UX
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for User Experience skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited User Experience over the 6 months to 25 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 86 72 38
Rank change year-on-year -14 -34 +11
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 3,124 4,161 13,655
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.07% 4.25% 8.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.64% 4.45% 8.67%
Number of salaries quoted 1,958 2,301 4,273
10th Percentile £31,250 £38,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,500 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £97,328 £94,380
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

User Experience 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 85,929 93,520 157,468
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.51% 95.57% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 60,315 55,145 82,723
10th Percentile £29,250 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +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%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience over the 6 months to 25 May 2024.

Salary histogram for User Experience in the UK

User Experience
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Experience within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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 -13 2,620 £51,000 -21.54% 1,018
UK excluding London +16 2,365 £47,500 -13.64% 669
Work from Home -19 1,225 £50,000 -23.08% 507
London -59 636 £65,000 -7.14% 498
North of England +49 623 £47,500 -17.39% 202
South East -43 443 £50,000 -9.09% 240
Midlands +82 436 £47,500 -9.52% 86
North West +67 403 £45,000 -21.74% 142
Scotland -15 339 £49,000 -15.24% 32
South West +41 334 £55,000 - 52
West Midlands +66 259 £50,000 -4.76% 54
East Midlands +69 169 £35,000 -37.78% 31
Yorkshire +10 158 £50,000 -9.09% 46
East of England -43 130 £40,000 -33.33% 49
North East +24 62 £42,500 +6.25% 14
Wales -11 40 £37,436 -25.95% 6
Northern Ireland +16 23 £46,250 +23.33% 6
Isle of Man - 1 £36,000 -

User Experience
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 92 (2.94%) CMS
2 89 (2.85%) WordPress
3 58 (1.86%) Confluence
4 42 (1.34%) SharePoint
5 41 (1.31%) Apache Spark
6 24 (0.77%) Apache
7 20 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
8 18 (0.58%) Apache Airflow
9 13 (0.42%) Drupal
10 12 (0.38%) JBoss
10 12 (0.38%) Red Hat Fuse
11 9 (0.29%) Umbraco
12 8 (0.26%) EPiServer
13 7 (0.22%) nginx
14 6 (0.19%) Ethereum
15 5 (0.16%) IIS
15 5 (0.16%) Joomla!
15 5 (0.16%) Kentico
15 5 (0.16%) Solana
16 4 (0.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 144 (4.61%) Sketch
2 83 (2.66%) Adobe XD
3 79 (2.53%) Microsoft Excel
4 70 (2.24%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 68 (2.18%) Photoshop
6 60 (1.92%) Microsoft Office
7 58 (1.86%) Adobe Illustrator
8 38 (1.22%) UserZoom
9 35 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 34 (1.09%) InVision
11 24 (0.77%) Adobe After Effects
11 24 (0.77%) InDesign
12 15 (0.48%) MS Visio
12 15 (0.48%) Trello
13 14 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
14 11 (0.35%) Blender
15 10 (0.32%) Chatbot
16 8 (0.26%) Adobe Captivate
17 7 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
18 5 (0.16%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 41 (1.31%) Magento
2 39 (1.25%) Shopify
3 18 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 12 (0.38%) Payment Gateway
6 9 (0.29%) SAP CO
6 9 (0.29%) SAP FI
6 9 (0.29%) SAP FI/CO
7 7 (0.22%) NetSuite
8 5 (0.16%) Distributed Ledger
8 5 (0.16%) Salesforce CRM
9 2 (0.064%) CiviCRM
9 2 (0.064%) Dynamics NAV
9 2 (0.064%) Endur
9 2 (0.064%) Infor SunSystems
10 1 (0.032%) Data Workbench
10 1 (0.032%) Oracle EBS
10 1 (0.032%) SAP CRM
10 1 (0.032%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 555 (17.77%) Azure
2 399 (12.77%) AWS
3 333 (10.66%) Figma
4 238 (7.62%) IBM Cloud
5 230 (7.36%) Power Platform
6 199 (6.37%) Azure DevOps
7 187 (5.99%) SaaS
8 161 (5.15%) Serverless
9 133 (4.26%) Azure Logic Apps
10 129 (4.13%) Azure Functions
11 127 (4.07%) Azure Service Bus
12 125 (4.00%) Azure API Management
