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 28 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 61 70
Rank change year-on-year -31 +9 +10
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,026 1,126 1,053
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.93% 4.11% 2.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% 4.68% 3.85%
Number of salaries quoted 706 463 469
10th Percentile £30,750 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,800 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,277
% change year-on-year -9.09% +9.39% -8.59%

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 38,996 24,076 27,331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.41% 87.87% 75.85%
Number of salaries quoted 27,948 13,218 17,544
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -0.83%
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 £53,325
% change year-on-year +15.79% -10.92% -3.05%

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 28 July 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 28 July 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 -24 926 £55,000 -8.33% 763
UK excluding London -51 599 £50,000 -9.09% 460
Work from Home -46 380 £55,000 -12.00% 358
London -17 345 £70,000 -6.67% 403
North of England -42 201 £51,310 +5.25% 126
South East -21 112 £52,500 -8.70% 129
North West -55 109 £43,750 -16.67% 60
Midlands +21 93 £45,000 -18.18% 62
South West -18 75 £60,000 +14.29% 65
East of England +24 66 £45,000 -25.00% 54
West Midlands -14 56 £50,000 -10.31% 50
Yorkshire +32 47 £52,893 +5.79% 41
North East -5 45 £50,000 +400.00% 25
East Midlands +15 37 £42,500 -19.05% 12
Wales -26 26 £49,480 -26.70% 7
Scotland -28 23 £55,000 -30.16% 23
Northern Ireland -57 3 £39,500 - 11

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
1 155 (7.78%) SharePoint
2 120 (6.02%) CMS
3 66 (3.31%) Confluence
4 52 (2.61%) Microsoft Exchange
5 29 (1.46%) WordPress
6 8 (0.40%) Drupal
7 5 (0.25%) IIS
7 5 (0.25%) Moodle
7 5 (0.25%) Skype for Business
7 5 (0.25%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.20%) Apache
9 3 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.15%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.15%) nginx
9 3 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.10%) Apache Spark
10 2 (0.10%) Totara
11 1 (0.050%) ExpressionEngine
11 1 (0.050%) NServiceBus
11 1 (0.050%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 33 (1.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 33 (1.66%) Microsoft Office
2 32 (1.61%) Microsoft Excel
3 30 (1.51%) Adobe XD
4 23 (1.15%) Sketch
5 22 (1.10%) Photoshop
6 20 (1.00%) Adobe Illustrator
7 17 (0.85%) Chatbot
7 17 (0.85%) UserZoom
8 15 (0.75%) InDesign
9 13 (0.65%) Adobe After Effects
10 9 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
11 6 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 5 (0.25%) InVision
13 4 (0.20%) MS Visio
13 4 (0.20%) Trello
14 3 (0.15%) Productboard
14 3 (0.15%) SPSS
15 2 (0.10%) Camtasia
15 2 (0.10%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 23 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.00%) Shopify
3 16 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (0.60%) Magento
5 11 (0.55%) NetSuite
6 7 (0.35%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.15%) Carpe Diem
8 3 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.15%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
8 3 (0.15%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.10%) Adobe Campaign
9 2 (0.10%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.10%) Towers Watson Igloo
9 2 (0.10%) Visualfiles
10 1 (0.050%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.050%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 401 (20.12%) Azure
2 300 (15.05%) Microsoft 365
3 195 (9.78%) Figma
4 167 (8.38%) Power Platform
5 161 (8.08%) AWS
6 140 (7.02%) SaaS
7 121 (6.07%) Entra ID
8 104 (5.22%) Azure DevOps
9 82 (4.11%) Power Automate
10 78 (3.91%) PowerApps
11 66 (3.31%) Adobe Analytics
11 66 (3.31%) GitHub
12 64 (3.21%) Google Analytics
13 61 (3.06%) GCP
14 57 (2.86%) Microsoft Copilot
15 49 (2.46%) Dynamics 365
15 49 (2.46%) Serverless
