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

3 months to
12 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 80 71 82
Rank change year-on-year -9 +11 -4
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 948 782 2,000
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.07% 3.75% 3.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.75% 4.06% 3.74%
Number of salaries quoted 643 480 1,360
10th Percentile £31,500 £32,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,150 £58,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% +17.00% -20.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £94,250 £100,250 £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 34,441 19,258 53,482
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 75.06% 92.25% 85.66%
Number of salaries quoted 22,662 11,798 39,480
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,500 £28,250
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 £80,000 £78,750 £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% -6.54%

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 12 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 12 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 -6 817 £58,445 -2.43% 706
UK excluding London -11 564 £55,000 +10.00% 514
Work from Home -7 354 £60,000 +1.27% 369
London -22 277 £68,000 -2.86% 271
North of England -9 206 £56,100 +2.00% 148
North West -13 108 £56,800 +3.27% 75
Midlands -15 87 £45,000 -13.42% 110
South East -27 84 £52,500 +5.00% 133
Yorkshire +2 75 £55,000 +15.79% 48
East of England 0 71 £82,500 +120.00% 48
South West -2 69 £50,000 -9.09% 47
West Midlands -15 53 £44,000 -26.67% 79
East Midlands -26 34 £51,250 +46.43% 31
Scotland -25 29 £62,500 +11.11% 22
North East -19 23 £60,000 +14.83% 27
Wales -12 17 £42,934 - 11
Northern Ireland - 3 £61,250 - 6

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
1 116 (2.01%) CMS
2 89 (1.54%) SharePoint
3 70 (1.21%) Confluence
4 35 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
5 33 (0.57%) WordPress
6 15 (0.26%) Drupal
7 11 (0.19%) Umbraco
8 8 (0.14%) nginx
9 4 (0.069%) 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%) Oracle Workflow
12 1 (0.017%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.017%) Apache
12 1 (0.017%) Camunda
12 1 (0.017%) Joomla!
Applications
1 45 (0.78%) Adobe XD
2 32 (0.55%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (0.54%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 30 (0.52%) Microsoft Excel
5 24 (0.42%) Sketch
6 22 (0.38%) Photoshop
7 20 (0.35%) Adobe Illustrator
8 11 (0.19%) MS Visio
9 10 (0.17%) Chatbot
9 10 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 9 (0.16%) UserZoom
11 8 (0.14%) Adobe After Effects
11 8 (0.14%) InVision
12 7 (0.12%) InDesign
12 7 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
13 4 (0.069%) Adobe Premiere
14 3 (0.052%) AutoCAD
14 3 (0.052%) Microsoft Project
14 3 (0.052%) SPSS
14 3 (0.052%) Trello
Business Applications
1 37 (0.64%) Shopify
2 20 (0.35%) Dynamics CRM
2 20 (0.35%) Magento
3 9 (0.16%) Dynamics NAV
4 6 (0.10%) Dynamics GP
5 5 (0.087%) SAP ERP
5 5 (0.087%) SAP S/4HANA
6 4 (0.069%) Workday HCM
7 2 (0.035%) Dynamics AX
7 2 (0.035%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.035%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.035%) Sage X3
7 2 (0.035%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.017%) Elite 3E
8 1 (0.017%) Oracle SCM
8 1 (0.017%) Salesforce CRM
8 1 (0.017%) SAP Business One
8 1 (0.017%) SAP HCM
8 1 (0.017%) SAP HR
8 1 (0.017%) SAP Payroll
Cloud Services
1 4,038 (69.92%) Cloud Computing
2 285 (4.94%) Azure
3 212 (3.67%) Figma
4 186 (3.22%) AWS
5 177 (3.06%) Microsoft 365
6 118 (2.04%) SaaS
7 111 (1.92%) Power Platform
8 81 (1.40%) Google Analytics
9 71 (1.23%) Entra ID
10 70 (1.21%) GitHub
11 68 (1.18%) GCP
12 64 (1.11%) Adobe Analytics
13 56 (0.97%) Azure DevOps
14 46 (0.80%) PowerApps
15 37 (0.64%) Serverless
16 36 (0.62%) Contentsquare
16 36 (0.62%) Power Automate
17 34 (0.59%) Dynamics 365
17 34 (0.59%) OneDrive
18 32 (0.55%) Azure Logic Apps
Communications & Networking
1 4,047 (70.08%) Internet
2 66 (1.14%) Broadband
3 23 (0.40%) VPN
4 22 (0.38%) HTTP
5 21 (0.36%) DNS
5 21 (0.36%) Firewall
6 16 (0.28%) DHCP
7 14 (0.24%) TCP/IP
7 14 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
8 7 (0.12%) LAN
9 5 (0.087%) Intranet
10 4 (0.069%) Kerberos
10 4 (0.069%) VoIP
10 4 (0.069%) WAN
11 3 (0.052%) Bluetooth
11 3 (0.052%) NAS
11 3 (0.052%) Network Security
11 3 (0.052%) SAN
11 3 (0.052%) WebEx
12 2 (0.035%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (0.97%) Power BI
2 50 (0.87%) SQL Server
3 34 (0.59%) PostgreSQL
4 32 (0.55%) Looker
5 23 (0.40%) MySQL
5 23 (0.40%) NoSQL
6 17 (0.29%) MongoDB
7 16 (0.28%) BigQuery
8 15 (0.26%) Metadata
9 14 (0.24%) Azure SQL Database
10 13 (0.23%) Relational Database
10 13 (0.23%) Tableau
11 12 (0.21%) DB2
12 7 (0.12%) Redis
13 6 (0.10%) Data Warehouse
13 6 (0.10%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (0.10%) SAP BW
14 5 (0.087%) Elasticsearch
15 4 (0.069%) QGIS
16 3 (0.052%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 124 (2.15%) JIRA
2 76 (1.32%) Git
3 33 (0.57%) Balsamiq
4 31 (0.54%) Axure RP
5 20 (0.35%) Jenkins
5 20 (0.35%) Selenium
6 17 (0.29%) webpack
7 15 (0.26%) Bitbucket
7 15 (0.26%) Cypress.io
7 15 (0.26%) Vite
8 14 (0.24%) Cucumber
9 13 (0.23%) Crashlytics
10 11 (0.19%) Visual Studio
10 11 (0.19%) XCTest
11 10 (0.17%) Postman
12 9 (0.16%) TeamCity
13 8 (0.14%) Storybook
14 6 (0.10%) Babel
14 6 (0.10%) Claude Code
14 6 (0.10%) fastlane
General
1 4,542 (78.65%) Social Skills
2 4,155 (71.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4,110 (71.17%) Banking
4 297 (5.14%) Finance
5 232 (4.02%) Marketing
6 195 (3.38%) Analytical Skills
7 135 (2.34%) Public Sector
8 103 (1.78%) Legal
9 85 (1.47%) Law
10 78 (1.35%) Organisational Skills
11 68 (1.18%) Retail
12 65 (1.13%) Presentation Skills
13 51 (0.88%) Influencing Skills
14 49 (0.85%) Games
15 33 (0.57%) Manufacturing
15 33 (0.57%) Telecoms
16 26 (0.45%) Advertising
17 19 (0.33%) Back Office
18 15 (0.26%) Documentation Skills
19 12 (0.21%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 3,133 (54.25%) Lecturer
2 357 (6.18%) Senior
3 258 (4.47%) Designer
4 248 (4.29%) Developer
5 187 (3.24%) Lead
6 183 (3.17%) UX Designer
7 129 (2.23%) Analyst
8 86 (1.49%) Senior Developer
9 84 (1.45%) Software Engineer
10 69 (1.19%) Senior Designer
11 63 (1.09%) Product Manager
12 61 (1.06%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 58 (1.00%) UI Designer
14 55 (0.95%) Senior Manager
15 51 (0.88%) Senior UX Designer
16 48 (0.83%) Full-Stack Developer
16 48 (0.83%) UI/UX Designer
17 47 (0.81%) IT Support
18 46 (0.80%) Full-Stack Engineer
19 43 (0.74%) Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 210 (3.64%) HTML
2 207 (3.58%) CSS
3 200 (3.46%) React
4 112 (1.94%) .NET
5 89 (1.54%) RESTful
6 86 (1.49%) REST
7 70 (1.21%) Node.js
8 69 (1.19%) AngularJS
9 59 (1.02%) Vue
10 38 (0.66%) HTML5
11 33 (0.57%) JSON
12 32 (0.55%) Web Services
13 30 (0.52%) Next.js
14 28 (0.48%) CSS3
15 27 (0.47%) Spring
16 26 (0.45%) .NET Core
17 25 (0.43%) .NET Framework
17 25 (0.43%) Laravel
17 25 (0.43%) WebSockets
18 23 (0.40%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 4,047 (70.08%) IoT
2 183 (3.17%) Product Ownership
3 118 (2.04%) Mobile App
4 98 (1.70%) Onboarding
5 62 (1.07%) Social Media
6 53 (0.92%) Cloud Native
7 43 (0.74%) Management Information System
8 42 (0.73%) Legacy Systems
9 37 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
10 36 (0.62%) AI Agents
11 33 (0.57%) Greenfield Project
12 31 (0.54%) Self-Motivation
13 20 (0.35%) e-Learning
13 20 (0.35%) Low-Code
13 20 (0.35%) Public Cloud
14 19 (0.33%) Analytical Mindset
15 17 (0.29%) CMDB
15 17 (0.29%) Driving Licence
15 17 (0.29%) Life Science
16 16 (0.28%) Distributed Systems
Operating Systems
1 67 (1.16%) Windows
2 62 (1.07%) Apple iOS
3 54 (0.94%) Android
4 24 (0.42%) Linux
5 21 (0.36%) Windows 10
6 19 (0.33%) Windows Server
7 18 (0.31%) Mac OS
8 6 (0.10%) Ubuntu
8 6 (0.10%) Unix
9 4 (0.069%) Mac OS X
10 3 (0.052%) Windows Server 2016
10 3 (0.052%) Windows Server 2019
11 2 (0.035%) zOS
12 1 (0.017%) Kali Linux
12 1 (0.017%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4,341 (75.17%) AI
2 4,109 (71.15%) Machine Learning
3 4,107 (71.12%) Cybersecurity
4 4,087 (70.77%) Web Development
5 535 (9.26%) Agile
6 491 (8.50%) UX Design
7 365 (6.32%) Problem-Solving
8 348 (6.03%) Continuous Improvement
9 344 (5.96%) Analytics
10 273 (4.73%) Roadmaps
11 221 (3.83%) Mentoring
12 177 (3.06%) Full-Stack Development
13 175 (3.03%) Decision-Making
13 175 (3.03%) Software Engineering
14 173 (3.00%) DevOps
15 169 (2.93%) User Research
16 166 (2.87%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 153 (2.65%) CI/CD
18 131 (2.27%) SEO
19 130 (2.25%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 273 (4.73%) JavaScript
2 160 (2.77%) TypeScript
3 129 (2.23%) SQL
4 118 (2.04%) Java
5 105 (1.82%) Python
6 95 (1.65%) C#
7 46 (0.80%) PowerShell
8 42 (0.73%) PHP
9 26 (0.45%) Kotlin
10 23 (0.40%) Swift
11 22 (0.38%) Go
12 16 (0.28%) 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 (0.069%) Apex Code
19 3 (0.052%) Data Analysis Expressions
19 3 (0.052%) Scala
Qualifications
1 4,261 (73.78%) Degree
2 4,063 (70.35%) Master's Degree
3 4,042 (69.99%) PhD
4 4,039 (69.94%) Postgraduate
5 148 (2.56%) Security Cleared
6 109 (1.89%) SC Cleared
7 39 (0.68%) DBS Check
8 38 (0.66%) Computer Science Degree
9 21 (0.36%) DV Cleared
10 18 (0.31%) BPSS Clearance
11 17 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (0.17%) PMI Certification
13 8 (0.14%) PMP
14 7 (0.12%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
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 (0.069%) CISSP
17 3 (0.052%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 296 (5.13%) Accessibility
2 117 (2.03%) QA
3 94 (1.63%) WCAG
4 59 (1.02%) GDPR
5 24 (0.42%) Data Quality
6 14 (0.24%) Cyber Essentials
7 12 (0.21%) PCI DSS
8 11 (0.19%) Actionable Recommendations
9 10 (0.17%) ISO/IEC 19770
9 10 (0.17%) SLA
10 8 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 7 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
12 4 (0.069%) HIPAA
13 3 (0.052%) PERC
13 3 (0.052%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 3 (0.052%) SOC 2
14 2 (0.035%) GRC
14 2 (0.035%) HL7
14 2 (0.035%) PMO
15 1 (0.017%) GxP
System Software
1 79 (1.37%) Active Directory
2 70 (1.21%) Docker
3 17 (0.29%) Virtual Machines
4 9 (0.16%) Virtual Desktop
5 4 (0.069%) VMware Infrastructure
6 3 (0.052%) VMware ESXi
6 3 (0.052%) vSphere
7 2 (0.035%) Firmware
7 2 (0.035%) RACF
Systems Management
1 55 (0.95%) Microsoft Intune
2 51 (0.88%) Kubernetes
3 38 (0.66%) Terraform
4 22 (0.38%) 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 5 (0.087%) 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%) Nessus
9 1 (0.017%) Nmap
Vendors
1 280 (4.85%) Microsoft
2 183 (3.17%) Adobe
3 118 (2.04%) Google
4 77 (1.33%) ServiceNow
5 49 (0.85%) Salesforce
6 41 (0.71%) HubSpot
7 29 (0.50%) Apple
7 29 (0.50%) Nexthink
8 24 (0.42%) SAP
9 23 (0.40%) Oracle
10 21 (0.36%) Hotjar
11 19 (0.33%) BMC
12 14 (0.24%) Braze
13 13 (0.23%) Atlassian
14 12 (0.21%) iManage
15 11 (0.19%) Amplitude
15 11 (0.19%) Sitecore
15 11 (0.19%) Splunk
16 10 (0.17%) Cisco
16 10 (0.17%) New Relic