The first table below looks at the demand for the Designer role in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Designer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 June 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Designer
Rank 169 184 211
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 748 745 695
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 1.668% 1.426% 1.155%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.785% 1.514% 1.237%
Number of salaries quoted 596 621 568
Average salary £45,000 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £63,250
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
41912 49208 56207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.44% 94.21% 93.44%
Number of salaries quoted 35248 42839 47542
Average salary £51,500 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.00% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,750 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Designer
England

Designer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Designer Jobs Demand Trend

Designer
Salary Trend

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

London Designer Salary Trend

Designer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Designer across the London region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

London Designer Salary Histogram

Designer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the London region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London +45 233 £40,000 -5.88% 24
Hounslow -1 6 - - 1
Hackney - 5 £30,000 -
Croydon +5 4 £39,500 +11.26% 2
Bromley -1 4 £75,000 +165.48%
Kingston Upon Thames -12 3 £31,500 -10.00%
Surbiton - 3 £45,000 -
Ealing - 3 £40,000 -
Harrow 0 2 - -
Paddington - 2 - -
Twickenham - 2 £28,500 -
Uxbridge - 2 £47,500 -
Brentford - 2 £46,750 - 2
Dagenham +1 1 £30,000 -20.52%
Hammersmith -12 1 £55,000 -
Wimbledon - 1 £40,000 -
Designer
England

Designer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited 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 Designer in their job title.

1 651 (46.73%) Photoshop
2 597 (42.86%) CSS
3 545 (39.12%) HTML
4 517 (37.11%) Adobe Illustrator
5 388 (27.85%) Adobe
6 341 (24.48%) JavaScript
7 250 (17.95%) Flash
8 243 (17.44%) Marketing
9 219 (15.72%) E-Commerce
10 215 (15.43%) HTML5
11 213 (15.29%) Degree
12 192 (13.78%) Mobile App
13 184 (13.21%) Web Design
14 181 (12.99%) jQuery
15 169 (12.13%) Android
15 169 (12.13%) Apple iOS
16 165 (11.84%) Agile Software Development
17 150 (10.77%) Finance
18 145 (10.41%) Axure RP
19 138 (9.907%) Information Architecture
19 138 (9.907%) Advertising
20 131 (9.404%) InDesign
21 129 (9.261%) CSS3
22 113 (8.112%) Microsoft
23 111 (7.968%) Graphic Design
24 107 (7.681%) Social Media
25 103 (7.394%) Games
26 96 (6.892%) SEO
27 92 (6.604%) Retail
28 90 (6.461%) .NET

Designer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited 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 Designer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 597 (42.86%) CSS
2 545 (39.12%) HTML
3 250 (17.95%) Flash
4 215 (15.43%) HTML5
5 181 (12.99%) jQuery
6 129 (9.261%) CSS3
7 90 (6.461%) .NET
8 84 (6.030%) XHTML
9 56 (4.020%) XML
10 48 (3.446%) Ajax
11 36 (2.584%) Web Services
12 29 (2.082%) WCF
13 24 (1.723%) Spring
14 23 (1.651%) Middleware
15 20 (1.436%) WebSphere
16 18 (1.292%) WPF
17 17 (1.220%) ASP.NET
18 15 (1.077%) J2EE
19 13 (0.933%) Node.js
20 12 (0.861%) REST
Application Platforms
1 59 (4.235%) CMS
2 39 (2.800%) WordPress
3 26 (1.866%) Apache
4 17 (1.220%) IIS
5 13 (0.933%) WebSphere Application Server
6 12 (0.861%) Tomcat
7 11 (0.790%) Drupal
8 10 (0.718%) SharePoint
9 8 (0.574%) Magento
10 6 (0.431%) ESB
11 5 (0.359%) MS Exchange
11 5 (0.359%) Exchange Server 2010
12 4 (0.287%) Moodle
13 3 (0.215%) IBM Notes
13 3 (0.215%) nginx
13 3 (0.215%) Amazon AWS
14 2 (0.144%) Lync
14 2 (0.144%) Mule
14 2 (0.144%) WebSphere Message Broker
14 2 (0.144%) Office Communications Server
Applications
1 651 (46.73%) Photoshop
2 517 (37.11%) Adobe Illustrator
3 131 (9.404%) InDesign
4 87 (6.246%) OmniGraffle
5 79 (5.671%) Fireworks
6 76 (5.456%) MS Visio
7 67 (4.810%) Adobe After Effects
8 47 (3.374%) MS Excel
9 21 (1.508%) MS PowerPoint
10 15 (1.077%) Acrobat
11 13 (0.933%) MS Office
12 7 (0.503%) Adobe Premiere
13 6 (0.431%) GIMP
13 6 (0.431%) Maya
14 5 (0.359%) CorelDRAW
15 4 (0.287%) AutoCAD
15 4 (0.287%) CINEMA 4D
16 3 (0.215%) 3ds Max
17 2 (0.144%) PowerPivot
17 2 (0.144%) Blender
Business Applications
1 15 (1.077%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 8 (0.574%) Google Analytics
3 5 (0.359%) Maximo
3 5 (0.359%) SAP MM
4 4 (0.287%) Oracle BPM
4 4 (0.287%) SAP WM
5 3 (0.215%) SAP SD
6 1 (0.072%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.072%) SAP APO
6 1 (0.072%) WebTrends
6 1 (0.072%) SAP PP
6 1 (0.072%) SAP R/3
Communications & Networking
1 48 (3.446%) Internet
2 16 (1.149%) LAN
3 14 (1.005%) LDAP
4 12 (0.861%) Network Security
5 11 (0.790%) SAN
5 11 (0.790%) Cisco Nexus
6 10 (0.718%) WAN
7 9 (0.646%) BIG-IP
7 9 (0.646%) Broadband
7 9 (0.646%) HTTP
8 8 (0.574%) DHCP
8 8 (0.574%) DNS
8 8 (0.574%) Firewall
9 7 (0.503%) VPN
10 6 (0.431%) DMZ
10 6 (0.431%) Cisco IOS
10 6 (0.431%) Cisco ASA
10 6 (0.431%) VLAN
11 5 (0.359%) Intranet
11 5 (0.359%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (3.733%) SQL Server
2 29 (2.082%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 22 (1.579%) Data Warehouse
4 21 (1.508%) SQL Server 2008
5 16 (1.149%) MySQL
6 15 (1.077%) Oracle 11g
6 15 (1.077%) Oracle 10g
7 14 (1.005%) Oracle 8/8i
7 14 (1.005%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 13 (0.933%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 13 (0.933%) RDBMS
9 12 (0.861%) Oracle ODI
9 12 (0.861%) Oracle OWB
10 9 (0.646%) SQL Server 2005
11 5 (0.359%) Microsoft Analysis Services
12 4 (0.287%) Oracle Reports
12 4 (0.287%) FileMaker
12 4 (0.287%) QlikView
13 3 (0.215%) SQL Server 2000
13 3 (0.215%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 145 (10.41%) Axure RP
2 75 (5.384%) Dreamweaver
3 25 (1.795%) Subversion
4 23 (1.651%) Balsamiq Mockups
5 22 (1.579%) Microsoft Blend
5 22 (1.579%) Git (software)
6 19 (1.364%) Maven
6 19 (1.364%) JUnit
7 18 (1.292%) Ant
8 13 (0.933%) Visual Studio
9 6 (0.431%) Oracle Forms
9 6 (0.431%) ERwin
10 5 (0.359%) Selenium
10 5 (0.359%) JIRA
10 5 (0.359%) PhoneGap
11 4 (0.287%) TortoiseSVN
11 4 (0.287%) Team Foundation Server
12 3 (0.215%) WebDriver
12 3 (0.215%) Jenkins
13 2 (0.144%) SpecFlow
General
1 243 (17.44%) Marketing
2 150 (10.77%) Finance
3 138 (9.907%) Advertising
4 103 (7.394%) Games
5 92 (6.604%) Retail
6 57 (4.092%) Banking
7 51 (3.661%) Publishing
8 27 (1.938%) Telecoms
9 20 (1.436%) Front Office
10 18 (1.292%) Investment Banking
11 17 (1.220%) French Language
12 16 (1.149%) Pharmaceutical
12 16 (1.149%) German Language
13 11 (0.790%) Financial Institution
14 10 (0.718%) Multimedia
15 6 (0.431%) Legal
16 4 (0.287%) Manufacturing
16 4 (0.287%) Back Office
17 3 (0.215%) Law
18 2 (0.144%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 192 (13.78%) Mobile App
2 111 (7.968%) Graphic Design
3 107 (7.681%) Social Media
4 71 (5.097%) iPad
5 70 (5.025%) iPhone
6 61 (4.379%) Animation
7 56 (4.020%) Blackberry
8 42 (3.015%) Digital Media
9 35 (2.513%) Video Editing
10 34 (2.441%) Computer Science
11 33 (2.369%) W3C
12 31 (2.225%) Psychology
13 30 (2.154%) Social Gaming
14 26 (1.866%) Online Games
15 23 (1.651%) FMCG
15 23 (1.651%) Blog
16 22 (1.579%) Human Factors
17 21 (1.508%) Mobile Banking
18 20 (1.436%) Social Network
19 18 (1.292%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 169 (12.13%) Android
1 169 (12.13%) Apple iOS
2 86 (6.174%) Windows
3 30 (2.154%) Linux
4 20 (1.436%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 18 (1.292%) UNIX
6 10 (0.718%) Windows Mobile
7 9 (0.646%) Windows Server 2008
8 8 (0.574%) Windows 7
9 7 (0.503%) Windows 2000
10 5 (0.359%) Windows Server 2003
11 4 (0.287%) Windows 8
12 2 (0.144%) Windows Phone
12 2 (0.144%) Windows XP
12 2 (0.144%) Mac OS X
12 2 (0.144%) Windows Vista
13 1 (0.072%) Windows XP Embedded
13 1 (0.072%) Mac OS
13 1 (0.072%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 219 (15.72%) E-Commerce
2 184 (13.21%) Web Design
3 165 (11.84%) Agile Software Development
4 138 (9.907%) Information Architecture
5 96 (6.892%) SEO
6 88 (6.317%) Analytics
7 77 (5.528%) Usability Testing
8 65 (4.666%) Digital Marketing
9 61 (4.379%) Web Development
10 51 (3.661%) User Experience Design
11 46 (3.302%) OO
12 42 (3.015%) Web Analytics
13 37 (2.656%) TDD
14 36 (2.584%) SOA
15 32 (2.297%) Content Management
16 31 (2.225%) Scrum
17 27 (1.938%) Project Management
18 26 (1.866%) Stakeholder Management
19 25 (1.795%) Software Engineering
20 24 (1.723%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 341 (24.48%) JavaScript
2 82 (5.887%) SQL
3 72 (5.169%) PHP
3 72 (5.169%) ActionScript
4 56 (4.020%) Java
5 47 (3.374%) C#
6 41 (2.943%) ActionScript 3.0
7 37 (2.656%) ActionScript 2.0
8 26 (1.866%) PL/SQL
9 14 (1.005%) Ruby
10 11 (0.790%) T-SQL
11 7 (0.503%) Objective-C
12 6 (0.431%) C
13 5 (0.359%) XAML
13 5 (0.359%) C++
14 4 (0.287%) Python
14 4 (0.287%) VBA
15 3 (0.215%) Delphi
15 3 (0.215%) Perl
16 2 (0.144%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 213 (15.29%) Degree
2 15 (1.077%) Microsoft Certification
3 14 (1.005%) Security Cleared
4 13 (0.933%) MCSE
5 12 (0.861%) VCDX
5 12 (0.861%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 11 (0.790%) Cisco Certification
6 11 (0.790%) CCIE
7 10 (0.718%) CCNP
7 10 (0.718%) CCNA
7 10 (0.718%) CCDE
8 6 (0.431%) Postgraduate
9 5 (0.359%) DV Cleared
9 5 (0.359%) PhD
10 4 (0.287%) ISEB
11 3 (0.215%) ITIL Certification
12 2 (0.144%) SC Cleared
12 2 (0.144%) MCITP
12 2 (0.144%) MCTS
13 1 (0.072%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (1.651%) QA
2 19 (1.364%) WAI
3 5 (0.359%) WCAG
3 5 (0.359%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.144%) SLA
5 1 (0.072%) PCI DSS
5 1 (0.072%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.072%) GCP
System Software
1 25 (1.795%) VMware Infrastructure
1 25 (1.795%) Active Directory
2 6 (0.431%) XenApp
3 5 (0.359%) ProxySG
3 5 (0.359%) Xen
4 4 (0.287%) XenDesktop
5 3 (0.215%) Microsoft App-V
6 2 (0.144%) VMware ESX
6 2 (0.144%) Oracle RAC
6 2 (0.144%) Hyper-V
6 2 (0.144%) Oracle RMAN
7 1 (0.072%) Terminal Services
7 1 (0.072%) IAG
Systems Management
1 15 (1.077%) SCOM
2 14 (1.005%) Tivoli
3 13 (0.933%) Tivoli Monitoring
4 12 (0.861%) Red Hat Satellite
4 12 (0.861%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 8 (0.574%) SCCM
6 3 (0.215%) SolarWinds Orion
6 3 (0.215%) Puppet
7 2 (0.144%) Backup Exec
8 1 (0.072%) Plesk
Vendors
1 388 (27.85%) Adobe
2 113 (8.112%) Microsoft
3 67 (4.810%) Oracle
4 50 (3.589%) Facebook
5 30 (2.154%) Citrix
5 30 (2.154%) Google
6 29 (2.082%) Apple
7 28 (2.010%) VMware
8 27 (1.938%) SAP
9 24 (1.723%) Twitter
10 21 (1.508%) Cisco
11 20 (1.436%) Serena
11 20 (1.436%) Red Hat
11 20 (1.436%) IBM
12 18 (1.292%) DoubleClick
13 15 (1.077%) Cognizant
14 14 (1.005%) TOWER Software
15 13 (0.933%) CheckPoint
16 12 (0.861%) Hitachi
17 10 (0.718%) F5
London
The Web Designer will work on both front and back end development and will deliver a variety of digital solutions for the company Client The Web Designer will...
CV Screen Ltd
Salary: £30k - 35k per year + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Central London / West End
The client are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated designer and e-learning developer to join a successful and dynamic team. They will be responsible for the design and...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 25,000/30,000
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
The key requirements are: Broad web design experience, preferably for membership / subscription websites, working on UX as well as visual design. Proficiency at Photoshop for both mock-ups...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 7 June 2013
City of London
They are on the look out for an innovative and passionate Front End Designer with an understanding of HTML5 and CSS3... Strong Experience with HTML5 and CSS3... A...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £20000.00 - £23000.00 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
An award winning e-commerce companu is seeking a Senior Web Designer to join their highly skilled design team... Produce designs using HTML, CSS, photoshop, illustrator... Required Skills...
We are tomorrow people
Salary: Highly Competitive
Posted: 17 June 2013
London
Computer Futures
Posted: 24 May 2013
London
OPUS
Salary: GBP30000 to GBP40000 per annum
Posted: 27 May 2013
City of London
Mint
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 5 June 2013
City of London
Mint
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
City, London
MINT Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Aquent
Salary: From £20,000 to £30,000 per annum + Excellent Benefits + Personal trai
Posted: 30 May 2013
City, London
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 25,000 to 30,000
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Explore Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
Explore Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
Explore Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
Explore Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Harnham
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 19 June 2013
Ilford, Essex
Senitor Associates
Salary: £26000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Croydon, South East
OPUS
Salary: GBP30000 to GBP38000 per annum + Benefits: Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Explore Recruitment Solutions
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
Code IT Recruitment
Salary: From £26,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Ilford, Essex
Senitor Associates
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Old Bailey, London
Accenture
Salary: Salary up to £35,000
Posted: 16 May 2013
East London
Experis IT
Salary: £55000 - £65000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Harnham
Salary: £30000 - £50000 per annum + Bonus & excellent benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013