UI/UX Designer Job Trends in Birmingham

User Interface/User Experience Designer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median User Interface/User Experience Designer salary in Birmingham is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 125 96 124
Rank change year-on-year -29 +28 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a UI/UX Designer 4 3 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 0.12% 0.24% 0.084%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.25% 0.088%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 2
10th Percentile £47,750 - £52,750
25th Percentile £55,625 - £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +30.00%
75th Percentile - - £74,375
90th Percentile - - £79,250
West Midlands median annual salary £45,000 - £50,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 3,246 1,211 2,274
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.84% 95.20% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 2,541 860 1,666
10th Percentile £35,000 £31,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,250 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.73% - -
75th Percentile £75,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £85,000
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% - -4.76%

UI/UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'UI/UX Designer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Birmingham.

UI/UX Designer job vacancy trend in Birmingham

UI/UX Designer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for UI/UX Designer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Salary distribution trend for UI/UX Designer job vacancies in Birmingham

UI/UX Designer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 17 August 2026, UI/UX Designer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Birmingham region featuring UI/UX Designer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
1 4 (100.00%) UX Design
2 3 (75.00%) Line Management
3 1 (25.00%) A/B Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (25.00%) Adobe
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Confluence
3 1 (25.00%) CSS
3 1 (25.00%) CSS3
3 1 (25.00%) Figma
3 1 (25.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
3 1 (25.00%) HTML
3 1 (25.00%) HTML5
3 1 (25.00%) Interaction Design
3 1 (25.00%) JIRA
3 1 (25.00%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
3 1 (25.00%) Miro
3 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (25.00%) Sass
3 1 (25.00%) Sketch
3 1 (25.00%) User Research
3 1 (25.00%) Wireframes

UI/UX Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Figma
1 1 (25.00%) Miro
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) CSS3
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) HTML5
1 1 (25.00%) Sass
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
1 4 (100.00%) UX Design
2 3 (75.00%) Line Management
3 1 (25.00%) A/B Testing
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
3 1 (25.00%) Interaction Design
3 1 (25.00%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
3 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (25.00%) User Research
3 1 (25.00%) Wireframes
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe