Designer Jobs in the City of London

Designer
Central London > City of London

The median Designer salary in the City of London is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 157 188 157
Rank change year-on-year +31 -31 +15
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 22 52 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.65% 1.10% 1.81%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 1.14% 1.90%
Number of salaries quoted 13 46 92
10th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £42,500
25th Percentile £51,500 £46,250 £52,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,875 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.28% +7.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £69,800 £88,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £100,000 £90,000
Central London median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 3,218 4,574 6,750
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.80% 96.44% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 2,571 3,850 5,640
10th Percentile £41,000 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,000 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,000 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.67% +3.45% -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £93,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £108,750
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -3.33% +3.45% +3.57%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in the City of London

Designer
Salary Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Designer in the City of London.

Salary trend for Designer in the City of London

Designer
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer in the City of London over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Designer in the City of London

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 28 April 2024, 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 City of London region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 14 (63.64%) User Experience
2 10 (45.45%) SC Cleared
2 10 (45.45%) Security Cleared
2 10 (45.45%) UX Design
3 9 (40.91%) Service Design
3 9 (40.91%) Prototyping
4 8 (36.36%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 8 (36.36%) Workshop Facilitation
4 8 (36.36%) Accessibility
5 7 (31.82%) Customer Experience
5 7 (31.82%) Design Patterns
5 7 (31.82%) Actionable Insight
5 7 (31.82%) Figma
6 6 (27.27%) User Research
6 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (27.27%) Digital Customer Experience
7 5 (22.73%) Sketch
7 5 (22.73%) HTML
7 5 (22.73%) Agile
7 5 (22.73%) Coaching
7 5 (22.73%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
7 5 (22.73%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
7 5 (22.73%) Strategic Thinking
7 5 (22.73%) WCAG
8 4 (18.18%) Wireframes
8 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (18.18%) Sprint Review
8 4 (18.18%) Public Sector
8 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
8 4 (18.18%) Miro

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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 5 (22.73%) Sketch
2 1 (4.55%) Blender
Cloud Services
1 7 (31.82%) Figma
2 4 (18.18%) Heroku
2 4 (18.18%) Miro
3 3 (13.64%) dbt
4 2 (9.09%) SaaS
5 1 (4.55%) Adobe Creative Cloud
General
1 4 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 4 (18.18%) Public Sector
1 4 (18.18%) Retail
1 4 (18.18%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (4.55%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (22.73%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.55%) Android
1 1 (4.55%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (63.64%) User Experience
2 10 (45.45%) UX Design
3 9 (40.91%) Prototyping
3 9 (40.91%) Service Design
4 8 (36.36%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 8 (36.36%) Workshop Facilitation
5 7 (31.82%) Actionable Insight
5 7 (31.82%) Customer Experience
5 7 (31.82%) Design Patterns
6 6 (27.27%) Digital Customer Experience
6 6 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (27.27%) User Research
7 5 (22.73%) Agile
7 5 (22.73%) Coaching
7 5 (22.73%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
7 5 (22.73%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
7 5 (22.73%) Strategic Thinking
8 4 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (18.18%) Sprint Review
8 4 (18.18%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 10 (45.45%) SC Cleared
1 10 (45.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (36.36%) Accessibility
2 5 (22.73%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) Adobe
1 1 (4.55%) Monzo
1 1 (4.55%) Revolut