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

3 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 74 75
Rank change year-on-year -18 +1 +3
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,231 705 1,153
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.86% 3.37% 3.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.51% 3.78% 3.92%
Number of salaries quoted 684 494 475
10th Percentile £32,150 £29,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £74,988 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £97,125 £96,338 £97,000
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 49,023 18,628 29,418
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.94% 89.17% 88.94%
Number of salaries quoted 31,993 11,537 12,821
10th Percentile £31,000 £28,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,946 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.37% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -16.67% +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 16 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 16 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 -24 1,009 £60,000 +9.09% 375
UK excluding London -16 729 £50,000 -4.76% 294
London -10 409 £70,000 - 150
Work from Home -23 399 £60,000 +9.09% 221
North of England -37 197 £56,250 +12.50% 64
South East -49 131 £50,000 -4.76% 93
Northern Ireland +9 114 £75,000 - 3
South West -3 113 £60,000 +20.00% 57
North West -45 92 £53,000 -3.64% 43
Midlands -45 90 £32,500 -38.68% 48
Yorkshire -12 63 £63,076 +80.22% 15
West Midlands -38 58 £33,500 -46.40% 32
East of England -69 43 £42,500 -22.73% 18
North East -28 42 £52,500 +29.11% 6
East Midlands -45 32 £31,671 -12.63% 16
Scotland -11 26 £55,000 +29.41% 15
Wales -58 15 £48,961 -18.40% 5

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
1 129 (5.85%) SharePoint
2 78 (3.54%) CMS
3 52 (2.36%) Microsoft Exchange
4 50 (2.27%) Confluence
5 47 (2.13%) WordPress
6 15 (0.68%) IIS
7 10 (0.45%) Moodle
8 7 (0.32%) Apache
9 5 (0.23%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.23%) Skype for Business
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%) Totara
13 1 (0.045%) Ethereum
13 1 (0.045%) Hedera
13 1 (0.045%) MTS
13 1 (0.045%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 42 (1.91%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (1.54%) Chatbot
3 32 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
4 26 (1.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 23 (1.04%) Adobe XD
6 20 (0.91%) Photoshop
7 18 (0.82%) Adobe Illustrator
7 18 (0.82%) InDesign
8 14 (0.64%) Sketch
9 11 (0.50%) UserZoom
10 10 (0.45%) Adobe After Effects
11 9 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 9 (0.41%) MS Visio
12 6 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
13 5 (0.23%) Elementor
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%) InVision
Business Applications
1 24 (1.09%) SAP S/4HANA
2 23 (1.04%) Shopify
3 16 (0.73%) Workday HCM
4 15 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
5 14 (0.64%) NetSuite
6 5 (0.23%) Magento
7 4 (0.18%) Adobe Campaign
8 3 (0.14%) Carpe Diem
8 3 (0.14%) Dynamics AX
8 3 (0.14%) Dynamics GP
8 3 (0.14%) Elite 3E
8 3 (0.14%) iTrent
8 3 (0.14%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.14%) SAP MDG
9 2 (0.091%) Oracle Cash Management
9 2 (0.091%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.091%) Oracle Payables
9 2 (0.091%) Oracle Receivables
9 2 (0.091%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.091%) Visualfiles
Cloud Services
1 392 (17.79%) Azure
2 282 (12.79%) Microsoft 365
3 177 (8.03%) Power Platform
4 166 (7.53%) Figma
5 163 (7.40%) AWS
6 161 (7.30%) SaaS
7 135 (6.13%) Entra ID
8 97 (4.40%) Azure DevOps
9 77 (3.49%) Power Automate
10 69 (3.13%) PowerApps
11 68 (3.09%) GCP
12 63 (2.86%) Microsoft Copilot
13 60 (2.72%) GitHub
14 54 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
15 53 (2.40%) Google Analytics
16 42 (1.91%) Serverless
17 37 (1.68%) Copilot Studio
18 35 (1.59%) OneDrive
19 34 (1.54%) Azure Logic Apps
20 32 (1.45%) Anthropic Claude
Communications & Networking
1 48 (2.18%) DNS
2 44 (2.00%) DHCP
3 32 (1.45%) Firewall
4 24 (1.09%) VPN
5 20 (0.91%) TCP/IP
6 18 (0.82%) Broadband
7 17 (0.77%) VoIP
8 16 (0.73%) Network Security
9 12 (0.54%) Wi-Fi
10 11 (0.50%) CTI
10 11 (0.50%) Internet
10 11 (0.50%) LAN
10 11 (0.50%) WAN
11 10 (0.45%) Kerberos
12 9 (0.41%) Intranet
12 9 (0.41%) Wireless
13 7 (0.32%) SMS
13 7 (0.32%) VLAN
14 5 (0.23%) Skype
14 5 (0.23%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (4.04%) Power BI
2 66 (2.99%) SQL Server
3 46 (2.09%) Relational Database
4 35 (1.59%) MySQL
5 31 (1.41%) PostgreSQL
6 26 (1.18%) NoSQL
7 15 (0.68%) Looker
7 15 (0.68%) Metadata
8 14 (0.64%) MongoDB
9 11 (0.50%) BigQuery
10 9 (0.41%) GIS
10 9 (0.41%) Redis
11 8 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
11 8 (0.36%) Tableau
12 7 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
12 7 (0.32%) Power Query
13 6 (0.27%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (0.23%) Star Schema
15 4 (0.18%) Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 93 (4.22%) JIRA
2 87 (3.95%) Git
3 40 (1.81%) Claude Code
4 25 (1.13%) Jenkins
5 20 (0.91%) Cypress.io
6 18 (0.82%) fastlane
7 17 (0.77%) GitLab
8 14 (0.64%) Oracle Forms
8 14 (0.64%) Team Foundation Server
9 11 (0.50%) Selenium
10 9 (0.41%) Crashlytics
10 9 (0.41%) Postman
11 8 (0.36%) Axure RP
11 8 (0.36%) Balsamiq
12 7 (0.32%) Storybook
12 7 (0.32%) Xcode
13 5 (0.23%) Android Studio
13 5 (0.23%) Appium
13 5 (0.23%) Gradle
13 5 (0.23%) JUnit
General
1 814 (36.93%) Social Skills
2 403 (18.28%) Finance
3 376 (17.06%) Analytical Skills
4 253 (11.48%) Marketing
5 219 (9.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 202 (9.17%) Public Sector
7 131 (5.94%) Law
8 126 (5.72%) Retail
9 123 (5.58%) Presentation Skills
10 105 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
11 79 (3.58%) Influencing Skills
12 77 (3.49%) Legal
13 70 (3.18%) Banking
14 35 (1.59%) Advertising
15 27 (1.23%) Publishing
16 25 (1.13%) Games
17 23 (1.04%) Financial Institution
17 23 (1.04%) Manufacturing
18 22 (1.00%) Documentation Skills
19 21 (0.95%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 429 (19.46%) Senior
2 313 (14.20%) Designer
3 299 (13.57%) Developer
4 259 (11.75%) Analyst
5 239 (10.84%) Lead
6 219 (9.94%) UX Designer
7 106 (4.81%) Senior Analyst
8 105 (4.76%) Software Engineer
9 104 (4.72%) ITSM Analyst
10 102 (4.63%) Support Analyst
11 93 (4.22%) IT Support
12 85 (3.86%) Senior Developer
12 85 (3.86%) UI Designer
13 78 (3.54%) UI/UX Designer
14 70 (3.18%) Process Analyst
15 64 (2.90%) Architect
16 62 (2.81%) IT Manager
17 60 (2.72%) Senior Designer
18 58 (2.63%) Business Analyst
19 55 (2.50%) IT Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 192 (8.71%) HTML
2 191 (8.67%) CSS
3 151 (6.85%) .NET
4 142 (6.44%) React
5 105 (4.76%) REST
6 76 (3.45%) Node.js
7 75 (3.40%) RESTful
8 53 (2.40%) Next.js
9 44 (2.00%) ASP.NET
10 43 (1.95%) .NET Core
11 40 (1.81%) JSON
12 36 (1.63%) Spring
13 35 (1.59%) AngularJS
14 34 (1.54%) Terraform
15 32 (1.45%) Spring Boot
16 31 (1.41%) jQuery
17 29 (1.32%) HTML5
17 29 (1.32%) Playwright
18 28 (1.27%) CSS3
19 24 (1.09%) LESS
Miscellaneous
1 196 (8.89%) Product Ownership
2 99 (4.49%) Mobile App
3 82 (3.72%) Onboarding
4 73 (3.31%) Enterprise Software
5 69 (3.13%) Management Information System
6 65 (2.95%) Cloud Native
7 60 (2.72%) Self-Motivation
8 58 (2.63%) Social Media
9 37 (1.68%) Distributed Systems
10 33 (1.50%) Analytical Mindset
10 33 (1.50%) Driving Licence
11 29 (1.32%) AI Agents
12 23 (1.04%) Graphic Design
13 21 (0.95%) Algorithms
13 21 (0.95%) Blog
14 19 (0.86%) Low-Code
14 19 (0.86%) Taxonomies
14 19 (0.86%) Virtual Team
15 17 (0.77%) IoT
15 17 (0.77%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 189 (8.58%) Windows
2 60 (2.72%) Apple iOS
3 50 (2.27%) Windows Server
4 49 (2.22%) Android
5 46 (2.09%) Windows 10
6 43 (1.95%) macOS
7 38 (1.72%) Linux
8 10 (0.45%) Windows Server 2019
9 9 (0.41%) Unix
10 6 (0.27%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.14%) AIX
11 3 (0.14%) Ubuntu
12 2 (0.091%) CentOS
13 1 (0.045%) Rocky
Processes & Methodologies
1 631 (28.63%) Continuous Improvement
2 543 (24.64%) UX Design
3 541 (24.55%) Agile
4 511 (23.19%) Problem-Solving
5 483 (21.91%) AI
6 343 (15.56%) Analytics
7 329 (14.93%) Decision-Making
8 327 (14.84%) Stakeholder Management
9 313 (14.20%) Roadmaps
10 273 (12.39%) Mentoring
11 264 (11.98%) ITIL
11 264 (11.98%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 250 (11.34%) Service Management
13 242 (10.98%) ITSM
14 216 (9.80%) CI/CD
15 215 (9.75%) DevOps
16 187 (8.48%) Service Design
17 182 (8.26%) Project Delivery
18 180 (8.17%) Software Engineering
19 177 (8.03%) Change Management
Programming Languages
1 239 (10.84%) JavaScript
2 187 (8.48%) SQL
3 165 (7.49%) TypeScript
4 162 (7.35%) C#
5 140 (6.35%) Python
6 94 (4.26%) Java
7 73 (3.31%) PowerShell
8 31 (1.41%) PHP
9 24 (1.09%) Swift
9 24 (1.09%) VB.NET
10 21 (0.95%) Kotlin
11 18 (0.82%) C++
12 13 (0.59%) Data Analysis Expressions
13 11 (0.50%) Bash
13 11 (0.50%) T-SQL
14 10 (0.45%) C
15 9 (0.41%) ABAP
15 9 (0.41%) VBScript
16 7 (0.32%) Go
17 6 (0.27%) Scala
Qualifications
1 307 (13.93%) Degree
2 162 (7.35%) Security Cleared
3 97 (4.40%) SC Cleared
4 46 (2.09%) Microsoft Certification
5 37 (1.68%) Computer Science Degree
6 33 (1.50%) Postgraduate
7 28 (1.27%) DBS Check
7 28 (1.27%) DV Cleared
8 24 (1.09%) Master's Degree
9 21 (0.95%) ITIL Certification
10 20 (0.91%) PhD
11 19 (0.86%) A+ Certification
12 13 (0.59%) CISSP
12 13 (0.59%) PMI Certification
13 12 (0.54%) ICAEW
14 11 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
15 8 (0.36%) Azure Certification
16 7 (0.32%) ISTQB
16 7 (0.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
17 6 (0.27%) Network+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 287 (13.02%) Accessibility
2 132 (5.99%) QA
3 84 (3.81%) WCAG
4 73 (3.31%) Data Quality
5 60 (2.72%) GDPR
6 34 (1.54%) 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 7 (0.32%) GRC
12 5 (0.23%) PMO
12 5 (0.23%) Sarbanes-Oxley
13 4 (0.18%) PERC
13 4 (0.18%) Software Quality Assurance
14 3 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 20000
14 3 (0.14%) NEBOSH
15 2 (0.091%) GxP
15 2 (0.091%) HMG Security Policy Framework
15 2 (0.091%) PSD2
System Software
1 129 (5.85%) Active Directory
2 77 (3.49%) Docker
3 12 (0.54%) Virtual Desktop
4 11 (0.50%) BitLocker
5 7 (0.32%) vSphere
6 6 (0.27%) VMware Infrastructure
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
8 1 (0.045%) VMware ESXi
8 1 (0.045%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 98 (4.45%) Microsoft Intune
2 49 (2.22%) Kubernetes
3 20 (0.91%) SCCM
4 17 (0.77%) Jamf Pro
5 11 (0.50%) Grafana
5 11 (0.50%) Single Sign-On
6 9 (0.41%) Ansible
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
1 482 (21.87%) Microsoft
2 123 (5.58%) Google
3 111 (5.04%) Adobe
4 51 (2.31%) ServiceNow
5 48 (2.18%) Oracle
6 42 (1.91%) Salesforce
6 42 (1.91%) SAP
7 32 (1.45%) Cisco
8 30 (1.36%) OpenAI
9 25 (1.13%) Apple
10 23 (1.04%) Workday
11 20 (0.91%) Meraki
12 18 (0.82%) iManage
13 14 (0.64%) Dynatrace
13 14 (0.64%) Okta
13 14 (0.64%) VMware
14 11 (0.50%) Avaya
14 11 (0.50%) Genesys
15 9 (0.41%) Optimizely
15 9 (0.41%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud