UX Design Jobs

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 8 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 273 209 96
Rank change year-on-year -64 -113 +54
Permanent jobs citing UX Design 1,094 1,654 6,352
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.01% 1.77% 3.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 1.86% 3.85%
Number of salaries quoted 737 892 1,842
10th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £58,861
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +6.18% +7.02%
75th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £96,250 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,600
% change year-on-year -9.09% +8.70% +1.20%

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 89,730 89,109 165,036
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.98% 95.44% 95.91%
Number of salaries quoted 62,034 53,947 83,947
10th Percentile £29,500 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.54% +1.33% +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%

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 8 June 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 8 June 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 -86 850 £55,000 -14.69% 278
UK excluding London +12 823 £50,000 -9.09% 169
Work from Home -65 475 £55,000 -15.38% 147
London -183 200 £65,000 -3.70% 120
North of England +38 197 £50,000 +2.56% 54
Scotland +20 150 £47,500 -23.39% 14
South East -59 147 £55,000 - 33
Midlands +25 140 £50,000 - 30
North West +16 121 £45,000 -14.29% 34
South West +38 115 £55,000 +10.00% 16
West Midlands +51 106 £55,000 +10.00% 17
Yorkshire +74 61 £51,000 +2.00% 15
East of England -88 46 £46,000 -29.23% 12
East Midlands -32 26 £32,500 -33.33% 13
Northern Ireland +20 16 £46,250 -11.90% 9
Wales -16 16 £32,500 -40.91% 4
North East -15 15 £52,500 +29.63% 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 33 (3.02%) WordPress
2 31 (2.83%) CMS
3 26 (2.38%) Confluence
4 9 (0.82%) SharePoint
5 7 (0.64%) Umbraco
6 6 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.46%) Apache
7 5 (0.46%) Kentico
8 3 (0.27%) Cloud Foundry
9 2 (0.18%) IBM Domino
9 2 (0.18%) IIS
10 1 (0.091%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (0.091%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 139 (12.71%) Sketch
2 62 (5.67%) Adobe XD
3 47 (4.30%) Photoshop
4 40 (3.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 39 (3.56%) Adobe Illustrator
6 36 (3.29%) InVision
7 26 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
8 18 (1.65%) Adobe After Effects
9 11 (1.01%) InDesign
10 9 (0.82%) Chatbot
10 9 (0.82%) Spreadsheet
11 7 (0.64%) Blender
11 7 (0.64%) Microsoft Excel
11 7 (0.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 6 (0.55%) UserZoom
13 4 (0.37%) CANalyzer
14 3 (0.27%) CINEMA 4D
14 3 (0.27%) Trello
14 3 (0.27%) Zeplin
15 2 (0.18%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 21 (1.92%) Magento
2 20 (1.83%) Shopify
3 5 (0.46%) Salesforce CRM
4 4 (0.37%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.18%) Infor SunSystems
6 1 (0.091%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.091%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 232 (21.21%) Figma
2 138 (12.61%) AWS
3 95 (8.68%) Azure
4 80 (7.31%) SaaS
5 59 (5.39%) Miro
6 47 (4.30%) Heroku
7 31 (2.83%) Power Platform
8 28 (2.56%) GCP
9 27 (2.47%) Azure DevOps
9 27 (2.47%) GitHub
10 24 (2.19%) PowerApps
11 23 (2.10%) Power Automate
12 20 (1.83%) Cloud Computing
13 19 (1.74%) Google Analytics
13 19 (1.74%) Microsoft 365
14 17 (1.55%) SurveyMonkey
15 14 (1.28%) Serverless
16 13 (1.19%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 11 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
18 10 (0.91%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.91%) HTTP
2 8 (0.73%) Intranet
3 5 (0.46%) Internet
3 5 (0.46%) SSH
4 4 (0.37%) Ethernet
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 77 (7.04%) MySQL
2 54 (4.94%) SQL Server
3 29 (2.65%) Power BI
4 21 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
5 18 (1.65%) Relational Database
6 14 (1.28%) Redis
7 13 (1.19%) Geospatial Data
8 12 (1.10%) Elasticsearch
9 10 (0.91%) MongoDB
10 9 (0.82%) GIS
11 8 (0.73%) Spatial Data
12 7 (0.64%) Big Data
12 7 (0.64%) NoSQL
13 6 (0.55%) MariaDB
14 5 (0.46%) Azure SQL Database
14 5 (0.46%) Tableau
15 3 (0.27%) Data Lake
16 2 (0.18%) Apache Cassandra
16 2 (0.18%) Data Mining
16 2 (0.18%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 118 (10.79%) Git
2 82 (7.50%) JIRA
3 24 (2.19%) webpack
4 14 (1.28%) Jenkins
5 11 (1.01%) Postman
5 11 (1.01%) Visual Studio
6 9 (0.82%) Axure RP
7 8 (0.73%) Android Studio
7 8 (0.73%) Bitbucket
7 8 (0.73%) gulp
7 8 (0.73%) Maven
7 8 (0.73%) Moq
8 7 (0.64%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.55%) Cucumber
10 5 (0.46%) Babel
11 4 (0.37%) CANoe
11 4 (0.37%) GitLab
11 4 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
11 4 (0.37%) Vite
12 3 (0.27%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 370 (33.82%) Social Skills
2 218 (19.93%) Finance
3 202 (18.46%) Marketing
4 161 (14.72%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 102 (9.32%) Law
6 89 (8.14%) Analytical Skills
7 63 (5.76%) Banking
8 60 (5.48%) Retail
9 45 (4.11%) Presentation Skills
9 45 (4.11%) Public Sector
10 27 (2.47%) Legal
10 27 (2.47%) Manufacturing
11 25 (2.29%) Automotive
12 24 (2.19%) Games
13 20 (1.83%) Advertising
14 19 (1.74%) Electronics
15 16 (1.46%) Organisational Skills
16 15 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
17 14 (1.28%) Investment Banking
18 13 (1.19%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 395 (36.11%) Developer
2 321 (29.34%) Designer
3 256 (23.40%) Senior
4 251 (22.94%) UX Designer
5 160 (14.63%) UI Designer
6 153 (13.99%) Lead
7 144 (13.16%) UI/UX Designer
8 102 (9.32%) Senior Designer
9 96 (8.78%) Senior Developer
10 89 (8.14%) Senior UX Designer
11 88 (8.04%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 77 (7.04%) Software Engineer
13 63 (5.76%) Senior UI Designer
14 58 (5.30%) Senior UI/UX Designer
15 50 (4.57%) Full Stack Developer
16 47 (4.30%) React Developer
17 45 (4.11%) Software Developer
18 36 (3.29%) Product Manager
19 34 (3.11%) Lead Software Engineer
20 32 (2.93%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 359 (32.82%) HTML
2 304 (27.79%) CSS
3 220 (20.11%) React
4 108 (9.87%) AngularJS
5 102 (9.32%) .NET
6 74 (6.76%) Vue
7 72 (6.58%) Node.js
8 69 (6.31%) RESTful
9 54 (4.94%) HTML5
10 47 (4.30%) REST
10 47 (4.30%) Sass
11 46 (4.20%) Laravel
12 35 (3.20%) ASP.NET
12 35 (3.20%) jQuery
12 35 (3.20%) Web Services
13 32 (2.93%) Tailwind CSS
14 29 (2.65%) CSS3
15 28 (2.56%) .NET Framework
16 25 (2.29%) JSON
16 25 (2.29%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 119 (10.88%) Product Ownership
2 82 (7.50%) Mobile App
3 46 (4.20%) Greenfield Project
4 37 (3.38%) Algorithms
5 29 (2.65%) Blockchain
5 29 (2.65%) Data Structures
6 26 (2.38%) Self-Motivation
7 24 (2.19%) Graphic Design
8 22 (2.01%) Market Risk
9 21 (1.92%) Cloud Native
10 20 (1.83%) Management Information System
11 18 (1.65%) Onboarding
12 17 (1.55%) SCADA
13 16 (1.46%) Operational Technology
14 15 (1.37%) Animation
15 12 (1.10%) BBC
15 12 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
15 12 (1.10%) Virtual Team
16 11 (1.01%) Client/Server
16 11 (1.01%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 43 (3.93%) Android
2 39 (3.56%) Apple iOS
3 34 (3.11%) Windows
4 23 (2.10%) Linux
5 18 (1.65%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.37%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.091%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,094 (100.00%) User Experience
2 383 (35.01%) Agile
3 351 (32.08%) Problem-Solving
4 204 (18.65%) Front End Development
5 183 (16.73%) Wireframes
6 167 (15.27%) Prototyping
7 158 (14.44%) Software Engineering
8 156 (14.26%) User Research
9 155 (14.17%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 131 (11.97%) DevOps
11 124 (11.33%) Full Stack Development
12 121 (11.06%) UX Research
13 116 (10.60%) Customer Experience
14 112 (10.24%) Stakeholder Management
15 108 (9.87%) Design Patterns
16 104 (9.51%) Mentoring
17 103 (9.41%) Roadmaps
17 103 (9.41%) Visualisation
18 102 (9.32%) Web Development
19 100 (9.14%) CI/CD
Programming Languages
1 373 (34.10%) JavaScript
2 132 (12.07%) TypeScript
3 102 (9.32%) PHP
4 99 (9.05%) C#
5 91 (8.32%) SQL
6 80 (7.31%) Python
7 77 (7.04%) Java
8 31 (2.83%) Kotlin
9 16 (1.46%) T-SQL
10 15 (1.37%) Go
11 14 (1.28%) Swift
12 11 (1.01%) C
13 10 (0.91%) Rust
14 9 (0.82%) VB.NET
15 8 (0.73%) C++
16 6 (0.55%) Clojure
16 6 (0.55%) F#
16 6 (0.55%) Haskell
17 5 (0.46%) Ruby
18 4 (0.37%) Dart
Qualifications
1 203 (18.56%) Degree
2 83 (7.59%) Security Cleared
3 69 (6.31%) SC Cleared
4 49 (4.48%) Master's Degree
5 27 (2.47%) Computer Science Degree
6 12 (1.10%) CSPO
6 12 (1.10%) MBA
7 11 (1.01%) PhD
8 7 (0.64%) HND
9 6 (0.55%) DV Cleared
9 6 (0.55%) IIBA
10 3 (0.27%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.18%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.18%) Postgraduate
12 1 (0.091%) Azure Certification
12 1 (0.091%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.091%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (14.63%) Accessibility
2 70 (6.40%) WCAG
3 50 (4.57%) QA
4 13 (1.19%) GDPR
5 8 (0.73%) Actionable Recommendations
6 6 (0.55%) Data Quality
7 4 (0.37%) ISO 26262
8 3 (0.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.18%) GLP
9 2 (0.18%) HIPAA
9 2 (0.18%) IEC 62304
9 2 (0.18%) ISO 13485
9 2 (0.18%) SLA
10 1 (0.091%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 42 (3.84%) 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 20 (1.83%) Kubernetes
2 17 (1.55%) Terraform
3 1 (0.091%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 124 (11.33%) Adobe
2 86 (7.86%) Microsoft
3 63 (5.76%) Google
4 26 (2.38%) Salesforce
5 21 (1.92%) ServiceNow
6 17 (1.55%) Xamarin
7 16 (1.46%) VMware
8 12 (1.10%) Hotjar
8 12 (1.10%) Qualtrics
8 12 (1.10%) Sony
9 11 (1.01%) WooCommerce
10 10 (0.91%) Facebook
11 8 (0.73%) DevExpress
11 8 (0.73%) SAP
12 7 (0.64%) Mapbox
13 5 (0.46%) Databricks
14 4 (0.37%) dotdigital
14 4 (0.37%) Oracle
15 3 (0.27%) Snapchat
15 3 (0.27%) YouTube