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

3 months to
23 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 77 88
Rank change year-on-year -23 +11 -11
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,120 667 973
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.82% 3.01% 3.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.46% 3.52% 3.50%
Number of salaries quoted 664 486 452
10th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,000 £41,554 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -12.00%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,293 £100,000 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% +10.53% -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 45,473 18,956 27,785
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.84% 85.57% 87.08%
Number of salaries quoted 30,811 12,331 13,144
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £34,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,655 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £53,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -10.38% +0.95%

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 23 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 23 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 -31 945 £57,500 +4.55% 2,924
UK excluding London -21 630 £50,000 -4.76% 1,346
London -10 386 £65,000 -8.45% 1,813
Work from Home -31 379 £57,500 - 1,224
North of England -6 187 £55,000 +16.40% 370
South West +3 105 £60,000 +20.00% 155
South East -69 105 £44,000 -20.00% 302
Midlands -31 93 £34,500 -36.41% 208
North West -29 92 £55,000 +10.00% 217
Northern Ireland -25 67 £75,000 - 67
West Midlands -21 64 £35,313 -43.50% 146
Yorkshire -3 59 £63,076 +80.22% 114
North East -9 36 £50,000 +61.29% 42
East of England -65 33 £45,000 -18.18% 106
East Midlands -50 29 £30,000 -18.37% 62
Scotland -20 23 £55,000 +29.41% 104
Wales -62 17 £38,500 -42.96% 38

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
1 142 (6.46%) SharePoint
2 90 (4.10%) CMS
3 66 (3.00%) Confluence
4 48 (2.18%) Microsoft Exchange
5 35 (1.59%) WordPress
6 13 (0.59%) IIS
7 10 (0.46%) Moodle
8 6 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.23%) Apache
9 5 (0.23%) Skype for Business
10 4 (0.18%) Headless CMS
11 3 (0.14%) Umbraco
12 2 (0.091%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.091%) Apache Spark
12 2 (0.091%) Drupal
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%) MTS
Applications
1 43 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (1.59%) Microsoft Office
3 32 (1.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 30 (1.37%) Chatbot
5 28 (1.27%) Adobe XD
6 22 (1.00%) Photoshop
7 20 (0.91%) Adobe Illustrator
8 19 (0.86%) InDesign
9 16 (0.73%) Sketch
10 15 (0.68%) UserZoom
11 11 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
12 9 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
13 8 (0.36%) MS Visio
14 6 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
15 3 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
15 3 (0.14%) InVision
15 3 (0.14%) Productboard
15 3 (0.14%) Trello
15 3 (0.14%) Zeplin
16 2 (0.091%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 22 (1.00%) Shopify
2 19 (0.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 17 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (0.64%) Workday HCM
5 11 (0.50%) NetSuite
6 6 (0.27%) Magento
7 3 (0.14%) Adobe Campaign
7 3 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
7 3 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
7 3 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
7 3 (0.14%) Elite 3E
7 3 (0.14%) iTrent
7 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.091%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.091%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.091%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.091%) Towers Watson Igloo
8 2 (0.091%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.046%) Bloomberg TOMS
9 1 (0.046%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 390 (17.75%) Azure
2 283 (12.88%) Microsoft 365
3 186 (8.47%) Figma
4 181 (8.24%) Power Platform
5 171 (7.78%) AWS
6 152 (6.92%) SaaS
7 121 (5.51%) Entra ID
8 96 (4.37%) Azure DevOps
9 85 (3.87%) Power Automate
10 77 (3.50%) PowerApps
11 65 (2.96%) GCP
12 63 (2.87%) Google Analytics
13 57 (2.59%) Microsoft Copilot
14 56 (2.55%) GitHub
15 50 (2.28%) Dynamics 365
16 42 (1.91%) Azure Logic Apps
17 39 (1.78%) OneDrive
18 38 (1.73%) Serverless
19 35 (1.59%) Adobe Analytics
20 34 (1.55%) Copilot Studio
Communications & Networking
1 44 (2.00%) DNS
2 38 (1.73%) DHCP
3 35 (1.59%) Firewall
4 34 (1.55%) Broadband
5 22 (1.00%) VPN
6 20 (0.91%) TCP/IP
7 17 (0.77%) VoIP
8 16 (0.73%) Network Security
9 14 (0.64%) Internet
9 14 (0.64%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (0.50%) CTI
11 10 (0.46%) Kerberos
12 8 (0.36%) HTTP
12 8 (0.36%) Wireless
13 7 (0.32%) Intranet
14 6 (0.27%) VLAN
15 5 (0.23%) SAN
15 5 (0.23%) Skype
15 5 (0.23%) SMS
15 5 (0.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (4.14%) Power BI
2 64 (2.91%) SQL Server
3 38 (1.73%) Relational Database
4 29 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
5 28 (1.27%) MySQL
6 27 (1.23%) NoSQL
7 17 (0.77%) Azure SQL Database
8 16 (0.73%) Metadata
9 14 (0.64%) Looker
10 13 (0.59%) MongoDB
11 11 (0.50%) BigQuery
12 10 (0.46%) Tableau
13 9 (0.41%) Redis
14 8 (0.36%) GIS
15 7 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
16 6 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
16 6 (0.27%) Power Query
17 5 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
17 5 (0.23%) Star Schema
18 4 (0.18%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 98 (4.46%) JIRA
2 86 (3.91%) Git
3 35 (1.59%) Claude Code
4 23 (1.05%) Jenkins
5 18 (0.82%) Cypress.io
6 15 (0.68%) fastlane
7 12 (0.55%) Oracle Forms
7 12 (0.55%) Selenium
7 12 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
8 10 (0.46%) Balsamiq
8 10 (0.46%) Crashlytics
9 8 (0.36%) Axure RP
9 8 (0.36%) GitLab
9 8 (0.36%) Postman
10 7 (0.32%) Storybook
10 7 (0.32%) Xcode
11 6 (0.27%) Bitbucket
11 6 (0.27%) Cucumber
12 5 (0.23%) Appium
12 5 (0.23%) Gradle
General
1 789 (35.91%) Social Skills
2 402 (18.30%) Finance
3 345 (15.70%) Analytical Skills
4 266 (12.11%) Marketing
5 200 (9.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 196 (8.92%) Public Sector
7 137 (6.24%) Retail
8 133 (6.05%) Law
9 102 (4.64%) Organisational Skills
10 90 (4.10%) Presentation Skills
11 87 (3.96%) Legal
12 79 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
13 71 (3.23%) Banking
14 42 (1.91%) Games
15 33 (1.50%) Advertising
16 27 (1.23%) Documentation Skills
17 25 (1.14%) Manufacturing
17 25 (1.14%) Multimedia
18 24 (1.09%) Publishing
19 22 (1.00%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 424 (19.30%) Senior
2 342 (15.57%) Designer
3 303 (13.79%) Developer
4 243 (11.06%) UX Designer
5 242 (11.02%) Lead
6 221 (10.06%) Analyst
7 107 (4.87%) Software Engineer
8 96 (4.37%) IT Support
9 91 (4.14%) Senior Developer
10 87 (3.96%) UI Designer
11 80 (3.64%) Senior Designer
11 80 (3.64%) UI/UX Designer
12 79 (3.60%) Senior Analyst
13 75 (3.41%) Support Analyst
14 68 (3.10%) ITSM Analyst
15 67 (3.05%) Architect
16 63 (2.87%) IT Manager
17 62 (2.82%) Product Manager
17 62 (2.82%) Support Engineer
18 57 (2.59%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 209 (9.51%) HTML
2 208 (9.47%) CSS
3 154 (7.01%) .NET
4 147 (6.69%) React
5 98 (4.46%) REST
6 78 (3.55%) Node.js
7 70 (3.19%) RESTful
8 52 (2.37%) .NET Core
9 51 (2.32%) JSON
10 48 (2.18%) Next.js
11 45 (2.05%) ASP.NET
12 37 (1.68%) AngularJS
13 34 (1.55%) Spring
13 34 (1.55%) Terraform
14 32 (1.46%) jQuery
15 30 (1.37%) HTML5
15 30 (1.37%) Spring Boot
16 29 (1.32%) CSS3
17 26 (1.18%) Playwright
18 25 (1.14%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 199 (9.06%) Product Ownership
2 100 (4.55%) Mobile App
3 95 (4.32%) Onboarding
4 74 (3.37%) Enterprise Software
5 67 (3.05%) Social Media
6 64 (2.91%) Cloud Native
7 58 (2.64%) Self-Motivation
8 57 (2.59%) Management Information System
9 34 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
10 31 (1.41%) Distributed Systems
10 31 (1.41%) Driving Licence
11 26 (1.18%) AI Agents
12 24 (1.09%) Algorithms
13 23 (1.05%) Graphic Design
14 21 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
15 19 (0.86%) Blog
16 18 (0.82%) e-Learning
16 18 (0.82%) Virtual Team
17 16 (0.73%) Low-Code
17 16 (0.73%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 169 (7.69%) Windows
2 61 (2.78%) Apple iOS
3 49 (2.23%) Windows 10
4 44 (2.00%) Windows Server
5 43 (1.96%) Android
6 37 (1.68%) Linux
7 31 (1.41%) Mac OS
8 8 (0.36%) Unix
8 8 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.27%) Ubuntu
9 6 (0.27%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.18%) Mac OS X
11 2 (0.091%) AIX
11 2 (0.091%) CentOS
12 1 (0.046%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 606 (27.58%) Continuous Improvement
2 576 (26.22%) Agile
3 574 (26.13%) UX Design
4 494 (22.49%) Problem-Solving
5 461 (20.98%) AI
6 355 (16.16%) Analytics
7 335 (15.25%) Roadmaps
8 285 (12.97%) Mentoring
9 284 (12.93%) Stakeholder Management
10 274 (12.47%) Decision-Making
11 228 (10.38%) ITIL
12 217 (9.88%) DevOps
13 216 (9.83%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 202 (9.19%) CI/CD
15 200 (9.10%) Service Management
16 191 (8.69%) ITSM
17 184 (8.38%) Software Engineering
18 164 (7.46%) User Research
18 164 (7.46%) Workflow
19 159 (7.24%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 251 (11.42%) JavaScript
2 186 (8.47%) SQL
3 168 (7.65%) TypeScript
4 159 (7.24%) C#
5 134 (6.10%) Python
6 103 (4.69%) Java
7 79 (3.60%) PowerShell
8 27 (1.23%) PHP
9 22 (1.00%) Swift
9 22 (1.00%) VB.NET
10 18 (0.82%) C++
10 18 (0.82%) Kotlin
11 11 (0.50%) Bash
11 11 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
12 10 (0.46%) C
13 9 (0.41%) ABAP
13 9 (0.41%) VBScript
14 6 (0.27%) Go
14 6 (0.27%) T-SQL
14 6 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 258 (11.74%) Degree
2 168 (7.65%) Security Cleared
3 99 (4.51%) SC Cleared
4 44 (2.00%) Microsoft Certification
5 35 (1.59%) DV Cleared
6 31 (1.41%) DBS Check
7 30 (1.37%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (0.91%) Postgraduate
9 19 (0.86%) A+ Certification
10 15 (0.68%) ITIL Certification
11 12 (0.55%) ICAEW
12 11 (0.50%) Master's Degree
13 10 (0.46%) CISSP
13 10 (0.46%) PMI Certification
14 9 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
14 9 (0.41%) Network+ Certification
15 8 (0.36%) PhD
16 7 (0.32%) ISTQB
17 6 (0.27%) IIBA
18 5 (0.23%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 292 (13.29%) Accessibility
2 129 (5.87%) QA
3 97 (4.42%) WCAG
4 68 (3.10%) Data Quality
5 60 (2.73%) GDPR
6 41 (1.87%) SLA
7 20 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
8 15 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
9 12 (0.55%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 10 (0.46%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.23%) NEBOSH
11 5 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.18%) GRC
12 4 (0.18%) PERC
12 4 (0.18%) PMO
12 4 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
13 3 (0.14%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 3 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 2 (0.091%) GxP
14 2 (0.091%) PSD2
System Software
1 122 (5.55%) Active Directory
2 63 (2.87%) Docker
3 11 (0.50%) BitLocker
4 10 (0.46%) Virtual Desktop
5 8 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
6 5 (0.23%) vSphere
7 4 (0.18%) VMware ESXi
8 2 (0.091%) Firmware
8 2 (0.091%) Hyper-V
8 2 (0.091%) UAG
8 2 (0.091%) Virtual Machines
9 1 (0.046%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 81 (3.69%) Microsoft Intune
2 44 (2.00%) Kubernetes
3 20 (0.91%) SCCM
4 12 (0.55%) Jamf Pro
5 10 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
6 8 (0.36%) Ansible
7 5 (0.23%) Grafana
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 (21.48%) Microsoft
2 146 (6.65%) Adobe
3 109 (4.96%) Google
4 49 (2.23%) ServiceNow
5 46 (2.09%) Salesforce
6 41 (1.87%) Oracle
7 37 (1.68%) SAP
8 27 (1.23%) Apple
8 27 (1.23%) OpenAI
9 24 (1.09%) Cisco
10 19 (0.86%) iManage
10 19 (0.86%) Workday
11 17 (0.77%) VMware
12 14 (0.64%) Dynatrace
13 13 (0.59%) Meraki
14 12 (0.55%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 12 (0.55%) TikTok
15 11 (0.50%) Avaya
15 11 (0.50%) Okta
15 11 (0.50%) Pinterest