Digital Designer
UK

The median Digital Designer salary in the UK is £38,750 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 837 919 1093
Rank change year-on-year +82 +174 -290
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Designer 77 45 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.078% 0.043% 0.091%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.083% 0.048% 0.094%
Number of salaries quoted 64 36 74
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £27,000
25th Percentile £27,000 £39,688 £36,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £48,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -19.27% -4.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £52,125 £57,813 £60,000
90th Percentile £53,675 £67,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £36,250 £31,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +16.94% -22.50% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Digital Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Designer in the UK

Digital Designer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Digital Designer in the UK

Digital Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Designer over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Digital Designer in the UK

Digital Designer
Top 14 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
UK excluding London +48 69 £36,250 +16.94% 24
England +125 67 £34,836 -27.43% 32
Work from Home +101 43 £37,418 -11.96% 17
South East +46 22 £27,500 +12.24% 9
North of England +56 18 £30,000 +4.35% 7
North West +23 14 £36,000 +25.22% 5
Midlands - 12 £34,836 - 4
Scotland - 10 £49,000 - 1
London +103 8 £45,000 -9.09% 8
South West -21 7 £40,000 -28.89% 2
West Midlands - 7 £43,750 - 1
East Midlands - 5 £34,836 - 3
Yorkshire - 3 £28,000 - 1
North East -9 1 £35,000 - 1

Digital Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, Digital 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 featuring Digital Designer in the job title.

1 36 (46.75%) Adobe
2 30 (38.96%) User Experience
3 26 (33.77%) Marketing
4 25 (32.47%) Photoshop
4 25 (32.47%) Adobe Illustrator
5 22 (28.57%) Graphic Design
6 19 (24.68%) UX Design
6 19 (24.68%) HTML
7 15 (19.48%) Retail
7 15 (19.48%) Figma
8 14 (18.18%) Finance
9 13 (16.88%) InDesign
9 13 (16.88%) CSS
9 13 (16.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 12 (15.58%) Social Skills
11 10 (12.99%) User Research
11 10 (12.99%) Typography
11 10 (12.99%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 10 (12.99%) Responsive Web Design
11 10 (12.99%) Adobe After Effects
12 9 (11.69%) Digital Marketing
12 9 (11.69%) Animation
12 9 (11.69%) Degree
13 8 (10.39%) JavaScript
13 8 (10.39%) E-Commerce
13 8 (10.39%) Advertising
13 8 (10.39%) Wireframes
13 8 (10.39%) Sketch
13 8 (10.39%) GDPR
14 7 (9.09%) Social Media

Digital Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 4 (5.19%) WordPress
2 3 (3.90%) Totara
Applications
1 25 (32.47%) Adobe Illustrator
1 25 (32.47%) Photoshop
2 13 (16.88%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 13 (16.88%) InDesign
3 10 (12.99%) Adobe After Effects
4 8 (10.39%) Sketch
5 7 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
6 5 (6.49%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (6.49%) Trello
7 4 (5.19%) Adobe XD
7 4 (5.19%) CINEMA 4D
8 3 (3.90%) Blender
9 2 (2.60%) SOLIDWORKS
10 1 (1.30%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (1.30%) Adobe Premiere
Business Applications
1 1 (1.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 15 (19.48%) Figma
2 10 (12.99%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 2 (2.60%) WhatsApp
4 1 (1.30%) Google Analytics
Development Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Axure RP
General
1 26 (33.77%) Marketing
2 15 (19.48%) Retail
3 14 (18.18%) Finance
4 12 (15.58%) Social Skills
5 8 (10.39%) Advertising
6 6 (7.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (7.79%) Multimedia
7 4 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (3.90%) Fire and Rescue
8 3 (3.90%) Local Government
8 3 (3.90%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.90%) Publishing
9 2 (2.60%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.30%) Automotive
10 1 (1.30%) Games
10 1 (1.30%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.30%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (24.68%) HTML
2 13 (16.88%) CSS
3 3 (3.90%) EDI
3 3 (3.90%) Next.js
3 3 (3.90%) React
3 3 (3.90%) Sass
4 1 (1.30%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 22 (28.57%) Graphic Design
2 9 (11.69%) Animation
3 7 (9.09%) Social Media
4 5 (6.49%) e-Learning
4 5 (6.49%) Video Editing
5 4 (5.19%) Driving Licence
5 4 (5.19%) Learning Management System
5 4 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.90%) Motion Graphics
6 3 (3.90%) Photography
7 2 (2.60%) Digital Media
7 2 (2.60%) Digital Signage
7 2 (2.60%) Life Science
7 2 (2.60%) Mobile App
7 2 (2.60%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.30%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.60%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (38.96%) User Experience
2 19 (24.68%) UX Design
3 10 (12.99%) Responsive Web Design
3 10 (12.99%) Typography
3 10 (12.99%) User Research
4 9 (11.69%) Digital Marketing
5 8 (10.39%) E-Commerce
5 8 (10.39%) Wireframes
6 7 (9.09%) Customer Experience
7 6 (7.79%) Front End Development
7 6 (7.79%) Storyboarding
8 5 (6.49%) Mobile First
8 5 (6.49%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 4 (5.19%) Collaborative Working
9 4 (5.19%) Infographics
9 4 (5.19%) Innovative Thinking
9 4 (5.19%) Marketing Strategy
9 4 (5.19%) Prototyping
10 3 (3.90%) Functional Testing
10 3 (3.90%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.39%) JavaScript
2 4 (5.19%) PHP
Qualifications
1 9 (11.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (10.39%) GDPR
Vendors
1 36 (46.75%) Adobe
2 2 (2.60%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.30%) Google