🇬🇧 United Kingdom Hiring Trends
How startup hiring in United Kingdom is changing and which roles are in demand, measured as shares of startup job postings so it reflects hiring rather than how many startups we track.
- Share of startup postings
- 6.3%
- Last 12 months
- Change in share
- -3.2%
- From 6.5% the 12 months before
- Most in-demand role
- Software Engineer
- 4.3% of postings here
Roles in demand in United Kingdom
Software Engineer is the most in-demand startup role in the United Kingdom, with 4.3% of postings in the last 12 months.
Largest roles
| Role | Share, prior 12 months | Share, last 12 months | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | 4.3% | 4.3% | +1.0% |
| Account Executive | 3.5% | 3.8% | +8.9% |
| Customer Service | 3.4% | 2.9% | -15.5% |
| Head of Human Resources | 2.7% | 2.7% | +2.3% |
| Product Manager | 2.4% | 2.6% | +5.2% |
| Account Manager | 2.4% | 2.5% | +4.8% |
| Business Development | 2.3% | 2.1% | -12.2% |
| Marketing Manager | 1.8% | 1.8% | -2.9% |
| H.R. | 1.7% | 1.6% | -3.4% |
| Senior Software Engineer | 1.4% | 1.6% | +11.2% |
| Finance/Accounting | 1.6% | 1.6% | -2.5% |
| Customer Success Manager | 1.2% | 1.3% | +7.1% |
| Sales Development Representative (SDR) | 1.3% | 1.2% | -7.8% |
| Sales Development Rep | 1.3% | 1.1% | -11.2% |
| Project Manager | 1.1% | 1.1% | -1.7% |
Roles gaining share
| Role | Share, prior 12 months | Share, last 12 months | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Engineer | 0.12% | 0.41% | +238.5% |
| Senior Back-end Software Engineer | 0.13% | 0.38% | +188.2% |
| Operations Specialist | 0.14% | 0.33% | +133.9% |
| Staff Software Engineer | 0.16% | 0.37% | +127.2% |
| Solutions Consultant | 0.12% | 0.25% | +104.9% |
Methodology
- Trends come from job postings on startup.jobs, sourced from startups' career pages and jobs posted directly by employers. Employers our vetting rejected or couldn't confirm as startups are left out.
- We keep adding startups, so posting counts grow even when hiring doesn't. Every trend is therefore a share of all startup postings in the same period, which stays comparable as coverage grows.
- Broad catch-all titles such as Manager or Specialist are left out of role rankings.
- Quarterly shares start in 2017 and cover complete quarters. Changes compare the last 12 full months with the 12 before.
You are welcome to cite these figures with a link: Source: Startup Jobs, startup.jobs/locations/united-kingdom/trends
For salaries, remote work, and AI hiring, see the startup hiring statistics.
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