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

3 months to
19 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 66 81
Rank change year-on-year +50 +15 -22
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 2,404 1,207 839
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 8.57% 4.04% 3.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 10.04% 4.44% 3.87%
Number of salaries quoted 529 476 692
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 £80,000 £81,500 £81,563
90th Percentile £96,250 £107,959 £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 23,942 27,165 21,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.39% 90.92% 93.38%
Number of salaries quoted 14,118 11,820 16,960
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £98,300
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.55% +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 19 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 19 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 +51 2,268 £55,000 -10.57% 1,459
UK excluding London +61 1,741 £52,500 +5.00% 750
North of England +56 727 £50,000 -12.66% 203
North West +50 632 £56,250 -2.17% 136
London +28 560 £70,000 -9.68% 819
South East +41 497 £54,500 +6.34% 277
Work from Home -26 311 £55,000 -20.00% 814
East of England +53 278 £55,000 -3.38% 38
Midlands +61 115 £40,000 +14.29% 89
Yorkshire +36 87 £39,000 -29.09% 45
East Midlands +23 73 £35,000 - 34
South West +13 62 £55,000 +15.79% 78
West Midlands +41 43 £52,250 +4.50% 55
Wales +18 31 £52,250 +90.00% 21
Scotland -33 24 £46,750 -20.43% 34
Northern Ireland 0 10 £95,000 +31.03% 16
North East -12 8 £50,000 +17.65% 23
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 (2.93%) CMS
2 57 (1.81%) Confluence
3 56 (1.78%) SharePoint
4 51 (1.62%) WordPress
5 25 (0.80%) Drupal
6 14 (0.45%) 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 (0.064%) CICS
11 2 (0.064%) EPiServer
11 2 (0.064%) nginx
12 1 (0.032%) ArcGIS
12 1 (0.032%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 61 (1.94%) Adobe XD
2 46 (1.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 45 (1.43%) Microsoft Excel
4 38 (1.21%) Sketch
5 36 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
6 33 (1.05%) Photoshop
7 25 (0.80%) Adobe Illustrator
8 23 (0.73%) MS Visio
9 20 (0.64%) InDesign
9 20 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 8 (0.25%) Chatbot
11 5 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
12 4 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
12 4 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
12 4 (0.13%) Elementor
12 4 (0.13%) InVision
13 3 (0.095%) Adobe Captivate
13 3 (0.095%) AutoCAD
14 2 (0.064%) Trello
14 2 (0.064%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 41 (1.30%) Shopify
2 31 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 24 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.19%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
5 5 (0.16%) Magento
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 (0.064%) Adobe Campaign
8 2 (0.064%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 2 (0.064%) iTrent
8 2 (0.064%) OpenCart
8 2 (0.064%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.064%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.032%) SAP CO
9 1 (0.032%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 1,599 (50.86%) Cloud Computing
2 299 (9.51%) Azure
3 242 (7.70%) AWS
4 185 (5.88%) Figma
5 140 (4.45%) Microsoft 365
6 102 (3.24%) Google Analytics
7 100 (3.18%) SaaS
8 74 (2.35%) Power Platform
9 70 (2.23%) GCP
10 69 (2.19%) Azure DevOps
11 62 (1.97%) GitHub
11 62 (1.97%) Serverless
12 39 (1.24%) Entra ID
13 35 (1.11%) AWS Lambda
13 35 (1.11%) PowerApps
14 31 (0.99%) Miro
15 28 (0.89%) Azure Logic Apps
16 26 (0.83%) Power Automate
17 24 (0.76%) Google Tag Manager
18 22 (0.70%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 1,605 (51.05%) Internet
2 18 (0.57%) DNS
2 18 (0.57%) Firewall
3 15 (0.48%) TCP/IP
4 13 (0.41%) DHCP
