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 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 61 83
Rank change year-on-year +49 +22 -23
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 3,873 1,216 800
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 11.70% 4.41% 3.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 14.04% 4.76% 3.78%
Number of salaries quoted 535 553 646
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,684 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.85% -0.53% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £101,500 £99,500 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £51,999
% change year-on-year +5.00% -3.84% -9.57%

All Process and 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 27,594 25,556 21,191
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.37% 92.65% 93.44%
Number of salaries quoted 15,419 12,757 16,432
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £31,500
25th Percentile £35,750 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -4.55%

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 7 December 2025.

Salary histogram for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Top 18 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 7 December 2025. 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 +51 3,733 £55,000 -8.33% 2,106
UK excluding London +59 3,178 £52,500 +5.00% 2,025
North of England +46 1,449 £55,000 - 444
North West +44 1,281 £57,500 +4.55% 218
Midlands +94 819 £42,039 +20.11% 379
West Midlands +105 702 £47,500 -5.00% 219
London +26 586 £70,000 -6.67% 317
South East +37 502 £52,500 -2.33% 567
Work from Home -27 323 £55,000 -15.38% 1,623
East of England +45 286 £55,000 +4.76% 283
Yorkshire +44 156 £52,500 +20.69% 181
East Midlands +31 125 £37,500 +7.14% 141
South West +2 60 £52,500 -4.55% 214
Wales +20 35 £51,250 +86.36% 49
Scotland -41 19 £51,000 -3.32% 84
Northern Ireland -3 12 £95,000 - 30
North East -10 12 £50,000 +17.65% 47
Channel Islands +2 7 £90,000 +260.00%

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 82 (1.80%) CMS
2 60 (1.32%) SharePoint
3 59 (1.30%) Confluence
4 40 (0.88%) WordPress
5 19 (0.42%) Drupal
6 16 (0.35%) Microsoft Exchange
7 11 (0.24%) Headless CMS
7 11 (0.24%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.088%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 4 (0.088%) Apache
8 4 (0.088%) Appian
8 4 (0.088%) nginx
8 4 (0.088%) Sitecore CMS
9 3 (0.066%) Joomla!
9 3 (0.066%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 2 (0.044%) CICS
10 2 (0.044%) EPiServer
11 1 (0.022%) ArcGIS
11 1 (0.022%) IIS
11 1 (0.022%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 62 (1.36%) Adobe XD
2 44 (0.97%) Microsoft Excel
3 41 (0.90%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 36 (0.79%) Microsoft Office
5 33 (0.73%) Sketch
6 31 (0.68%) Photoshop
7 23 (0.51%) Adobe Illustrator
7 23 (0.51%) MS Visio
8 20 (0.44%) InDesign
9 19 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 7 (0.15%) Chatbot
11 5 (0.11%) InVision
11 5 (0.11%) Spreadsheet
12 4 (0.088%) Adobe After Effects
12 4 (0.088%) Adobe Premiere
13 3 (0.066%) Adobe Captivate
13 3 (0.066%) AutoCAD
13 3 (0.066%) Trello
14 2 (0.044%) Elementor
14 2 (0.044%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 43 (0.95%) Shopify
2 25 (0.55%) Dynamics CRM
2 25 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (0.15%) Magento
4 6 (0.13%) Payment Gateway
5 5 (0.11%) Dynamics GP
5 5 (0.11%) Workday HCM
6 4 (0.088%) SAP BPC
7 3 (0.066%) Infor SunSystems
7 3 (0.066%) SAP Business One
8 2 (0.044%) Adobe Campaign
8 2 (0.044%) Dynamics NAV
8 2 (0.044%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 2 (0.044%) OpenCart
8 2 (0.044%) Sage X3
8 2 (0.044%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.022%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.022%) Oracle Receivables
9 1 (0.022%) SAP EWM
9 1 (0.022%) TRIRIGA
Cloud Services
1 3,039 (66.85%) Cloud Computing
2 298 (6.56%) Azure
3 227 (4.99%) AWS
4 180 (3.96%) Figma
5 141 (3.10%) Microsoft 365
6 103 (2.27%) SaaS
7 97 (2.13%) Google Analytics
8 78 (1.72%) Power Platform
9 76 (1.67%) GCP
10 70 (1.54%) Azure DevOps
11 58 (1.28%) Serverless
12 57 (1.25%) GitHub
13 41 (0.90%) Entra ID
14 34 (0.75%) AWS Lambda
15 33 (0.73%) Miro