13 121 (3.87%) Microsoft 365
14 107 (3.43%) PowerApps
15 105 (3.36%) Power Automate
16 91 (2.91%) Miro
17 88 (2.82%) GCP
18 81 (2.59%) SurveyMonkey
19 63 (2.02%) GitHub
20 58 (1.86%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 41 (1.31%) Firewall
2 38 (1.22%) Wi-Fi
3 32 (1.02%) HTTP
4 22 (0.70%) Wireless
5 21 (0.67%) MQTT
6 20 (0.64%) Internet
7 19 (0.61%) 4G
8 18 (0.58%) DNS
8 18 (0.58%) DSL
9 16 (0.51%) Intranet
10 12 (0.38%) 3G
10 12 (0.38%) LAN
10 12 (0.38%) RS-485
11 11 (0.35%) DHCP
12 10 (0.32%) SAN
13 9 (0.29%) TCP/IP
13 9 (0.29%) VPN
14 8 (0.26%) WAN
15 7 (0.22%) Ethernet
15 7 (0.22%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 321 (10.28%) MongoDB
2 312 (9.99%) PostgreSQL
3 256 (8.19%) DB2
3 256 (8.19%) NoSQL
4 192 (6.15%) Power BI
5 161 (5.15%) Relational Database
6 139 (4.45%) MySQL
7 99 (3.17%) SQL Server
8 90 (2.88%) Tableau
9 51 (1.63%) Data Warehouse
10 48 (1.54%) Big Data
11 39 (1.25%) Redis
12 36 (1.15%) Data Vault
13 34 (1.09%) Elasticsearch
14 24 (0.77%) Data Lake
15 20 (0.64%) Hadoop
16 19 (0.61%) Scylla
17 16 (0.51%) Apache Ignite
17 16 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
18 15 (0.48%) GIS
Development Applications
1 285 (9.12%) Git
2 180 (5.76%) JIRA
3 64 (2.05%) Jenkins
4 34 (1.09%) webpack
5 33 (1.06%) Visual Studio
6 31 (0.99%) Cypress.io
7 25 (0.80%) Bitbucket
8 24 (0.77%) Selenium
9 22 (0.70%) Cucumber
10 18 (0.58%) Axure RP
11 17 (0.54%) gulp
12 16 (0.51%) IntelliJ
13 15 (0.48%) Balsamiq
13 15 (0.48%) PHPUnit
13 15 (0.48%) Postman
14 11 (0.35%) Maven
15 10 (0.32%) Android Studio
15 10 (0.32%) Jasmine
15 10 (0.32%) Moq
15 10 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 947 (30.31%) Social Skills
2 643 (20.58%) Finance
3 561 (17.96%) Marketing
4 478 (15.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 401 (12.84%) Public Sector
6 343 (10.98%) Analytical Skills
7 258 (8.26%) Law
8 148 (4.74%) Retail
9 124 (3.97%) Banking
9 124 (3.97%) Presentation Skills
10 92 (2.94%) Manufacturing
11 87 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
12 73 (2.34%) Legal
13 59 (1.89%) Games
14 49 (1.57%) Investment Banking
15 40 (1.28%) Automotive
16 38 (1.22%) Advertising
16 38 (1.22%) Social Science
17 36 (1.15%) Influencing Skills
18 35 (1.12%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1,009 (32.30%) Developer
2 502 (16.07%) Senior
3 358 (11.46%) Designer
4 325 (10.40%) Lead
5 259 (8.29%) Full Stack Developer
6 239 (7.65%) UX Designer
7 219 (7.01%) Software Engineer
8 198 (6.34%) Senior Developer
9 180 (5.76%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 156 (4.99%) UI Designer
11 146 (4.67%) Architect
12 141 (4.51%) UI/UX Designer
13 137 (4.39%) Azure Developer
14 134 (4.29%) Full Stack Engineer
15 132 (4.23%) Analyst
16 111 (3.55%) Azure Engineer
17 99 (3.17%) React Developer
18 95 (3.04%) Senior Designer
19 93 (2.98%) Product Manager
20 83 (2.66%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 872 (27.91%) HTML
2 816 (26.12%) CSS
3 710 (22.73%) React
4 473 (15.14%) AngularJS
5 449 (14.37%) .NET
6 424 (13.57%) Vue
7 370 (11.84%) REST
8 363 (11.62%) jQuery
9 305 (9.76%) Web Services
10 304 (9.73%) ASP.NET
10 304 (9.73%) Node.js
11 284 (9.09%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 253 (8.10%) Backbone.js
13 241 (7.71%) ASP.NET Core
14 238 (7.62%) Ember.js
15 143 (4.58%) RESTful
16 117 (3.75%) Sass
17 110 (3.52%) HTML5
18 104 (3.33%) Laravel
19 76 (2.43%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 335 (10.72%) Algorithms
2 312 (9.99%) Data Structures
3 290 (9.28%) Blockchain
4 282 (9.03%) Product Ownership
5 241 (7.71%) Hybrid Cloud
6 165 (5.28%) Mobile App
7 125 (4.00%) e-Learning
8 103 (3.30%) Management Information System
9 75 (2.40%) Onboarding
10 71 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
11 70 (2.24%) Social Media
12 69 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
13 64 (2.05%) Cloud Native
14 50 (1.60%) Graphic Design
15 42 (1.34%) Data Centre
16 38 (1.22%) Market Risk
17 36 (1.15%) Virtual Team
18 32 (1.02%) Animation
19 28 (0.90%) IoT
20 27 (0.86%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 406 (13.00%) Windows
2 356 (11.40%) Linux
3 325 (10.40%) Android
