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

3 months to
25 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 80 85
Rank change year-on-year -19 +5 -8
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,126 671 1,026
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.82% 2.99% 3.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 3.49% 3.53%
Number of salaries quoted 653 484 465
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -3.51% -8.43%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £100,000 £94,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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 45,712 19,210 29,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.85% 85.73% 87.39%
Number of salaries quoted 30,819 12,352 13,359
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £34,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £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 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -10.38% +0.95%

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 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 25 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 -28 943 £57,500 +4.55% 2,923
UK excluding London -17 640 £50,000 -4.76% 1,360
London -11 385 £65,000 -7.14% 1,796
Work from Home -25 381 £57,500 +1.32% 1,261
North of England -22 181 £58,000 +22.11% 386
South West +8 106 £60,000 +20.00% 144
South East -68 104 £47,500 -12.84% 297
Midlands -28 97 £34,500 -36.41% 212
North West -39 89 £55,000 +4.76% 227
Northern Ireland -23 77 £75,000 - 77
West Midlands -15 68 £35,000 -44.00% 145
Yorkshire -1 55 £63,076 +80.22% 117
North East -19 37 £50,000 +61.29% 45
East of England -58 35 £45,000 -18.18% 109
East Midlands -40 29 £30,000 -18.37% 67
Scotland -12 24 £55,000 +29.41% 102
Wales -62 16 £38,500 -42.96% 39

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
1 140 (6.34%) SharePoint
2 91 (4.12%) CMS
3 62 (2.81%) Confluence
4 50 (2.27%) Microsoft Exchange
5 38 (1.72%) WordPress
6 13 (0.59%) IIS
7 10 (0.45%) Moodle
8 7 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
9 6 (0.27%) Apache
10 5 (0.23%) Skype for Business
11 4 (0.18%) Headless CMS
12 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
13 2 (0.091%) Adobe Experience Manager
13 2 (0.091%) Apache Spark
13 2 (0.091%) Drupal
13 2 (0.091%) nginx
13 2 (0.091%) SharePoint Server
13 2 (0.091%) Sitecore CMS
13 2 (0.091%) Totara
14 1 (0.045%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 43 (1.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (1.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 30 (1.36%) Chatbot
5 28 (1.27%) Adobe XD
6 22 (1.00%) Photoshop
7 20 (0.91%) Adobe Illustrator
8 19 (0.86%) InDesign
9 16 (0.72%) Sketch
10 15 (0.68%) UserZoom
11 11 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
12 9 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
13 8 (0.36%) MS Visio
14 6 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
15 3 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
15 3 (0.14%) InVision
15 3 (0.14%) Productboard
15 3 (0.14%) Trello
15 3 (0.14%) Zeplin
16 2 (0.091%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 22 (1.00%) Shopify
2 20 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (0.63%) Workday HCM
5 11 (0.50%) NetSuite
6 7 (0.32%) Magento
7 3 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
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
7 3 (0.14%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.091%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.091%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.091%) SAP GRC
8 2 (0.091%) Towers Watson Igloo
8 2 (0.091%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.045%) Bloomberg TOMS
Cloud Services
1 392 (17.76%) Azure
2 283 (12.82%) Microsoft 365
3 181 (8.20%) Figma
4 180 (8.16%) Power Platform
5 171 (7.75%) AWS
6 151 (6.84%) SaaS
7 121 (5.48%) Entra ID
8 96 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
9 84 (3.81%) Power Automate
10 76 (3.44%) PowerApps
11 67 (3.04%) GCP
12 64 (2.90%) Google Analytics
13 58 (2.63%) GitHub
14 56 (2.54%) Microsoft Copilot
15 50 (2.27%) Dynamics 365
16 41 (1.86%) Azure Logic Apps
17 38 (1.72%) OneDrive
17 38 (1.72%) Serverless
18 34 (1.54%) Copilot Studio
19 32 (1.45%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.08%) DNS
2 40 (1.81%) DHCP
3 36 (1.63%) Firewall
4 30 (1.36%) Broadband
5 23 (1.04%) VPN
6 21 (0.95%) TCP/IP
7 17 (0.77%) VoIP
8 16 (0.72%) Network Security
9 14 (0.63%) Internet
9 14 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (0.50%) CTI
11 10 (0.45%) Kerberos
12 8 (0.36%) HTTP
12 8 (0.36%) Intranet
12 8 (0.36%) Wireless
13 6 (0.27%) VLAN
14 5 (0.23%) SAN
14 5 (0.23%) Skype
14 5 (0.23%) SMS
14 5 (0.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 90 (4.08%) Power BI
2 64 (2.90%) SQL Server
3 38 (1.72%) Relational Database
4 29 (1.31%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (1.27%) MySQL
6 27 (1.22%) NoSQL
7 16 (0.72%) Azure SQL Database
7 16 (0.72%) Looker
7 16 (0.72%) Metadata
8 13 (0.59%) MongoDB
9 12 (0.54%) BigQuery
10 10 (0.45%) Tableau
11 9 (0.41%) Redis
12 8 (0.36%) GIS
13 7 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.27%) Power Query
15 5 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (0.23%) Star Schema
16 4 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 98 (4.44%) JIRA
2 86 (3.90%) Git
3 35 (1.59%) Claude Code
4 23 (1.04%) Jenkins
5 18 (0.82%) Cypress.io
6 15 (0.68%) fastlane
7 12 (0.54%) Oracle Forms
7 12 (0.54%) Selenium
7 12 (0.54%) Team Foundation Server
8 10 (0.45%) Balsamiq
8 10 (0.45%) Crashlytics
8 10 (0.45%) GitLab
9 8 (0.36%) Axure RP
9 8 (0.36%) Postman
10 7 (0.32%) Storybook
10 7 (0.32%) Xcode
11 6 (0.27%) Bitbucket
12 5 (0.23%) Android Studio
12 5 (0.23%) Appium
12 5 (0.23%) Gradle
General
1 803 (36.38%) Social Skills
2 403 (18.26%) Finance
3 356 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
4 272 (12.32%) Marketing
5 199 (9.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 197 (8.93%) Public Sector
7 136 (6.16%) Retail
8 134 (6.07%) Law
9 105 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
10 101 (4.58%) Presentation Skills
11 86 (3.90%) Legal
12 79 (3.58%) Influencing Skills
13 71 (3.22%) Banking
14 38 (1.72%) Games
15 35 (1.59%) Advertising
16 27 (1.22%) Documentation Skills
16 27 (1.22%) Publishing
17 25 (1.13%) Manufacturing
17 25 (1.13%) Multimedia
18 22 (1.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 430 (19.48%) Senior
2 336 (15.22%) Designer
3 302 (13.68%) Developer
4 245 (11.10%) Lead
5 238 (10.78%) UX Designer
6 233 (10.56%) Analyst
7 108 (4.89%) Software Engineer
8 95 (4.30%) IT Support
9 90 (4.08%) Senior Analyst
9 90 (4.08%) Senior Developer
10 87 (3.94%) UI Designer
11 80 (3.62%) Support Analyst
11 80 (3.62%) UI/UX Designer
12 79 (3.58%) ITSM Analyst
13 76 (3.44%) Senior Designer
14 67 (3.04%) Architect
15 63 (2.85%) IT Manager
16 62 (2.81%) Support Engineer
17 61 (2.76%) Product Manager
18 58 (2.63%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (9.38%) HTML
2 205 (9.29%) CSS
3 154 (6.98%) .NET
4 147 (6.66%) React
5 100 (4.53%) REST
6 78 (3.53%) Node.js
7 70 (3.17%) RESTful
8 51 (2.31%) .NET Core
9 50 (2.27%) JSON
10 48 (2.17%) Next.js
11 45 (2.04%) ASP.NET
12 37 (1.68%) AngularJS
13 35 (1.59%) Terraform
14 34 (1.54%) Spring
15 31 (1.40%) jQuery
16 30 (1.36%) HTML5
16 30 (1.36%) Spring Boot
17 29 (1.31%) CSS3
18 26 (1.18%) Playwright
19 25 (1.13%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 197 (8.93%) Product Ownership
2 101 (4.58%) Mobile App
3 95 (4.30%) Onboarding
4 73 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
5 69 (3.13%) Social Media
6 64 (2.90%) Cloud Native
7 59 (2.67%) Self-Motivation
8 57 (2.58%) Management Information System
9 34 (1.54%) Analytical Mindset
10 33 (1.50%) Distributed Systems
11 31 (1.40%) Driving Licence
12 26 (1.18%) AI Agents
13 24 (1.09%) Algorithms
14 23 (1.04%) Graphic Design
15 21 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
16 20 (0.91%) Blog
17 18 (0.82%) e-Learning
17 18 (0.82%) Virtual Team
18 16 (0.72%) Learning Management System
18 16 (0.72%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 172 (7.79%) Windows
2 61 (2.76%) Apple iOS
3 49 (2.22%) Windows 10
4 46 (2.08%) Windows Server
5 44 (1.99%) Android
6 36 (1.63%) Linux
7 30 (1.36%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.36%) Unix
