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

3 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 53 89
Rank change year-on-year -30 +36 -6
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,013 1,225 1,317
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.95% 4.90% 2.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.69% 5.32% 3.49%
Number of salaries quoted 701 501 774
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £58,500 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year -1.71% +11.32% -15.92%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £81,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,688 £50,000
% change year-on-year +2.44% +7.38% -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 37,655 23,020 37,788
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.53% 92.08% 83.31%
Number of salaries quoted 25,613 11,885 25,320
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -9.54%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%

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 May 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 May 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 -20 893 £60,000 - 696
UK excluding London -18 648 £55,000 +2.44% 449
Work from Home -24 373 £57,500 -8.00% 362
London -31 290 £70,000 - 354
North of England -23 238 £53,000 -3.64% 127
North West -21 137 £55,000 -4.35% 90
South East +25 115 £54,000 +8.00% 137
East of England +36 109 £85,000 +83.78% 49
Midlands -18 71 £45,497 -15.26% 52
Yorkshire -1 62 £50,000 +17.65% 22
South West -25 53 £60,000 +7.35% 42
West Midlands -43 40 £43,999 -19.04% 36
North East -7 39 £52,000 +66.40% 16
Scotland -35 37 £50,000 +12.36% 27
East Midlands +11 31 £60,000 +87.50% 14
Wales - 22 £50,000 - 10
Northern Ireland -25 4 £39,500 - 11

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
1 117 (2.74%) CMS
2 116 (2.71%) SharePoint
3 72 (1.68%) Confluence
4 42 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
5 28 (0.65%) WordPress
6 9 (0.21%) Drupal
7 8 (0.19%) Umbraco
8 7 (0.16%) nginx
9 3 (0.070%) Apache Airflow
9 3 (0.070%) Moodle
9 3 (0.070%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.047%) Headless CMS
10 2 (0.047%) IIS
10 2 (0.047%) Skype for Business
10 2 (0.047%) Totara
11 1 (0.023%) Apache
11 1 (0.023%) Camunda
11 1 (0.023%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 35 (0.82%) Adobe XD
2 32 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (0.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 21 (0.49%) Sketch
5 19 (0.44%) Photoshop
6 18 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
7 17 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
8 10 (0.23%) Adobe After Effects
9 9 (0.21%) Chatbot
9 9 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
9 9 (0.21%) UserZoom
10 7 (0.16%) InDesign
11 6 (0.14%) InVision
11 6 (0.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 3 (0.070%) Adobe Premiere
12 3 (0.070%) MS Visio
12 3 (0.070%) Productboard
12 3 (0.070%) SPSS
12 3 (0.070%) Trello
13 2 (0.047%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 31 (0.72%) Shopify
2 21 (0.49%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (0.44%) Magento
4 9 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
5 8 (0.19%) SAP S/4HANA
6 5 (0.12%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.094%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.070%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.070%) Workday HCM
9 2 (0.047%) Oracle EBS
9 2 (0.047%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.047%) Remedy ITSM
9 2 (0.047%) Towers Watson Igloo
10 1 (0.023%) Oracle General Ledger
10 1 (0.023%) Oracle Payables
10 1 (0.023%) Oracle Receivables
10 1 (0.023%) SAP Business One
10 1 (0.023%) SAP EWM
10 1 (0.023%) SAP HCM
10 1 (0.023%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 2,447 (57.21%) Cloud Computing
2 324 (7.58%) Azure
3 223 (5.21%) Microsoft 365
4 216 (5.05%) Figma
5 164 (3.83%) AWS
6 136 (3.18%) SaaS
7 130 (3.04%) Power Platform
8 98 (2.29%) Entra ID
9 69 (1.61%) Adobe Analytics
9 69 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
10 68 (1.59%) GCP
11 67 (1.57%) Google Analytics
12 64 (1.50%) GitHub
13 54 (1.26%) PowerApps
14 50 (1.17%) Power Automate
15 43 (1.01%) OneDrive
16 42 (0.98%) Azure Logic Apps
16 42 (0.98%) Serverless
17 41 (0.96%) Contentsquare
18 34 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2,454 (57.38%) Internet
2 78 (1.82%) Broadband
3 26 (0.61%) VPN
4 23 (0.54%) DNS
5 20 (0.47%) Firewall
5 20 (0.47%) HTTP
6 19 (0.44%) DHCP
6 19 (0.44%) Wi-Fi
7 12 (0.28%) TCP/IP
8 8 (0.19%) Kerberos
9 7 (0.16%) VoIP
10 4 (0.094%) NAS
10 4 (0.094%) Network Security
10 4 (0.094%) SAN
10 4 (0.094%) VLAN
11 3 (0.070%) LAN
11 3 (0.070%) SMS
11 3 (0.070%) Unified Communications
11 3 (0.070%) WPA
12 2 (0.047%) Bluetooth
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (1.52%) Power BI
2 53 (1.24%) SQL Server
3 32 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (0.58%) Looker
5 23 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
6 18 (0.42%) Metadata
7 17 (0.40%) MongoDB
8 16 (0.37%) MySQL
8 16 (0.37%) NoSQL
9 15 (0.35%) BigQuery
10 10 (0.23%) Redis
10 10 (0.23%) Tableau
11 8 (0.19%) Relational Database
12 6 (0.14%) DB2
12 6 (0.14%) GIS
12 6 (0.14%) SAP BW
12 6 (0.14%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 5 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
13 5 (0.12%) Elasticsearch
14 4 (0.094%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 111 (2.60%) JIRA
2 69 (1.61%) Git
3 21 (0.49%) Balsamiq
4 20 (0.47%) Axure RP
4 20 (0.47%) Jenkins
5 18 (0.42%) Selenium
6 17 (0.40%) Crashlytics
7 15 (0.35%) webpack
8 14 (0.33%) Vite
8 14 (0.33%) XCTest
9 13 (0.30%) Cypress.io
10 12 (0.28%) fastlane
11 11 (0.26%) Bitbucket
11 11 (0.26%) Cucumber
12 9 (0.21%) Claude Code
13 8 (0.19%) Postman
13 8 (0.19%) Storybook
13 8 (0.19%) Visual Studio
14 6 (0.14%) JUnit
15 5 (0.12%) JMeter
General
1 2,951 (69.00%) Social Skills
2 2,564 (59.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2,495 (58.34%) Banking
4 291 (6.80%) Finance
5 239 (5.59%) Marketing
6 182 (4.26%) Analytical Skills
7 143 (3.34%) Public Sector
8 102 (2.38%) Legal
9 91 (2.13%) Retail
10 88 (2.06%) Organisational Skills
11 83 (1.94%) Law
12 62 (1.45%) Games
13 60 (1.40%) Presentation Skills
14 48 (1.12%) Influencing Skills
15 33 (0.77%) Advertising
16 31 (0.72%) Manufacturing
17 25 (0.58%) Back Office
18 24 (0.56%) Telecoms
19 16 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
20 15 (0.35%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,847 (43.18%) Lecturer
2 372 (8.70%) Senior
3 306 (7.15%) Designer
4 258 (6.03%) Developer
5 226 (5.28%) UX Designer
6 190 (4.44%) Lead
7 124 (2.90%) Analyst
8 91 (2.13%) Senior Developer
9 86 (2.01%) Senior Designer
10 76 (1.78%) Software Engineer
11 70 (1.64%) UI Designer
12 65 (1.52%) Senior UX Designer
13 62 (1.45%) Product Manager
13 62 (1.45%) UI/UX Designer
14 61 (1.43%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 60 (1.40%) Architect
16 55 (1.29%) IT Manager
17 54 (1.26%) IT Support
18 52 (1.22%) Senior Manager
19 47 (1.10%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 196 (4.58%) HTML
2 194 (4.54%) CSS
3 177 (4.14%) React
4 113 (2.64%) .NET
5 92 (2.15%) REST
6 78 (1.82%) RESTful
7 66 (1.54%) AngularJS
8 56 (1.31%) Node.js
9 50 (1.17%) Vue
10 43 (1.01%) .NET Core
11 42 (0.98%) JSON
12 40 (0.94%) HTML5
13 31 (0.72%) CSS3
14 30 (0.70%) Web Services
15 26 (0.61%) ASP.NET
15 26 (0.61%) Sass
16 25 (0.58%) Next.js
16 25 (0.58%) SOAP
16 25 (0.58%) Spring
17 24 (0.56%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 2,451 (57.31%) IoT
2 194 (4.54%) Product Ownership
3 119 (2.78%) Mobile App
4 109 (2.55%) Onboarding
5 59 (1.38%) Social Media
6 49 (1.15%) Cloud Native
7 43 (1.01%) Enterprise Software
8 41 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
9 33 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
10 31 (0.72%) AI Agents
11 30 (0.70%) Management Information System
12 28 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
13 20 (0.47%) Low-Code
14 19 (0.44%) e-Learning
14 19 (0.44%) Public Cloud
15 18 (0.42%) Life Science
16 15 (0.35%) Driving Licence
17 14 (0.33%) CMDB
18 13 (0.30%) Algorithms
18 13 (0.30%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 101 (2.36%) Windows
2 66 (1.54%) Apple iOS
3 47 (1.10%) Android
4 30 (0.70%) Windows 10
5 26 (0.61%) Windows Server
6 25 (0.58%) Mac OS
7 23 (0.54%) Linux
8 6 (0.14%) Ubuntu
9 4 (0.094%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.070%) Unix
10 3 (0.070%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.047%) Windows 7
12 1 (0.023%) VMS
12 1 (0.023%) Windows Server 2016
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,778 (64.95%) AI
2 2,529 (59.13%) Machine Learning
3 2,506 (58.59%) Cybersecurity
4 2,496 (58.36%) Web Development
5 535 (12.51%) UX Design
6 519 (12.13%) Agile
7 361 (8.44%) Continuous Improvement
8 355 (8.30%) Problem-Solving
9 331 (7.74%) Analytics
10 294 (6.87%) Roadmaps
11 255 (5.96%) Mentoring
12 176 (4.12%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 175 (4.09%) Decision-Making
14 167 (3.90%) DevOps
14 167 (3.90%) Software Engineering
15 164 (3.83%) User Research
16 161 (3.76%) Full-Stack Development
17 153 (3.58%) CI/CD
18 143 (3.34%) Product Roadmap
19 140 (3.27%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 250 (5.85%) JavaScript
2 153 (3.58%) TypeScript
3 126 (2.95%) SQL
4 113 (2.64%) C#
4 113 (2.64%) Python
5 106 (2.48%) Java
6 56 (1.31%) PowerShell
7 38 (0.89%) PHP
8 26 (0.61%) Kotlin
9 25 (0.58%) Swift
10 16 (0.37%) Go
11 11 (0.26%) C++
12 10 (0.23%) Bicep
13 9 (0.21%) Bash
13 9 (0.21%) T-SQL
14 8 (0.19%) Rust
15 5 (0.12%) ABAP
16 4 (0.094%) Apex Code
16 4 (0.094%) Scala
16 4 (0.094%) VB
Qualifications
1 2,641 (61.75%) Degree
2 2,464 (57.61%) Master's Degree
3 2,449 (57.26%) PhD
3 2,449 (57.26%) Postgraduate
4 154 (3.60%) Security Cleared
5 96 (2.24%) SC Cleared
6 41 (0.96%) DV Cleared
7 35 (0.82%) DBS Check
8 25 (0.58%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (0.42%) Microsoft Certification
10 15 (0.35%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (0.19%) CISSP
11 8 (0.19%) ICAEW
12 7 (0.16%) PMI Certification
12 7 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 6 (0.14%) ITIL Certification
13 6 (0.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 5 (0.12%) PMP
14 5 (0.12%) SAP Certification
15 4 (0.094%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 290 (6.78%) Accessibility
2 109 (2.55%) QA
3 99 (2.31%) WCAG
4 57 (1.33%) GDPR
5 27 (0.63%) Data Quality
6 19 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (0.33%) SLA
8 12 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
8 12 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (0.23%) PCI DSS
10 7 (0.16%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 5 (0.12%) HIPAA
11 5 (0.12%) NEBOSH
12 4 (0.094%) PMO
13 3 (0.070%) GRC
14 2 (0.047%) GxP
14 2 (0.047%) PERC
14 2 (0.047%) SOC 2
15 1 (0.023%) NCSC
15 1 (0.023%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 98 (2.29%) Active Directory
2 55 (1.29%) Docker
3 7 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
5 4 (0.094%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.070%) BitLocker
7 1 (0.023%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 73 (1.71%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (0.89%) Kubernetes
3 27 (0.63%) Terraform
4 22 (0.51%) Single Sign-On
5 11 (0.26%) Jamf Pro
6 9 (0.21%) Grafana
7 8 (0.19%) SCCM
8 5 (0.12%) Ansible
8 5 (0.12%) Prometheus
9 2 (0.047%) Data Guard
9 2 (0.047%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
9 2 (0.047%) Oracle RMAN
9 2 (0.047%) Packer
9 2 (0.047%) Progress Chef
10 1 (0.023%) Argo
10 1 (0.023%) HP ALM
10 1 (0.023%) Kibana
10 1 (0.023%) MOM
Vendors
1 330 (7.72%) Microsoft
2 189 (4.42%) Adobe
3 99 (2.31%) Google
4 70 (1.64%) ServiceNow
5 51 (1.19%) Salesforce
6 31 (0.72%) HubSpot
7 28 (0.65%) Apple
8 24 (0.56%) Nexthink
9 23 (0.54%) SAP
10 22 (0.51%) Oracle
11 18 (0.42%) Braze
12 16 (0.37%) BMC
12 16 (0.37%) Hotjar
13 15 (0.35%) Amplitude
14 12 (0.28%) OpenAI
15 11 (0.26%) iManage
16 10 (0.23%) VMware
16 10 (0.23%) WooCommerce
17 9 (0.21%) Atlassian
17 9 (0.21%) ConnectWise