The first table below looks at the demand for the User Experience Designer role in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited User Experience Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Experience (UX) Designer
Rank 276 279 318
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +39
Permanent jobs requiring a User Experience Designer 45 44 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.386% 0.337% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.415% 0.362% 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 38 42 13
Average salary £47,500 £52,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.52% +31.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,900 £42,750 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £65,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £40,000 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+12.50% +17.64%
All Job Titles
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
10837 12171 14447
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 92.90% 93.16% 93.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9335 11069 13022
Average salary £52,500 £52,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.54%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
User Experience Designer
London

User Experience Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing User Experience Designer across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

City of London User Experience Designer Jobs Demand Trend

User Experience Designer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing User Experience Designer across the City of London region.

City of London User Experience Designer Salary Trend

User Experience Designer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing User Experience Designer across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London User Experience Designer Salary Histogram

User Experience Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited User Experience Designer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with User Experience Designer in their job title.

1 28 (35.90%) OmniGraffle
1 28 (35.90%) Photoshop
1 28 (35.90%) Adobe Illustrator
2 26 (33.33%) CSS
2 26 (33.33%) Axure RP
3 18 (23.08%) HTML
4 17 (21.79%) Android
5 16 (20.51%) JavaScript
5 16 (20.51%) Degree
6 15 (19.23%) Agile Software Development
6 15 (19.23%) MS Visio
6 15 (19.23%) Apple iOS
7 14 (17.95%) Adobe
8 12 (15.38%) E-Commerce
9 11 (14.10%) Graphic Design
10 10 (12.82%) Information Architecture
10 10 (12.82%) Web Design
11 9 (11.54%) Finance
11 9 (11.54%) Social Media
11 9 (11.54%) Mobile App
12 8 (10.26%) Blackberry
12 8 (10.26%) XHTML
12 8 (10.26%) Usability Testing
12 8 (10.26%) Retail
13 6 (7.692%) Games
13 6 (7.692%) Scrum
13 6 (7.692%) Psychology
13 6 (7.692%) User Experience Design
14 5 (6.410%) Analytics
14 5 (6.410%) MS Office

User Experience Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region that cited User Experience Designer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with User Experience Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 26 (33.33%) CSS
2 18 (23.08%) HTML
3 8 (10.26%) XHTML
4 4 (5.128%) HTML5
5 2 (2.564%) CSS3
6 1 (1.282%) HTML5 Canvas
6 1 (1.282%) WPF
6 1 (1.282%) Ruby on Rails
6 1 (1.282%) DHTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (1.282%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 28 (35.90%) OmniGraffle
1 28 (35.90%) Photoshop
1 28 (35.90%) Adobe Illustrator
2 15 (19.23%) MS Visio
3 5 (6.410%) MS Office
4 2 (2.564%) Fireworks
5 1 (1.282%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.282%) Google Analytics
1 1 (1.282%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 4 (5.128%) Internet
Development Applications
1 26 (33.33%) Axure RP
2 2 (2.564%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (1.282%) Balsamiq Mockups
General
1 9 (11.54%) Finance
2 8 (10.26%) Retail
3 6 (7.692%) Games
4 4 (5.128%) Marketing
5 3 (3.846%) Telecoms
5 3 (3.846%) Advertising
5 3 (3.846%) Publishing
6 1 (1.282%) Investment Banking
6 1 (1.282%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.10%) Graphic Design
2 9 (11.54%) Social Media
2 9 (11.54%) Mobile App
3 8 (10.26%) Blackberry
4 6 (7.692%) Psychology
5 3 (3.846%) Digital Media
5 3 (3.846%) iPad
5 3 (3.846%) Human Factors
5 3 (3.846%) Computer Science
6 2 (2.564%) Ergonomics
6 2 (2.564%) iPhone
7 1 (1.282%) Photography
7 1 (1.282%) Blog
7 1 (1.282%) Derivative
7 1 (1.282%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 17 (21.79%) Android
2 15 (19.23%) Apple iOS
3 3 (3.846%) Windows
3 3 (3.846%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (19.23%) Agile Software Development
2 12 (15.38%) E-Commerce
3 10 (12.82%) Information Architecture
3 10 (12.82%) Web Design
4 8 (10.26%) Usability Testing
5 6 (7.692%) Scrum
5 6 (7.692%) User Experience Design
6 5 (6.410%) Analytics
7 3 (3.846%) Market Research
7 3 (3.846%) Web Development
7 3 (3.846%) Web Analytics
7 3 (3.846%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (3.846%) SEO
8 2 (2.564%) Validation
8 2 (2.564%) Industrial Design
8 2 (2.564%) Time Management
8 2 (2.564%) Use Case
8 2 (2.564%) Web Accessibility
9 1 (1.282%) Rapid Prototyping
9 1 (1.282%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 16 (20.51%) JavaScript
2 2 (2.564%) Ruby
3 1 (1.282%) XAML
3 1 (1.282%) PHP
Qualifications
1 16 (20.51%) Degree
2 4 (5.128%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.564%) WCAG
Vendors
1 14 (17.95%) Adobe
2 2 (2.564%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.282%) Google
City, London
UX Designer - London - Up to £40k - UX, User Experience, Information Architect, Photoshop, Illustrator, Omnigraffle, Axure, HTML, CSS, Javascript, iOS, Android, Winmo, Blackberry My client is a leading design...
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Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
UX Designer - London - Up to £55k - UX, User Experience, Information Architect, Photoshop, Illustrator, Omnigraffle, Axure, HTML, CSS, Javascript, iOS, Android, Winmo, Blackberry My client is a leading design...
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Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
UX Designer - London - Up to £55k - UX, User Experience, Information Architect, Photoshop, Illustrator, Omnigraffle, Axure, HTML, CSS, Javascript, iOS, Android, Winmo, Blackberry My client is a leading design...
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Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
The UX Designer will be strongly inspired by multi-touch interfaces, iOS app development and other emerging interactive & technical advances... Four or more years of developing interactive products...
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Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
Are you a senior UI/UX designer with a good working experience in designing mobile apps?... Have you got 3+ years of direct commercial experience in mobile UX &...
ITHR
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + bonus
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
Web/Mobile UX Designer - London - Up to £45k - UX, UI, Photoshop, Illustrator, AfterEffects, InDesign, Mobile, iOS, Android, Illustrator, ipad, iphone, winmob, User Experience, User Interface, IA, Information Architect.
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Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
City, London
Web/Mobile UX Designer - London - Up to £45k - UX, UI, Photoshop, Illustrator, AfterEffects, InDesign, Mobile, iOS, Android, Illustrator, ipad, iphone, winmob, User Experience, User Interface, IA, Information Architect.
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Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013