User Experience Design (UXD)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for UX Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited UX Design over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 258 195 106
Rank change year-on-year -63 -89 +55
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 1,097 2,080 5,086
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.12% 1.97% 3.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 2.06% 3.46%
Number of salaries quoted 759 1,008 1,912
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,480 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £48,293 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +14.29%
75th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £76,362
90th Percentile £85,000 £96,250 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

UX Design is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,165 101,093 147,090
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 86.12% 95.64% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 59,702 59,212 83,288
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,496
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,600 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +2.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

UX Design
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing UX Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for UX Design in the UK

UX Design
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing UX Design.

Salary trend for UX Design in the UK

UX Design
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing UX Design over the 6 months to 23 April 2024.

Salary histogram for UX Design in the UK

UX Design
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UX Design within the UK over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -96 847 £57,500 -11.54% 310
UK excluding London -35 786 £50,000 -9.09% 189
Work from Home -64 489 £55,000 -15.38% 165
London -155 243 £65,000 -5.55% 138
North of England -3 188 £50,000 -13.04% 57
Scotland +7 154 £47,500 -17.39% 24
South East -71 139 £55,000 - 34
Midlands +49 121 £50,000 +8.11% 36
North West -20 110 £45,000 -30.77% 33
South West +23 108 £55,000 +4.76% 16
West Midlands +57 83 £55,000 +22.22% 22
Yorkshire +69 63 £51,000 -7.27% 19
East of England -72 45 £46,000 -23.33% 19
East Midlands -17 30 £38,750 -29.55% 14
Wales -25 18 £32,500 -26.68% 3
Northern Ireland +29 17 £45,000 -14.29% 4
North East -7 15 £52,500 +36.81% 5

UX Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 37 (3.37%) WordPress
2 29 (2.64%) CMS
3 28 (2.55%) JBoss
3 28 (2.55%) Red Hat Fuse
4 27 (2.46%) Confluence
5 14 (1.28%) SharePoint
6 9 (0.82%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.46%) Kentico
7 5 (0.46%) Umbraco
8 4 (0.36%) IBM Domino
9 3 (0.27%) Cloud Foundry
10 2 (0.18%) Moodle
11 1 (0.091%) Drupal
11 1 (0.091%) IIS
11 1 (0.091%) SharePoint Server
11 1 (0.091%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 142 (12.94%) Sketch
2 63 (5.74%) Adobe XD
3 44 (4.01%) Photoshop
4 41 (3.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 37 (3.37%) InVision
6 34 (3.10%) Adobe Illustrator
7 24 (2.19%) Microsoft Office
8 18 (1.64%) Adobe After Effects
9 11 (1.00%) InDesign
10 10 (0.91%) Chatbot
11 9 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
12 8 (0.73%) Blender
12 8 (0.73%) Microsoft Excel
13 7 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
14 6 (0.55%) UserZoom
15 5 (0.46%) CANalyzer
16 3 (0.27%) CINEMA 4D
16 3 (0.27%) MS Visio
16 3 (0.27%) Trello
17 2 (0.18%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 20 (1.82%) Shopify
2 17 (1.55%) Magento
3 5 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.36%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.18%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.091%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.091%) SAP S/4HANA
6 1 (0.091%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 238 (21.70%) Figma
2 121 (11.03%) AWS
3 98 (8.93%) Azure
4 78 (7.11%) SaaS
5 58 (5.29%) Miro
6 48 (4.38%) Heroku
7 35 (3.19%) Azure DevOps
8 33 (3.01%) Power Platform
9 28 (2.55%) PowerApps
10 27 (2.46%) Power Automate
11 24 (2.19%) GitHub
12 22 (2.01%) Microsoft 365
13 20 (1.82%) GCP
14 19 (1.73%) Cloud Computing
15 18 (1.64%) Google Analytics
16 15 (1.37%) Serverless
17 13 (1.19%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 13 (1.19%) npm
18 11 (1.00%) SurveyMonkey
19 10 (0.91%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 7 (0.64%) Intranet
2 6 (0.55%) HTTP
3 5 (0.46%) Ethernet
3 5 (0.46%) Internet
4 4 (0.36%) SSH
5 3 (0.27%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.091%) AMQP
6 1 (0.091%) MQTT
6 1 (0.091%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 59 (5.38%) MySQL
2 53 (4.83%) SQL Server
3 28 (2.55%) Power BI
4 23 (2.10%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (1.64%) Relational Database
6 16 (1.46%) Redis
7 13 (1.19%) Elasticsearch
8 10 (0.91%) Geospatial Data
9 8 (0.73%) GIS
9 8 (0.73%) Spatial Data
10 7 (0.64%) Big Data
11 6 (0.55%) MongoDB
12 5 (0.46%) MariaDB
12 5 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 4 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
13 4 (0.36%) NoSQL
14 3 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
14 3 (0.27%) Tableau
15 2 (0.18%) Apache Cassandra
15 2 (0.18%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 118 (10.76%) Git
2 83 (7.57%) JIRA
3 28 (2.55%) IntelliJ
4 20 (1.82%) webpack
5 16 (1.46%) Postman
6 15 (1.37%) Jenkins
7 11 (1.00%) Visual Studio
8 10 (0.91%) Cucumber
8 10 (0.91%) Cypress.io
9 9 (0.82%) Moq
10 8 (0.73%) Android Studio
10 8 (0.73%) Bitbucket
10 8 (0.73%) Maven
11 7 (0.64%) gulp
12 5 (0.46%) Axure RP
12 5 (0.46%) Babel
12 5 (0.46%) CANoe
12 5 (0.46%) Selenium
13 4 (0.36%) Octopus Deploy
13 4 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 377 (34.37%) Social Skills
2 248 (22.61%) Finance
3 206 (18.78%) Marketing
4 167 (15.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 105 (9.57%) Law
6 89 (8.11%) Analytical Skills
7 69 (6.29%) Public Sector
8 68 (6.20%) Banking
9 56 (5.10%) Retail
10 42 (3.83%) Presentation Skills
11 27 (2.46%) Legal
12 26 (2.37%) Automotive
13 23 (2.10%) Manufacturing
14 21 (1.91%) Games
15 20 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
16 19 (1.73%) Advertising
17 18 (1.64%) Electronics
18 14 (1.28%) Organisational Skills
19 11 (1.00%) Publishing
19 11 (1.00%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 389 (35.46%) Developer
2 316 (28.81%) Designer
3 263 (23.97%) Senior
4 249 (22.70%) UX Designer
5 157 (14.31%) UI Designer
6 153 (13.95%) Lead
7 144 (13.13%) UI/UX Designer
8 118 (10.76%) Software Engineer
9 94 (8.57%) Senior Designer
10 89 (8.11%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 88 (8.02%) Senior Developer
12 84 (7.66%) Senior UX Designer
13 58 (5.29%) Senior UI Designer
14 55 (5.01%) Senior UI/UX Designer
15 50 (4.56%) Full Stack Developer
16 44 (4.01%) Senior Software Engineer
17 42 (3.83%) Software Developer
18 41 (3.74%) React Developer
19 37 (3.37%) Lead Developer
19 37 (3.37%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 339 (30.90%) HTML
2 276 (25.16%) CSS
3 212 (19.33%) React
4 144 (13.13%) AngularJS
5 98 (8.93%) .NET
6 94 (8.57%) RESTful
7 82 (7.47%) REST
8 69 (6.29%) Vue
9 67 (6.11%) Node.js
9 67 (6.11%) Web Services
10 56 (5.10%) JSON
11 53 (4.83%) HTML5
12 48 (4.38%) Spring
13 45 (4.10%) SOAP
14 44 (4.01%) Sass
15 37 (3.37%) jQuery
15 37 (3.37%) XML
16 34 (3.10%) ASP.NET
16 34 (3.10%) Laravel
17 33 (3.01%) CSS3
Miscellaneous
1 107 (9.75%) Product Ownership
2 81 (7.38%) Mobile App
3 34 (3.10%) Algorithms
3 34 (3.10%) Greenfield Project
4 29 (2.64%) Data Structures
5 28 (2.55%) Blockchain
6 24 (2.19%) Graphic Design
7 22 (2.01%) Management Information System
7 22 (2.01%) Market Risk
8 21 (1.91%) Cloud Native
9 20 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
10 18 (1.64%) Onboarding
11 17 (1.55%) SCADA
12 16 (1.46%) Distributed Systems
12 16 (1.46%) Operational Technology
13 15 (1.37%) Animation
14 12 (1.09%) BBC
14 12 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
15 11 (1.00%) Client/Server
15 11 (1.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 45 (4.10%) Android
2 41 (3.74%) Apple iOS
3 34 (3.10%) Windows
4 19 (1.73%) Windows Server
5 17 (1.55%) Linux
6 3 (0.27%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,097 (100.00%) User Experience
2 408 (37.19%) Agile
3 369 (33.64%) Problem-Solving
4 226 (20.60%) Front End Development
5 199 (18.14%) Software Engineering
6 175 (15.95%) Wireframes
7 170 (15.50%) Prototyping
8 159 (14.49%) User Research
9 149 (13.58%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 143 (13.04%) DevOps
11 136 (12.40%) Mentoring
12 135 (12.31%) Full Stack Development
13 130 (11.85%) Actionable Insight
14 129 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
15 117 (10.67%) Customer Experience
16 115 (10.48%) Design Patterns
17 108 (9.85%) Stakeholder Management
18 104 (9.48%) UX Research
19 103 (9.39%) Visualisation
20 101 (9.21%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 331 (30.17%) JavaScript
2 120 (10.94%) TypeScript
3 116 (10.57%) Java
4 102 (9.30%) C#
5 94 (8.57%) PHP
6 93 (8.48%) SQL
7 84 (7.66%) Python
8 32 (2.92%) Kotlin
9 20 (1.82%) Rust
10 17 (1.55%) T-SQL
11 16 (1.46%) Clojure
11 16 (1.46%) F#
11 16 (1.46%) Go
11 16 (1.46%) Haskell
12 14 (1.28%) Swift
12 14 (1.28%) VB.NET
13 12 (1.09%) C
14 9 (0.82%) Dart
15 8 (0.73%) PowerShell
16 5 (0.46%) C++
Qualifications
1 192 (17.50%) Degree
2 114 (10.39%) Security Cleared
3 95 (8.66%) SC Cleared
4 43 (3.92%) Master's Degree
5 24 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
6 13 (1.19%) DV Cleared
7 12 (1.09%) CSPO
7 12 (1.09%) MBA
8 11 (1.00%) PhD
9 7 (0.64%) HND
10 6 (0.55%) IIBA
11 3 (0.27%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.18%) Postgraduate
13 1 (0.091%) Azure Certification
13 1 (0.091%) DBS Check
13 1 (0.091%) ISEB
13 1 (0.091%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 166 (15.13%) Accessibility
2 75 (6.84%) WCAG
3 53 (4.83%) QA
4 17 (1.55%) GDPR
5 8 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
6 5 (0.46%) ISO 26262
7 3 (0.27%) Data Quality
7 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.18%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.18%) IEC 62304
8 2 (0.18%) ISO 13485
9 1 (0.091%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 43 (3.92%) Docker
2 16 (1.46%) Hyper-V
2 16 (1.46%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.18%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.18%) Embedded Firmware
3 2 (0.18%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (1.64%) Kubernetes
2 8 (0.73%) Terraform
3 1 (0.091%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 126 (11.49%) Adobe
2 86 (7.84%) Microsoft
3 59 (5.38%) Google
4 25 (2.28%) Salesforce
5 21 (1.91%) ServiceNow
6 17 (1.55%) Xamarin
7 16 (1.46%) VMware
8 12 (1.09%) Facebook
8 12 (1.09%) Sony
9 11 (1.00%) WooCommerce
10 10 (0.91%) Hotjar
11 9 (0.82%) SAP
12 8 (0.73%) DevExpress
13 7 (0.64%) Mapbox
14 6 (0.55%) Qualtrics
15 4 (0.36%) Databricks
15 4 (0.36%) dotdigital
15 4 (0.36%) Oracle
16 3 (0.27%) Snapchat
16 3 (0.27%) Twitter