Designer Jobs in the East Midlands

Designer
England > East Midlands

The median Designer salary in the East Midlands is £34,836 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 158 160 173
Rank change year-on-year +2 +13 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 37 8 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.82% 0.32% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.87% 0.36% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 21 2 10
10th Percentile £26,250 £42,875 £22,375
25th Percentile £27,500 £49,063 £26,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £34,836 £66,250 £29,294
Median % change year-on-year -47.42% +126.16% -26.77%
75th Percentile £43,750 £86,563 £40,313
90th Percentile £55,000 £94,625 £46,775
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +9.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East Midlands. 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 East Midlands with a recognized job title 4,276 2,225 3,344
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.33% 89.90% 95.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,688 1,192 2,036
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,685 £25,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £34,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +7.95%
75th Percentile £57,500 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £72,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in the East Midlands

Designer
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Designer in the East Midlands.

Salary trend for Designer in the East Midlands

Designer
Salary Histogram in the East Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for Designer in the East Midlands

Designer
Job Locations in the East Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
Nottinghamshire -12 16 £37,500 -11.76% 3
Leicestershire +2 12 £34,836 - 2
Northamptonshire - 5 £29,500 -
Derbyshire - 4 £27,500 - 2
Designer
England

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 26 July 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 East Midlands region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 19 (51.35%) Adobe
2 18 (48.65%) Marketing
2 18 (48.65%) User Experience
3 17 (45.95%) UX Design
4 13 (35.14%) Photoshop
4 13 (35.14%) Figma
5 10 (27.03%) Social Media
5 10 (27.03%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 9 (24.32%) Prototyping
6 9 (24.32%) Sketch
6 9 (24.32%) HTML
7 8 (21.62%) Adobe Illustrator
7 8 (21.62%) InDesign
7 8 (21.62%) Degree
7 8 (21.62%) Workshop Facilitation
7 8 (21.62%) Social Skills
7 8 (21.62%) Accessibility
7 8 (21.62%) Customer Experience
7 8 (21.62%) Creative Thinking
8 7 (18.92%) Actionable Insight
8 7 (18.92%) Wireframes
8 7 (18.92%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 7 (18.92%) SC Cleared
8 7 (18.92%) Security Cleared
9 6 (16.22%) Graphic Design
9 6 (16.22%) Digital Customer Experience
9 6 (16.22%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 6 (16.22%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
10 5 (13.51%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
10 5 (13.51%) Mobile App

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (8.11%) Totara
2 2 (5.41%) WordPress
3 1 (2.70%) CMS
Applications
1 13 (35.14%) Photoshop
2 10 (27.03%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 9 (24.32%) Sketch
4 8 (21.62%) Adobe Illustrator
4 8 (21.62%) InDesign
5 5 (13.51%) Adobe After Effects
6 4 (10.81%) Adobe Premiere
7 3 (8.11%) Adobe XD
7 3 (8.11%) Microsoft Office
8 2 (5.41%) Avid Media Composer
8 2 (5.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 1 (2.70%) Adobe Captivate
Cloud Services
1 13 (35.14%) Figma
2 6 (16.22%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 4 (10.81%) Heroku
3 4 (10.81%) Miro
4 1 (2.70%) Canva
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.41%) Internet
General
1 18 (48.65%) Marketing
2 8 (21.62%) Social Skills
3 5 (13.51%) Retail
4 4 (10.81%) Advertising
5 3 (8.11%) Automotive
5 3 (8.11%) Fire and Rescue
5 3 (8.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (8.11%) Local Government
5 3 (8.11%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Public Sector
6 2 (5.41%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (5.41%) Multimedia
7 1 (2.70%) Brand Awareness
7 1 (2.70%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (24.32%) HTML
2 3 (8.11%) CSS
3 2 (5.41%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 10 (27.03%) Social Media
2 6 (16.22%) Graphic Design
3 5 (13.51%) Mobile App
4 3 (8.11%) Learning Management System
4 3 (8.11%) Motion Graphics
4 3 (8.11%) Self-Motivation
5 2 (5.41%) Animation
5 2 (5.41%) Social Network
5 2 (5.41%) Video Editing
6 1 (2.70%) Driving Licence
6 1 (2.70%) e-Learning
6 1 (2.70%) Photography
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (48.65%) User Experience
2 17 (45.95%) UX Design
3 9 (24.32%) Prototyping
4 8 (21.62%) Creative Thinking
4 8 (21.62%) Customer Experience
4 8 (21.62%) Workshop Facilitation
5 7 (18.92%) Actionable Insight
5 7 (18.92%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 7 (18.92%) Wireframes
6 6 (16.22%) Digital Customer Experience
6 6 (16.22%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
7 5 (13.51%) Information Architecture
7 5 (13.51%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
8 4 (10.81%) Coaching
8 4 (10.81%) Interaction Design
8 4 (10.81%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (10.81%) Service Design
8 4 (10.81%) Sprint Review
8 4 (10.81%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (10.81%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.11%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.70%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (21.62%) Degree
2 7 (18.92%) SC Cleared
2 7 (18.92%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (21.62%) Accessibility
2 5 (13.51%) WCAG
3 2 (5.41%) GDPR
Vendors
1 19 (51.35%) Adobe
2 3 (8.11%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.70%) Facebook
3 1 (2.70%) Progress
3 1 (2.70%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.70%) Vectorworks