Senior UI/UX Designer Job Trends in Central London

Senior User Interface/User Experience Designer
London > Central London

The median Senior User Interface/User Experience Designer salary in Central London is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 April 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 - 182
Rank change year-on-year - - +73
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior UI/UX Designer 4 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.11% - 0.085%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% - 0.089%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +23.81%
75th Percentile - - £67,500
90th Percentile - - -
London median annual salary £85,000 - £65,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. 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 Central London with a recognized job title 3,430 2,356 3,366
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.67% 90.62% 95.06%
Number of salaries quoted 2,452 1,657 2,843
10th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £72,500 £73,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.90% -0.68% -2.67%
75th Percentile £95,688 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £117,750 £112,500
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -3.45%

Senior UI/UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Senior UI/UX Designer job vacancy trend in Central London

Senior UI/UX Designer
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for Senior UI/UX Designer job vacancies in Central London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior UI/UX Designer job vacancies in Central London

Senior UI/UX Designer
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior UI/UX Designer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 4 April 2026. 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
City of London - 4 £85,000 -
Senior UI/UX Designer
London

Senior UI/UX Designer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 4 April 2026, Senior 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 Central London region featuring Senior UI/UX Designer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) Figma
1 4 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) React
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
1 4 (100.00%) UX Design
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
2 2 (50.00%) SaaS

Senior UI/UX Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Figma
2 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 2 (50.00%) SaaS
General
1 4 (100.00%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
1 4 (100.00%) UX Design
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript