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

3 months to
28 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 74 82
Rank change year-on-year -5 +8 -2
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 967 824 1,650
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.99% 3.76% 3.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.70% 4.09% 3.71%
Number of salaries quoted 660 494 1,019
10th Percentile £31,500 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,325 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.30% +15.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,171 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.28% +5.00% -9.09%

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 35,837 20,149 44,497
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.89% 91.99% 85.29%
Number of salaries quoted 23,690 11,841 30,890
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £29,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,750 £39,099
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,338 £57,500 £54,403
Median % change year-on-year +3.20% +5.69% -9.33%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.00% - -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 28 April 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 April 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 -2 837 £59,527 +3.53% 986
UK excluding London +6 600 £53,171 +1.28% 793
Work from Home +3 370 £60,000 - 402
London -23 273 £68,559 -2.06% 339
North of England +1 219 £55,000 - 374
North West +2 120 £56,100 +1.92% 304
South East -16 95 £48,885 -2.23% 154
East of England +19 93 £85,000 +100.00% 54
Midlands -22 81 £45,000 -16.18% 113
Yorkshire +2 74 £55,000 +15.79% 49
South West -21 58 £50,000 -16.67% 52
West Midlands -41 44 £42,500 -20.84% 65
East Midlands -10 37 £60,000 +87.50% 48
Scotland -19 35 £61,000 +15.21% 27
North East -21 25 £55,000 -2.65% 22
Wales -14 18 £42,934 - 19
Northern Ireland - 3 £49,750 - 17

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
1 118 (2.03%) CMS
2 102 (1.75%) SharePoint
3 73 (1.26%) Confluence
4 35 (0.60%) Microsoft Exchange
5 27 (0.46%) WordPress
6 15 (0.26%) Drupal
7 10 (0.17%) Umbraco
8 8 (0.14%) nginx
9 3 (0.052%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.052%) IIS
9 3 (0.052%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.034%) CICS
10 2 (0.034%) Headless CMS
11 1 (0.017%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 1 (0.017%) Apache
11 1 (0.017%) Appian
11 1 (0.017%) Camunda
11 1 (0.017%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 42 (0.72%) Adobe XD
2 33 (0.57%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (0.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 28 (0.48%) Microsoft Excel
4 20 (0.34%) Sketch
5 19 (0.33%) Photoshop
6 18 (0.31%) Adobe Illustrator
7 10 (0.17%) Chatbot
7 10 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 9 (0.15%) MS Visio
8 9 (0.15%) UserZoom
9 8 (0.14%) Adobe After Effects
9 8 (0.14%) Spreadsheet
10 7 (0.12%) InVision
11 5 (0.086%) InDesign
12 3 (0.052%) Adobe Premiere
12 3 (0.052%) AutoCAD
12 3 (0.052%) Microsoft Project
12 3 (0.052%) SPSS
12 3 (0.052%) Trello
Business Applications
1 35 (0.60%) Shopify
2 20 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.34%) Magento
3 9 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.10%) Dynamics GP
4 6 (0.10%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.086%) SAP ERP
6 4 (0.069%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.052%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.034%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.034%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.034%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.017%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.017%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.017%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.017%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.017%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.017%) SAP EWM
9 1 (0.017%) SAP HCM
9 1 (0.017%) SAP HR
Cloud Services
1 4,034 (69.38%) Cloud Computing
2 292 (5.02%) Azure
3 217 (3.73%) Figma
4 192 (3.30%) Microsoft 365
5 183 (3.15%) AWS
6 121 (2.08%) Power Platform
7 116 (2.00%) SaaS
8 82 (1.41%) Google Analytics
9 78 (1.34%) Entra ID
10 72 (1.24%) GCP
11 70 (1.20%) Adobe Analytics
12 68 (1.17%) GitHub
13 55 (0.95%) Azure DevOps
14 53 (0.91%) PowerApps
15 45 (0.77%) Power Automate
16 43 (0.74%) Contentsquare
17 40 (0.69%) OneDrive
18 36 (0.62%) Azure Logic Apps
19 35 (0.60%) Serverless
20 34 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 4,043 (69.54%) Internet
2 79 (1.36%) Broadband
3 24 (0.41%) Firewall
3 24 (0.41%) HTTP
4 22 (0.38%) VPN
5 21 (0.36%) DNS
6 17 (0.29%) DHCP
7 15 (0.26%) TCP/IP
7 15 (0.26%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (0.086%) Kerberos
8 5 (0.086%) LAN
9 4 (0.069%) Intranet
9 4 (0.069%) NAS
9 4 (0.069%) Network Security
9 4 (0.069%) SAN
9 4 (0.069%) VoIP
10 3 (0.052%) Bluetooth
10 3 (0.052%) WebEx
11 2 (0.034%) VLAN
11 2 (0.034%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (1.07%) Power BI
2 52 (0.89%) SQL Server
3 35 (0.60%) PostgreSQL
4 30 (0.52%) Looker
5 25 (0.43%) NoSQL
6 22 (0.38%) Azure SQL Database
7 20 (0.34%) MySQL
8 18 (0.31%) Metadata
8 18 (0.31%) MongoDB
9 16 (0.28%) BigQuery
10 12 (0.21%) DB2
11 11 (0.19%) Tableau
12 9 (0.15%) Relational Database
13 7 (0.12%) Redis
14 6 (0.10%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.10%) SAP BW
15 5 (0.086%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.086%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 4 (0.069%) Oracle Reports
16 4 (0.069%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 119 (2.05%) JIRA
2 70 (1.20%) Git
3 31 (0.53%) Balsamiq
4 29 (0.50%) Axure RP
5 21 (0.36%) Selenium
6 20 (0.34%) Jenkins
7 16 (0.28%) webpack
8 15 (0.26%) Bitbucket
8 15 (0.26%) Vite
9 14 (0.24%) Crashlytics
9 14 (0.24%) Cucumber
10 13 (0.22%) Cypress.io
11 12 (0.21%) XCTest
12 10 (0.17%) Visual Studio
13 9 (0.15%) TeamCity
14 8 (0.14%) Postman
14 8 (0.14%) Storybook
15 6 (0.10%) Claude Code
15 6 (0.10%) fastlane
15 6 (0.10%) JUnit
General
1 4,551 (78.28%) Social Skills
2 4,152 (71.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,100 (70.52%) Banking
4 289 (4.97%) Finance
5 229 (3.94%) Marketing
6 186 (3.20%) Analytical Skills
7 137 (2.36%) Public Sector
8 109 (1.87%) Legal
9 82 (1.41%) Law
9 82 (1.41%) Organisational Skills
10 75 (1.29%) Retail
11 65 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
12 61 (1.05%) Games
13 48 (0.83%) Influencing Skills
14 33 (0.57%) Manufacturing
15 31 (0.53%) Advertising
15 31 (0.53%) Telecoms
16 19 (0.33%) Back Office
17 18 (0.31%) Documentation Skills
18 13 (0.22%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3,129 (53.82%) Lecturer
2 383 (6.59%) Senior
3 282 (4.85%) Designer
4 237 (4.08%) Developer
5 200 (3.44%) UX Designer
6 191 (3.29%) Lead
7 124 (2.13%) Analyst
8 89 (1.53%) Software Engineer
9 87 (1.50%) Senior Developer
10 85 (1.46%) Senior Designer
11 66 (1.14%) Product Manager
12 61 (1.05%) Senior UX Designer
13 59 (1.01%) UI Designer
14 56 (0.96%) Senior Manager
15 55 (0.95%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 49 (0.84%) IT Support
16 49 (0.84%) UI/UX Designer
17 48 (0.83%) Architect
18 46 (0.79%) IT Manager
18 46 (0.79%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (3.35%) HTML
2 194 (3.34%) CSS
3 186 (3.20%) React
4 110 (1.89%) .NET
5 88 (1.51%) REST
6 85 (1.46%) RESTful
7 68 (1.17%) Node.js
8 67 (1.15%) AngularJS
9 54 (0.93%) Vue
10 37 (0.64%) JSON
11 36 (0.62%) HTML5
12 35 (0.60%) Web Services
13 34 (0.58%) .NET Core
14 27 (0.46%) CSS3
15 26 (0.45%) Next.js
16 25 (0.43%) Spring
16 25 (0.43%) WebSockets
17 24 (0.41%) Laravel
18 23 (0.40%) .NET Framework
18 23 (0.40%) Microsoft Graph
Miscellaneous
1 4,042 (69.52%) IoT
2 182 (3.13%) Product Ownership
3 119 (2.05%) Mobile App
4 105 (1.81%) Onboarding
5 61 (1.05%) Social Media
6 53 (0.91%) Cloud Native
7 46 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
8 39 (0.67%) AI Agents
8 39 (0.67%) Enterprise Software
9 36 (0.62%) Management Information System
10 34 (0.58%) Greenfield Project
11 29 (0.50%) Self-Motivation
12 23 (0.40%) Public Cloud
13 21 (0.36%) Low-Code
14 20 (0.34%) e-Learning
15 18 (0.31%) Life Science
16 17 (0.29%) Distributed Systems
17 16 (0.28%) CMDB
18 15 (0.26%) Driving Licence
19 14 (0.24%) Analytical Mindset
Operating Systems
1 77 (1.32%) Windows
2 63 (1.08%) Apple iOS
3 55 (0.95%) Android
4 26 (0.45%) Windows 10
5 23 (0.40%) Linux
