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

3 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 79 85
Rank change year-on-year -18 +6 -9
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,177 687 1,057
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.85% 3.17% 3.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.51% 3.62% 3.60%
Number of salaries quoted 659 485 470
10th Percentile £31,700 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,375 £40,312 £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 £93,907 £100,000 £95,125
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 46,960 19,004 29,338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.65% 87.56% 87.74%
Number of salaries quoted 31,264 11,728 13,125
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% -11.67% -
75th Percentile £79,250 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,000 £53,050
% change year-on-year +19.57% -13.29% +1.05%

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 3 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 3 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 -29 957 £57,500 +4.55% 3,604
UK excluding London -10 686 £50,000 -4.76% 2,335
London -8 396 £67,500 -3.57% 2,003
Work from Home -24 387 £56,250 +2.27% 2,272
North of England -29 182 £55,000 +15.79% 536
Northern Ireland -7 113 £75,000 - 134
South East -61 111 £50,000 -4.76% 411
South West +6 108 £60,000 +20.00% 216
Midlands -26 95 £33,500 -36.19% 272
North West -38 87 £55,000 +7.32% 300
West Midlands -15 65 £34,500 -44.80% 159
Yorkshire -6 58 £63,076 +80.22% 155
North East -24 37 £50,000 +61.29% 86
East of England -70 36 £44,000 -20.00% 180
East Midlands -44 30 £30,000 -16.67% 113
Scotland -10 24 £55,000 +29.41% 432
Wales -63 17 £43,013 -36.28% 167

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 (6.13%) SharePoint
2 90 (4.06%) CMS
3 59 (2.66%) Confluence
4 51 (2.30%) Microsoft Exchange
5 42 (1.89%) WordPress
6 15 (0.68%) IIS
7 10 (0.45%) Moodle
8 6 (0.27%) Apache
9 5 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.23%) Skype for Business
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%) ExpressionEngine
Applications
1 43 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 30 (1.35%) Chatbot
5 25 (1.13%) Adobe XD
6 22 (0.99%) Photoshop
7 20 (0.90%) Adobe Illustrator
8 19 (0.86%) InDesign
9 14 (0.63%) Sketch
10 11 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
10 11 (0.50%) UserZoom
11 9 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 8 (0.36%) MS Visio
13 6 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
14 4 (0.18%) Trello
15 3 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
15 3 (0.14%) Productboard
15 3 (0.14%) Zeplin
16 2 (0.090%) Camtasia
16 2 (0.090%) Elementor
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%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 389 (17.53%) Azure
2 284 (12.80%) Microsoft 365
3 176 (7.93%) Figma
3 176 (7.93%) Power Platform
4 164 (7.39%) AWS
5 149 (6.71%) SaaS
6 135 (6.08%) Entra ID
7 95 (4.28%) Azure DevOps
8 80 (3.61%) Power Automate
9 72 (3.24%) PowerApps
10 66 (2.97%) GCP
11 62 (2.79%) Google Analytics
12 59 (2.66%) GitHub
13 57 (2.57%) Microsoft Copilot
14 51 (2.30%) Dynamics 365
15 40 (1.80%) Serverless
16 38 (1.71%) Azure Logic Apps
17 35 (1.58%) OneDrive
18 34 (1.53%) Copilot Studio
19 28 (1.26%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 47 (2.12%) DNS
2 42 (1.89%) 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%) Skype
14 5 (0.23%) SMS
14 5 (0.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (3.92%) Power BI
2 63 (2.84%) SQL Server
3 41 (1.85%) Relational Database
4 30 (1.35%) MySQL
5 29 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
6 27 (1.22%) NoSQL
7 15 (0.68%) Looker
8 14 (0.63%) Metadata
8 14 (0.63%) MongoDB
9 12 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
10 11 (0.50%) BigQuery
11 9 (0.41%) Redis
12 8 (0.36%) GIS
12 8 (0.36%) Tableau
13 7 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.27%) Power Query
15 5 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (0.23%) Star Schema
16 4 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
16 4 (0.18%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 93 (4.19%) JIRA
2 82 (3.70%) Git
3 37 (1.67%) Claude Code
4 24 (1.08%) 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
1 825 (37.18%) Social Skills
2 393 (17.71%) Finance
3 377 (16.99%) Analytical Skills
4 260 (11.72%) Marketing
5 203 (9.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 199 (8.97%) Public Sector
7 132 (5.95%) Retail
8 131 (5.90%) Law
9 124 (5.59%) Presentation Skills
10 107 (4.82%) Organisational Skills
11 83 (3.74%) Legal
12 78 (3.52%) Influencing Skills
13 67 (3.02%) Banking
14 36 (1.62%) Advertising
15 33 (1.49%) Games
16 27 (1.22%) Publishing
17 25 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
18 24 (1.08%) Multimedia
19 23 (1.04%) Manufacturing
20 22 (0.99%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 437 (19.69%) Senior
2 330 (14.87%) Designer
3 293 (13.20%) Developer
4 256 (11.54%) Analyst
5 246 (11.09%) Lead
6 235 (10.59%) UX Designer
7 105 (4.73%) Software Engineer
8 104 (4.69%) ITSM Analyst
8 104 (4.69%) Senior Analyst
9 99 (4.46%) Support Analyst
10 96 (4.33%) IT Support
11 89 (4.01%) UI Designer
12 86 (3.88%) Senior Developer
13 82 (3.70%) UI/UX Designer
14 73 (3.29%) Senior Designer
15 70 (3.15%) Process Analyst
16 65 (2.93%) Architect
17 63 (2.84%) IT Manager
18 62 (2.79%) Support Engineer
19 58 (2.61%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 200 (9.01%) HTML
2 199 (8.97%) CSS
3 149 (6.71%) .NET
4 142 (6.40%) React
5 99 (4.46%) REST
6 75 (3.38%) Node.js
7 68 (3.06%) RESTful
8 49 (2.21%) Next.js
9 47 (2.12%) .NET Core
10 45 (2.03%) JSON
11 44 (1.98%) ASP.NET
12 35 (1.58%) Spring
13 34 (1.53%) AngularJS
13 34 (1.53%) Terraform
14 32 (1.44%) jQuery
15 31 (1.40%) Spring Boot
16 29 (1.31%) HTML5
17 28 (1.26%) CSS3
18 26 (1.17%) Playwright
19 25 (1.13%) LESS
Miscellaneous
1 198 (8.92%) Product Ownership
2 102 (4.60%) Mobile App
3 90 (4.06%) Onboarding
4 72 (3.24%) Enterprise Software
5 63 (2.84%) Cloud Native
5 63 (2.84%) Social Media
6 60 (2.70%) Management Information System
6 60 (2.70%) Self-Motivation
7 35 (1.58%) Distributed Systems
8 33 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
9 31 (1.40%) Driving Licence
10 28 (1.26%) AI Agents
11 23 (1.04%) Algorithms
11 23 (1.04%) Graphic Design
12 20 (0.90%) Blog
12 20 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
13 18 (0.81%) Virtual Team
14 17 (0.77%) Low-Code
15 16 (0.72%) Learning Management System
15 16 (0.72%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 188 (8.47%) Windows
2 60 (2.70%) Apple iOS
3 51 (2.30%) Windows 10
4 48 (2.16%) Windows Server
5 46 (2.07%) Android
6 41 (1.85%) Mac OS
7 38 (1.71%) 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 (29.11%) Continuous Improvement
2 564 (25.42%) UX Design
3 557 (25.10%) Agile
4 500 (22.53%) Problem-Solving
5 464 (20.91%) AI
6 344 (15.50%) Analytics
7 315 (14.20%) Decision-Making
8 314 (14.15%) Roadmaps
9 305 (13.74%) Stakeholder Management
10 278 (12.53%) Mentoring
11 269 (12.12%) ITIL
12 260 (11.72%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 246 (11.09%) Service Management
14 233 (10.50%) ITSM
15 214 (9.64%) DevOps
16 206 (9.28%) CI/CD
17 189 (8.52%) Service Design
18 180 (8.11%) Software Engineering
19 176 (7.93%) Project Delivery
20 173 (7.80%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 244 (11.00%) JavaScript
2 184 (8.29%) SQL
3 165 (7.44%) TypeScript
4 159 (7.17%) C#
5 135 (6.08%) Python
6 98 (4.42%) Java
7 78 (3.52%) PowerShell
8 28 (1.26%) PHP
9 24 (1.08%) 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 (13.16%) Degree
2 165 (7.44%) Security Cleared
3 98 (4.42%) SC Cleared
4 45 (2.03%) Microsoft Certification
5 33 (1.49%) DV Cleared
6 30 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
7 28 (1.26%) DBS Check
8 23 (1.04%) Postgraduate
9 20 (0.90%) A+ Certification
10 19 (0.86%) ITIL Certification
11 14 (0.63%) Master's Degree
12 12 (0.54%) ICAEW
13 11 (0.50%) CISSP
13 11 (0.50%) PhD
13 11 (0.50%) PMI Certification
14 9 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
15 8 (0.36%) Network+ Certification
16 7 (0.32%) ISTQB
17 6 (0.27%) IIBA
17 6 (0.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 288 (12.98%) Accessibility
2 127 (5.72%) QA
3 92 (4.15%) WCAG
4 71 (3.20%) Data Quality
5 61 (2.75%) GDPR
6 38 (1.71%) 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 (5.72%) Active Directory
2 67 (3.02%) 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 98 (4.42%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (2.03%) 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
1 481 (21.68%) Microsoft
2 132 (5.95%) Adobe
3 121 (5.45%) Google
4 48 (2.16%) ServiceNow
5 44 (1.98%) Oracle
6 40 (1.80%) Salesforce
6 40 (1.80%) SAP
7 29 (1.31%) Cisco
7 29 (1.31%) OpenAI
8 26 (1.17%) 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