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

3 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 77 81
Rank change year-on-year -15 +4 -3
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,192 717 1,104
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.84% 3.35% 3.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.50% 3.78% 3.76%
Number of salaries quoted 667 501 471
10th Percentile £32,500 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,400 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

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 47,652 18,956 29,376
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.56% 88.51% 88.43%
Number of salaries quoted 31,433 11,675 12,892
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £52,853 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.63% -11.91% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £98,700
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -16.67% +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 9 October 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 9 October 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 -24 972 £57,500 +4.55% 3,221
UK excluding London -22 693 £50,000 -4.76% 1,366
London -12 403 £70,000 - 1,993
Work from Home -20 385 £58,750 +6.82% 1,380
North of England -26 189 £55,000 +15.79% 387
South East -57 115 £50,000 -4.76% 299
Northern Ireland -4 114 £75,000 - 62
South West +7 107 £60,000 +20.00% 148
North West -35 89 £55,000 +4.76% 215
Midlands -41 89 £32,500 -38.10% 190
Yorkshire -12 61 £61,538 +75.82% 115
West Midlands -25 61 £34,500 -44.80% 121
North East -18 39 £50,000 +39.54% 57
East of England -77 38 £44,000 -20.00% 130
East Midlands -49 28 £30,000 -16.67% 69
Scotland -5 25 £55,000 +29.41% 119
Wales -61 16 £43,013 -32.53% 36

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
1 131 (5.99%) SharePoint
2 85 (3.89%) CMS
3 55 (2.52%) Confluence
4 52 (2.38%) Microsoft Exchange
5 42 (1.92%) WordPress
6 15 (0.69%) IIS
7 10 (0.46%) Moodle
8 7 (0.32%) Apache
9 5 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.23%) Skype for Business
10 4 (0.18%) Headless CMS
11 3 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.091%) Apache Spark
12 2 (0.091%) nginx
12 2 (0.091%) SharePoint Server
12 2 (0.091%) Sitecore CMS
12 2 (0.091%) Totara
13 1 (0.046%) Drupal
13 1 (0.046%) MTS
13 1 (0.046%) Umbraco
Applications
1 41 (1.88%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (1.51%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (1.46%) Chatbot
4 27 (1.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 24 (1.10%) Adobe XD
6 22 (1.01%) Photoshop
7 20 (0.91%) Adobe Illustrator
8 19 (0.87%) InDesign
9 14 (0.64%) Sketch
10 11 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
10 11 (0.50%) UserZoom
11 9 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 9 (0.41%) MS Visio
12 6 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
13 4 (0.18%) Trello
14 3 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
14 3 (0.14%) Elementor
14 3 (0.14%) Productboard
14 3 (0.14%) Zeplin
15 2 (0.091%) InVision
Business Applications
1 23 (1.05%) SAP S/4HANA
2 21 (0.96%) Shopify
3 15 (0.69%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.69%) Workday HCM
4 11 (0.50%) NetSuite
5 4 (0.18%) Magento
6 3 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
6 3 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
6 3 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
6 3 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.14%) Elite 3E
6 3 (0.14%) iTrent
6 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.14%) SAP MDG
7 2 (0.091%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.091%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.091%) SAP GRC
7 2 (0.091%) Towers Watson Igloo
7 2 (0.091%) Visualfiles
8 1 (0.046%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 383 (17.52%) Azure
2 278 (12.72%) Microsoft 365
3 174 (7.96%) Power Platform
4 172 (7.87%) Figma
5 162 (7.41%) AWS
6 154 (7.04%) SaaS
7 134 (6.13%) Entra ID
8 90 (4.12%) Azure DevOps
9 77 (3.52%) Power Automate
10 69 (3.16%) PowerApps
11 68 (3.11%) GCP
12 59 (2.70%) GitHub
12 59 (2.70%) Microsoft Copilot
13 57 (2.61%) Google Analytics
14 51 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
15 40 (1.83%) Serverless
16 35 (1.60%) Azure Logic Apps
16 35 (1.60%) Copilot Studio
17 34 (1.56%) OneDrive
18 27 (1.24%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 46 (2.10%) DNS
2 42 (1.92%) DHCP
3 33 (1.51%) Firewall
4 23 (1.05%) Broadband
4 23 (1.05%) VPN
5 21 (0.96%) TCP/IP
6 17 (0.78%) VoIP
7 16 (0.73%) Network Security
8 12 (0.55%) Internet
8 12 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
9 11 (0.50%) CTI
10 10 (0.46%) Kerberos
10 10 (0.46%) LAN
10 10 (0.46%) WAN
11 8 (0.37%) Intranet
11 8 (0.37%) Wireless
12 6 (0.27%) SMS
12 6 (0.27%) VLAN
13 5 (0.23%) Skype
13 5 (0.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (3.98%) Power BI
2 61 (2.79%) SQL Server
3 42 (1.92%) Relational Database
4 32 (1.46%) MySQL
5 28 (1.28%) PostgreSQL
6 26 (1.19%) NoSQL
7 14 (0.64%) Looker
7 14 (0.64%) Metadata
8 12 (0.55%) MongoDB
9 11 (0.50%) BigQuery
10 10 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
11 9 (0.41%) Redis
12 8 (0.37%) GIS
12 8 (0.37%) Tableau
13 7 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.27%) Power Query
15 5 (0.23%) Elasticsearch
15 5 (0.23%) Star Schema
16 4 (0.18%) Flink
16 4 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 88 (4.03%) JIRA
2 82 (3.75%) Git
3 37 (1.69%) Claude Code
4 24 (1.10%) Jenkins
5 20 (0.91%) Cypress.io
6 17 (0.78%) fastlane
7 16 (0.73%) GitLab
8 14 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
8 14 (0.64%) Team Foundation Server
9 11 (0.50%) Selenium
10 10 (0.46%) Crashlytics
11 9 (0.41%) Balsamiq
12 8 (0.37%) Axure RP
12 8 (0.37%) Postman
13 7 (0.32%) Storybook
13 7 (0.32%) Xcode
14 5 (0.23%) Android Studio
14 5 (0.23%) Appium
14 5 (0.23%) Gradle
14 5 (0.23%) JUnit
General
1 812 (37.15%) Social Skills
2 391 (17.89%) Finance
3 370 (16.93%) Analytical Skills
4 249 (11.39%) Marketing
5 212 (9.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 203 (9.29%) Public Sector
7 130 (5.95%) Law
7 130 (5.95%) Retail
8 124 (5.67%) Presentation Skills
9 104 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
10 82 (3.75%) Legal
11 76 (3.48%) Influencing Skills
12 66 (3.02%) Banking
13 37 (1.69%) Advertising
14 31 (1.42%) Games
15 25 (1.14%) Publishing
16 23 (1.05%) Multimedia
17 22 (1.01%) Documentation Skills
17 22 (1.01%) Financial Institution
17 22 (1.01%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 432 (19.76%) Senior
2 325 (14.87%) Designer
3 286 (13.08%) Developer
4 255 (11.67%) Analyst
5 240 (10.98%) Lead
6 230 (10.52%) UX Designer
7 105 (4.80%) Senior Analyst
8 104 (4.76%) ITSM Analyst
8 104 (4.76%) Software Engineer
9 100 (4.57%) Support Analyst
10 92 (4.21%) IT Support
11 88 (4.03%) UI Designer
12 83 (3.80%) Senior Developer
13 80 (3.66%) UI/UX Designer
14 70 (3.20%) Process Analyst
15 69 (3.16%) Senior Designer
16 66 (3.02%) Architect
17 63 (2.88%) IT Manager
18 57 (2.61%) Business Analyst
18 57 (2.61%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 188 (8.60%) CSS
1 188 (8.60%) HTML
2 145 (6.63%) .NET
3 136 (6.22%) React
4 99 (4.53%) REST
5 75 (3.43%) Node.js
6 69 (3.16%) RESTful
7 49 (2.24%) Next.js
8 44 (2.01%) .NET Core
9 42 (1.92%) ASP.NET
10 41 (1.88%) JSON
11 35 (1.60%) Spring
12 33 (1.51%) Terraform
13 32 (1.46%) AngularJS
14 31 (1.42%) jQuery
14 31 (1.42%) Spring Boot
15 27 (1.24%) HTML5
15 27 (1.24%) Playwright
16 26 (1.19%) CSS3
17 24 (1.10%) LESS
Miscellaneous
1 196 (8.97%) Product Ownership
2 99 (4.53%) Mobile App
3 84 (3.84%) Onboarding
4 73 (3.34%) Enterprise Software
5 64 (2.93%) Cloud Native
6 62 (2.84%) Management Information System
7 59 (2.70%) Social Media
8 56 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
9 37 (1.69%) Distributed Systems
10 33 (1.51%) Analytical Mindset
11 31 (1.42%) Driving Licence
12 25 (1.14%) AI Agents
13 23 (1.05%) Algorithms
14 22 (1.01%) Graphic Design
15 21 (0.96%) Blog
16 19 (0.87%) Low-Code
17 18 (0.82%) Legacy Systems
17 18 (0.82%) Virtual Team
18 16 (0.73%) Taxonomies
19 15 (0.69%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 186 (8.51%) Windows
2 58 (2.65%) Apple iOS
3 48 (2.20%) Windows 10
3 48 (2.20%) Windows Server
4 45 (2.06%) Android
5 41 (1.88%) Mac OS
6 38 (1.74%) Linux
7 9 (0.41%) Unix
8 8 (0.37%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.27%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.18%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.14%) AIX
12 2 (0.091%) CentOS
13 1 (0.046%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 638 (29.19%) Continuous Improvement
2 550 (25.16%) UX Design
3 544 (24.89%) Agile
4 487 (22.28%) Problem-Solving
5 472 (21.59%) AI
6 340 (15.55%) Analytics
7 320 (14.64%) Decision-Making
8 313 (14.32%) Stakeholder Management
9 311 (14.23%) Roadmaps
10 279 (12.76%) Mentoring
11 264 (12.08%) ITIL
12 260 (11.89%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 249 (11.39%) Service Management
14 238 (10.89%) ITSM
15 207 (9.47%) DevOps
16 204 (9.33%) CI/CD
17 189 (8.65%) Service Design
18 179 (8.19%) Software Engineering
19 177 (8.10%) Change Management
20 176 (8.05%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 235 (10.75%) JavaScript
2 184 (8.42%) SQL
3 162 (7.41%) TypeScript
4 156 (7.14%) C#
5 139 (6.36%) Python
6 96 (4.39%) Java
7 74 (3.39%) PowerShell
8 28 (1.28%) PHP
9 24 (1.10%) Swift
9 24 (1.10%) VB.NET
10 20 (0.91%) Kotlin
11 18 (0.82%) C++
12 12 (0.55%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 11 (0.50%) Bash
14 10 (0.46%) C
15 9 (0.41%) ABAP
15 9 (0.41%) VBScript
16 7 (0.32%) Go
16 7 (0.32%) T-SQL
17 6 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 299 (13.68%) Degree
2 165 (7.55%) Security Cleared
3 99 (4.53%) SC Cleared
4 45 (2.06%) Microsoft Certification
5 32 (1.46%) Computer Science Degree
5 32 (1.46%) DV Cleared
6 30 (1.37%) Postgraduate
7 27 (1.24%) DBS Check
8 20 (0.91%) A+ Certification
8 20 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
8 20 (0.91%) Master's Degree
9 17 (0.78%) PhD
10 12 (0.55%) CISSP
10 12 (0.55%) ICAEW
10 12 (0.55%) PMI Certification
11 9 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.32%) ISTQB
12 7 (0.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
12 7 (0.32%) Network+ Certification
13 6 (0.27%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 283 (12.95%) Accessibility
2 126 (5.76%) QA
3 89 (4.07%) WCAG
4 71 (3.25%) Data Quality
5 59 (2.70%) GDPR
6 36 (1.65%) SLA
7 18 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
8 15 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
9 12 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 10 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.23%) GRC
11 5 (0.23%) NEBOSH
11 5 (0.23%) PMO
11 5 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.18%) PERC
12 4 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 2 (0.091%) GxP
14 2 (0.091%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 2 (0.091%) PSD2
System Software
1 126 (5.76%) Active Directory
2 72 (3.29%) Docker
3 11 (0.50%) BitLocker
3 11 (0.50%) Virtual Desktop
4 7 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
4 7 (0.32%) vSphere
5 2 (0.091%) Firmware
5 2 (0.091%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.091%) Microsoft App-V
5 2 (0.091%) UAG
5 2 (0.091%) Virtual Machines
5 2 (0.091%) VMware ESXi
6 1 (0.046%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 99 (4.53%) Microsoft Intune
2 46 (2.10%) Kubernetes
3 20 (0.91%) SCCM
4 17 (0.78%) Jamf Pro
5 11 (0.50%) Grafana
6 10 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
7 9 (0.41%) Ansible
8 4 (0.18%) Packer
8 4 (0.18%) Progress Chef
9 2 (0.091%) AirWatch
9 2 (0.091%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.046%) Active Directory Federation Services
10 1 (0.046%) AppManager
10 1 (0.046%) Argo
10 1 (0.046%) Forefront Identity Manager
10 1 (0.046%) HP Fortify
10 1 (0.046%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 472 (21.59%) Microsoft
2 121 (5.54%) Adobe
3 119 (5.44%) Google
4 49 (2.24%) ServiceNow
5 45 (2.06%) Oracle
6 40 (1.83%) Salesforce
6 40 (1.83%) SAP
7 31 (1.42%) Cisco
8 29 (1.33%) OpenAI
9 23 (1.05%) Apple
10 22 (1.01%) Workday
11 20 (0.91%) Meraki
12 18 (0.82%) iManage
13 16 (0.73%) VMware
14 14 (0.64%) Dynatrace
15 13 (0.59%) Okta
16 11 (0.50%) Avaya
16 11 (0.50%) Genesys
17 10 (0.46%) TikTok
18 9 (0.41%) Pinterest