User Experience Jobs in the UK excluding London

UX
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 20 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 70 93
Rank change year-on-year -38 +23 -39
Permanent jobs citing User Experience 1,117 2,704 1,883
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 2.80% 3.31% 3.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.08% 4.13% 3.60%
Number of salaries quoted 481 1,459 927
10th Percentile £32,000 £30,000 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,365 £41,705
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,688 £49,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.57% -10.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £62,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £58,500 £51,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +14.71% -18.40% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,258 65,520 52,295
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 90.96% 80.21% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 17,728 44,386 28,149
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year - -9.54% +1.33%

User Experience
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing User Experience as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for User Experience in the UK excluding London

User Experience
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User Experience in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for User Experience in the UK excluding London

User Experience
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing User Experience in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 20 June 2025.

Salary histogram for User Experience in the UK excluding London

User Experience
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 excluding London region over the 6 months to 20 June 2025. 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
North of England -29 489 £55,000 +15.79% 1,392
North West -26 419 £55,043 +22.32% 821
South East -61 169 £52,500 +5.00% 1,252
Scotland +17 138 £70,000 +40.01% 339
Midlands -51 134 £53,688 +13.03% 751
West Midlands -21 106 £55,000 +10.00% 451
South West -18 94 £49,500 -10.00% 558
East of England -14 75 £47,500 +18.75% 590
Yorkshire -44 52 £42,500 -15.00% 457
East Midlands -68 28 £35,000 - 300
North East -4 18 £48,000 +12.94% 114
Northern Ireland +19 7 - - 106
Wales +5 5 £67,500 +80.31% 146
Isle of Man +16 4 - -
Channel Islands - 2 £87,500 -
User Experience
UK

User Experience
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 48 (4.30%) CMS
2 29 (2.60%) SharePoint
3 25 (2.24%) WordPress
4 22 (1.97%) Microsoft Exchange
5 18 (1.61%) Skype for Business
6 14 (1.25%) Confluence
7 11 (0.98%) IBM Domino
8 9 (0.81%) Drupal
8 9 (0.81%) Umbraco
9 6 (0.54%) IIS
10 4 (0.36%) Headless CMS
10 4 (0.36%) SAP Portal
11 2 (0.18%) Adobe Experience Manager
11 2 (0.18%) Apache
11 2 (0.18%) Apache Solr
11 2 (0.18%) Apache Spark
11 2 (0.18%) Strapi
12 1 (0.090%) ColdFusion
12 1 (0.090%) EPiServer
12 1 (0.090%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 22 (1.97%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (1.43%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 14 (1.25%) Sketch
4 12 (1.07%) Photoshop
5 11 (0.98%) Adobe XD
6 10 (0.90%) Microsoft Office
6 10 (0.90%) MS Visio
7 8 (0.72%) Adobe Illustrator
7 8 (0.72%) Chatbot
8 6 (0.54%) InDesign
9 5 (0.45%) Adobe Premiere
10 4 (0.36%) Microsoft PowerPoint
11 3 (0.27%) Adobe After Effects
12 2 (0.18%) Elementor
13 1 (0.090%) Adobe Captivate
13 1 (0.090%) CINEMA 4D
13 1 (0.090%) InVision
13 1 (0.090%) Maya
13 1 (0.090%) Moqups
13 1 (0.090%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 15 (1.34%) Shopify
2 14 (1.25%) Dynamics CRM
3 11 (0.98%) Magento
4 8 (0.72%) Payment Gateway
5 6 (0.54%) NetSuite
6 2 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.090%) Oracle EBS
7 1 (0.090%) Oracle EBS R12
7 1 (0.090%) Oracle ERP
7 1 (0.090%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
7 1 (0.090%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.090%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.090%) Sprinklr
Cloud Services
1 416 (37.24%) AWS
2 410 (36.71%) Azure
3 197 (17.64%) GCP
4 65 (5.82%) Microsoft 365
5 51 (4.57%) Figma
6 47 (4.21%) Power Platform
7 38 (3.40%) Google Analytics
8 29 (2.60%) GitHub
9 26 (2.33%) Serverless
10 22 (1.97%) Azure DevOps
11 21 (1.88%) SaaS
12 20 (1.79%) Power Automate
13 17 (1.52%) AWS Lambda
13 17 (1.52%) PowerApps
14 16 (1.43%) Azure Logic Apps
15 15 (1.34%) Google Workspace
16 12 (1.07%) Dynamics 365
16 12 (1.07%) Entra ID
17 11 (0.98%) Slack
18 10 (0.90%) Google Ads
Communications & Networking
1 19 (1.70%) Internet
1 19 (1.70%) Unified Communications
1 19 (1.70%) Wireless
2 18 (1.61%) Skype
3 8 (0.72%) HTTP
4 7 (0.63%) Cisco IOS
4 7 (0.63%) LAN
4 7 (0.63%) WAN
5 5 (0.45%) DNS
5 5 (0.45%) VPN
6 4 (0.36%) LoRaWAN
6 4 (0.36%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.27%) Intranet
8 2 (0.18%) DHCP
8 2 (0.18%) DMZ
8 2 (0.18%) Firewall
8 2 (0.18%) LTE
8 2 (0.18%) Remote Desktop
9 1 (0.090%) Modbus
9 1 (0.090%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (12.62%) SQL Server
2 50 (4.48%) MySQL
3 32 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
4 31 (2.78%) Power BI
5 22 (1.97%) NoSQL
6 14 (1.25%) MongoDB
7 12 (1.07%) DynamoDB
8 9 (0.81%) Relational Database
9 6 (0.54%) Amazon Aurora
10 5 (0.45%) Big Data
10 5 (0.45%) Elasticsearch
10 5 (0.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 5 (0.45%) SQL Server Reporting Services
11 4 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
11 4 (0.36%) Hadoop
11 4 (0.36%) Mixpanel
11 4 (0.36%) Tableau
12 3 (0.27%) Azure SQL Database
12 3 (0.27%) CockroachDB
12 3 (0.27%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 148 (13.25%) JIRA
2 110 (9.85%) GitLab
3 109 (9.76%) Selenium
4 99 (8.86%) Maven
5 98 (8.77%) Cucumber
6 95 (8.50%) Bitbucket
7 91 (8.15%) SonarQube
8 90 (8.06%) Sonatype Nexus
9 79 (7.07%) Git
10 18 (1.61%) Visual Studio
11 16 (1.43%) Jenkins
12 11 (0.98%) Cypress.io
13 10 (0.90%) Appium
14 8 (0.72%) Subversion
15 7 (0.63%) JUnit
15 7 (0.63%) Vite
16 6 (0.54%) JMeter
16 6 (0.54%) Postman
17 5 (0.45%) Visual Studio Code
18 4 (0.36%) Balsamiq
General
1 351 (31.42%) Finance
2 308 (27.57%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 267 (23.90%) Social Skills
4 223 (19.96%) Banking
5 128 (11.46%) Retail
6 118 (10.56%) Analytical Skills
7 93 (8.33%) Marketing
8 91 (8.15%) Investment Banking
9 90 (8.06%) Corporate Banking
10 53 (4.74%) Law
11 28 (2.51%) Advertising
11 28 (2.51%) Electronics
12 22 (1.97%) Manufacturing
13 20 (1.79%) Games
14 19 (1.70%) Organisational Skills
15 18 (1.61%) Financial Institution
15 18 (1.61%) Legal
16 14 (1.25%) Pharmaceutical
17 12 (1.07%) Avionics
17 12 (1.07%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 388 (34.74%) Senior
2 301 (26.95%) Software Engineer
3 227 (20.32%) Developer
4 189 (16.92%) Senior Software Engineer
5 125 (11.19%) Designer
6 98 (8.77%) UX Designer
7 86 (7.70%) Senior Designer
8 83 (7.43%) Senior UX Designer
9 81 (7.25%) Lead
10 68 (6.09%) Senior Developer
11 54 (4.83%) Analyst
12 48 (4.30%) Full-Stack Developer
13 43 (3.85%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
14 35 (3.13%) Product Manager
15 33 (2.95%) IT Support
16 25 (2.24%) Applications Support
17 23 (2.06%) .NET Developer
18 22 (1.97%) UX Developer
19 20 (1.79%) Architect
20 19 (1.70%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 276 (24.71%) .NET
2 224 (20.05%) React
3 215 (19.25%) Node.js
4 212 (18.98%) CSS
5 208 (18.62%) HTML
6 162 (14.50%) RESTful
7 124 (11.10%) HTML5
8 115 (10.30%) REST
9 114 (10.21%) CSS3
10 111 (9.94%) Kafka
11 108 (9.67%) Spring
12 107 (9.58%) Spring Boot
13 106 (9.49%) Sass
14 104 (9.31%) Jest
15 95 (8.50%) Redux
16 91 (8.15%) JPA
17 66 (5.91%) AngularJS
18 31 (2.78%) ASP.NET
19 27 (2.42%) .NET Framework
20 23 (2.06%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 186 (16.65%) Self-Motivation
2 172 (15.40%) Cyberattack
2 172 (15.40%) Linux Command Line
3 154 (13.79%) Product Ownership
4 95 (8.50%) Enterprise Software
5 51 (4.57%) Mobile App
6 28 (2.51%) Algorithms
7 23 (2.06%) Social Media
8 20 (1.79%) Data Structures
9 18 (1.61%) Digital Signage
9 18 (1.61%) Onboarding
9 18 (1.61%) Video Conferencing
10 16 (1.43%) e-Learning
11 14 (1.25%) Renewable Energy
12 11 (0.98%) Driving Licence
12 11 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
12 11 (0.98%) Virtual Team
13 10 (0.90%) IoT
13 10 (0.90%) Online Banking
13 10 (0.90%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 202 (18.08%) Linux
2 57 (5.10%) Windows
3 50 (4.48%) Android
4 33 (2.95%) Apple iOS
5 22 (1.97%) Windows Server
6 8 (0.72%) Mac OS
6 8 (0.72%) Windows 10
7 1 (0.090%) CentOS
7 1 (0.090%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 639 (57.21%) Agile
2 360 (32.23%) Software Engineering
3 325 (29.10%) Mentoring
4 324 (29.01%) UX Design
5 309 (27.66%) Microservices
6 236 (21.13%) Scrum
7 217 (19.43%) Machine Learning
8 214 (19.16%) Problem-Solving
9 204 (18.26%) Project Management
10 200 (17.91%) DevOps
11 197 (17.64%) CI/CD
12 191 (17.10%) Full-Stack Development
13 185 (16.56%) Front End Development
14 182 (16.29%) Data Engineering
15 181 (16.20%) Test Automation
16 178 (15.94%) Cloud Security
17 175 (15.67%) Site Reliability Engineering
18 151 (13.52%) SDLC
19 139 (12.44%) Prototyping
19 139 (12.44%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 462 (41.36%) JavaScript
2 349 (31.24%) Java
3 253 (22.65%) Python
4 192 (17.19%) TypeScript
5 186 (16.65%) C++
6 183 (16.38%) SQL
7 179 (16.03%) Go
8 174 (15.58%) Rust
9 105 (9.40%) C#
10 46 (4.12%) PHP
11 14 (1.25%) C
11 14 (1.25%) Kotlin
12 13 (1.16%) PowerShell
13 10 (0.90%) Swift
14 8 (0.72%) Bicep
15 6 (0.54%) Dart
16 4 (0.36%) Perl
16 4 (0.36%) R
17 3 (0.27%) Bash
17 3 (0.27%) VB
Qualifications
1 214 (19.16%) Security Cleared
2 182 (16.29%) DV Cleared
3 177 (15.85%) AWS Certification
4 174 (15.58%) AWS Certified Developer
5 172 (15.40%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 126 (11.28%) Degree
7 34 (3.04%) Computer Science Degree
8 20 (1.79%) PMI Certification
8 20 (1.79%) PMP
8 20 (1.79%) SC Cleared
9 14 (1.25%) DBS Check
10 11 (0.98%) PhD
11 8 (0.72%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (0.72%) ISTQB
12 7 (0.63%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (0.36%) CISSP
13 4 (0.36%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
13 4 (0.36%) Microsoft Certification
14 3 (0.27%) A+ Certification
14 3 (0.27%) MCDST
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 242 (21.67%) Accessibility
2 170 (15.22%) QA
3 13 (1.16%) GDPR
4 10 (0.90%) WCAG
5 8 (0.72%) Data Quality
6 6 (0.54%) COBIT
7 5 (0.45%) Actionable Recommendations
7 5 (0.45%) PCI DSS
7 5 (0.45%) SLA
8 4 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 3 (0.27%) 21 CFR Part 11
9 3 (0.27%) Good Clinical Practice
10 2 (0.18%) Cyber Essentials
10 2 (0.18%) IEC 62304
10 2 (0.18%) ISO 13485
10 2 (0.18%) NCSC
10 2 (0.18%) NIST
11 1 (0.090%) HIPAA
System Software
1 156 (13.97%) Docker
2 30 (2.69%) Active Directory
3 7 (0.63%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (0.36%) VMware Infrastructure
5 2 (0.18%) HDFS
6 1 (0.090%) Firmware
6 1 (0.090%) Virtual Desktop
6 1 (0.090%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 145 (12.98%) Kubernetes
2 31 (2.78%) Terraform
3 13 (1.16%) Microsoft Intune
4 8 (0.72%) Grafana
5 4 (0.36%) SCCM
6 3 (0.27%) Kibana
7 2 (0.18%) Kubeflow
7 2 (0.18%) Puppet
7 2 (0.18%) SCOM
7 2 (0.18%) SCSM
7 2 (0.18%) Single Sign-On
8 1 (0.090%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 1 (0.090%) Ansible
8 1 (0.090%) Opsgenie
8 1 (0.090%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 123 (11.01%) Microsoft
2 90 (8.06%) Solace
3 79 (7.07%) Google
4 39 (3.49%) Adobe
5 33 (2.95%) SAP
6 26 (2.33%) Cisco
6 26 (2.33%) Salesforce
7 23 (2.06%) ServiceNow
8 21 (1.88%) Oracle
9 20 (1.79%) Workday
10 19 (1.70%) Concur
11 18 (1.61%) Mitel
11 18 (1.61%) Polycom
11 18 (1.61%) ShoreTel
12 15 (1.34%) Facebook
13 12 (1.07%) Bloomberg
13 12 (1.07%) VMware
14 11 (0.98%) Apple
14 11 (0.98%) Hotjar
14 11 (0.98%) WooCommerce
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