Designer Jobs in the City of London

Designer
Central London > City of London

The median Designer salary in the City of London is £58,800 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 161 176 163
Rank change year-on-year +15 -13 0
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 18 51 131
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.54% 1.10% 1.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.56% 1.15% 1.91%
Number of salaries quoted 9 45 86
10th Percentile £46,500 £40,000 £41,875
25th Percentile £51,500 £46,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,800 £66,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.25% +10.42% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £82,031
90th Percentile £87,000 £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 3,217 4,454 6,850
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.86% 96.18% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 2,556 3,739 5,629
10th Percentile £41,125 £42,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £53,000 £55,000 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £75,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.67% +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 £74,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -2.03% +2.07% +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 11 May 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 11 May 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 12 (66.67%) User Experience
2 9 (50.00%) Prototyping
3 8 (44.44%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 8 (44.44%) Workshop Facilitation
3 8 (44.44%) Accessibility
3 8 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 8 (44.44%) Security Cleared
3 8 (44.44%) UX Design
4 7 (38.89%) Service Design
4 7 (38.89%) Customer Experience
4 7 (38.89%) Actionable Insight
5 6 (33.33%) Figma
5 6 (33.33%) Digital Customer Experience
6 5 (27.78%) HTML
6 5 (27.78%) Agile
6 5 (27.78%) WCAG
6 5 (27.78%) Design Patterns
6 5 (27.78%) Sketch
6 5 (27.78%) Coaching
6 5 (27.78%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
6 5 (27.78%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
7 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (22.22%) Sprint Review
7 4 (22.22%) Miro
7 4 (22.22%) Heroku
7 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (16.67%) Wireframes
8 3 (16.67%) Mobile App
8 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
8 3 (16.67%) User Research

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 (27.78%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 6 (33.33%) Figma
2 4 (22.22%) Heroku
2 4 (22.22%) Miro
3 1 (5.56%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (5.56%) dbt
3 1 (5.56%) SaaS
General
1 3 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
2 2 (11.11%) Retail
3 1 (5.56%) Finance
3 1 (5.56%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (27.78%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (66.67%) User Experience
2 9 (50.00%) Prototyping
3 8 (44.44%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 8 (44.44%) UX Design
3 8 (44.44%) Workshop Facilitation
4 7 (38.89%) Actionable Insight
4 7 (38.89%) Customer Experience
4 7 (38.89%) Service Design
5 6 (33.33%) Digital Customer Experience
6 5 (27.78%) Agile
6 5 (27.78%) Coaching
6 5 (27.78%) Design Patterns
6 5 (27.78%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
6 5 (27.78%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
7 4 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (22.22%) Sprint Review
7 4 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
8 3 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
8 3 (16.67%) User Research
8 3 (16.67%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 8 (44.44%) SC Cleared
1 8 (44.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (44.44%) Accessibility
2 5 (27.78%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (5.56%) Adobe