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 27 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

3 months to
27 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 59 94
Rank change year-on-year -24 +35 -8
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,039 1,217 1,290
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.98% 4.80% 2.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% 5.22% 3.40%
Number of salaries quoted 726 486 760
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,325 £57,500 £52,550
Median % change year-on-year -0.30% +9.42% -15.92%
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,813 £67,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £53,688 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.58% +7.38% -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 38,254 23,314 37,979
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 72.94% 91.96% 81.54%
Number of salaries quoted 26,296 11,884 25,569
10th Percentile £30,580 £28,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% - -9.69%
75th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £99,925 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -9.09%

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 27 May 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 27 May 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 -18 921 £60,000 +2.56% 895
UK excluding London -11 671 £54,000 +0.58% 506
Work from Home -27 382 £57,500 -6.12% 460
London -32 297 £70,000 - 502
North of England -23 247 £52,250 -5.00% 144
North West -18 143 £55,000 -2.26% 91
South East +30 117 £54,000 +8.00% 136
East of England +43 116 £82,500 +65.00% 64
Midlands -21 72 £45,497 -15.26% 60
Yorkshire +3 63 £50,000 +25.00% 29
South West -27 55 £60,000 +12.68% 47
North East -5 41 £52,000 +66.40% 26
West Midlands -47 38 £45,497 -15.26% 40
Scotland -32 37 £50,000 +12.36% 26
East Midlands +5 34 £52,500 +64.06% 19
Wales - 24 £50,000 - 20
Northern Ireland -23 4 £39,500 - 16

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
1 120 (2.79%) SharePoint
2 119 (2.77%) CMS
3 73 (1.70%) Confluence
4 45 (1.05%) Microsoft Exchange
5 28 (0.65%) WordPress
6 9 (0.21%) Drupal
7 8 (0.19%) Umbraco
8 6 (0.14%) nginx
9 4 (0.093%) Moodle
10 3 (0.070%) Apache Airflow
10 3 (0.070%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.047%) Headless CMS
11 2 (0.047%) IIS
11 2 (0.047%) Skype for Business
11 2 (0.047%) Totara
12 1 (0.023%) Apache
12 1 (0.023%) Camunda
12 1 (0.023%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 34 (0.79%) Adobe XD
2 32 (0.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 32 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (0.49%) Photoshop
3 21 (0.49%) Sketch
4 19 (0.44%) Adobe Illustrator
4 19 (0.44%) Microsoft Excel
5 12 (0.28%) Adobe After Effects
6 9 (0.21%) Chatbot
6 9 (0.21%) Spreadsheet
6 9 (0.21%) UserZoom
7 8 (0.19%) InDesign
7 8 (0.19%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 6 (0.14%) InVision
9 5 (0.12%) Trello
10 3 (0.070%) Adobe Premiere
10 3 (0.070%) MS Visio
10 3 (0.070%) Productboard
10 3 (0.070%) SPSS
11 2 (0.047%) Camtasia
Business Applications
1 31 (0.72%) Shopify
2 22 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 19 (0.44%) Magento
4 10 (0.23%) SAP S/4HANA
5 9 (0.21%) Dynamics NAV
6 5 (0.12%) SAP ERP
7 4 (0.093%) Dynamics AX
7 4 (0.093%) Dynamics GP
8 2 (0.047%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.047%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.047%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.047%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.047%) Towers Watson Igloo
9 1 (0.023%) Elite 3E
9 1 (0.023%) Oracle General Ledger
9 1 (0.023%) PeopleSoft HCM
9 1 (0.023%) SAP EWM
9 1 (0.023%) SAP HCM
9 1 (0.023%) SAP Payroll
9 1 (0.023%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 2,447 (56.95%) Cloud Computing
2 321 (7.47%) Azure
3 232 (5.40%) Microsoft 365
4 218 (5.07%) Figma
5 160 (3.72%) AWS
6 143 (3.33%) SaaS
7 134 (3.12%) Power Platform
8 101 (2.35%) Entra ID
9 69 (1.61%) Azure DevOps
10 68 (1.58%) Adobe Analytics
11 66 (1.54%) Google Analytics
12 65 (1.51%) GCP
13 63 (1.47%) GitHub
14 53 (1.23%) PowerApps
15 52 (1.21%) Power Automate
16 42 (0.98%) OneDrive
16 42 (0.98%) Serverless
17 41 (0.95%) Azure Logic Apps
17 41 (0.95%) Contentsquare
18 34 (0.79%) Dynamics 365
Communications & Networking
1 2,454 (57.11%) Internet
2 78 (1.82%) Broadband
3 27 (0.63%) VPN
4 24 (0.56%) DNS
5 21 (0.49%) Firewall
6 20 (0.47%) DHCP
6 20 (0.47%) Wi-Fi
7 18 (0.42%) HTTP
8 12 (0.28%) TCP/IP
9 9 (0.21%) VoIP
10 8 (0.19%) Kerberos
11 4 (0.093%) NAS
11 4 (0.093%) Network Security
11 4 (0.093%) SAN
11 4 (0.093%) SMS
11 4 (0.093%) Structured Cabling
11 4 (0.093%) Unified Communications
11 4 (0.093%) VLAN
12 3 (0.070%) LAN
12 3 (0.070%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 67 (1.56%) Power BI
2 51 (1.19%) SQL Server
3 34 (0.79%) PostgreSQL
4 25 (0.58%) Looker
5 23 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
6 19 (0.44%) MySQL
7 18 (0.42%) Metadata
8 17 (0.40%) MongoDB
9 15 (0.35%) BigQuery
9 15 (0.35%) NoSQL
10 11 (0.26%) Relational Database
11 10 (0.23%) Tableau
12 9 (0.21%) Redis
13 6 (0.14%) DB2
13 6 (0.14%) GIS
14 5 (0.12%) Data Warehouse
14 5 (0.12%) Elasticsearch
14 5 (0.12%) SAP BW
14 5 (0.12%) SQL Server Reporting Services
15 4 (0.093%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 115 (2.68%) JIRA
2 73 (1.70%) Git
3 20 (0.47%) Balsamiq
4 19 (0.44%) Axure RP
4 19 (0.44%) Jenkins
5 17 (0.40%) Crashlytics
6 16 (0.37%) Selenium
7 14 (0.33%) Vite
7 14 (0.33%) webpack
7 14 (0.33%) XCTest
8 13 (0.30%) Claude Code
8 13 (0.30%) Cypress.io
8 13 (0.30%) fastlane
9 11 (0.26%) Bitbucket
9 11 (0.26%) Cucumber
10 8 (0.19%) Postman
10 8 (0.19%) Storybook
10 8 (0.19%) Visual Studio
11 6 (0.14%) Xcode
12 5 (0.12%) JUnit
General
1 2,956 (68.79%) Social Skills
2 2,572 (59.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2,489 (57.92%) Banking
4 289 (6.73%) Finance
5 245 (5.70%) Marketing
6 190 (4.42%) Analytical Skills
7 146 (3.40%) Public Sector
8 106 (2.47%) Legal
9 90 (2.09%) Retail
10 89 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
11 86 (2.00%) Law
12 62 (1.44%) Games
13 59 (1.37%) Presentation Skills
14 47 (1.09%) Influencing Skills
15 33 (0.77%) Advertising
16 32 (0.74%) Manufacturing
17 25 (0.58%) Back Office
18 22 (0.51%) Telecoms
19 17 (0.40%) Documentation Skills
20 15 (0.35%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 1,847 (42.98%) Lecturer
2 374 (8.70%) Senior
3 312 (7.26%) Designer
4 265 (6.17%) Developer
5 227 (5.28%) UX Designer
6 189 (4.40%) Lead
7 129 (3.00%) Analyst
8 97 (2.26%) Senior Developer
9 88 (2.05%) Senior Designer
10 80 (1.86%) Software Engineer
11 73 (1.70%) UI Designer
12 65 (1.51%) Senior UX Designer
12 65 (1.51%) UI/UX Designer
13 62 (1.44%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 61 (1.42%) IT Support
14 61 (1.42%) Product Manager
15 60 (1.40%) Architect
16 58 (1.35%) IT Manager
17 51 (1.19%) Senior Manager
17 51 (1.19%) Support Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 202 (4.70%) HTML
2 201 (4.68%) CSS
3 173 (4.03%) React
4 111 (2.58%) .NET
5 91 (2.12%) REST
6 77 (1.79%) RESTful
7 63 (1.47%) AngularJS
8 54 (1.26%) Node.js
9 49 (1.14%) Vue
10 44 (1.02%) .NET Core
11 43 (1.00%) JSON
12 40 (0.93%) HTML5
13 33 (0.77%) CSS3
14 28 (0.65%) Web Services
15 27 (0.63%) SOAP
16 26 (0.61%) Sass
16 26 (0.61%) Spring
17 25 (0.58%) ASP.NET
18 24 (0.56%) Blazor
18 24 (0.56%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 2,451 (57.04%) IoT
2 197 (4.58%) Product Ownership
3 117 (2.72%) Mobile App
4 110 (2.56%) Onboarding
5 61 (1.42%) Social Media
6 46 (1.07%) Cloud Native
7 44 (1.02%) Enterprise Software
8 41 (0.95%) Legacy Systems
9 35 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
10 30 (0.70%) AI Agents
11 29 (0.67%) Greenfield Project
11 29 (0.67%) Management Information System
12 19 (0.44%) e-Learning
12 19 (0.44%) Low-Code
13 18 (0.42%) Public Cloud
14 17 (0.40%) Driving Licence
14 17 (0.40%) Life Science
15 16 (0.37%) Analytical Mindset
16 14 (0.33%) CMDB
