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

3 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 75 85
Rank change year-on-year -24 +10 -7
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,174 697 1,074
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.83% 3.22% 3.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.49% 3.67% 3.67%
Number of salaries quoted 655 493 471
10th Percentile £31,750 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,375 £40,870 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -4.96%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

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 47,131 19,014 29,287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.60% 87.83% 87.77%
Number of salaries quoted 31,311 11,732 13,107
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% -11.67% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +22.22% -15.89% +1.90%

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 4 October 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 4 October 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 -26 956 £57,500 +4.55% 3,971
UK excluding London -18 683 £50,000 -4.76% 2,829
London -15 397 £70,000 - 1,878
Work from Home -25 384 £57,500 +4.55% 2,765
North of England -26 180 £55,000 +15.79% 663
Northern Ireland -7 113 £75,000 - 112
South East -68 111 £50,000 -4.76% 551
South West +8 108 £60,000 +20.00% 268
Midlands -30 95 £32,500 -38.10% 365
North West -41 86 £55,000 +4.76% 339
West Midlands -24 64 £34,500 -44.80% 205
Yorkshire -10 58 £63,076 +53.84% 207
North East -25 36 £50,000 +61.29% 118
East of England -72 36 £44,000 -20.00% 242
East Midlands -45 31 £30,000 -16.67% 160
Scotland -8 24 £55,000 +29.41% 413
Wales -56 16 £43,013 -36.28% 225

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
1 136 (6.15%) SharePoint
2 90 (4.07%) CMS
3 59 (2.67%) Confluence
4 51 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 42 (1.90%) WordPress
6 15 (0.68%) IIS
7 10 (0.45%) Moodle
8 6 (0.27%) Apache
9 5 (0.23%) Skype for Business
10 4 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
10 4 (0.18%) Headless CMS
11 3 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.090%) Apache Spark
12 2 (0.090%) nginx
12 2 (0.090%) SharePoint Server
12 2 (0.090%) Sitecore CMS
12 2 (0.090%) Totara
12 2 (0.090%) Umbraco
13 1 (0.045%) Drupal
13 1 (0.045%) MTS
Applications
1 43 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (1.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 30 (1.36%) Chatbot
4 25 (1.13%) Adobe XD
5 22 (1.00%) Photoshop
6 20 (0.90%) Adobe Illustrator
7 19 (0.86%) InDesign
8 14 (0.63%) Sketch
9 11 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
9 11 (0.50%) UserZoom
10 9 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 8 (0.36%) MS Visio
12 6 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
13 4 (0.18%) Trello
14 3 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
14 3 (0.14%) Productboard
14 3 (0.14%) Zeplin
15 2 (0.090%) Elementor
15 2 (0.090%) InVision
Business Applications
1 23 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (0.95%) Shopify
3 17 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.68%) Workday HCM
5 11 (0.50%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.27%) Magento
7 3 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
7 3 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
7 3 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.14%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.14%) iTrent
7 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.14%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.090%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.090%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.090%) SAP GRC
8 2 (0.090%) Towers Watson Igloo
8 2 (0.090%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.045%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 390 (17.64%) Azure
2 285 (12.89%) Microsoft 365
3 176 (7.96%) Power Platform
4 175 (7.91%) Figma
5 161 (7.28%) AWS
6 149 (6.74%) SaaS
7 136 (6.15%) Entra ID
8 95 (4.30%) Azure DevOps
9 80 (3.62%) Power Automate
10 72 (3.26%) PowerApps
11 65 (2.94%) GCP
12 62 (2.80%) Google Analytics
13 59 (2.67%) GitHub
14 57 (2.58%) Microsoft Copilot
15 51 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
16 40 (1.81%) Serverless
17 38 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
18 35 (1.58%) OneDrive
19 34 (1.54%) Copilot Studio
20 28 (1.27%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 47 (2.13%) DNS
2 42 (1.90%) DHCP
3 35 (1.58%) Firewall
4 25 (1.13%) Broadband
5 23 (1.04%) VPN
6 21 (0.95%) TCP/IP
7 17 (0.77%) VoIP
8 16 (0.72%) Network Security
9 13 (0.59%) Internet
9 13 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (0.50%) CTI
11 10 (0.45%) Kerberos
12 8 (0.36%) Intranet
12 8 (0.36%) LAN
12 8 (0.36%) WAN
12 8 (0.36%) Wireless
13 6 (0.27%) VLAN
14 5 (0.23%) HTTP
14 5 (0.23%) SMS
14 5 (0.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (3.93%) Power BI
2 63 (2.85%) SQL Server
3 42 (1.90%) Relational Database
4 30 (1.36%) MySQL
5 29 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
6 27 (1.22%) NoSQL
7 15 (0.68%) Looker
8 14 (0.63%) Metadata
9 13 (0.59%) MongoDB
10 12 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
11 10 (0.45%) BigQuery
12 9 (0.41%) Redis
13 8 (0.36%) GIS
13 8 (0.36%) Tableau
14 7 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.27%) Power Query
16 5 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 5 (0.23%) Star Schema
17 4 (0.18%) QGIS
18 3 (0.14%) Flink
Development Applications
1 93 (4.21%) JIRA
2 81 (3.66%) Git
3 36 (1.63%) Claude Code
4 24 (1.09%) Jenkins
5 20 (0.90%) Cypress.io
6 16 (0.72%) fastlane
7 14 (0.63%) Oracle Forms
7 14 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
8 13 (0.59%) GitLab
9 11 (0.50%) Selenium
10 10 (0.45%) Crashlytics
11 9 (0.41%) Balsamiq
12 8 (0.36%) Axure RP
12 8 (0.36%) Postman
13 7 (0.32%) Storybook
13 7 (0.32%) Xcode
14 5 (0.23%) Android Studio
14 5 (0.23%) Appium
14 5 (0.23%) Gradle
14 5 (0.23%) JUnit
General
1 824 (37.27%) Social Skills
2 394 (17.82%) Finance
3 378 (17.10%) Analytical Skills
4 258 (11.67%) Marketing
5 203 (9.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 198 (8.96%) Public Sector
7 132 (5.97%) Retail
8 131 (5.92%) Law
9 123 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
10 107 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
11 83 (3.75%) Legal
12 79 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
13 67 (3.03%) Banking
14 36 (1.63%) Advertising
15 33 (1.49%) Games
16 27 (1.22%) Publishing
17 25 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
18 24 (1.09%) Multimedia
19 23 (1.04%) Manufacturing
20 22 (1.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 436 (19.72%) Senior
2 324 (14.65%) Designer
3 292 (13.21%) Developer
4 256 (11.58%) Analyst
5 245 (11.08%) Lead
6 231 (10.45%) UX Designer
7 105 (4.75%) Software Engineer
8 104 (4.70%) ITSM Analyst
8 104 (4.70%) Senior Analyst
9 99 (4.48%) Support Analyst
10 97 (4.39%) IT Support
11 87 (3.93%) Senior Developer
11 87 (3.93%) UI Designer
12 81 (3.66%) UI/UX Designer
13 70 (3.17%) Process Analyst
14 69 (3.12%) Senior Designer
15 65 (2.94%) Architect
16 63 (2.85%) IT Manager
16 63 (2.85%) Support Engineer
17 58 (2.62%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 198 (8.96%) HTML
2 197 (8.91%) CSS
3 149 (6.74%) .NET
4 140 (6.33%) React
5 98 (4.43%) REST
6 75 (3.39%) Node.js
7 68 (3.08%) RESTful
8 48 (2.17%) Next.js
9 47 (2.13%) .NET Core
10 45 (2.04%) JSON
11 44 (1.99%) ASP.NET
12 35 (1.58%) Spring
13 34 (1.54%) AngularJS
14 33 (1.49%) Terraform
15 32 (1.45%) jQuery
16 31 (1.40%) Spring Boot
17 29 (1.31%) HTML5
18 28 (1.27%) CSS3
19 26 (1.18%) Playwright
20 25 (1.13%) LESS
Miscellaneous
1 198 (8.96%) Product Ownership
2 101 (4.57%) Mobile App
3 89 (4.03%) Onboarding
4 72 (3.26%) Enterprise Software
5 63 (2.85%) Cloud Native
5 63 (2.85%) Social Media
6 60 (2.71%) Management Information System
6 60 (2.71%) Self-Motivation
7 35 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
8 33 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
9 31 (1.40%) Driving Licence
10 28 (1.27%) AI Agents
11 23 (1.04%) Algorithms
11 23 (1.04%) Graphic Design
12 20 (0.90%) Blog
13 19 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
14 18 (0.81%) Low-Code
14 18 (0.81%) Virtual Team
15 16 (0.72%) Learning Management System
15 16 (0.72%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 188 (8.50%) Windows
2 60 (2.71%) Apple iOS
3 51 (2.31%) Windows 10
4 48 (2.17%) Windows Server
5 46 (2.08%) Android
6 41 (1.85%) Mac OS
7 38 (1.72%) Linux
8 9 (0.41%) Unix
9 8 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.27%) Windows 7
11 5 (0.23%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.18%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.14%) AIX
14 2 (0.090%) CentOS
15 1 (0.045%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 646 (29.22%) Continuous Improvement
2 558 (25.24%) UX Design
3 556 (25.15%) Agile
4 502 (22.70%) Problem-Solving
5 462 (20.90%) AI
6 343 (15.51%) Analytics
7 315 (14.25%) Decision-Making
7 315 (14.25%) Roadmaps
8 307 (13.89%) Stakeholder Management
9 278 (12.57%) Mentoring
10 271 (12.26%) ITIL
11 261 (11.80%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 247 (11.17%) Service Management
13 234 (10.58%) ITSM
14 213 (9.63%) DevOps
15 205 (9.27%) CI/CD
16 189 (8.55%) Service Design
17 179 (8.10%) Software Engineering
18 176 (7.96%) Project Delivery
19 174 (7.87%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 243 (10.99%) JavaScript
2 184 (8.32%) SQL
3 165 (7.46%) TypeScript
4 160 (7.24%) C#
5 134 (6.06%) Python
6 98 (4.43%) Java
7 78 (3.53%) PowerShell
8 28 (1.27%) PHP
9 24 (1.09%) VB.NET
10 23 (1.04%) Swift
11 19 (0.86%) Kotlin
12 18 (0.81%) C++
13 11 (0.50%) Bash
13 11 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 10 (0.45%) C
15 9 (0.41%) ABAP
15 9 (0.41%) VBScript
16 6 (0.27%) Go
16 6 (0.27%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 292 (13.21%) Degree
2 164 (7.42%) Security Cleared
3 97 (4.39%) SC Cleared
4 46 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
5 33 (1.49%) DV Cleared
6 30 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
7 28 (1.27%) DBS Check
8 23 (1.04%) Postgraduate
9 20 (0.90%) A+ Certification
9 20 (0.90%) ITIL Certification
10 14 (0.63%) Master's Degree
11 12 (0.54%) CISSP
11 12 (0.54%) ICAEW
12 11 (0.50%) PhD
12 11 (0.50%) PMI Certification
13 9 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (0.36%) Network+ Certification
15 7 (0.32%) ISTQB
16 6 (0.27%) IIBA
16 6 (0.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 286 (12.94%) Accessibility
2 128 (5.79%) QA
3 92 (4.16%) WCAG
4 71 (3.21%) Data Quality
5 60 (2.71%) GDPR
6 38 (1.72%) SLA
7 18 (0.81%) Actionable Recommendations
8 15 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
9 11 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 10 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.23%) GRC
11 5 (0.23%) NEBOSH
11 5 (0.23%) PMO
11 5 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.18%) PERC
12 4 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 2 (0.090%) GxP
14 2 (0.090%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.090%) PSD2
System Software
1 127 (5.74%) Active Directory
2 67 (3.03%) Docker
3 12 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (0.50%) BitLocker
5 8 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (0.32%) vSphere
7 3 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.090%) Firmware
8 2 (0.090%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.090%) Microsoft App-V
8 2 (0.090%) UAG
8 2 (0.090%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.045%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 99 (4.48%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (2.04%) Kubernetes
3 21 (0.95%) SCCM
4 15 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
5 10 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.41%) Ansible
6 9 (0.41%) Grafana
7 4 (0.18%) Packer
7 4 (0.18%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.090%) AirWatch
8 2 (0.090%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.045%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.045%) AppManager
9 1 (0.045%) Argo
9 1 (0.045%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.045%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.045%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 482 (21.80%) Microsoft
2 131 (5.92%) Adobe
3 121 (5.47%) Google
4 48 (2.17%) ServiceNow
5 44 (1.99%) Oracle
6 40 (1.81%) Salesforce
6 40 (1.81%) SAP
7 29 (1.31%) Cisco
7 29 (1.31%) OpenAI
8 26 (1.18%) Apple
9 21 (0.95%) Workday
10 19 (0.86%) iManage
11 18 (0.81%) Meraki
11 18 (0.81%) VMware
12 14 (0.63%) Dynatrace
13 13 (0.59%) Okta
14 11 (0.50%) Avaya
14 11 (0.50%) Genesys
14 11 (0.50%) TikTok
15 10 (0.45%) Pinterest