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

3 months to
31 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 89 66
Rank change year-on-year -9 -23 +12
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,034 678 1,187
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.82% 2.87% 3.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.48% 3.38% 4.04%
Number of salaries quoted 654 459 500
10th Percentile £32,150 £31,250 £32,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -15.38%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,125 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £105,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +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 41,678 20,087 29,393
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.22% 85.12% 80.51%
Number of salaries quoted 29,096 12,721 16,109
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,000 £36,250 £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 £78,458
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -12.04% +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 31 August 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 31 August 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 -18 896 £57,000 -4.62% 1,091
UK excluding London -6 592 £50,000 -4.76% 553
Work from Home -22 395 £56,250 -6.25% 452
London -5 345 £65,000 -13.33% 690
North of England +1 185 £55,000 +15.79% 153
Midlands -9 104 £43,000 -21.82% 74
South East -63 104 £50,000 -11.11% 142
North West -32 88 £41,250 -13.16% 81
South West -22 86 £60,000 +20.00% 89
West Midlands -8 66 £44,447 -25.92% 48
Yorkshire +19 57 £60,000 +41.18% 54
North East -16 40 £50,000 +61.29% 21
East of England -28 40 £45,000 -18.18% 41
East Midlands -25 38 £42,500 +6.25% 26
Northern Ireland -52 27 £46,000 - 13
Scotland +5 26 £55,000 -18.52% 34
Wales -55 20 £38,500 -42.96% 14

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 (7.50%) SharePoint
2 94 (4.49%) CMS
3 63 (3.01%) Confluence
4 47 (2.25%) Microsoft Exchange
5 34 (1.63%) WordPress
6 10 (0.48%) IIS
7 7 (0.33%) Moodle
8 5 (0.24%) Skype for Business
9 4 (0.19%) Apache Airflow
9 4 (0.19%) Umbraco
10 3 (0.14%) Apache
10 3 (0.14%) Drupal
10 3 (0.14%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.096%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.096%) nginx
11 2 (0.096%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.096%) Totara
12 1 (0.048%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 1 (0.048%) ExpressionEngine
12 1 (0.048%) NServiceBus
Applications
1 42 (2.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 31 (1.48%) Adobe XD
3 31 (1.48%) Chatbot
4 20 (0.96%) Photoshop
5 19 (0.91%) UserZoom
6 18 (0.86%) Adobe Illustrator
6 18 (0.86%) InDesign
7 16 (0.76%) Sketch
8 10 (0.48%) Adobe After Effects
9 9 (0.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 8 (0.38%) MS Visio
10 8 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.14%) InVision
11 3 (0.14%) Productboard
11 3 (0.14%) SPSS
11 3 (0.14%) Trello
11 3 (0.14%) Zeplin
12 2 (0.096%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 23 (1.10%) Shopify
2 17 (0.81%) Dynamics CRM
3 15 (0.72%) SAP S/4HANA
4 11 (0.53%) NetSuite
4 11 (0.53%) 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 (0.096%) Adobe Campaign
8 2 (0.096%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.096%) Towers Watson Igloo
8 2 (0.096%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.048%) Bloomberg TOMS
9 1 (0.048%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
9 1 (0.048%) Remedy ITSM
9 1 (0.048%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 408 (19.50%) Azure
2 286 (13.67%) Microsoft 365
3 198 (9.46%) Figma
4 174 (8.32%) Power Platform
5 173 (8.27%) AWS
6 145 (6.93%) SaaS
7 123 (5.88%) Entra ID
8 108 (5.16%) Azure DevOps
9 91 (4.35%) Power Automate
10 83 (3.97%) PowerApps
11 72 (3.44%) Google Analytics
12 68 (3.25%) GCP
13 63 (3.01%) GitHub
14 58 (2.77%) Microsoft Copilot
15 50 (2.39%) Adobe Analytics
16 49 (2.34%) Dynamics 365
17 48 (2.29%) Azure Logic Apps
18 44 (2.10%) OneDrive
19 42 (2.01%) Serverless
20 37 (1.77%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 50 (2.39%) Broadband
2 37 (1.77%) DNS
3 36 (1.72%) Firewall
4 30 (1.43%) DHCP
5 21 (1.00%) TCP/IP
6 19 (0.91%) VPN
7 17 (0.81%) VoIP
8 16 (0.76%) Wi-Fi
9 15 (0.72%) Network Security
10 11 (0.53%) CTI
11 9 (0.43%) HTTP
11 9 (0.43%) Kerberos
12 8 (0.38%) Internet
12 8 (0.38%) Wireless
13 7 (0.33%) VLAN
14 6 (0.29%) Intranet
15 5 (0.24%) SAN
15 5 (0.24%) Skype
15 5 (0.24%) SMS
15 5 (0.24%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 94 (4.49%) Power BI
2 66 (3.15%) SQL Server
3 35 (1.67%) Relational Database
4 29 (1.39%) PostgreSQL
5 27 (1.29%) NoSQL
6 24 (1.15%) MySQL
7 23 (1.10%) Azure SQL Database
8 17 (0.81%) Looker
9 15 (0.72%) Metadata
10 11 (0.53%) MongoDB
11 10 (0.48%) Tableau
12 9 (0.43%) BigQuery
13 8 (0.38%) Redis
14 7 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
15 6 (0.29%) Data Warehouse
15 6 (0.29%) GIS
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 96 (4.59%) JIRA
2 93 (4.45%) Git
3 31 (1.48%) Claude Code
4 24 (1.15%) Jenkins
5 20 (0.96%) fastlane
6 18 (0.86%) Cypress.io
7 17 (0.81%) Crashlytics
8 14 (0.67%) Selenium
9 12 (0.57%) Balsamiq
9 12 (0.57%) XCTest
10 10 (0.48%) Axure RP
10 10 (0.48%) Oracle Forms
10 10 (0.48%) Postman
10 10 (0.48%) Team Foundation Server
11 9 (0.43%) Xcode
12 7 (0.33%) Bitbucket
13 6 (0.29%) Android Studio
13 6 (0.29%) Gradle
13 6 (0.29%) NUnit
14 5 (0.24%) JUnit
General
1 710 (33.94%) Social Skills
2 369 (17.64%) Finance
3 286 (13.67%) Analytical Skills
4 265 (12.67%) Marketing
5 190 (9.08%) Public Sector
6 186 (8.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 138 (6.60%) Retail
8 132 (6.31%) Law
9 103 (4.92%) Organisational Skills
10 89 (4.25%) Legal
11 69 (3.30%) Influencing Skills
12 58 (2.77%) Banking
12 58 (2.77%) Games
13 51 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
14 30 (1.43%) Advertising
15 29 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
16 27 (1.29%) Manufacturing
17 21 (1.00%) Financial Institution
17 21 (1.00%) Multimedia
18 19 (0.91%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 401 (19.17%) Senior
2 336 (16.06%) Designer
3 304 (14.53%) Developer
4 247 (11.81%) Lead
5 238 (11.38%) UX Designer
6 181 (8.65%) Analyst
7 108 (5.16%) Senior Developer
8 97 (4.64%) Software Engineer
9 92 (4.40%) IT Support
10 91 (4.35%) UI Designer
11 84 (4.02%) Senior Designer
11 84 (4.02%) UI/UX Designer
12 72 (3.44%) Product Manager
13 64 (3.06%) Architect
13 64 (3.06%) Support Engineer
14 63 (3.01%) IT Manager
15 61 (2.92%) Business Analyst
16 57 (2.72%) Senior UX Designer
17 55 (2.63%) Full-Stack Developer
18 54 (2.58%) Support Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 209 (9.99%) CSS
1 209 (9.99%) HTML
2 162 (7.74%) .NET
3 149 (7.12%) React
4 105 (5.02%) REST
5 78 (3.73%) RESTful
6 74 (3.54%) Node.js
7 62 (2.96%) .NET Core
8 56 (2.68%) JSON
9 47 (2.25%) ASP.NET
10 42 (2.01%) Next.js
11 35 (1.67%) AngularJS
12 30 (1.43%) HTML5
12 30 (1.43%) jQuery
13 29 (1.39%) CSS3
14 27 (1.29%) Spring
14 27 (1.29%) SwiftUI
15 26 (1.24%) Blazor
15 26 (1.24%) SPFx
16 24 (1.15%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 210 (10.04%) Product Ownership
2 109 (5.21%) Mobile App
3 98 (4.68%) Onboarding
4 73 (3.49%) Enterprise Software
5 67 (3.20%) Social Media
6 61 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
7 52 (2.49%) Cloud Native
8 48 (2.29%) Management Information System
9 30 (1.43%) Driving Licence
10 29 (1.39%) Analytical Mindset
11 25 (1.20%) AI Agents
12 23 (1.10%) Algorithms
12 23 (1.10%) Distributed Systems
13 20 (0.96%) Graphic Design
13 20 (0.96%) Legacy Systems
14 18 (0.86%) Blog
14 18 (0.86%) Greenfield Project
14 18 (0.86%) Virtual Team
15 16 (0.76%) Low-Code
15 16 (0.76%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 153 (7.31%) Windows
2 76 (3.63%) Apple iOS
3 47 (2.25%) Windows Server
4 44 (2.10%) Android
5 39 (1.86%) Windows 10
6 34 (1.63%) Mac OS
7 28 (1.34%) 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 (0.096%) AIX
13 1 (0.048%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 572 (27.34%) Agile
2 556 (26.58%) UX Design
3 537 (25.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 463 (22.13%) Problem-Solving
5 439 (20.98%) AI
6 361 (17.26%) Analytics
7 333 (15.92%) Roadmaps
8 278 (13.29%) Mentoring
9 240 (11.47%) Stakeholder Management
10 234 (11.19%) Decision-Making
11 222 (10.61%) DevOps
12 201 (9.61%) CI/CD
13 175 (8.37%) Software Engineering
14 167 (7.98%) ITIL
14 167 (7.98%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
15 163 (7.79%) Customer Experience
16 162 (7.74%) Stakeholder Engagement
16 162 (7.74%) User Research
17 161 (7.70%) Workflow
18 152 (7.27%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 257 (12.28%) JavaScript
2 178 (8.51%) SQL
3 166 (7.93%) C#
4 162 (7.74%) TypeScript
5 124 (5.93%) Python
6 94 (4.49%) Java
7 77 (3.68%) PowerShell
8 34 (1.63%) Swift
9 26 (1.24%) PHP
10 25 (1.20%) Kotlin
11 19 (0.91%) VB.NET
12 13 (0.62%) C++
13 11 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 10 (0.48%) C
15 9 (0.43%) ABAP
15 9 (0.43%) VBScript
16 8 (0.38%) Bash
16 8 (0.38%) Go
17 7 (0.33%) VB
18 6 (0.29%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 209 (9.99%) Degree
2 143 (6.84%) Security Cleared
3 84 (4.02%) SC Cleared
4 36 (1.72%) DV Cleared
4 36 (1.72%) Microsoft Certification
5 29 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
6 24 (1.15%) DBS Check
7 13 (0.62%) Postgraduate
8 12 (0.57%) BPSS Clearance
8 12 (0.57%) ICAEW
8 12 (0.57%) ITIL Certification
9 10 (0.48%) PMI Certification
10 9 (0.43%) CISSP
11 7 (0.33%) ISTQB
11 7 (0.33%) Master's Degree
12 6 (0.29%) A+ Certification
12 6 (0.29%) IIBA
12 6 (0.29%) Network+ Certification
13 4 (0.19%) AWS Certification
13 4 (0.19%) CBAP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 301 (14.39%) Accessibility
2 135 (6.45%) QA
3 107 (5.11%) WCAG
4 67 (3.20%) Data Quality
5 59 (2.82%) GDPR
6 33 (1.58%) SLA
7 19 (0.91%) Actionable Recommendations
8 16 (0.76%) Cyber Essentials
9 12 (0.57%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 11 (0.53%) 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
1 116 (5.54%) Active Directory
2 61 (2.92%) Docker
3 11 (0.53%) 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 (0.096%) Firmware
7 2 (0.096%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 85 (4.06%) Microsoft Intune
2 40 (1.91%) 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 (0.096%) Data Guard
7 2 (0.096%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
7 2 (0.096%) 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 (22.04%) Microsoft
2 167 (7.98%) Adobe
3 109 (5.21%) Google
4 47 (2.25%) Salesforce
5 46 (2.20%) ServiceNow
6 41 (1.96%) Oracle
7 32 (1.53%) Apple
8 30 (1.43%) SAP
9 27 (1.29%) OpenAI
10 19 (0.91%) Cisco
10 19 (0.91%) iManage
11 15 (0.72%) Dynatrace
12 14 (0.67%) Braze
12 14 (0.67%) HubSpot
13 13 (0.62%) Amplitude
13 13 (0.62%) Workday
14 11 (0.53%) Avaya
14 11 (0.53%) Genesys
14 11 (0.53%) Hotjar
14 11 (0.53%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud