Designer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Designer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Designer salary in the UK excluding London is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 303 450 260
Rank change year-on-year +147 -190 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 634 333 1,011
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.89% 0.55% 1.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.94% 0.62% 1.48%
Number of salaries quoted 475 245 545
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,834 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £52,200
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +0.57% +4.40%
75th Percentile £59,500 £68,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £61,046 £79,400 £70,000
UK median annual salary £46,855 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -18.51% - +9.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 67,146 53,642 68,538
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.78% 89.24% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 47,498 30,589 42,749
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in the UK excluding London

Designer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Designer in the UK excluding London

Designer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Designer in the UK excluding London

Designer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
North of England +120 202 £45,000 -7.37% 83
South East +63 124 £40,000 -20.00% 39
North West +41 113 £45,000 - 52
Midlands +52 96 £41,887 -35.56% 34
East of England +52 69 £46,110 -24.72% 20
Scotland -15 64 £49,000 -10.09% 23
Yorkshire +100 58 £45,000 -18.18% 19
West Midlands +39 57 £47,500 -26.92% 23
South West +5 55 £46,000 -16.36% 17
East Midlands +25 39 £35,000 -47.17% 12
North East +22 31 £53,982 -10.03% 13
Wales +19 14 £32,500 -27.78% 3
Northern Ireland +35 10 £40,400 - 1
Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 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 UK excluding London region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 250 (39.43%) User Experience
2 210 (33.12%) UX Design
3 196 (30.91%) Adobe
4 168 (26.50%) Prototyping
5 162 (25.55%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 160 (25.24%) Accessibility
7 150 (23.66%) Figma
8 130 (20.50%) Marketing
9 127 (20.03%) Agile
10 119 (18.77%) HTML
11 116 (18.30%) Coaching
12 114 (17.98%) Photoshop
13 111 (17.51%) Social Skills
14 108 (17.03%) Security Cleared
15 107 (16.88%) Adobe Illustrator
16 101 (15.93%) User Research
16 101 (15.93%) Sketch
17 98 (15.46%) SC Cleared
18 96 (15.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
18 96 (15.14%) Wireframes
19 90 (14.20%) Customer Experience
20 88 (13.88%) WCAG
20 88 (13.88%) Graphic Design
21 87 (13.72%) Mentoring
22 85 (13.41%) Interaction Design
22 85 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
23 84 (13.25%) Workshop Facilitation
24 80 (12.62%) Degree
25 79 (12.46%) Design Patterns
26 73 (11.51%) InDesign

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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 26 (4.10%) WordPress
2 11 (1.74%) CMS
3 6 (0.95%) Umbraco
4 3 (0.47%) SharePoint
4 3 (0.47%) Totara
5 2 (0.32%) Confluence
5 2 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 114 (17.98%) Photoshop
2 107 (16.88%) Adobe Illustrator
3 101 (15.93%) Sketch
4 96 (15.14%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 73 (11.51%) InDesign
6 42 (6.62%) Adobe XD
7 37 (5.84%) Adobe After Effects
8 24 (3.79%) Adobe Premiere
9 23 (3.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 20 (3.15%) AutoCAD
11 18 (2.84%) Adobe Captivate
12 15 (2.37%) InVision
12 15 (2.37%) Microsoft Office
13 13 (2.05%) CINEMA 4D
14 9 (1.42%) Simulink
15 6 (0.95%) 3ds Max
15 6 (0.95%) Revit
15 6 (0.95%) SketchUp
16 4 (0.63%) Blender
17 3 (0.47%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.63%) Magento
2 3 (0.47%) Shopify
3 1 (0.16%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 150 (23.66%) Figma
2 50 (7.89%) Miro
3 46 (7.26%) Heroku
4 27 (4.26%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 17 (2.68%) SaaS
6 11 (1.74%) SurveyMonkey
7 8 (1.26%) Google Analytics
8 6 (0.95%) dbt
9 5 (0.79%) Stripe
10 4 (0.63%) WhatsApp
11 3 (0.47%) Canva
12 2 (0.32%) Asana
12 2 (0.32%) Azure
13 1 (0.16%) AWS
13 1 (0.16%) Dynamics 365
13 1 (0.16%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.16%) IaaS
13 1 (0.16%) Microsoft 365
13 1 (0.16%) PaaS
13 1 (0.16%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.26%) Cisco Firepower
2 6 (0.95%) VPN
3 3 (0.47%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (0.32%) Internet
5 1 (0.16%) BGP
5 1 (0.16%) DMVPN
5 1 (0.16%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.16%) Intranet
5 1 (0.16%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.32%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.16%) Geospatial Data
2 1 (0.16%) GIS
2 1 (0.16%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (2.21%) JIRA
2 5 (0.79%) Git
2 5 (0.79%) Subversion
3 4 (0.63%) Axure RP
4 2 (0.32%) Balsamiq
4 2 (0.32%) WiX
5 1 (0.16%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 130 (20.50%) Marketing
2 111 (17.51%) Social Skills
3 57 (8.99%) Public Sector
4 46 (7.26%) Finance
5 38 (5.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 37 (5.84%) Retail
7 26 (4.10%) Advertising
8 22 (3.47%) Organisational Skills
9 21 (3.31%) Games
9 21 (3.31%) Law
10 18 (2.84%) Presentation Skills
11 12 (1.89%) Multimedia
12 11 (1.74%) Publishing
13 9 (1.42%) Analytical Skills
13 9 (1.42%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.10%) Automotive
15 5 (0.79%) Banking
16 4 (0.63%) Influencing Skills
16 4 (0.63%) Telecoms
17 3 (0.47%) Fire and Rescue
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (18.77%) HTML
2 54 (8.52%) CSS
3 19 (3.00%) React
4 11 (1.74%) HTML5
5 6 (0.95%) Sass
6 4 (0.63%) AngularJS
6 4 (0.63%) Next.js
7 3 (0.47%) EDI
7 3 (0.47%) LESS
7 3 (0.47%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 2 (0.32%) .NET
8 2 (0.32%) SOAP
8 2 (0.32%) SVG
8 2 (0.32%) Vue
9 1 (0.16%) jQuery
9 1 (0.16%) Unreal Engine
9 1 (0.16%) V-Ray
9 1 (0.16%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 88 (13.88%) Graphic Design
2 65 (10.25%) Social Media
3 52 (8.20%) Product Ownership
4 38 (5.99%) Animation
5 25 (3.94%) Mobile App
6 22 (3.47%) Motion Graphics
7 21 (3.31%) e-Learning
8 16 (2.52%) Home Automation
8 16 (2.52%) Self-Motivation
8 16 (2.52%) Smart Home
9 14 (2.21%) Photography
10 11 (1.74%) Market Risk
11 10 (1.58%) FPGA
11 10 (1.58%) VHDL
12 9 (1.42%) SCORM
13 7 (1.10%) Video Editing
14 6 (0.95%) Digital Media
15 5 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
15 5 (0.79%) Social Network
15 5 (0.79%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.95%) Android
2 5 (0.79%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.32%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (39.43%) User Experience
2 210 (33.12%) UX Design
3 168 (26.50%) Prototyping
4 162 (25.55%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 127 (20.03%) Agile
6 116 (18.30%) Coaching
7 101 (15.93%) User Research
8 96 (15.14%) Wireframes
9 90 (14.20%) Customer Experience
10 87 (13.72%) Mentoring
11 85 (13.41%) Interaction Design
11 85 (13.41%) Problem-Solving
12 84 (13.25%) Workshop Facilitation
13 79 (12.46%) Design Patterns
14 72 (11.36%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
15 70 (11.04%) Actionable Insight
16 69 (10.88%) Service Design
17 62 (9.78%) Journey Map
18 61 (9.62%) Digital Customer Experience
19 60 (9.46%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 42 (6.62%) JavaScript
2 5 (0.79%) PHP
3 4 (0.63%) C
3 4 (0.63%) SystemVerilog
4 3 (0.47%) SQL
5 2 (0.32%) C#
5 2 (0.32%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.16%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.16%) Python
Qualifications
1 108 (17.03%) Security Cleared
2 98 (15.46%) SC Cleared
3 80 (12.62%) Degree
4 17 (2.68%) JNCIS
5 9 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (1.42%) CIPD
6 8 (1.26%) CCNA
6 8 (1.26%) CCNP
6 8 (1.26%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (0.63%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.47%) HND
9 2 (0.32%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.16%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.16%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.16%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.16%) MCSE
10 1 (0.16%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 160 (25.24%) Accessibility
2 88 (13.88%) WCAG
3 11 (1.74%) GDPR
4 1 (0.16%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.16%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 5 (0.79%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.16%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 196 (30.91%) Adobe
2 20 (3.15%) Juniper
2 20 (3.15%) Microsoft
3 9 (1.42%) Cisco
3 9 (1.42%) Google
4 6 (0.95%) F5
5 4 (0.63%) dotdigital
5 4 (0.63%) Hotjar
5 4 (0.63%) Instagram
5 4 (0.63%) Intel
5 4 (0.63%) Microsemi
5 4 (0.63%) Twitter
5 4 (0.63%) Xilinx
6 3 (0.47%) Facebook
6 3 (0.47%) Vectorworks
7 2 (0.32%) CA Agile Central
7 2 (0.32%) Salesforce
7 2 (0.32%) Sitecore
7 2 (0.32%) WooCommerce
8 1 (0.16%) Thales