User Experience Jobs in Scotland

UX
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring User Experience skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited User Experience over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 62 75
Rank change year-on-year -14 +13 -19
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 308 194 265
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 4.50% 4.53% 4.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.04% 4.79% 4.58%
Number of salaries quoted 93 71 129
10th Percentile £32,500 £38,750 £40,900
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £57,810 £58,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.24% -1.18% +30.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £51,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -18.40% +4.17% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,115 4,054 5,784
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 89.41% 94.68% 91.27%
Number of salaries quoted 2,571 2,031 2,895
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +12.24%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.69% +1.50% +9.09%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing User Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in Scotland

User Experience
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Experience in Scotland.

Salary trend for User Experience in Scotland

User Experience
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in Scotland over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Salary histogram for User Experience in Scotland

User Experience
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 13 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
Glasgow -45 204 £49,000 -14.78% 12
Edinburgh +28 63 £60,000 +3.79% 17
Dundee - 16 £47,500 -
Aberdeen - 10 £35,000 - 1
Midlothian - 5 - - 3
Stirling - 3 £50,000 - 1
East Lothian - 2 - -
South Lanarkshire - 2 £34,500 -
Aberdeenshire - 1 £35,000 -
Dunbartonshire - 1 - -
User Experience
UK

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 22 (7.14%) Apache Spark
2 6 (1.95%) Microsoft Exchange
3 5 (1.62%) WordPress
4 3 (0.97%) CMS
5 2 (0.65%) Apache
Applications
1 28 (9.09%) Sketch
2 24 (7.79%) UserZoom
3 10 (3.25%) InVision
4 6 (1.95%) Adobe Illustrator
4 6 (1.95%) Photoshop
5 4 (1.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 2 (0.65%) Adobe After Effects
7 1 (0.32%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 1 (0.32%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 102 (33.12%) Figma
2 67 (21.75%) SurveyMonkey
3 44 (14.29%) AWS
4 27 (8.77%) SaaS
5 24 (7.79%) Miro
6 15 (4.87%) GCP
7 14 (4.55%) Azure
8 12 (3.90%) Amazon S3
8 12 (3.90%) Amazon SQS
8 12 (3.90%) Google Docs
8 12 (3.90%) Lucidchart
8 12 (3.90%) Slack
9 9 (2.92%) Power Platform
10 8 (2.60%) Heroku
11 7 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
11 7 (2.27%) Serverless
12 3 (0.97%) ChatGPT
12 3 (0.97%) Google Play
13 2 (0.65%) Adobe Creative Cloud
13 2 (0.65%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.25%) DSL
2 6 (1.95%) HTTP
2 6 (1.95%) MQTT
3 1 (0.32%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.32%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.32%) VLAN
3 1 (0.32%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (7.14%) Big Data
2 18 (5.84%) Elasticsearch
2 18 (5.84%) Redis
2 18 (5.84%) Tableau
3 16 (5.19%) MySQL
4 14 (4.55%) SQL Server
5 13 (4.22%) MongoDB
6 12 (3.90%) Hadoop
6 12 (3.90%) Scylla
7 10 (3.25%) Data Lake
7 10 (3.25%) DB2
8 9 (2.92%) Power BI
9 6 (1.95%) Data Vault
9 6 (1.95%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.32%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.32%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (7.79%) Git
1 24 (7.79%) Jenkins
2 23 (7.47%) JIRA
3 6 (1.95%) Moq
4 3 (0.97%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.65%) Jasmine
5 2 (0.65%) Karma Test Runner
General
1 174 (56.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 173 (56.17%) Finance
3 149 (48.38%) Marketing
4 146 (47.40%) Law
5 105 (34.09%) Social Skills
6 32 (10.39%) Banking
6 32 (10.39%) Social Science
7 23 (7.47%) Investment Banking
8 20 (6.49%) Public Sector
9 16 (5.19%) Analytical Skills