16 14 (0.33%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 110 (2.56%) Windows
2 66 (1.54%) Apple iOS
3 44 (1.02%) Android
4 32 (0.74%) Windows 10
5 29 (0.67%) Windows Server
6 27 (0.63%) Mac OS
7 24 (0.56%) Linux
8 5 (0.12%) Ubuntu
8 5 (0.12%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.093%) Mac OS X
10 2 (0.047%) Unix
10 2 (0.047%) Windows 7
11 1 (0.023%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2,780 (64.70%) AI
2 2,528 (58.83%) Machine Learning
3 2,509 (58.39%) Cybersecurity
4 2,499 (58.16%) Web Development
5 541 (12.59%) UX Design
6 517 (12.03%) Agile
7 380 (8.84%) Continuous Improvement
8 364 (8.47%) Problem-Solving
9 330 (7.68%) Analytics
10 294 (6.84%) Roadmaps
11 259 (6.03%) Mentoring
12 180 (4.19%) Decision-Making
13 174 (4.05%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
14 167 (3.89%) Software Engineering
15 164 (3.82%) DevOps
16 163 (3.79%) User Research
17 160 (3.72%) Full-Stack Development
18 154 (3.58%) CI/CD
19 146 (3.40%) CRM
20 145 (3.37%) Product Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 251 (5.84%) JavaScript
2 152 (3.54%) TypeScript
3 127 (2.96%) SQL
4 113 (2.63%) Python
5 112 (2.61%) C#
6 104 (2.42%) Java
7 56 (1.30%) PowerShell
8 42 (0.98%) PHP
9 25 (0.58%) Kotlin
9 25 (0.58%) Swift
10 15 (0.35%) Go
11 9 (0.21%) Bash
11 9 (0.21%) Bicep
11 9 (0.21%) C++
11 9 (0.21%) T-SQL
12 8 (0.19%) Rust
13 7 (0.16%) ABAP
14 5 (0.12%) Apex Code
14 5 (0.12%) VB
15 4 (0.093%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2,639 (61.41%) Degree
2 2,463 (57.32%) Master's Degree
3 2,450 (57.02%) Postgraduate
4 2,449 (56.99%) PhD
5 151 (3.51%) Security Cleared
6 92 (2.14%) SC Cleared
7 41 (0.95%) DV Cleared
8 35 (0.81%) DBS Check
9 24 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
10 17 (0.40%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (0.33%) BPSS Clearance
12 8 (0.19%) CISSP
12 8 (0.19%) ICAEW
13 7 (0.16%) ITIL Certification
13 7 (0.16%) PRINCE2 Certification
14 6 (0.14%) Microsoft Certified Professional
14 6 (0.14%) PMI Certification
14 6 (0.14%) SAP Certification
15 5 (0.12%) PMP
16 4 (0.093%) A+ Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 293 (6.82%) Accessibility
2 111 (2.58%) QA
3 99 (2.30%) WCAG
4 60 (1.40%) GDPR
5 29 (0.67%) Data Quality
6 19 (0.44%) Cyber Essentials
7 14 (0.33%) SLA
8 12 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
8 12 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 10 (0.23%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.12%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.12%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 5 (0.12%) NEBOSH
11 4 (0.093%) PMO
12 3 (0.070%) GRC
12 3 (0.070%) PERC
13 2 (0.047%) GxP
13 2 (0.047%) SOC 2
14 1 (0.023%) HMG Security Policy Framework
14 1 (0.023%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 102 (2.37%) Active Directory
2 55 (1.28%) Docker
3 6 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
4 5 (0.12%) Virtual Machines
5 4 (0.093%) BitLocker
5 4 (0.093%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.093%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 73 (1.70%) Microsoft Intune
2 37 (0.86%) Kubernetes
3 26 (0.61%) Terraform
4 21 (0.49%) Single Sign-On
5 10 (0.23%) Jamf Pro
6 9 (0.21%) SCCM
7 8 (0.19%) Grafana
8 5 (0.12%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.093%) Ansible
10 2 (0.047%) Data Guard
10 2 (0.047%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
10 2 (0.047%) Oracle RMAN
10 2 (0.047%) Packer
10 2 (0.047%) Progress Chef
11 1 (0.023%) Argo
11 1 (0.023%) HP ALM
11 1 (0.023%) Kibana
11 1 (0.023%) MOM
Vendors
1 339 (7.89%) Microsoft
2 187 (4.35%) Adobe
3 96 (2.23%) Google
4 73 (1.70%) ServiceNow
5 53 (1.23%) Salesforce
6 31 (0.72%) HubSpot
7 26 (0.61%) Apple
8 25 (0.58%) Nexthink
9 24 (0.56%) Oracle
9 24 (0.56%) SAP
10 18 (0.42%) Braze
11 16 (0.37%) BMC
11 16 (0.37%) Hotjar
12 15 (0.35%) Amplitude
13 13 (0.30%) iManage
13 13 (0.30%) OpenAI
14 10 (0.23%) WooCommerce
15 9 (0.21%) ConnectWise
15 9 (0.21%) Pinterest
15 9 (0.21%) TikTok