User Experience Designer
UK

The median User Experience Designer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 648 634 448
Rank change year-on-year -14 -186 +16
Permanent jobs requiring a UX Designer 251 388 1,184
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.26% 0.37% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.40% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 136 291 622
10th Percentile £30,000 £41,250 £37,775
25th Percentile £42,375 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,313 £75,000 £69,813
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £86,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -

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 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +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 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for UX Designer in the UK

UX Designer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for UX Designer in the UK

UX Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing UX Designer over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for UX Designer in the UK

UX Designer
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UX Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 25 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
UK excluding London +53 178 £45,000 -18.18% 23
England -52 176 £50,000 -16.67% 49
Work from Home +4 94 £50,000 -16.67% 26
London -44 54 £62,500 -3.85% 26
Scotland -22 45 £49,000 +6.16% 1
North of England +35 38 £45,000 -18.18% 9
Midlands +31 32 £47,500 -5.00% 7
North West +6 23 £45,000 -30.77% 7
South East +13 22 £50,000 -4.76% 3
East Midlands -2 19 £47,500 -20.83% 1
East of England +19 15 £45,000 -30.77% 1
West Midlands +29 13 £48,750 +21.88% 6
Yorkshire +85 12 £51,250 +20.59% 1
South West -22 12 £50,000 - 2
Wales +10 8 £32,500 -27.78%
Northern Ireland - 6 - -
North East +2 3 £50,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, UX 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 UX Designer in the job title.

1 251 (100.00%) UX Design
1 251 (100.00%) User Experience
2 151 (60.16%) Figma
3 120 (47.81%) Prototyping
4 111 (44.22%) Wireframes
5 99 (39.44%) Sketch
5 99 (39.44%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 95 (37.85%) HTML
7 89 (35.46%) Problem-Solving
8 88 (35.06%) Accessibility
9 76 (30.28%) User Research
9 76 (30.28%) Social Skills
10 75 (29.88%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
11 69 (27.49%) Workshop Facilitation
12 67 (26.69%) Security Cleared
13 65 (25.90%) Actionable Insight
14 64 (25.50%) WCAG
15 63 (25.10%) Agile
16 62 (24.70%) Adobe
16 62 (24.70%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
17 59 (23.51%) SC Cleared
18 58 (23.11%) Customer Experience
19 54 (21.51%) Miro
20 52 (20.72%) Design Patterns
20 52 (20.72%) Marketing
21 51 (20.32%) Stakeholder Management
21 51 (20.32%) Coaching
22 48 (19.12%) Usability Testing
23 46 (18.33%) Heroku
23 46 (18.33%) Sprint Review

UX 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 (1.59%) CMS
1 4 (1.59%) Umbraco
2 2 (0.80%) Confluence
2 2 (0.80%) WordPress
3 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 99 (39.44%) Sketch
2 33 (13.15%) Adobe XD
3 23 (9.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 20 (7.97%) Photoshop
5 19 (7.57%) Adobe Illustrator
6 18 (7.17%) InVision
7 8 (3.19%) InDesign
8 3 (1.20%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.80%) Notion
9 2 (0.80%) Zeplin
10 1 (0.40%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (0.40%) Blender
10 1 (0.40%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Magento
2 2 (0.80%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 151 (60.16%) Figma
2 54 (21.51%) Miro
3 46 (18.33%) Heroku
4 18 (7.17%) SaaS
5 11 (4.38%) SurveyMonkey
6 7 (2.79%) Google Analytics
6 7 (2.79%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 5 (1.99%) Stripe
8 4 (1.59%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 4 (1.59%) WhatsApp
9 2 (0.80%) Asana
10 1 (0.40%) Azure
10 1 (0.40%) Pendo
10 1 (0.40%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.40%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.40%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (0.40%) GIS
1 1 (0.40%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (5.18%) JIRA
2 3 (1.20%) Axure RP
3 1 (0.40%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 76 (30.28%) Social Skills
2 52 (20.72%) Marketing
3 40 (15.94%) Finance
3 40 (15.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 21 (8.37%) Law
5 15 (5.98%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (4.78%) Games
7 9 (3.59%) Advertising
7 9 (3.59%) Presentation Skills
8 7 (2.79%) Retail
9 4 (1.59%) Public Sector
9 4 (1.59%) Publishing
10 3 (1.20%) Automotive
10 3 (1.20%) Polish Language
11 2 (0.80%) iGaming
12 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
12 1 (0.40%) Legal
12 1 (0.40%) Multimedia
12 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 95 (37.85%) HTML
2 36 (14.34%) CSS
3 18 (7.17%) React
4 4 (1.59%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.20%) LESS
5 3 (1.20%) Sass
5 3 (1.20%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 2 (0.80%) Vue
7 1 (0.40%) CarPlay
7 1 (0.40%) CSS3
7 1 (0.40%) HTML5
7 1 (0.40%) Next.js
7 1 (0.40%) SVG
7 1 (0.40%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 19 (7.57%) Mobile App
2 17 (6.77%) Blockchain
3 11 (4.38%) Market Risk
3 11 (4.38%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.39%) Cyberattack
4 6 (2.39%) Graphic Design
5 5 (1.99%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.59%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.20%) Motion Graphics
7 3 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
8 1 (0.40%) Algorithms
8 1 (0.40%) Animation
8 1 (0.40%) Cyber Threat
8 1 (0.40%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.40%) Driving Licence
8 1 (0.40%) Low-Code
8 1 (0.40%) NHS
8 1 (0.40%) Social Media
8 1 (0.40%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 3 (1.20%) Android
2 2 (0.80%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 251 (100.00%) User Experience
1 251 (100.00%) UX Design
2 120 (47.81%) Prototyping
3 111 (44.22%) Wireframes
4 99 (39.44%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 89 (35.46%) Problem-Solving
6 76 (30.28%) User Research
7 75 (29.88%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
8 69 (27.49%) Workshop Facilitation
9 65 (25.90%) Actionable Insight
10 63 (25.10%) Agile
11 62 (24.70%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
12 58 (23.11%) Customer Experience
13 52 (20.72%) Design Patterns
14 51 (20.32%) Coaching
14 51 (20.32%) Stakeholder Management
15 48 (19.12%) Usability Testing
16 46 (18.33%) Digital Customer Experience
16 46 (18.33%) Sprint Review
17 33 (13.15%) Interaction Design
Programming Languages
1 26 (10.36%) JavaScript
2 3 (1.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 67 (26.69%) Security Cleared
2 59 (23.51%) SC Cleared
3 32 (12.75%) Degree
4 7 (2.79%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.20%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (35.06%) Accessibility
2 64 (25.50%) WCAG
3 1 (0.40%) GDPR
Vendors
1 62 (24.70%) Adobe
2 9 (3.59%) Salesforce
3 6 (2.39%) Google
4 4 (1.59%) dotdigital
4 4 (1.59%) Hotjar
5 2 (0.80%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (0.40%) Apple
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft
6 1 (0.40%) Monzo
6 1 (0.40%) Peregrine
6 1 (0.40%) Revolut