UX
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for User Experience skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited User Experience over the 3 months to 16 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

3 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 83 79 37
Rank change year-on-year -4 -42 +16
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 2,029 2,187 7,484
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.21% 4.18% 8.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.73% 4.36% 8.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,283 1,282 2,327
10th Percentile £31,250 £38,399 £37,500
25th Percentile £39,610 £47,672 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £96,250 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.82% +4.76% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

User Experience is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 54,336 50,146 86,451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.09% 95.91% 96.12%
Number of salaries quoted 38,097 30,180 45,958
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,740 £33,250
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -6.54% +1.90% +10.53%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing User Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Experience.

Salary trend for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience over the 3 months to 16 April 2024.

Salary histogram for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Top 18 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 16 April 2024. 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 +1 1,695 £50,000 -21.88% 849
UK excluding London +19 1,582 £48,500 -11.82% 563
Work from Home -13 797 £50,000 -23.08% 448
North of England +72 433 £50,000 -13.04% 175
London -62 360 £60,000 -14.29% 335
Midlands +83 292 £49,000 -6.67% 91
South East -36 291 £47,500 -17.39% 111
North West +60 280 £46,250 -28.85% 112
South West +29 222 £55,000 +4.76% 80
Scotland -18 221 £49,000 -14.78% 49
West Midlands +70 172 £52,500 - 59
Yorkshire +48 120 £50,000 -4.76% 48
East Midlands +38 112 £35,000 -39.13% 32
East of England -58 88 £45,000 -25.00% 40
North East +5 33 £42,500 +6.75% 15
Wales -13 28 £37,000 -27.60% 20
Northern Ireland +9 10 £45,000 +20.00% 8
Isle of Man - 1 £36,000 -

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 95 (3.09%) WordPress
2 90 (2.93%) CMS
3 58 (1.89%) Confluence
4 46 (1.50%) Apache Spark
5 44 (1.43%) SharePoint
6 28 (0.91%) JBoss
6 28 (0.91%) Red Hat Fuse
7 23 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
8 17 (0.55%) Apache
9 13 (0.42%) Apache Airflow
9 13 (0.42%) Drupal
10 10 (0.33%) Umbraco
11 8 (0.26%) EPiServer
12 7 (0.23%) nginx
13 6 (0.20%) Ethereum
14 5 (0.16%) Joomla!
14 5 (0.16%) Kentico
14 5 (0.16%) Solana
15 4 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
15 4 (0.13%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 155 (5.05%) Sketch
2 88 (2.87%) Adobe XD
3 80 (2.61%) Microsoft Excel
4 72 (2.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 68 (2.21%) Photoshop
6 61 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
7 56 (1.82%) Adobe Illustrator
8 38 (1.24%) UserZoom
9 37 (1.20%) InVision
10 35 (1.14%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 25 (0.81%) InDesign
12 24 (0.78%) Adobe After Effects
13 15 (0.49%) MS Visio
13 15 (0.49%) Trello
14 14 (0.46%) Spreadsheet
15 12 (0.39%) Blender
16 11 (0.36%) Chatbot
17 10 (0.33%) Adobe Captivate
18 7 (0.23%) Microsoft Project
19 5 (0.16%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 39 (1.27%) Magento
2 38 (1.24%) Shopify
3 19 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
4 13 (0.42%) SAP S/4HANA
5 10 (0.33%) Payment Gateway
6 9 (0.29%) SAP CO
6 9 (0.29%) SAP FI
6 9 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
7 6 (0.20%) Distributed Ledger
7 6 (0.20%) NetSuite
8 5 (0.16%) Remedy ITSM
8 5 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.065%) CiviCRM
9 2 (0.065%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.065%) Endur
9 2 (0.065%) Infor SunSystems
9 2 (0.065%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.033%) Data Workbench
10 1 (0.033%) SAP CRM
10 1 (0.033%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 459 (14.95%) Azure
2 355 (11.56%) AWS
3 350 (11.40%) Figma
4 199 (6.48%) SaaS
5 192 (6.25%) Power Platform
6 183 (5.96%) Azure DevOps
7 172 (5.60%) IBM Cloud
8 139 (4.53%) Serverless
9 127 (4.14%) Microsoft 365
10 112 (3.65%) Azure Logic Apps
11 106 (3.45%) Azure Functions
12 104 (3.39%) PowerApps
13 103 (3.35%) Azure Service Bus
13 103 (3.35%) Power Automate
14 102 (3.32%) Azure API Management
15 99 (3.22%) GCP
16 94 (3.06%) Miro
17 75 (2.44%) SurveyMonkey
18 63 (2.05%) GitHub
19 57 (1.86%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 42 (1.37%) Wi-Fi
2 40 (1.30%) Firewall
3 28 (0.91%) HTTP
4 25 (0.81%) Internet
4 25 (0.81%) Wireless
5 22 (0.72%) MQTT
6 19 (0.62%) 4G
7 18 (0.59%) DSL
8 16 (0.52%) Intranet
9 15 (0.49%) DNS
10 14 (0.46%) LAN
11 13 (0.42%) VPN
12 12 (0.39%) 3G
12 12 (0.39%) RS-485
13 11 (0.36%) DHCP
13 11 (0.36%) SAN
14 10 (0.33%) TCP/IP
15 9 (0.29%) WAN
16 7 (0.23%) VLAN
16 7 (0.23%) WebEx
Database & Business Intelligence
1 248 (8.08%) PostgreSQL
2 247 (8.04%) MongoDB
3 191 (6.22%) NoSQL
4 190 (6.19%) DB2
5 150 (4.88%) Power BI
6 139 (4.53%) Relational Database
7 131 (4.27%) MySQL
8 99 (3.22%) SQL Server
9 60 (1.95%) Tableau
10 52 (1.69%) Big Data
11 46 (1.50%) Redis
12 40 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
13 24 (0.78%) Hadoop
14 23 (0.75%) Scylla
15 22 (0.72%) Data Lake
16 16 (0.52%) Geospatial Data
17 15 (0.49%) GIS
18 14 (0.46%) MS Access
19 13 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
19 13 (0.42%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 311 (10.13%) Git
2 196 (6.38%) JIRA
3 66 (2.15%) Jenkins
4 37 (1.20%) webpack
5 36 (1.17%) Visual Studio
6 34 (1.11%) Cypress.io
7 32 (1.04%) IntelliJ
8 30 (0.98%) Bitbucket
9 29 (0.94%) Cucumber
10 24 (0.78%) Selenium
11 22 (0.72%) Postman
12 19 (0.62%) gulp
13 18 (0.59%) Axure RP
14 14 (0.46%) PHPUnit
15 13 (0.42%) Android Studio
15 13 (0.42%) Balsamiq
15 13 (0.42%) Maven
16 12 (0.39%) Jasmine
17 11 (0.36%) Xcode
18 10 (0.33%) Subversion
General
1 980 (31.91%) Social Skills
2 656 (21.36%) Finance
3 556 (18.10%) Marketing
4 435 (14.16%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 349 (11.36%) Public Sector
6 342 (11.14%) Analytical Skills
7 237 (7.72%) Law
8 157 (5.11%) Retail
9 129 (4.20%) Banking
10 91 (2.96%) Organisational Skills
11 90 (2.93%) Manufacturing
12 83 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
13 70 (2.28%) Legal
14 63 (2.05%) Games
15 42 (1.37%) Advertising
16 41 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
17 38 (1.24%) Automotive
17 38 (1.24%) Investment Banking
17 38 (1.24%) Telecoms
18 36 (1.17%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1,013 (32.99%) Developer
2 539 (17.55%) Senior
3 385 (12.54%) Designer
4 319 (10.39%) Lead
5 253 (8.24%) UX Designer
6 244 (7.95%) Full Stack Developer
7 237 (7.72%) Software Engineer
8 201 (6.55%) Senior Developer
9 184 (5.99%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 167 (5.44%) UI Designer
11 148 (4.82%) UI/UX Designer
12 140 (4.56%) Analyst
13 115 (3.74%) Azure Developer
14 106 (3.45%) Architect
15 103 (3.35%) Senior Designer
16 97 (3.16%) Product Manager
17 91 (2.96%) Full Stack Engineer
17 91 (2.96%) React Developer
18 86 (2.80%) Software Developer
19 84 (2.74%) Senior UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 809 (26.34%) HTML
2 747 (24.32%) CSS
3 639 (20.81%) React
4 449 (14.62%) AngularJS
5 395 (12.86%) .NET
6 362 (11.79%) Vue
7 333 (10.84%) REST
8 299 (9.74%) jQuery
9 288 (9.38%) Node.js
10 262 (8.53%) Web Services
11 241 (7.85%) ASP.NET
12 219 (7.13%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 187 (6.09%) Backbone.js
14 176 (5.73%) ASP.NET Core
15 172 (5.60%) Ember.js
16 170 (5.54%) RESTful
17 124 (4.04%) Sass
18 119 (3.87%) HTML5
19 99 (3.22%) JSON
20 95 (3.09%) Laravel
Miscellaneous
1 273 (8.89%) Algorithms
1 273 (8.89%) Product Ownership
2 249 (8.11%) Data Structures
3 218 (7.10%) Blockchain
4 172 (5.60%) Hybrid Cloud
5 171 (5.57%) Mobile App
6 98 (3.19%) Management Information System
7 82 (2.67%) e-Learning
8 71 (2.31%) Greenfield Project
8 71 (2.31%) Onboarding
9 70 (2.28%) Self-Motivation
10 68 (2.21%) Social Media
11 60 (1.95%) Cloud Native
12 53 (1.73%) Graphic Design
13 38 (1.24%) Market Risk
14 36 (1.17%) Animation
15 35 (1.14%) Virtual Team
16 34 (1.11%) IoT
17 33 (1.07%) Data Centre
18 29 (0.94%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 349 (11.36%) Windows
2 288 (9.38%) Linux
3 275 (8.95%) Android
4 271 (8.82%) Apple iOS
5 50 (1.63%) Windows Server
6 38 (1.24%) Windows Server 2016
6 38 (1.24%) Windows Server 2019
7 32 (1.04%) Windows Server 2012
8 30 (0.98%) CentOS
9 25 (0.81%) Windows 10
10 24 (0.78%) Mac OS
11 12 (0.39%) Embedded Linux
12 9 (0.29%) Unix
13 6 (0.20%) Mac OS X
13 6 (0.20%) Ubuntu
13 6 (0.20%) VMS
14 4 (0.13%) Windows 7
15 3 (0.098%) SUSE
15 3 (0.098%) Windows Server 2003
16 2 (0.065%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,114 (36.27%) UX Design
2 1,074 (34.97%) Agile
3 803 (26.15%) Problem-Solving
4 480 (15.63%) Full Stack Development
5 449 (14.62%) DevOps
6 433 (14.10%) Software Engineering
7 397 (12.93%) Front End Development
7 397 (12.93%) Mentoring
8 392 (12.76%) Web Development
9 365 (11.89%) Analytics
10 343 (11.17%) Roadmaps
11 332 (10.81%) Artificial Intelligence
12 328 (10.68%) Design Patterns
13 304 (9.90%) Actionable Insight
14 288 (9.38%) User Research
15 268 (8.73%) Responsive Web Design
16 247 (8.04%) Design Thinking