5 11 (0.35%) VLAN
6 8 (0.25%) HTTP
7 7 (0.22%) VPN
8 6 (0.19%) Broadband
8 6 (0.19%) Intranet
8 6 (0.19%) LAN
9 5 (0.16%) WAN
10 4 (0.13%) Bluetooth
10 4 (0.13%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.13%) Modbus
10 4 (0.13%) Network Security
10 4 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.13%) Wireshark
10 4 (0.13%) ZigBee
11 3 (0.095%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (1.84%) SQL Server
2 49 (1.56%) Power BI
3 47 (1.49%) MySQL
4 39 (1.24%) NoSQL
4 39 (1.24%) PostgreSQL
5 30 (0.95%) Relational Database
6 19 (0.60%) MongoDB
7 16 (0.51%) DynamoDB
8 14 (0.45%) Looker
9 12 (0.38%) Tableau
10 11 (0.35%) Metadata
11 10 (0.32%) Amazon Aurora
12 9 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
13 8 (0.25%) BigQuery
13 8 (0.25%) Redis
14 7 (0.22%) DB2
14 7 (0.22%) Mixpanel
15 6 (0.19%) MariaDB
16 4 (0.13%) Big Data
16 4 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 140 (4.45%) Git
2 121 (3.85%) JIRA
3 34 (1.08%) Cypress.io
4 30 (0.95%) Axure RP
5 28 (0.89%) webpack
6 25 (0.80%) Jenkins
7 24 (0.76%) Balsamiq
8 21 (0.67%) Vite
9 17 (0.54%) Storybook
10 16 (0.51%) Bitbucket
11 14 (0.45%) GitLab
11 14 (0.45%) NeoLoad
12 13 (0.41%) Selenium
13 12 (0.38%) eCATT
14 11 (0.35%) Babel
15 10 (0.32%) Postman
15 10 (0.32%) TeamCity
16 9 (0.29%) gulp
17 8 (0.25%) Visual Studio
17 8 (0.25%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 2,191 (69.69%) Social Skills
2 1,724 (54.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,674 (53.24%) Banking
4 320 (10.18%) Finance
5 297 (9.45%) Marketing
6 206 (6.55%) Analytical Skills
7 196 (6.23%) Law
8 106 (3.37%) Legal
9 90 (2.86%) Public Sector
10 85 (2.70%) Retail
11 49 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
12 45 (1.43%) Manufacturing
13 44 (1.40%) Organisational Skills
14 43 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
15 33 (1.05%) Telecoms
16 27 (0.86%) Advertising
17 19 (0.60%) Electronics
18 16 (0.51%) Publishing
19 15 (0.48%) Games
19 15 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 1,292 (41.09%) Lecturer
2 364 (11.58%) Developer
3 287 (9.13%) Senior
4 151 (4.80%) Analyst
5 150 (4.77%) Designer
6 136 (4.33%) Lead
7 125 (3.98%) Senior Developer
8 101 (3.21%) Full-Stack Developer
9 76 (2.42%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 67 (2.13%) IT Support
11 66 (2.10%) Product Manager
12 65 (2.07%) Software Engineer
13 57 (1.81%) UX Designer
14 54 (1.72%) Business Analyst
15 44 (1.40%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
16 43 (1.37%) Architect
16 43 (1.37%) Senior Manager
17 42 (1.34%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 39 (1.24%) React Developer
19 35 (1.11%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 320 (10.18%) React
2 296 (9.41%) HTML
3 281 (8.94%) CSS
4 149 (4.74%) .NET
5 122 (3.88%) Node.js
6 111 (3.53%) RESTful
7 72 (2.29%) AngularJS
8 70 (2.23%) HTML5
9 68 (2.16%) REST
10 66 (2.10%) Next.js
11 52 (1.65%) Vue
12 51 (1.62%) CSS3
13 50 (1.59%) Jest
14 46 (1.46%) Spring
15 42 (1.34%) Spring Boot
16 38 (1.21%) GraphQL
17 36 (1.15%) .NET Framework
17 36 (1.15%) ASP.NET
18 31 (0.99%) Tailwind CSS
19 30 (0.95%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1,610 (51.21%) IoT
2 129 (4.10%) Product Ownership
3 94 (2.99%) Onboarding
4 72 (2.29%) Self-Motivation
5 64 (2.04%) Cloud Native
6 61 (1.94%) Mobile App
7 53 (1.69%) Social Media
8 48 (1.53%) Management Information System
9 36 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
10 32 (1.02%) AI Agents
11 30 (0.95%) Driving Licence
12 26 (0.83%) e-Learning
13 23 (0.73%) Data Structures
14 22 (0.70%) Algorithms
15 21 (0.67%) Graphic Design
16 19 (0.60%) Greenfield Project
17 15 (0.48%) Animation
17 15 (0.48%) Blog
17 15 (0.48%) Legacy Systems
18 14 (0.45%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 71 (2.26%) Apple iOS
1 71 (2.26%) Windows
2 57 (1.81%) Android
3 40 (1.27%) Windows 10
4 24 (0.76%) Windows Server
5 16 (0.51%) Linux
