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

3 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 88 67
Rank change year-on-year -4 -21 +13
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,078 749 1,119
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.95% 2.94% 3.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% 3.39% 3.94%
Number of salaries quoted 703 464 493
10th Percentile £31,800 £32,875 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £44,084 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% -8.80%
75th Percentile £71,250 £75,000 £72,660
90th Percentile £88,148 £100,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,055
% change year-on-year -5.66% +5.88% -8.99%

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 40,929 22,125 28,402
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.98% 86.73% 76.84%
Number of salaries quoted 28,787 13,383 17,287
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,813 £36,250 £44,744
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% -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 £53,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -11.21% -1.76%

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 12 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 12 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 0 963 £55,000 -5.17% 1,915
UK excluding London -5 622 £50,000 -5.66% 852
Work from Home +2 413 £55,000 -12.00% 832
London -8 370 £68,000 -9.33% 1,263
North of England +25 197 £51,310 +8.02% 241
South East -42 111 £50,000 -6.98% 195
Midlands +6 109 £45,000 -18.18% 110
North West -17 104 £42,500 -15.00% 138
South West -23 84 £60,000 +20.00% 106
West Midlands -8 66 £47,500 -15.93% 81
East of England +1 62 £47,500 -20.83% 77
Yorkshire +21 49 £55,000 +10.00% 68
North East -5 44 £50,000 +61.29% 36
East Midlands +1 43 £42,500 - 29
Scotland +16 25 £55,000 -24.14% 71
Wales -37 25 £48,961 -27.47% 27
Northern Ireland -58 9 £46,000 - 39

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
1 159 (7.63%) SharePoint
2 111 (5.33%) CMS
3 67 (3.21%) Confluence
4 53 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
5 35 (1.68%) WordPress
6 8 (0.38%) IIS
7 7 (0.34%) Moodle
8 5 (0.24%) Drupal
8 5 (0.24%) Skype for Business
8 5 (0.24%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.14%) Apache
10 3 (0.14%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.14%) nginx
11 2 (0.096%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.096%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.096%) Totara
12 1 (0.048%) ExpressionEngine
12 1 (0.048%) MTS
12 1 (0.048%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 42 (2.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.58%) Adobe XD
2 33 (1.58%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 24 (1.15%) Sketch
5 22 (1.06%) Chatbot
6 20 (0.96%) Photoshop
7 18 (0.86%) Adobe Illustrator
7 18 (0.86%) UserZoom
8 16 (0.77%) InDesign
9 11 (0.53%) Adobe After Effects
10 9 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 8 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
12 7 (0.34%) MS Visio
13 5 (0.24%) InVision
14 4 (0.19%) Trello
15 3 (0.14%) Productboard
15 3 (0.14%) SPSS
15 3 (0.14%) Zeplin
16 2 (0.096%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 24 (1.15%) Shopify
2 18 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.77%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.53%) Magento
4 11 (0.53%) NetSuite
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 (0.096%) Adobe Campaign
8 2 (0.096%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.096%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.096%) Towers Watson Igloo
8 2 (0.096%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.048%) Bloomberg TOMS
9 1 (0.048%) Dynamics NAV
9 1 (0.048%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 416 (19.96%) Azure
2 297 (14.25%) Microsoft 365
3 212 (10.17%) Figma
4 173 (8.30%) AWS
5 166 (7.97%) Power Platform
6 135 (6.48%) SaaS
7 125 (6.00%) Entra ID
8 106 (5.09%) Azure DevOps
9 86 (4.13%) Power Automate