15 33 (0.73%) PowerApps
16 31 (0.68%) Azure Logic Apps
17 27 (0.59%) Power Automate
18 23 (0.51%) Adobe Analytics
18 23 (0.51%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 3,042 (66.92%) Internet
2 19 (0.42%) DNS
2 19 (0.42%) Firewall
3 15 (0.33%) TCP/IP
4 14 (0.31%) DHCP
4 14 (0.31%) HTTP
5 11 (0.24%) VLAN
6 8 (0.18%) Intranet
7 7 (0.15%) VPN
8 6 (0.13%) LAN
9 5 (0.11%) Broadband
9 5 (0.11%) WAN
9 5 (0.11%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.088%) Bluetooth
10 4 (0.088%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.088%) Modbus
10 4 (0.088%) Network Security
10 4 (0.088%) Wireshark
10 4 (0.088%) ZigBee
11 3 (0.066%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (1.32%) SQL Server
2 48 (1.06%) Power BI
3 46 (1.01%) NoSQL
4 39 (0.86%) MySQL
5 35 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
6 26 (0.57%) Relational Database
7 23 (0.51%) MongoDB
8 15 (0.33%) Looker
9 12 (0.26%) Metadata
9 12 (0.26%) Tableau
10 11 (0.24%) DynamoDB
11 10 (0.22%) DB2
12 9 (0.20%) BigQuery
12 9 (0.20%) Oracle Reports
13 7 (0.15%) Redis
14 6 (0.13%) MariaDB
15 5 (0.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
16 4 (0.088%) Elasticsearch
17 3 (0.066%) Oracle BI Publisher
17 3 (0.066%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 126 (2.77%) JIRA
2 117 (2.57%) Git
3 34 (0.75%) Axure RP
4 30 (0.66%) Cypress.io
5 29 (0.64%) webpack
6 28 (0.62%) Balsamiq
6 28 (0.62%) Jenkins
7 16 (0.35%) Storybook
8 15 (0.33%) Bitbucket
9 14 (0.31%) NeoLoad
9 14 (0.31%) Selenium
10 13 (0.29%) TeamCity
11 12 (0.26%) eCATT
11 12 (0.26%) GitLab
11 12 (0.26%) Vite
12 10 (0.22%) Babel
12 10 (0.22%) Postman
13 9 (0.20%) Cucumber
13 9 (0.20%) gulp
14 8 (0.18%) JUnit
General
1 3,603 (79.26%) Social Skills
2 3,144 (69.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3,110 (68.41%) Banking
4 302 (6.64%) Finance
5 276 (6.07%) Marketing
6 197 (4.33%) Analytical Skills
7 173 (3.81%) Law
8 107 (2.35%) Legal
9 101 (2.22%) Public Sector
10 83 (1.83%) Retail
11 52 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
12 49 (1.08%) Influencing Skills
13 46 (1.01%) Manufacturing
14 45 (0.99%) Presentation Skills
15 39 (0.86%) Telecoms
16 22 (0.48%) Advertising
17 16 (0.35%) Electronics
18 15 (0.33%) Pharmaceutical
19 12 (0.26%) Games
19 12 (0.26%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2,304 (50.68%) Lecturer
2 314 (6.91%) Developer
3 274 (6.03%) Senior
4 151 (3.32%) Designer
5 150 (3.30%) Analyst
6 135 (2.97%) Lead
7 97 (2.13%) Senior Developer
8 93 (2.05%) Full-Stack Developer
9 66 (1.45%) Product Manager
10 64 (1.41%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 64 (1.41%) UX Designer
11 60 (1.32%) IT Support
12 53 (1.17%) Software Engineer
13 52 (1.14%) Business Analyst
14 49 (1.08%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 42 (0.92%) Senior Manager
16 41 (0.90%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
17 36 (0.79%) Support Analyst
18 35 (0.77%) Architect
19 32 (0.70%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 291 (6.40%) React
2 278 (6.12%) HTML
3 259 (5.70%) CSS
4 148 (3.26%) .NET
5 118 (2.60%) Node.js
6 112 (2.46%) RESTful
7 78 (1.72%) REST
8 67 (1.47%) Next.js
9 65 (1.43%) AngularJS
10 58 (1.28%) HTML5
11 53 (1.17%) Vue
12 43 (0.95%) CSS3
13 40 (0.88%) Jest
13 40 (0.88%) Spring
14 37 (0.81%) GraphQL
15 35 (0.77%) .NET Framework
15 35 (0.77%) ASP.NET
15 35 (0.77%) Spring Boot
16 28 (0.62%) JSON
16 28 (0.62%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 3,049 (67.07%) IoT
2 125 (2.75%) Product Ownership
3 95 (2.09%) Onboarding
4 67 (1.47%) Cloud Native
4 67 (1.47%) Self-Motivation
5 61 (1.34%) Mobile App
6 50 (1.10%) Social Media
7 41 (0.90%) Management Information System
8 35 (0.77%) AI Agents
9 31 (0.68%) Analytical Mindset
10 27 (0.59%) Driving Licence
11 24 (0.53%) e-Learning
12 23 (0.51%) Greenfield Project
13 21 (0.46%) Graphic Design
14 18 (0.40%) Legacy Systems
15 16 (0.35%) Data Structures
15 16 (0.35%) Virtual Team
16 15 (0.33%) Algorithms
16 15 (0.33%) Blog
16 15 (0.33%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 69 (1.52%) Windows
2 68 (1.50%) Apple iOS
3 58 (1.28%) Android
4 41 (0.90%) Windows 10
5 24 (0.53%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.35%) Linux
