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

3 months to
7 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 93 80 84
Rank change year-on-year -13 +4 -7
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,186 703 1,083
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.84% 3.27% 3.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.50% 3.72% 3.72%
Number of salaries quoted 663 494 467
10th Percentile £32,100 £30,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £72,500 £79,688 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,634 £100,000 £94,250
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 47,420 18,923 29,145
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.61% 87.99% 88.07%
Number of salaries quoted 31,354 11,625 12,846
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £53,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.21% -11.67% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £53,928
% change year-on-year +22.22% -16.56% +2.72%

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 7 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 7 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 -18 965 £58,000 +5.45% 3,050
UK excluding London -18 692 £50,000 -4.76% 1,401
London -14 399 £70,000 - 1,840
Work from Home -27 383 £57,500 +4.55% 1,301
North of England -21 189 £55,000 +15.79% 387
Northern Ireland -6 114 £75,000 - 64
South East -57 110 £50,000 -4.76% 338
South West +5 108 £60,000 +20.00% 146
Midlands -31 91 £33,500 -36.19% 191
North West -32 88 £55,000 +4.76% 213
Yorkshire +1 61 £63,076 +34.20% 120
West Midlands -25 61 £34,500 -44.80% 121
North East -19 40 £50,000 +61.29% 54
East of England -64 38 £44,500 -19.09% 126
East Midlands -47 30 £30,000 -16.67% 70
Scotland -10 26 £55,000 +29.41% 109
Wales -54 16 £43,013 -32.53% 43

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
1 135 (6.12%) SharePoint
2 89 (4.04%) CMS
3 57 (2.59%) Confluence
4 51 (2.31%) Microsoft Exchange
5 40 (1.81%) WordPress
6 15 (0.68%) IIS
7 10 (0.45%) Moodle
8 6 (0.27%) Apache
9 5 (0.23%) Skype for Business
10 4 (0.18%) Apache Airflow
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 (0.045%) Drupal
13 1 (0.045%) MTS
13 1 (0.045%) Umbraco
Applications
1 42 (1.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
3 31 (1.41%) Chatbot
4 29 (1.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 25 (1.13%) Adobe XD
6 22 (1.00%) Photoshop
7 20 (0.91%) Adobe Illustrator
8 19 (0.86%) InDesign
9 14 (0.63%) Sketch
10 11 (0.50%) Adobe After Effects
10 11 (0.50%) UserZoom
11 9 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 8 (0.36%) MS Visio
13 6 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
14 4 (0.18%) Trello
15 3 (0.14%) Adobe Premiere
15 3 (0.14%) Productboard
15 3 (0.14%) Zeplin
16 2 (0.091%) Elementor
16 2 (0.091%) InVision
Business Applications
1 23 (1.04%) SAP S/4HANA
2 20 (0.91%) Shopify
3 17 (0.77%) Dynamics CRM
4 15 (0.68%) Workday HCM
5 11 (0.50%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.23%) 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
7 3 (0.14%) SAP MDG
8 2 (0.091%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.091%) Salesforce CRM
8 2 (0.091%) SAP GRC
8 2 (0.091%) Towers Watson Igloo
8 2 (0.091%) Visualfiles
9 1 (0.045%) Bloomberg TOMS
Cloud Services
1 387 (17.55%) Azure
2 282 (12.79%) Microsoft 365
3 177 (8.03%) Power Platform
4 176 (7.98%) Figma
5 161 (7.30%) AWS
6 150 (6.80%) SaaS
7 134 (6.08%) Entra ID
8 92 (4.17%) Azure DevOps
9 81 (3.67%) Power Automate
10 73 (3.31%) PowerApps
11 66 (2.99%) GCP
12 60 (2.72%) Google Analytics
13 58 (2.63%) Microsoft Copilot
14 57 (2.59%) GitHub
15 51 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
16 40 (1.81%) Serverless
17 38 (1.72%) Azure Logic Apps
18 35 (1.59%) OneDrive
19 34 (1.54%) Copilot Studio
20 28 (1.27%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 47 (2.13%) DNS
2 42 (1.90%) DHCP
