (2.08%) Visual Studio
11 35 (1.92%) Jenkins
12 29 (1.59%) webpack
13 21 (1.15%) Cypress.io
14 13 (0.71%) Axure RP
15 12 (0.66%) Babel
15 12 (0.66%) Jasmine
15 12 (0.66%) Vite
16 11 (0.60%) Appium
17 10 (0.55%) Balsamiq
17 10 (0.55%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 508 (27.87%) Social Skills
2 453 (24.85%) Finance
3 319 (17.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 241 (13.22%) Analytical Skills
5 204 (11.19%) Banking
6 201 (11.03%) Marketing
7 149 (8.17%) Law
8 106 (5.81%) Retail
9 68 (3.73%) Investment Banking
10 59 (3.24%) Public Sector
11 54 (2.96%) Corporate Banking
12 48 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
13 46 (2.52%) Games
14 43 (2.36%) Front Office
15 35 (1.92%) Organisational Skills
16 32 (1.76%) Advertising
17 30 (1.65%) Legal
18 29 (1.59%) Manufacturing
19 27 (1.48%) Avionics
19 27 (1.48%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 543 (29.79%) Senior
2 483 (26.49%) Developer
3 308 (16.90%) Software Engineer
4 183 (10.04%) Senior Software Engineer
5 165 (9.05%) Designer
6 139 (7.62%) Lead
7 127 (6.97%) Senior Developer
8 118 (6.47%) Analyst
9 113 (6.20%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 113 (6.20%) UX Designer
10 75 (4.11%) React Developer
11 66 (3.62%) Full-Stack Developer
12 65 (3.57%) Architect
12 65 (3.57%) Product Manager
12 65 (3.57%) Senior Designer
13 61 (3.35%) Senior UX Designer
14 46 (2.52%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
15 45 (2.47%) .NET Developer
16 43 (2.36%) Solutions Architect
17 39 (2.14%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 347 (19.03%) CSS
2 341 (18.71%) HTML
3 334 (18.32%) React
4 300 (16.46%) .NET
5 294 (16.13%) Node.js
6 173 (9.49%) RESTful
7 124 (6.80%) HTML5
8 123 (6.75%) CSS3
9 119 (6.53%) Redux
10 112 (6.14%) REST
11 104 (5.70%) AngularJS
12 96 (5.27%) Jest
13 78 (4.28%) Sass
14 66 (3.62%) Kafka
15 63 (3.46%) Spring
15 63 (3.46%) Spring Boot
16 59 (3.24%) Vue
17 55 (3.02%) JPA
18 51 (2.80%) Next.js
19 43 (2.36%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 191 (10.48%) Self-Motivation
2 185 (10.15%) Product Ownership
3 167 (9.16%) Cyberattack
3 167 (9.16%) Linux Command Line
4 113 (6.20%) Mobile App
5 71 (3.89%) Enterprise Software
6 52 (2.85%) Social Media
7 51 (2.80%) Algorithms
8 44 (2.41%) Onboarding
9 37 (2.03%) Fixed Income
9 37 (2.03%) Virtual Team
10 33 (1.81%) Data Structures
11 27 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
12 25 (1.37%) Management Information System
13 23 (1.26%) e-Learning
14 21 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
14 21 (1.15%) Video Conferencing
15 20 (1.10%) Educational Technology
16 19 (1.04%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 18 (0.99%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 239 (13.11%) Linux
2 98 (5.38%) Android
3 94 (5.16%) Windows
4 90 (4.94%) Apple iOS
5 27 (1.48%) Windows Server
6 19 (1.04%) Windows 10
7 15 (0.82%) Mac OS
8 4 (0.22%) Windows Server 2016
8 4 (0.22%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.22%) Windows Vista
9 3 (0.16%) Windows 7
9 3 (0.16%) Windows 8
9 3 (0.16%) Windows Server 2012
10 2 (0.11%) VMS
11 1 (0.055%) CentOS
11 1 (0.055%) Debian
11 1 (0.055%) Solaris
11 1 (0.055%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 822 (45.09%) Agile
2 509 (27.92%) UX Design
3 444 (24.36%) Problem-Solving
4 406 (22.27%) Software Engineering
5 365 (20.02%) Mentoring
6 297 (16.29%) Microservices
7 280 (15.36%) Front End Development
8 272 (14.92%) Scrum
9 245 (13.44%) Project Management
10 237 (13.00%) Roadmaps
11 232 (12.73%) Machine Learning
12 222 (12.18%) Analytics
13 216 (11.85%) DevOps
14 215 (11.79%) Full-Stack Development
15 207 (11.35%) CI/CD
16 186 (10.20%) Cloud Security
17 184 (10.09%) Data Engineering
17 184 (10.09%) Wireframes
18 183 (10.04%) User Research
19 172 (9.43%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 647 (35.49%) JavaScript
2 346 (18.98%) Python
3 327 (17.94%) Java
4 295 (16.18%) TypeScript
5 234 (12.84%) SQL
6 189 (10.37%) Go
7 183 (10.04%) C++
8 169 (9.27%) Rust
9 149 (8.17%) C#
10 77 (4.22%) PHP
11 40 (2.19%) Kotlin
12 33 (1.81%) Swift
13 28 (1.54%) C
13 28 (1.54%) PowerShell
14 14 (0.77%) Objective-C
15 7 (0.38%) Bash
15 7 (0.38%) Bicep
15 7 (0.38%) Ruby
16 6 (0.33%) Apex Code
16 6 (0.33%) Dart
Qualifications
1 319 (17.50%) Degree
2 231 (12.67%) Security Cleared
3 181 (9.93%) DV Cleared
4 167 (9.16%) AWS Certification
4 167 (9.16%) AWS Certified Developer
4 167 (9.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 105 (5.76%) Computer Science Degree
6 36 (1.97%) SC Cleared
7 35 (1.92%) DBS Check
8 31 (1.70%) Master's Degree
9 26 (1.43%) PMI Certification
9 26 (1.43%) PMP
10 19 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (0.71%) Azure Certification
13 12 (0.66%) PhD
14 11 (0.60%) ISTQB
15 10 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
16 6 (0.33%) CSPO
17 5 (0.27%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 297 (16.29%) Accessibility
2 184 (10.09%) QA
3 31 (1.70%) WCAG
4 30 (1.65%) GDPR
5 16 (0.88%) Data Quality
6 12 (0.66%) SLA
7 11 (0.60%) California Consumer Privacy Act
8 8 (0.44%) Actionable Recommendations
8 8 (0.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 5 (0.27%) PCI DSS
10 4 (0.22%) Software Quality Assurance
11 3 (0.16%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 3 (0.16%) Cyber Essentials
11 3 (0.16%) Good Clinical Practice
11 3 (0.16%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.11%) IEC 62304
12 2 (0.11%) ISO 13485
12 2 (0.11%) ISO/IEC 19770
12 2 (0.11%) NCSC
12 2 (0.11%) NIST
System Software
1 136 (7.46%) Docker
2 65 (3.57%) Active Directory
3 13 (0.71%) VMware Infrastructure
4 6 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.16%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (0.11%) Firmware
6 2 (0.11%) HDFS
6 2 (0.11%) vSphere
7 1 (0.055%) Hyper-V
7 1 (0.055%) KVM
7 1 (0.055%) Virtual Servers
7 1 (0.055%) Xen
Systems Management
1 124 (6.80%) Kubernetes
2 29 (1.59%) Microsoft Intune
3 24 (1.32%) Terraform
4 22 (1.21%) SCCM
5 15 (0.82%) Grafana
6 13 (0.71%) Single Sign-On
7 6 (0.33%) Prometheus
8 5 (0.27%) Kibana
9 3 (0.16%) Ansible
9 3 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
9 3 (0.16%) Puppet
9 3 (0.16%) WMI
10 2 (0.11%) Kubeflow
10 2 (0.11%) SCOM
10 2 (0.11%) SCSM
11 1 (0.055%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.055%) Argo
11 1 (0.055%) Autotask
11 1 (0.055%) Opsgenie
11 1 (0.055%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 244 (13.38%) Microsoft
2 121 (6.64%) Adobe
3 107 (5.87%) Google
4 71 (3.89%) ServiceNow
5 66 (3.62%) Salesforce
6 56 (3.07%) SAP
7 54 (2.96%) Solace
8 33 (1.81%) Workday
9 32 (1.76%) Cisco
10 27 (1.48%) YouTube
11 22 (1.21%) Oracle
12 19 (1.04%) Concur
12 19 (1.04%) Polycom
13 18 (0.99%) Mitel
13 18 (0.99%) ShoreTel
13 18 (0.99%) VMware
14 17 (0.93%) Citrix
14 17 (0.93%) WooCommerce
15 15 (0.82%) Apple
16 14 (0.77%) Facebook