Designer Jobs in London

Designer
England > London

The median Designer salary in London is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 292 238 189
Rank change year-on-year -54 -49 +61
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 228 556 1,514
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.97% 1.55% 2.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.03% 1.63% 2.40%
Number of salaries quoted 160 390 610
10th Percentile £32,150 £39,875 £42,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £46,875 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £67,813 £76,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,000 £85,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £46,111 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -23.15% +4.35% +9.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,087 34,033 62,964
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.09% 95.02% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16,626 24,925 34,921
10th Percentile £38,454 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,000 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in London

Designer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Designer in London

Designer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer in London over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Designer in London

Designer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the London region over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
Central London +19 30 £62,500 -3.85% 12
South London -6 3 £65,000 -16.13% 3
Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, 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 London region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 101 (44.30%) User Experience
2 83 (36.40%) UX Design
3 78 (34.21%) Figma
4 69 (30.26%) Social Skills
5 56 (24.56%) Adobe
6 51 (22.37%) Marketing
7 47 (20.61%) Agile
7 47 (20.61%) User Research
8 40 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
9 38 (16.67%) Wireframes
10 37 (16.23%) HTML
11 36 (15.79%) Degree
12 35 (15.35%) Finance
12 35 (15.35%) Prototyping
13 33 (14.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
14 31 (13.60%) Retail
15 29 (12.72%) Sketch
16 28 (12.28%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
17 25 (10.96%) Graphic Design
17 25 (10.96%) CSS
17 25 (10.96%) Service Design
18 24 (10.53%) Creative Thinking
18 24 (10.53%) Customer Experience
19 23 (10.09%) Accessibility
20 22 (9.65%) Photoshop
21 21 (9.21%) Adobe Illustrator
21 21 (9.21%) Interaction Design
22 20 (8.77%) Animation
23 19 (8.33%) B2B
24 18 (7.89%) Design Patterns

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 6 (2.63%) Confluence
2 5 (2.19%) WordPress
3 4 (1.75%) IBM Domino
4 1 (0.44%) CMS
4 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 33 (14.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 29 (12.72%) Sketch
3 22 (9.65%) Photoshop
4 21 (9.21%) Adobe Illustrator
5 18 (7.89%) Adobe After Effects
6 17 (7.46%) InVision
7 15 (6.58%) Microsoft Office
8 14 (6.14%) Microsoft Excel
9 10 (4.39%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 9 (3.95%) Adobe Premiere
11 7 (3.07%) Adobe XD
12 5 (2.19%) Final Cut Pro
13 4 (1.75%) Adobe Captivate
13 4 (1.75%) InDesign
14 3 (1.32%) SketchUp
14 3 (1.32%) Trello
15 2 (0.88%) 3ds Max
15 2 (0.88%) Acrobat
15 2 (0.88%) AutoCAD
15 2 (0.88%) CINEMA 4D
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Oracle General Ledger
1 4 (1.75%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (0.44%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 78 (34.21%) Figma
2 13 (5.70%) SaaS
3 6 (2.63%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 6 (2.63%) Azure
3 6 (2.63%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 5 (2.19%) Heroku
4 5 (2.19%) MailChimp
4 5 (2.19%) Miro
5 4 (1.75%) AWS
5 4 (1.75%) OCI
6 3 (1.32%) Canva
6 3 (1.32%) dbt
6 3 (1.32%) WhatsApp
7 1 (0.44%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.44%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.44%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.88%) DHCP
1 2 (0.88%) DNS
1 2 (0.88%) HTTPS
1 2 (0.88%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (0.88%) SSL
1 2 (0.88%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (1.75%) SAP BW
2 1 (0.44%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 8 (3.51%) JIRA
2 1 (0.44%) Axure RP
General
1 69 (30.26%) Social Skills
2 51 (22.37%) Marketing
3 35 (15.35%) Finance
4 31 (13.60%) Retail
5 18 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 16 (7.02%) Analytical Skills
7 15 (6.58%) Organisational Skills
8 12 (5.26%) Public Sector
9 11 (4.82%) Games
10 9 (3.95%) Advertising
10 9 (3.95%) Multimedia
11 6 (2.63%) Legal
12 5 (2.19%) Back Office
12 5 (2.19%) Influencing Skills
13 4 (1.75%) General Ledger
14 3 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
15 2 (0.88%) Banking
15 2 (0.88%) iGaming
16 1 (0.44%) Music Industry
16 1 (0.44%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (16.23%) HTML
2 25 (10.96%) CSS
3 4 (1.75%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 4 (1.75%) Unreal Engine
4 2 (0.88%) Web Services
5 1 (0.44%) CarPlay
5 1 (0.44%) CSS3
5 1 (0.44%) HTML5
5 1 (0.44%) jQuery
5 1 (0.44%) React
5 1 (0.44%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 25 (10.96%) Graphic Design
2 20 (8.77%) Animation
3 14 (6.14%) Social Media
3 14 (6.14%) Video Editing
4 11 (4.82%) Motion Graphics
5 10 (4.39%) Blockchain
6 7 (3.07%) Blog
6 7 (3.07%) Digital Media
6 7 (3.07%) Mobile App
7 6 (2.63%) Product Ownership
8 4 (1.75%) Photography
8 4 (1.75%) Reinsurance
8 4 (1.75%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.32%) Augmented Reality
10 2 (0.88%) Digital Signage
10 2 (0.88%) e-Learning
10 2 (0.88%) FMCG
10 2 (0.88%) NHS
10 2 (0.88%) Onboarding
11 1 (0.44%) Web3
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.51%) Windows
2 2 (0.88%) Linux
2 2 (0.88%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.44%) Android
3 1 (0.44%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (44.30%) User Experience
2 83 (36.40%) UX Design
3 47 (20.61%) Agile
3 47 (20.61%) User Research
4 40 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
5 38 (16.67%) Wireframes
6 35 (15.35%) Prototyping
7 28 (12.28%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 25 (10.96%) Service Design
9 24 (10.53%) Creative Thinking
9 24 (10.53%) Customer Experience
10 21 (9.21%) Interaction Design
11 19 (8.33%) B2B
12 18 (7.89%) CAD
12 18 (7.89%) Data Science
12 18 (7.89%) Design Patterns
12 18 (7.89%) Time Management
12 18 (7.89%) Typography
13 16 (7.02%) Mentoring
14 15 (6.58%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.07%) R
2 4 (1.75%) JavaScript
3 2 (0.88%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.44%) PHP
Qualifications
1 36 (15.79%) Degree
2 17 (7.46%) SC Cleared
2 17 (7.46%) Security Cleared
3 4 (1.75%) Oracle Certification
4 2 (0.88%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.44%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (0.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.44%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.09%) Accessibility
2 10 (4.39%) WCAG
3 4 (1.75%) GAAP
3 4 (1.75%) IFRS
4 2 (0.88%) NIST
5 1 (0.44%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (0.88%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.88%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (0.88%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (0.88%) vSphere
Vendors
1 56 (24.56%) Adobe
2 9 (3.95%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.63%) Salesforce
4 4 (1.75%) Oracle
4 4 (1.75%) PeopleSoft
4 4 (1.75%) SAP
5 3 (1.32%) Facebook
5 3 (1.32%) HubSpot
5 3 (1.32%) Instagram
5 3 (1.32%) TikTok
5 3 (1.32%) YouTube
6 2 (0.88%) Apple
6 2 (0.88%) Autodesk
6 2 (0.88%) BT
6 2 (0.88%) Commvault
6 2 (0.88%) HP
6 2 (0.88%) NetApp
6 2 (0.88%) Vectorworks
6 2 (0.88%) Veeam
6 2 (0.88%) VMware