Prototyping
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Prototyping skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Prototyping over the 6 months to 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 364 332 205
Rank change year-on-year -32 -127 +115
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 724 1,032 3,209
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.73% 1.03% 2.01%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 1.08% 2.10%
Number of salaries quoted 381 570 918
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £64,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.16% +6.67% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £98,750 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Prototyping 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 84,701 95,929 153,018
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.52% 95.60% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 59,701 56,502 82,944
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,740
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £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%

Prototyping
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Prototyping in the UK

Prototyping
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Prototyping.

Salary trend for Prototyping in the UK

Prototyping
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Prototyping over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Prototyping in the UK

Prototyping
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Prototyping within the UK over the 6 months to 14 May 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 -50 613 £57,500 -11.54% 311
UK excluding London +4 570 £55,000 -8.33% 235
North of England +129 162 £55,000 -12.00% 49
Work from Home -107 161 £55,000 -12.00% 105
South East 0 151 £53,000 -11.67% 66
London -91 113 £71,991 +6.65% 93
North West +63 96 £57,965 -17.19% 34
Midlands -50 67 £44,250 -30.86% 47
South West -26 61 £56,250 -2.17% 27
Scotland -22 55 £52,500 -19.23% 19
East of England -61 50 £65,000 - 31
Yorkshire +109 45 £42,500 -20.56% 8
West Midlands -61 41 £42,500 -33.59% 30
East Midlands -3 26 £49,000 -2.00% 17
North East +13 21 £53,982 - 7
Northern Ireland +42 14 £58,800 -
Wales +14 12 £58,800 +40.43% 4

Prototyping
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 27 (3.73%) IIS
2 9 (1.24%) Confluence
3 6 (0.83%) SharePoint
4 5 (0.69%) ArcGIS
5 4 (0.55%) CMS
6 3 (0.41%) IBM Domino
7 2 (0.28%) Apache Spark
7 2 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (0.28%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (0.14%) Apache
8 1 (0.14%) Drupal
8 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.14%) Kentico
8 1 (0.14%) Sitecore CMS
8 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 85 (11.74%) Sketch
2 19 (2.62%) InVision
3 17 (2.35%) Adobe XD
4 16 (2.21%) Photoshop
5 15 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
6 14 (1.93%) Adobe Illustrator
7 11 (1.52%) Simulink
8 8 (1.10%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.55%) Blender
9 4 (0.55%) InDesign
9 4 (0.55%) Microsoft Excel
9 4 (0.55%) OrCAD
10 3 (0.41%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.41%) CINEMA 4D
10 3 (0.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 3 (0.41%) UserZoom
11 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
11 2 (0.28%) MS Visio
11 2 (0.28%) Zeplin
12 1 (0.14%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 4 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (0.28%) Shopify
3 1 (0.14%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.14%) WebTrends
3 1 (0.14%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 95 (13.12%) Figma
2 93 (12.85%) Azure
3 53 (7.32%) Miro
4 52 (7.18%) AWS
4 52 (7.18%) Heroku
5 26 (3.59%) Cloud Computing
5 26 (3.59%) Power Platform
5 26 (3.59%) SaaS
6 13 (1.80%) Azure DevOps
7 12 (1.66%) GCP
8 9 (1.24%) PaaS
9 7 (0.97%) dbt
9 7 (0.97%) Power Automate
9 7 (0.97%) PowerApps
10 6 (0.83%) GitHub
10 6 (0.83%) Microsoft 365
10 6 (0.83%) Serverless
11 5 (0.69%) Collibra
11 5 (0.69%) Microsoft Purview
11 5 (0.69%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 27 (3.73%) WAN
2 18 (2.49%) Wireless
3 17 (2.35%) Bluetooth
4 10 (1.38%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (1.10%) BGP
5 8 (1.10%) DMVPN
5 8 (1.10%) EIGRP
5 8 (1.10%) OSPF
6 6 (0.83%) Modbus
7 4 (0.55%) 3G
7 4 (0.55%) 4G
7 4 (0.55%) GPRS
8 3 (0.41%) Ethernet
8 3 (0.41%) ZigBee
9 2 (0.28%) DSL
9 2 (0.28%) HTTP
10 1 (0.14%) Internet
10 1 (0.14%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.14%) MQTT
10 1 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (5.80%) SQL Server
2 35 (4.83%) Metadata
3 30 (4.14%) NoSQL
4 26 (3.59%) Power BI
5 24 (3.31%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (2.07%) Data Lake
7 13 (1.80%) MySQL
7 13 (1.80%) Relational Database
8 11 (1.52%) PostgreSQL
9 9 (1.24%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.97%) Tableau
11 6 (0.83%) Big Data
11 6 (0.83%) Geospatial Data
11 6 (0.83%) GIS
11 6 (0.83%) Redis
12 5 (0.69%) Hadoop
13 3 (0.41%) Power Query
14 2 (0.28%) BigQuery
14 2 (0.28%) DynamoDB
14 2 (0.28%) Looker
Development Applications
1 20 (2.76%) Git
2 19 (2.62%) JIRA
3 8 (1.10%) Subversion
4 7 (0.97%) Cypress.io
4 7 (0.97%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.97%) Postman
5 6 (0.83%) Spinnaker
6 5 (0.69%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.69%) Selenium
6 5 (0.69%) SoapUI
6 5 (0.69%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.55%) Appium
7 4 (0.55%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.55%) MSI
7 4 (0.55%) Robot Framework
7 4 (0.55%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.28%) CANoe
9 1 (0.14%) GitLab
9 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
9 1 (0.14%) webpack
General
1 185 (25.55%) Social Skills
2 102 (14.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 98 (13.54%) Finance
4 76 (10.50%) Marketing
5 61 (8.43%) Public Sector
6 51 (7.04%) Electronics
7 35 (4.83%) Analytical Skills
8 34 (4.70%) Aerospace
9 26 (3.59%) Telecoms
10 25 (3.45%) Retail
11 23 (3.18%) Manufacturing
12 22 (3.04%) Banking
13 21 (2.90%) Brand Awareness
14 20 (2.76%) Publishing
15 19 (2.62%) Presentation Skills
16 17 (2.35%) Law
17 15 (2.07%) Legal
18 12 (1.66%) Advertising
19 11 (1.52%) Automotive
20 8 (1.10%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 211 (29.14%) Designer
2 186 (25.69%) Senior
3 134 (18.51%) Architect
4 111 (15.33%) UX Designer
5 89 (12.29%) UI Designer
6 85 (11.74%) UI/UX Designer
7 84 (11.60%) Lead
8 73 (10.08%) Senior Designer
9 65 (8.98%) Developer
10 61 (8.43%) Software Engineer
11 53 (7.32%) Senior UX Designer
12 49 (6.77%) Interaction Designer
13 48 (6.63%) Solutions Architect
14 47 (6.49%) Senior UI Designer
14 47 (6.49%) Senior UI/UX Designer
15 44 (6.08%) Systems Engineer
16 42 (5.80%) Senior Architect
17 30 (4.14%) Data Architect
17 30 (4.14%) Embedded Engineer
18 29 (4.01%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 100 (13.81%) HTML
2 47 (6.49%) React
3 41 (5.66%) CSS
4 35 (4.83%) .NET
5 19 (2.62%) RESTful
6 18 (2.49%) TensorFlow
7 17 (2.35%) NumPy
8 16 (2.21%) JSON
8 16 (2.21%) Keras
9 15 (2.07%) AngularJS
9 15 (2.07%) ASP.NET
9 15 (2.07%) Node.js
10 14 (1.93%) HTML5
11 12 (1.66%) XML
12 11 (1.52%) .NET Core
12 11 (1.52%) Web Services
13 9 (1.24%) OpenACC
13 9 (1.24%) OpenMP
13 9 (1.24%) REST
13 9 (1.24%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 61 (8.43%) Algorithms
2 49 (6.77%) Management Information System
2 49 (6.77%) Product Ownership
3 30 (4.14%) IoT
4 27 (3.73%) Clustering
5 25 (3.45%) Distributed Systems
6 24 (3.31%) Public Cloud
7 22 (3.04%) Cloud Native
8 15 (2.07%) Data Structures
8 15 (2.07%) Legacy Applications
9 13 (1.80%) Operational Technology
10 12 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (1.52%) CUDA
11 11 (1.52%) Cyber Defence
11 11 (1.52%) Cyber Threat
11 11 (1.52%) Embedded Systems
11 11 (1.52%) Renewable Energy
12 10 (1.38%) Blockchain
13 8 (1.10%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (1.10%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 76 (10.50%) Linux
2 49 (6.77%) Windows
3 9 (1.24%) Unix
3 9 (1.24%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.83%) Android
5 5 (0.69%) Debian
5 5 (0.69%) Ubuntu
5 5 (0.69%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.28%) CentOS
6 2 (0.28%) FreeRTOS
6 2 (0.28%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.14%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 233 (32.18%) Problem-Solving
2 227 (31.35%) Agile
3 182 (25.14%) User Experience
4 162 (22.38%) UX Design
5 161 (22.24%) Coaching
6 151 (20.86%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 135 (18.65%) Mentoring
8 110 (15.19%) Customer Experience
9 109 (15.06%) Actionable Insight
10 103 (14.23%) Software Engineering
11 95 (13.12%) Analytics
11 95 (13.12%) Workshop Facilitation
12 94 (12.98%) Design Patterns
13 93 (12.85%) Wireframes
14 89 (12.29%) Line Management
14 89 (12.29%) User Research
15 84 (11.60%) Service Design
16 80 (11.05%) DevOps
17 77 (10.64%) Stakeholder Management
18 73 (10.08%) Interaction Design
Programming Languages
1 127 (17.54%) Python
2 81 (11.19%) C
3 69 (9.53%) JavaScript
4 62 (8.56%) SQL
5 61 (8.43%) C#
6 51 (7.04%) Java
7 36 (4.97%) C++
8 26 (3.59%) MATLAB
8 26 (3.59%) TypeScript
9 20 (2.76%) Embedded C
10 14 (1.93%) Fortran
11 12 (1.66%) Bash
11 12 (1.66%) PHP
12 9 (1.24%) PowerShell
12 9 (1.24%) XAML
13 7 (0.97%) Haskell
13 7 (0.97%) Kotlin
13 7 (0.97%) Rust
14 5 (0.69%) Assembly Language
14 5 (0.69%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 213 (29.42%) Degree
2 182 (25.14%) Security Cleared
3 111 (15.33%) SC Cleared
4 45 (6.22%) Master's Degree
5 31 (4.28%) PhD
6 21 (2.90%) Computer Science Degree
7 20 (2.76%) DV Cleared
8 11 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.83%) HNC
10 2 (0.28%) Chartered Engineer
10 2 (0.28%) DBS Check
10 2 (0.28%) Postgraduate
11 1 (0.14%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.14%) Azure Certification
11 1 (0.14%) HND
11 1 (0.14%) ISEB
11 1 (0.14%) MCSA
11 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (20.30%) Accessibility
2 99 (13.67%) WCAG
3 41 (5.66%) Data Quality
4 22 (3.04%) QA
5 21 (2.90%) GDPR
6 17 (2.35%) ISO 13485
7 10 (1.38%) IEC 62304
8 7 (0.97%) ITGC
9 5 (0.69%) JTAG
10 4 (0.55%) IEC 61131
11 2 (0.28%) AUTOSAR
11 2 (0.28%) HIPAA
11 2 (0.28%) ISO 26262
11 2 (0.28%) ISO 9001
12 1 (0.14%) COSHH
12 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 17025
12 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
12 1 (0.14%) TickIT
System Software
1 27 (3.73%) VMware NSX
2 12 (1.66%) Active Directory
3 11 (1.52%) VMware Infrastructure
4 10 (1.38%) Firmware
5 3 (0.41%) Docker
5 3 (0.41%) Embedded Firmware
6 1 (0.14%) RACF
6 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (1.38%) Ansible
2 8 (1.10%) FortiGate
2 8 (1.10%) Terraform
3 7 (0.97%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.55%) Functional Safety
4 4 (0.55%) WMI
5 2 (0.28%) Kustomize
6 1 (0.14%) Grafana
6 1 (0.14%) Nessus
6 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.14%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.14%) Puppet
6 1 (0.14%) Single Sign-On
6 1 (0.14%) VxRail
Vendors
1 76 (10.50%) Microsoft
2 34 (4.70%) VMware
3 23 (3.18%) Adobe
3 23 (3.18%) Oracle
4 13 (1.80%) Google
5 10 (1.38%) EMC
6 8 (1.10%) Cisco
6 8 (1.10%) Fortinet
6 8 (1.10%) Juniper
7 6 (0.83%) Databricks
7 6 (0.83%) SAP
8 5 (0.69%) ESRI
8 5 (0.69%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.55%) Mercator
9 4 (0.55%) Workday
10 3 (0.41%) Hotjar
10 3 (0.41%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.41%) Qualtrics
11 2 (0.28%) CA Agile Central
11 2 (0.28%) Rockwell