7 7 (0.15%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.13%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.11%) Unix
9 5 (0.11%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.088%) Kali Linux
11 3 (0.066%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.044%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3,311 (72.83%) AI
2 3,127 (68.79%) Machine Learning
3 3,101 (68.21%) Web Development
4 3,100 (68.19%) Cybersecurity
5 610 (13.42%) Agile
6 416 (9.15%) UX Design
7 375 (8.25%) Problem-Solving
8 326 (7.17%) Continuous Improvement
9 305 (6.71%) Analytics
10 241 (5.30%) Roadmaps
11 219 (4.82%) DevOps
12 204 (4.49%) CI/CD
13 201 (4.42%) Full-Stack Development
14 161 (3.54%) Mentoring
15 153 (3.37%) Stakeholder Management
15 153 (3.37%) User Research
16 149 (3.28%) Front End Development
17 148 (3.26%) Prototyping
18 145 (3.19%) E-Commerce
19 139 (3.06%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 319 (7.02%) JavaScript
2 192 (4.22%) TypeScript
3 142 (3.12%) SQL
4 127 (2.79%) C#
5 123 (2.71%) Python
6 121 (2.66%) Java
7 52 (1.14%) PowerShell
8 30 (0.66%) PHP
9 17 (0.37%) Bash
9 17 (0.37%) Go
10 14 (0.31%) C++
10 14 (0.31%) Kotlin
10 14 (0.31%) Swift
11 13 (0.29%) Bicep
12 10 (0.22%) VBScript
13 8 (0.18%) R
13 8 (0.18%) Rust
14 7 (0.15%) Ruby
14 7 (0.15%) XAML
15 5 (0.11%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3,274 (72.02%) Degree
2 3,070 (67.53%) Master's Degree
3 3,041 (66.89%) PhD
3 3,041 (66.89%) Postgraduate
4 142 (3.12%) Security Cleared
5 104 (2.29%) SC Cleared
6 54 (1.19%) Computer Science Degree
7 24 (0.53%) DBS Check
7 24 (0.53%) DV Cleared
8 23 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
9 19 (0.42%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
10 17 (0.37%) BPSS Clearance
11 12 (0.26%) MCSA
12 10 (0.22%) AWS Certification
13 8 (0.18%) Cisco Certification
14 7 (0.15%) Azure Certification
14 7 (0.15%) SAP Certification
15 6 (0.13%) A+ Certification
15 6 (0.13%) CCNA
16 5 (0.11%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 319 (7.02%) Accessibility
2 121 (2.66%) QA
3 79 (1.74%) WCAG
4 45 (0.99%) GDPR
5 25 (0.55%) SLA
6 17 (0.37%) Data Quality
7 13 (0.29%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 10 (0.22%) Actionable Recommendations
8 10 (0.22%) ISO/IEC 19770
9 8 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
9 8 (0.18%) PERC
9 8 (0.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 5 (0.11%) 21 CFR Part 11
10 5 (0.11%) GxP
10 5 (0.11%) PCI DSS
11 3 (0.066%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 3 (0.066%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.066%) Section 508
12 2 (0.044%) HL7
12 2 (0.044%) NIST
System Software
1 78 (1.72%) Active Directory
1 78 (1.72%) Docker
2 20 (0.44%) Virtual Machines
3 17 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.11%) Firmware
5 4 (0.088%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.066%) vSphere
7 2 (0.044%) RACF
7 2 (0.044%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.022%) BitLocker
8 1 (0.022%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.022%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.022%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 73 (1.61%) Kubernetes
2 48 (1.06%) Microsoft Intune
3 41 (0.90%) Terraform
4 12 (0.26%) HP ALM
5 9 (0.20%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.18%) Grafana
7 5 (0.11%) Ansible
7 5 (0.11%) Jamf Pro
7 5 (0.11%) SCCM
8 4 (0.088%) Nessus
8 4 (0.088%) Nmap
9 2 (0.044%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 2 (0.044%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.044%) SmoothWall
9 2 (0.044%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.044%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.022%) AppManager
10 1 (0.022%) Argo
10 1 (0.022%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.022%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 235 (5.17%) Microsoft
2 144 (3.17%) Google
3 139 (3.06%) Adobe
4 57 (1.25%) SAP
5 42 (0.92%) ServiceNow
6 34 (0.75%) Salesforce
7 28 (0.62%) Oracle
8 26 (0.57%) Cisco
9 24 (0.53%) HubSpot
10 23 (0.51%) Apple
11 21 (0.46%) Qualtrics
12 18 (0.40%) Atlassian
12 18 (0.40%) Hotjar
13 15 (0.33%) Foundry
13 15 (0.33%) Screaming Frog
14 14 (0.31%) HP
15 11 (0.24%) Splunk
16 10 (0.22%) Citrix
17 9 (0.20%) Sitecore
17 9 (0.20%) Workday