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

3 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 76 82
Rank change year-on-year -7 +6 -11
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 885 741 2,055
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.07% 3.73% 3.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.76% 4.04% 3.76%
Number of salaries quoted 593 469 1,417
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,150 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.61% +15.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £102,500 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% +5.26% -13.64%

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 32,058 18,330 54,650
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.07% 92.36% 85.46%
Number of salaries quoted 21,253 11,375 40,808
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £28,290
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% -12.50%
75th Percentile £78,750 £79,760 £71,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £102,500 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

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 April 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 April 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 -6 769 £57,985 -0.88% 728
UK excluding London -15 523 £55,000 +10.00% 522
Work from Home -11 330 £60,000 - 357
London -17 268 £67,500 -6.90% 296
North of England -5 181 £57,150 +14.30% 176
North West -16 95 £56,100 +2.00% 94
Midlands -7 89 £45,000 -3.46% 93
South East -39 79 £52,500 +5.00% 122
South West -3 70 £50,000 -2.44% 59
Yorkshire +1 68 £57,150 +38.55% 45
East of England -2 61 £82,175 +99.21% 33
West Midlands -4 55 £44,000 -26.67% 62
East Midlands -34 34 £51,250 +46.43% 31
Scotland -33 24 £62,500 +11.11% 23
Wales -6 18 £42,934 - 19
North East -24 18 £60,000 +14.83% 39
Northern Ireland - 3 £62,500 - 5

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
1 115 (2.00%) CMS
2 78 (1.36%) SharePoint
3 71 (1.24%) Confluence
4 34 (0.59%) WordPress
5 32 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
6 16 (0.28%) Drupal
7 10 (0.17%) Umbraco
8 8 (0.14%) nginx
9 5 (0.087%) Sitecore CMS
10 3 (0.052%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.052%) IIS
11 2 (0.035%) Appian
11 2 (0.035%) CICS
11 2 (0.035%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.035%) Joomla!
11 2 (0.035%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.017%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.017%) Apache
12 1 (0.017%) Camunda
Applications
1 51 (0.89%) Adobe XD
2 31 (0.54%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (0.54%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (0.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 25 (0.44%) Sketch
5 23 (0.40%) Photoshop
6 21 (0.37%) Adobe Illustrator
7 12 (0.21%) MS Visio
8 10 (0.17%) Chatbot
8 10 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 9 (0.16%) UserZoom
10 8 (0.14%) Adobe After Effects
10 8 (0.14%) InDesign
10 8 (0.14%) InVision
11 7 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
12 4 (0.070%) Adobe Premiere
13 3 (0.052%) AutoCAD
13 3 (0.052%) Microsoft Project
13 3 (0.052%) SPSS
13 3 (0.052%) Trello
Business Applications
1 37 (0.64%) Shopify
2 19 (0.33%) Dynamics CRM
3 18 (0.31%) Magento
4 9 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
5 6 (0.10%) Dynamics GP
5 6 (0.10%) Workday HCM
6 5 (0.087%) SAP ERP
6 5 (0.087%) SAP S/4HANA
7 4 (0.070%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.035%) Dynamics AX
8 2 (0.035%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.035%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.035%) Sage X3
9 1 (0.017%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.017%) Oracle Payables
9 1 (0.017%) Oracle SCM
9 1 (0.017%) SAP Business One
9 1 (0.017%) SAP HCM
9 1 (0.017%) SAP HR
9 1 (0.017%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 4,043 (70.45%) Cloud Computing
2 282 (4.91%) Azure
3 216 (3.76%) Figma
4 182 (3.17%) AWS
5 169 (2.94%) Microsoft 365
6 117 (2.04%) SaaS
7 108 (1.88%) Power Platform
8 78 (1.36%) Google Analytics
9 70 (1.22%) GCP
10 69 (1.20%) GitHub
11 65 (1.13%) Adobe Analytics
11 65 (1.13%) Entra ID
12 56 (0.98%) Azure DevOps
13 41 (0.71%) PowerApps
14 39 (0.68%) Serverless
15 35 (0.61%) Contentsquare
16 33 (0.58%) Dynamics 365
17 31 (0.54%) Azure Logic Apps
17 31 (0.54%) OneDrive
17 31 (0.54%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 4,051 (70.59%) Internet
2 64 (1.12%) Broadband
3 23 (0.40%) VPN
4 20 (0.35%) HTTP
5 19 (0.33%) DNS
5 19 (0.33%) Firewall
6 14 (0.24%) DHCP
7 13 (0.23%) Wi-Fi
8 12 (0.21%) TCP/IP
9 8 (0.14%) LAN
10 5 (0.087%) Intranet
10 5 (0.087%) WAN
11 4 (0.070%) Kerberos
11 4 (0.070%) VoIP
12 3 (0.052%) Bluetooth
12 3 (0.052%) Network Security
12 3 (0.052%) WebEx
13 2 (0.035%) NAS
13 2 (0.035%) VLAN
13 2 (0.035%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (0.98%) Power BI
2 50 (0.87%) SQL Server
3 33 (0.58%) Looker
3 33 (0.58%) PostgreSQL
4 23 (0.40%) MySQL
5 22 (0.38%) NoSQL
6 17 (0.30%) BigQuery
6 17 (0.30%) MongoDB
7 15 (0.26%) Tableau
8 14 (0.24%) Metadata
8 14 (0.24%) Relational Database
9 12 (0.21%) Azure SQL Database
9 12 (0.21%) DB2
10 7 (0.12%) Redis
11 6 (0.10%) Data Warehouse
11 6 (0.10%) Oracle Reports
11 6 (0.10%) SAP BW
12 5 (0.087%) Elasticsearch
13 3 (0.052%) Amazon Redshift
13 3 (0.052%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 126 (2.20%) JIRA
2 82 (1.43%) Git
3 32 (0.56%) Axure RP
3 32 (0.56%) Balsamiq
4 21 (0.37%) Jenkins
5 20 (0.35%) Selenium
6 18 (0.31%) Cypress.io
6 18 (0.31%) webpack
7 17 (0.30%) Vite
8 15 (0.26%) Bitbucket
9 14 (0.24%) Cucumber
10 13 (0.23%) Visual Studio
11 12 (0.21%) Crashlytics
12 10 (0.17%) Postman
12 10 (0.17%) XCTest
13 9 (0.16%) Storybook
13 9 (0.16%) TeamCity
14 7 (0.12%) Babel
15 6 (0.10%) Claude Code
15 6 (0.10%) fastlane
General
1 4,525 (78.85%) Social Skills
2 4,171 (72.68%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,115 (71.70%) Banking
4 296 (5.16%) Finance
5 224 (3.90%) Marketing
6 185 (3.22%) Analytical Skills
7 135 (2.35%) Public Sector
8 102 (1.78%) Legal
9 90 (1.57%) Law
10 76 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
11 68 (1.18%) Retail
12 64 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
13 48 (0.84%) Influencing Skills
14 47 (0.82%) Games
15 34 (0.59%) Telecoms
16 32 (0.56%) Manufacturing
17 26 (0.45%) Advertising
18 19 (0.33%) Back Office
19 12 (0.21%) Documentation Skills
19 12 (0.21%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3,138 (54.68%) Lecturer
2 355 (6.19%) Senior
3 250 (4.36%) Developer
4 244 (4.25%) Designer
5 184 (3.21%) Lead
6 172 (3.00%) UX Designer
7 134 (2.33%) Analyst
8 87 (1.52%) Senior Developer
9 79 (1.38%) Software Engineer
10 65 (1.13%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 63 (1.10%) Senior Designer
12 59 (1.03%) Product Manager
12 59 (1.03%) Senior Manager
13 54 (0.94%) UI Designer
14 50 (0.87%) Full-Stack Developer
15 46 (0.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
15 46 (0.80%) IT Support
16 45 (0.78%) Senior UX Designer
16 45 (0.78%) UI/UX Designer
17 42 (0.73%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 218 (3.80%) HTML
2 212 (3.69%) CSS
3 202 (3.52%) React
4 117 (2.04%) .NET
5 91 (1.59%) RESTful
6 86 (1.50%) REST
7 74 (1.29%) Node.js
8 69 (1.20%) AngularJS
9 62 (1.08%) Vue
10 40 (0.70%) HTML5
11 31 (0.54%) JSON
11 31 (0.54%) Next.js
12 30 (0.52%) CSS3
12 30 (0.52%) Web Services
13 27 (0.47%) .NET Framework
13 27 (0.47%) Spring
14 25 (0.44%) .NET Core
14 25 (0.44%) WebSockets
15 24 (0.42%) ASP.NET
16 23 (0.40%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 4,052 (70.60%) IoT
2 182 (3.17%) Product Ownership
3 115 (2.00%) Mobile App
4 91 (1.59%) Onboarding
5 59 (1.03%) Social Media
6 55 (0.96%) Cloud Native
7 46 (0.80%) Management Information System
8 41 (0.71%) Legacy Systems
9 37 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
10 32 (0.56%) AI Agents
10 32 (0.56%) Greenfield Project
11 30 (0.52%) Self-Motivation
12 19 (0.33%) Analytical Mindset
13 18 (0.31%) e-Learning
13 18 (0.31%) Low-Code
13 18 (0.31%) Public Cloud
14 17 (0.30%) Driving Licence
14 17 (0.30%) Life Science
15 16 (0.28%) CMDB
15 16 (0.28%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 61 (1.06%) Apple iOS
1 61 (1.06%) Windows
2 55 (0.96%) Android
3 23 (0.40%) Linux
4 18 (0.31%) Mac OS
5 17 (0.30%) Windows 10
5 17 (0.30%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.10%) Unix
7 5 (0.087%) Ubuntu
8 3 (0.052%) Windows Server 2016
8 3 (0.052%) Windows Server 2019
9 2 (0.035%) zOS
10 1 (0.017%) Kali Linux
10 1 (0.017%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,333 (75.50%) AI
2 4,110 (71.62%) Machine Learning
3 4,107 (71.56%) Cybersecurity
4 4,088 (71.23%) Web Development
5 540 (9.41%) Agile
6 477 (8.31%) UX Design
7 359 (6.26%) Problem-Solving
8 344 (5.99%) Continuous Improvement
9 342 (5.96%) Analytics
10 266 (4.63%) Roadmaps
11 221 (3.85%) Mentoring
12 183 (3.19%) Full-Stack Development
13 176 (3.07%) DevOps
14 171 (2.98%) Decision-Making
14 171 (2.98%) Software Engineering
15 167 (2.91%) User Research
15 167 (2.91%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
16 157 (2.74%) CI/CD
17 136 (2.37%) Customer Experience
18 132 (2.30%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 278 (4.84%) JavaScript
2 163 (2.84%) TypeScript
3 125 (2.18%) SQL
4 115 (2.00%) Java
5 103 (1.79%) Python
6 97 (1.69%) C#
7 41 (0.71%) PowerShell
8 40 (0.70%) PHP
9 26 (0.45%) Kotlin
10 22 (0.38%) Swift
11 21 (0.37%) Go
12 15 (0.26%) Bash
13 14 (0.24%) C++
14 11 (0.19%) Bicep
15 10 (0.17%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.10%) ABAP
17 5 (0.087%) Rust
18 4 (0.070%) Apex Code
18 4 (0.070%) R
19 3 (0.052%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4,278 (74.54%) Degree
2 4,069 (70.90%) Master's Degree
3 4,047 (70.52%) PhD
4 4,044 (70.47%) Postgraduate
5 145 (2.53%) Security Cleared
6 107 (1.86%) SC Cleared
7 41 (0.71%) Computer Science Degree
8 37 (0.64%) DBS Check
9 22 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
10 19 (0.33%) DV Cleared
11 15 (0.26%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (0.17%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 10 (0.17%) PMI Certification
13 8 (0.14%) PMP
14 7 (0.12%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 7 (0.12%) PRINCE2 Certification
15 5 (0.087%) ISTQB
15 5 (0.087%) SAP Certification
16 4 (0.070%) ACCA
16 4 (0.070%) CIMA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 304 (5.30%) Accessibility
2 118 (2.06%) QA
3 93 (1.62%) WCAG
4 61 (1.06%) GDPR
5 23 (0.40%) Data Quality
6 14 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
7 12 (0.21%) Actionable Recommendations
7 12 (0.21%) PCI DSS
8 10 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 19770
9 8 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 7 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
10 7 (0.12%) SLA
11 6 (0.10%) PERC
12 5 (0.087%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.070%) HIPAA
14 3 (0.052%) SOC 2
15 2 (0.035%) GRC
15 2 (0.035%) HL7
15 2 (0.035%) PMO
16 1 (0.017%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 76 (1.32%) Active Directory
2 71 (1.24%) Docker
3 17 (0.30%) Virtual Machines
4 8 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.052%) Firmware
5 3 (0.052%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (0.052%) vSphere
6 2 (0.035%) RACF
6 2 (0.035%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 51 (0.89%) Kubernetes
2 49 (0.85%) Microsoft Intune
3 38 (0.66%) Terraform
4 21 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (0.17%) Grafana
5 10 (0.17%) Jamf Pro
6 6 (0.10%) Ansible
6 6 (0.10%) Prometheus
7 4 (0.070%) SCCM
8 2 (0.035%) Data Guard
8 2 (0.035%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
8 2 (0.035%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
8 2 (0.035%) Oracle RMAN
8 2 (0.035%) Packer
8 2 (0.035%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.035%) SmoothWall
9 1 (0.017%) Argo
9 1 (0.017%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.017%) Kibana
9 1 (0.017%) MOM
Vendors
1 266 (4.63%) Microsoft
2 184 (3.21%) Adobe
3 117 (2.04%) Google
4 76 (1.32%) ServiceNow
5 51 (0.89%) Salesforce
6 39 (0.68%) HubSpot
7 28 (0.49%) Nexthink
8 27 (0.47%) SAP
9 26 (0.45%) Apple
10 24 (0.42%) Oracle
11 20 (0.35%) Hotjar
12 19 (0.33%) BMC
13 14 (0.24%) Atlassian
14 13 (0.23%) Sitecore
15 12 (0.21%) Braze
15 12 (0.21%) Qualtrics
16 11 (0.19%) Cisco
16 11 (0.19%) iManage
16 11 (0.19%) Splunk
17 10 (0.17%) New Relic