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 10 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
10 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 73 82
Rank change year-on-year -6 +9 -6
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 945 771 2,024
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.11% 3.74% 3.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.80% 4.05% 3.76%
Number of salaries quoted 636 474 1,378
10th Percentile £31,500 £32,075 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,967 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,075 £58,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.59% +16.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,171 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +6.34% +5.26% -13.64%

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 33,809 19,031 53,857
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.32% 92.24% 85.78%
Number of salaries quoted 22,324 11,719 39,944
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,625 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

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 10 April 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 10 April 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 -5 818 £57,985 -0.88% 728
UK excluding London -12 564 £53,171 +6.34% 522
Work from Home -7 349 £60,000 - 357
London -24 277 £68,559 -5.44% 296
North of England -12 203 £55,000 +5.26% 176
North West -16 106 £56,100 +2.00% 94
Midlands -23 88 £45,000 -5.26% 93
South East -28 86 £52,500 +5.00% 122
Yorkshire -4 75 £55,000 +29.41% 45
South West -9 71 £50,000 -13.04% 59
East of England +2 70 £82,175 +119.13% 33
West Midlands -15 53 £44,000 -26.67% 62
East Midlands -28 35 £51,250 +46.43% 31
Scotland -28 28 £62,500 +11.11% 23
North East -19 22 £59,223 +13.35% 39
Wales -11 17 £42,934 - 19
Northern Ireland - 3 £61,250 - 5

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
1 116 (2.01%) CMS
2 87 (1.51%) SharePoint
3 72 (1.25%) Confluence
4 34 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
5 32 (0.55%) WordPress
6 15 (0.26%) Drupal
7 11 (0.19%) Umbraco
8 8 (0.14%) nginx
9 4 (0.069%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.052%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.052%) IIS
11 2 (0.035%) Appian
11 2 (0.035%) CICS
11 2 (0.035%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.035%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.017%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.017%) Apache
12 1 (0.017%) Camunda
12 1 (0.017%) Joomla!
Applications
1 46 (0.80%) Adobe XD
2 32 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (0.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 30 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
5 24 (0.42%) Sketch
6 22 (0.38%) Photoshop
7 20 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
8 12 (0.21%) MS Visio
9 10 (0.17%) Chatbot
9 10 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 9 (0.16%) UserZoom
11 8 (0.14%) Adobe After Effects
11 8 (0.14%) InVision
12 7 (0.12%) InDesign
12 7 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
13 4 (0.069%) Adobe Premiere
14 3 (0.052%) AutoCAD
14 3 (0.052%) Microsoft Project
14 3 (0.052%) SPSS
14 3 (0.052%) Trello
Business Applications
1 37 (0.64%) Shopify
2 20 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.35%) Magento
3 9 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.10%) Dynamics GP
5 5 (0.087%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.087%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (0.069%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.035%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.035%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.035%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.035%) Sage X3
7 2 (0.035%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.017%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.017%) Oracle General Ledger
8 1 (0.017%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.017%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.017%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.017%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.017%) SAP HCM
Cloud Services
1 4,040 (69.91%) Cloud Computing
2 285 (4.93%) Azure
3 216 (3.74%) Figma
4 186 (3.22%) AWS
5 175 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
6 118 (2.04%) SaaS
7 112 (1.94%) Power Platform