6 7 (0.22%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.16%) Ubuntu
8 4 (0.13%) Kali Linux
8 4 (0.13%) Unix
8 4 (0.13%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.064%) Windows Server 2016
9 2 (0.064%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,872 (59.54%) AI
2 1,697 (53.98%) Machine Learning
3 1,676 (53.31%) Web Development
4 1,668 (53.05%) Cybersecurity
5 616 (19.59%) Agile
6 451 (14.34%) UX Design
7 396 (12.60%) Problem-Solving
8 334 (10.62%) Continuous Improvement
9 301 (9.57%) Analytics
10 237 (7.54%) Roadmaps
11 219 (6.97%) CI/CD
11 219 (6.97%) DevOps
12 206 (6.55%) Full-Stack Development
13 168 (5.34%) Front End Development
14 158 (5.03%) Mentoring
15 154 (4.90%) E-Commerce
16 153 (4.87%) SEO
17 147 (4.68%) Stakeholder Management
18 144 (4.58%) Prototyping
19 139 (4.42%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 346 (11.01%) JavaScript
2 212 (6.74%) TypeScript
3 146 (4.64%) SQL
4 134 (4.26%) Python
5 131 (4.17%) C#
6 126 (4.01%) Java
7 52 (1.65%) PowerShell
8 34 (1.08%) PHP
9 17 (0.54%) Bash
9 17 (0.54%) Kotlin
9 17 (0.54%) Swift
10 14 (0.45%) Go
11 12 (0.38%) Bicep
11 12 (0.38%) C++
12 10 (0.32%) VBScript
13 8 (0.25%) Ruby
13 8 (0.25%) Rust
14 7 (0.22%) R
14 7 (0.22%) XAML
15 6 (0.19%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,843 (58.62%) Degree
2 1,628 (51.78%) Master's Degree
3 1,601 (50.92%) PhD
3 1,601 (50.92%) Postgraduate
4 128 (4.07%) Security Cleared
5 93 (2.96%) SC Cleared
6 64 (2.04%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (0.83%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (0.76%) DV Cleared
9 21 (0.67%) DBS Check
10 19 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 16 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
12 15 (0.48%) 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
1 309 (9.83%) Accessibility
2 121 (3.85%) QA
3 69 (2.19%) WCAG
4 47 (1.49%) GDPR
5 26 (0.83%) SLA
6 18 (0.57%) Data Quality
7 10 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 19770
8 9 (0.29%) PERC
9 8 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.19%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 5 (0.16%) 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 (0.064%) COBIT
13 2 (0.064%) HL7
13 2 (0.064%) NIST
System Software
1 84 (2.67%) Docker
2 75 (2.39%) Active Directory
3 20 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
4 16 (0.51%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.19%) Firmware
6 3 (0.095%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.095%) VMware Infrastructure
7 2 (0.064%) RACF
7 2 (0.064%) vSphere
7 2 (0.064%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.032%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.032%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.032%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 85 (2.70%) Kubernetes
2 47 (1.49%) Terraform
3 46 (1.46%) Microsoft Intune
4 12 (0.38%) HP ALM
5 6 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.16%) Grafana
6 5 (0.16%) SCCM
7 4 (0.13%) Nessus
7 4 (0.13%) Nmap
8 3 (0.095%) Ansible
8 3 (0.095%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.064%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 2 (0.064%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.064%) SmoothWall
9 2 (0.064%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.064%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.032%) AppManager
10 1 (0.032%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.032%) BMC PATROL
10 1 (0.032%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 232 (7.38%) Microsoft
2 154 (4.90%) Google
3 140 (4.45%) Adobe
4 56 (1.78%) SAP
5 49 (1.56%) ServiceNow
6 44 (1.40%) Salesforce
7 32 (1.02%) Oracle
8 28 (0.89%) Hotjar
9 25 (0.80%) Cisco
10 24 (0.76%) HubSpot
11 21 (0.67%) Apple
11 21 (0.67%) Qualtrics
12 15 (0.48%) Atlassian
12 15 (0.48%) Foundry
12 15 (0.48%) HP
12 15 (0.48%) Screaming Frog
13 12 (0.38%) Databricks
14 11 (0.35%) Ahrefs
15 10 (0.32%) Citrix
15 10 (0.32%) Splunk