Senior Designer Jobs in Cambridge

Senior Designer
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The median Senior Designer salary in Cambridge is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 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
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 - 80
Rank change year-on-year - - +28
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Designer 3 0 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 1.14% - 1.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% - 1.61%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 13
10th Percentile - - £57,500
25th Percentile £42,500 - £67,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +38.34%
75th Percentile £72,500 - £75,000
90th Percentile £75,500 - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 - £70,000
% change year-on-year - - +38.34%

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 241 975 805
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.29% 97.21% 84.92%
Number of salaries quoted 151 752 387
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,663 £30,800
25th Percentile £38,750 £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 £66,875 £73,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% +8.00%

Senior Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Designer in Cambridge

Senior Designer
Salary Trend in Cambridge

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

Salary trend for Senior Designer in Cambridge

Senior Designer
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Designer in Cambridge over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior Designer in Cambridge

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

For the 6 months to 12 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior Designer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) UX Design
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) Figma
1 3 (100.00%) User Research
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Adobe XD
2 2 (66.67%) Sketch
2 2 (66.67%) Wireframes
2 2 (66.67%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) HTML
2 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
2 2 (66.67%) CSS
2 2 (66.67%) Adobe
2 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (33.33%) WCAG
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Marketing
3 1 (33.33%) Ethnography
3 1 (33.33%) Ethnographic Research
3 1 (33.33%) Contextual Inquiry
3 1 (33.33%) Accessibility

Senior 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe XD
1 2 (66.67%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Figma
General
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (66.67%) CSS
1 2 (66.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) User Research
1 3 (100.00%) UX Design
2 2 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Wireframes
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Contextual Inquiry
3 1 (33.33%) Empathy Maps
3 1 (33.33%) Ethnographic Research
3 1 (33.33%) Ethnography
3 1 (33.33%) Focus Group
3 1 (33.33%) Kanban
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe