Designer Jobs in Edinburgh

Designer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Designer salary in Edinburgh is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 91 141 100
Rank change year-on-year +50 -41 +13
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 22 10 53
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.43% 0.46% 2.32%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.49% 0.48% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 8 5 44
10th Percentile £46,500 £33,333 £41,820
25th Percentile £52,500 £35,333 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £52,650
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -0.28% -19.00%
75th Percentile £64,100 £59,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £69,800 £61,400 -
Scotland median annual salary £49,000 £46,829 £46,050
% change year-on-year +4.64% +1.69% -0.32%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 1,475 2,068 2,235
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.90% 95.56% 97.81%
Number of salaries quoted 1,041 1,214 1,394
10th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £33,488
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,715 £68,750
90th Percentile £91,934 £90,000 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Edinburgh

Designer
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Designer in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Designer in Edinburgh

Designer
Salary Histogram in Edinburgh

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Designer in Edinburgh

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 25 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 Edinburgh region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 16 (72.73%) User Experience
2 15 (68.18%) UX Design
3 12 (54.55%) Prototyping
4 11 (50.00%) Figma
5 10 (45.45%) SC Cleared
5 10 (45.45%) Security Cleared
5 10 (45.45%) Accessibility
6 9 (40.91%) User Research
6 9 (40.91%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 9 (40.91%) Workshop Facilitation
7 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (36.36%) Miro
7 8 (36.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (31.82%) Design Patterns
8 7 (31.82%) Actionable Insight
8 7 (31.82%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
8 7 (31.82%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (27.27%) Service Design
9 6 (27.27%) Wireframes
9 6 (27.27%) Digital Customer Experience
9 6 (27.27%) Customer Experience
10 5 (22.73%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
10 5 (22.73%) Strategic Thinking
10 5 (22.73%) Public Sector
10 5 (22.73%) HTML
10 5 (22.73%) WCAG
10 5 (22.73%) Agile
11 4 (18.18%) SaaS
11 4 (18.18%) Heroku
11 4 (18.18%) Storytelling

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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 4 (18.18%) Sketch
2 1 (4.55%) Adobe Captivate
2 1 (4.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (4.55%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (4.55%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 11 (50.00%) Figma
2 8 (36.36%) Miro
3 4 (18.18%) Heroku
3 4 (18.18%) SaaS
4 3 (13.64%) dbt
5 1 (4.55%) Adobe Creative Cloud
General
1 8 (36.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (22.73%) Public Sector
3 3 (13.64%) Retail
3 3 (13.64%) Social Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Multimedia
5 1 (4.55%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (22.73%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Product Ownership
2 1 (4.55%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (72.73%) User Experience
2 15 (68.18%) UX Design
3 12 (54.55%) Prototyping
4 9 (40.91%) User Research
4 9 (40.91%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 9 (40.91%) Workshop Facilitation
5 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (31.82%) Actionable Insight
6 7 (31.82%) Design Patterns
6 7 (31.82%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
6 7 (31.82%) Stakeholder Management
7 6 (27.27%) Customer Experience
7 6 (27.27%) Digital Customer Experience
7 6 (27.27%) Service Design
7 6 (27.27%) Wireframes
8 5 (22.73%) Agile
8 5 (22.73%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
8 5 (22.73%) Strategic Thinking
9 4 (18.18%) Coaching
9 4 (18.18%) Creative Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 10 (45.45%) SC Cleared
1 10 (45.45%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (45.45%) Accessibility
2 5 (22.73%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) Adobe