Designer Jobs in Cambridge

Designer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Designer salary in Cambridge is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 83 72
Rank change year-on-year +40 -11 +31
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 1 2 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 0.40% 0.20% 2.42%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% 0.20% 2.88%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 21
10th Percentile - £30,025 -
25th Percentile £72,500 £30,438 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £33,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +125.56% -48.85% +48.57%
75th Percentile £77,500 £36,438 £75,000
90th Percentile - £37,075 -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £67,500 £31,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +114.29% -51.54% +28.46%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cambridge

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cambridge. 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 Cambridge with a recognized job title 232 987 765
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.55% 97.05% 84.25%
Number of salaries quoted 145 765 382
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £72,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £79,500 £85,000 £89,875
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +8.00%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Cambridge

Designer
Salary Trend in Cambridge

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

Salary trend for Designer in Cambridge

Designer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridge

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

1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 1 (100.00%) Ethnographic Research
1 1 (100.00%) Contextual Inquiry
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) Focus Group
1 1 (100.00%) Empathy Maps

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
General
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Contextual Inquiry
1 1 (100.00%) Empathy Maps
1 1 (100.00%) Ethnographic Research
1 1 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 1 (100.00%) Focus Group
1 1 (100.00%) Kanban
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG