UI/UX Designer Job Trends in the East Midlands

User Interface/User Experience Designer
England > East Midlands

The median User Interface/User Experience Designer salary in the East Midlands is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 November 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 156 112
Rank change year-on-year +24 -44 +59
Permanent jobs requiring a UI/UX Designer 1 1 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the East Midlands 0.045% 0.030% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.032% 0.58%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 9
10th Percentile - - £45,750
25th Percentile - - £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +20.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £51,500
England median annual salary £63,750 £52,172 £52,500
% change year-on-year +22.19% -0.63% -8.70%

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 2,052 3,164 1,551
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 95.07% 97.36%
Number of salaries quoted 1,400 1,495 1,130
10th Percentile £26,000 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £36,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,573 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.48% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £58,000 £60,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £54,292 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.58% -4.17% -

UI/UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

UI/UX Designer job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

UI/UX Designer
Salary Trend in the East Midlands

Salary distribution trend for UI/UX Designer job vacancies in the East Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for UI/UX Designer job vacancies in the East Midlands

UI/UX 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 UI/UX Designer within the East Midlands region over the 6 months to 20 November 2025. 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 +17 1 £40,000 -33.33% 4
UI/UX Designer
England

UI/UX Designer Skill Set
Top 3 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands

For the 6 months to 20 November 2025, 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 East Midlands region featuring UI/UX Designer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design

UI/UX Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design