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 21 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 3 months to 21 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 93 | 76 | 70 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -17 | -6 | +10 |
| Permanent jobs citing User Experience | 1,260 | 729 | 1,200 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 1.86% | 3.42% | 3.69% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 2.52% | 3.86% | 4.13% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 690 | 511 | 480 |
| 10th Percentile | £32,500 | £29,750 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £40,000 | £41,250 | £42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £60,000 | £55,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.09% | -8.33% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £77,500 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £96,250 | £97,750 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,000 | £52,500 | £50,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.86% | +5.00% | -2.91% |
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.
| 3 months to 21 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 49,983 | 18,898 | 29,030 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 73.96% | 88.78% | 89.28% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 32,241 | 11,674 | 12,528 |
| 10th Percentile | £31,250 | £28,000 | £35,000 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,250 | £35,000 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £58,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +10.48% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £77,500 | £75,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £95,000 | £99,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £45,000 | £54,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +22.22% | -16.67% | +2.86% |
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 Salary Trend
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 21 October 2026.
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 21 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 | -27 | 1,028 | £60,000 | +9.09% | 2,415 |
| UK excluding London | -20 | 754 | £51,000 | -2.86% | 1,140 |
| Work from Home | -21 | 411 | £60,000 | +9.09% | 1,165 |
| London | -17 | 408 | £70,000 | - | 1,412 |
| North of England | -24 | 207 | £60,000 | +20.00% | 310 |
| South East | -56 | 135 | £50,000 | -4.76% | 249 |
| Northern Ireland | +14 | 114 | £75,000 | - | 48 |
| South West | -4 | 111 | £60,000 | +17.07% | 116 |
| North West | -35 | 98 | £55,000 | -2.22% | 153 |
| Midlands | -47 | 93 | £34,500 | -23.99% | 157 |
| Yorkshire | -17 | 63 | £63,076 | +34.20% | 104 |
| West Midlands | -43 | 59 | £34,500 | -43.67% | 106 |
| East of England | -61 | 47 | £40,000 | -27.27% | 129 |
| North East | -22 | 46 | £65,000 | +47.46% | 53 |
| East Midlands | -38 | 34 | £35,086 | -3.21% | 51 |
| Scotland | -4 | 28 | £55,000 | +29.41% | 105 |
| Wales | -52 | 19 | £55,000 | -8.33% | 31 |
User Experience Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Processes & Methodologies
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Continuous Improvement | 28.4% | 629 |
| 2 | Agile | 24.7% | 547 |
| 2 | UX Design | 24.7% | 547 |
| 4 | Problem-Solving | 23.6% | 524 |
| 5 | AI | 22.0% | 487 |
| 6 | Analytics | 15.9% | 352 |
| 7 | Stakeholder Management | 15.2% | 337 |
| 8 | Decision-Making | 15.0% | 333 |
| 9 | Roadmaps | 14.4% | 319 |
| 10 | Mentoring | 12.5% | 278 |
| 11 | Stakeholder Engagement | 11.9% | 264 |
| 12 | ITIL | 11.7% | 259 |
| 13 | Service Management | 11.1% | 247 |
| 14 | ITSM | 10.8% | 240 |
| 15 | CI/CD | 10.2% | 227 |
| 16 | DevOps | 10.0% | 222 |
| 17 | Service Design | 8.4% | 186 |
| 18 | Project Delivery | 8.3% | 185 |
| 19 | Software Engineering | 8.3% | 184 |
| 20 | Change Management | 8.1% | 179 |