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

3 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 84 79
Rank change year-on-year -16 -5 -2
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,059 675 1,006
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.83% 2.86% 2.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.49% 3.37% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 671 461 496
10th Percentile £32,000 £31,250 £32,375
25th Percentile £40,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,527 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.60% +8.23% -12.70%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £105,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -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 42,544 20,037 28,750
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.37% 84.99% 81.79%
Number of salaries quoted 29,759 12,787 15,588
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £34,750
25th Percentile £42,417 £36,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -12.04% +2.86%

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 4 September 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 4 September 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 -12 919 £57,500 -0.86% 2,151
UK excluding London -14 598 £52,500 - 907
Work from Home -19 398 £57,500 -4.17% 900
London -9 361 £65,000 -13.33% 1,472
North of England +4 183 £55,000 +15.79% 246
South East -60 105 £50,000 -11.11% 184
Midlands -10 103 £42,750 -20.47% 115
South West -11 93 £60,000 +20.00% 131
North West -26 88 £42,500 -10.53% 148
West Midlands -6 67 £43,724 -27.13% 78
Yorkshire +21 57 £60,000 +71.43% 71
East of England -30 39 £45,000 -18.18% 92
North East -15 38 £50,000 +61.29% 30
East Midlands -25 36 £42,500 +6.25% 37
Northern Ireland -48 28 £60,500 - 52
Scotland -1 26 £55,000 - 74
Wales -55 21 £38,500 -42.96% 19

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
1 155 (7.38%) SharePoint
2 94 (4.48%) CMS
3 67 (3.19%) Confluence
4 48 (2.29%) Microsoft Exchange
5 34 (1.62%) WordPress
6 11 (0.52%) IIS
7 8 (0.38%) Moodle
8 5 (0.24%) Skype for Business
9 4 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.19%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.14%) Apache
10 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
11 2 (0.095%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.095%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.095%) Drupal
11 2 (0.095%) nginx
11 2 (0.095%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.095%) Totara
12 1 (0.048%) NServiceBus
12 1 (0.048%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 43 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 31 (1.48%) Adobe XD
3 31 (1.48%) Chatbot
4 20 (0.95%) Photoshop
5 19 (0.91%) UserZoom
6 18 (0.86%) Adobe Illustrator
6 18 (0.86%) InDesign
7 17 (0.81%) Sketch
8 10 (0.48%) Adobe After Effects
9 9 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 8 (0.38%) MS Visio
11 7 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
12 3 (0.14%) InVision
12 3 (0.14%) Productboard
12 3 (0.14%) SPSS
12 3 (0.14%) Trello
12 3 (0.14%) Zeplin
13 2 (0.095%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 23 (1.10%) Shopify
2 18 (0.86%) Dynamics CRM
3 16 (0.76%) SAP S/4HANA
4 12 (0.57%) Workday HCM
5 11 (0.52%) NetSuite
6 10 (0.48%) Magento
7 3 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
7 3 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.14%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.14%) iTrent
7 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.095%) Adobe Campaign
8 2 (0.095%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.095%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.095%) Towers Watson Igloo
8 2 (0.095%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.048%) Bloomberg TOMS
9 1 (0.048%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 1 (0.048%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 406 (19.34%) Azure
2 286 (13.63%) Microsoft 365
3 196 (9.34%) Figma
4 175 (8.34%) Power Platform
5 174 (8.29%) AWS
6 150 (7.15%) SaaS
7 124 (5.91%) Entra ID
8 107 (5.10%) Azure DevOps
9 90 (4.29%) Power Automate
10 82 (3.91%) PowerApps
11 70 (3.33%) Google Analytics
12 69 (3.29%) GCP
13 61 (2.91%) GitHub
14 58 (2.76%) Microsoft Copilot
