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

3 months to
16 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 57 67
Rank change year-on-year -27 +10 +16
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,060 1,254 1,421
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.94% 4.71% 3.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.70% 5.14% 4.01%
Number of salaries quoted 726 476 605
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,648 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.25% +9.09% -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,968 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £82,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -

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 39,272 24,383 35,444
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 71.98% 91.64% 77.76%
Number of salaries quoted 27,550 12,016 22,179
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,250 £41,250
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 16 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 16 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 -24 937 £57,500 -4.17% 892
UK excluding London -20 673 £52,500 -4.55% 520
Work from Home -28 398 £57,500 -8.00% 402
London -30 310 £70,000 - 493
North of England -25 245 £50,000 -9.09% 149
North West -28 140 £51,750 -12.66% 101
South East +23 119 £54,000 -1.82% 158
East of England +59 116 £76,500 +33.04% 48
Midlands -13 74 £47,500 -11.53% 65
Yorkshire +3 57 £45,249 -9.50% 21
South West -38 54 £60,000 +9.09% 48
North East +1 48 £47,000 +370.00% 27
West Midlands -47 40 £47,500 -13.64% 43
Scotland -15 38 £55,000 -21.43% 23
East Midlands +11 34 £45,000 +20.00% 22
Wales -19 24 £50,000 -25.93% 17
Northern Ireland -13 4 £39,500 - 21

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
1 126 (6.73%) SharePoint
2 119 (6.36%) CMS
3 68 (3.63%) Confluence
4 49 (2.62%) Microsoft Exchange
5 27 (1.44%) 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%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.11%) IIS
11 2 (0.11%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.11%) Totara
12 1 (0.053%) Apache
12 1 (0.053%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 36 (1.92%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 33 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.60%) Adobe XD
4 25 (1.34%) Photoshop
5 23 (1.23%) Adobe Illustrator
6 22 (1.18%) Microsoft Excel
7 20 (1.07%) Sketch
8 17 (0.91%) UserZoom
9 14 (0.75%) Adobe After Effects
10 12 (0.64%) InDesign
11 9 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
12 8 (0.43%) Chatbot
12 8 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
13 6 (0.32%) InVision
14 4 (0.21%) Trello
15 3 (0.16%) Adobe Premiere
15 3 (0.16%) Productboard
15 3 (0.16%) SPSS
16 2 (0.11%) Camtasia
17 1 (0.053%) Avid Media Composer
Business Applications
1 27 (1.44%) Shopify
2 20 (1.07%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.80%) Magento
4 11 (0.59%) 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 (0.053%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.053%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.053%) Oracle Receivables
10 1 (0.053%) Payment Gateway
10 1 (0.053%) PeopleSoft HCM
10 1 (0.053%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 334 (17.85%) Azure
2 250 (13.36%) Microsoft 365
3 217 (11.60%) Figma
4 159 (8.50%) AWS
5 139 (7.43%) SaaS
6 135 (7.22%) Power Platform
7 99 (5.29%) Entra ID
8 84 (4.49%) Azure DevOps
9 72 (3.85%) Adobe Analytics
10 68 (3.63%) GitHub
11 63 (3.37%) Google Analytics
12 61 (3.26%) GCP
13 54 (2.89%) Power Automate
14 53 (2.83%) PowerApps
15 47 (2.51%) Contentsquare
16 45 (2.41%) Serverless
17 41 (2.19%) Azure Logic Apps
17 41 (2.19%) OneDrive
18 36 (1.92%) Microsoft Copilot
19 30 (1.60%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 85 (4.54%) Broadband
2 26 (1.39%) Firewall
3 25 (1.34%) DNS
3 25 (1.34%) VPN
4 21 (1.12%) DHCP
5 17 (0.91%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (0.69%) HTTP
7 10 (0.53%) TCP/IP
8 9 (0.48%) Internet
8 9 (0.48%) VoIP
9 8 (0.43%) Kerberos
10 5 (0.27%) SAN
10 5 (0.27%) VLAN
10 5 (0.27%) Wireless
11 4 (0.21%) NAS
11 4 (0.21%) Network Security
11 4 (0.21%) SMS
11 4 (0.21%) Structured Cabling
11 4 (0.21%) Unified Communications
12 3 (0.16%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (3.79%) Power BI
2 43 (2.30%) SQL Server
3 28 (1.50%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (1.28%) Azure SQL Database
5 22 (1.18%) Looker
6 19 (1.02%) MySQL
7 16 (0.86%) Metadata
7 16 (0.86%) MongoDB
8 14 (0.75%) NoSQL
9 12 (0.64%) BigQuery
10 11 (0.59%) Relational Database
11 9 (0.48%) Redis
11 9 (0.48%) Tableau
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
1 103 (5.51%) JIRA
2 75 (4.01%) Git
3 21 (1.12%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.07%) Crashlytics
5 19 (1.02%) fastlane
6 18 (0.96%) Claude Code
7 15 (0.80%) Axure RP
7 15 (0.80%) XCTest
8 14 (0.75%) Balsamiq
8 14 (0.75%) Vite
9 12 (0.64%) Cypress.io
9 12 (0.64%) webpack
10 11 (0.59%) Selenium
11 10 (0.53%) Postman
12 9 (0.48%) Storybook
12 9 (0.48%) Xcode
13 8 (0.43%) Bitbucket
14 6 (0.32%) Android Studio
14 6 (0.32%) Cucumber
14 6 (0.32%) Gradle
General
1 518 (27.69%) Social Skills
2 283 (15.13%) Finance
3 237 (12.67%) Marketing
4 196 (10.48%) Analytical Skills
5 146 (7.80%) Public Sector
6 129 (6.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 106 (5.67%) Legal
8 94 (5.02%) Retail
9 90 (4.81%) Organisational Skills
10 78 (4.17%) Law
11 73 (3.90%) Games
12 55 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
13 45 (2.41%) Influencing Skills
14 38 (2.03%) Banking
15 37 (1.98%) Advertising
16 32 (1.71%) Manufacturing
17 21 (1.12%) Back Office
18 17 (0.91%) Documentation Skills
18 17 (0.91%) Multimedia
19 14 (0.75%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 359 (19.19%) Senior
2 322 (17.21%) Designer
3 273 (14.59%) Developer
4 238 (12.72%) UX Designer
5 199 (10.64%) Lead
6 127 (6.79%) Analyst
7 100 (5.34%) Senior Developer
8 91 (4.86%) Senior Designer
9 81 (4.33%) UI Designer
10 80 (4.28%) Software Engineer
11 73 (3.90%) UI/UX Designer
12 72 (3.85%) IT Support
13 68 (3.63%) Senior UX Designer
14 59 (3.15%) Product Manager
15 57 (3.05%) IT Manager
16 56 (2.99%) Architect
16 56 (2.99%) Support Engineer
17 55 (2.94%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
18 51 (2.73%) Product Designer
19 47 (2.51%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (10.58%) HTML
2 196 (10.48%) CSS
3 173 (9.25%) React
4 120 (6.41%) .NET
5 87 (4.65%) REST
6 72 (3.85%) RESTful
7 59 (3.15%) AngularJS
8 52 (2.78%) Node.js
9 48 (2.57%) .NET Core
9 48 (2.57%) Vue
10 46 (2.46%) JSON
11 36 (1.92%) HTML5
12 30 (1.60%) CSS3
13 28 (1.50%) Next.js
13 28 (1.50%) SwiftUI
13 28 (1.50%) Web Services
14 27 (1.44%) Sass
15 26 (1.39%) ASP.NET
16 25 (1.34%) SOAP
16 25 (1.34%) SPFx
Miscellaneous
1 190 (10.15%) Product Ownership
2 121 (6.47%) Mobile App
3 108 (5.77%) Onboarding
4 68 (3.63%) Social Media
5 45 (2.41%) Enterprise Software
6 44 (2.35%) Cloud Native
7 39 (2.08%) Legacy Systems
8 37 (1.98%) Self-Motivation
9 27 (1.44%) Management Information System
10 25 (1.34%) AI Agents
11 24 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
12 21 (1.12%) Driving Licence
13 18 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
13 18 (0.96%) e-Learning
14 17 (0.91%) Life Science
14 17 (0.91%) Low-Code
15 15 (0.80%) Graphic Design
15 15 (0.80%) Security Posture
16 14 (0.75%) Public Cloud
17 13 (0.69%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 124 (6.63%) Windows
2 69 (3.69%) Apple iOS
3 39 (2.08%) Android
4 36 (1.92%) Windows Server
5 35 (1.87%) Windows 10
6 28 (1.50%) Linux
7 27 (1.44%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.21%) Mac OS X
9 4 (0.21%) Ubuntu
10 2 (0.11%) Unix
10 2 (0.11%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.053%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 548 (29.29%) UX Design
2 502 (26.83%) Agile
3 397 (21.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 385 (20.58%) Problem-Solving
5 335 (17.90%) AI
5 335 (17.90%) Analytics
6 291 (15.55%) Roadmaps
7 248 (13.25%) Mentoring
8 181 (9.67%) Decision-Making
9 174 (9.30%) DevOps
10 169 (9.03%) Software Engineering
11 168 (8.98%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 163 (8.71%) User Research
13 162 (8.66%) CI/CD
14 159 (8.50%) Full-Stack Development
15 142 (7.59%) Product Roadmap
16 141 (7.54%) Stakeholder Management
17 140 (7.48%) Customer Experience
18 138 (7.38%) ITIL
19 134 (7.16%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 238 (12.72%) JavaScript
2 155 (8.28%) TypeScript
3 129 (6.89%) SQL
4 123 (6.57%) C#
5 115 (6.15%) Python
6 99 (5.29%) Java
7 62 (3.31%) PowerShell
8 42 (2.24%) PHP
9 30 (1.60%) Swift
10 23 (1.23%) Kotlin
11 11 (0.59%) Go
12 9 (0.48%) ABAP
13 8 (0.43%) Bash
13 8 (0.43%) Rust
13 8 (0.43%) T-SQL
14 7 (0.37%) Apex Code
14 7 (0.37%) Bicep
14 7 (0.37%) C++
15 6 (0.32%) VB.NET
15 6 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 170 (9.09%) Degree
2 137 (7.32%) Security Cleared
3 82 (4.38%) SC Cleared
4 41 (2.19%) DV Cleared
5 34 (1.82%) DBS Check
6 18 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
7 17 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (0.75%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (0.69%) Master's Degree
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%) PMI Certification
14 4 (0.21%) A+ Certification
14 4 (0.21%) PhD
14 4 (0.21%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 298 (15.93%) Accessibility
2 112 (5.99%) QA
3 98 (5.24%) WCAG
4 60 (3.21%) GDPR
5 31 (1.66%) Data Quality
6 22 (1.18%) 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%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 5 (0.27%) NEBOSH
12 4 (0.21%) PMO
12 4 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.16%) PERC
14 2 (0.11%) GxP
14 2 (0.11%) Software Quality Assurance
15 1 (0.053%) COBIT
15 1 (0.053%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 107 (5.72%) Active Directory
2 52 (2.78%) Docker
3 8 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.32%) BitLocker
4 6 (0.32%) Virtual Machines
5 5 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.053%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 71 (3.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (1.50%) Kubernetes
3 23 (1.23%) Terraform
4 16 (0.86%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (0.59%) SCCM
6 7 (0.37%) Grafana
6 7 (0.37%) Jamf Pro
7 6 (0.32%) Prometheus
8 4 (0.21%) Ansible
9 2 (0.11%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.11%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.11%) Packer
9 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.053%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.053%) Kibana
Vendors
1 361 (19.29%) Microsoft
2 194 (10.37%) Adobe
3 94 (5.02%) Google
4 72 (3.85%) ServiceNow
5 53 (2.83%) Salesforce
6 28 (1.50%) Apple
7 27 (1.44%) HubSpot
8 25 (1.34%) Oracle
8 25 (1.34%) SAP
9 23 (1.23%) Nexthink
10 19 (1.02%) Braze
11 17 (0.91%) Hotjar
11 17 (0.91%) iManage
12 16 (0.86%) Amplitude
13 14 (0.75%) BMC
13 14 (0.75%) Dynatrace
13 14 (0.75%) OpenAI
14 10 (0.53%) TikTok
14 10 (0.53%) VMware
15 9 (0.48%) Pinterest