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 17 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 85 64
Rank change year-on-year -11 -21 +13
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,074 735 1,139
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.94% 2.96% 3.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.61% 3.43% 3.98%
Number of salaries quoted 687 463 507
10th Percentile £32,500 £32,500 £32,400
25th Percentile £40,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -13.73%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,148 £104,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

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 41,079 21,440 28,640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.18% 86.26% 77.35%
Number of salaries quoted 28,791 13,275 17,395
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £33,250
25th Percentile £41,360 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -12.04% +0.45%

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 17 August 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 17 August 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 -6 952 £55,000 -4.35% 604
UK excluding London -11 616 £50,000 -4.76% 458
Work from Home -23 414 £55,000 -12.00% 327
London -8 368 £66,750 -11.00% 272
North of England 0 195 £52,500 +10.53% 126
South East -56 113 £50,000 -6.98% 134
Midlands -8 106 £45,000 -18.18% 70
North West -36 99 £42,500 -15.00% 63
South West -20 86 £60,000 +20.00% 62
West Midlands -2 65 £47,500 -15.93% 56
East of England -17 52 £47,500 -7.32% 24
Yorkshire +9 50 £57,500 +15.00% 40
North East -11 46 £50,000 +61.29% 23
East Midlands -18 41 £42,500 +3.03% 14
Scotland +14 26 £55,000 -24.14% 26
Wales -47 23 £45,000 -33.33% 13
Northern Ireland -59 15 £46,000 - 14

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
1 160 (7.62%) SharePoint
2 107 (5.10%) CMS
3 68 (3.24%) Confluence
4 51 (2.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 34 (1.62%) WordPress
6 8 (0.38%) IIS
7 7 (0.33%) Moodle
8 5 (0.24%) Skype for Business
8 5 (0.24%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.19%) Drupal
10 3 (0.14%) Apache
10 3 (0.14%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.095%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.095%) nginx
11 2 (0.095%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.095%) Totara
12 1 (0.048%) ExpressionEngine
12 1 (0.048%) MTS
12 1 (0.048%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 43 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (1.52%) Adobe XD
4 30 (1.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 26 (1.24%) Chatbot
6 23 (1.10%) Sketch
7 19 (0.90%) Photoshop
7 19 (0.90%) UserZoom
8 17 (0.81%) Adobe Illustrator
9 16 (0.76%) InDesign
10 11 (0.52%) Adobe After Effects
11 9 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 8 (0.38%) MS Visio
12 8 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
13 4 (0.19%) InVision
13 4 (0.19%) Trello
14 3 (0.14%) Productboard
14 3 (0.14%) SPSS
14 3 (0.14%) Zeplin
15 2 (0.095%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 22 (1.05%) Shopify
2 17 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.52%) NetSuite
5 10 (0.48%) Magento
5 10 (0.48%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.24%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
7 3 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.14%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.095%) Adobe Campaign
8 2 (0.095%) iTrent
8 2 (0.095%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.095%) Towers Watson Igloo
8 2 (0.095%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.048%) Bloomberg TOMS
9 1 (0.048%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 1 (0.048%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 417 (19.86%) Azure
2 297 (14.14%) Microsoft 365
3 212 (10.10%) Figma
4 177 (8.43%) AWS
5 172 (8.19%) Power Platform
6 137 (6.52%) SaaS
7 123 (5.86%) Entra ID
8 105 (5.00%) Azure DevOps
9 90 (4.29%) Power Automate
10 83 (3.95%) PowerApps
11 72 (3.43%) Google Analytics
12 69 (3.29%) GCP
13 65 (3.10%) GitHub
14 62 (2.95%) Adobe Analytics
15 59 (2.81%) Microsoft Copilot
16 49 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
17 47 (2.24%) Azure Logic Apps
18 45 (2.14%) Serverless
19 44 (2.10%) OneDrive
20 43 (2.05%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 61 (2.90%) Broadband
2 37 (1.76%) Firewall
3 34 (1.62%) DNS
4 27 (1.29%) DHCP
5 21 (1.00%) VPN
6 19 (0.90%) VoIP
7 17 (0.81%) TCP/IP
7 17 (0.81%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (0.57%) Network Security
9 11 (0.52%) CTI
10 10 (0.48%) HTTP
10 10 (0.48%) Kerberos
11 9 (0.43%) Wireless
12 8 (0.38%) Internet
13 7 (0.33%) VLAN
14 6 (0.29%) Intranet
14 6 (0.29%) Unified Communications
15 5 (0.24%) SAN
15 5 (0.24%) Skype
15 5 (0.24%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (4.48%) Power BI
2 67 (3.19%) SQL Server
3 33 (1.57%) Relational Database
4 29 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
6 22 (1.05%) MySQL
7 21 (1.00%) NoSQL
8 18 (0.86%) Looker
9 17 (0.81%) Metadata
10 11 (0.52%) MongoDB
10 11 (0.52%) Tableau
11 10 (0.48%) BigQuery
12 9 (0.43%) Redis
13 7 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.29%) GIS
14 6 (0.29%) Power Query
15 5 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (0.24%) Star Schema
16 4 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 100 (4.76%) JIRA
2 99 (4.71%) Git
3 30 (1.43%) Claude Code
4 25 (1.19%) Jenkins
5 21 (1.00%) fastlane
6 18 (0.86%) Crashlytics
6 18 (0.86%) Cypress.io
7 13 (0.62%) XCTest
8 12 (0.57%) Balsamiq
8 12 (0.57%) Selenium
9 11 (0.52%) Axure RP
10 10 (0.48%) Postman
11 9 (0.43%) Xcode
12 8 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
12 8 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
13 7 (0.33%) webpack
14 6 (0.29%) Android Studio
14 6 (0.29%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 6 (0.29%) Bitbucket
14 6 (0.29%) Gradle
General
1 706 (33.62%) Social Skills
2 362 (17.24%) Finance
3 276 (13.14%) Analytical Skills
4 274 (13.05%) Marketing
5 193 (9.19%) Public Sector
6 189 (9.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 142 (6.76%) Retail
8 124 (5.90%) Law
9 101 (4.81%) Organisational Skills
10 100 (4.76%) Legal
11 70 (3.33%) Games
12 65 (3.10%) Influencing Skills
13 54 (2.57%) Banking
14 45 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
15 35 (1.67%) Advertising
16 30 (1.43%) Manufacturing
17 29 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
18 21 (1.00%) Financial Institution
18 21 (1.00%) Multimedia
19 19 (0.90%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 383 (18.24%) Senior
2 347 (16.52%) Designer
3 303 (14.43%) Developer
4 257 (12.24%) Lead
5 247 (11.76%) UX Designer
6 172 (8.19%) Analyst
7 106 (5.05%) Senior Developer
8 97 (4.62%) Software Engineer
9 93 (4.43%) UI Designer
10 90 (4.29%) IT Support
10 90 (4.29%) Senior Designer
11 87 (4.14%) UI/UX Designer
12 71 (3.38%) Product Manager
13 66 (3.14%) Architect
14 63 (3.00%) IT Manager
14 63 (3.00%) Senior UX Designer
15 62 (2.95%) Business Analyst
15 62 (2.95%) Support Engineer
16 55 (2.62%) Full-Stack Developer
17 48 (2.29%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 210 (10.00%) HTML
2 208 (9.90%) CSS
3 159 (7.57%) .NET
4 156 (7.43%) React
5 103 (4.90%) REST
6 78 (3.71%) RESTful
7 64 (3.05%) .NET Core
8 63 (3.00%) Node.js
9 54 (2.57%) JSON
10 46 (2.19%) ASP.NET
11 41 (1.95%) Next.js
12 37 (1.76%) AngularJS
13 34 (1.62%) HTML5
14 33 (1.57%) CSS3
15 29 (1.38%) jQuery
16 27 (1.29%) Blazor
16 27 (1.29%) Spring
16 27 (1.29%) Vue
17 26 (1.24%) SPFx
17 26 (1.24%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 205 (9.76%) Product Ownership
2 109 (5.19%) Mobile App
3 100 (4.76%) Onboarding
4 71 (3.38%) Social Media
5 70 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
6 58 (2.76%) Self-Motivation
7 50 (2.38%) Cloud Native
8 37 (1.76%) Management Information System
9 29 (1.38%) Driving Licence
10 28 (1.33%) AI Agents
10 28 (1.33%) Analytical Mindset
11 24 (1.14%) Algorithms
12 21 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
13 20 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
13 20 (0.95%) Graphic Design
14 19 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
15 18 (0.86%) Virtual Team
16 17 (0.81%) Blog
16 17 (0.81%) Security Posture
17 16 (0.76%) Low-Code
Operating Systems
1 158 (7.52%) Windows
2 77 (3.67%) Apple iOS
3 47 (2.24%) Windows Server
4 45 (2.14%) Android
5 40 (1.90%) Windows 10
6 36 (1.71%) Mac OS
7 26 (1.24%) Linux
8 8 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.24%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.19%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.19%) Windows 7
11 2 (0.095%) AIX
12 1 (0.048%) CentOS
12 1 (0.048%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 586 (27.90%) Agile
2 557 (26.52%) UX Design
3 523 (24.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 472 (22.48%) Problem-Solving
5 438 (20.86%) AI
6 379 (18.05%) Analytics
7 338 (16.10%) Roadmaps
8 277 (13.19%) Mentoring
9 237 (11.29%) Stakeholder Management
10 232 (11.05%) Decision-Making
11 221 (10.52%) DevOps
12 201 (9.57%) CI/CD
13 176 (8.38%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 170 (8.10%) Software Engineering
15 169 (8.05%) User Research
16 166 (7.90%) Customer Experience
17 163 (7.76%) ITIL
18 162 (7.71%) Workflow
19 153 (7.29%) Product Roadmap
20 151 (7.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 255 (12.14%) JavaScript
2 173 (8.24%) SQL
3 163 (7.76%) C#
4 156 (7.43%) TypeScript
5 121 (5.76%) Python
6 92 (4.38%) Java
7 74 (3.52%) PowerShell
8 34 (1.62%) Swift
9 28 (1.33%) PHP
10 25 (1.19%) Kotlin
11 17 (0.81%) VB.NET
12 12 (0.57%) C++
13 11 (0.52%) C
13 11 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 10 (0.48%) ABAP
15 8 (0.38%) Go
15 8 (0.38%) VBScript
16 7 (0.33%) VB
17 6 (0.29%) Apex Code
17 6 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 202 (9.62%) Degree
2 150 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 89 (4.24%) SC Cleared
4 39 (1.86%) DV Cleared
5 37 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (1.29%) DBS Check
8 12 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (0.57%) ICAEW
8 12 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (0.52%) Postgraduate
10 10 (0.48%) CISSP
10 10 (0.48%) Master's Degree
11 8 (0.38%) PMI Certification
12 7 (0.33%) ISTQB
13 6 (0.29%) IIBA
14 4 (0.19%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.14%) CBAP
15 3 (0.14%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 3 (0.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 317 (15.10%) Accessibility
2 132 (6.29%) QA
3 112 (5.33%) WCAG
4 67 (3.19%) Data Quality
5 64 (3.05%) GDPR
6 32 (1.52%) SLA
7 19 (0.90%) Cyber Essentials
8 18 (0.86%) Actionable Recommendations
9 12 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 11 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.24%) NEBOSH
11 5 (0.24%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.24%) PMO
11 5 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.19%) PERC
12 4 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.14%) GxP
13 3 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 2 (0.095%) HIPAA
System Software
1 118 (5.62%) Active Directory
2 60 (2.86%) Docker
3 11 (0.52%) BitLocker
4 10 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.095%) Firmware
8 2 (0.095%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 88 (4.19%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (1.76%) Kubernetes
3 24 (1.14%) Terraform
4 16 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
5 15 (0.71%) SCCM
6 9 (0.43%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.24%) Ansible
8 4 (0.19%) Grafana
9 2 (0.095%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.095%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.095%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.095%) Prometheus
10 1 (0.048%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.048%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.048%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 460 (21.90%) Microsoft
2 177 (8.43%) Adobe
3 110 (5.24%) Google
4 54 (2.57%) ServiceNow
5 50 (2.38%) Salesforce
6 39 (1.86%) Oracle
7 33 (1.57%) Apple
8 31 (1.48%) SAP
9 23 (1.10%) OpenAI
10 20 (0.95%) iManage
11 19 (0.90%) Cisco
12 16 (0.76%) Braze
12 16 (0.76%) HubSpot
13 15 (0.71%) Dynatrace
14 14 (0.67%) Amplitude
15 13 (0.62%) Hotjar
16 12 (0.57%) Workday
17 11 (0.52%) Avaya
17 11 (0.52%) Genesys
17 11 (0.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud