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

3 months to
11 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 82 58 70
Rank change year-on-year -24 +12 +20
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,070 1,262 1,417
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.98% 4.72% 3.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.73% 5.16% 4.01%
Number of salaries quoted 741 487 620
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,100 £58,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.10% +6.36% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £80,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £52,550
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.66% -4.45%

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 39,209 24,470 35,297
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.39% 91.57% 78.43%
Number of salaries quoted 27,390 12,192 22,361
10th Percentile £30,983 £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 11 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 11 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 -21 949 £57,500 -4.17% 654
UK excluding London -19 687 £52,500 -4.55% 447
Work from Home -32 392 £57,500 -8.00% 370
London -28 311 £70,000 - 308
North of England -23 254 £50,000 -9.09% 130
North West -23 145 £51,750 -12.66% 91
East of England +57 118 £76,500 +61.05% 51
South East +26 115 £54,000 -1.82% 146
Midlands -11 79 £46,499 -13.39% 54
Yorkshire 0 61 £47,749 -4.50% 26
South West -34 55 £60,000 +11.63% 36
North East +1 48 £47,000 +370.00% 14
Scotland -15 41 £60,000 +20.00% 11
West Midlands -49 41 £47,500 -13.64% 37
East Midlands +11 38 £45,000 +40.63% 17
Wales -19 22 £50,000 -25.93% 15
Northern Ireland -15 4 £39,500 - 12

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
1 124 (6.64%) SharePoint
2 119 (6.37%) CMS
3 68 (3.64%) Confluence
4 48 (2.57%) Microsoft Exchange
5 27 (1.45%) WordPress
6 9 (0.48%) Drupal
7 8 (0.43%) 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 (0.11%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.11%) IIS
11 2 (0.11%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.11%) Totara
12 1 (0.054%) Apache
12 1 (0.054%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 37 (1.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 33 (1.77%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.66%) Adobe XD
4 24 (1.29%) Photoshop
5 22 (1.18%) Adobe Illustrator
5 22 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
6 21 (1.12%) Sketch
7 14 (0.75%) Adobe After Effects
8 13 (0.70%) UserZoom
9 11 (0.59%) InDesign
10 9 (0.48%) Chatbot
10 9 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
11 8 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 6 (0.32%) InVision
13 4 (0.21%) Trello
14 3 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
14 3 (0.16%) Productboard
14 3 (0.16%) SPSS
15 2 (0.11%) Camtasia
15 2 (0.11%) Pro Tools
Business Applications
1 28 (1.50%) Shopify
2 20 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.86%) Magento
4 12 (0.64%) SAP S/4HANA
5 6 (0.32%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.27%) Dynamics GP
6 5 (0.27%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.16%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.11%) Towers Watson Igloo
9 2 (0.11%) Workday HCM
10 1 (0.054%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.054%) Oracle Receivables
10 1 (0.054%) Payment Gateway
10 1 (0.054%) SAP HR
10 1 (0.054%) SAP Payroll
10 1 (0.054%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 328 (17.57%) Azure
2 247 (13.23%) Microsoft 365
3 217 (11.62%) Figma
4 158 (8.46%) AWS
5 142 (7.61%) SaaS
6 137 (7.34%) Power Platform
7 98 (5.25%) Entra ID
8 82 (4.39%) Azure DevOps
9 69 (3.70%) Adobe Analytics
10 66 (3.54%) GitHub
11 63 (3.37%) Google Analytics
12 61 (3.27%) GCP
13 54 (2.89%) Power Automate
13 54 (2.89%) PowerApps
14 45 (2.41%) Serverless
15 43 (2.30%) Contentsquare
16 41 (2.20%) Azure Logic Apps
16 41 (2.20%) OneDrive
17 34 (1.82%) Microsoft Copilot
18 30 (1.61%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 81 (4.34%) Broadband
2 26 (1.39%) DNS
2 26 (1.39%) Firewall
2 26 (1.39%) VPN
3 22 (1.18%) DHCP
4 17 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
5 14 (0.75%) HTTP
6 11 (0.59%) TCP/IP
7 9 (0.48%) Internet
7 9 (0.48%) VoIP
8 8 (0.43%) Kerberos
9 5 (0.27%) SAN
9 5 (0.27%) VLAN
10 4 (0.21%) NAS
10 4 (0.21%) Network Security
10 4 (0.21%) SMS
10 4 (0.21%) Structured Cabling
10 4 (0.21%) Unified Communications
10 4 (0.21%) Wireless
11 3 (0.16%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (3.86%) Power BI
2 43 (2.30%) SQL Server
3 28 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (1.29%) Looker
5 23 (1.23%) Azure SQL Database
6 18 (0.96%) Metadata
6 18 (0.96%) MySQL
7 16 (0.86%) MongoDB
8 14 (0.75%) NoSQL
9 13 (0.70%) BigQuery
10 10 (0.54%) Relational Database
10 10 (0.54%) Tableau
11 8 (0.43%) Redis
12 5 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
12 5 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
12 5 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
12 5 (0.27%) GIS
12 5 (0.27%) SAP BW
12 5 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.21%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 101 (5.41%) JIRA
2 73 (3.91%) Git
3 20 (1.07%) Crashlytics
4 18 (0.96%) fastlane
4 18 (0.96%) Jenkins
5 16 (0.86%) Axure RP
5 16 (0.86%) Balsamiq
6 15 (0.80%) Claude Code
6 15 (0.80%) XCTest
7 14 (0.75%) Vite
8 12 (0.64%) Cypress.io
8 12 (0.64%) webpack
9 11 (0.59%) Selenium
10 9 (0.48%) Postman
11 8 (0.43%) Storybook
11 8 (0.43%) Xcode
12 7 (0.37%) Bitbucket
12 7 (0.37%) Visual Studio
13 6 (0.32%) Android Studio
13 6 (0.32%) Gradle
General
1 518 (27.75%) Social Skills
2 288 (15.43%) Finance
3 241 (12.91%) Marketing
4 194 (10.39%) Analytical Skills
5 148 (7.93%) Public Sector
6 131 (7.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 108 (5.78%) Legal
8 95 (5.09%) Retail
9 91 (4.87%) Organisational Skills
10 81 (4.34%) Law
11 66 (3.54%) Games
12 57 (3.05%) Presentation Skills
13 45 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
14 40 (2.14%) Banking
15 36 (1.93%) Advertising
16 32 (1.71%) Manufacturing
17 21 (1.12%) Back Office
18 19 (1.02%) Telecoms
19 17 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
20 16 (0.86%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 357 (19.12%) Senior
2 320 (17.14%) Designer
3 268 (14.35%) Developer
4 235 (12.59%) UX Designer
5 196 (10.50%) Lead
6 127 (6.80%) Analyst
7 98 (5.25%) Senior Developer
8 90 (4.82%) Senior Designer
9 80 (4.28%) UI Designer
10 79 (4.23%) Software Engineer
11 72 (3.86%) UI/UX Designer
12 70 (3.75%) IT Support
13 67 (3.59%) Senior UX Designer
14 59 (3.16%) IT Manager
14 59 (3.16%) Product Manager
15 58 (3.11%) Architect
16 57 (3.05%) Support Engineer
17 56 (3.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
18 51 (2.73%) Product Designer
19 47 (2.52%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 197 (10.55%) HTML
2 195 (10.44%) CSS
3 170 (9.11%) React
4 118 (6.32%) .NET
5 88 (4.71%) REST
6 73 (3.91%) RESTful
7 59 (3.16%) AngularJS
8 53 (2.84%) Node.js
9 48 (2.57%) Vue
10 47 (2.52%) .NET Core
11 45 (2.41%) JSON
12 36 (1.93%) HTML5
13 30 (1.61%) CSS3
14 27 (1.45%) Sass
14 27 (1.45%) SwiftUI
14 27 (1.45%) Web Services
15 26 (1.39%) ASP.NET
15 26 (1.39%) Next.js
16 25 (1.34%) SOAP
16 25 (1.34%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 192 (10.28%) Product Ownership
2 123 (6.59%) Mobile App
3 107 (5.73%) Onboarding
4 64 (3.43%) Social Media
5 47 (2.52%) Enterprise Software
6 44 (2.36%) Cloud Native
7 40 (2.14%) Legacy Systems
8 34 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
9 28 (1.50%) AI Agents
9 28 (1.50%) Management Information System
10 24 (1.29%) Greenfield Project
11 22 (1.18%) Driving Licence
12 18 (0.96%) e-Learning
13 17 (0.91%) Analytical Mindset
13 17 (0.91%) Life Science
13 17 (0.91%) Low-Code
14 16 (0.86%) Public Cloud
15 15 (0.80%) Graphic Design
15 15 (0.80%) Security Posture
16 12 (0.64%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 122 (6.53%) Windows
2 68 (3.64%) Apple iOS
3 43 (2.30%) Android
4 36 (1.93%) Windows Server
5 35 (1.87%) Windows 10
6 27 (1.45%) Linux
6 27 (1.45%) Mac OS
7 6 (0.32%) Windows Server 2019
8 4 (0.21%) Mac OS X
8 4 (0.21%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.11%) Unix
9 2 (0.11%) Windows 7
10 1 (0.054%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 547 (29.30%) UX Design
2 496 (26.57%) Agile
3 393 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 379 (20.30%) Problem-Solving
5 334 (17.89%) AI
5 334 (17.89%) Analytics
6 292 (15.64%) Roadmaps
7 249 (13.34%) Mentoring
8 180 (9.64%) Decision-Making
9 170 (9.11%) DevOps
10 165 (8.84%) Software Engineering
11 164 (8.78%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 157 (8.41%) CI/CD
12 157 (8.41%) User Research
13 155 (8.30%) Full-Stack Development
14 144 (7.71%) Stakeholder Management
15 142 (7.61%) ITIL
16 141 (7.55%) Product Roadmap
17 137 (7.34%) CRM
18 135 (7.23%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 239 (12.80%) JavaScript
2 151 (8.09%) TypeScript
3 127 (6.80%) SQL
4 120 (6.43%) C#
5 113 (6.05%) Python
6 100 (5.36%) Java
7 60 (3.21%) PowerShell
8 43 (2.30%) PHP
9 29 (1.55%) Swift
10 25 (1.34%) Kotlin
11 13 (0.70%) Go
12 9 (0.48%) ABAP
13 8 (0.43%) Bash
13 8 (0.43%) C++
13 8 (0.43%) Rust
14 7 (0.37%) Bicep
14 7 (0.37%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.32%) Apex Code
15 6 (0.32%) VBScript
16 5 (0.27%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 178 (9.53%) Degree
2 137 (7.34%) Security Cleared
3 82 (4.39%) SC Cleared
4 41 (2.20%) DV Cleared
5 34 (1.82%) DBS Check
6 19 (1.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 17 (0.91%) Microsoft Certification
8 15 (0.80%) Master's Degree
9 14 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (0.43%) CISSP
10 8 (0.43%) ICAEW
11 7 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
11 7 (0.37%) Postgraduate
11 7 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 6 (0.32%) SAP Certification
13 5 (0.27%) ISTQB
13 5 (0.27%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 5 (0.27%) PMI Certification
14 4 (0.21%) PhD
14 4 (0.21%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 295 (15.80%) Accessibility
2 113 (6.05%) QA
3 100 (5.36%) WCAG
4 60 (3.21%) GDPR
5 31 (1.66%) Data Quality
6 21 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
7 16 (0.86%) SLA
8 12 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (0.43%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
11 5 (0.27%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.27%) NEBOSH
12 4 (0.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 4 (0.21%) PMO
12 4 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.16%) PERC
14 2 (0.11%) GRC
14 2 (0.11%) GxP
14 2 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
15 1 (0.054%) COBIT
System Software
1 108 (5.78%) Active Directory
2 50 (2.68%) Docker
3 7 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.32%) BitLocker
5 5 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.054%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 71 (3.80%) Microsoft Intune
2 30 (1.61%) Kubernetes
3 23 (1.23%) Terraform
4 17 (0.91%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (0.59%) SCCM
6 7 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (0.32%) Grafana
8 5 (0.27%) Prometheus
9 3 (0.16%) Ansible
10 2 (0.11%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.11%) Packer
10 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.054%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.054%) Kibana
Vendors
1 358 (19.18%) Microsoft
2 192 (10.28%) Adobe
3 93 (4.98%) Google
4 72 (3.86%) ServiceNow
5 53 (2.84%) Salesforce
6 29 (1.55%) HubSpot
7 28 (1.50%) SAP
8 26 (1.39%) Apple
9 24 (1.29%) Nexthink
9 24 (1.29%) Oracle
10 19 (1.02%) Braze
11 17 (0.91%) Hotjar
12 16 (0.86%) Amplitude
12 16 (0.86%) iManage
13 15 (0.80%) BMC
14 14 (0.75%) OpenAI
15 13 (0.70%) Dynatrace
16 10 (0.54%) TikTok
16 10 (0.54%) VMware
17 9 (0.48%) Pinterest