Designer Jobs in Reading

Designer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Designer salary in Reading is £37,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 6 May 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
6 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 110 130 95
Rank change year-on-year +20 -35 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 12 2 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.70% 0.12% 2.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 0.13% 2.09%
Number of salaries quoted 5 1 31
10th Percentile - - £37,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £45,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £30,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -45.45% +10.00%
75th Percentile £38,750 £32,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £42,500 - -
Berkshire median annual salary £36,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -28.00% -9.09% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 1,613 1,511 1,726
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 93.68% 97.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1,025 803 1,026
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £75,125 £75,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £82,500
Berkshire median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% - +4.55%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Reading

Designer
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Designer in Reading

Designer
Salary Histogram in Reading

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer in Reading over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Designer in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 6 May 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 Reading region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 7 (58.33%) SC Cleared
1 7 (58.33%) Security Cleared
1 7 (58.33%) Prototyping
1 7 (58.33%) Actionable Insight
1 7 (58.33%) Workshop Facilitation
1 7 (58.33%) Accessibility
2 6 (50.00%) Digital Customer Experience
2 6 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 6 (50.00%) Figma
2 6 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 5 (41.67%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
3 5 (41.67%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
3 5 (41.67%) UX Design
3 5 (41.67%) User Experience
3 5 (41.67%) HTML
3 5 (41.67%) WCAG
4 4 (33.33%) Graphic Design
4 4 (33.33%) Photoshop
4 4 (33.33%) Adobe
4 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 4 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (33.33%) InDesign
4 4 (33.33%) Heroku
4 4 (33.33%) Coaching
4 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (33.33%) Sprint Review
4 4 (33.33%) Design Patterns
4 4 (33.33%) Sketch
4 4 (33.33%) Miro
5 3 (25.00%) Service Design

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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 2 (16.67%) WordPress
2 1 (8.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (33.33%) InDesign
1 4 (33.33%) Photoshop
1 4 (33.33%) Sketch
2 2 (16.67%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 6 (50.00%) Figma
2 4 (33.33%) Heroku
2 4 (33.33%) Miro
3 2 (16.67%) Adobe Creative Cloud
General
1 2 (16.67%) Marketing
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (41.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) Graphic Design
2 2 (16.67%) Animation
2 2 (16.67%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) Actionable Insight
1 7 (58.33%) Prototyping
1 7 (58.33%) Workshop Facilitation
2 6 (50.00%) Customer Experience
2 6 (50.00%) Digital Customer Experience
2 6 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 5 (41.67%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
3 5 (41.67%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
3 5 (41.67%) User Experience
3 5 (41.67%) UX Design
4 4 (33.33%) Coaching
4 4 (33.33%) Design Patterns
4 4 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (33.33%) Sprint Review
4 4 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (25.00%) Service Design
6 2 (16.67%) Agile
6 2 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
6 2 (16.67%) Typography
6 2 (16.67%) User Research
Qualifications
1 7 (58.33%) SC Cleared
1 7 (58.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (58.33%) Accessibility
2 5 (41.67%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (33.33%) Adobe