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

3 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 79 90
Rank change year-on-year -29 +11 -10
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,024 659 944
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.73% 2.90% 2.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.34% 3.40% 3.40%
Number of salaries quoted 638 479 452
10th Percentile £31,750 £30,500 £32,275
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -12.00%
75th Percentile £72,313 £77,500 £77,813
90th Percentile £90,375 £100,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,750
% change year-on-year -4.76% +9.95% -13.18%

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 43,827 19,399 27,773
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.83% 85.33% 86.05%
Number of salaries quoted 30,083 12,606 13,695
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,750 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £53,544
% change year-on-year +15.79% -11.29% +1.99%

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -24 892 £57,000 -0.87% 3,198
UK excluding London -26 569 £50,000 -4.76% 1,386
Work from Home -32 365 £55,000 -4.35% 1,371
London -16 355 £63,000 -16.00% 2,101
North of England -6 174 £55,000 +15.79% 368
South East -62 103 £44,500 -18.72% 281
South West +4 98 £60,000 +20.00% 152
Midlands -23 94 £38,125 -28.74% 197
North West -29 84 £55,000 +7.32% 230
West Midlands -14 62 £38,000 -38.09% 145
Yorkshire +8 56 £61,538 +75.82% 95
North East -22 34 £50,000 +61.29% 46
East Midlands -38 32 £42,500 +15.65% 52
East of England -63 32 £45,000 -18.18% 140
Northern Ireland -48 29 £75,000 - 102
Scotland -9 22 £55,000 +29.41% 122
Wales -63 17 £38,500 -42.96% 29

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
1 148 (7.06%) SharePoint
2 87 (4.15%) CMS
3 66 (3.15%) Confluence
4 48 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
5 37 (1.76%) WordPress
6 11 (0.52%) IIS
7 10 (0.48%) Moodle
8 5 (0.24%) Skype for Business
9 4 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.14%) Apache
10 3 (0.14%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.095%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.095%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.095%) Drupal
11 2 (0.095%) nginx
11 2 (0.095%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.095%) Totara
12 1 (0.048%) ExpressionEngine
12 1 (0.048%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 43 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (1.76%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (1.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 31 (1.48%) Chatbot
5 29 (1.38%) Adobe XD
6 22 (1.05%) Photoshop
7 20 (0.95%) Adobe Illustrator
8 19 (0.91%) InDesign
9 16 (0.76%) Sketch
10 15 (0.72%) UserZoom
11 11 (0.52%) Adobe After Effects
12 9 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
13 8 (0.38%) MS Visio
14 6 (0.29%) Spreadsheet
15 3 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
15 3 (0.14%) InVision
15 3 (0.14%) Productboard
15 3 (0.14%) Trello
15 3 (0.14%) Zeplin
16 2 (0.095%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 22 (1.05%) Shopify
2 18 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 18 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 13 (0.62%) Workday HCM
4 11 (0.52%) NetSuite
5 8 (0.38%) Magento
6 3 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
6 3 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
6 3 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.14%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.14%) iTrent
6 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.095%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.095%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.095%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.095%) Towers Watson Igloo
7 2 (0.095%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.048%) Bloomberg TOMS
8 1 (0.048%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 392 (18.69%) Azure
2 280 (13.35%) Microsoft 365
3 185 (8.82%) Figma
4 180 (8.58%) Power Platform
5 171 (8.15%) AWS
6 148 (7.06%) SaaS
7 121 (5.77%) Entra ID
8 97 (4.63%) Azure DevOps
9 88 (4.20%) Power Automate
10 80 (3.81%) PowerApps
11 68 (3.24%) Google Analytics
12 66 (3.15%) GCP
13 57 (2.72%) Microsoft Copilot
14 56 (2.67%) GitHub
15 49 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
16 44 (2.10%) Azure Logic Apps
17 42 (2.00%) OneDrive
18 40 (1.91%) Serverless
19 37 (1.76%) Adobe Analytics
20 33 (1.57%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 43 (2.05%) DNS
2 37 (1.76%) Broadband
3 36 (1.72%) DHCP
4 35 (1.67%) Firewall
5 22 (1.05%) VPN
6 21 (1.00%) TCP/IP
7 17 (0.81%) VoIP
8 15 (0.72%) Network Security
8 15 (0.72%) Wi-Fi
9 14 (0.67%) Internet
10 11 (0.52%) CTI
11 9 (0.43%) Kerberos
12 8 (0.38%) HTTP
12 8 (0.38%) Wireless
13 7 (0.33%) Intranet
14 6 (0.29%) VLAN
15 5 (0.24%) SAN
15 5 (0.24%) Skype
15 5 (0.24%) SMS
15 5 (0.24%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (4.53%) Power BI
2 64 (3.05%) SQL Server
3 37 (1.76%) Relational Database
4 28 (1.34%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (1.29%) NoSQL
6 26 (1.24%) MySQL
7 19 (0.91%) Azure SQL Database
8 15 (0.72%) Looker
8 15 (0.72%) Metadata
9 12 (0.57%) MongoDB
10 10 (0.48%) BigQuery
10 10 (0.48%) Tableau
11 9 (0.43%) Redis
12 8 (0.38%) GIS
13 7 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.29%) Power Query
15 5 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (0.24%) Star Schema
16 4 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 98 (4.67%) JIRA
2 86 (4.10%) Git
3 33 (1.57%) Claude Code
4 23 (1.10%) Jenkins
5 18 (0.86%) Cypress.io
6 15 (0.72%) fastlane
7 12 (0.57%) Selenium
8 11 (0.52%) Crashlytics
8 11 (0.52%) Oracle Forms
8 11 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
9 10 (0.48%) Balsamiq
10 8 (0.38%) Axure RP
10 8 (0.38%) Postman
11 7 (0.33%) Cucumber
11 7 (0.33%) GitLab
11 7 (0.33%) Xcode
12 6 (0.29%) Bitbucket
12 6 (0.29%) Storybook
12 6 (0.29%) XCTest
13 5 (0.24%) Gradle
General
1 724 (34.53%) Social Skills
2 389 (18.55%) Finance
3 294 (14.02%) Analytical Skills
4 266 (12.68%) Marketing
5 196 (9.35%) Public Sector
6 191 (9.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 137 (6.53%) Retail
8 129 (6.15%) Law
9 103 (4.91%) Organisational Skills
10 84 (4.01%) Legal
11 73 (3.48%) Influencing Skills
12 69 (3.29%) Banking
13 50 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
14 43 (2.05%) Games
15 31 (1.48%) Advertising
16 28 (1.34%) Documentation Skills
17 26 (1.24%) Manufacturing
18 25 (1.19%) Multimedia
19 22 (1.05%) Financial Institution
19 22 (1.05%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 384 (18.31%) Senior
2 332 (15.83%) Designer
3 300 (14.31%) Developer
4 239 (11.40%) Lead
5 234 (11.16%) UX Designer
6 178 (8.49%) Analyst
7 102 (4.86%) Software Engineer
8 95 (4.53%) IT Support
9 94 (4.48%) Senior Developer
10 85 (4.05%) UI Designer
11 79 (3.77%) Senior Designer
12 78 (3.72%) UI/UX Designer
13 65 (3.10%) Product Manager
14 64 (3.05%) Architect
14 64 (3.05%) IT Manager
15 62 (2.96%) Support Engineer
16 58 (2.77%) Support Analyst
17 57 (2.72%) Business Analyst
17 57 (2.72%) Full-Stack Developer
18 53 (2.53%) Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (9.87%) HTML
2 206 (9.82%) CSS
3 158 (7.53%) .NET
4 141 (6.72%) React
5 96 (4.58%) REST
6 76 (3.62%) Node.js
7 70 (3.34%) RESTful
8 55 (2.62%) .NET Core
9 52 (2.48%) JSON
10 46 (2.19%) Next.js
11 45 (2.15%) ASP.NET
12 35 (1.67%) AngularJS
13 32 (1.53%) Spring
14 31 (1.48%) jQuery
15 29 (1.38%) HTML5
16 28 (1.34%) CSS3
16 28 (1.34%) Spring Boot
17 27 (1.29%) Terraform
18 25 (1.19%) Blazor
19 24 (1.14%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 199 (9.49%) Product Ownership
2 98 (4.67%) Mobile App
3 95 (4.53%) Onboarding
4 73 (3.48%) Enterprise Software
5 64 (3.05%) Social Media
6 60 (2.86%) Cloud Native
6 60 (2.86%) Self-Motivation
7 53 (2.53%) Management Information System
8 34 (1.62%) Analytical Mindset
9 30 (1.43%) Distributed Systems
9 30 (1.43%) Driving Licence
10 25 (1.19%) AI Agents
11 24 (1.14%) Algorithms
12 23 (1.10%) Graphic Design
13 19 (0.91%) Blog
13 19 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
14 18 (0.86%) e-Learning
15 17 (0.81%) Virtual Team
16 16 (0.76%) Low-Code
16 16 (0.76%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 160 (7.63%) Windows
2 62 (2.96%) Apple iOS
3 46 (2.19%) Windows 10
4 45 (2.15%) Windows Server
5 39 (1.86%) Android
6 35 (1.67%) Linux
7 32 (1.53%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
9 7 (0.33%) Unix
10 6 (0.29%) Ubuntu
10 6 (0.29%) Windows 7
11 4 (0.19%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.095%) AIX
12 2 (0.095%) CentOS
13 1 (0.048%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 569 (27.13%) Agile
2 554 (26.42%) UX Design
3 547 (26.08%) Continuous Improvement
4 473 (22.56%) Problem-Solving
5 446 (21.27%) AI
6 354 (16.88%) Analytics
7 327 (15.59%) Roadmaps
8 280 (13.35%) Mentoring
9 270 (12.88%) Stakeholder Management
10 228 (10.87%) Decision-Making
11 214 (10.21%) DevOps
12 196 (9.35%) CI/CD
13 177 (8.44%) ITIL
14 176 (8.39%) Software Engineering
15 167 (7.96%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 162 (7.73%) Workflow
17 159 (7.58%) User Research
18 158 (7.53%) Customer Experience
18 158 (7.53%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
19 148 (7.06%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 253 (12.06%) JavaScript
2 184 (8.77%) SQL
3 162 (7.73%) TypeScript
4 161 (7.68%) C#
5 131 (6.25%) Python
6 100 (4.77%) Java
7 79 (3.77%) PowerShell
8 27 (1.29%) PHP
9 24 (1.14%) Swift
10 21 (1.00%) VB.NET
11 19 (0.91%) Kotlin
12 17 (0.81%) C++
13 12 (0.57%) Bash
14 11 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 10 (0.48%) C
16 9 (0.43%) ABAP
16 9 (0.43%) VBScript
17 7 (0.33%) VB
18 6 (0.29%) Go
18 6 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 215 (10.25%) Degree
2 156 (7.44%) Security Cleared
3 93 (4.43%) SC Cleared
4 41 (1.96%) Microsoft Certification
5 35 (1.67%) DV Cleared
6 29 (1.38%) DBS Check
7 28 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (0.91%) Postgraduate
9 14 (0.67%) ITIL Certification
10 12 (0.57%) A+ Certification
10 12 (0.57%) ICAEW
11 11 (0.52%) Master's Degree
12 10 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
12 10 (0.48%) PMI Certification
13 9 (0.43%) CISSP
13 9 (0.43%) Network+ Certification
13 9 (0.43%) PhD
14 7 (0.33%) ISTQB
15 6 (0.29%) IIBA
16 5 (0.24%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 287 (13.69%) Accessibility
2 131 (6.25%) QA
3 96 (4.58%) WCAG
4 69 (3.29%) Data Quality
5 59 (2.81%) GDPR
6 40 (1.91%) SLA
7 19 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
8 15 (0.72%) Cyber Essentials
9 12 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 10 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.24%) NEBOSH
11 5 (0.24%) PMO
11 5 (0.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.19%) GRC
12 4 (0.19%) PERC
12 4 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.14%) GxP
13 3 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 2 (0.095%) HIPAA
System Software
1 120 (5.72%) Active Directory
2 61 (2.91%) Docker
3 11 (0.52%) BitLocker
4 10 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.38%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.14%) Virtual Machines
7 3 (0.14%) vSphere
8 2 (0.095%) Firmware
8 2 (0.095%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.095%) UAG
Systems Management
1 83 (3.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (1.96%) Kubernetes
3 18 (0.86%) SCCM
4 13 (0.62%) Jamf Pro
5 8 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
6 7 (0.33%) Ansible
7 4 (0.19%) Grafana
8 2 (0.095%) AirWatch
8 2 (0.095%) Packer
8 2 (0.095%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.095%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.048%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.048%) AppManager
9 1 (0.048%) Argo
9 1 (0.048%) Data Guard
9 1 (0.048%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.048%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.048%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 1 (0.048%) Oracle RMAN
9 1 (0.048%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 460 (21.94%) Microsoft
2 152 (7.25%) Adobe
3 111 (5.29%) Google
4 46 (2.19%) Salesforce
4 46 (2.19%) ServiceNow
5 40 (1.91%) Oracle
6 35 (1.67%) SAP
7 29 (1.38%) Apple
8 27 (1.29%) OpenAI
9 22 (1.05%) Cisco
10 19 (0.91%) iManage
11 17 (0.81%) Workday
12 16 (0.76%) VMware
13 13 (0.62%) Dynatrace
14 12 (0.57%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 11 (0.52%) Avaya
15 11 (0.52%) Genesys
15 11 (0.52%) HubSpot
15 11 (0.52%) Meraki
16 10 (0.48%) Hotjar