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

3 months to
2 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 80 84
Rank change year-on-year -14 +4 -7
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,173 685 1,059
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.85% 3.14% 3.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.50% 3.59% 3.60%
Number of salaries quoted 656 481 472
10th Percentile £31,625 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £40,312 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,250 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.09% -4.35% -4.96%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £100,000 £96,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

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 46,834 19,056 29,382
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.72% 87.32% 87.72%
Number of salaries quoted 31,221 11,767 13,183
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% -11.67% -
75th Percentile £79,500 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £46,500 £53,928
% change year-on-year +18.28% -13.77% +2.72%

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 2 October 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 2 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 -25 953 £57,500 +4.55% 3,371
UK excluding London -9 686 £50,000 -4.76% 1,586
London -11 392 £67,500 -3.57% 2,025
Work from Home -25 384 £57,500 +4.55% 1,455
North of England -21 183 £55,000 +15.79% 453
Northern Ireland -6 113 £75,000 - 67
South East -56 112 £50,000 -4.76% 353
South West +5 107 £60,000 +20.00% 176
Midlands -29 94 £33,500 -36.19% 220
North West -31 88 £53,000 +3.41% 267
West Midlands -17 65 £34,500 -44.80% 134
Yorkshire -5 58 £63,076 +80.22% 130
North East -28 37 £50,000 +61.29% 57
East of England -63 36 £44,000 -20.00% 150
East Midlands -50 29 £30,000 -16.67% 85
Scotland -14 24 £55,000 +29.41% 130
Wales -56 17 £43,013 -36.28% 44

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
1 136 (6.11%) SharePoint
2 90 (4.04%) CMS
3 60 (2.70%) Confluence
4 51 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
5 42 (1.89%) WordPress
6 14 (0.63%) IIS
7 10 (0.45%) Moodle
8 7 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
9 6 (0.27%) Apache
10 5 (0.22%) Skype for Business
11 4 (0.18%) Headless CMS
12 3 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.090%) Apache Spark
13 2 (0.090%) Drupal
13 2 (0.090%) nginx
13 2 (0.090%) SharePoint Server
13 2 (0.090%) Sitecore CMS
13 2 (0.090%) Totara
13 2 (0.090%) Umbraco
14 1 (0.045%) MTS
Applications
1 43 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (1.53%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 30 (1.35%) Chatbot
5 25 (1.12%) Adobe XD
6 22 (0.99%) Photoshop
7 20 (0.90%) Adobe Illustrator
8 19 (0.85%) InDesign
9 14 (0.63%) Sketch
10 11 (0.49%) Adobe After Effects
10 11 (0.49%) UserZoom
11 9 (0.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 8 (0.36%) MS Visio
13 6 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
14 4 (0.18%) Trello
15 3 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
15 3 (0.13%) Productboard
15 3 (0.13%) Zeplin
16 2 (0.090%) Elementor
16 2 (0.090%) InVision
Business Applications
1 23 (1.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (0.94%) Shopify
3 17 (0.76%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.67%) Workday HCM
5 11 (0.49%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.27%) Magento
7 3 (0.13%) Adobe Campaign
7 3 (0.13%) Carpe Diem
7 3 (0.13%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.13%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.13%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.13%) iTrent
7 3 (0.13%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.13%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.090%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.090%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.090%) SAP GRC
8 2 (0.090%) Towers Watson Igloo
8 2 (0.090%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.045%) Bloomberg TOMS
Cloud Services
1 392 (17.61%) Azure
2 282 (12.67%) Microsoft 365
3 176 (7.91%) Power Platform
4 175 (7.86%) Figma
5 169 (7.59%) AWS
6 149 (6.69%) SaaS
7 135 (6.06%) Entra ID
8 96 (4.31%) Azure DevOps
9 80 (3.59%) Power Automate
10 72 (3.23%) PowerApps
11 69 (3.10%) GCP
12 62 (2.79%) Google Analytics
13 59 (2.65%) GitHub
14 56 (2.52%) Microsoft Copilot
15 51 (2.29%) Dynamics 365
16 40 (1.80%) Serverless
17 38 (1.71%) Azure Logic Apps
18 35 (1.57%) OneDrive
19 34 (1.53%) Copilot Studio
20 28 (1.26%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 47 (2.11%) DNS
2 42 (1.89%) DHCP
3 35 (1.57%) Firewall
4 25 (1.12%) Broadband
5 23 (1.03%) VPN
6 21 (0.94%) TCP/IP
7 17 (0.76%) Network Security
7 17 (0.76%) VoIP
8 13 (0.58%) Internet
8 13 (0.58%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (0.49%) CTI
9 11 (0.49%) Kerberos
10 8 (0.36%) Intranet
10 8 (0.36%) LAN
10 8 (0.36%) WAN
10 8 (0.36%) Wireless
11 6 (0.27%) VLAN
12 5 (0.22%) HTTP
12 5 (0.22%) SMS
12 5 (0.22%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (3.91%) Power BI
2 63 (2.83%) SQL Server
3 40 (1.80%) Relational Database
4 29 (1.30%) MySQL
4 29 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (1.21%) NoSQL
6 15 (0.67%) Looker
7 14 (0.63%) Metadata
7 14 (0.63%) MongoDB
8 13 (0.58%) BigQuery
9 12 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (0.45%) Tableau
11 9 (0.40%) Redis
12 8 (0.36%) GIS
13 7 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.27%) Power Query
15 5 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (0.22%) Star Schema
16 4 (0.18%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 97 (4.36%) JIRA
2 83 (3.73%) Git
3 36 (1.62%) Claude Code
4 24 (1.08%) Jenkins
5 20 (0.90%) Cypress.io
6 16 (0.72%) fastlane
7 13 (0.58%) GitLab
7 13 (0.58%) Oracle Forms
7 13 (0.58%) Team Foundation Server
8 12 (0.54%) Selenium
9 10 (0.45%) Crashlytics
10 9 (0.40%) Balsamiq
11 8 (0.36%) Axure RP
11 8 (0.36%) Postman
12 7 (0.31%) Storybook
12 7 (0.31%) Xcode
13 5 (0.22%) Android Studio
13 5 (0.22%) Appium
13 5 (0.22%) Cucumber
13 5 (0.22%) JUnit
General
1 833 (37.42%) Social Skills
2 396 (17.79%) Finance
3 379 (17.03%) Analytical Skills
4 259 (11.64%) Marketing
5 202 (9.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 201 (9.03%) Public Sector
7 132 (5.93%) Law
7 132 (5.93%) Retail
8 124 (5.57%) Presentation Skills
9 108 (4.85%) Organisational Skills
10 83 (3.73%) Legal
11 80 (3.59%) Influencing Skills
12 68 (3.05%) Banking
13 36 (1.62%) Advertising
14 33 (1.48%) Games
15 27 (1.21%) Publishing
16 25 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
17 24 (1.08%) Multimedia
18 23 (1.03%) Manufacturing
19 22 (0.99%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 440 (19.77%) Senior
2 328 (14.73%) Designer
3 295 (13.25%) Developer
4 258 (11.59%) Analyst
5 249 (11.19%) Lead
6 234 (10.51%) UX Designer
7 107 (4.81%) Software Engineer
8 104 (4.67%) ITSM Analyst
8 104 (4.67%) Senior Analyst
9 99 (4.45%) Support Analyst
10 96 (4.31%) IT Support
11 89 (4.00%) UI Designer
12 88 (3.95%) Senior Developer
13 82 (3.68%) UI/UX Designer
14 73 (3.28%) Senior Designer
15 70 (3.14%) Process Analyst
16 67 (3.01%) Architect
17 63 (2.83%) IT Manager
18 62 (2.79%) Support Engineer
19 58 (2.61%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 201 (9.03%) HTML
2 200 (8.98%) CSS
3 149 (6.69%) .NET
4 146 (6.56%) React
5 101 (4.54%) REST
6 78 (3.50%) Node.js
7 71 (3.19%) RESTful
8 50 (2.25%) Next.js
9 48 (2.16%) .NET Core
10 46 (2.07%) JSON
11 43 (1.93%) ASP.NET
12 36 (1.62%) Terraform
13 35 (1.57%) Spring
14 34 (1.53%) AngularJS
15 31 (1.39%) jQuery
15 31 (1.39%) Spring Boot
16 29 (1.30%) HTML5
17 28 (1.26%) CSS3
18 26 (1.17%) Playwright
19 24 (1.08%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 201 (9.03%) Product Ownership
2 102 (4.58%) Mobile App
3 91 (4.09%) Onboarding
4 73 (3.28%) Enterprise Software
5 64 (2.88%) Cloud Native
6 63 (2.83%) Social Media
7 61 (2.74%) Management Information System
8 59 (2.65%) Self-Motivation
9 35 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
10 33 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
11 31 (1.39%) Driving Licence
12 27 (1.21%) AI Agents
13 23 (1.03%) Algorithms
13 23 (1.03%) Graphic Design
14 21 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
15 20 (0.90%) Blog
16 18 (0.81%) e-Learning
16 18 (0.81%) Virtual Team
17 17 (0.76%) Low-Code
18 16 (0.72%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 187 (8.40%) Windows
2 58 (2.61%) Apple iOS
3 51 (2.29%) Windows 10
4 47 (2.11%) Windows Server
5 45 (2.02%) Android
6 40 (1.80%) Mac OS
7 38 (1.71%) Linux
8 9 (0.40%) Unix
9 8 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
10 6 (0.27%) Windows 7
11 5 (0.22%) Ubuntu
12 4 (0.18%) Mac OS X
13 3 (0.13%) AIX
14 2 (0.090%) CentOS
15 1 (0.045%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 651 (29.25%) Continuous Improvement
2 564 (25.34%) Agile
2 564 (25.34%) UX Design
3 503 (22.60%) Problem-Solving
4 463 (20.80%) AI
5 344 (15.45%) Analytics
6 318 (14.29%) Roadmaps
7 315 (14.15%) Decision-Making
8 307 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
9 280 (12.58%) Mentoring
10 267 (11.99%) ITIL
11 260 (11.68%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 246 (11.05%) Service Management
13 232 (10.42%) ITSM
14 216 (9.70%) DevOps
15 207 (9.30%) CI/CD
16 190 (8.54%) Service Design
17 185 (8.31%) Software Engineering
18 176 (7.91%) Project Delivery
19 172 (7.73%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 247 (11.10%) JavaScript
2 188 (8.45%) SQL
3 166 (7.46%) TypeScript
4 159 (7.14%) C#
5 140 (6.29%) Python
6 101 (4.54%) Java
7 77 (3.46%) PowerShell
8 28 (1.26%) PHP
9 23 (1.03%) Swift
9 23 (1.03%) VB.NET
10 19 (0.85%) Kotlin
11 18 (0.81%) C++
12 11 (0.49%) Bash
12 11 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 10 (0.45%) C
14 9 (0.40%) ABAP
14 9 (0.40%) VBScript
15 6 (0.27%) Go
15 6 (0.27%) T-SQL
15 6 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 292 (13.12%) Degree
2 166 (7.46%) Security Cleared
3 98 (4.40%) SC Cleared
4 46 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
5 33 (1.48%) DV Cleared
6 30 (1.35%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (1.35%) DBS Check
7 23 (1.03%) Postgraduate
8 20 (0.90%) A+ Certification
9 19 (0.85%) ITIL Certification
10 14 (0.63%) Master's Degree
11 12 (0.54%) CISSP
11 12 (0.54%) ICAEW
12 11 (0.49%) PhD
12 11 (0.49%) PMI Certification
13 9 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (0.36%) Network+ Certification
15 7 (0.31%) ISTQB
16 6 (0.27%) IIBA
17 5 (0.22%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 288 (12.94%) Accessibility
2 130 (5.84%) QA
3 92 (4.13%) WCAG
4 71 (3.19%) Data Quality
5 61 (2.74%) GDPR
6 39 (1.75%) SLA
7 20 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
8 15 (0.67%) Cyber Essentials
9 12 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 10 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.22%) GRC
11 5 (0.22%) NEBOSH
11 5 (0.22%) PMO
11 5 (0.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.18%) PERC
12 4 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.13%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.13%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 2 (0.090%) GxP
14 2 (0.090%) PSD2
System Software
1 127 (5.71%) Active Directory
2 68 (3.05%) Docker
3 11 (0.49%) BitLocker
3 11 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
4 8 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 7 (0.31%) vSphere
6 3 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.090%) Firmware
7 2 (0.090%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.090%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.090%) UAG
7 2 (0.090%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.045%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 97 (4.36%) Microsoft Intune
2 46 (2.07%) Kubernetes
3 21 (0.94%) SCCM
4 15 (0.67%) Jamf Pro
5 10 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.40%) Ansible
6 9 (0.40%) Grafana
7 4 (0.18%) Packer
7 4 (0.18%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.090%) AirWatch
8 2 (0.090%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.045%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.045%) AppManager
9 1 (0.045%) Argo
9 1 (0.045%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.045%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.045%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 482 (21.65%) Microsoft
2 132 (5.93%) Adobe
3 121 (5.44%) Google
4 48 (2.16%) ServiceNow
5 43 (1.93%) Oracle
6 41 (1.84%) Salesforce
7 40 (1.80%) SAP
8 29 (1.30%) Cisco
9 28 (1.26%) OpenAI
10 26 (1.17%) Apple
11 21 (0.94%) Workday
12 19 (0.85%) iManage
13 18 (0.81%) Meraki
13 18 (0.81%) VMware
14 14 (0.63%) Dynatrace
15 13 (0.58%) Okta
16 11 (0.49%) Avaya
16 11 (0.49%) Genesys
16 11 (0.49%) TikTok
17 10 (0.45%) Pinterest