Designer Jobs in Birmingham

Designer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median Designer salary in Birmingham is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 116 128
Rank change year-on-year +18 +12 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 10 27 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.72% 0.97% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.76% 1.03% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 5 25 7
10th Percentile £51,750 £30,750 £32,500
25th Percentile - £40,000 £35,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% +34.12% -15.00%
75th Percentile - £60,741 £68,750
90th Percentile - - £72,250
West Midlands median annual salary £60,000 £47,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +26.32% -24.00% +31.58%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,310 2,633 1,763
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.58% 94.44% 93.13%
Number of salaries quoted 765 2,139 1,358
10th Percentile £31,660 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £68,750 £70,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,964 £81,251
West Midlands median annual salary £51,887 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.77% -4.76% +5.00%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Birmingham

Designer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

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

Salary trend for Designer in Birmingham

Designer
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer in Birmingham over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Designer in Birmingham

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

For the 6 months to 21 May 2025, 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 Birmingham region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 6 (60.00%) Cisco
1 6 (60.00%) Juniper
1 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (40.00%) UX Design
2 4 (40.00%) Usability Testing
2 4 (40.00%) User Experience
2 4 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 4 (40.00%) Sketch
2 4 (40.00%) Figma
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) User Research
3 3 (30.00%) Design Thinking
3 3 (30.00%) Adobe XD
3 3 (30.00%) Wireframes
3 3 (30.00%) Front End Development
3 3 (30.00%) Mobile App
3 3 (30.00%) Animation
3 3 (30.00%) Video Editing
3 3 (30.00%) Finance
3 3 (30.00%) Automotive
3 3 (30.00%) Adobe
3 3 (30.00%) HTML
3 3 (30.00%) CSS
4 1 (10.00%) WCAG
4 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (10.00%) Responsive Web Design
4 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
4 1 (10.00%) Typography
4 1 (10.00%) Prototyping

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham 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:

Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Sketch
2 3 (30.00%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Figma
General
1 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (30.00%) Automotive
2 3 (30.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) CSS
1 3 (30.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Animation
1 3 (30.00%) Mobile App
1 3 (30.00%) Video Editing
2 1 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Usability Testing
1 4 (40.00%) User Experience
1 4 (40.00%) User Research
1 4 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 4 (40.00%) UX Design
2 3 (30.00%) Design Thinking
2 3 (30.00%) Front End Development
2 3 (30.00%) Wireframes
3 1 (10.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (10.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (10.00%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (10.00%) Typography
Qualifications
1 6 (60.00%) SC Cleared
1 6 (60.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (10.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Cisco
1 6 (60.00%) Juniper
2 3 (30.00%) Adobe