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

3 months to
20 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 97 85 66
Rank change year-on-year -12 -19 +11
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,086 737 1,158
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.95% 2.96% 3.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.64% 3.43% 3.99%
Number of salaries quoted 690 469 508
10th Percentile £31,750 £32,500 £32,425
25th Percentile £39,188 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £58,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.17% +5.45% -12.35%
75th Percentile £72,313 £75,000 £72,540
90th Percentile £88,208 £101,000 £85,000
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 41,197 21,478 29,038
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 74.01% 86.21% 77.65%
Number of salaries quoted 28,819 13,293 17,341
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £33,500
25th Percentile £41,466 £36,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.18% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -12.04% +0.93%

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 20 August 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 20 August 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 -10 952 £55,000 -4.35% 841
UK excluding London -3 627 £50,000 -4.76% 492
Work from Home -21 423 £55,000 -12.00% 401
London -13 368 £67,500 -10.00% 470
North of England +7 198 £52,643 +10.83% 130
Midlands -4 108 £42,500 -22.73% 76
South East -65 108 £50,000 -9.09% 144
North West -35 97 £42,500 -15.00% 71
South West -13 85 £60,000 +20.00% 59
West Midlands -4 67 £43,000 -24.56% 55
Yorkshire +14 55 £60,000 +20.00% 38
East of England -12 53 £45,000 -18.18% 35
North East -12 46 £50,000 +61.29% 22
East Midlands -15 41 £42,500 +3.03% 21
Northern Ireland -55 27 £46,000 - 13
Scotland +16 26 £55,000 -18.52% 30
Wales -47 22 £45,000 -33.33% 14

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
1 160 (7.62%) SharePoint
2 100 (4.76%) CMS
3 67 (3.19%) Confluence
4 51 (2.43%) Microsoft Exchange
5 33 (1.57%) WordPress
6 8 (0.38%) IIS
7 7 (0.33%) Moodle
8 5 (0.24%) Skype for Business
8 5 (0.24%) Umbraco
9 4 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.19%) Drupal
10 3 (0.14%) Apache
10 3 (0.14%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.095%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.095%) nginx
11 2 (0.095%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.095%) Totara
12 1 (0.048%) ExpressionEngine
12 1 (0.048%) MTS
12 1 (0.048%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 43 (2.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (1.52%) Adobe XD
4 29 (1.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 25 (1.19%) Chatbot
6 20 (0.95%) Sketch
7 19 (0.90%) UserZoom
8 18 (0.86%) Photoshop
9 16 (0.76%) Adobe Illustrator
9 16 (0.76%) InDesign
10 10 (0.48%) Adobe After Effects
11 9 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 8 (0.38%) MS Visio
12 8 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
13 4 (0.19%) InVision
14 3 (0.14%) Productboard
14 3 (0.14%) SPSS
14 3 (0.14%) Trello
14 3 (0.14%) Zeplin
15 2 (0.095%) Final Cut Pro
Business Applications
1 22 (1.05%) Shopify
2 17 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.71%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.52%) NetSuite
4 11 (0.52%) Workday HCM
5 10 (0.48%) Magento
6 5 (0.24%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
7 3 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.14%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.14%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.095%) Adobe Campaign
8 2 (0.095%) iTrent
8 2 (0.095%) Oracle ERP
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%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 414 (19.71%) Azure
2 296 (14.10%) Microsoft 365
3 208 (9.90%) Figma
4 175 (8.33%) AWS
5 174 (8.29%) Power Platform
6 138 (6.57%) SaaS
7 122 (5.81%) Entra ID
8 106 (5.05%) Azure DevOps
9 91 (4.33%) Power Automate
10 84 (4.00%) PowerApps
11 71 (3.38%) Google Analytics
12 68 (3.24%) GCP
13 65 (3.10%) GitHub
14 61 (2.90%) Adobe Analytics
15 60 (2.86%) Microsoft Copilot
16 50 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
17 48 (2.29%) Azure Logic Apps
18 44 (2.10%) Serverless
19 43 (2.05%) Contentsquare
19 43 (2.05%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 60 (2.86%) Broadband
2 37 (1.76%) Firewall
3 35 (1.67%) DNS
4 28 (1.33%) DHCP
5 20 (0.95%) VPN
6 19 (0.90%) TCP/IP
7 18 (0.86%) VoIP
8 16 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
9 15 (0.71%) Network Security
10 11 (0.52%) CTI
11 10 (0.48%) HTTP
12 9 (0.43%) Kerberos
13 8 (0.38%) Wireless
14 7 (0.33%) Internet
14 7 (0.33%) VLAN
15 6 (0.29%) Intranet
15 6 (0.29%) Unified Communications
16 5 (0.24%) SAN
16 5 (0.24%) Skype
16 5 (0.24%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 95 (4.52%) Power BI
2 66 (3.14%) SQL Server
3 33 (1.57%) Relational Database
4 29 (1.38%) PostgreSQL
5 23 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
6 22 (1.05%) MySQL
7 21 (1.00%) NoSQL
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
12 9 (0.43%) Redis
13 7 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
14 6 (0.29%) GIS
14 6 (0.29%) Power Query
15 5 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (0.24%) Star Schema
16 4 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 97 (4.62%) JIRA
2 96 (4.57%) Git
3 30 (1.43%) Claude Code
4 25 (1.19%) Jenkins
5 20 (0.95%) fastlane
6 18 (0.86%) Crashlytics
6 18 (0.86%) Cypress.io
7 14 (0.67%) Selenium
8 13 (0.62%) XCTest
9 12 (0.57%) Balsamiq
10 11 (0.52%) Axure RP
10 11 (0.52%) Postman
11 9 (0.43%) Xcode
12 8 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
12 8 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
13 6 (0.29%) Android Studio
13 6 (0.29%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.29%) GitLab
13 6 (0.29%) Gradle
13 6 (0.29%) JUnit
General
1 724 (34.48%) Social Skills
2 371 (17.67%) Finance
3 286 (13.62%) Analytical Skills
4 269 (12.81%) Marketing
5 192 (9.14%) Public Sector
6 186 (8.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 139 (6.62%) Retail
8 131 (6.24%) Law
9 102 (4.86%) Organisational Skills
10 97 (4.62%) Legal
11 69 (3.29%) Games
12 67 (3.19%) Influencing Skills
13 54 (2.57%) Banking
14 50 (2.38%) Presentation Skills
15 33 (1.57%) Advertising
16 29 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
17 27 (1.29%) Manufacturing
18 21 (1.00%) Financial Institution
18 21 (1.00%) Multimedia
19 18 (0.86%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 391 (18.62%) Senior
2 341 (16.24%) Designer
3 300 (14.29%) Developer
4 253 (12.05%) Lead
5 244 (11.62%) UX Designer
6 184 (8.76%) Analyst
7 105 (5.00%) Senior Developer
8 98 (4.67%) Software Engineer
9 93 (4.43%) UI Designer
10 91 (4.33%) IT Support
11 88 (4.19%) Senior Designer
12 86 (4.10%) UI/UX Designer
13 74 (3.52%) Product Manager
14 64 (3.05%) Architect
14 64 (3.05%) IT Manager
15 63 (3.00%) Support Engineer
16 62 (2.95%) Business Analyst
17 61 (2.90%) Senior UX Designer
18 55 (2.62%) Full-Stack Developer
18 55 (2.62%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 206 (9.81%) CSS
1 206 (9.81%) HTML
2 159 (7.57%) .NET
3 153 (7.29%) React
4 103 (4.90%) REST
5 76 (3.62%) RESTful
6 65 (3.10%) Node.js
7 64 (3.05%) .NET Core
8 56 (2.67%) JSON
9 47 (2.24%) ASP.NET
10 40 (1.90%) Next.js
11 36 (1.71%) AngularJS
12 32 (1.52%) HTML5
13 31 (1.48%) CSS3
14 29 (1.38%) jQuery
15 28 (1.33%) Blazor
16 27 (1.29%) Spring
17 26 (1.24%) SPFx
17 26 (1.24%) SwiftUI
18 25 (1.19%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 202 (9.62%) Product Ownership
2 110 (5.24%) Mobile App
3 100 (4.76%) Onboarding
4 72 (3.43%) Enterprise Software
4 72 (3.43%) Social Media
5 59 (2.81%) Self-Motivation
6 50 (2.38%) Cloud Native
7 46 (2.19%) Management Information System
8 29 (1.38%) Driving Licence
9 27 (1.29%) Analytical Mindset
10 26 (1.24%) AI Agents
11 23 (1.10%) Algorithms
12 21 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
13 20 (0.95%) Distributed Systems
14 19 (0.90%) Graphic Design
14 19 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
15 18 (0.86%) Virtual Team
16 17 (0.81%) Blog
17 16 (0.76%) Low-Code