8 8 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.27%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.27%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.18%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.091%) AIX
11 2 (0.091%) CentOS
12 1 (0.045%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 613 (27.78%) Continuous Improvement
2 569 (25.78%) UX Design
3 568 (25.74%) Agile
4 496 (22.47%) Problem-Solving
5 462 (20.93%) AI
6 351 (15.90%) Analytics
7 330 (14.95%) Roadmaps
8 288 (13.05%) Stakeholder Management
9 283 (12.82%) Mentoring
10 281 (12.73%) Decision-Making
11 236 (10.69%) ITIL
12 228 (10.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 217 (9.83%) DevOps
14 212 (9.61%) Service Management
15 204 (9.24%) CI/CD
16 201 (9.11%) ITSM
17 185 (8.38%) Software Engineering
18 166 (7.52%) User Research
18 166 (7.52%) Workflow
19 165 (7.48%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 249 (11.28%) JavaScript
2 188 (8.52%) SQL
3 167 (7.57%) TypeScript
4 159 (7.20%) C#
5 136 (6.16%) Python
6 103 (4.67%) Java
7 79 (3.58%) PowerShell
8 27 (1.22%) PHP
9 22 (1.00%) Swift
9 22 (1.00%) VB.NET
10 18 (0.82%) C++
10 18 (0.82%) Kotlin
11 11 (0.50%) Bash
11 11 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 10 (0.45%) C
13 9 (0.41%) ABAP
13 9 (0.41%) VBScript
14 6 (0.27%) Go
14 6 (0.27%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 268 (12.14%) Degree
2 168 (7.61%) Security Cleared
3 99 (4.49%) SC Cleared
4 44 (1.99%) Microsoft Certification
5 34 (1.54%) DV Cleared
6 31 (1.40%) DBS Check
7 30 (1.36%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (0.91%) Postgraduate
9 19 (0.86%) A+ Certification
10 15 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (0.54%) ICAEW
12 11 (0.50%) Master's Degree
12 11 (0.50%) PMI Certification
13 10 (0.45%) CISSP
14 9 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (0.41%) Network+ Certification
15 8 (0.36%) PhD
16 7 (0.32%) ISTQB
17 6 (0.27%) IIBA
18 5 (0.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 292 (13.23%) Accessibility
2 130 (5.89%) QA
3 92 (4.17%) WCAG
4 70 (3.17%) Data Quality
5 60 (2.72%) GDPR
6 40 (1.81%) SLA
7 20 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
8 15 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
9 12 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 10 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.23%) GRC
11 5 (0.23%) NEBOSH
11 5 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.18%) PERC
12 4 (0.18%) PMO
12 4 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 2 (0.091%) GxP
14 2 (0.091%) PSD2
System Software
1 123 (5.57%) Active Directory
2 66 (2.99%) Docker
3 11 (0.50%) BitLocker
4 10 (0.45%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.23%) vSphere
7 4 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.091%) Firmware
8 2 (0.091%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.091%) UAG
8 2 (0.091%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.045%) Microsoft App-V
9 1 (0.045%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 82 (3.72%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (2.04%) Kubernetes
3 20 (0.91%) SCCM
4 12 (0.54%) Jamf Pro
5 10 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.36%) Ansible
7 7 (0.32%) Grafana
8 4 (0.18%) Packer
8 4 (0.18%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.091%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.091%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.045%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.045%) AppManager
10 1 (0.045%) Argo
10 1 (0.045%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.045%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.045%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 473 (21.43%) Microsoft
2 142 (6.43%) Adobe
3 114 (5.17%) Google
4 49 (2.22%) ServiceNow
5 46 (2.08%) Salesforce
6 41 (1.86%) Oracle
7 38 (1.72%) SAP
8 27 (1.22%) Apple
8 27 (1.22%) OpenAI
9 24 (1.09%) Cisco
10 19 (0.86%) iManage
10 19 (0.86%) Workday
11 17 (0.77%) VMware
12 14 (0.63%) Dynatrace
13 13 (0.59%) Meraki
14 12 (0.54%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 12 (0.54%) TikTok
15 11 (0.50%) Avaya
15 11 (0.50%) Okta
15 11 (0.50%) Pinterest