6 21 (0.36%) Windows Server
7 18 (0.31%) Mac OS
8 7 (0.12%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.069%) Mac OS X
9 4 (0.069%) Unix
10 3 (0.052%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.052%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.034%) zOS
12 1 (0.017%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.017%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,354 (74.89%) AI
2 4,119 (70.85%) Machine Learning
3 4,096 (70.45%) Cybersecurity
4 4,085 (70.26%) Web Development
5 530 (9.12%) Agile
6 507 (8.72%) UX Design
7 359 (6.17%) Continuous Improvement
8 342 (5.88%) Analytics
8 342 (5.88%) Problem-Solving
9 281 (4.83%) Roadmaps
10 245 (4.21%) Mentoring
11 189 (3.25%) Decision-Making
12 181 (3.11%) Software Engineering
13 172 (2.96%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 166 (2.86%) DevOps
14 166 (2.86%) Full-Stack Development
14 166 (2.86%) User Research
15 148 (2.55%) CI/CD
16 138 (2.37%) Product Roadmap
17 136 (2.34%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 260 (4.47%) JavaScript
2 160 (2.75%) TypeScript
3 139 (2.39%) SQL
4 121 (2.08%) Java
5 110 (1.89%) Python
6 96 (1.65%) C#
7 51 (0.88%) PowerShell
8 41 (0.71%) PHP
9 26 (0.45%) Kotlin
10 24 (0.41%) Go
11 23 (0.40%) Swift
12 14 (0.24%) Bash
13 13 (0.22%) C++
14 11 (0.19%) Bicep
15 10 (0.17%) T-SQL
16 8 (0.14%) Rust
17 5 (0.086%) ABAP
17 5 (0.086%) Apex Code
18 4 (0.069%) Scala
19 3 (0.052%) R
Qualifications
1 4,247 (73.05%) Degree
2 4,056 (69.76%) Master's Degree
3 4,038 (69.45%) PhD
4 4,035 (69.40%) Postgraduate
5 155 (2.67%) Security Cleared
6 110 (1.89%) SC Cleared
7 41 (0.71%) DBS Check
8 35 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
9 30 (0.52%) DV Cleared
10 18 (0.31%) Microsoft Certification
11 16 (0.28%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (0.17%) PMI Certification
13 8 (0.14%) PMP
14 7 (0.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 7 (0.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 5 (0.086%) CISSP
15 5 (0.086%) SAP Certification
16 4 (0.069%) A+ Certification
16 4 (0.069%) ISTQB
16 4 (0.069%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 290 (4.99%) Accessibility
2 116 (2.00%) QA
3 99 (1.70%) WCAG
4 56 (0.96%) GDPR
5 23 (0.40%) Data Quality
6 14 (0.24%) SLA
7 13 (0.22%) Cyber Essentials
8 12 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
8 12 (0.21%) PCI DSS
9 8 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 6 (0.10%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.086%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.086%) ISO/IEC 19770
11 5 (0.086%) NEBOSH
12 4 (0.069%) PMO
13 3 (0.052%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.034%) GRC
14 2 (0.034%) GxP
14 2 (0.034%) PERC
15 1 (0.017%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 83 (1.43%) Active Directory
2 68 (1.17%) Docker
3 11 (0.19%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.10%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.069%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.052%) vSphere
8 2 (0.034%) RACF
Systems Management
1 62 (1.07%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (0.88%) Kubernetes
3 34 (0.58%) Terraform
4 21 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (0.17%) Grafana
5 10 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (0.10%) Ansible
6 6 (0.10%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.086%) SCCM
8 2 (0.034%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.034%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 2 (0.034%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.034%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.034%) Packer
8 2 (0.034%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.034%) SmoothWall
9 1 (0.017%) Argo
9 1 (0.017%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.017%) Kibana
9 1 (0.017%) MOM
Vendors
1 297 (5.11%) Microsoft
2 193 (3.32%) Adobe
3 119 (2.05%) Google
4 73 (1.26%) ServiceNow
5 48 (0.83%) Salesforce
6 39 (0.67%) HubSpot
7 29 (0.50%) Nexthink
8 25 (0.43%) Apple
9 23 (0.40%) SAP
10 19 (0.33%) BMC
10 19 (0.33%) Hotjar
10 19 (0.33%) Oracle
11 16 (0.28%) Braze
12 13 (0.22%) Amplitude
12 13 (0.22%) Atlassian
13 12 (0.21%) iManage
14 11 (0.19%) VMware
15 10 (0.17%) New Relic
15 10 (0.17%) Splunk
15 10 (0.17%) WooCommerce