3 35 (1.59%) Firewall
4 25 (1.13%) Broadband
5 23 (1.04%) VPN
6 21 (0.95%) TCP/IP
7 17 (0.77%) VoIP
8 16 (0.73%) Network Security
9 13 (0.59%) Internet
9 13 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (0.50%) CTI
11 10 (0.45%) Kerberos
12 8 (0.36%) Intranet
12 8 (0.36%) LAN
12 8 (0.36%) WAN
12 8 (0.36%) Wireless
13 6 (0.27%) VLAN
14 5 (0.23%) Skype
14 5 (0.23%) SMS
14 5 (0.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 88 (3.99%) Power BI
2 63 (2.86%) SQL Server
3 42 (1.90%) Relational Database
4 31 (1.41%) MySQL
5 28 (1.27%) PostgreSQL
6 27 (1.22%) NoSQL
7 14 (0.63%) Looker
7 14 (0.63%) Metadata
8 13 (0.59%) MongoDB
9 12 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
10 10 (0.45%) BigQuery
11 9 (0.41%) Redis
12 8 (0.36%) GIS
12 8 (0.36%) Tableau
13 7 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
14 6 (0.27%) Power Query
15 5 (0.23%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 5 (0.23%) Star Schema
16 4 (0.18%) Elasticsearch
16 4 (0.18%) QGIS
Development Applications
1 89 (4.04%) JIRA
2 82 (3.72%) Git
3 37 (1.68%) Claude Code
4 24 (1.09%) Jenkins
5 20 (0.91%) Cypress.io
6 17 (0.77%) fastlane
7 14 (0.63%) Oracle Forms
7 14 (0.63%) Team Foundation Server
8 13 (0.59%) GitLab
9 11 (0.50%) Selenium
10 10 (0.45%) Crashlytics
11 9 (0.41%) Balsamiq
12 8 (0.36%) Axure RP
12 8 (0.36%) 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
1 822 (37.28%) Social Skills
2 393 (17.82%) Finance
3 373 (16.92%) Analytical Skills
4 251 (11.38%) Marketing
5 210 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 202 (9.16%) Public Sector
7 132 (5.99%) Retail
8 131 (5.94%) Law
9 123 (5.58%) Presentation Skills
10 105 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
11 83 (3.76%) Legal
12 78 (3.54%) Influencing Skills
13 68 (3.08%) Banking
14 36 (1.63%) Advertising
15 33 (1.50%) Games
16 27 (1.22%) Publishing
17 25 (1.13%) Documentation Skills
18 24 (1.09%) Multimedia
19 22 (1.00%) Financial Institution
19 22 (1.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 438 (19.86%) Senior
2 329 (14.92%) Designer
3 291 (13.20%) Developer
4 255 (11.56%) Analyst
5 244 (11.07%) Lead
6 234 (10.61%) UX Designer
7 105 (4.76%) Senior Analyst
8 104 (4.72%) ITSM Analyst
8 104 (4.72%) Software Engineer
9 99 (4.49%) Support Analyst
10 96 (4.35%) IT Support
11 88 (3.99%) UI Designer
12 85 (3.85%) Senior Developer
13 81 (3.67%) UI/UX Designer
14 71 (3.22%) Senior Designer
15 70 (3.17%) Process Analyst
16 65 (2.95%) Architect
17 63 (2.86%) IT Manager
18 60 (2.72%) Support Engineer
19 57 (2.59%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 195 (8.84%) HTML
2 194 (8.80%) CSS
3 149 (6.76%) .NET
4 139 (6.30%) React
5 98 (4.44%) REST
6 75 (3.40%) Node.js
7 70 (3.17%) RESTful
8 48 (2.18%) Next.js
9 47 (2.13%) .NET Core
10 44 (2.00%) ASP.NET
10 44 (2.00%) JSON
11 35 (1.59%) Spring
12 34 (1.54%) AngularJS
13 33 (1.50%) Terraform
14 31 (1.41%) jQuery
14 31 (1.41%) Spring Boot
15 28 (1.27%) HTML5
16 27 (1.22%) CSS3
17 26 (1.18%) Playwright
18 24 (1.09%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 196 (8.89%) Product Ownership
2 101 (4.58%) Mobile App
3 88 (3.99%) Onboarding
4 72 (3.27%) Enterprise Software
5 63 (2.86%) Cloud Native
6 62 (2.81%) Social Media
7 61 (2.77%) Management Information System
8 60 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
9 35 (1.59%) Distributed Systems
10 33 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
11 30 (1.36%) Driving Licence
12 27 (1.22%) AI Agents
13 23 (1.04%) Algorithms
13 23 (1.04%) Graphic Design
14 20 (0.91%) Blog
15 19 (0.86%) Legacy Systems
15 19 (0.86%) Low-Code
16 18 (0.82%) Virtual Team
17 16 (0.73%) Learning Management System
17 16 (0.73%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 187 (8.48%) Windows
2 61 (2.77%) Apple iOS
3 49 (2.22%) Windows 10
4 47 (2.13%) Android
4 47 (2.13%) Windows Server
5 41 (1.86%) Mac OS
6 38 (1.72%) Linux
