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

3 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 103 75 90
Rank change year-on-year -28 +15 -11
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,091 666 956
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.79% 3.00% 2.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.43% 3.51% 3.42%
Number of salaries quoted 656 485 454
10th Percentile £31,375 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £56,594
Median % change year-on-year - -2.82% -9.45%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £78,438
90th Percentile £91,875 £100,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

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 44,968 18,979 27,946
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.79% 85.37% 87.02%
Number of salaries quoted 30,545 12,325 13,296
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £34,750
25th Percentile £41,500 £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 £53,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -10.38% +0.95%

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 21 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 21 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 -25 924 £57,250 +4.09% 3,187
UK excluding London -23 612 £50,000 -4.76% 1,318
London -11 376 £65,000 -7.14% 2,135
Work from Home -30 371 £55,000 -4.35% 1,483
North of England -16 182 £55,000 +17.02% 362
South West -4 105 £60,000 +20.00% 146
South East -61 103 £44,500 -19.09% 291
Midlands -31 93 £34,500 -36.41% 192
North West -31 89 £55,000 +10.00% 235
West Midlands -14 63 £36,126 -42.20% 140
Northern Ireland -32 60 £75,000 - 85
Yorkshire 0 59 £61,538 +75.82% 82
North East -19 34 £50,000 +61.29% 47
East Midlands -43 30 £30,000 -18.37% 52
East of England -63 30 £45,000 -18.18% 113
Scotland -16 22 £55,000 +29.41% 105
Wales -63 17 £38,500 -42.96% 28

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
1 143 (6.61%) SharePoint
2 90 (4.16%) CMS
3 66 (3.05%) Confluence
4 48 (2.22%) Microsoft Exchange
5 36 (1.66%) WordPress
6 13 (0.60%) IIS
7 10 (0.46%) Moodle
8 5 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
8 5 (0.23%) Skype for Business
9 4 (0.18%) Apache
9 4 (0.18%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.092%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.092%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.092%) Drupal
11 2 (0.092%) nginx
11 2 (0.092%) SharePoint Server
11 2 (0.092%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.092%) Totara
12 1 (0.046%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 42 (1.94%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (1.62%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (1.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 30 (1.39%) Chatbot
5 29 (1.34%) Adobe XD
6 22 (1.02%) Photoshop
7 20 (0.92%) Adobe Illustrator
8 19 (0.88%) InDesign
9 16 (0.74%) Sketch
10 15 (0.69%) UserZoom
11 11 (0.51%) Adobe After Effects
12 9 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
13 8 (0.37%) MS Visio
14 5 (0.23%) 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 (0.092%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 22 (1.02%) Shopify
2 19 (0.88%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (0.79%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (0.65%) Workday HCM
5 11 (0.51%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.28%) Magento
7 3 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
7 3 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
7 3 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.14%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.14%) iTrent
7 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.092%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.092%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.092%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.092%) Towers Watson Igloo
8 2 (0.092%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.046%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.046%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 388 (17.92%) Azure
2 284 (13.12%) Microsoft 365
3 186 (8.59%) Figma
4 179 (8.27%) Power Platform
5 168 (7.76%) AWS
6 148 (6.84%) SaaS
7 119 (5.50%) Entra ID
8 96 (4.43%) Azure DevOps
9 86 (3.97%) Power Automate
10 78 (3.60%) PowerApps
11 64 (2.96%) GCP
11 64 (2.96%) Google Analytics
12 56 (2.59%) Microsoft Copilot
13 54 (2.49%) GitHub
14 51 (2.36%) Dynamics 365
15 42 (1.94%) Azure Logic Apps
16 39 (1.80%) OneDrive
17 37 (1.71%) Serverless
18 35 (1.62%) Adobe Analytics
19 33 (1.52%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.03%) DNS
2 38 (1.76%) DHCP
3 34 (1.57%) Broadband
3 34 (1.57%) Firewall
4 22 (1.02%) VPN
5 20 (0.92%) TCP/IP
6 17 (0.79%) VoIP
7 15 (0.69%) Network Security
8 14 (0.65%) Internet
8 14 (0.65%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (0.51%) CTI
10 9 (0.42%) Kerberos
11 8 (0.37%) HTTP
11 8 (0.37%) Wireless
12 6 (0.28%) Intranet
12 6 (0.28%) VLAN
13 5 (0.23%) SAN
13 5 (0.23%) Skype
13 5 (0.23%) SMS
13 5 (0.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (4.25%) Power BI
2 64 (2.96%) SQL Server
3 38 (1.76%) Relational Database
4 27 (1.25%) MySQL
4 27 (1.25%) NoSQL
4 27 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
5 17 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
6 16 (0.74%) Metadata
7 13 (0.60%) Looker
8 12 (0.55%) MongoDB
9 10 (0.46%) BigQuery
9 10 (0.46%) Tableau
10 9 (0.42%) Redis
11 8 (0.37%) GIS
12 7 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
13 6 (0.28%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.28%) Power Query
14 5 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (0.23%) Star Schema
15 4 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 97 (4.48%) JIRA
2 85 (3.93%) Git
3 34 (1.57%) Claude Code
4 23 (1.06%) Jenkins
5 18 (0.83%) Cypress.io
6 15 (0.69%) fastlane
7 12 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
7 12 (0.55%) Selenium
7 12 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
8 10 (0.46%) Balsamiq
8 10 (0.46%) Crashlytics
9 8 (0.37%) Axure RP
9 8 (0.37%) GitLab
9 8 (0.37%) Postman
10 7 (0.32%) Storybook
10 7 (0.32%) Xcode
11 6 (0.28%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.28%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.23%) Gradle
12 5 (0.23%) JUnit
General
1 772 (35.66%) Social Skills
2 396 (18.29%) Finance
3 330 (15.24%) Analytical Skills
4 266 (12.29%) Marketing
5 198 (9.15%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 193 (8.91%) Public Sector
7 136 (6.28%) Retail
8 132 (6.10%) Law
9 102 (4.71%) Organisational Skills
10 85 (3.93%) Legal
11 81 (3.74%) Presentation Skills
12 77 (3.56%) Influencing Skills
13 71 (3.28%) Banking
14 42 (1.94%) Games
15 32 (1.48%) Advertising
16 26 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
17 25 (1.15%) Manufacturing
17 25 (1.15%) Multimedia
18 24 (1.11%) Publishing
19 22 (1.02%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 415 (19.17%) Senior
2 340 (15.70%) Designer
3 299 (13.81%) Developer
4 243 (11.22%) Lead
5 242 (11.18%) UX Designer
6 210 (9.70%) Analyst
7 105 (4.85%) Software Engineer
8 95 (4.39%) IT Support
9 91 (4.20%) Senior Developer
10 87 (4.02%) UI Designer
11 80 (3.70%) UI/UX Designer
12 79 (3.65%) Senior Designer
13 70 (3.23%) Senior Analyst
13 70 (3.23%) Support Analyst
14 64 (2.96%) Architect
15 63 (2.91%) IT Manager
16 62 (2.86%) Product Manager
16 62 (2.86%) Support Engineer
17 59 (2.73%) ITSM Analyst
18 56 (2.59%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 208 (9.61%) HTML
2 207 (9.56%) CSS
3 155 (7.16%) .NET
4 142 (6.56%) React
5 97 (4.48%) REST
6 77 (3.56%) Node.js
7 70 (3.23%) RESTful
8 52 (2.40%) .NET Core
9 51 (2.36%) JSON
10 47 (2.17%) Next.js
11 45 (2.08%) ASP.NET
12 36 (1.66%) AngularJS
13 32 (1.48%) jQuery
14 31 (1.43%) Spring
15 30 (1.39%) Terraform
16 29 (1.34%) HTML5
17 28 (1.29%) CSS3
18 27 (1.25%) Spring Boot
19 26 (1.20%) Playwright
20 25 (1.15%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 198 (9.15%) Product Ownership
2 99 (4.57%) Mobile App
3 96 (4.43%) Onboarding
4 72 (3.33%) Enterprise Software
5 66 (3.05%) Social Media
6 62 (2.86%) Cloud Native
7 58 (2.68%) Self-Motivation
8 57 (2.63%) Management Information System
9 34 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
10 30 (1.39%) Distributed Systems
10 30 (1.39%) Driving Licence
11 26 (1.20%) AI Agents
12 24 (1.11%) Algorithms
13 23 (1.06%) Graphic Design
14 21 (0.97%) Legacy Systems
15 19 (0.88%) Blog
16 18 (0.83%) e-Learning
17 17 (0.79%) Virtual Team
18 16 (0.74%) Learning Management System
18 16 (0.74%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 169 (7.81%) Windows
2 62 (2.86%) Apple iOS
3 49 (2.26%) Windows 10
4 44 (2.03%) Windows Server
5 42 (1.94%) Android
6 37 (1.71%) Linux
7 32 (1.48%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.37%) Unix
8 8 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.28%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.28%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.18%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.092%) AIX
11 2 (0.092%) CentOS
12 1 (0.046%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 589 (27.21%) Continuous Improvement
2 569 (26.28%) Agile
3 567 (26.19%) UX Design
4 485 (22.40%) Problem-Solving
5 454 (20.97%) AI
6 353 (16.30%) Analytics
7 327 (15.10%) Roadmaps
8 282 (13.03%) Mentoring
9 278 (12.84%) Stakeholder Management
10 262 (12.10%) Decision-Making
11 218 (10.07%) ITIL
12 215 (9.93%) DevOps
13 204 (9.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 199 (9.19%) CI/CD
15 189 (8.73%) Service Management
16 182 (8.41%) ITSM
17 178 (8.22%) Software Engineering
18 163 (7.53%) Workflow
19 162 (7.48%) User Research
20 157 (7.25%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 251 (11.59%) JavaScript
2 184 (8.50%) SQL
3 163 (7.53%) TypeScript
4 159 (7.34%) C#
5 132 (6.10%) Python
6 100 (4.62%) Java
7 78 (3.60%) PowerShell
8 27 (1.25%) PHP
9 23 (1.06%) Swift
10 22 (1.02%) VB.NET
11 18 (0.83%) C++
11 18 (0.83%) Kotlin
12 12 (0.55%) Bash
13 11 (0.51%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 10 (0.46%) C
15 9 (0.42%) ABAP
15 9 (0.42%) VBScript
16 7 (0.32%) VB
17 6 (0.28%) Apex Code
17 6 (0.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 246 (11.36%) Degree
2 165 (7.62%) Security Cleared
3 97 (4.48%) SC Cleared
4 43 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
5 35 (1.62%) DV Cleared
6 31 (1.43%) DBS Check
7 29 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (0.92%) Postgraduate
9 19 (0.88%) A+ Certification
10 15 (0.69%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (0.55%) ICAEW
12 11 (0.51%) Master's Degree
13 10 (0.46%) PMI Certification
14 9 (0.42%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (0.42%) CISSP
14 9 (0.42%) Network+ Certification
15 8 (0.37%) PhD
16 7 (0.32%) ISTQB
17 6 (0.28%) IIBA
18 5 (0.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 290 (13.39%) Accessibility
2 128 (5.91%) QA
3 96 (4.43%) WCAG
4 67 (3.09%) Data Quality
5 60 (2.77%) GDPR
6 41 (1.89%) SLA
7 20 (0.92%) Actionable Recommendations
8 15 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
9 12 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 10 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.23%) NEBOSH
11 5 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.18%) GRC
12 4 (0.18%) PERC
12 4 (0.18%) PMO
12 4 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 2 (0.092%) GxP
14 2 (0.092%) PSD2
System Software
1 120 (5.54%) Active Directory
2 60 (2.77%) Docker
3 11 (0.51%) BitLocker
4 10 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.37%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.23%) vSphere
7 4 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.092%) Firmware
8 2 (0.092%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.092%) UAG
8 2 (0.092%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.046%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 82 (3.79%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (1.89%) Kubernetes
3 20 (0.92%) SCCM
4 13 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
5 9 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.37%) Ansible
7 4 (0.18%) Grafana
8 2 (0.092%) AirWatch
8 2 (0.092%) Packer
8 2 (0.092%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.092%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.046%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.046%) AppManager
9 1 (0.046%) Argo
9 1 (0.046%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.046%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.046%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 466 (21.52%) Microsoft
2 146 (6.74%) Adobe
3 109 (5.03%) Google
4 48 (2.22%) ServiceNow
5 46 (2.12%) Salesforce
6 41 (1.89%) Oracle
7 37 (1.71%) SAP
8 29 (1.34%) Apple
9 27 (1.25%) OpenAI
10 24 (1.11%) Cisco
11 19 (0.88%) iManage
11 19 (0.88%) Workday
12 17 (0.79%) VMware
13 13 (0.60%) Dynatrace
13 13 (0.60%) Meraki
14 12 (0.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 12 (0.55%) TikTok
15 11 (0.51%) Avaya
15 11 (0.51%) Okta
15 11 (0.51%) Pinterest