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 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 65 75
Rank change year-on-year +48 +10 -16
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 2,411 1,273 844
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 8.30% 4.22% 3.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.82% 4.61% 3.91%
Number of salaries quoted 522 552 689
10th Percentile £30,500 £32,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,464 £42,438 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,842 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -0.26% -4.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £51,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -1.96% -11.30%

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 24,550 27,637 21,594
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.47% 91.60% 93.49%
Number of salaries quoted 14,512 13,029 16,865
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,905 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.67% - -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 25 November 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 25 November 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 +50 2,277 £55,000 -8.33% 752
UK excluding London +57 1,742 £52,500 +5.00% 595
North of England +51 735 £50,000 -9.09% 111
North West +47 635 £56,250 +0.45% 56
London +29 570 £70,000 -9.68% 319
South East +41 494 £52,500 - 284
Work from Home -24 310 £55,000 -17.91% 425
East of England +51 278 £55,000 +10.00% 39
Midlands +55 117 £40,000 +14.29% 75
Yorkshire +35 92 £42,410 -5.76% 30
East Midlands +22 75 £36,250 +3.57% 28
South West +1 59 £55,000 +15.79% 55
West Midlands +51 43 £41,020 -21.87% 47
Wales +17 29 £51,250 +86.36% 11
Scotland -35 23 £51,000 +0.99% 21
Northern Ireland 0 11 £95,000 - 6
North East -12 8 £50,000 +17.65% 26
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 91 (2.90%) CMS
2 61 (1.94%) SharePoint
3 57 (1.81%) Confluence
4 52 (1.66%) WordPress
5 24 (0.76%) Drupal
6 14 (0.45%) Microsoft Exchange
7 13 (0.41%) Umbraco
8 11 (0.35%) Headless CMS
9 4 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 4 (0.13%) Apache
9 4 (0.13%) Appian
9 4 (0.13%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.096%) Joomla!
10 3 (0.096%) Oracle SOA Suite
11 2 (0.064%) CICS
11 2 (0.064%) EPiServer
11 2 (0.064%) IIS
11 2 (0.064%) nginx
12 1 (0.032%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.032%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 62 (1.97%) Adobe XD
2 47 (1.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 45 (1.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 36 (1.15%) Microsoft Office
5 35 (1.11%) Sketch
6 34 (1.08%) Photoshop
7 26 (0.83%) Adobe Illustrator
8 24 (0.76%) MS Visio
9 21 (0.67%) InDesign
9 21 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 7 (0.22%) Chatbot
11 5 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
12 4 (0.13%) Adobe After Effects
12 4 (0.13%) Adobe Premiere
12 4 (0.13%) Elementor
12 4 (0.13%) InVision
13 3 (0.096%) Adobe Captivate
13 3 (0.096%) AutoCAD
14 2 (0.064%) Trello
14 2 (0.064%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 42 (1.34%) Shopify
2 31 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 24 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
4 6 (0.19%) NetSuite
5 5 (0.16%) Dynamics GP
5 5 (0.16%) Payment Gateway
6 4 (0.13%) Magento
6 4 (0.13%) Salesforce CRM
6 4 (0.13%) SAP BPC
7 3 (0.096%) Infor SunSystems
7 3 (0.096%) SAP Business One
7 3 (0.096%) Workday HCM
8 2 (0.064%) Adobe Campaign
8 2 (0.064%) Integrated Workplace Management System
8 2 (0.064%) iTrent
8 2 (0.064%) OpenCart
8 2 (0.064%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.064%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.032%) SAP CO
9 1 (0.032%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 1,599 (50.91%) Cloud Computing
2 304 (9.68%) Azure
3 232 (7.39%) AWS
4 183 (5.83%) Figma
5 143 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
6 104 (3.31%) Google Analytics
7 99 (3.15%) SaaS
8 80 (2.55%) Power Platform
9 73 (2.32%) GCP
10 70 (2.23%) Azure DevOps
11 61 (1.94%) Serverless
12 59 (1.88%) GitHub
13 41 (1.31%) Entra ID
14 37 (1.18%) PowerApps
15 35 (1.11%) AWS Lambda
16 32 (1.02%) Miro
17 29 (0.92%) Azure Logic Apps
18 28 (0.89%) Power Automate
19 24 (0.76%) Dynamics 365
20 23 (0.73%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 1,604 (51.07%) Internet
2 19 (0.60%) DNS
2 19 (0.60%) Firewall
3 15 (0.48%) TCP/IP
4 14 (0.45%) DHCP
5 11 (0.35%) HTTP
5 11 (0.35%) VLAN
6 8 (0.25%) Intranet
7 7 (0.22%) VPN
8 6 (0.19%) Broadband
8 6 (0.19%) LAN
9 5 (0.16%) WAN
10 4 (0.13%) Bluetooth
10 4 (0.13%) Intrusion Detection
10 4 (0.13%) Modbus
10 4 (0.13%) Network Security
10 4 (0.13%) Wi-Fi
10 4 (0.13%) Wireshark
10 4 (0.13%) ZigBee
11 3 (0.096%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 60 (1.91%) SQL Server
2 52 (1.66%) Power BI
3 45 (1.43%) MySQL
4 42 (1.34%) NoSQL
5 36 (1.15%) PostgreSQL
6 29 (0.92%) Relational Database
7 20 (0.64%) MongoDB
8 14 (0.45%) DynamoDB
8 14 (0.45%) Looker
9 12 (0.38%) Tableau
10 11 (0.35%) Metadata
11 9 (0.29%) Oracle Reports
12 8 (0.25%) BigQuery
12 8 (0.25%) DB2
13 7 (0.22%) Amazon Aurora
13 7 (0.22%) Redis
14 6 (0.19%) MariaDB
14 6 (0.19%) Mixpanel
15 4 (0.13%) Elasticsearch
15 4 (0.13%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 136 (4.33%) Git
2 120 (3.82%) JIRA
3 31 (0.99%) Axure RP
3 31 (0.99%) Cypress.io
4 28 (0.89%) webpack
5 27 (0.86%) Jenkins
6 26 (0.83%) Balsamiq
7 17 (0.54%) Vite
8 16 (0.51%) Storybook
9 15 (0.48%) Bitbucket
10 14 (0.45%) NeoLoad
11 12 (0.38%) eCATT
11 12 (0.38%) GitLab
12 11 (0.35%) Babel
12 11 (0.35%) Selenium
12 11 (0.35%) TeamCity
13 10 (0.32%) Postman
14 9 (0.29%) gulp
15 8 (0.25%) Xcode
16 7 (0.22%) JUnit
General
1 2,184 (69.53%) Social Skills
2 1,717 (54.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1,676 (53.36%) Banking
4 320 (10.19%) Finance
5 289 (9.20%) Marketing
6 208 (6.62%) Analytical Skills
7 188 (5.99%) Law
8 109 (3.47%) Legal
9 98 (3.12%) Public Sector
10 85 (2.71%) Retail
11 50 (1.59%) Organisational Skills
12 47 (1.50%) Presentation Skills
13 46 (1.46%) Manufacturing
14 45 (1.43%) Influencing Skills
15 36 (1.15%) Telecoms
16 24 (0.76%) Advertising
17 19 (0.60%) Electronics
18 16 (0.51%) Publishing
19 15 (0.48%) Pharmaceutical
20 14 (0.45%) Games
Job Titles
1 1,292 (41.13%) Lecturer
2 361 (11.49%) Developer
3 285 (9.07%) Senior
4 153 (4.87%) Analyst
5 150 (4.78%) Designer
6 136 (4.33%) Lead
7 121 (3.85%) Senior Developer
8 98 (3.12%) Full-Stack Developer
9 74 (2.36%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 65 (2.07%) Product Manager
11 62 (1.97%) IT Support
11 62 (1.97%) Software Engineer
12 59 (1.88%) UX Designer
13 54 (1.72%) Business Analyst
14 43 (1.37%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 43 (1.37%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
15 42 (1.34%) Senior Manager
16 39 (1.24%) Architect
17 37 (1.18%) React Developer
18 35 (1.11%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 316 (10.06%) React
2 296 (9.42%) HTML
3 279 (8.88%) CSS
4 151 (4.81%) .NET
5 122 (3.88%) Node.js
6 116 (3.69%) RESTful
7 71 (2.26%) AngularJS
8 70 (2.23%) REST
9 69 (2.20%) HTML5
10 66 (2.10%) Next.js
11 54 (1.72%) Vue
12 51 (1.62%) CSS3
13 46 (1.46%) Jest
14 43 (1.37%) Spring
15 39 (1.24%) Spring Boot
16 37 (1.18%) .NET Framework
16 37 (1.18%) ASP.NET
16 37 (1.18%) GraphQL
17 31 (0.99%) Tailwind CSS
18 30 (0.96%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1,610 (51.26%) IoT
2 126 (4.01%) Product Ownership
3 96 (3.06%) Onboarding
4 70 (2.23%) Self-Motivation
5 67 (2.13%) Cloud Native
6 61 (1.94%) Mobile App
7 50 (1.59%) Social Media
8 45 (1.43%) Management Information System
9 36 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
10 33 (1.05%) AI Agents
11 29 (0.92%) Driving Licence
12 25 (0.80%) e-Learning
13 22 (0.70%) Greenfield Project
14 21 (0.67%) Data Structures
14 21 (0.67%) Graphic Design
15 18 (0.57%) Algorithms
16 17 (0.54%) Legacy Systems
17 15 (0.48%) Animation
17 15 (0.48%) Blog
18 14 (0.45%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 72 (2.29%) Windows
2 71 (2.26%) Apple iOS
3 58 (1.85%) Android
4 41 (1.31%) Windows 10
5 25 (0.80%) Windows Server
6 16 (0.51%) Linux
7 7 (0.22%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.19%) Ubuntu
9 5 (0.16%) Windows Server 2019
10 4 (0.13%) Kali Linux
10 4 (0.13%) Unix
11 3 (0.096%) Windows Server 2016
12 2 (0.064%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,870 (59.54%) AI
2 1,693 (53.90%) Machine Learning
3 1,678 (53.42%) Web Development
4 1,662 (52.91%) Cybersecurity
5 615 (19.58%) Agile
6 440 (14.01%) UX Design
7 395 (12.58%) Problem-Solving
8 332 (10.57%) Continuous Improvement
9 302 (9.61%) Analytics
10 235 (7.48%) Roadmaps
11 223 (7.10%) DevOps
12 218 (6.94%) CI/CD
13 204 (6.49%) Full-Stack Development
14 162 (5.16%) Front End Development
15 156 (4.97%) Mentoring
16 154 (4.90%) E-Commerce
17 153 (4.87%) Stakeholder Management
18 150 (4.78%) SEO
19 146 (4.65%) User Research
20 144 (4.58%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 347 (11.05%) JavaScript
2 207 (6.59%) TypeScript
3 145 (4.62%) SQL
4 134 (4.27%) C#
4 134 (4.27%) Python
5 125 (3.98%) Java
6 54 (1.72%) PowerShell
7 34 (1.08%) PHP
8 17 (0.54%) Bash
8 17 (0.54%) Swift
9 16 (0.51%) Kotlin
10 15 (0.48%) Go
11 13 (0.41%) Bicep
11 13 (0.41%) C++
12 10 (0.32%) VBScript
13 8 (0.25%) R
13 8 (0.25%) Ruby
13 8 (0.25%) Rust
14 7 (0.22%) XAML
15 6 (0.19%) VBA
Qualifications
1 1,842 (58.64%) Degree
2 1,629 (51.86%) Master's Degree
3 1,601 (50.97%) PhD
3 1,601 (50.97%) Postgraduate
4 133 (4.23%) Security Cleared
5 97 (3.09%) SC Cleared
6 61 (1.94%) Computer Science Degree
7 28 (0.89%) Microsoft Certification
8 25 (0.80%) DV Cleared
9 23 (0.73%) DBS Check
10 19 (0.60%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
11 17 (0.54%) BPSS Clearance
12 13 (0.41%) AWS Certification
13 12 (0.38%) MCSA
14 8 (0.25%) Cisco Certification
15 7 (0.22%) A+ Certification
15 7 (0.22%) Azure Certification
15 7 (0.22%) SAP Certification
16 6 (0.19%) AWS Certified Developer
16 6 (0.19%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 311 (9.90%) Accessibility
2 119 (3.79%) QA
3 74 (2.36%) WCAG
4 47 (1.50%) GDPR
5 25 (0.80%) SLA
6 17 (0.54%) Data Quality
7 10 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 19770
7 10 (0.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (0.29%) PERC
9 8 (0.25%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 6 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials
11 5 (0.16%) 21 CFR Part 11
11 5 (0.16%) GxP
12 4 (0.13%) Actionable Recommendations
13 3 (0.096%) ISO 9001
13 3 (0.096%) PCI DSS
13 3 (0.096%) Section 508
14 2 (0.064%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
14 2 (0.064%) HL7
14 2 (0.064%) NIST
System Software
1 83 (2.64%) Docker
2 77 (2.45%) Active Directory
3 20 (0.64%) Virtual Machines
4 17 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.19%) Firmware
6 4 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
7 3 (0.096%) VMware ESXi
7 3 (0.096%) vSphere
8 2 (0.064%) RACF
8 2 (0.064%) XenDesktop
9 1 (0.032%) BitLocker
9 1 (0.032%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.032%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 83 (2.64%) Kubernetes
2 48 (1.53%) Microsoft Intune
3 45 (1.43%) Terraform
4 12 (0.38%) HP ALM
5 7 (0.22%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.16%) Grafana
6 5 (0.16%) SCCM
7 4 (0.13%) Ansible
7 4 (0.13%) Nessus
7 4 (0.13%) Nmap
8 3 (0.096%) Jamf Pro
9 2 (0.064%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
9 2 (0.064%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.064%) SmoothWall
9 2 (0.064%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
9 2 (0.064%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.032%) AppManager
10 1 (0.032%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.032%) BMC PATROL
10 1 (0.032%) Cisco CUCM
Vendors
1 238 (7.58%) Microsoft
2 152 (4.84%) Google
3 139 (4.43%) Adobe
4 57 (1.81%) SAP
5 43 (1.37%) Salesforce
6 42 (1.34%) ServiceNow
7 30 (0.96%) Oracle
8 27 (0.86%) Hotjar
9 26 (0.83%) Cisco
10 24 (0.76%) HubSpot
11 21 (0.67%) Apple
11 21 (0.67%) Qualtrics
12 16 (0.51%) Atlassian
13 15 (0.48%) Foundry
13 15 (0.48%) HP
13 15 (0.48%) Screaming Frog
14 11 (0.35%) Ahrefs
15 10 (0.32%) Citrix
15 10 (0.32%) Databricks
15 10 (0.32%) Splunk