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 9 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 63 76
Rank change year-on-year +34 +13 -12
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,592 1,207 879
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 6.26% 3.94% 3.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.23% 4.37% 3.89%
Number of salaries quoted 537 465 733
10th Percentile £29,900 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £41,573 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £107,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year +5.00% -0.99% -12.17%

All Process and 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 22,007 27,608 22,600
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.53% 90.05% 93.45%
Number of salaries quoted 13,204 11,585 17,605
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £54,992 £52,500
% change year-on-year -18.17% +4.75% -4.55%

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 9 November 2025.

Salary histogram for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Top 18 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 9 November 2025. 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 +38 1,468 £55,000 -8.33% 2,818
UK excluding London +45 1,076 £52,500 +5.00% 2,077
North of England +45 437 £50,000 -9.09% 378
London +16 419 £70,000 -9.68% 1,390
North West +43 367 £55,000 -4.35% 278
Work from Home -22 318 £55,000 -18.52% 1,486
South East +31 282 £54,500 +6.34% 1,197
East of England +49 161 £55,000 +10.00% 83
Midlands +43 89 £40,000 +14.29% 127
Yorkshire +20 61 £31,000 -38.00% 69
South West +10 51 £52,500 +10.53% 166
East Midlands +7 47 £27,000 -22.86% 61
West Midlands +58 43 £53,500 +7.00% 60
Scotland -27 26 £42,500 -26.09% 66
Wales +16 23 £52,000 +89.09% 43
Northern Ireland -5 9 - - 29
North East -12 9 £50,000 +17.65% 31
Channel Islands +1 3 - - 4

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 90 (3.73%) CMS
2 56 (2.32%) Confluence
3 52 (2.16%) SharePoint
4 50 (2.07%) WordPress
5 23 (0.95%) Drupal
6 15 (0.62%) Umbraco
7 12 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
8 11 (0.46%) Headless CMS
9 5 (0.21%) Apache
10 4 (0.17%) Appian
10 4 (0.17%) IIS
10 4 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
11 3 (0.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 3 (0.12%) Joomla!
11 3 (0.12%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 2 (0.083%) CICS
12 2 (0.083%) EPiServer
13 1 (0.041%) ArcGIS
13 1 (0.041%) Oracle Workflow
13 1 (0.041%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 60 (2.49%) Adobe XD
2 48 (1.99%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 44 (1.83%) Microsoft Excel
4 41 (1.70%) Sketch
5 35 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
6 32 (1.33%) Photoshop
7 24 (1.00%) Adobe Illustrator
8 20 (0.83%) InDesign
8 20 (0.83%) MS Visio
9 18 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 11 (0.46%) Chatbot
11 5 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
12 4 (0.17%) Adobe After Effects
12 4 (0.17%) Adobe Premiere
12 4 (0.17%) Elementor
12 4 (0.17%) InVision
13 3 (0.12%) Adobe Captivate
13 3 (0.12%) AutoCAD
14 2 (0.083%) Trello
14 2 (0.083%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 39 (1.62%) Shopify
2 34 (1.41%) Dynamics CRM
3 24 (1.00%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.25%) Magento
4 6 (0.25%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.21%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.17%) Dynamics GP
6 4 (0.17%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.17%) SAP BPC
7 3 (0.12%) Infor SunSystems
7 3 (0.12%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.12%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.083%) Adobe Campaign
8 2 (0.083%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 2 (0.083%) iTrent
8 2 (0.083%) OpenCart
8 2 (0.083%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.083%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle EBS
9 1 (0.041%) Oracle SCM
Cloud Services
1 791 (32.82%) Cloud Computing
2 338 (14.02%) Azure
3 283 (11.74%) AWS
4 185 (7.68%) Figma
5 140 (5.81%) Microsoft 365
6 98 (4.07%) Google Analytics
6 98 (4.07%) SaaS
7 73 (3.03%) Power Platform
8 70 (2.90%) GCP
9 67 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
10 62 (2.57%) Serverless
11 55 (2.28%) GitHub
12 37 (1.54%) Entra ID
13 36 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
14 33 (1.37%) PowerApps
15 29 (1.20%) Azure Logic Apps
15 29 (1.20%) Miro
15 29 (1.20%) Power Automate
16 24 (1.00%) Google Tag Manager
17 22 (0.91%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 797 (33.07%) Internet
2 17 (0.71%) Firewall
3 16 (0.66%) DNS
4 14 (0.58%) TCP/IP
5 11 (0.46%) DHCP
5 11 (0.46%) VLAN
6 8 (0.33%) HTTP
7 6 (0.25%) Broadband
7 6 (0.25%) Intranet
7 6 (0.25%) LAN
7 6 (0.25%) VPN
8 5 (0.21%) WAN
9 4 (0.17%) Bluetooth
9 4 (0.17%) Intrusion Detection
9 4 (0.17%) Modbus
9 4 (0.17%) Network Security
9 4 (0.17%) Wi-Fi
9 4 (0.17%) Wireshark
9 4 (0.17%) ZigBee
10 3 (0.12%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 96 (3.98%) SQL Server
2 53 (2.20%) Power BI
3 47 (1.95%) MySQL
4 44 (1.83%) NoSQL
4 44 (1.83%) PostgreSQL
5 30 (1.24%) Relational Database
6 26 (1.08%) MongoDB
7 18 (0.75%) DynamoDB
8 14 (0.58%) Looker
9 13 (0.54%) Tableau
10 11 (0.46%) DB2
10 11 (0.46%) Metadata
11 10 (0.41%) Amazon Aurora
12 8 (0.33%) BigQuery
12 8 (0.33%) Oracle Reports
12 8 (0.33%) Redis
13 7 (0.29%) Mixpanel
14 6 (0.25%) MariaDB
15 5 (0.21%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 154 (6.39%) JIRA
2 141 (5.85%) Git
3 52 (2.16%) GitLab
4 50 (2.07%) Bitbucket
5 48 (1.99%) Selenium
6 41 (1.70%) Cucumber
7 38 (1.58%) Maven
8 36 (1.49%) SonarQube
8 36 (1.49%) Sonatype Nexus
9 33 (1.37%) Cypress.io
10 28 (1.16%) webpack
11 27 (1.12%) Axure RP
12 22 (0.91%) Jenkins
13 21 (0.87%) Balsamiq
13 21 (0.87%) Vite
14 17 (0.71%) Storybook
15 14 (0.58%) NeoLoad
16 12 (0.50%) eCATT
17 11 (0.46%) Babel
18 10 (0.41%) gulp
General
1 1,376 (57.10%) Social Skills
2 952 (39.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 940 (39.00%) Banking
4 396 (16.43%) Finance
5 290 (12.03%) Marketing
6 204 (8.46%) Analytical Skills
7 197 (8.17%) Law
8 117 (4.85%) Retail
9 104 (4.32%) Legal
10 92 (3.82%) Public Sector
11 48 (1.99%) Investment Banking
11 48 (1.99%) Presentation Skills
12 45 (1.87%) Manufacturing
13 42 (1.74%) Influencing Skills
13 42 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
14 38 (1.58%) Corporate Banking
15 30 (1.24%) Telecoms
16 27 (1.12%) Advertising
17 22 (0.91%) Electronics
18 18 (0.75%) Games
Job Titles
1 651 (27.01%) Lecturer
2 366 (15.19%) Developer
3 327 (13.57%) Senior
4 191 (7.93%) Designer
5 150 (6.22%) Analyst
6 130 (5.39%) Lead
7 126 (5.23%) Senior Developer
8 100 (4.15%) Software Engineer
9 99 (4.11%) Full-Stack Developer
10 95 (3.94%) UX Designer
11 77 (3.20%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 73 (3.03%) IT Support
13 65 (2.70%) Product Manager
14 64 (2.66%) Senior Designer
15 55 (2.28%) Business Analyst
16 48 (1.99%) Full-Stack Engineer
17 45 (1.87%) Architect
18 44 (1.83%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
19 43 (1.78%) Senior Manager
20 41 (1.70%) Senior UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 362 (15.02%) React
2 326 (13.53%) HTML
3 312 (12.95%) CSS
4 154 (6.39%) .NET
5 140 (5.81%) RESTful
6 116 (4.81%) Node.js
7 106 (4.40%) HTML5
8 103 (4.27%) REST
9 87 (3.61%) Spring
10 86 (3.57%) CSS3
10 86 (3.57%) Jest
11 82 (3.40%) Spring Boot
12 79 (3.28%) AngularJS
13 65 (2.70%) Next.js
14 60 (2.49%) Kafka
15 59 (2.45%) Redux
15 59 (2.45%) Sass
16 48 (1.99%) Vue
17 37 (1.54%) ASP.NET
17 37 (1.54%) JPA
Miscellaneous
1 803 (33.32%) IoT
2 163 (6.76%) Product Ownership
3 94 (3.90%) Onboarding
4 73 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
5 60 (2.49%) Mobile App
6 58 (2.41%) Cloud Native
7 53 (2.20%) Social Media
8 47 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
8 47 (1.95%) Management Information System
9 35 (1.45%) Analytical Mindset
10 31 (1.29%) Driving Licence
10 31 (1.29%) e-Learning
11 29 (1.20%) AI Agents
11 29 (1.20%) Data Structures
12 28 (1.16%) Algorithms
13 22 (0.91%) Graphic Design
14 18 (0.75%) Greenfield Project
15 16 (0.66%) Animation
16 14 (0.58%) Blog
16 14 (0.58%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 79 (3.28%) Windows
2 75 (3.11%) Apple iOS
3 58 (2.41%) Android
4 39 (1.62%) Windows 10
5 25 (1.04%) Windows Server
6 22 (0.91%) Linux
7 6 (0.25%) Mac OS
8 5 (0.21%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.17%) Kali Linux
9 4 (0.17%) Unix
10 3 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.083%) zOS
12 1 (0.041%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,058 (43.90%) AI
2 886 (36.76%) Machine Learning
3 868 (36.02%) Web Development
4 865 (35.89%) Cybersecurity
5 692 (28.71%) Agile
6 482 (20.00%) UX Design
7 393 (16.31%) Problem-Solving
8 333 (13.82%) Continuous Improvement
9 291 (12.07%) Analytics
10 252 (10.46%) DevOps
11 250 (10.37%) CI/CD
12 246 (10.21%) Full-Stack Development
13 242 (10.04%) Roadmaps
14 204 (8.46%) Front End Development
15 193 (8.01%) Mentoring
16 188 (7.80%) Stakeholder Management
17 185 (7.68%) Prototyping
18 173 (7.18%) User Research
19 166 (6.89%) Wireframes
20 158 (6.56%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 381 (15.81%) JavaScript
2 247 (10.25%) TypeScript
3 189 (7.84%) SQL
4 165 (6.85%) Java
5 138 (5.73%) Python
6 135 (5.60%) C#
7 52 (2.16%) PowerShell
8 32 (1.33%) PHP
9 16 (0.66%) Bash
9 16 (0.66%) Kotlin
9 16 (0.66%) Swift
10 12 (0.50%) Bicep
11 10 (0.41%) C++
11 10 (0.41%) VBScript
12 9 (0.37%) Go
12 9 (0.37%) R
13 8 (0.33%) Ruby
13 8 (0.33%) Rust
14 7 (0.29%) XAML
15 6 (0.25%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 1,032 (42.82%) Degree
2 819 (33.98%) Master's Degree
3 793 (32.90%) PhD
3 793 (32.90%) Postgraduate
4 124 (5.15%) Security Cleared
5 91 (3.78%) SC Cleared
6 63 (2.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 25 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
8 24 (1.00%) DV Cleared
9 19 (0.79%) DBS Check
9 19 (0.79%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 16 (0.66%) BPSS Clearance
11 15 (0.62%) AWS Certification
12 12 (0.50%) MCSA
13 7 (0.29%) A+ Certification
13 7 (0.29%) AWS Certified Developer
13 7 (0.29%) Azure Certification
13 7 (0.29%) Cisco Certification
13 7 (0.29%) SAP Certification
14 5 (0.21%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 372 (15.44%) Accessibility
2 155 (6.43%) QA
3 66 (2.74%) WCAG
4 46 (1.91%) GDPR
5 26 (1.08%) SLA
6 17 (0.71%) Data Quality
7 10 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 19770
8 8 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 8 (0.33%) PERC
8 8 (0.33%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 6 (0.25%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 6 (0.25%) Actionable Recommendations
10 5 (0.21%) COBIT
10 5 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
10 5 (0.21%) GxP
11 3 (0.12%) HL7
11 3 (0.12%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.12%) Section 508
12 2 (0.083%) NIST
12 2 (0.083%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 113 (4.69%) Docker
2 71 (2.95%) Active Directory
3 20 (0.83%) Virtual Machines
4 15 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.25%) Firmware
6 5 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
8 2 (0.083%) RACF
8 2 (0.083%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.041%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.041%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.041%) KVM
9 1 (0.041%) VMware NSX
9 1 (0.041%) vSphere
9 1 (0.041%) Xen
Systems Management
1 119 (4.94%) Kubernetes
2 45 (1.87%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (1.87%) Terraform
3 12 (0.50%) HP ALM
4 6 (0.25%) Single Sign-On
5 5 (0.21%) SCCM
6 4 (0.17%) Grafana
6 4 (0.17%) Nessus
6 4 (0.17%) Nmap
7 3 (0.12%) Ansible
7 3 (0.12%) Jamf Pro
8 2 (0.083%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 2 (0.083%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.083%) SmoothWall
8 2 (0.083%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 2 (0.083%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.041%) AppManager
9 1 (0.041%) Backup Exec
9 1 (0.041%) BMC PATROL
9 1 (0.041%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 234 (9.71%) Microsoft
2 154 (6.39%) Google
3 140 (5.81%) Adobe
4 56 (2.32%) SAP
5 54 (2.24%) ServiceNow
6 43 (1.78%) Salesforce
7 36 (1.49%) Solace
8 34 (1.41%) Oracle
9 28 (1.16%) Hotjar
10 25 (1.04%) Cisco
11 22 (0.91%) HubSpot
12 21 (0.87%) Apple
12 21 (0.87%) Qualtrics
13 16 (0.66%) Foundry
14 15 (0.62%) HP
14 15 (0.62%) Screaming Frog
15 14 (0.58%) Databricks
16 13 (0.54%) Atlassian
17 12 (0.50%) IBM
18 11 (0.46%) Ahrefs