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

3 months to
18 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 81 58 68
Rank change year-on-year -23 +10 +17
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,075 1,242 1,404
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.95% 4.63% 3.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% 5.06% 3.94%
Number of salaries quoted 733 474 610
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,825 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,195 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.01% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,156 £68,750
90th Percentile £93,727 £95,000 £82,500
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 39,588 24,555 35,642
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 71.99% 91.54% 77.71%
Number of salaries quoted 27,809 12,186 22,462
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 18 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 18 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 -19 951 £57,500 -4.17% 488
UK excluding London -20 683 £52,500 -4.55% 393
Work from Home -28 404 £57,500 -8.00% 247
London -24 314 £71,061 +1.52% 218
North of England -30 246 £48,750 -11.40% 113
North West -24 142 £51,750 -13.75% 72
South East +18 122 £54,000 -1.82% 131
East of England +58 117 £76,500 +33.04% 33
Midlands -20 75 £46,499 -13.39% 44
South West -34 57 £60,000 +9.09% 32
Yorkshire 0 55 £45,000 -10.00% 16
North East +2 49 £49,310 +393.10% 26
West Midlands -51 41 £47,500 -13.64% 27
Scotland -13 39 £55,000 -21.43% 13
East Midlands +5 34 £45,000 +20.00% 17
Wales -20 25 £50,000 -25.93% 5
Northern Ireland -15 3 £39,500 - 28

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
1 127 (6.74%) SharePoint
2 120 (6.37%) CMS
3 68 (3.61%) Confluence
4 49 (2.60%) Microsoft Exchange
5 27 (1.43%) WordPress
6 9 (0.48%) Drupal
7 8 (0.42%) 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 38 (2.02%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 35 (1.86%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (1.54%) Adobe XD
4 27 (1.43%) Photoshop
5 26 (1.38%) Microsoft Excel
6 24 (1.27%) Adobe Illustrator
7 20 (1.06%) Sketch
8 17 (0.90%) UserZoom
9 15 (0.80%) Adobe After Effects
10 13 (0.69%) InDesign
11 9 (0.48%) Chatbot
11 9 (0.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 9 (0.48%) Spreadsheet
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
16 1 (0.053%) Avid Media Composer
Business Applications
1 26 (1.38%) Shopify
2 20 (1.06%) Dynamics CRM
3 14 (0.74%) Magento
4 11 (0.58%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.27%) Dynamics GP
5 5 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
5 5 (0.27%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.21%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.21%) NetSuite
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.11%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.11%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.11%) Towers Watson Igloo
7 2 (0.11%) Workday HCM
8 1 (0.053%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.053%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.053%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.053%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.053%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.053%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 336 (17.84%) Azure
2 254 (13.49%) Microsoft 365
3 219 (11.63%) Figma
4 160 (8.50%) AWS
5 137 (7.28%) SaaS
6 136 (7.22%) Power Platform
7 100 (5.31%) Entra ID
8 86 (4.57%) Azure DevOps
9 72 (3.82%) Adobe Analytics
10 68 (3.61%) GitHub
11 64 (3.40%) Google Analytics
12 62 (3.29%) GCP
13 56 (2.97%) Power Automate
14 55 (2.92%) PowerApps
15 47 (2.50%) Contentsquare
16 46 (2.44%) Serverless
17 41 (2.18%) Azure Logic Apps
17 41 (2.18%) OneDrive
18 36 (1.91%) Microsoft Copilot
19 30 (1.59%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 85 (4.51%) Broadband
2 27 (1.43%) Firewall
3 25 (1.33%) DNS
3 25 (1.33%) VPN
4 21 (1.12%) DHCP
5 17 (0.90%) Wi-Fi
6 13 (0.69%) HTTP
7 10 (0.53%) TCP/IP
7 10 (0.53%) VoIP
8 9 (0.48%) Internet
8 9 (0.48%) Kerberos
9 5 (0.27%) Network Security
9 5 (0.27%) SAN
9 5 (0.27%) VLAN
9 5 (0.27%) Wireless
10 4 (0.21%) NAS
10 4 (0.21%) SMS
10 4 (0.21%) Structured Cabling
10 4 (0.21%) Unified Communications
11 3 (0.16%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (3.82%) Power BI
2 45 (2.39%) SQL Server
3 27 (1.43%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (1.27%) Azure SQL Database
5 22 (1.17%) Looker
6 18 (0.96%) MySQL
7 17 (0.90%) Metadata
8 16 (0.85%) MongoDB
9 15 (0.80%) NoSQL
10 13 (0.69%) BigQuery
11 10 (0.53%) Relational Database
12 9 (0.48%) Tableau
13 8 (0.42%) Redis
14 5 (0.27%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
14 5 (0.27%) GIS
14 5 (0.27%) SAP BW
14 5 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 4 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
15 4 (0.21%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 102 (5.42%) JIRA
2 75 (3.98%) Git
3 21 (1.12%) Jenkins
4 20 (1.06%) Crashlytics
5 19 (1.01%) fastlane
6 18 (0.96%) Claude Code
7 15 (0.80%) XCTest
8 14 (0.74%) Vite
9 13 (0.69%) Axure RP
9 13 (0.69%) Balsamiq
10 12 (0.64%) Cypress.io
10 12 (0.64%) webpack
11 11 (0.58%) Selenium
12 10 (0.53%) Postman
13 9 (0.48%) Storybook
13 9 (0.48%) Xcode
14 8 (0.42%) Bitbucket
15 6 (0.32%) Android Studio
15 6 (0.32%) Cucumber
15 6 (0.32%) Gradle
General
1 527 (27.99%) Social Skills
2 284 (15.08%) Finance
3 239 (12.69%) Marketing
4 195 (10.36%) Analytical Skills
5 146 (7.75%) Public Sector
6 129 (6.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 104 (5.52%) Legal
8 98 (5.20%) Retail
9 93 (4.94%) Organisational Skills
10 78 (4.14%) Law
11 73 (3.88%) Games
12 55 (2.92%) Presentation Skills
13 48 (2.55%) Influencing Skills
14 39 (2.07%) Advertising
15 36 (1.91%) Banking
16 33 (1.75%) Manufacturing
17 19 (1.01%) Back Office
18 18 (0.96%) Documentation Skills
18 18 (0.96%) Multimedia
19 14 (0.74%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 355 (18.85%) Senior
2 323 (17.15%) Designer
3 273 (14.50%) Developer
4 236 (12.53%) UX Designer
5 205 (10.89%) Lead
6 127 (6.74%) Analyst
7 100 (5.31%) Senior Developer
8 89 (4.73%) Senior Designer
9 82 (4.35%) UI Designer
10 81 (4.30%) Software Engineer
11 74 (3.93%) UI/UX Designer
12 72 (3.82%) IT Support
13 66 (3.51%) Senior UX Designer
14 60 (3.19%) Product Manager
15 58 (3.08%) Architect
16 57 (3.03%) IT Manager
17 56 (2.97%) Support Engineer
18 55 (2.92%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
19 51 (2.71%) Product Designer
20 47 (2.50%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (10.52%) HTML
2 196 (10.41%) CSS
3 176 (9.35%) React
4 122 (6.48%) .NET
5 86 (4.57%) REST
6 72 (3.82%) RESTful
7 58 (3.08%) AngularJS
8 52 (2.76%) Node.js
9 49 (2.60%) .NET Core
10 47 (2.50%) Vue
11 45 (2.39%) JSON
12 36 (1.91%) HTML5
13 30 (1.59%) CSS3
14 29 (1.54%) Next.js
15 28 (1.49%) SwiftUI
15 28 (1.49%) Web Services
16 27 (1.43%) ASP.NET
16 27 (1.43%) Sass
17 26 (1.38%) SPFx
18 24 (1.27%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 192 (10.20%) Product Ownership
2 125 (6.64%) Mobile App
3 108 (5.74%) Onboarding
4 71 (3.77%) Social Media
5 45 (2.39%) Enterprise Software
6 44 (2.34%) Cloud Native
7 40 (2.12%) Legacy Systems
8 37 (1.96%) Self-Motivation
9 26 (1.38%) AI Agents
9 26 (1.38%) Management Information System
10 24 (1.27%) Greenfield Project
11 21 (1.12%) Driving Licence
12 18 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
12 18 (0.96%) e-Learning
13 17 (0.90%) Life Science
13 17 (0.90%) Low-Code
14 16 (0.85%) Graphic Design
14 16 (0.85%) Security Posture
15 14 (0.74%) Public Cloud
16 13 (0.69%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 126 (6.69%) Windows
2 70 (3.72%) Apple iOS
3 40 (2.12%) Android
4 36 (1.91%) Windows Server
5 35 (1.86%) Windows 10
6 28 (1.49%) Linux
7 27 (1.43%) 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
1 551 (29.26%) UX Design
2 503 (26.71%) Agile
3 403 (21.40%) Continuous Improvement
4 387 (20.55%) Problem-Solving
5 340 (18.06%) AI
6 336 (17.84%) Analytics
7 297 (15.77%) Roadmaps
8 248 (13.17%) Mentoring
9 181 (9.61%) Decision-Making
10 176 (9.35%) DevOps
11 170 (9.03%) Software Engineering
12 169 (8.98%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 166 (8.82%) CI/CD
14 163 (8.66%) User Research
15 158 (8.39%) Full-Stack Development
16 149 (7.91%) Stakeholder Management
17 142 (7.54%) Customer Experience
17 142 (7.54%) Product Roadmap
18 137 (7.28%) ITIL
19 136 (7.22%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 238 (12.64%) JavaScript
2 160 (8.50%) TypeScript
3 131 (6.96%) SQL
4 125 (6.64%) C#
5 116 (6.16%) Python
6 99 (5.26%) Java
7 64 (3.40%) PowerShell
8 42 (2.23%) PHP
9 30 (1.59%) Swift
10 23 (1.22%) Kotlin
11 11 (0.58%) Go
12 9 (0.48%) ABAP
13 8 (0.42%) Bash
13 8 (0.42%) C++
13 8 (0.42%) Rust
14 7 (0.37%) Apex Code
14 7 (0.37%) Bicep
14 7 (0.37%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.32%) VB.NET
15 6 (0.32%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 171 (9.08%) Degree
2 136 (7.22%) Security Cleared
3 81 (4.30%) SC Cleared
4 41 (2.18%) DV Cleared
5 34 (1.81%) DBS Check
6 19 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
7 18 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
8 14 (0.74%) BPSS Clearance
9 13 (0.69%) Master's Degree
10 9 (0.48%) CISSP
11 8 (0.42%) ICAEW
11 8 (0.42%) Postgraduate
12 7 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (0.37%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 6 (0.32%) ISTQB
13 6 (0.32%) SAP Certification
14 5 (0.27%) PMI Certification
15 4 (0.21%) A+ Certification
15 4 (0.21%) PhD
15 4 (0.21%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 299 (15.88%) Accessibility
2 114 (6.05%) QA
3 97 (5.15%) WCAG
4 61 (3.24%) GDPR
5 33 (1.75%) Data Quality
6 22 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
7 17 (0.90%) SLA
8 12 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 8 (0.42%) 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
13 3 (0.16%) Software Quality Assurance
14 2 (0.11%) GxP
15 1 (0.053%) COBIT
15 1 (0.053%) GRC
System Software
1 108 (5.74%) Active Directory
2 52 (2.76%) Docker
3 9 (0.48%) 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 (3.77%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (1.49%) Kubernetes
3 22 (1.17%) Terraform
4 15 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
5 12 (0.64%) 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
1 368 (19.54%) Microsoft
2 195 (10.36%) Adobe
3 95 (5.05%) Google
4 72 (3.82%) ServiceNow
5 54 (2.87%) Salesforce
6 28 (1.49%) Apple
7 27 (1.43%) HubSpot
7 27 (1.43%) Oracle
8 26 (1.38%) SAP
9 23 (1.22%) Nexthink
10 19 (1.01%) Braze
11 18 (0.96%) Hotjar
11 18 (0.96%) iManage
12 16 (0.85%) Amplitude
13 15 (0.80%) OpenAI
14 14 (0.74%) BMC
14 14 (0.74%) Dynatrace
15 10 (0.53%) TikTok
15 10 (0.53%) VMware
16 9 (0.48%) Pinterest