User Experience Job Trends in Wales

UX
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring User Experience skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 44 85
Rank change year-on-year +22 +41 -43
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 62 36 6
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 5.75% 3.96% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 7.51% 4.78% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 19 22 6
10th Percentile £38,500 - £38,750
25th Percentile £50,625 £23,750 £42,631
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £27,500 £47,517
Median % change year-on-year +118.18% -42.13% -1.15%
75th Percentile £73,750 £42,125 £52,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £48,375 £55,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £59,842 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.09% -0.26% -4.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

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 in Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 826 753 791
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 76.62% 82.75% 92.62%
Number of salaries quoted 568 375 589
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £31,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,122 £49,104 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +3.38% -1.44%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £61,445
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £72,433
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing User Experience relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Wales.

User Experience job vacancy trend in Wales

User Experience
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing User Experience.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing User Experience

User Experience
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in Wales over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for User Experience in Wales

User Experience
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience within the Wales region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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
South Wales +23 55 £60,000 +118.18% 20
Dyfed - 6 - -
West Wales -6 1 £83,781 - 2
User Experience
UK

User Experience
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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 1 (1.61%) CMS
1 1 (1.61%) Drupal
1 1 (1.61%) IIS
Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 1 (1.61%) Magento
1 1 (1.61%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 33 (53.23%) Cloud Computing
2 7 (11.29%) Azure
3 4 (6.45%) Google Workspace
3 4 (6.45%) SurveyMonkey
4 2 (3.23%) Figma
5 1 (1.61%) GitHub
5 1 (1.61%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.61%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 34 (54.84%) Internet
2 5 (8.06%) Firewall
3 4 (6.45%) Bluetooth
3 4 (6.45%) Intrusion Detection
3 4 (6.45%) Modbus
3 4 (6.45%) Network Security
3 4 (6.45%) TCP/IP
3 4 (6.45%) VLAN
3 4 (6.45%) Wireshark
3 4 (6.45%) ZigBee
4 1 (1.61%) Broadband
4 1 (1.61%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.68%) MySQL
2 1 (1.61%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (6.45%) Burp Suite
1 4 (6.45%) Metasploit
2 2 (3.23%) Selenium
2 2 (3.23%) SpecFlow
2 2 (3.23%) WebDriver
General
1 34 (54.84%) Social Skills
2 33 (53.23%) Banking
2 33 (53.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 10 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (16.13%) Finance
4 4 (6.45%) Aerospace
4 4 (6.45%) Law
4 4 (6.45%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.61%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.61%) Legal
5 1 (1.61%) Marketing
5 1 (1.61%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.61%) Police
5 1 (1.61%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (1.61%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 28 (45.16%) Lecturer
2 9 (14.52%) Lead
3 5 (8.06%) Developer
4 4 (6.45%) Senior
5 3 (4.84%) Architect
6 2 (3.23%) Analyst
6 2 (3.23%) Automation Tester
6 2 (3.23%) Designer
6 2 (3.23%) Finance Manager
6 2 (3.23%) Lead Architect
6 2 (3.23%) Salesforce Developer
6 2 (3.23%) Senior Developer
6 2 (3.23%) Systems Manager
6 2 (3.23%) Tester
7 1 (1.61%) .NET Software Developer
7 1 (1.61%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (1.61%) Salesforce Analyst
7 1 (1.61%) Senior .NET Software Developer
7 1 (1.61%) Senior C# Software Developer
7 1 (1.61%) Senior JavaScript Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.29%) CSS
1 7 (11.29%) React
2 6 (9.68%) Django
2 6 (9.68%) HTML
2 6 (9.68%) HTML5
3 3 (4.84%) REST
4 2 (3.23%) Web Services
5 1 (1.61%) .NET
5 1 (1.61%) Bootstrap
5 1 (1.61%) Laravel
5 1 (1.61%) Node.js
5 1 (1.61%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 37 (59.68%) IoT
2 4 (6.45%) CAN bus
2 4 (6.45%) Cyber Threat
2 4 (6.45%) Operational Technology
2 4 (6.45%) SCADA
3 2 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.61%) Educational Technology
4 1 (1.61%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.61%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.45%) Android
1 4 (6.45%) Kali Linux
1 4 (6.45%) Linux
1 4 (6.45%) Ubuntu
2 1 (1.61%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (62.90%) AI
1 39 (62.90%) Machine Learning
2 37 (59.68%) Cybersecurity
3 33 (53.23%) Web Development
4 12 (19.35%) Agile
4 12 (19.35%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (14.52%) Scrum
6 8 (12.90%) Mentoring
7 7 (11.29%) Software Testing
7 7 (11.29%) Workflow
8 6 (9.68%) Kanban
9 5 (8.06%) DevOps
9 5 (8.06%) Prototyping
10 4 (6.45%) Cognitive Science
10 4 (6.45%) Data Science
10 4 (6.45%) Decision-Making
10 4 (6.45%) Innovative Thinking
10 4 (6.45%) Security Monitoring
10 4 (6.45%) Smart Manufacturing
10 4 (6.45%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 10 (16.13%) Python
2 7 (11.29%) JavaScript
3 4 (6.45%) C++
3 4 (6.45%) Java
3 4 (6.45%) R
3 4 (6.45%) Rust
4 3 (4.84%) SQL
5 1 (1.61%) C#
5 1 (1.61%) PHP
5 1 (1.61%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 40 (64.52%) Degree
2 33 (53.23%) Master's Degree
2 33 (53.23%) PhD
2 33 (53.23%) Postgraduate
3 7 (11.29%) SC Cleared
3 7 (11.29%) Security Cleared
4 6 (9.68%) BPSS Clearance
5 4 (6.45%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (4.84%) DBS Check
7 2 (3.23%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.45%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.61%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (9.68%) Kubernetes
2 4 (6.45%) Nessus
2 4 (6.45%) Nmap
Vendors
1 4 (6.45%) Cisco
1 4 (6.45%) Google
1 4 (6.45%) Qualtrics
1 4 (6.45%) Red Hat
1 4 (6.45%) Splunk
2 3 (4.84%) Salesforce
3 2 (3.23%) Adobe
3 2 (3.23%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.61%) WooCommerce