10 80 (3.84%) PowerApps
11 71 (3.41%) Google Analytics
12 67 (3.21%) GCP
13 66 (3.17%) GitHub
14 65 (3.12%) Adobe Analytics
15 58 (2.78%) Microsoft Copilot
16 47 (2.26%) Azure Logic Apps
16 47 (2.26%) Dynamics 365
16 47 (2.26%) Serverless
17 44 (2.11%) OneDrive
18 43 (2.06%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 63 (3.02%) Broadband
2 37 (1.78%) Firewall
3 34 (1.63%) DNS
4 27 (1.30%) DHCP
5 23 (1.10%) VPN
6 19 (0.91%) VoIP
7 17 (0.82%) TCP/IP
7 17 (0.82%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (0.58%) Network Security
9 11 (0.53%) CTI
10 10 (0.48%) HTTP
10 10 (0.48%) Kerberos
11 9 (0.43%) Wireless
12 7 (0.34%) Internet
12 7 (0.34%) VLAN
13 6 (0.29%) Intranet
13 6 (0.29%) Unified Communications
14 5 (0.24%) SAN
14 5 (0.24%) Skype
14 5 (0.24%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (4.41%) Power BI
2 66 (3.17%) SQL Server
3 30 (1.44%) Relational Database
4 28 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
6 21 (1.01%) MySQL
7 19 (0.91%) Looker
8 18 (0.86%) NoSQL
9 17 (0.82%) Metadata
10 12 (0.58%) MongoDB
11 11 (0.53%) BigQuery
12 10 (0.48%) Tableau
13 9 (0.43%) Redis
14 7 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
15 6 (0.29%) GIS
15 6 (0.29%) Power Query
16 5 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 5 (0.24%) Star Schema
17 4 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 102 (4.89%) JIRA
2 99 (4.75%) Git
3 30 (1.44%) Claude Code
4 24 (1.15%) Jenkins
5 21 (1.01%) fastlane
6 19 (0.91%) Crashlytics
7 17 (0.82%) Cypress.io
8 14 (0.67%) XCTest
9 12 (0.58%) Axure RP
9 12 (0.58%) Balsamiq
10 11 (0.53%) Selenium
11 9 (0.43%) Postman
11 9 (0.43%) Xcode
12 8 (0.38%) Vite
12 8 (0.38%) webpack
13 7 (0.34%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.34%) Oracle Forms
13 7 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
14 6 (0.29%) JUnit
14 6 (0.29%) NUnit
General
1 692 (33.21%) Social Skills
2 363 (17.42%) Finance
3 273 (13.10%) Marketing
4 261 (12.52%) Analytical Skills
5 190 (9.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 185 (8.88%) Public Sector
7 139 (6.67%) Retail
8 122 (5.85%) Law
9 107 (5.13%) Legal
10 103 (4.94%) Organisational Skills
11 72 (3.45%) Games
12 62 (2.98%) Influencing Skills
13 54 (2.59%) Banking
14 41 (1.97%) Presentation Skills
15 35 (1.68%) Advertising
16 31 (1.49%) Manufacturing
17 29 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
18 22 (1.06%) Financial Institution
19 21 (1.01%) Multimedia
20 19 (0.91%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 373 (17.90%) Senior
2 349 (16.75%) Designer
3 300 (14.40%) Developer
4 254 (12.19%) Lead
5 250 (12.00%) UX Designer
6 164 (7.87%) Analyst
7 104 (4.99%) Senior Developer
8 96 (4.61%) Software Engineer
9 94 (4.51%) UI Designer
10 91 (4.37%) IT Support
10 91 (4.37%) Senior Designer
11 88 (4.22%) UI/UX Designer
12 69 (3.31%) Product Manager
13 67 (3.21%) Architect
14 64 (3.07%) Senior UX Designer
15 63 (3.02%) IT Manager
16 62 (2.98%) Support Engineer
17 61 (2.93%) Business Analyst
18 55 (2.64%) Full-Stack Developer
19 48 (2.30%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 210 (10.08%) HTML
2 208 (9.98%) CSS
3 158 (7.58%) React
4 157 (7.53%) .NET
5 106 (5.09%) REST
6 78 (3.74%) RESTful
7 65 (3.12%) .NET Core
8 61 (2.93%) Node.js
9 51 (2.45%) JSON
10 44 (2.11%) ASP.NET
11 39 (1.87%) Next.js
12 37 (1.78%) AngularJS
13 35 (1.68%) HTML5
14 33 (1.58%) CSS3
15 30 (1.44%) Vue
16 29 (1.39%) jQuery
17 27 (1.30%) Blazor
18 26 (1.25%) SPFx
18 26 (1.25%) Spring
18 26 (1.25%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 207 (9.93%) Product Ownership
2 110 (5.28%) Mobile App
3 104 (4.99%) Onboarding
4 74 (3.55%) Social Media
5 70 (3.36%) Enterprise Software
6 58 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
7 51 (2.45%) Cloud Native
8 33 (1.58%) Management Information System
9 32 (1.54%) AI Agents
10 29 (1.39%) Driving Licence
11 25 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
12 24 (1.15%) Algorithms
13 20 (0.96%) Graphic Design
13 20 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
13 20 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
14 18 (0.86%) Virtual Team
15 17 (0.82%) Blog
15 17 (0.82%) Low-Code
15 17 (0.82%) Security Posture
16 16 (0.77%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 157 (7.53%) Windows
2 77 (3.69%) Apple iOS
3 47 (2.26%) Windows Server
4 45 (2.16%) Android
5 39 (1.87%) Windows 10
6 37 (1.78%) Mac OS
7 28 (1.34%) 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 1 (0.048%) AIX
11 1 (0.048%) CentOS
11 1 (0.048%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 592 (28.41%) Agile
2 559 (26.82%) UX Design
3 519 (24.90%) Continuous Improvement
4 473 (22.70%) Problem-Solving
5 438 (21.02%) AI
6 378 (18.14%) Analytics
7 338 (16.22%) Roadmaps
8 270 (12.96%) Mentoring
9 231 (11.08%) Stakeholder Management
10 227 (10.89%) Decision-Making
11 220 (10.56%) DevOps
12 199 (9.55%) CI/CD
13 178 (8.54%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 171 (8.21%) User Research
15 166 (7.97%) Software Engineering
16 164 (7.87%) Customer Experience
17 160 (7.68%) ITIL
18 159 (7.63%) Workflow
19 150 (7.20%) Product Roadmap
20 147 (7.05%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 252 (12.09%) JavaScript
2 164 (7.87%) SQL
3 160 (7.68%) C#
4 157 (7.53%) TypeScript
5 117 (5.61%) Python
6 91 (4.37%) Java
7 74 (3.55%) PowerShell
8 34 (1.63%) Swift
9 30 (1.44%) PHP
10 26 (1.25%) Kotlin
11 16 (0.77%) VB.NET
12 12 (0.58%) C++
13 11 (0.53%) ABAP
13 11 (0.53%) C
14 10 (0.48%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 8 (0.38%) Go
15 8 (0.38%) VBScript
16 7 (0.34%) VB
17 6 (0.29%) Apex Code
17 6 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 200 (9.60%) Degree
2 149 (7.15%) Security Cleared
3 87 (4.17%) SC Cleared
4 39 (1.87%) DV Cleared
5 35 (1.68%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 28 (1.34%) DBS Check
7 12 (0.58%) ICAEW
7 12 (0.58%) ITIL Certification
8 11 (0.53%) Master's Degree
8 11 (0.53%) Postgraduate
9 10 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
9 10 (0.48%) CISSP
10 9 (0.43%) PMI Certification
11 7 (0.34%) ISTQB
12 6 (0.29%) IIBA
13 4 (0.19%) AWS Certification
13 4 (0.19%) CBAP
13 4 (0.19%) SAP Certification
14 3 (0.14%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 319 (15.31%) Accessibility
2 127 (6.09%) QA
3 110 (5.28%) WCAG
4 67 (3.21%) Data Quality
5 65 (3.12%) GDPR
6 29 (1.39%) SLA
7 19 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
8 17 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
9 12 (0.58%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 11 (0.53%) 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 (0.096%) HIPAA
System Software
1 119 (5.71%) Active Directory
2 60 (2.88%) Docker
3 10 (0.48%) BitLocker
3 10 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.34%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.096%) Firmware
7 2 (0.096%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 90 (4.32%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (1.78%) Kubernetes
3 21 (1.01%) Terraform
4 16 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
5 15 (0.72%) SCCM
6 10 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
7 5 (0.24%) Ansible
8 4 (0.19%) Grafana
9 3 (0.14%) Prometheus
10 2 (0.096%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.096%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.096%) Oracle RMAN
11 1 (0.048%) Active Directory Federation Services
11 1 (0.048%) Forefront Identity Manager
11 1 (0.048%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.048%) Kibana
11 1 (0.048%) Packer
11 1 (0.048%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 456 (21.88%) Microsoft
2 178 (8.54%) Adobe
3 108 (5.18%) Google
4 56 (2.69%) ServiceNow
5 50 (2.40%) Salesforce
6 37 (1.78%) Oracle
7 36 (1.73%) Apple
8 32 (1.54%) SAP
9 21 (1.01%) OpenAI
10 20 (0.96%) iManage
11 19 (0.91%) Cisco
12 17 (0.82%) Braze
13 16 (0.77%) HubSpot
14 15 (0.72%) Amplitude
14 15 (0.72%) Dynatrace
15 14 (0.67%) Hotjar
16 12 (0.58%) Meraki
16 12 (0.58%) Workday
17 11 (0.53%) Avaya
17 11 (0.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud