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

3 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 61 73
Rank change year-on-year -33 +12 +6
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 968 1,143 1,079
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.84% 4.11% 2.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.52% 4.65% 3.88%
Number of salaries quoted 681 458 479
10th Percentile £30,500 £33,375 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,825 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £76,156 £71,875
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

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 38,431 24,573 27,796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.90% 88.43% 76.10%
Number of salaries quoted 27,776 13,028 17,812
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -2.44%
75th Percentile £78,230 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -10.38% -3.64%

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 20 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 20 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 -27 872 £55,000 -8.33% 707
UK excluding London -37 587 £50,000 -9.09% 407
Work from Home -49 364 £55,000 -12.00% 324
London -27 303 £70,000 -5.08% 382
North of England -37 198 £50,000 - 115
South East -10 110 £52,500 -8.70% 120
North West -51 110 £45,497 -17.28% 62
Midlands +19 85 £46,499 -15.46% 52
East of England +25 77 £47,500 -20.83% 48
South West -29 66 £60,000 +11.63% 51
West Midlands -17 51 £50,000 -9.09% 38
Yorkshire +22 44 £52,500 +20.00% 33
North East -1 44 £51,619 +416.19% 20
East Midlands +15 34 £42,500 -19.05% 14
Scotland -23 25 £65,500 -15.48% 21
Wales -26 25 £50,000 -25.93% 4
Northern Ireland -55 1 £39,500 - 7

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
1 147 (7.66%) SharePoint
2 121 (6.30%) CMS
3 63 (3.28%) Confluence
4 49 (2.55%) Microsoft Exchange
5 28 (1.46%) WordPress
6 8 (0.42%) Drupal
7 6 (0.31%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.21%) IIS
8 4 (0.21%) Moodle
9 3 (0.16%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.16%) Headless CMS
9 3 (0.16%) nginx
9 3 (0.16%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.10%) Apache
10 2 (0.10%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.10%) Totara
11 1 (0.052%) ExpressionEngine
11 1 (0.052%) NServiceBus
11 1 (0.052%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 33 (1.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 33 (1.72%) Microsoft Office
2 28 (1.46%) Adobe XD
3 25 (1.30%) Microsoft Excel
4 23 (1.20%) Photoshop
5 22 (1.15%) Sketch
6 21 (1.09%) Adobe Illustrator
7 17 (0.89%) UserZoom
8 16 (0.83%) Chatbot
9 14 (0.73%) Adobe After Effects
9 14 (0.73%) InDesign
10 9 (0.47%) Spreadsheet
11 6 (0.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 5 (0.26%) InVision
13 4 (0.21%) Trello
14 3 (0.16%) Productboard
14 3 (0.16%) SPSS
15 2 (0.10%) Adobe Premiere
15 2 (0.10%) Camtasia
15 2 (0.10%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 22 (1.15%) Dynamics CRM
1 22 (1.15%) Shopify
2 16 (0.83%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.68%) Magento
4 9 (0.47%) NetSuite
5 6 (0.31%) Dynamics GP
6 5 (0.26%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
7 4 (0.21%) Elite 3E
7 4 (0.21%) Workday HCM
8 3 (0.16%) Carpe Diem
8 3 (0.16%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.16%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
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 (0.052%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.052%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 372 (19.38%) Azure
2 282 (14.69%) Microsoft 365
3 199 (10.36%) Figma
4 153 (7.97%) Power Platform
5 152 (7.92%) AWS
6 136 (7.08%) SaaS
7 115 (5.99%) Entra ID
8 99 (5.16%) Azure DevOps
9 75 (3.91%) Power Automate
10 70 (3.65%) PowerApps
11 69 (3.59%) Adobe Analytics
12 65 (3.39%) GitHub
13 62 (3.23%) Google Analytics
14 58 (3.02%) GCP
15 53 (2.76%) Microsoft Copilot
16 47 (2.45%) Serverless
17 46 (2.40%) Azure Logic Apps
17 46 (2.40%) Contentsquare
18 42 (2.19%) OneDrive
19 41 (2.14%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 71 (3.70%) Broadband
2 33 (1.72%) Firewall
3 28 (1.46%) DNS
4 25 (1.30%) VPN
5 24 (1.25%) DHCP
6 21 (1.09%) VoIP
7 16 (0.83%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (0.63%) CTI
8 12 (0.63%) TCP/IP
9 11 (0.57%) Kerberos
10 10 (0.52%) HTTP
11 9 (0.47%) Internet
11 9 (0.47%) Wireless
12 7 (0.36%) VLAN
13 6 (0.31%) Intranet
13 6 (0.31%) Network Security
13 6 (0.31%) Unified Communications
14 5 (0.26%) SAN
15 4 (0.21%) NAS
15 4 (0.21%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 83 (4.32%) Power BI
2 59 (3.07%) SQL Server
3 24 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (1.20%) Azure SQL Database
5 20 (1.04%) Looker
6 18 (0.94%) MySQL
7 17 (0.89%) Metadata
8 16 (0.83%) Relational Database
9 13 (0.68%) MongoDB
9 13 (0.68%) NoSQL
10 12 (0.63%) BigQuery
11 8 (0.42%) Redis
12 7 (0.36%) Tableau
13 6 (0.31%) Power Query
14 5 (0.26%) Amazon RDS
14 5 (0.26%) SAP BW
14 5 (0.26%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 4 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.21%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 4 (0.21%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 98 (5.10%) JIRA
2 82 (4.27%) Git
3 23 (1.20%) Claude Code
4 22 (1.15%) Jenkins
5 21 (1.09%) fastlane
6 20 (1.04%) Crashlytics
7 15 (0.78%) XCTest
8 12 (0.63%) Cypress.io
9 11 (0.57%) webpack
10 10 (0.52%) Vite
11 9 (0.47%) Axure RP
11 9 (0.47%) Balsamiq
11 9 (0.47%) Selenium
11 9 (0.47%) Xcode
12 7 (0.36%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.31%) Android Studio
13 6 (0.31%) Atlassian Bamboo
13 6 (0.31%) Gradle
13 6 (0.31%) NUnit
13 6 (0.31%) Storybook
General
1 580 (30.21%) Social Skills
2 294 (15.31%) Finance
3 241 (12.55%) Marketing
4 214 (11.15%) Analytical Skills
5 174 (9.06%) Public Sector
6 136 (7.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 113 (5.89%) Retail
8 110 (5.73%) Legal
9 94 (4.90%) Organisational Skills
10 92 (4.79%) Law
11 74 (3.85%) Games
12 60 (3.13%) Influencing Skills
13 42 (2.19%) Presentation Skills
14 38 (1.98%) Advertising
15 32 (1.67%) Banking
15 32 (1.67%) Manufacturing
16 20 (1.04%) Documentation Skills
17 19 (0.99%) Multimedia
18 17 (0.89%) Back Office
19 16 (0.83%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 344 (17.92%) Senior
2 311 (16.20%) Designer
3 278 (14.48%) Developer
4 227 (11.82%) UX Designer
5 217 (11.30%) Lead
6 139 (7.24%) Analyst
7 101 (5.26%) Senior Developer
8 84 (4.38%) IT Support
8 84 (4.38%) Senior Designer
9 83 (4.32%) UI Designer
10 81 (4.22%) Software Engineer
11 80 (4.17%) UI/UX Designer
12 67 (3.49%) IT Manager
13 65 (3.39%) Product Manager
14 64 (3.33%) Support Engineer
15 63 (3.28%) Architect
15 63 (3.28%) Senior UX Designer
16 51 (2.66%) Full-Stack Developer
17 50 (2.60%) Business Analyst
17 50 (2.60%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 193 (10.05%) HTML
2 192 (10.00%) CSS
3 156 (8.13%) React
4 141 (7.34%) .NET
5 92 (4.79%) REST
6 78 (4.06%) RESTful
7 55 (2.86%) .NET Core
8 53 (2.76%) Node.js
9 47 (2.45%) JSON
10 46 (2.40%) AngularJS
11 37 (1.93%) HTML5
12 35 (1.82%) ASP.NET
13 34 (1.77%) Vue
14 32 (1.67%) Next.js
15 31 (1.61%) CSS3
16 27 (1.41%) Sass
17 26 (1.35%) SPFx
17 26 (1.35%) SwiftUI
18 25 (1.30%) jQuery
19 24 (1.25%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 179 (9.32%) Product Ownership
2 105 (5.47%) Mobile App
3 100 (5.21%) Onboarding
4 72 (3.75%) Social Media
5 56 (2.92%) Enterprise Software
6 48 (2.50%) Self-Motivation
7 44 (2.29%) Cloud Native
8 31 (1.61%) Legacy Systems
9 30 (1.56%) Management Information System
10 26 (1.35%) AI Agents
11 25 (1.30%) Driving Licence
12 24 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
13 23 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
14 17 (0.89%) Graphic Design
14 17 (0.89%) Low-Code
15 16 (0.83%) Algorithms
15 16 (0.83%) Life Science
16 15 (0.78%) Security Posture
17 12 (0.63%) Animation
17 12 (0.63%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 137 (7.14%) Windows
2 70 (3.65%) Apple iOS
3 43 (2.24%) Windows Server
4 38 (1.98%) Android
4 38 (1.98%) Windows 10
5 32 (1.67%) Mac OS
6 27 (1.41%) Linux
7 8 (0.42%) Windows Server 2019
8 5 (0.26%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.21%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.10%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.052%) CentOS
11 1 (0.052%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 540 (28.13%) Agile
2 517 (26.93%) UX Design
3 451 (23.49%) Continuous Improvement
4 418 (21.77%) Problem-Solving
5 365 (19.01%) AI
6 351 (18.28%) Analytics
7 318 (16.56%) Roadmaps
8 250 (13.02%) Mentoring
9 198 (10.31%) DevOps
10 189 (9.84%) Decision-Making
11 179 (9.32%) Stakeholder Management
12 171 (8.91%) CI/CD
13 168 (8.75%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 157 (8.18%) Software Engineering
15 156 (8.13%) User Research
16 154 (8.02%) ITIL
17 145 (7.55%) Workflow
18 144 (7.50%) Customer Experience
19 143 (7.45%) Product Roadmap
20 137 (7.14%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 226 (11.77%) JavaScript
2 147 (7.66%) C#
3 146 (7.60%) TypeScript
4 141 (7.34%) SQL
5 109 (5.68%) Python
6 85 (4.43%) Java
7 66 (3.44%) PowerShell
8 31 (1.61%) PHP
9 30 (1.56%) Swift
10 24 (1.25%) Kotlin
11 14 (0.73%) ABAP
12 11 (0.57%) C++
13 10 (0.52%) VB.NET
14 9 (0.47%) C
14 9 (0.47%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 9 (0.47%) Go
15 7 (0.36%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.31%) Bash
16 6 (0.31%) Rust
16 6 (0.31%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 166 (8.65%) Degree
2 130 (6.77%) Security Cleared
3 78 (4.06%) SC Cleared
4 37 (1.93%) DV Cleared
5 24 (1.25%) DBS Check
6 23 (1.20%) Computer Science Degree
7 22 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
8 11 (0.57%) CISSP
8 11 (0.57%) Master's Degree
8 11 (0.57%) Postgraduate
9 9 (0.47%) BPSS Clearance
10 8 (0.42%) ICAEW
10 8 (0.42%) ISTQB
11 6 (0.31%) ITIL Certification
11 6 (0.31%) SAP Certification
12 5 (0.26%) PMI Certification
12 5 (0.26%) PMP
13 3 (0.16%) A+ Certification
13 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 3 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 309 (16.09%) Accessibility
2 110 (5.73%) QA
3 96 (5.00%) WCAG
4 70 (3.65%) GDPR
5 49 (2.55%) Data Quality
6 23 (1.20%) Cyber Essentials
7 21 (1.09%) SLA
8 12 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (0.52%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 8 (0.42%) Actionable Recommendations
10 8 (0.42%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.26%) NEBOSH
12 4 (0.21%) HIPAA
12 4 (0.21%) PMO
12 4 (0.21%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.21%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.16%) PERC
14 2 (0.10%) GRC
14 2 (0.10%) GxP
14 2 (0.10%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 115 (5.99%) Active Directory
2 52 (2.71%) Docker
3 9 (0.47%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.36%) BitLocker
5 6 (0.31%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.052%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 79 (4.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 28 (1.46%) Kubernetes
3 17 (0.89%) Terraform
4 12 (0.63%) SCCM
4 12 (0.63%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (0.57%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.21%) Ansible
6 4 (0.21%) Grafana
6 4 (0.21%) Prometheus
7 2 (0.10%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.10%) Oracle RMAN
7 2 (0.10%) Packer
7 2 (0.10%) Progress Chef
8 1 (0.052%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.052%) Kibana
Vendors
1 415 (21.61%) Microsoft
2 176 (9.17%) Adobe
3 91 (4.74%) Google
4 64 (3.33%) ServiceNow
5 49 (2.55%) Salesforce
6 34 (1.77%) Apple
7 32 (1.67%) SAP
8 31 (1.61%) Oracle
9 25 (1.30%) iManage
10 18 (0.94%) Braze
11 17 (0.89%) HubSpot
12 16 (0.83%) Amplitude
12 16 (0.83%) Cisco
12 16 (0.83%) Hotjar
12 16 (0.83%) OpenAI
13 15 (0.78%) Dynatrace
14 13 (0.68%) Nexthink
15 12 (0.63%) Genesys
16 11 (0.57%) Avaya
16 11 (0.57%) VMware