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

3 months to
1 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 80 85
Rank change year-on-year -19 +5 -9
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,171 688 1,053
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.85% 3.14% 3.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.51% 3.61% 3.58%
Number of salaries quoted 657 484 469
10th Percentile £31,400 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,155 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -4.96%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £100,000 £95,250
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 46,575 19,079 29,375
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.70% 87.13% 87.62%
Number of salaries quoted 31,097 11,806 13,201
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,413 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £54,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
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 £53,500
% change year-on-year +15.79% -11.21% +1.90%

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 1 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 1 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 -26 952 £57,500 +4.55% 3,324
UK excluding London -17 680 £50,000 -4.76% 1,565
London -15 393 £67,500 -3.57% 2,015
Work from Home -31 382 £57,500 +4.55% 1,467
North of England -18 183 £55,000 +15.79% 449
Northern Ireland -10 113 £75,000 - 61
South East -60 109 £47,500 -9.52% 347
South West -3 107 £60,000 +20.00% 182
Midlands -31 94 £33,500 -36.19% 209
North West -34 87 £51,000 -0.49% 260
West Midlands -13 65 £34,500 -44.80% 132
Yorkshire -13 58 £63,076 +80.22% 137
North East -24 38 £50,000 +61.29% 54
East of England -67 34 £45,000 -18.18% 138
East Midlands -48 29 £30,000 -16.67% 77
Scotland -13 24 £55,000 +29.41% 118
Wales -62 16 £43,730 -35.21% 67

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
1 138 (6.18%) SharePoint
2 91 (4.08%) CMS
3 61 (2.73%) Confluence
4 51 (2.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 39 (1.75%) 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%) Sitecore CMS
12 3 (0.13%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.090%) 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%) Totara
14 1 (0.045%) MTS
Applications
1 43 (1.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (1.52%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 30 (1.34%) 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 22 (0.99%) Shopify
3 16 (0.72%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.67%) Workday HCM
5 11 (0.49%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.22%) 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
1 395 (17.69%) Azure
2 283 (12.67%) Microsoft 365
3 178 (7.97%) Power Platform
4 177 (7.93%) Figma
5 169 (7.57%) AWS
6 150 (6.72%) SaaS
7 135 (6.05%) Entra ID
8 97 (4.34%) Azure DevOps
9 82 (3.67%) Power Automate
10 74 (3.31%) PowerApps
11 69 (3.09%) GCP
12 62 (2.78%) Google Analytics
13 59 (2.64%) GitHub
14 56 (2.51%) Microsoft Copilot
15 51 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
16 40 (1.79%) Azure Logic Apps
16 40 (1.79%) Serverless
17 36 (1.61%) OneDrive
18 34 (1.52%) Copilot Studio
19 29 (1.30%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 47 (2.10%) DNS
2 42 (1.88%) 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 88 (3.94%) Power BI
2 63 (2.82%) SQL Server
3 40 (1.79%) Relational Database
4 29 (1.30%) MySQL
4 29 (1.30%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (1.21%) NoSQL
6 15 (0.67%) Looker
6 15 (0.67%) Metadata
7 14 (0.63%) Azure SQL Database
7 14 (0.63%) MongoDB
8 13 (0.58%) BigQuery
9 10 (0.45%) Tableau
10 9 (0.40%) Redis
11 8 (0.36%) GIS
12 7 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (0.31%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.27%) Power Query
14 5 (0.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 5 (0.22%) Star Schema
15 4 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 98 (4.39%) JIRA
2 85 (3.81%) Git
3 36 (1.61%) Claude Code
4 24 (1.07%) 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 6 (0.27%) Bitbucket
14 5 (0.22%) Appium
14 5 (0.22%) Cucumber
14 5 (0.22%) Gradle
General
1 838 (37.53%) Social Skills
2 396 (17.73%) Finance
3 379 (16.97%) Analytical Skills
4 263 (11.78%) Marketing
5 204 (9.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 199 (8.91%) Public Sector
7 132 (5.91%) Law
7 132 (5.91%) Retail
8 124 (5.55%) Presentation Skills
9 108 (4.84%) Organisational Skills
10 83 (3.72%) Legal
11 80 (3.58%) Influencing Skills
12 68 (3.05%) Banking
13 35 (1.57%) Advertising
14 33 (1.48%) Games
15 27 (1.21%) Publishing
16 26 (1.16%) Documentation Skills
17 25 (1.12%) Multimedia
18 24 (1.07%) Manufacturing
19 22 (0.99%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 444 (19.88%) Senior
2 329 (14.73%) Designer
3 302 (13.52%) Developer
4 258 (11.55%) Analyst
5 251 (11.24%) Lead
6 236 (10.57%) UX Designer
7 108 (4.84%) Software Engineer
8 104 (4.66%) ITSM Analyst
8 104 (4.66%) Senior Analyst
9 99 (4.43%) Support Analyst
10 95 (4.25%) IT Support
11 91 (4.08%) Senior Developer
12 88 (3.94%) UI Designer
13 81 (3.63%) UI/UX Designer
14 74 (3.31%) Senior Designer
15 70 (3.13%) Process Analyst
16 67 (3.00%) Architect
17 63 (2.82%) IT Manager
18 61 (2.73%) Support Engineer
19 58 (2.60%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 204 (9.14%) HTML
2 203 (9.09%) CSS
3 152 (6.81%) .NET
4 147 (6.58%) React
5 101 (4.52%) REST
6 78 (3.49%) Node.js
7 73 (3.27%) RESTful
8 50 (2.24%) Next.js
9 49 (2.19%) .NET Core
10 48 (2.15%) JSON
11 45 (2.02%) ASP.NET
12 37 (1.66%) AngularJS
13 36 (1.61%) Terraform
14 35 (1.57%) Spring
15 31 (1.39%) jQuery
15 31 (1.39%) Spring Boot
16 29 (1.30%) HTML5
17 28 (1.25%) CSS3
18 27 (1.21%) Playwright
19 24 (1.07%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 201 (9.00%) Product Ownership
2 102 (4.57%) Mobile App
3 91 (4.08%) Onboarding
4 73 (3.27%) Enterprise Software
5 64 (2.87%) Cloud Native
6 63 (2.82%) Social Media
7 61 (2.73%) Management Information System
8 59 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
9 35 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
9 35 (1.57%) Distributed Systems
10 31 (1.39%) Driving Licence
11 27 (1.21%) AI Agents
12 23 (1.03%) Algorithms
12 23 (1.03%) Graphic Design
13 21 (0.94%) Legacy Systems
14 19 (0.85%) Blog
15 18 (0.81%) e-Learning
15 18 (0.81%) Virtual Team
16 17 (0.76%) Low-Code
17 16 (0.72%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 186 (8.33%) Windows
2 60 (2.69%) Apple iOS
3 51 (2.28%) Windows 10
4 47 (2.10%) Windows Server
5 45 (2.02%) Android
6 41 (1.84%) Mac OS
7 38 (1.70%) 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
1 653 (29.24%) Continuous Improvement
2 566 (25.35%) UX Design
3 564 (25.26%) Agile
4 502 (22.48%) Problem-Solving
5 463 (20.73%) AI
6 347 (15.54%) Analytics
7 319 (14.29%) Decision-Making
7 319 (14.29%) Roadmaps
8 304 (13.61%) Stakeholder Management
9 281 (12.58%) Mentoring
10 264 (11.82%) ITIL
11 259 (11.60%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 243 (10.88%) Service Management
13 229 (10.26%) ITSM
14 218 (9.76%) DevOps
15 209 (9.36%) CI/CD
16 189 (8.46%) Service Design
17 188 (8.42%) Software Engineering
18 176 (7.88%) Project Delivery
19 174 (7.79%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 249 (11.15%) JavaScript
2 193 (8.64%) SQL
3 169 (7.57%) TypeScript
4 160 (7.17%) C#
5 140 (6.27%) Python
6 101 (4.52%) Java
7 78 (3.49%) PowerShell
8 28 (1.25%) PHP
9 23 (1.03%) Swift
9 23 (1.03%) VB.NET
10 19 (0.85%) Kotlin
11 18 (0.81%) C++
12 12 (0.54%) Bash
13 11 (0.49%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 10 (0.45%) C
15 9 (0.40%) ABAP
15 9 (0.40%) VBScript
16 6 (0.27%) Go
16 6 (0.27%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 290 (12.99%) Degree
2 167 (7.48%) Security Cleared
3 98 (4.39%) SC Cleared
4 45 (2.02%) Microsoft Certification
5 34 (1.52%) DV Cleared
6 30 (1.34%) Computer Science Degree
6 30 (1.34%) DBS Check
7 23 (1.03%) Postgraduate
8 20 (0.90%) A+ Certification
9 16 (0.72%) ITIL Certification
10 14 (0.63%) Master's Degree
11 12 (0.54%) ICAEW
12 11 (0.49%) CISSP
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
1 289 (12.94%) Accessibility
2 131 (5.87%) QA
3 92 (4.12%) WCAG
4 71 (3.18%) Data Quality
5 62 (2.78%) GDPR
6 39 (1.75%) SLA
7 21 (0.94%) 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
1 126 (5.64%) Active Directory
2 69 (3.09%) 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 96 (4.30%) Microsoft Intune
2 46 (2.06%) Kubernetes
3 20 (0.90%) 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
1 485 (21.72%) Microsoft
2 134 (6.00%) Adobe
3 118 (5.28%) Google
4 48 (2.15%) ServiceNow
5 43 (1.93%) Oracle
6 42 (1.88%) Salesforce
7 41 (1.84%) SAP
8 29 (1.30%) Cisco
9 28 (1.25%) OpenAI
10 27 (1.21%) 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 12 (0.54%) Okta
16 11 (0.49%) Avaya
16 11 (0.49%) Genesys
16 11 (0.49%) TikTok
17 10 (0.45%) Pinterest