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

3 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 61 67
Rank change year-on-year -33 +6 +16
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,020 1,124 1,065
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.93% 4.11% 2.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.63% 4.69% 3.87%
Number of salaries quoted 698 466 472
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,800 £46,250 £43,750
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 £89,125 £100,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,803
% change year-on-year -9.09% +8.26% -7.63%

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 38,782 23,974 27,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.55% 87.76% 75.89%
Number of salaries quoted 27,771 13,238 17,534
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £44,253
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -0.41%
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 £53,287
% change year-on-year +15.79% -10.86% -3.11%

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 29 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 29 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 -24 920 £55,000 -8.33% 767
UK excluding London -55 597 £50,000 -9.09% 459
Work from Home -52 384 £55,000 -12.00% 357
London -14 340 £70,000 -6.67% 417
North of England -40 202 £51,810 +3.62% 120
South East -24 110 £52,500 -8.70% 135
North West -50 110 £43,750 -16.67% 61
Midlands +11 93 £45,000 -18.18% 57
South West -19 77 £60,000 +14.29% 64
East of England +18 64 £45,000 -26.53% 57
West Midlands -8 57 £50,000 -10.31% 46
Yorkshire +25 46 £53,000 +6.00% 37
North East -4 46 £50,000 +400.00% 22
East Midlands +15 36 £42,500 -19.05% 11
Wales -29 25 £48,961 -27.47% 9
Scotland -28 23 £57,500 -25.81% 24
Northern Ireland -58 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
1 157 (7.87%) SharePoint
2 120 (6.01%) CMS
3 65 (3.26%) Confluence
4 52 (2.61%) Microsoft Exchange
5 28 (1.40%) 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 34 (1.70%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (1.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 33 (1.65%) Adobe XD
3 32 (1.60%) Microsoft Excel
4 23 (1.15%) Sketch
5 22 (1.10%) Photoshop
6 20 (1.00%) Adobe Illustrator
7 18 (0.90%) Chatbot
8 17 (0.85%) UserZoom
9 15 (0.75%) InDesign
10 13 (0.65%) Adobe After Effects
11 8 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
12 6 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
13 5 (0.25%) InVision
14 4 (0.20%) MS Visio
14 4 (0.20%) Trello
15 3 (0.15%) Productboard
15 3 (0.15%) SPSS
16 2 (0.10%) Camtasia
16 2 (0.10%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 22 (1.10%) 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 8 (0.40%) 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
1 404 (20.24%) Azure
2 302 (15.13%) Microsoft 365
3 196 (9.82%) Figma
4 168 (8.42%) Power Platform
5 161 (8.07%) AWS
6 139 (6.96%) SaaS
7 122 (6.11%) Entra ID
8 105 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
9 84 (4.21%) Power Automate
10 80 (4.01%) PowerApps
11 66 (3.31%) GitHub
12 65 (3.26%) Google Analytics
13 64 (3.21%) Adobe Analytics
14 60 (3.01%) GCP
15 58 (2.91%) Microsoft Copilot
16 50 (2.51%) Serverless
17 49 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
18 46 (2.30%) Azure Logic Apps
19 45 (2.25%) Contentsquare
19 45 (2.25%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 62 (3.11%) Broadband
2 37 (1.85%) Firewall
3 30 (1.50%) DNS
4 25 (1.25%) DHCP
5 24 (1.20%) VPN
6 21 (1.05%) VoIP
7 15 (0.75%) TCP/IP
7 15 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (0.60%) CTI
8 12 (0.60%) Kerberos
9 10 (0.50%) HTTP
10 9 (0.45%) Internet
10 9 (0.45%) Wireless
11 7 (0.35%) Intranet
11 7 (0.35%) Network Security
11 7 (0.35%) VLAN
12 6 (0.30%) Unified Communications
13 5 (0.25%) SAN
13 5 (0.25%) Skype
14 4 (0.20%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (4.46%) Power BI
2 62 (3.11%) SQL Server
3 25 (1.25%) 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
7 16 (0.80%) NoSQL
8 13 (0.65%) MongoDB
9 11 (0.55%) BigQuery
10 9 (0.45%) Redis
11 8 (0.40%) Tableau
12 6 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.30%) Power Query
13 5 (0.25%) GIS
13 5 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (0.25%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 101 (5.06%) JIRA
2 92 (4.61%) Git
3 24 (1.20%) Claude Code
3 24 (1.20%) Jenkins
4 21 (1.05%) fastlane
5 20 (1.00%) Crashlytics
6 15 (0.75%) XCTest
7 14 (0.70%) Cypress.io
8 13 (0.65%) Balsamiq
9 12 (0.60%) Axure RP
10 11 (0.55%) webpack
11 10 (0.50%) Selenium
12 9 (0.45%) Vite
12 9 (0.45%) Xcode
13 7 (0.35%) Bitbucket
13 7 (0.35%) Postman
14 6 (0.30%) Android Studio
14 6 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 6 (0.30%) Gradle
14 6 (0.30%) NUnit
General
1 626 (31.36%) Social Skills
2 333 (16.68%) Finance
3 252 (12.63%) Marketing
4 235 (11.77%) Analytical Skills
5 172 (8.62%) Public Sector
6 162 (8.12%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 121 (6.06%) Retail
8 111 (5.56%) Legal
9 110 (5.51%) Law
10 95 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
11 74 (3.71%) Games
12 63 (3.16%) Influencing Skills
13 41 (2.05%) Banking
14 39 (1.95%) Advertising
15 35 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
16 31 (1.55%) 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
1 347 (17.38%) Senior
2 320 (16.03%) Designer
3 291 (14.58%) Developer
4 232 (11.62%) UX Designer
5 228 (11.42%) Lead
6 146 (7.31%) Analyst
7 103 (5.16%) Senior Developer
8 92 (4.61%) Software Engineer
9 90 (4.51%) UI Designer
10 88 (4.41%) IT Support
11 87 (4.36%) Senior Designer
12 86 (4.31%) UI/UX Designer
13 70 (3.51%) Architect
14 65 (3.26%) Product Manager
15 64 (3.21%) Support Engineer
16 63 (3.16%) Senior UX Designer
17 61 (3.06%) IT Manager
18 54 (2.71%) Full-Stack Developer
19 53 (2.66%) Business Analyst
20 50 (2.51%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 201 (10.07%) HTML
2 199 (9.97%) CSS
3 156 (7.82%) React
4 150 (7.52%) .NET
5 101 (5.06%) REST
6 81 (4.06%) RESTful
7 60 (3.01%) .NET Core
8 55 (2.76%) Node.js
9 49 (2.45%) JSON
10 46 (2.30%) AngularJS
11 40 (2.00%) HTML5
12 38 (1.90%) ASP.NET
13 37 (1.85%) Next.js
14 33 (1.65%) CSS3
15 31 (1.55%) Vue
16 26 (1.30%) Blazor
16 26 (1.30%) jQuery
16 26 (1.30%) SPFx
16 26 (1.30%) SwiftUI
17 25 (1.25%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 191 (9.57%) Product Ownership
2 104 (5.21%) Mobile App
3 102 (5.11%) Onboarding
4 72 (3.61%) Social Media
5 69 (3.46%) Enterprise Software
6 53 (2.66%) Self-Motivation
7 48 (2.40%) Cloud Native
8 32 (1.60%) Management Information System
9 28 (1.40%) Driving Licence
10 26 (1.30%) AI Agents
11 24 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
11 24 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
11 24 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
12 20 (1.00%) Low-Code
13 19 (0.95%) Algorithms
14 18 (0.90%) Graphic Design
15 16 (0.80%) Security Posture
16 14 (0.70%) Life Science
17 13 (0.65%) Animation
17 13 (0.65%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 147 (7.36%) Windows
2 72 (3.61%) Apple iOS
3 45 (2.25%) Windows Server
4 42 (2.10%) Android
5 40 (2.00%) Windows 10
6 34 (1.70%) 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
1 561 (28.11%) Agile
2 528 (26.45%) UX Design
3 478 (23.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 436 (21.84%) Problem-Solving
5 401 (20.09%) AI
6 361 (18.09%) Analytics
7 328 (16.43%) Roadmaps
8 251 (12.58%) Mentoring
9 215 (10.77%) DevOps
10 206 (10.32%) Decision-Making
10 206 (10.32%) Stakeholder Management
11 186 (9.32%) CI/CD
12 173 (8.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 161 (8.07%) Software Engineering
13 161 (8.07%) User Research
14 156 (7.82%) ITIL
15 148 (7.41%) Workflow
16 145 (7.26%) Customer Experience
17 144 (7.21%) Product Roadmap
18 141 (7.06%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 244 (12.22%) JavaScript
2 157 (7.87%) C#
3 156 (7.82%) SQL
4 151 (7.57%) TypeScript
5 118 (5.91%) Python
6 91 (4.56%) Java
7 72 (3.61%) PowerShell
8 31 (1.55%) Swift
9 28 (1.40%) PHP
10 26 (1.30%) Kotlin
11 12 (0.60%) ABAP
12 11 (0.55%) C++
12 11 (0.55%) VB.NET
13 10 (0.50%) C
14 9 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 8 (0.40%) Go
15 8 (0.40%) VBScript
16 7 (0.35%) T-SQL
16 7 (0.35%) VB
17 6 (0.30%) Bash
Qualifications
1 180 (9.02%) Degree
2 138 (6.91%) Security Cleared
3 83 (4.16%) SC Cleared
4 39 (1.95%) DV Cleared
5 30 (1.50%) 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 9 (0.45%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (0.35%) ISTQB
12 7 (0.35%) 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 (16.13%) Accessibility
2 116 (5.81%) QA
3 104 (5.21%) WCAG
4 69 (3.46%) GDPR
5 61 (3.06%) Data Quality
6 25 (1.25%) SLA
7 21 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
8 12 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 11 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
9 11 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (0.40%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.25%) NEBOSH
12 4 (0.20%) PMO
12 4 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.15%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.15%) PERC
14 2 (0.10%) GRC
14 2 (0.10%) GxP
System Software
1 120 (6.01%) Active Directory
2 59 (2.96%) Docker
3 9 (0.45%) BitLocker
3 9 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.10%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.050%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 88 (4.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (1.75%) Kubernetes
3 18 (0.90%) Terraform
4 15 (0.75%) SCCM
5 12 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
5 12 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.25%) Ansible
7 3 (0.15%) Grafana
7 3 (0.15%) 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
1 448 (22.44%) Microsoft
2 171 (8.57%) Adobe
3 99 (4.96%) Google
4 62 (3.11%) ServiceNow
5 51 (2.56%) Salesforce
6 37 (1.85%) Apple
7 33 (1.65%) Oracle
8 31 (1.55%) SAP
9 22 (1.10%) iManage
10 18 (0.90%) Braze
10 18 (0.90%) Cisco
10 18 (0.90%) OpenAI
11 16 (0.80%) Amplitude
11 16 (0.80%) HubSpot
12 15 (0.75%) Dynatrace
12 15 (0.75%) Hotjar
13 14 (0.70%) Meraki
14 12 (0.60%) Genesys
15 11 (0.55%) Avaya
15 11 (0.55%) VMware