UX Designer Jobs in Edinburgh

User Experience Designer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median User Experience Designer salary in Edinburgh is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 98 149 117
Rank change year-on-year +51 -32 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a UX Designer 15 2 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.98% 0.092% 1.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 0.097% 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 5 2 36
10th Percentile £40,500 £33,425 £39,375
25th Percentile £52,500 £35,563 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,250 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.18% -6.11% +63.64%
75th Percentile £57,500 £52,063 £67,500
90th Percentile - £56,075 -
Scotland median annual salary £49,000 £46,157 £45,000
% change year-on-year +6.16% +2.57% +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Edinburgh with a recognized job title 1,475 2,068 2,235
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.90% 95.56% 97.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,041 1,214 1,394
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £33,488
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,715 £68,750
90th Percentile £91,934 £90,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%

UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings that featured UX Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for UX Designer in Edinburgh

UX Designer
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing UX Designer in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for UX Designer in Edinburgh

UX Designer
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing UX Designer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for UX Designer in Edinburgh

UX Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, UX Designer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Edinburgh region featuring UX Designer in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) UX Design
1 15 (100.00%) User Experience
2 11 (73.33%) Figma
3 9 (60.00%) Prototyping
4 8 (53.33%) Problem-Solving
4 8 (53.33%) Miro
5 7 (46.67%) Accessibility
5 7 (46.67%) Workshop Facilitation
5 7 (46.67%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
6 6 (40.00%) Wireframes
6 6 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 5 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (33.33%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
7 5 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
7 5 (33.33%) WCAG
7 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
7 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
7 5 (33.33%) HTML
8 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (26.67%) Heroku
8 4 (26.67%) SaaS
8 4 (26.67%) Creative Problem-Solving
8 4 (26.67%) Coaching
8 4 (26.67%) Digital Customer Experience
8 4 (26.67%) Customer Experience
8 4 (26.67%) Design Patterns
8 4 (26.67%) Sprint Review
8 4 (26.67%) Sketch
8 4 (26.67%) Storytelling
9 3 (20.00%) Social Skills

UX Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 11 (73.33%) Figma
2 8 (53.33%) Miro
3 4 (26.67%) Heroku
3 4 (26.67%) SaaS
General
1 5 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (33.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) User Experience
1 15 (100.00%) UX Design
2 9 (60.00%) Prototyping
3 8 (53.33%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (46.67%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 7 (46.67%) Workshop Facilitation
5 6 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 6 (40.00%) Wireframes
6 5 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
6 5 (33.33%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
7 4 (26.67%) Coaching
7 4 (26.67%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 4 (26.67%) Customer Experience
7 4 (26.67%) Design Patterns
7 4 (26.67%) Digital Customer Experience
7 4 (26.67%) Sprint Review
7 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (26.67%) Storytelling
8 3 (20.00%) Full Stack Development
8 3 (20.00%) User Research
Qualifications
1 5 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (46.67%) Accessibility
2 5 (33.33%) WCAG