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

3 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 52 82
Rank change year-on-year -27 +30 +3
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,011 1,210 1,456
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.98% 4.95% 3.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.71% 5.38% 3.69%
Number of salaries quoted 696 502 839
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% -16.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,835 £53,688 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.59% +7.38% -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 37,257 22,491 39,425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.12% 91.97% 84.61%
Number of salaries quoted 25,071 11,996 26,499
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,842 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -9.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -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 11 May 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 11 May 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 -23 878 £60,000 +3.45% 784
UK excluding London -27 632 £52,835 -1.59% 521
Work from Home -37 367 £60,000 - 434
London -27 288 £70,000 - 359
North of England -29 234 £55,000 - 133
North West -24 129 £56,100 -0.30% 87
South East +6 106 £48,885 -2.23% 145
East of England +35 103 £85,000 +100.00% 64
Midlands -22 75 £43,750 -18.51% 83
Yorkshire -3 69 £50,000 +17.65% 26
South West -22 54 £52,500 -3.03% 57
West Midlands -33 42 £41,250 -23.17% 61
Scotland -34 37 £50,000 +5.26% 33
North East -9 36 £53,500 -8.94% 20
East Midlands +7 33 £56,250 +75.78% 21
Wales -12 21 £42,934 - 9
Northern Ireland -24 4 £39,500 - 9

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
1 119 (2.76%) CMS
2 110 (2.55%) SharePoint
3 72 (1.67%) Confluence
4 37 (0.86%) Microsoft Exchange
5 30 (0.69%) WordPress
6 11 (0.25%) Drupal
7 10 (0.23%) Umbraco
8 8 (0.19%) nginx
9 3 (0.069%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.069%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.046%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.046%) IIS
10 2 (0.046%) Moodle
11 1 (0.023%) Apache
11 1 (0.023%) Camunda
11 1 (0.023%) Oracle Workflow
11 1 (0.023%) Skype for Business
11 1 (0.023%) Totara
Applications
1 40 (0.93%) Adobe XD
2 29 (0.67%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (0.60%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 21 (0.49%) Sketch
5 20 (0.46%) Microsoft Excel
6 17 (0.39%) Photoshop
7 16 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
8 9 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
8 9 (0.21%) UserZoom
9 8 (0.19%) Chatbot
9 8 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 7 (0.16%) Adobe After Effects
10 7 (0.16%) InVision
11 5 (0.12%) MS Visio
12 4 (0.093%) InDesign
13 3 (0.069%) Adobe Premiere
13 3 (0.069%) SPSS
13 3 (0.069%) Trello
14 2 (0.046%) Pro Tools
14 2 (0.046%) Productboard
Business Applications
1 32 (0.74%) Shopify
2 21 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (0.44%) Magento
4 9 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
5 7 (0.16%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (0.12%) Dynamics AX
6 5 (0.12%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.093%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.069%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.046%) Remedy ITSM
10 1 (0.023%) Elite 3E
10 1 (0.023%) Oracle General Ledger
10 1 (0.023%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.023%) Oracle Receivables
10 1 (0.023%) Payment Gateway
10 1 (0.023%) SAP Business One
10 1 (0.023%) SAP EWM
10 1 (0.023%) SAP HCM
10 1 (0.023%) SAP HR
10 1 (0.023%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 2,529 (58.57%) Cloud Computing
2 312 (7.23%) Azure
3 211 (4.89%) Figma
4 210 (4.86%) Microsoft 365
5 173 (4.01%) AWS
6 130 (3.01%) Power Platform
7 122 (2.83%) SaaS
8 90 (2.08%) Entra ID
9 73 (1.69%) GCP
10 70 (1.62%) Google Analytics
11 69 (1.60%) Adobe Analytics
12 66 (1.53%) GitHub
13 64 (1.48%) Azure DevOps
14 55 (1.27%) PowerApps
15 49 (1.13%) Power Automate
16 43 (1.00%) OneDrive
17 41 (0.95%) Azure Logic Apps
17 41 (0.95%) Contentsquare
17 41 (0.95%) Serverless
18 36 (0.83%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2,536 (58.73%) Internet
2 77 (1.78%) Broadband
3 23 (0.53%) VPN
4 22 (0.51%) HTTP
5 20 (0.46%) DNS
6 19 (0.44%) Firewall
7 16 (0.37%) DHCP
7 16 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (0.28%) TCP/IP
9 6 (0.14%) Kerberos
10 5 (0.12%) VoIP
11 4 (0.093%) Intranet
11 4 (0.093%) NAS
11 4 (0.093%) SAN
12 3 (0.069%) LAN
12 3 (0.069%) Network Security
12 3 (0.069%) VLAN
13 2 (0.046%) Bluetooth
13 2 (0.046%) SMS
13 2 (0.046%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (1.48%) Power BI
2 55 (1.27%) SQL Server
3 34 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (0.58%) Looker
5 23 (0.53%) Azure SQL Database
5 23 (0.53%) NoSQL
6 19 (0.44%) MySQL
7 18 (0.42%) MongoDB
8 17 (0.39%) Metadata
9 15 (0.35%) BigQuery
10 10 (0.23%) Tableau
11 9 (0.21%) Relational Database
12 8 (0.19%) DB2
12 8 (0.19%) Redis
13 6 (0.14%) SAP BW
13 6 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
14 5 (0.12%) Elasticsearch
15 4 (0.093%) GIS
15 4 (0.093%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 114 (2.64%) JIRA
2 68 (1.57%) Git
3 25 (0.58%) Axure RP
3 25 (0.58%) Balsamiq
4 22 (0.51%) Jenkins
5 20 (0.46%) Selenium
6 17 (0.39%) Crashlytics
7 16 (0.37%) webpack
8 15 (0.35%) Vite
9 13 (0.30%) Bitbucket
9 13 (0.30%) Cucumber
9 13 (0.30%) XCTest
10 10 (0.23%) fastlane
11 9 (0.21%) Cypress.io
12 8 (0.19%) Claude Code
12 8 (0.19%) Postman
12 8 (0.19%) Storybook
12 8 (0.19%) Visual Studio
13 7 (0.16%) TeamCity
14 6 (0.14%) JUnit
General
1 3,029 (70.15%) Social Skills
2 2,647 (61.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2,583 (59.82%) Banking
4 283 (6.55%) Finance
5 229 (5.30%) Marketing
6 177 (4.10%) Analytical Skills
7 138 (3.20%) Public Sector
8 103 (2.39%) Legal
9 88 (2.04%) Law
10 82 (1.90%) Organisational Skills
11 78 (1.81%) Retail
12 62 (1.44%) Presentation Skills
13 60 (1.39%) Games
14 47 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
15 32 (0.74%) Advertising
15 32 (0.74%) Manufacturing
16 27 (0.63%) Telecoms
17 21 (0.49%) Back Office
18 16 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
19 14 (0.32%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,847 (42.77%) Lecturer
2 377 (8.73%) Senior
3 295 (6.83%) Designer
4 249 (5.77%) Developer
5 217 (5.03%) UX Designer
6 184 (4.26%) Lead
7 120 (2.78%) Analyst
8 89 (2.06%) Senior Developer
9 85 (1.97%) Senior Designer
10 84 (1.95%) Software Engineer
11 65 (1.51%) Senior UX Designer
12 64 (1.48%) UI Designer
13 61 (1.41%) Product Manager
14 56 (1.30%) UI/UX Designer
15 55 (1.27%) Architect
15 55 (1.27%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 52 (1.20%) Senior Manager
17 49 (1.13%) IT Support
18 48 (1.11%) Full-Stack Developer
19 47 (1.09%) IT Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (4.52%) HTML
2 194 (4.49%) CSS
3 180 (4.17%) React
4 114 (2.64%) .NET
5 90 (2.08%) REST
6 82 (1.90%) RESTful
7 64 (1.48%) AngularJS
8 62 (1.44%) Node.js
9 52 (1.20%) Vue
10 41 (0.95%) HTML5
10 41 (0.95%) JSON
11 40 (0.93%) .NET Core
12 32 (0.74%) CSS3
12 32 (0.74%) Web Services
13 26 (0.60%) ASP.NET
14 25 (0.58%) SOAP
15 24 (0.56%) Microsoft Graph
15 24 (0.56%) Next.js
15 24 (0.56%) Spring
15 24 (0.56%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 2,534 (58.68%) IoT
2 183 (4.24%) Product Ownership
3 116 (2.69%) Mobile App
4 108 (2.50%) Onboarding
5 55 (1.27%) Social Media
6 53 (1.23%) Cloud Native
7 45 (1.04%) Legacy Systems
8 42 (0.97%) Enterprise Software
9 34 (0.79%) AI Agents
10 32 (0.74%) Greenfield Project
11 31 (0.72%) Management Information System
12 29 (0.67%) Self-Motivation
13 21 (0.49%) Low-Code
13 21 (0.49%) Public Cloud
14 19 (0.44%) e-Learning
15 18 (0.42%) Life Science
16 15 (0.35%) Distributed Systems
17 14 (0.32%) CMDB
17 14 (0.32%) Driving Licence
18 12 (0.28%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 88 (2.04%) Windows
2 65 (1.51%) Apple iOS
3 50 (1.16%) Android
4 29 (0.67%) Windows 10
5 24 (0.56%) Windows Server
6 22 (0.51%) Linux
7 20 (0.46%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.14%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.093%) Mac OS X
9 4 (0.093%) Unix
10 3 (0.069%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.046%) Windows Server 2016
12 1 (0.023%) VMS
12 1 (0.023%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,851 (66.03%) AI
2 2,611 (60.47%) Machine Learning
3 2,583 (59.82%) Cybersecurity
4 2,576 (59.66%) Web Development
5 526 (12.18%) Agile
6 519 (12.02%) UX Design
7 345 (7.99%) Continuous Improvement
8 341 (7.90%) Problem-Solving
9 334 (7.74%) Analytics
10 283 (6.55%) Roadmaps
11 254 (5.88%) Mentoring
12 178 (4.12%) Software Engineering
13 177 (4.10%) Decision-Making
13 177 (4.10%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 171 (3.96%) DevOps
15 169 (3.91%) User Research
16 166 (3.84%) Full-Stack Development
17 153 (3.54%) CI/CD
18 137 (3.17%) CRM
19 136 (3.15%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 256 (5.93%) JavaScript
2 154 (3.57%) TypeScript
3 136 (3.15%) SQL
4 113 (2.62%) Python
5 112 (2.59%) Java
6 108 (2.50%) C#
7 50 (1.16%) PowerShell
8 42 (0.97%) PHP
9 25 (0.58%) Kotlin
10 24 (0.56%) Swift
11 21 (0.49%) Go
12 11 (0.25%) Bash
12 11 (0.25%) Bicep
12 11 (0.25%) C++
13 10 (0.23%) T-SQL
14 8 (0.19%) Rust
15 5 (0.12%) ABAP
16 4 (0.093%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.093%) Scala
17 3 (0.069%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2,725 (63.11%) Degree
2 2,547 (58.99%) Master's Degree
3 2,532 (58.64%) PhD
4 2,530 (58.59%) Postgraduate
5 157 (3.64%) Security Cleared
6 99 (2.29%) SC Cleared
7 40 (0.93%) DV Cleared
8 38 (0.88%) DBS Check
9 31 (0.72%) Computer Science Degree
10 19 (0.44%) Microsoft Certification
11 15 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
12 7 (0.16%) PMI Certification
12 7 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 6 (0.14%) CISSP
14 5 (0.12%) ITIL Certification
14 5 (0.12%) PMP
14 5 (0.12%) SAP Certification
15 4 (0.093%) A+ Certification
15 4 (0.093%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 290 (6.72%) Accessibility
2 112 (2.59%) QA
3 98 (2.27%) WCAG
4 55 (1.27%) GDPR
5 25 (0.58%) Data Quality
6 17 (0.39%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (0.32%) SLA
8 12 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
9 11 (0.25%) PCI DSS
10 10 (0.23%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 8 (0.19%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 5 (0.12%) HIPAA
12 5 (0.12%) NEBOSH
13 4 (0.093%) PMO
14 3 (0.069%) GRC
14 3 (0.069%) SOC 2
15 2 (0.046%) GxP
16 1 (0.023%) COBIT
16 1 (0.023%) HL7
16 1 (0.023%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 94 (2.18%) Active Directory
2 64 (1.48%) Docker
3 7 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
4 6 (0.14%) VMware Infrastructure
5 5 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.093%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.046%) vSphere
8 1 (0.023%) BitLocker
Systems Management
1 71 (1.64%) Microsoft Intune
2 47 (1.09%) Kubernetes
3 31 (0.72%) Terraform
4 22 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (0.23%) Grafana
5 10 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (0.14%) Prometheus
6 6 (0.14%) SCCM
7 5 (0.12%) Ansible
8 2 (0.046%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.046%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.046%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.046%) Packer
8 2 (0.046%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.023%) Argo
9 1 (0.023%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.023%) Kibana
9 1 (0.023%) MOM
Vendors
1 317 (7.34%) Microsoft
2 190 (4.40%) Adobe
3 102 (2.36%) Google
4 71 (1.64%) ServiceNow
5 52 (1.20%) Salesforce
6 35 (0.81%) HubSpot
7 28 (0.65%) Nexthink
8 26 (0.60%) Apple
9 21 (0.49%) SAP
10 18 (0.42%) BMC
11 17 (0.39%) Braze
11 17 (0.39%) Oracle
12 16 (0.37%) Hotjar
13 14 (0.32%) Amplitude
14 12 (0.28%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.25%) Atlassian
15 11 (0.25%) iManage
15 11 (0.25%) VMware
16 10 (0.23%) New Relic
16 10 (0.23%) WooCommerce