9 16 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
10 12 (3.90%) Financial Institution
11 9 (2.92%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (2.92%) Manufacturing
12 7 (2.27%) Private Banking
12 7 (2.27%) Tech for Good
13 6 (1.95%) Electronics
13 6 (1.95%) Telecoms
14 3 (0.97%) Polish Language
14 3 (0.97%) Retail
Job Titles
1 84 (27.27%) Lead
2 58 (18.83%) Designer
3 53 (17.21%) Software Engineer
4 52 (16.88%) Developer
5 46 (14.94%) UX Designer
6 41 (13.31%) Senior
6 41 (13.31%) User Experience Researcher
7 28 (9.09%) Senior Designer
7 28 (9.09%) Senior UX Designer
8 24 (7.79%) Lead Software Engineer
9 22 (7.14%) UI Engineer
10 20 (6.49%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 18 (5.84%) UI Designer
11 18 (5.84%) UI/UX Designer
12 15 (4.87%) Architect
13 13 (4.22%) Software Developer
14 12 (3.90%) Principal Engineer
14 12 (3.90%) Principal Software Engineer
15 10 (3.25%) Data Engineer
15 10 (3.25%) Software Engineering Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (25.97%) React
2 62 (20.13%) HTML
3 52 (16.88%) CSS
4 44 (14.29%) AngularJS
5 29 (9.42%) Node.js
6 27 (8.77%) Vue
7 22 (7.14%) Kafka
8 16 (5.19%) .NET
8 16 (5.19%) Spring
8 16 (5.19%) Spring Boot
9 14 (4.55%) DOM
9 14 (4.55%) Web Services
10 12 (3.90%) .NET Framework
10 12 (3.90%) GraphQL
10 12 (3.90%) jQuery
11 10 (3.25%) CSS3
11 10 (3.25%) HTML5
12 9 (2.92%) Ajax
13 8 (2.60%) ASP.NET
14 7 (2.27%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 38 (12.34%) Market Risk
2 33 (10.71%) Algorithms
3 27 (8.77%) Cloud Native
3 27 (8.77%) Product Ownership
4 26 (8.44%) Management Information System
5 13 (4.22%) Legacy Systems
6 12 (3.90%) Data Structures
7 11 (3.57%) Graphic Design
7 11 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (3.25%) Mobile App
8 10 (3.25%) Public Cloud
9 6 (1.95%) Arduino
9 6 (1.95%) IoT
9 6 (1.95%) Raspberry Pi
10 5 (1.62%) Onboarding
11 4 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
11 4 (1.30%) iPhone
12 3 (0.97%) Marketing Technology
12 3 (0.97%) PropTech
13 2 (0.65%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.60%) Android
2 4 (1.30%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.65%) Windows
4 1 (0.32%) Linux
4 1 (0.32%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 146 (47.40%) UX Design
2 136 (44.16%) Agile
3 120 (38.96%) UX Research
4 100 (32.47%) User Research
5 84 (27.27%) Actionable Insight
6 79 (25.65%) SDLC
7 77 (25.00%) Service Design
7 77 (25.00%) Software Engineering
8 73 (23.70%) Product Management
9 71 (23.05%) Information Architecture
10 69 (22.40%) Anthropology
10 69 (22.40%) Psychology
11 68 (22.08%) Analytics
12 64 (20.78%) Mentoring
12 64 (20.78%) Visualisation
13 58 (18.83%) Roadmaps
14 54 (17.53%) DevOps
14 54 (17.53%) Interaction Design
14 54 (17.53%) Problem-Solving
15 49 (15.91%) Operational Stability
Programming Languages
1 81 (26.30%) JavaScript
2 53 (17.21%) TypeScript
3 48 (15.58%) Java
4 40 (12.99%) Python
5 34 (11.04%) R
6 24 (7.79%) SQL
7 22 (7.14%) Scala
8 17 (5.52%) PHP
9 15 (4.87%) C#
10 12 (3.90%) Bash
10 12 (3.90%) Go
11 10 (3.25%) PL/SQL
12 7 (2.27%) T-SQL
13 6 (1.95%) C
14 4 (1.30%) Kotlin
14 4 (1.30%) Swift
Qualifications
1 110 (35.71%) Degree
2 49 (15.91%) Master's Degree
3 45 (14.61%) PhD
4 16 (5.19%) SC Cleared
4 16 (5.19%) Security Cleared
5 7 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (0.32%) CCDP
6 1 (0.32%) CCNP
6 1 (0.32%) CCSP
6 1 (0.32%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (0.32%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (14.94%) Accessibility
2 24 (7.79%) Actionable Recommendations
3 13 (4.22%) WCAG
4 10 (3.25%) SLA
5 9 (2.92%) QA
6 2 (0.65%) GLP
7 1 (0.32%) PMO
System Software
1 7 (2.27%) Docker
2 6 (1.95%) Firmware
3 1 (0.32%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 22 (7.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 56 (18.18%) Qualtrics
2 16 (5.19%) Google
3 12 (3.90%) Dell
3 12 (3.90%) ServiceNow
4 11 (3.57%) Microsoft
5 10 (3.25%) Alteryx
5 10 (3.25%) Cognos
5 10 (3.25%) Databricks
5 10 (3.25%) Oracle
5 10 (3.25%) Sybase
6 6 (1.95%) NVIDIA
6 6 (1.95%) SAP
7 5 (1.62%) Adobe
8 3 (0.97%) OpenAI
9 2 (0.65%) Charles River
10 1 (0.32%) Nintex
10 1 (0.32%) Polycom