Designer Jobs in Edinburgh

Designer
Scotland > Edinburgh

As of 23 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Designer salary in Edinburgh.

6 months to
23 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 81 86 135
Rank change year-on-year +5 +49 -31
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 4 20 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.46% 1.36% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.52% 1.41% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 0 6 5
10th Percentile - £42,500 £33,333
25th Percentile - £52,500 £35,333
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile - £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile - £59,850 £64,000
Scotland median annual salary £67,500 £49,000 £49,329
% change year-on-year +37.76% -0.67% -10.31%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 766 1,414 1,893
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.15% 95.86% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 340 1,001 1,116
10th Percentile £26,929 £32,500 £35,616
25th Percentile £44,688 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £71,750 £77,715
90th Percentile £98,474 £95,000 £89,852
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £56,868
% change year-on-year +4.76% -7.68% +8.32%

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

For the 6 months to 23 May 2025, 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 3 (75.00%) Service Design
1 3 (75.00%) Co-Creation
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Journey Map
2 2 (50.00%) Journey Map
2 2 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 2 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 2 (50.00%) Usability Testing
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Fintech
2 2 (50.00%) User Research
2 2 (50.00%) Objectives and Key Results
3 1 (25.00%) UX Research
3 1 (25.00%) Content Management
3 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) CMS
3 1 (25.00%) Web Design
3 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) Adobe
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) UX Design
3 1 (25.00%) Social Media
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Design Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (25.00%) Sprint Review

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) ChatGPT
1 1 (25.00%) Figma
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
1 1 (25.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Co-Creation
1 3 (75.00%) Service Design
2 2 (50.00%) Agile
2 2 (50.00%) Customer Journey Map
2 2 (50.00%) Fintech
2 2 (50.00%) Journey Map
2 2 (50.00%) Objectives and Key Results
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (50.00%) Usability Testing
2 2 (50.00%) User Research
2 2 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Design Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) UX Design
3 1 (25.00%) Web Design
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft