Designer Jobs in Wales

Designer
UK > Wales

The median Designer salary in Wales is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 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
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 123 102
Rank change year-on-year +19 -21 -14
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 14 9 38
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 0.69% 0.54% 2.01%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.75% 0.63% 2.12%
Number of salaries quoted 7 7 13
10th Percentile £26,500 £34,050 -
25th Percentile £28,875 £38,820 £25,868
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £43,658 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.56% -2.98% -
75th Percentile £34,125 £46,213 £52,500
90th Percentile £45,580 £51,000 £56,250
UK median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -17.39% - +9.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Wales. 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 Wales with a recognized job title 1,865 1,433 1,794
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 85.81% 94.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1,265 821 1,138
10th Percentile £26,350 £27,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £35,107 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £61,250 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £75,000
UK median annual salary £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Wales

Designer
Salary Trend in Wales

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

Salary trend for Designer in Wales

Designer
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer in Wales over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Designer in Wales

Designer
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the Wales region over the 6 months to 28 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
South Wales +15 13 £32,500 -10.96% 7
North Wales +8 1 £34,000 -22.12% 2
Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 28 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 Wales region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 10 (71.43%) UX Design
1 10 (71.43%) User Experience
1 10 (71.43%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 8 (57.14%) Accessibility
2 8 (57.14%) Prototyping
2 8 (57.14%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
2 8 (57.14%) SC Cleared
2 8 (57.14%) Security Cleared
3 7 (50.00%) HTML
3 7 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
3 7 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 7 (50.00%) Sketch
3 7 (50.00%) Figma
4 6 (42.86%) User Research
4 6 (42.86%) Digital Customer Experience
4 6 (42.86%) Customer Experience
4 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (42.86%) Adobe
4 6 (42.86%) Wireframes
5 5 (35.71%) Design Patterns
5 5 (35.71%) WCAG
5 5 (35.71%) Responsive Web Design
5 5 (35.71%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
6 4 (28.57%) Service Design
6 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
6 4 (28.57%) Miro
6 4 (28.57%) Sprint Review
6 4 (28.57%) Heroku
6 4 (28.57%) Coaching
6 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Wales 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 (14.29%) CMS
1 2 (14.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (50.00%) Sketch
2 3 (21.43%) Adobe XD
3 2 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (7.14%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (7.14%) InDesign
4 1 (7.14%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 7 (50.00%) Figma
2 4 (28.57%) Heroku
2 4 (28.57%) Miro
3 1 (7.14%) dbt
General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Retail
3 1 (7.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (50.00%) HTML
2 2 (14.29%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.14%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (71.43%) User Experience
1 10 (71.43%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 10 (71.43%) UX Design
2 8 (57.14%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
2 8 (57.14%) Prototyping
3 7 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
3 7 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 6 (42.86%) Customer Experience
4 6 (42.86%) Digital Customer Experience
4 6 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (42.86%) User Research
4 6 (42.86%) Wireframes
5 5 (35.71%) Design Patterns
5 5 (35.71%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
5 5 (35.71%) Responsive Web Design
6 4 (28.57%) Coaching
6 4 (28.57%) Service Design
6 4 (28.57%) Sprint Review
6 4 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (21.43%) Collaborative Working
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 2 (14.29%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (57.14%) SC Cleared
1 8 (57.14%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (57.14%) Accessibility
2 5 (35.71%) WCAG
3 2 (14.29%) GDPR
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) Adobe
2 2 (14.29%) WooCommerce