3 325 (10.40%) Apple iOS
4 42 (1.34%) Windows Server
5 39 (1.25%) Windows Server 2016
6 38 (1.22%) Windows Server 2019
7 36 (1.15%) Windows Server 2012
8 34 (1.09%) CentOS
9 25 (0.80%) Mac OS
10 13 (0.42%) Windows 10
11 12 (0.38%) Embedded Linux
12 8 (0.26%) Unix
13 7 (0.22%) VMS
14 6 (0.19%) Ubuntu
15 3 (0.096%) Windows Embedded Compact
16 2 (0.064%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
16 2 (0.064%) SUSE
16 2 (0.064%) Windows Server 2003
17 1 (0.032%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,062 (33.99%) UX Design
2 1,061 (33.96%) Agile
3 813 (26.02%) Problem-Solving
4 526 (16.84%) Full Stack Development
5 497 (15.91%) DevOps
6 452 (14.47%) Web Development
7 419 (13.41%) Mentoring
8 396 (12.68%) Software Engineering
9 392 (12.55%) Analytics
10 391 (12.52%) Artificial Intelligence
11 382 (12.23%) Design Patterns
12 369 (11.81%) Front End Development
13 344 (11.01%) Roadmaps
14 322 (10.31%) Responsive Web Design
15 319 (10.21%) Design Thinking
16 299 (9.57%) MVC
17 295 (9.44%) OO
18 289 (9.25%) User Research
19 286 (9.15%) OOP
20 282 (9.03%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 963 (30.83%) JavaScript
2 601 (19.24%) SQL
3 447 (14.31%) C#
4 366 (11.72%) Python
5 326 (10.44%) Java
6 303 (9.70%) TypeScript
7 194 (6.21%) PHP
8 63 (2.02%) Bash
9 56 (1.79%) PowerShell
10 49 (1.57%) Go
11 45 (1.44%) Kotlin
12 42 (1.34%) R
12 42 (1.34%) Scala
13 41 (1.31%) C++
14 35 (1.12%) C
15 34 (1.09%) T-SQL
16 33 (1.06%) Swift
17 23 (0.74%) SystemVerilog
17 23 (0.74%) Tcl
18 18 (0.58%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 582 (18.63%) Degree
2 187 (5.99%) Security Cleared
3 121 (3.87%) SC Cleared
4 119 (3.81%) Master's Degree
5 103 (3.30%) Computer Science Degree
6 45 (1.44%) PhD
7 38 (1.22%) DV Cleared
8 35 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
9 30 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
10 21 (0.67%) CIPD
11 20 (0.64%) CSPO
12 16 (0.51%) MBA
13 15 (0.48%) ISTQB
14 11 (0.35%) DBS Check
15 8 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
15 8 (0.26%) HND
16 7 (0.22%) Azure Certification
16 7 (0.22%) PMI Certification
17 6 (0.19%) IIBA
17 6 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 239 (7.65%) Accessibility
2 157 (5.03%) QA
3 90 (2.88%) WCAG
4 50 (1.60%) GDPR
4 50 (1.60%) SLA
5 45 (1.44%) Actionable Recommendations
6 10 (0.32%) Data Quality
6 10 (0.32%) PMO
7 8 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 7 (0.22%) HIPAA
9 5 (0.16%) ISO 26262
10 3 (0.096%) ISO 9001
11 2 (0.064%) HL7
11 2 (0.064%) IEC 62304
11 2 (0.064%) ISO 13485
11 2 (0.064%) ISO 14001
12 1 (0.032%) GLP
12 1 (0.032%) MiFID
12 1 (0.032%) NIST
12 1 (0.032%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 83 (2.66%) Docker
2 70 (2.24%) Active Directory
3 32 (1.02%) VMware Infrastructure
4 26 (0.83%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
6 9 (0.29%) Firmware
7 7 (0.22%) Virtual Machines
8 4 (0.13%) VMware ESXi
9 3 (0.096%) XenDesktop
10 2 (0.064%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.064%) XenApp
11 1 (0.032%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 68 (2.18%) Kubernetes
2 27 (0.86%) Terraform
3 23 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 19 (0.61%) SCCM
5 6 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (0.19%) Progress Chef
5 6 (0.19%) ServiceCenter
6 5 (0.16%) Ansible
7 4 (0.13%) Grafana
7 4 (0.13%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.13%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.13%) WSUS
8 3 (0.096%) ZABBIX
9 2 (0.064%) Backup Exec
9 2 (0.064%) cPanel
9 2 (0.064%) Plesk
9 2 (0.064%) Single Sign-On
9 2 (0.064%) Trend Micro Deep Security
9 2 (0.064%) WebSphere Cast Iron
10 1 (0.032%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 455 (14.56%) Microsoft
2 273 (8.74%) Red Hat
3 238 (7.62%) IBM
4 226 (7.23%) Adobe
5 172 (5.51%) Google
6 86 (2.75%) Oracle
7 76 (2.43%) Qualtrics
8 58 (1.86%) Apple
9 53 (1.70%) VMware
10 52 (1.66%) Dell
11 49 (1.57%) ServiceNow
12 46 (1.47%) Salesforce
13 38 (1.22%) HP
14 35 (1.12%) Samsung
14 35 (1.12%) SAP
15 27 (0.86%) Databricks
16 25 (0.80%) Facebook
17 22 (0.70%) Alteryx
17 22 (0.70%) Intel
17 22 (0.70%) Xamarin