7 9 (0.41%) Unix
8 8 (0.36%) Windows Server 2019
9 6 (0.27%) Windows 7
10 4 (0.18%) Mac OS X
10 4 (0.18%) Ubuntu
11 3 (0.14%) AIX
12 2 (0.091%) CentOS
13 1 (0.045%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 641 (29.07%) Continuous Improvement
2 560 (25.40%) UX Design
3 552 (25.03%) Agile
4 496 (22.49%) Problem-Solving
5 468 (21.22%) AI
6 341 (15.46%) Analytics
7 323 (14.65%) Decision-Making
8 315 (14.29%) Roadmaps
9 309 (14.01%) Stakeholder Management
10 279 (12.65%) Mentoring
11 268 (12.15%) ITIL
12 262 (11.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
13 249 (11.29%) Service Management
14 236 (10.70%) ITSM
15 209 (9.48%) DevOps
16 206 (9.34%) CI/CD
17 190 (8.62%) Service Design
18 178 (8.07%) Software Engineering
19 176 (7.98%) Change Management
20 175 (7.94%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 240 (10.88%) JavaScript
2 185 (8.39%) SQL
3 164 (7.44%) TypeScript
4 160 (7.26%) C#
5 134 (6.08%) Python
6 96 (4.35%) Java
7 79 (3.58%) PowerShell
8 28 (1.27%) PHP
9 24 (1.09%) Swift
9 24 (1.09%) VB.NET
10 20 (0.91%) Kotlin
11 18 (0.82%) C++
12 11 (0.50%) Bash
12 11 (0.50%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 10 (0.45%) C
14 9 (0.41%) ABAP
14 9 (0.41%) VBScript
15 7 (0.32%) Go
15 7 (0.32%) T-SQL
16 6 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 297 (13.47%) Degree
2 165 (7.48%) Security Cleared
3 97 (4.40%) SC Cleared
4 46 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 33 (1.50%) DV Cleared
6 32 (1.45%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (1.22%) DBS Check
8 26 (1.18%) Postgraduate
9 21 (0.95%) A+ Certification
10 20 (0.91%) ITIL Certification
11 17 (0.77%) Master's Degree
12 14 (0.63%) PhD
13 12 (0.54%) CISSP
13 12 (0.54%) ICAEW
14 11 (0.50%) PMI Certification
15 9 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
16 8 (0.36%) Network+ Certification
17 7 (0.32%) ISTQB
18 6 (0.27%) IIBA
18 6 (0.27%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 288 (13.06%) Accessibility
2 125 (5.67%) QA
3 92 (4.17%) WCAG
4 71 (3.22%) Data Quality
5 61 (2.77%) GDPR
6 37 (1.68%) SLA
7 18 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
8 15 (0.68%) Cyber Essentials
9 12 (0.54%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 10 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
11 5 (0.23%) GRC
11 5 (0.23%) NEBOSH
11 5 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 4 (0.18%) PERC
12 4 (0.18%) PMO
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 (5.71%) Active Directory
2 67 (3.04%) Docker
3 12 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (0.50%) BitLocker
5 8 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
6 7 (0.32%) vSphere
7 2 (0.091%) Firmware
7 2 (0.091%) Hyper-V
7 2 (0.091%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.091%) UAG
7 2 (0.091%) Virtual Machines
7 2 (0.091%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.045%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 97 (4.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 45 (2.04%) Kubernetes
3 21 (0.95%) SCCM
4 15 (0.68%) Jamf Pro
5 10 (0.45%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.41%) Ansible
6 9 (0.41%) Grafana
7 4 (0.18%) Packer
7 4 (0.18%) Progress Chef
8 2 (0.091%) AirWatch
8 2 (0.091%) vCenter Server
9 1 (0.045%) Active Directory Federation Services
9 1 (0.045%) AppManager
9 1 (0.045%) Argo
9 1 (0.045%) Forefront Identity Manager
9 1 (0.045%) HP Fortify
9 1 (0.045%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 477 (21.63%) Microsoft
2 128 (5.80%) Adobe
3 119 (5.40%) Google
4 49 (2.22%) ServiceNow
5 44 (2.00%) Oracle
6 40 (1.81%) Salesforce
6 40 (1.81%) SAP
7 29 (1.32%) Cisco
7 29 (1.32%) OpenAI
8 26 (1.18%) Apple
9 22 (1.00%) Workday
10 19 (0.86%) iManage
11 18 (0.82%) Meraki
12 17 (0.77%) VMware
13 14 (0.63%) Dynatrace
14 13 (0.59%) Okta
15 11 (0.50%) Avaya
15 11 (0.50%) Genesys
16 10 (0.45%) TikTok
17 9 (0.41%) Pinterest