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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 377 334 205
Rank change year-on-year -43 -129 +108
Permanent jobs citing Prototyping 717 1,024 3,267
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.72% 1.03% 2.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 1.08% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 372 573 917
10th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £53,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £98,625 £95,000 £88,320
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 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
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 18 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 18 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 -46 608 £57,500 -11.54% 300
UK excluding London -1 567 £55,000 -8.33% 223
North of England +143 163 £55,000 -15.38% 49
Work from Home -116 158 £55,000 -14.50% 99
South East -4 151 £53,000 -11.67% 66
London -102 109 £70,000 +3.70% 96
North West +62 96 £57,965 -22.71% 35
Midlands -59 64 £42,500 -33.59% 36
South West -26 62 £56,250 -6.25% 26
Scotland -34 53 £52,500 -22.22% 18
East of England -53 50 £65,000 - 34
Yorkshire +104 45 £42,500 -20.56% 7
West Midlands -53 40 £42,500 -33.59% 22
East Midlands +4 24 £49,000 -2.00% 14
North East +14 22 £53,982 - 7
Northern Ireland +33 14 £58,800 -
Wales +9 12 £58,800 +30.67% 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 24 (3.35%) IIS
2 9 (1.26%) Confluence
3 5 (0.70%) ArcGIS
3 5 (0.70%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.42%) CMS
4 3 (0.42%) IBM Domino
5 2 (0.28%) Apache Spark
5 2 (0.28%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 1 (0.14%) Apache
6 1 (0.14%) Drupal
6 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.14%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 85 (11.85%) Sketch
2 19 (2.65%) InVision
3 17 (2.37%) Adobe XD
4 16 (2.23%) Photoshop
5 15 (2.09%) Microsoft Office
6 14 (1.95%) Adobe Illustrator
7 11 (1.53%) Simulink
8 8 (1.12%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 4 (0.56%) Blender
9 4 (0.56%) InDesign
9 4 (0.56%) OrCAD
10 3 (0.42%) Adobe After Effects
10 3 (0.42%) CINEMA 4D
10 3 (0.42%) Microsoft Excel
10 3 (0.42%) UserZoom
11 2 (0.28%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 2 (0.28%) Microsoft Project
11 2 (0.28%) Zeplin
12 1 (0.14%) MS Visio
12 1 (0.14%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 4 (0.56%) 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 (13.25%) Figma
2 89 (12.41%) Azure
3 53 (7.39%) Miro
4 52 (7.25%) Heroku
5 50 (6.97%) AWS
6 26 (3.63%) Power Platform
6 26 (3.63%) SaaS
7 24 (3.35%) Cloud Computing
8 13 (1.81%) Azure DevOps
9 12 (1.67%) GCP
10 8 (1.12%) PaaS
11 7 (0.98%) dbt
11 7 (0.98%) Power Automate
11 7 (0.98%) PowerApps
12 6 (0.84%) GitHub
12 6 (0.84%) Microsoft 365
12 6 (0.84%) Serverless
13 5 (0.70%) Collibra
13 5 (0.70%) Microsoft Purview
13 5 (0.70%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 24 (3.35%) WAN
2 18 (2.51%) Wireless
3 17 (2.37%) Bluetooth
4 10 (1.39%) Wi-Fi
5 8 (1.12%) BGP
5 8 (1.12%) DMVPN
5 8 (1.12%) EIGRP
5 8 (1.12%) OSPF
6 6 (0.84%) Modbus
7 4 (0.56%) 3G
7 4 (0.56%) 4G
7 4 (0.56%) GPRS
8 3 (0.42%) ZigBee
9 2 (0.28%) DSL
9 2 (0.28%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.28%) HTTP
10 1 (0.14%) IPsec
10 1 (0.14%) Kerberos
10 1 (0.14%) RFID
10 1 (0.14%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (5.30%) SQL Server
2 35 (4.88%) Metadata
3 28 (3.91%) NoSQL
4 26 (3.63%) Power BI
5 24 (3.35%) Data Warehouse
6 15 (2.09%) Data Lake
7 13 (1.81%) MySQL
8 12 (1.67%) Relational Database
9 11 (1.53%) PostgreSQL
10 9 (1.26%) MongoDB
11 7 (0.98%) Tableau
12 6 (0.84%) Big Data
12 6 (0.84%) Geospatial Data
12 6 (0.84%) GIS
12 6 (0.84%) Redis
13 5 (0.70%) Hadoop
14 3 (0.42%) Power Query
15 2 (0.28%) BigQuery
15 2 (0.28%) DynamoDB
15 2 (0.28%) Looker
Development Applications
1 20 (2.79%) Git
2 19 (2.65%) JIRA
3 8 (1.12%) Subversion
4 7 (0.98%) Cypress.io
4 7 (0.98%) Jenkins
4 7 (0.98%) Postman
5 6 (0.84%) Spinnaker
6 5 (0.70%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.70%) Selenium
6 5 (0.70%) SoapUI
6 5 (0.70%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.56%) Appium
7 4 (0.56%) Eclipse
7 4 (0.56%) MSI
7 4 (0.56%) Robot Framework
7 4 (0.56%) Sonatype Nexus
8 2 (0.28%) CANoe
9 1 (0.14%) GitLab
9 1 (0.14%) Storybook
9 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 183 (25.52%) Social Skills
2 102 (14.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 97 (13.53%) Finance
4 75 (10.46%) Marketing
5 61 (8.51%) Public Sector
6 50 (6.97%) Electronics
7 35 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
8 34 (4.74%) Aerospace
9 26 (3.63%) Retail
10 24 (3.35%) Telecoms
11 22 (3.07%) Banking
11 22 (3.07%) Manufacturing
12 21 (2.93%) Brand Awareness
13 20 (2.79%) Publishing
14 19 (2.65%) Presentation Skills
15 17 (2.37%) Law
16 15 (2.09%) Legal
17 12 (1.67%) Advertising
18 11 (1.53%) Automotive
19 8 (1.12%) Social Housing
Job Titles
1 211 (29.43%) Designer
2 182 (25.38%) Senior
3 134 (18.69%) Architect
4 111 (15.48%) UX Designer
5 89 (12.41%) UI Designer
6 85 (11.85%) UI/UX Designer
7 84 (11.72%) Lead
8 73 (10.18%) Senior Designer
9 64 (8.93%) Developer
10 61 (8.51%) Software Engineer
11 53 (7.39%) Senior UX Designer
12 49 (6.83%) Interaction Designer
13 48 (6.69%) Solutions Architect
14 47 (6.56%) Senior UI Designer
14 47 (6.56%) Senior UI/UX Designer
15 42 (5.86%) Senior Architect
16 41 (5.72%) Systems Engineer
17 30 (4.18%) Data Architect
17 30 (4.18%) Embedded Engineer
18 28 (3.91%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (13.81%) HTML
2 47 (6.56%) React
3 40 (5.58%) CSS
4 33 (4.60%) .NET
5 19 (2.65%) RESTful
6 18 (2.51%) NumPy
6 18 (2.51%) TensorFlow
7 17 (2.37%) Keras
8 16 (2.23%) JSON
9 15 (2.09%) AngularJS
9 15 (2.09%) Node.js
10 14 (1.95%) ASP.NET
10 14 (1.95%) HTML5
11 11 (1.53%) Web Services
11 11 (1.53%) XML
12 10 (1.39%) .NET Core
13 9 (1.26%) OpenACC
13 9 (1.26%) OpenMP
13 9 (1.26%) SOAP
13 9 (1.26%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 62 (8.65%) Algorithms
2 49 (6.83%) Product Ownership
3 47 (6.56%) Management Information System
4 30 (4.18%) IoT
5 24 (3.35%) Clustering
6 23 (3.21%) Distributed Systems
7 22 (3.07%) Cloud Native
7 22 (3.07%) Public Cloud
8 15 (2.09%) Data Structures
8 15 (2.09%) Legacy Applications
9 13 (1.81%) Operational Technology
10 12 (1.67%) Self-Motivation
11 11 (1.53%) CUDA
11 11 (1.53%) Cyber Defence
11 11 (1.53%) Cyber Threat
11 11 (1.53%) Embedded Systems
11 11 (1.53%) Renewable Energy
12 10 (1.39%) Blockchain
13 8 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
13 8 (1.12%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 76 (10.60%) Linux
2 49 (6.83%) Windows
3 9 (1.26%) Unix
3 9 (1.26%) Windows Server
4 6 (0.84%) Android
5 5 (0.70%) Debian
5 5 (0.70%) Ubuntu
5 5 (0.70%) 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
1 228 (31.80%) Agile
1 228 (31.80%) Problem-Solving
2 182 (25.38%) User Experience
3 162 (22.59%) UX Design
4 160 (22.32%) Coaching
5 151 (21.06%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 135 (18.83%) Mentoring
7 110 (15.34%) Customer Experience
8 109 (15.20%) Actionable Insight
9 102 (14.23%) Software Engineering
10 95 (13.25%) Workshop Facilitation
11 94 (13.11%) Analytics
11 94 (13.11%) Design Patterns
12 92 (12.83%) Wireframes
13 89 (12.41%) Line Management
13 89 (12.41%) User Research
14 84 (11.72%) Service Design
15 80 (11.16%) DevOps
16 77 (10.74%) Stakeholder Management
17 73 (10.18%) Interaction Design
Programming Languages
1 126 (17.57%) Python
2 80 (11.16%) C
3 67 (9.34%) JavaScript
4 59 (8.23%) C#
5 57 (7.95%) SQL
6 49 (6.83%) Java
7 36 (5.02%) C++
8 27 (3.77%) MATLAB
9 25 (3.49%) TypeScript
10 20 (2.79%) Embedded C
11 14 (1.95%) Fortran
12 12 (1.67%) Bash
12 12 (1.67%) PHP
13 9 (1.26%) PowerShell
13 9 (1.26%) XAML
14 7 (0.98%) Haskell
14 7 (0.98%) Kotlin
14 7 (0.98%) Rust
15 5 (0.70%) Assembly Language
15 5 (0.70%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 211 (29.43%) Degree
2 180 (25.10%) Security Cleared
3 110 (15.34%) SC Cleared
4 45 (6.28%) Master's Degree
5 31 (4.32%) PhD
6 21 (2.93%) DV Cleared
7 20 (2.79%) Computer Science Degree
8 11 (1.53%) BPSS Clearance
9 6 (0.84%) 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%) MCSA
11 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 147 (20.50%) Accessibility
2 99 (13.81%) WCAG
3 41 (5.72%) Data Quality
4 22 (3.07%) QA
5 20 (2.79%) GDPR
6 17 (2.37%) ISO 13485
7 10 (1.39%) IEC 62304
8 6 (0.84%) ITGC
9 5 (0.70%) JTAG
10 4 (0.56%) 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 24 (3.35%) VMware NSX
2 12 (1.67%) Active Directory
3 10 (1.39%) Firmware
3 10 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.42%) Docker
4 3 (0.42%) Embedded Firmware
5 1 (0.14%) RACF
5 1 (0.14%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 10 (1.39%) Ansible
2 8 (1.12%) FortiGate
2 8 (1.12%) Terraform
3 6 (0.84%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.56%) Functional Safety
4 4 (0.56%) 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 72 (10.04%) Microsoft
2 31 (4.32%) VMware
3 23 (3.21%) Adobe
3 23 (3.21%) Oracle
4 13 (1.81%) Google
5 10 (1.39%) EMC
6 8 (1.12%) Cisco
6 8 (1.12%) Fortinet
6 8 (1.12%) Juniper
7 6 (0.84%) Databricks
7 6 (0.84%) SAP
8 5 (0.70%) ESRI
8 5 (0.70%) Salesforce
9 4 (0.56%) Mercator
9 4 (0.56%) Workday
10 3 (0.42%) Hotjar
10 3 (0.42%) OpenAI
10 3 (0.42%) Qualtrics
11 2 (0.28%) AVEVA
11 2 (0.28%) CA Agile Central