8 81 (1.40%) Google Analytics
9 71 (1.23%) GitHub
10 70 (1.21%) Entra ID
11 68 (1.18%) GCP
12 67 (1.16%) Adobe Analytics
13 56 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
14 46 (0.80%) PowerApps
15 38 (0.66%) Serverless
16 36 (0.62%) Contentsquare
16 36 (0.62%) Power Automate
17 34 (0.59%) Dynamics 365
17 34 (0.59%) OneDrive
18 32 (0.55%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 4,049 (70.06%) Internet
2 66 (1.14%) Broadband
3 23 (0.40%) VPN
4 22 (0.38%) HTTP
5 21 (0.36%) Firewall
6 20 (0.35%) DNS
7 15 (0.26%) DHCP
8 14 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
9 13 (0.22%) TCP/IP
10 7 (0.12%) LAN
11 5 (0.087%) Intranet
12 4 (0.069%) Kerberos
12 4 (0.069%) VoIP
12 4 (0.069%) WAN
13 3 (0.052%) Bluetooth
13 3 (0.052%) Network Security
13 3 (0.052%) WebEx
14 2 (0.035%) NAS
14 2 (0.035%) VLAN
14 2 (0.035%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 57 (0.99%) Power BI
2 50 (0.87%) SQL Server
3 34 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (0.55%) Looker
5 23 (0.40%) MySQL
5 23 (0.40%) NoSQL
6 17 (0.29%) MongoDB
7 16 (0.28%) BigQuery
8 15 (0.26%) Metadata
9 14 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
10 13 (0.22%) Relational Database
10 13 (0.22%) Tableau
11 12 (0.21%) DB2
12 7 (0.12%) Redis
13 6 (0.10%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.10%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (0.10%) SAP BW
14 5 (0.087%) Elasticsearch
15 4 (0.069%) QGIS
16 3 (0.052%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 126 (2.18%) JIRA
2 77 (1.33%) Git
3 33 (0.57%) Balsamiq
4 32 (0.55%) Axure RP
5 20 (0.35%) Jenkins
5 20 (0.35%) Selenium
6 18 (0.31%) webpack
7 16 (0.28%) Cypress.io
7 16 (0.28%) Vite
8 15 (0.26%) Bitbucket
9 14 (0.24%) Cucumber
10 13 (0.22%) Crashlytics
11 11 (0.19%) Visual Studio
11 11 (0.19%) XCTest
12 10 (0.17%) Postman
13 9 (0.16%) TeamCity
14 8 (0.14%) Storybook
15 7 (0.12%) Babel
16 6 (0.10%) Claude Code
16 6 (0.10%) fastlane
General
1 4,544 (78.63%) Social Skills
2 4,158 (71.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,115 (71.21%) Banking
4 298 (5.16%) Finance
5 232 (4.01%) Marketing
6 198 (3.43%) Analytical Skills
7 135 (2.34%) Public Sector
8 103 (1.78%) Legal
9 85 (1.47%) Law
10 78 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
11 69 (1.19%) Retail
12 65 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
13 54 (0.93%) Influencing Skills
14 49 (0.85%) Games
15 33 (0.57%) Manufacturing
15 33 (0.57%) Telecoms
16 26 (0.45%) Advertising
17 19 (0.33%) Back Office
18 15 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
19 12 (0.21%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3,135 (54.25%) Lecturer
2 361 (6.25%) Senior
3 254 (4.40%) Designer
4 252 (4.36%) Developer
5 188 (3.25%) Lead
6 179 (3.10%) UX Designer
7 127 (2.20%) Analyst
8 87 (1.51%) Senior Developer
9 84 (1.45%) Software Engineer
10 67 (1.16%) Senior Designer
11 63 (1.09%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 62 (1.07%) Product Manager
13 60 (1.04%) Senior Manager
14 58 (1.00%) UI Designer
15 50 (0.87%) Full-Stack Developer
16 49 (0.85%) Senior UX Designer
17 48 (0.83%) UI/UX Designer
18 46 (0.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
18 46 (0.80%) IT Support
19 43 (0.74%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 214 (3.70%) HTML
2 211 (3.65%) CSS
3 202 (3.50%) React
4 113 (1.96%) .NET
5 90 (1.56%) RESTful
6 87 (1.51%) REST
7 70 (1.21%) Node.js
8 69 (1.19%) AngularJS
9 59 (1.02%) Vue
10 39 (0.67%) HTML5
11 34 (0.59%) JSON
12 32 (0.55%) Web Services
13 30 (0.52%) Next.js
14 29 (0.50%) CSS3
15 27 (0.47%) Spring
16 26 (0.45%) .NET Core
17 25 (0.43%) .NET Framework
17 25 (0.43%) Laravel
17 25 (0.43%) WebSockets
18 23 (0.40%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 4,049 (70.06%) IoT
2 181 (3.13%) Product Ownership
3 118 (2.04%) Mobile App
4 97 (1.68%) Onboarding
5 62 (1.07%) Social Media
6 53 (0.92%) Cloud Native
7 45 (0.78%) Management Information System
8 43 (0.74%) Legacy Systems
9 37 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
10 36 (0.62%) AI Agents
11 33 (0.57%) Greenfield Project
12 31 (0.54%) Self-Motivation
13 20 (0.35%) e-Learning
13 20 (0.35%) Low-Code
13 20 (0.35%) Public Cloud
14 19 (0.33%) Analytical Mindset
15 17 (0.29%) CMDB
15 17 (0.29%) Driving Licence
15 17 (0.29%) Life Science
16 16 (0.28%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 65 (1.12%) Windows
2 62 (1.07%) Apple iOS
3 54 (0.93%) Android
4 23 (0.40%) Linux
5 20 (0.35%) Windows 10
6 18 (0.31%) Mac OS
6 18 (0.31%) Windows Server
7 6 (0.10%) Unix
8 5 (0.087%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.069%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.052%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.052%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.035%) zOS
12 1 (0.017%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.017%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,344 (75.17%) AI
2 4,114 (71.19%) Machine Learning
3 4,110 (71.12%) Cybersecurity
4 4,089 (70.76%) Web Development
5 540 (9.34%) Agile
6 490 (8.48%) UX Design
7 370 (6.40%) Problem-Solving
8 351 (6.07%) Continuous Improvement
9 348 (6.02%) Analytics
10 275 (4.76%) Roadmaps
11 222 (3.84%) Mentoring
12 179 (3.10%) Full-Stack Development
13 176 (3.05%) Decision-Making
14 175 (3.03%) Software Engineering
15 173 (2.99%) DevOps
16 169 (2.92%) User Research
17 166 (2.87%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
18 154 (2.66%) CI/CD
19 132 (2.28%) Customer Experience
20 131 (2.27%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 275 (4.76%) JavaScript
2 161 (2.79%) TypeScript
3 131 (2.27%) SQL
4 118 (2.04%) Java
5 108 (1.87%) Python
6 96 (1.66%) C#
7 46 (0.80%) PowerShell
8 42 (0.73%) PHP
9 26 (0.45%) Kotlin
10 23 (0.40%) Swift
11 22 (0.38%) Go
12 16 (0.28%) Bash
13 14 (0.24%) C++
14 11 (0.19%) Bicep
15 10 (0.17%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.10%) ABAP
17 5 (0.087%) Rust
18 4 (0.069%) Apex Code
18 4 (0.069%) R
19 3 (0.052%) Data Analysis Expressions
Qualifications
1 4,267 (73.84%) Degree
2 4,065 (70.34%) Master's Degree
3 4,044 (69.98%) PhD
4 4,041 (69.93%) Postgraduate
5 147 (2.54%) Security Cleared
6 108 (1.87%) SC Cleared
7 41 (0.71%) DBS Check
8 38 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
9 20 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
9 20 (0.35%) DV Cleared
10 17 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
11 10 (0.17%) PMI Certification
12 8 (0.14%) PMP
13 7 (0.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 7 (0.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
13 7 (0.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 5 (0.087%) ISTQB
14 5 (0.087%) SAP Certification
15 4 (0.069%) CISSP
16 3 (0.052%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 301 (5.21%) Accessibility
2 116 (2.01%) QA
3 95 (1.64%) WCAG
4 58 (1.00%) GDPR
5 25 (0.43%) Data Quality
6 14 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
7 12 (0.21%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 19770
9 10 (0.17%) SLA
10 8 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 7 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.069%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.052%) PERC
13 3 (0.052%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.052%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.035%) GRC
14 2 (0.035%) HL7
14 2 (0.035%) PMO
15 1 (0.017%) COBIT
System Software
1 78 (1.35%) Active Directory
2 71 (1.23%) Docker
3 17 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.069%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.052%) vSphere
7 2 (0.035%) Firmware
7 2 (0.035%) RACF
7 2 (0.035%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 54 (0.93%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (0.88%) Kubernetes
3 39 (0.67%) Terraform
4 22 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (0.17%) Grafana
5 10 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (0.10%) Ansible
6 6 (0.10%) Prometheus
7 5 (0.087%) SCCM
8 2 (0.035%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.035%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 2 (0.035%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.035%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.035%) Packer
8 2 (0.035%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.035%) SmoothWall
9 1 (0.017%) Argo
9 1 (0.017%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.017%) Kibana
9 1 (0.017%) MOM
Vendors
1 278 (4.81%) Microsoft
2 187 (3.24%) Adobe
3 118 (2.04%) Google
4 77 (1.33%) ServiceNow
5 49 (0.85%) Salesforce
6 41 (0.71%) HubSpot
7 29 (0.50%) Apple
7 29 (0.50%) Nexthink
8 24 (0.42%) SAP
9 23 (0.40%) Oracle
10 21 (0.36%) Hotjar
11 19 (0.33%) BMC
12 14 (0.24%) Braze
13 13 (0.22%) Atlassian
14 12 (0.21%) iManage
14 12 (0.21%) Qualtrics
15 11 (0.19%) Amplitude
15 11 (0.19%) Sitecore
15 11 (0.19%) Splunk
16 10 (0.17%) New Relic