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 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 86 73 38
Rank change year-on-year -13 -35 +11
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 3,112 4,198 13,150
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 3.12% 4.23% 8.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.66% 4.43% 8.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1,970 2,341 4,274
10th Percentile £31,250 £39,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £39,063 £47,500 £45,674
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.20% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,750 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £85,000 £97,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.91% +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 85,135 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%

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 18 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 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 -12 2,619 £51,000 -21.54% 969
UK excluding London +16 2,348 £49,000 -10.91% 598
Work from Home -17 1,239 £50,000 -23.08% 573
London -59 646 £65,000 -7.14% 446
North of England +50 618 £47,500 -17.39% 221
South East -37 448 £50,000 -9.09% 151
Midlands +90 431 £47,500 -9.52% 87
North West +68 399 £45,000 -22.16% 137
Scotland -15 339 £49,000 -15.24% 41
South West +45 329 £55,000 +4.76% 49
West Midlands +65 257 £50,000 -4.76% 55
East Midlands +73 166 £35,000 -40.43% 32
Yorkshire +9 156 £50,000 -9.09% 63
East of England -48 131 £40,000 -33.33% 35
North East +24 63 £43,750 +9.38% 22
Wales -18 35 £37,000 -26.00% 11
Northern Ireland +19 20 £45,000 +20.00% 6
Isle of Man - 1 £36,000 - 1

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 94 (3.02%) CMS
2 90 (2.89%) WordPress
3 61 (1.96%) Confluence
4 46 (1.48%) Apache Spark
5 42 (1.35%) SharePoint
6 22 (0.71%) Apache
7 20 (0.64%) Microsoft Exchange
8 17 (0.55%) Apache Airflow
9 13 (0.42%) Drupal
10 12 (0.39%) JBoss
10 12 (0.39%) Red Hat Fuse
11 10 (0.32%) 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%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 144 (4.63%) Sketch
2 82 (2.63%) Adobe XD
3 79 (2.54%) Microsoft Excel
4 71 (2.28%) Photoshop
5 69 (2.22%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 62 (1.99%) Microsoft Office
7 59 (1.90%) Adobe Illustrator
8 38 (1.22%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 38 (1.22%) UserZoom
9 35 (1.12%) InVision
10 25 (0.80%) InDesign
11 24 (0.77%) Adobe After Effects
12 15 (0.48%) MS Visio
12 15 (0.48%) Trello
13 14 (0.45%) Spreadsheet
14 11 (0.35%) Blender
14 11 (0.35%) Chatbot
15 8 (0.26%) Adobe Captivate
16 7 (0.22%) Microsoft Project
17 5 (0.16%) CANalyzer
Business Applications
1 40 (1.29%) Magento
2 39 (1.25%) Shopify
3 18 (0.58%) Dynamics CRM
4 14 (0.45%) SAP S/4HANA
5 12 (0.39%) 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
1 534 (17.16%) Azure
2 378 (12.15%) AWS
3 333 (10.70%) Figma
4 238 (7.65%) IBM Cloud
5 206 (6.62%) Power Platform
6 203 (6.52%) Azure DevOps
7 192 (6.17%) SaaS
8 161 (5.17%) Serverless
9 133 (4.27%) Azure Logic Apps
10 129 (4.15%) Azure Functions
11 125 (4.02%) Azure API Management
11 125 (4.02%) Azure Service Bus
12 124 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
13 108 (3.47%) PowerApps
14 106 (3.41%) Power Automate
15 95 (3.05%) Miro
16 94 (3.02%) GCP
17 81 (2.60%) SurveyMonkey
18 65 (2.09%) GitHub
19 59 (1.90%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 41 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
2 39 (1.25%) Firewall
3 32 (1.03%) HTTP
4 22 (0.71%) Internet
4 22 (0.71%) Wireless
5 21 (0.67%) MQTT
6 19 (0.61%) 4G
7 18 (0.58%) DSL
8 17 (0.55%) DNS
9 15 (0.48%) Intranet
10 12 (0.39%) 3G
10 12 (0.39%) LAN
10 12 (0.39%) 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
1 318 (10.22%) MongoDB
2 312 (10.03%) PostgreSQL
3 256 (8.23%) DB2
4 255 (8.19%) NoSQL
5 167 (5.37%) Power BI
6 161 (5.17%) Relational Database
7 139 (4.47%) MySQL
8 101 (3.25%) SQL Server
9 68 (2.19%) Tableau
10 52 (1.67%) Big Data
11 43 (1.38%) Redis
12 38 (1.22%) Elasticsearch
13 27 (0.87%) Data Warehouse
14 24 (0.77%) Hadoop
15 23 (0.74%) Scylla
16 22 (0.71%) Data Lake
17 16 (0.51%) Geospatial Data
18 15 (0.48%) GIS
19 14 (0.45%) Apache Ignite
20 13 (0.42%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 292 (9.38%) Git
2 185 (5.94%) JIRA
3 65 (2.09%) Jenkins
4 35 (1.12%) webpack
5 34 (1.09%) Cypress.io
6 33 (1.06%) Visual Studio
7 26 (0.84%) Bitbucket
8 24 (0.77%) Cucumber
8 24 (0.77%) Selenium
9 18 (0.58%) Postman
10 17 (0.55%) Axure RP
10 17 (0.55%) gulp
11 16 (0.51%) IntelliJ
12 15 (0.48%) Balsamiq
12 15 (0.48%) PHPUnit
13 12 (0.39%) Maven
14 11 (0.35%) Jasmine
15 10 (0.32%) Android Studio
15 10 (0.32%) Moq
15 10 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
General
1 959 (30.82%) Social Skills
2 641 (20.60%) Finance
3 562 (18.06%) Marketing
4 482 (15.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 400 (12.85%) Public Sector
6 346 (11.12%) Analytical Skills
7 257 (8.26%) Law
8 149 (4.79%) Retail
9 125 (4.02%) Banking
10 100 (3.21%) Presentation Skills
11 91 (2.92%) Manufacturing
12 89 (2.86%) Organisational Skills
13 73 (2.35%) Legal
14 59 (1.90%) Games
15 49 (1.57%) Investment Banking
16 40 (1.29%) Automotive
17 39 (1.25%) Advertising
18 38 (1.22%) Social Science
19 36 (1.16%) Influencing Skills
20 35 (1.12%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1,007 (32.36%) Developer
2 502 (16.13%) Senior
3 360 (11.57%) Designer
4 330 (10.60%) Lead
5 260 (8.35%) Full Stack Developer
6 241 (7.74%) UX Designer
7 224 (7.20%) Software Engineer
8 194 (6.23%) Senior Developer
9 178 (5.72%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
10 157 (5.04%) UI Designer
11 142 (4.56%) UI/UX Designer
12 137 (4.40%) Azure Developer
13 134 (4.31%) Analyst
13 134 (4.31%) Full Stack Engineer
14 123 (3.95%) Architect
15 110 (3.53%) Azure Engineer
16 96 (3.08%) Senior Designer
17 95 (3.05%) React Developer
18 94 (3.02%) Product Manager
19 86 (2.76%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 869 (27.92%) HTML
2 813 (26.12%) CSS
3 715 (22.98%) React
4 478 (15.36%) AngularJS
5 452 (14.52%) .NET
6 426 (13.69%) Vue
7 375 (12.05%) REST
8 362 (11.63%) jQuery
9 309 (9.93%) Web Services
10 305 (9.80%) ASP.NET
11 304 (9.77%) Node.js
12 282 (9.06%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 253 (8.13%) Backbone.js
14 242 (7.78%) ASP.NET Core
15 238 (7.65%) Ember.js
16 147 (4.72%) RESTful
17 117 (3.76%) Sass
18 110 (3.53%) HTML5
19 101 (3.25%) Laravel
20 80 (2.57%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 339 (10.89%) Algorithms
2 315 (10.12%) Data Structures
3 290 (9.32%) Blockchain
4 283 (9.09%) Product Ownership
5 241 (7.74%) Hybrid Cloud
6 165 (5.30%) Mobile App
7 125 (4.02%) e-Learning
8 103 (3.31%) Management Information System
9 75 (2.41%) Onboarding
10 69 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
10 69 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
10 69 (2.22%) Social Media
11 63 (2.02%) Cloud Native
12 50 (1.61%) Graphic Design
13 42 (1.35%) Data Centre
14 38 (1.22%) Market Risk
15 36 (1.16%) Virtual Team
16 32 (1.03%) Animation
17 30 (0.96%) IoT
18 27 (0.87%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 412 (13.24%) Windows
2 355 (11.41%) Linux
3 328 (10.54%) Apple iOS
4 327 (10.51%) Android
5 43 (1.38%) Windows Server
6 38 (1.22%) Windows Server 2016
7 37 (1.19%) Windows Server 2019
8 34 (1.09%) Windows Server 2012
9 32 (1.03%) CentOS
10 29 (0.93%) Mac OS
11 17 (0.55%) Windows 10
12 12 (0.39%) Embedded Linux
13 9 (0.29%) Unix
14 7 (0.22%) VMS
15 6 (0.19%) Ubuntu
16 3 (0.096%) Windows Embedded Compact
17 2 (0.064%) Mac OS X
17 2 (0.064%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
17 2 (0.064%) SUSE
17 2 (0.064%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,070 (34.38%) UX Design
2 1,065 (34.22%) Agile
3 793 (25.48%) Problem-Solving
4 531 (17.06%) Full Stack Development
5 481 (15.46%) DevOps
6 453 (14.56%) Web Development
7 416 (13.37%) Mentoring
8 405 (13.01%) Software Engineering
9 394 (12.66%) Artificial Intelligence
10 387 (12.44%) Design Patterns
11 373 (11.99%) Analytics
12 363 (11.66%) Front End Development
13 347 (11.15%) Roadmaps
14 323 (10.38%) Responsive Web Design
15 319 (10.25%) Design Thinking
16 298 (9.58%) MVC
17 296 (9.51%) OO
18 294 (9.45%) User Research
19 285 (9.16%) OOP
19 285 (9.16%) SOLID
Programming Languages
1 957 (30.75%) JavaScript
2 602 (19.34%) SQL
3 455 (14.62%) C#
4 370 (11.89%) Python
5 334 (10.73%) Java
6 298 (9.58%) TypeScript
7 197 (6.33%) PHP
8 65 (2.09%) Bash
9 55 (1.77%) Go
9 55 (1.77%) PowerShell
10 47 (1.51%) Kotlin
11 46 (1.48%) Scala
12 43 (1.38%) C++
13 42 (1.35%) R
14 35 (1.12%) C
15 34 (1.09%) Swift
15 34 (1.09%) T-SQL
16 23 (0.74%) SystemVerilog
16 23 (0.74%) Tcl
17 18 (0.58%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 589 (18.93%) Degree
2 183 (5.88%) Security Cleared
3 120 (3.86%) SC Cleared
4 119 (3.82%) Master's Degree
5 106 (3.41%) Computer Science Degree
6 45 (1.45%) PhD
7 36 (1.16%) DV Cleared
7 36 (1.16%) ITIL Certification
8 30 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
9 21 (0.67%) CIPD
10 20 (0.64%) CSPO
11 16 (0.51%) MBA
12 15 (0.48%) ISTQB
13 11 (0.35%) DBS Check
14 8 (0.26%) BPSS Clearance
14 8 (0.26%) HND
15 7 (0.22%) Azure Certification
15 7 (0.22%) PMI Certification
16 6 (0.19%) IIBA
16 6 (0.19%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 247 (7.94%) Accessibility
2 161 (5.17%) QA
3 93 (2.99%) WCAG
4 51 (1.64%) GDPR
4 51 (1.64%) SLA
5 46 (1.48%) Actionable Recommendations
6 10 (0.32%) PMO
7 9 (0.29%) Data Quality
8 8 (0.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 7 (0.22%) HIPAA
10 5 (0.16%) ISO 26262
11 3 (0.096%) ISO 9001
12 2 (0.064%) HL7
12 2 (0.064%) IEC 62304
12 2 (0.064%) ISO 13485
12 2 (0.064%) ISO 14001
13 1 (0.032%) NIST
13 1 (0.032%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 86 (2.76%) Docker
2 71 (2.28%) Active Directory
3 34 (1.09%) VMware Infrastructure
4 27 (0.87%) Hyper-V
5 13 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
6 10 (0.32%) 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%) Microsoft App-V
11 1 (0.032%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 74 (2.38%) Kubernetes
2 25 (0.80%) Terraform
3 23 (0.74%) Microsoft Intune
4 21 (0.67%) SCCM
5 6 (0.19%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 6 (0.19%) Progress Chef
5 6 (0.19%) ServiceCenter
6 5 (0.16%) Jamf Pro
7 4 (0.13%) Grafana
7 4 (0.13%) vCenter Server
7 4 (0.13%) WSUS
8 3 (0.096%) Ansible
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
1 458 (14.72%) Microsoft
2 271 (8.71%) Red Hat
3 239 (7.68%) IBM
4 228 (7.33%) Adobe
5 181 (5.82%) Google
6 84 (2.70%) Oracle
7 76 (2.44%) Qualtrics
8 63 (2.02%) Apple
9 56 (1.80%) Dell
10 55 (1.77%) VMware
11 48 (1.54%) ServiceNow
12 44 (1.41%) Salesforce
13 38 (1.22%) HP
14 35 (1.12%) Samsung
14 35 (1.12%) SAP
15 27 (0.87%) Facebook
16 26 (0.84%) Databricks
17 23 (0.74%) Alteryx
17 23 (0.74%) Intel
18 22 (0.71%) Xamarin