15 50 (2.38%) Adobe Analytics
15 50 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
16 46 (2.19%) Azure Logic Apps
17 44 (2.10%) OneDrive
18 42 (2.00%) Serverless
19 37 (1.76%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 50 (2.38%) Broadband
2 39 (1.86%) DNS
3 36 (1.72%) Firewall
4 32 (1.52%) DHCP
5 21 (1.00%) TCP/IP
6 19 (0.91%) VPN
7 17 (0.81%) VoIP
8 16 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
9 15 (0.71%) Network Security
10 12 (0.57%) Internet
11 11 (0.52%) CTI
12 9 (0.43%) HTTP
12 9 (0.43%) Kerberos
13 8 (0.38%) Wireless
14 7 (0.33%) VLAN
15 6 (0.29%) Intranet
16 5 (0.24%) SAN
16 5 (0.24%) Skype
16 5 (0.24%) SMS
16 5 (0.24%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (4.48%) Power BI
2 67 (3.19%) SQL Server
3 37 (1.76%) Relational Database
4 28 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (1.29%) NoSQL
6 25 (1.19%) MySQL
7 22 (1.05%) Azure SQL Database
8 17 (0.81%) Looker
9 15 (0.71%) Metadata
10 11 (0.52%) MongoDB
11 10 (0.48%) Tableau
12 9 (0.43%) BigQuery
13 8 (0.38%) Redis
14 7 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
14 7 (0.33%) GIS
15 6 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
15 6 (0.29%) Power Query
16 5 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 5 (0.24%) Star Schema
17 4 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 99 (4.72%) JIRA
2 91 (4.34%) Git
3 31 (1.48%) Claude Code
4 24 (1.14%) Jenkins
5 19 (0.91%) fastlane
6 18 (0.86%) Cypress.io
7 16 (0.76%) Crashlytics
8 14 (0.67%) Selenium
9 11 (0.52%) Balsamiq
9 11 (0.52%) Oracle Forms
9 11 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
9 11 (0.52%) XCTest
10 10 (0.48%) Postman
11 9 (0.43%) Axure RP
11 9 (0.43%) Xcode
12 7 (0.33%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.29%) Android Studio
13 6 (0.29%) Gradle
13 6 (0.29%) NUnit
14 5 (0.24%) Cucumber
General
1 719 (34.25%) Social Skills
2 373 (17.77%) Finance
3 293 (13.96%) Analytical Skills
4 266 (12.67%) Marketing
5 194 (9.24%) Public Sector
6 187 (8.91%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 138 (6.57%) Retail
8 129 (6.15%) Law
9 103 (4.91%) Organisational Skills
10 88 (4.19%) Legal
11 70 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
12 62 (2.95%) Banking
13 57 (2.72%) Games
14 51 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
15 29 (1.38%) Advertising
15 29 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
16 26 (1.24%) Manufacturing
17 22 (1.05%) Multimedia
18 21 (1.00%) Financial Institution
19 19 (0.91%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 395 (18.82%) Senior
2 336 (16.01%) Designer
3 302 (14.39%) Developer
4 248 (11.82%) Lead
5 239 (11.39%) UX Designer
6 179 (8.53%) Analyst
7 104 (4.95%) Senior Developer
8 97 (4.62%) Software Engineer
9 93 (4.43%) IT Support
10 89 (4.24%) UI Designer
11 82 (3.91%) UI/UX Designer
12 81 (3.86%) Senior Designer
13 72 (3.43%) Product Manager
14 65 (3.10%) Architect
14 65 (3.10%) Support Engineer
15 63 (3.00%) IT Manager
16 61 (2.91%) Business Analyst
17 55 (2.62%) Full-Stack Developer
17 55 (2.62%) Support Analyst
18 54 (2.57%) Senior UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 209 (9.96%) HTML
2 208 (9.91%) CSS
3 162 (7.72%) .NET
4 143 (6.81%) React
5 102 (4.86%) REST
6 77 (3.67%) RESTful
7 74 (3.53%) Node.js
8 60 (2.86%) .NET Core
9 55 (2.62%) JSON
10 48 (2.29%) ASP.NET
11 44 (2.10%) Next.js
12 35 (1.67%) AngularJS
13 31 (1.48%) jQuery
14 30 (1.43%) HTML5
15 29 (1.38%) CSS3
16 27 (1.29%) Blazor
16 27 (1.29%) Spring
17 26 (1.24%) SwiftUI
18 25 (1.19%) SPFx
18 25 (1.19%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 212 (10.10%) Product Ownership
2 109 (5.19%) Mobile App
3 97 (4.62%) Onboarding
4 78 (3.72%) Enterprise Software
5 69 (3.29%) Social Media
6 62 (2.95%) Self-Motivation
7 55 (2.62%) Cloud Native
8 48 (2.29%) Management Information System
9 33 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
10 31 (1.48%) Driving Licence
11 26 (1.24%) Distributed Systems
12 25 (1.19%) AI Agents
13 23 (1.10%) Algorithms
14 20 (0.95%) Graphic Design
15 19 (0.91%) Legacy Systems
16 18 (0.86%) Blog
16 18 (0.86%) Virtual Team
17 17 (0.81%) Taxonomies
18 16 (0.76%) Low-Code
18 16 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 155 (7.38%) Windows
2 75 (3.57%) Apple iOS
3 47 (2.24%) Windows Server
4 45 (2.14%) Android
5 40 (1.91%) Windows 10
6 34 (1.62%) Mac OS
7 28 (1.33%) Linux
8 8 (0.38%) Windows Server 2019
9 5 (0.24%) Ubuntu
10 4 (0.19%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.19%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.14%) Unix
12 2 (0.095%) AIX
13 1 (0.048%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 581 (27.68%) Agile
2 553 (26.35%) UX Design
3 540 (25.73%) Continuous Improvement
4 466 (22.20%) Problem-Solving
5 445 (21.20%) AI
6 369 (17.58%) Analytics
7 338 (16.10%) Roadmaps
8 275 (13.10%) Mentoring
9 252 (12.01%) Stakeholder Management
10 234 (11.15%) Decision-Making
11 222 (10.58%) DevOps
12 203 (9.67%) CI/CD
13 173 (8.24%) Software Engineering
14 168 (8.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 167 (7.96%) ITIL
16 164 (7.81%) Customer Experience
16 164 (7.81%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 164 (7.81%) Workflow
17 162 (7.72%) User Research
18 153 (7.29%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 256 (12.20%) JavaScript
2 181 (8.62%) SQL
3 164 (7.81%) C#
4 159 (7.58%) TypeScript
5 127 (6.05%) Python
6 95 (4.53%) Java
7 77 (3.67%) PowerShell
8 32 (1.52%) Swift
9 25 (1.19%) PHP
10 24 (1.14%) Kotlin
11 20 (0.95%) VB.NET
12 14 (0.67%) C++
13 11 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 10 (0.48%) C
15 9 (0.43%) ABAP
15 9 (0.43%) VBScript
16 8 (0.38%) Bash
16 8 (0.38%) Go
17 7 (0.33%) VB
18 6 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 216 (10.29%) Degree
2 146 (6.96%) Security Cleared
3 87 (4.14%) SC Cleared
4 37 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
5 36 (1.72%) DV Cleared
6 29 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (1.10%) DBS Check
8 17 (0.81%) Postgraduate
9 12 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
9 12 (0.57%) ICAEW
9 12 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
10 11 (0.52%) Master's Degree
11 10 (0.48%) PMI Certification
12 9 (0.43%) CISSP
13 8 (0.38%) PhD
14 7 (0.33%) A+ Certification
14 7 (0.33%) ISTQB
15 6 (0.29%) IIBA
15 6 (0.29%) Network+ Certification
16 4 (0.19%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 303 (14.44%) Accessibility
2 136 (6.48%) QA
3 106 (5.05%) WCAG
4 68 (3.24%) Data Quality
5 61 (2.91%) GDPR
6 34 (1.62%) SLA
7 19 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
8 16 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
9 12 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 11 (0.52%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.24%) NEBOSH
11 5 (0.24%) PMO
11 5 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
12 4 (0.19%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.19%) PERC
12 4 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.14%) GRC
13 3 (0.14%) GxP
13 3 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 116 (5.53%) Active Directory
2 61 (2.91%) Docker
3 11 (0.52%) BitLocker
4 9 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.24%) Virtual Machines
7 4 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.095%) Firmware
8 2 (0.095%) Hyper-V
9 1 (0.048%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 86 (4.10%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (1.95%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
3 16 (0.76%) SCCM
4 8 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.29%) Ansible
6 4 (0.19%) Grafana
7 2 (0.095%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.095%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.095%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.048%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.048%) AppManager
8 1 (0.048%) Argo
8 1 (0.048%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.048%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.048%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 461 (21.96%) Microsoft
2 167 (7.96%) Adobe
3 109 (5.19%) Google
4 48 (2.29%) Salesforce
5 45 (2.14%) ServiceNow
6 43 (2.05%) Oracle
7 33 (1.57%) Apple
8 32 (1.52%) SAP
9 27 (1.29%) OpenAI
10 20 (0.95%) Cisco
11 19 (0.91%) iManage
12 15 (0.71%) Dynatrace
12 15 (0.71%) Workday
13 14 (0.67%) HubSpot
14 13 (0.62%) Braze
15 12 (0.57%) Amplitude
15 12 (0.57%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 12 (0.57%) VMware
16 11 (0.52%) Avaya
16 11 (0.52%) Genesys