17 16 (0.76%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 157 (7.48%) Windows
2 75 (3.57%) Apple iOS
3 48 (2.29%) Windows Server
4 44 (2.10%) Android
5 40 (1.90%) Windows 10
6 35 (1.67%) Mac OS
7 27 (1.29%) 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 2 (0.095%) AIX
12 1 (0.048%) CentOS
12 1 (0.048%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 579 (27.57%) Agile
2 552 (26.29%) UX Design
3 539 (25.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 468 (22.29%) Problem-Solving
5 441 (21.00%) AI
6 372 (17.71%) Analytics
7 339 (16.14%) Roadmaps
8 277 (13.19%) Mentoring
9 240 (11.43%) Decision-Making
10 238 (11.33%) Stakeholder Management
11 222 (10.57%) DevOps
12 203 (9.67%) CI/CD
13 175 (8.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 173 (8.24%) Software Engineering
15 172 (8.19%) ITIL
16 170 (8.10%) Customer Experience
17 166 (7.90%) User Research
18 161 (7.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
19 159 (7.57%) Workflow
20 157 (7.48%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 255 (12.14%) JavaScript
2 172 (8.19%) SQL
3 165 (7.86%) C#
4 157 (7.48%) TypeScript
5 122 (5.81%) Python
6 93 (4.43%) Java
7 74 (3.52%) PowerShell
8 33 (1.57%) Swift
9 27 (1.29%) PHP
10 25 (1.19%) Kotlin
11 17 (0.81%) VB.NET
12 13 (0.62%) C++
13 11 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 10 (0.48%) C
15 9 (0.43%) ABAP
16 8 (0.38%) Go
16 8 (0.38%) VBScript
17 7 (0.33%) VB
18 6 (0.29%) Apex Code
18 6 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 209 (9.95%) Degree
2 150 (7.14%) Security Cleared
3 90 (4.29%) SC Cleared
4 39 (1.86%) DV Cleared
5 37 (1.76%) Microsoft Certification
6 28 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 26 (1.24%) DBS Check
8 12 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (0.57%) ICAEW
8 12 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (0.52%) Postgraduate
10 9 (0.43%) CISSP
10 9 (0.43%) PMI Certification
11 8 (0.38%) Master's Degree
12 7 (0.33%) ISTQB
13 6 (0.29%) IIBA
14 4 (0.19%) A+ Certification
14 4 (0.19%) AWS Certification
14 4 (0.19%) Network+ Certification
15 3 (0.14%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 314 (14.95%) Accessibility
2 132 (6.29%) QA
3 111 (5.29%) WCAG
4 68 (3.24%) Data Quality
5 62 (2.95%) GDPR
6 33 (1.57%) SLA
7 19 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
8 18 (0.86%) 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%) PCI DSS
11 5 (0.24%) PMO
12 4 (0.19%) PERC
12 4 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.19%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.14%) GxP
13 3 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 2 (0.095%) HIPAA
System Software
1 118 (5.62%) Active Directory
2 60 (2.86%) Docker
3 11 (0.52%) BitLocker
4 10 (0.48%) Virtual Desktop
5 7 (0.33%) Virtual Machines
6 6 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
7 4 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.095%) Firmware
8 2 (0.095%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 87 (4.14%) Microsoft Intune
2 38 (1.81%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
4 15 (0.71%) SCCM
5 8 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
6 6 (0.29%) Ansible
7 5 (0.24%) Grafana
8 2 (0.095%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.095%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.095%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.095%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.048%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.048%) Argo
9 1 (0.048%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.048%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 461 (21.95%) Microsoft
2 175 (8.33%) Adobe
3 109 (5.19%) Google
4 51 (2.43%) ServiceNow
5 48 (2.29%) Salesforce
6 39 (1.86%) Oracle
7 33 (1.57%) Apple
8 30 (1.43%) SAP
9 23 (1.10%) OpenAI
10 20 (0.95%) iManage
11 19 (0.90%) Cisco
12 16 (0.76%) Braze
13 15 (0.71%) Dynatrace
13 15 (0.71%) HubSpot
14 14 (0.67%) Amplitude
15 13 (0.62%) Workday
16 12 (0.57%) Hotjar
17 11 (0.52%) Avaya
17 11 (0.52%) Genesys
17 11 (0.52%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud