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

3 months to
2 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 86 74
Rank change year-on-year -13 -12 +2
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,055 672 1,049
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.83% 2.85% 2.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.49% 3.36% 3.67%
Number of salaries quoted 669 456 485
10th Percentile £32,400 £31,250 £32,250
25th Percentile £40,250 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £105,000 £87,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +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 42,318 20,012 28,603
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.40% 84.96% 81.27%
Number of salaries quoted 29,534 12,688 15,581
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £34,695
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,650 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £48,122 £53,818
% change year-on-year +14.29% -10.58% +2.51%

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 2 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 2 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 -14 917 £57,500 -4.17% 2,105
UK excluding London -17 599 £52,500 - 884
Work from Home -23 401 £57,500 -4.37% 891
London -8 356 £65,000 -13.33% 1,449
North of England +2 187 £55,000 +15.79% 244
Midlands 0 104 £43,000 -21.82% 109
South East -64 104 £50,000 -9.09% 178
South West -11 91 £60,000 +17.07% 132
North West -31 88 £42,500 -12.82% 145
West Midlands -9 66 £44,447 -25.92% 72
Yorkshire +12 59 £60,000 +41.18% 69
North East -19 40 £50,000 +61.29% 33
East of England -28 40 £45,000 -18.18% 83
East Midlands -26 38 £42,500 +6.25% 37
Northern Ireland -51 27 £46,000 - 52
Scotland 0 26 £55,000 -18.52% 71
Wales -59 20 £38,500 -42.96% 20

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
1 157 (7.47%) SharePoint
2 93 (4.43%) CMS
3 68 (3.24%) Confluence
4 48 (2.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 34 (1.62%) WordPress
6 10 (0.48%) IIS
7 8 (0.38%) Moodle
8 5 (0.24%) Skype for Business
9 4 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.14%) Apache
10 3 (0.14%) Drupal
10 3 (0.14%) Headless CMS
10 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
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%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.048%) ExpressionEngine
12 1 (0.048%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 42 (2.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (1.67%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 31 (1.48%) Chatbot
4 30 (1.43%) Adobe XD
5 20 (0.95%) Photoshop
6 19 (0.90%) UserZoom
7 18 (0.86%) Adobe Illustrator
7 18 (0.86%) InDesign
8 16 (0.76%) Sketch
9 10 (0.48%) Adobe After Effects
10 9 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 8 (0.38%) MS Visio
12 7 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
13 3 (0.14%) InVision
13 3 (0.14%) Productboard
13 3 (0.14%) SPSS
13 3 (0.14%) Trello
13 3 (0.14%) Zeplin
14 2 (0.095%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 23 (1.09%) 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 4 (0.19%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
7 3 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.14%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.14%) iTrent
7 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.095%) Adobe Campaign
8 2 (0.095%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.095%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.095%) Towers Watson Igloo
8 2 (0.095%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.048%) Payment Gateway
9 1 (0.048%) PeopleSoft HCM
9 1 (0.048%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 408 (19.42%) Azure
2 288 (13.71%) Microsoft 365
3 197 (9.38%) Figma
4 176 (8.38%) AWS
5 175 (8.33%) Power Platform
6 149 (7.09%) SaaS
7 124 (5.90%) Entra ID
8 107 (5.09%) Azure DevOps
9 91 (4.33%) Power Automate
10 83 (3.95%) PowerApps
11 71 (3.38%) Google Analytics
12 70 (3.33%) GCP
13 63 (3.00%) GitHub
14 59 (2.81%) Microsoft Copilot
15 50 (2.38%) Adobe Analytics
15 50 (2.38%) Dynamics 365
16 47 (2.24%) Azure Logic Apps
17 45 (2.14%) OneDrive
18 42 (2.00%) Serverless
19 37 (1.76%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 50 (2.38%) Broadband
2 38 (1.81%) DNS
3 36 (1.71%) Firewall
4 31 (1.48%) DHCP
5 21 (1.00%) TCP/IP
6 19 (0.90%) VPN
7 17 (0.81%) VoIP
8 16 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
9 15 (0.71%) Network Security
10 12 (0.57%) Internet
11 11 (0.52%) CTI
12 9 (0.43%) HTTP
12 9 (0.43%) Kerberos
13 8 (0.38%) Wireless
14 7 (0.33%) VLAN
15 6 (0.29%) Intranet
16 5 (0.24%) SAN
16 5 (0.24%) Skype
16 5 (0.24%) SMS
16 5 (0.24%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (4.47%) Power BI
2 65 (3.09%) SQL Server
3 35 (1.67%) Relational Database
4 28 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (1.29%) NoSQL
6 24 (1.14%) MySQL
7 23 (1.09%) Azure SQL Database
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
13 8 (0.38%) Redis
14 7 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
14 7 (0.33%) GIS
15 6 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
15 6 (0.29%) Power Query
16 5 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
16 5 (0.24%) Star Schema
17 4 (0.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 100 (4.76%) JIRA
2 92 (4.38%) Git
3 30 (1.43%) Claude Code
4 24 (1.14%) Jenkins
5 19 (0.90%) fastlane
6 18 (0.86%) Cypress.io
7 17 (0.81%) Crashlytics
8 14 (0.67%) Selenium
9 12 (0.57%) XCTest
10 11 (0.52%) Balsamiq
11 10 (0.48%) Oracle Forms
11 10 (0.48%) Postman
11 10 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
12 9 (0.43%) Axure RP
12 9 (0.43%) Xcode
13 7 (0.33%) Bitbucket
14 6 (0.29%) Android Studio
14 6 (0.29%) Gradle
14 6 (0.29%) NUnit
15 5 (0.24%) Cucumber
General
1 716 (34.08%) Social Skills
2 370 (17.61%) Finance
3 290 (13.80%) Analytical Skills
4 265 (12.61%) Marketing
5 194 (9.23%) Public Sector
6 187 (8.90%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 138 (6.57%) Retail
8 130 (6.19%) Law
9 104 (4.95%) Organisational Skills
10 89 (4.24%) Legal
11 69 (3.28%) Influencing Skills
12 62 (2.95%) Banking
13 57 (2.71%) Games
14 51 (2.43%) Presentation Skills
15 30 (1.43%) Advertising
16 29 (1.38%) Documentation Skills
17 26 (1.24%) Manufacturing
18 22 (1.05%) Multimedia
19 21 (1.00%) Financial Institution
20 19 (0.90%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 398 (18.94%) Senior
2 334 (15.90%) Designer
3 302 (14.37%) Developer
4 250 (11.90%) Lead
5 236 (11.23%) UX Designer
6 180 (8.57%) Analyst
7 107 (5.09%) Senior Developer
8 97 (4.62%) Software Engineer
9 92 (4.38%) IT Support
10 90 (4.28%) UI Designer
11 83 (3.95%) UI/UX Designer
12 82 (3.90%) Senior Designer
13 72 (3.43%) Product Manager
14 65 (3.09%) Architect
14 65 (3.09%) Support Engineer
15 63 (3.00%) IT Manager
16 61 (2.90%) Business Analyst
17 55 (2.62%) Full-Stack Developer
17 55 (2.62%) Senior UX Designer
17 55 (2.62%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 207 (9.85%) CSS
1 207 (9.85%) HTML
2 162 (7.71%) .NET
3 146 (6.95%) React
4 105 (5.00%) REST
5 78 (3.71%) RESTful
6 73 (3.47%) Node.js
7 62 (2.95%) .NET Core
8 56 (2.67%) JSON
9 47 (2.24%) ASP.NET
10 43 (2.05%) Next.js
11 34 (1.62%) AngularJS
12 30 (1.43%) HTML5
12 30 (1.43%) jQuery
13 29 (1.38%) CSS3
14 27 (1.29%) Spring
14 27 (1.29%) SwiftUI
15 26 (1.24%) Blazor
15 26 (1.24%) SPFx
16 25 (1.19%) Terraform
Miscellaneous
1 213 (10.14%) Product Ownership
2 110 (5.24%) Mobile App
3 97 (4.62%) Onboarding
4 78 (3.71%) Enterprise Software
5 68 (3.24%) Social Media
6 61 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
7 54 (2.57%) Cloud Native
8 48 (2.28%) Management Information System
9 33 (1.57%) Analytical Mindset
10 30 (1.43%) Driving Licence
11 25 (1.19%) Distributed Systems
12 24 (1.14%) AI Agents
13 23 (1.09%) Algorithms
14 20 (0.95%) Graphic Design
15 19 (0.90%) Legacy Systems
16 18 (0.86%) Blog
16 18 (0.86%) Virtual Team
17 17 (0.81%) Greenfield Project
18 16 (0.76%) Low-Code
18 16 (0.76%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 153 (7.28%) Windows
2 76 (3.62%) Apple iOS
3 47 (2.24%) Windows Server
4 45 (2.14%) Android
5 39 (1.86%) Windows 10
6 34 (1.62%) Mac OS
7 28 (1.33%) 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 3 (0.14%) Unix
12 2 (0.095%) AIX
13 1 (0.048%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 579 (27.56%) Agile
2 553 (26.32%) UX Design
3 539 (25.65%) Continuous Improvement
4 465 (22.13%) Problem-Solving
5 443 (21.09%) AI
6 368 (17.52%) Analytics
7 337 (16.04%) Roadmaps
8 278 (13.23%) Mentoring
9 249 (11.85%) Stakeholder Management
10 234 (11.14%) Decision-Making
11 222 (10.57%) DevOps
12 203 (9.66%) CI/CD
13 175 (8.33%) Software Engineering
14 168 (8.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 167 (7.95%) ITIL
16 164 (7.81%) Customer Experience
16 164 (7.81%) Workflow
17 163 (7.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
17 163 (7.76%) User Research
18 153 (7.28%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 258 (12.28%) JavaScript
2 180 (8.57%) SQL
3 164 (7.81%) C#
4 160 (7.62%) TypeScript
5 126 (6.00%) Python
6 94 (4.47%) Java
7 78 (3.71%) PowerShell
8 33 (1.57%) Swift
9 25 (1.19%) Kotlin
9 25 (1.19%) PHP
10 19 (0.90%) VB.NET
11 14 (0.67%) C++
12 11 (0.52%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 10 (0.48%) C
14 9 (0.43%) ABAP
14 9 (0.43%) VBScript
15 8 (0.38%) Bash
15 8 (0.38%) Go
16 7 (0.33%) VB
17 6 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 214 (10.19%) Degree
2 146 (6.95%) Security Cleared
3 87 (4.14%) SC Cleared
4 36 (1.71%) DV Cleared
4 36 (1.71%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (1.38%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (1.14%) DBS Check
7 17 (0.81%) Postgraduate
8 12 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (0.57%) ICAEW
8 12 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
9 11 (0.52%) Master's Degree
10 10 (0.48%) PMI Certification
11 9 (0.43%) CISSP
12 8 (0.38%) PhD
13 7 (0.33%) ISTQB
14 6 (0.29%) A+ Certification
14 6 (0.29%) IIBA
14 6 (0.29%) Network+ Certification
15 4 (0.19%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 302 (14.37%) Accessibility
2 137 (6.52%) QA
3 106 (5.05%) WCAG
4 68 (3.24%) Data Quality
5 60 (2.86%) GDPR
6 34 (1.62%) SLA
7 19 (0.90%) Actionable Recommendations
8 16 (0.76%) 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%) PMO
11 5 (0.24%) Software Quality Assurance
12 4 (0.19%) PCI DSS
12 4 (0.19%) PERC
12 4 (0.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.14%) GRC
13 3 (0.14%) GxP
13 3 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
System Software
1 115 (5.47%) Active Directory
2 62 (2.95%) Docker
3 11 (0.52%) BitLocker
4 9 (0.43%) Virtual Desktop
5 6 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
5 6 (0.29%) VMware Infrastructure
6 4 (0.19%) VMware ESXi
7 2 (0.095%) Firmware
7 2 (0.095%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 86 (4.09%) Microsoft Intune
2 41 (1.95%) Kubernetes
3 16 (0.76%) Jamf Pro
3 16 (0.76%) SCCM
4 8 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
5 6 (0.29%) Ansible
6 4 (0.19%) Grafana
7 2 (0.095%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.095%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.095%) Oracle RMAN
8 1 (0.048%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.048%) AppManager
8 1 (0.048%) Argo
8 1 (0.048%) Forefront Identity Manager
8 1 (0.048%) HP ALM
8 1 (0.048%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 461 (21.94%) Microsoft
2 167 (7.95%) Adobe
3 108 (5.14%) Google
4 48 (2.28%) Salesforce
5 46 (2.19%) ServiceNow
6 41 (1.95%) Oracle
7 33 (1.57%) Apple
8 30 (1.43%) SAP
9 27 (1.29%) OpenAI
10 19 (0.90%) Cisco
10 19 (0.90%) iManage
11 15 (0.71%) Dynatrace
12 14 (0.67%) Braze
12 14 (0.67%) HubSpot
13 13 (0.62%) Amplitude
13 13 (0.62%) Workday
14 12 (0.57%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
15 11 (0.52%) Avaya
15 11 (0.52%) Genesys
15 11 (0.52%) Hotjar