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

3 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 61 67
Rank change year-on-year -32 +6 +16
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,032 1,124 1,065
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.93% 4.11% 2.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.62% 4.69% 3.87%
Number of salaries quoted 704 466 472
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,800 £46,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -12.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £88,750 £100,000 £83,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,803
% change year-on-year -9.09% +8.26% -7.63%

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 39,317 23,974 27,486
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.64% 87.76% 75.89%
Number of salaries quoted 28,122 13,238 17,534
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £44,253
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -0.41%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £53,287
% change year-on-year +15.79% -10.86% -3.11%

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 30 July 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 30 July 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 -26 932 £55,000 -8.33% 830
UK excluding London -48 603 £50,000 -9.09% 478
Work from Home -46 389 £55,000 -12.00% 373
London -17 345 £70,000 -6.67% 468
North of England -41 203 £51,619 +3.24% 125
South East -27 111 £52,500 -8.70% 131
North West -50 111 £42,500 -19.05% 64
Midlands +16 94 £45,000 -18.18% 58
South West -16 78 £60,000 +14.29% 75
East of England +20 66 £45,000 -26.53% 54
West Midlands -4 58 £50,000 -10.31% 47
Yorkshire +21 46 £53,000 +6.00% 39
North East -5 46 £50,000 +400.00% 22
East Midlands +15 36 £42,500 -19.05% 11
Wales -26 25 £48,961 -27.47% 9
Scotland -23 23 £57,500 -25.81% 24
Northern Ireland -57 3 £39,500 - 16

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
1 157 (7.82%) SharePoint
2 120 (5.98%) CMS
3 66 (3.29%) Confluence
4 52 (2.59%) Microsoft Exchange
5 28 (1.39%) WordPress
6 8 (0.40%) Drupal
7 6 (0.30%) IIS
8 5 (0.25%) Moodle
8 5 (0.25%) Skype for Business
8 5 (0.25%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.20%) Apache
10 3 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.15%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.15%) nginx
10 3 (0.15%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.100%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.100%) Totara
12 1 (0.050%) ExpressionEngine
12 1 (0.050%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.050%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 35 (1.74%) Microsoft Office
2 33 (1.64%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 33 (1.64%) Adobe XD
3 32 (1.59%) Microsoft Excel
4 23 (1.15%) Sketch
5 22 (1.10%) Photoshop
6 20 (1.00%) Adobe Illustrator
7 18 (0.90%) Chatbot
8 17 (0.85%) UserZoom
9 15 (0.75%) InDesign
10 13 (0.65%) Adobe After Effects
11 8 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
12 6 (0.30%) Microsoft PowerPoint
13 5 (0.25%) InVision
14 4 (0.20%) MS Visio
14 4 (0.20%) Trello
15 3 (0.15%) Productboard
15 3 (0.15%) SPSS
16 2 (0.100%) Camtasia
16 2 (0.100%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 22 (1.10%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (1.00%) Shopify
3 16 (0.80%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (0.60%) Magento
5 11 (0.55%) NetSuite
6 8 (0.40%) Workday HCM
7 6 (0.30%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.15%) Carpe Diem
8 3 (0.15%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
8 3 (0.15%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.15%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.15%) Remedy ITSM
8 3 (0.15%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.100%) Adobe Campaign
9 2 (0.100%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.100%) Towers Watson Igloo
9 2 (0.100%) Visualfiles
10 1 (0.050%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.050%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 406 (20.22%) Azure
2 304 (15.14%) Microsoft 365
3 198 (9.86%) Figma
4 169 (8.42%) Power Platform
5 162 (8.07%) AWS
6 140 (6.97%) SaaS
7 122 (6.08%) Entra ID
8 105 (5.23%) Azure DevOps
9 84 (4.18%) Power Automate
10 80 (3.98%) PowerApps
11 67 (3.34%) GitHub
12 66 (3.29%) Google Analytics
13 64 (3.19%) Adobe Analytics
14 60 (2.99%) GCP
15 58 (2.89%) Microsoft Copilot
16 50 (2.49%) Serverless
17 49 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
18 46 (2.29%) Azure Logic Apps
19 45 (2.24%) Contentsquare
19 45 (2.24%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 62 (3.09%) Broadband
2 37 (1.84%) Firewall
3 30 (1.49%) DNS
4 25 (1.25%) DHCP
5 24 (1.20%) VPN
6 21 (1.05%) VoIP
7 15 (0.75%) TCP/IP
7 15 (0.75%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (0.60%) CTI
8 12 (0.60%) Kerberos
9 10 (0.50%) HTTP
10 9 (0.45%) Internet
10 9 (0.45%) Wireless
11 7 (0.35%) Intranet
11 7 (0.35%) Network Security
11 7 (0.35%) VLAN
12 6 (0.30%) Unified Communications
13 5 (0.25%) SAN
13 5 (0.25%) Skype
13 5 (0.25%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (4.48%) Power BI
2 64 (3.19%) SQL Server
3 25 (1.25%) PostgreSQL
3 25 (1.25%) Relational Database
4 23 (1.15%) Azure SQL Database
5 19 (0.95%) Looker
6 18 (0.90%) MySQL
7 16 (0.80%) Metadata
7 16 (0.80%) NoSQL
8 13 (0.65%) MongoDB
9 11 (0.55%) BigQuery
10 9 (0.45%) Redis
11 8 (0.40%) Tableau
12 6 (0.30%) Amazon RDS
12 6 (0.30%) Data Warehouse
12 6 (0.30%) Power Query
13 5 (0.25%) GIS
13 5 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (0.25%) Star Schema
14 4 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 102 (5.08%) JIRA
2 93 (4.63%) Git
3 26 (1.29%) Claude Code
4 24 (1.20%) Jenkins
5 21 (1.05%) fastlane
6 20 (1.00%) Crashlytics
7 15 (0.75%) XCTest
8 14 (0.70%) Cypress.io
9 13 (0.65%) Balsamiq
10 12 (0.60%) Axure RP
11 11 (0.55%) webpack
12 10 (0.50%) Selenium
13 9 (0.45%) Vite
13 9 (0.45%) Xcode
14 7 (0.35%) Bitbucket
14 7 (0.35%) Postman
15 6 (0.30%) Android Studio
15 6 (0.30%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 6 (0.30%) Gradle
15 6 (0.30%) NUnit
General
1 631 (31.42%) Social Skills
2 339 (16.88%) Finance
3 254 (12.65%) Marketing
4 238 (11.85%) Analytical Skills
5 173 (8.62%) Public Sector
6 165 (8.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 123 (6.13%) Retail
8 112 (5.58%) Law
9 111 (5.53%) Legal
10 96 (4.78%) Organisational Skills
11 74 (3.69%) Games
12 63 (3.14%) Influencing Skills
13 44 (2.19%) Banking
14 39 (1.94%) Advertising
15 35 (1.74%) Presentation Skills
16 31 (1.54%) Manufacturing
17 24 (1.20%) Documentation Skills
18 19 (0.95%) Multimedia
19 17 (0.85%) Publishing
20 15 (0.75%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 350 (17.43%) Senior
2 321 (15.99%) Designer
3 293 (14.59%) Developer
4 232 (11.55%) Lead
4 232 (11.55%) UX Designer
5 146 (7.27%) Analyst
6 103 (5.13%) Senior Developer
7 93 (4.63%) Software Engineer
8 91 (4.53%) UI Designer
9 88 (4.38%) IT Support
10 87 (4.33%) Senior Designer
11 86 (4.28%) UI/UX Designer
12 71 (3.54%) Architect
13 65 (3.24%) Product Manager
14 64 (3.19%) Support Engineer
15 63 (3.14%) Senior UX Designer
16 62 (3.09%) IT Manager
17 54 (2.69%) Full-Stack Developer
18 53 (2.64%) Business Analyst
19 50 (2.49%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (10.06%) HTML
2 200 (9.96%) CSS
3 158 (7.87%) React
4 153 (7.62%) .NET
5 102 (5.08%) REST
6 81 (4.03%) RESTful
7 61 (3.04%) .NET Core
8 56 (2.79%) Node.js
9 49 (2.44%) JSON
10 46 (2.29%) AngularJS
11 40 (1.99%) HTML5
12 39 (1.94%) ASP.NET
13 37 (1.84%) Next.js
14 33 (1.64%) CSS3
15 31 (1.54%) Vue
16 27 (1.34%) jQuery
17 26 (1.29%) Blazor
17 26 (1.29%) SPFx
17 26 (1.29%) SwiftUI
18 25 (1.25%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 193 (9.61%) Product Ownership
2 104 (5.18%) Mobile App
3 102 (5.08%) Onboarding
4 72 (3.59%) Social Media
5 70 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
6 54 (2.69%) Self-Motivation
7 49 (2.44%) Cloud Native
8 33 (1.64%) Management Information System
9 29 (1.44%) Driving Licence
10 27 (1.34%) AI Agents
11 24 (1.20%) Analytical Mindset
11 24 (1.20%) Greenfield Project
11 24 (1.20%) Legacy Systems
12 20 (1.00%) Low-Code
13 19 (0.95%) Algorithms
14 18 (0.90%) Graphic Design
15 16 (0.80%) Security Posture
16 14 (0.70%) Life Science
16 14 (0.70%) Virtual Team
17 13 (0.65%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 149 (7.42%) Windows
2 73 (3.64%) Apple iOS
3 45 (2.24%) Windows Server
4 43 (2.14%) Android
5 40 (1.99%) Windows 10
6 35 (1.74%) Mac OS
7 27 (1.34%) Linux
8 8 (0.40%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.25%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.20%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.20%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.050%) AIX
11 1 (0.050%) CentOS
11 1 (0.050%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 568 (28.29%) Agile
2 532 (26.49%) UX Design
3 483 (24.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 438 (21.81%) Problem-Solving
5 404 (20.12%) AI
6 362 (18.03%) Analytics
7 328 (16.33%) Roadmaps
8 253 (12.60%) Mentoring
9 216 (10.76%) DevOps
10 211 (10.51%) Decision-Making
11 208 (10.36%) Stakeholder Management
12 189 (9.41%) CI/CD
13 173 (8.62%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 163 (8.12%) Software Engineering
15 161 (8.02%) User Research
16 157 (7.82%) ITIL
17 151 (7.52%) Workflow
18 145 (7.22%) Customer Experience
19 144 (7.17%) Product Roadmap
20 143 (7.12%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 246 (12.25%) JavaScript
2 158 (7.87%) C#
3 156 (7.77%) SQL
4 153 (7.62%) TypeScript
5 118 (5.88%) Python
6 91 (4.53%) Java
7 72 (3.59%) PowerShell
8 32 (1.59%) Swift
9 28 (1.39%) PHP
10 27 (1.34%) Kotlin
11 12 (0.60%) ABAP
11 12 (0.60%) VB.NET
12 11 (0.55%) C++
13 10 (0.50%) C
14 9 (0.45%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 8 (0.40%) Go
15 8 (0.40%) VBScript
16 7 (0.35%) T-SQL
16 7 (0.35%) VB
17 6 (0.30%) Bash
Qualifications
1 181 (9.01%) Degree
2 139 (6.92%) Security Cleared
3 84 (4.18%) SC Cleared
4 39 (1.94%) DV Cleared
5 30 (1.49%) Microsoft Certification
6 27 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (1.29%) DBS Check
8 13 (0.65%) Master's Degree
9 12 (0.60%) CISSP
10 11 (0.55%) ICAEW
10 11 (0.55%) Postgraduate
11 10 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
11 10 (0.50%) ITIL Certification
12 7 (0.35%) ISTQB
12 7 (0.35%) PMI Certification
13 5 (0.25%) PMP
13 5 (0.25%) SAP Certification
14 4 (0.20%) CBAP
15 3 (0.15%) IIBA
15 3 (0.15%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 324 (16.14%) Accessibility
2 118 (5.88%) QA
3 105 (5.23%) WCAG
4 70 (3.49%) GDPR
5 61 (3.04%) Data Quality
6 25 (1.25%) SLA
7 21 (1.05%) Cyber Essentials
8 12 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 11 (0.55%) Actionable Recommendations
9 11 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 8 (0.40%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.25%) NEBOSH
12 4 (0.20%) PERC
12 4 (0.20%) PMO
12 4 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.20%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.15%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.15%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.100%) GRC
14 2 (0.100%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 120 (5.98%) Active Directory
2 59 (2.94%) Docker
3 9 (0.45%) BitLocker
3 9 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.35%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.100%) Hyper-V
8 1 (0.050%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 88 (4.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 35 (1.74%) Kubernetes
3 19 (0.95%) Terraform
4 15 (0.75%) SCCM
5 12 (0.60%) Jamf Pro
5 12 (0.60%) Single Sign-On
6 5 (0.25%) Ansible
7 3 (0.15%) Grafana
7 3 (0.15%) Prometheus
8 2 (0.100%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.100%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.100%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.100%) Packer
8 2 (0.100%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.050%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.050%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.050%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.050%) Kibana
Vendors
1 452 (22.51%) Microsoft
2 171 (8.52%) Adobe
3 100 (4.98%) Google
4 62 (3.09%) ServiceNow
5 52 (2.59%) Salesforce
6 37 (1.84%) Apple
7 34 (1.69%) Oracle
8 31 (1.54%) SAP
9 22 (1.10%) iManage
10 18 (0.90%) Braze
10 18 (0.90%) Cisco
10 18 (0.90%) OpenAI
11 16 (0.80%) Amplitude
11 16 (0.80%) HubSpot
12 15 (0.75%) Dynatrace
12 15 (0.75%) Hotjar
13 14 (0.70%) Meraki
14 12 (0.60%) Genesys
15 11 (0.55%) Avaya
15 11 (0.55%) VMware