17 232 (7.55%) Coaching
17 232 (7.55%) MVC
18 231 (7.52%) OO
Programming Languages
1 895 (29.14%) JavaScript
2 547 (17.81%) SQL
3 387 (12.60%) C#
4 355 (11.56%) Python
5 345 (11.23%) Java
6 304 (9.90%) TypeScript
7 193 (6.28%) PHP
8 66 (2.15%) Bash
9 65 (2.12%) PowerShell
10 61 (1.99%) Go
11 54 (1.76%) Kotlin
12 46 (1.50%) Scala
13 40 (1.30%) R
14 39 (1.27%) C++
15 37 (1.20%) Swift
16 36 (1.17%) T-SQL
17 33 (1.07%) C
18 31 (1.01%) Rust
19 23 (0.75%) SystemVerilog
19 23 (0.75%) Tcl
Qualifications
1 579 (18.85%) Degree
2 206 (6.71%) Security Cleared
3 138 (4.49%) SC Cleared
4 116 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
5 114 (3.71%) Master's Degree
6 47 (1.53%) DV Cleared
7 45 (1.47%) PhD
8 31 (1.01%) ITIL Certification
8 31 (1.01%) Microsoft Certification
9 20 (0.65%) CIPD
9 20 (0.65%) CSPO
10 16 (0.52%) MBA
11 15 (0.49%) ISTQB
12 9 (0.29%) Azure Certification
12 9 (0.29%) DBS Check
13 8 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
13 8 (0.26%) HND
13 8 (0.26%) PMI Certification
14 7 (0.23%) AWS Certification
14 7 (0.23%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 243 (7.91%) Accessibility
2 176 (5.73%) QA
3 99 (3.22%) WCAG
4 54 (1.76%) GDPR
5 52 (1.69%) SLA
6 46 (1.50%) Actionable Recommendations
7 10 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 9 (0.29%) Data Quality
8 9 (0.29%) PMO
9 7 (0.23%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.16%) ISO 26262
11 3 (0.098%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.065%) Disclosure Scotland
12 2 (0.065%) HL7
12 2 (0.065%) IEC 62304
12 2 (0.065%) ISO 13485
12 2 (0.065%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.033%) NIST
13 1 (0.033%) SOC 2
13 1 (0.033%) SOC 3
System Software
1 84 (2.74%) Docker
2 74 (2.41%) Active Directory
3 37 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
4 31 (1.01%) Hyper-V
5 14 (0.46%) Firmware
6 10 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
7 5 (0.16%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.098%) XenDesktop
10 2 (0.065%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.065%) XenApp
11 1 (0.033%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.033%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 78 (2.54%) Kubernetes
2 24 (0.78%) Microsoft Intune
3 21 (0.68%) SCCM
4 19 (0.62%) Terraform
5 6 (0.20%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (0.20%) Progress Chef
5 6 (0.20%) ServiceCenter
6 4 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
6 4 (0.13%) SysTrack
6 4 (0.13%) vCenter Server
7 3 (0.098%) Ansible
7 3 (0.098%) Grafana
7 3 (0.098%) Single Sign-On
7 3 (0.098%) Trend Micro Deep Security
7 3 (0.098%) WSUS
8 2 (0.065%) Backup Exec
8 2 (0.065%) cPanel
8 2 (0.065%) Nessus
8 2 (0.065%) Plesk
8 2 (0.065%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 463 (15.08%) Microsoft
2 235 (7.65%) Adobe
3 203 (6.61%) Red Hat
4 186 (6.06%) Google
5 173 (5.63%) IBM
6 84 (2.74%) Oracle
7 70 (2.28%) Qualtrics
8 61 (1.99%) VMware
9 59 (1.92%) Apple
10 56 (1.82%) ServiceNow
11 51 (1.66%) Dell
12 49 (1.60%) Salesforce
13 38 (1.24%) SAP
14 33 (1.07%) HP
15 28 (0.91%) Samsung
16 26 (0.85%) Databricks
16 26 (0.85%) Facebook
17 25 (0.81%) Alteryx
18 22 (0.72%) WooCommerce
18 22 (0.72%) Xamarin