16 46 (2.31%) Azure Logic Apps
17 45 (2.26%) Contentsquare
17 45 (2.26%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 64 (3.21%) Broadband
2 36 (1.81%) Firewall
3 29 (1.46%) DNS
4 24 (1.20%) DHCP
5 23 (1.15%) VPN
6 21 (1.05%) VoIP
7 15 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
8 13 (0.65%) TCP/IP
9 12 (0.60%) CTI
9 12 (0.60%) Kerberos
10 10 (0.50%) HTTP
11 9 (0.45%) Internet
11 9 (0.45%) Wireless
12 7 (0.35%) Intranet
12 7 (0.35%) Network Security
12 7 (0.35%) VLAN
13 6 (0.30%) Unified Communications
14 5 (0.25%) SAN
14 5 (0.25%) Skype
15 4 (0.20%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (4.47%) Power BI
2 62 (3.11%) SQL Server
3 26 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
4 23 (1.15%) Relational Database
5 19 (0.95%) Looker
6 17 (0.85%) MySQL
7 16 (0.80%) Metadata
8 15 (0.75%) NoSQL
9 13 (0.65%) MongoDB
10 11 (0.55%) BigQuery
11 9 (0.45%) Redis
12 8 (0.40%) Tableau
13 7 (0.35%) Power Query
14 6 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
15 5 (0.25%) GIS
15 5 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (0.25%) Star Schema
16 4 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 102 (5.12%) JIRA
2 92 (4.62%) Git
3 25 (1.25%) Claude Code
4 24 (1.20%) Jenkins
5 21 (1.05%) fastlane
6 20 (1.00%) Crashlytics
7 15 (0.75%) XCTest
8 14 (0.70%) Cypress.io
9 11 (0.55%) Balsamiq
9 11 (0.55%) webpack
10 10 (0.50%) Axure RP
11 9 (0.45%) Selenium
11 9 (0.45%) Vite
11 9 (0.45%) Xcode
12 7 (0.35%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.30%) Android Studio
13 6 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 6 (0.30%) Gradle
13 6 (0.30%) NUnit
13 6 (0.30%) Postman
General
1 624 (31.31%) Social Skills
2 330 (16.56%) Finance
3 251 (12.59%) Marketing
4 230 (11.54%) Analytical Skills
5 172 (8.63%) Public Sector
6 158 (7.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 121 (6.07%) Retail
8 109 (5.47%) Legal
9 107 (5.37%) Law
10 96 (4.82%) Organisational Skills
11 76 (3.81%) Games
12 62 (3.11%) Influencing Skills
13 41 (2.06%) Banking
14 38 (1.91%) Advertising
15 35 (1.76%) Presentation Skills
16 31 (1.56%) Manufacturing
17 24 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
18 19 (0.95%) Multimedia
19 17 (0.85%) Publishing
20 15 (0.75%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 348 (17.46%) Senior
2 320 (16.06%) Designer
3 291 (14.60%) Developer
4 232 (11.64%) UX Designer
5 226 (11.34%) Lead
6 146 (7.33%) Analyst
7 103 (5.17%) Senior Developer
8 92 (4.62%) Software Engineer
9 90 (4.52%) UI Designer
10 88 (4.42%) IT Support
11 86 (4.32%) Senior Designer
11 86 (4.32%) UI/UX Designer
12 70 (3.51%) Architect
13 66 (3.31%) Product Manager
14 64 (3.21%) Support Engineer
15 62 (3.11%) IT Manager
15 62 (3.11%) Senior UX Designer
16 54 (2.71%) Business Analyst
17 53 (2.66%) Full-Stack Developer
18 50 (2.51%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 201 (10.09%) HTML
2 199 (9.98%) CSS
3 158 (7.93%) React
4 148 (7.43%) .NET
5 98 (4.92%) REST
6 81 (4.06%) RESTful
7 60 (3.01%) .NET Core
8 55 (2.76%) Node.js
9 49 (2.46%) JSON
10 46 (2.31%) AngularJS
11 40 (2.01%) HTML5
12 38 (1.91%) ASP.NET
13 37 (1.86%) Next.js
14 33 (1.66%) CSS3
15 32 (1.61%) Vue
16 26 (1.30%) jQuery
16 26 (1.30%) SPFx
16 26 (1.30%) SwiftUI
17 25 (1.25%) Sass
17 25 (1.25%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 190 (9.53%) Product Ownership
2 103 (5.17%) Mobile App
3 100 (5.02%) Onboarding
4 73 (3.66%) Social Media
5 66 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
6 51 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
7 49 (2.46%) Cloud Native
8 31 (1.56%) Management Information System
9 27 (1.35%) AI Agents
9 27 (1.35%) Driving Licence
10 25 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
11 24 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
11 24 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
12 19 (0.95%) Algorithms
12 19 (0.95%) Low-Code
13 18 (0.90%) Graphic Design
14 16 (0.80%) Security Posture
15 14 (0.70%) Life Science
16 13 (0.65%) Animation
16 13 (0.65%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 145 (7.28%) Windows
2 71 (3.56%) Apple iOS
3 44 (2.21%) Windows Server
4 41 (2.06%) Android
5 40 (2.01%) Windows 10
6 34 (1.71%) Mac OS
7 27 (1.35%) Linux
8 8 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.25%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.20%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.20%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.050%) AIX
11 1 (0.050%) CentOS
11 1 (0.050%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 560 (28.10%) Agile
2 527 (26.44%) UX Design
3 476 (23.88%) Continuous Improvement
4 434 (21.78%) Problem-Solving
5 402 (20.17%) AI
6 362 (18.16%) Analytics
7 330 (16.56%) Roadmaps
8 249 (12.49%) Mentoring
9 212 (10.64%) DevOps
10 204 (10.24%) Decision-Making
10 204 (10.24%) Stakeholder Management
11 185 (9.28%) CI/CD
12 174 (8.73%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 162 (8.13%) User Research
14 161 (8.08%) Software Engineering
15 156 (7.83%) ITIL
16 149 (7.48%) Workflow
17 147 (7.38%) Product Roadmap
18 146 (7.33%) Customer Experience
19 138 (6.92%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 243 (12.19%) JavaScript
2 156 (7.83%) C#
3 154 (7.73%) SQL
4 152 (7.63%) TypeScript
5 118 (5.92%) Python
6 89 (4.47%) Java
7 72 (3.61%) PowerShell
8 31 (1.56%) Swift
9 29 (1.46%) PHP
10 26 (1.30%) Kotlin
11 12 (0.60%) ABAP
11 12 (0.60%) C++
12 11 (0.55%) VB.NET
13 10 (0.50%) C
13 10 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 9 (0.45%) Go
15 8 (0.40%) VBScript
16 7 (0.35%) T-SQL
16 7 (0.35%) VB
17 6 (0.30%) Rust
Qualifications
1 181 (9.08%) Degree
2 138 (6.92%) Security Cleared
3 84 (4.21%) SC Cleared
4 38 (1.91%) DV Cleared
5 30 (1.51%) Microsoft Certification
6 26 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 26 (1.30%) DBS Check
7 13 (0.65%) Master's Degree
8 12 (0.60%) CISSP
9 11 (0.55%) Postgraduate
10 10 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
10 10 (0.50%) ICAEW
11 8 (0.40%) ISTQB
11 8 (0.40%) ITIL Certification
12 6 (0.30%) PMI Certification
13 5 (0.25%) PMP
13 5 (0.25%) SAP Certification
14 4 (0.20%) CBAP
15 3 (0.15%) AWS Certification
15 3 (0.15%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 322 (16.16%) Accessibility
2 117 (5.87%) QA
3 103 (5.17%) WCAG
4 68 (3.41%) GDPR
5 59 (2.96%) Data Quality
6 24 (1.20%) SLA
7 21 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
8 11 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
8 11 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 11 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 8 (0.40%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.25%) NEBOSH
11 4 (0.20%) PMO
11 4 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
11 4 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
12 3 (0.15%) HIPAA
12 3 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
12 3 (0.15%) PERC
13 2 (0.10%) GRC
13 2 (0.10%) GxP
System Software
1 119 (5.97%) Active Directory
2 58 (2.91%) Docker
3 9 (0.45%) BitLocker
3 9 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 6 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.050%) Firmware
6 1 (0.050%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 88 (4.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 34 (1.71%) Kubernetes
3 17 (0.85%) Terraform
4 14 (0.70%) SCCM
5 12 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
5 12 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.25%) Ansible
7 4 (0.20%) Grafana
7 4 (0.20%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.10%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.10%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.10%) Packer
8 2 (0.10%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.050%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.050%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.050%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.050%) Kibana
Vendors
1 443 (22.23%) Microsoft
2 171 (8.58%) Adobe
3 98 (4.92%) Google
4 62 (3.11%) ServiceNow
5 51 (2.56%) Salesforce
6 37 (1.86%) Apple
7 34 (1.71%) Oracle
8 32 (1.61%) SAP
9 22 (1.10%) iManage
10 18 (0.90%) Braze
10 18 (0.90%) OpenAI
11 17 (0.85%) Cisco
12 16 (0.80%) Amplitude
12 16 (0.80%) HubSpot
13 15 (0.75%) Dynatrace
13 15 (0.75%) Hotjar
14 14 (0.70%) Meraki
15 12 (0.60%) Genesys
16 11 (0.55%) Avaya
16 11 (0.55%) VMware