Designer Jobs in England

Designer
UK > England

The median Designer salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 June 2025.

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

6 months to
13 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 438 303 355
Rank change year-on-year -135 +52 -153
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 269 837 775
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.55% 0.88% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.93% 1.04%
Number of salaries quoted 162 648 592
10th Percentile £40,000 £26,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,095 £35,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -21.74% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,204 £72,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £45,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +20.88% -20.87% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 44,586 90,433 74,853
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.60% 94.62% 91.20%
Number of salaries quoted 23,770 65,916 49,359
10th Percentile £28,500 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -13.32% +0.95%
75th Percentile £74,014 £70,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in England

Designer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Designer in England

Designer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer in England over the 6 months to 13 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Designer in England

Designer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
London +5 110 £50,157 -7.43% 323
South East +28 69 £60,000 +50.00% 140
North of England -110 29 £50,000 +11.11% 138
Midlands +3 26 £60,000 +43.63% 29
West Midlands +22 25 £60,000 +29.73% 15
East of England -10 22 £60,000 +30.12% 18
North West -92 13 £52,500 +16.67% 83
Yorkshire +7 12 £50,000 +11.11% 42
South West +66 9 £41,850 -9.02% 29
North East +24 4 £50,000 -13.74% 13
East Midlands +13 1 £40,000 +14.29% 14
Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 June 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 England region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 105 (39.03%) User Experience
2 83 (30.86%) Security Cleared
2 83 (30.86%) Adobe
3 80 (29.74%) UX Design
4 78 (29.00%) Figma
5 74 (27.51%) Social Skills
6 60 (22.30%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 55 (20.45%) User Research
8 54 (20.07%) Agile
9 49 (18.22%) Marketing
9 49 (18.22%) Cisco
10 48 (17.84%) Accessibility
11 47 (17.47%) Wireframes
12 44 (16.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 44 (16.36%) Juniper
13 43 (15.99%) Finance
14 42 (15.61%) SC Cleared
15 41 (15.24%) Prototyping
16 39 (14.50%) Cisco ISE
16 39 (14.50%) VMware
16 39 (14.50%) Photoshop
17 38 (14.13%) Adobe Illustrator
18 36 (13.38%) SevOne
18 36 (13.38%) Network Management
19 35 (13.01%) Service Design
20 32 (11.90%) Social Media
21 30 (11.15%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
22 29 (10.78%) Problem-Solving
23 28 (10.41%) Degree
23 28 (10.41%) InDesign

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 11 (4.09%) CMS
2 9 (3.35%) WordPress
3 7 (2.60%) SharePoint
4 3 (1.12%) Drupal
5 2 (0.74%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.74%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.37%) Confluence
6 1 (0.37%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.37%) Joomla!
Applications
1 44 (16.36%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 39 (14.50%) Photoshop
3 38 (14.13%) Adobe Illustrator
4 28 (10.41%) InDesign
5 25 (9.29%) Adobe XD
6 18 (6.69%) Sketch
7 14 (5.20%) Adobe After Effects
8 7 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 6 (2.23%) Adobe Premiere
10 5 (1.86%) AutoCAD
10 5 (1.86%) UserZoom
11 4 (1.49%) QuarkXPress
12 3 (1.12%) Adobe Captivate
12 3 (1.12%) Chatbot
12 3 (1.12%) CINEMA 4D
12 3 (1.12%) Revit
13 2 (0.74%) InVision
13 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Excel
13 2 (0.74%) Microsoft Office
14 1 (0.37%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 78 (29.00%) Figma
2 20 (7.43%) SaaS
3 16 (5.95%) Azure
4 7 (2.60%) PaaS
5 6 (2.23%) AWS
5 6 (2.23%) Google Analytics
6 5 (1.86%) GCP
7 4 (1.49%) Miro
8 3 (1.12%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 3 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.12%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.74%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (0.74%) Azure Synapse Analytics
9 2 (0.74%) Canva
9 2 (0.74%) ChatGPT
10 1 (0.37%) Amazon Cognito
10 1 (0.37%) Anthropic Claude
10 1 (0.37%) Azure API Management
10 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Copilot
10 1 (0.37%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 39 (14.50%) Cisco ISE
2 11 (4.09%) Firewall
3 8 (2.97%) BGP
3 8 (2.97%) EIGRP
3 8 (2.97%) Network Security
3 8 (2.97%) OSPF
4 3 (1.12%) Ethernet
4 3 (1.12%) LAN
4 3 (1.12%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.12%) WAN
5 2 (0.74%) ADSL2
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.74%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (0.74%) Metadata
1 2 (0.74%) Power BI
2 1 (0.37%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.37%) DynamoDB
2 1 (0.37%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.37%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 7 (2.60%) Axure RP
2 6 (2.23%) Balsamiq
3 2 (0.74%) ER Studio
3 2 (0.74%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.37%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.37%) JIRA
4 1 (0.37%) Storybook
4 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 74 (27.51%) Social Skills
2 49 (18.22%) Marketing
3 43 (15.99%) Finance
4 20 (7.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 19 (7.06%) Public Sector
6 16 (5.95%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (5.58%) Law
8 12 (4.46%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (3.72%) Advertising
9 10 (3.72%) Retail
10 9 (3.35%) Legal
11 7 (2.60%) Automotive
11 7 (2.60%) Banking
12 6 (2.23%) Influencing Skills
13 5 (1.86%) Games
13 5 (1.86%) Multimedia
13 5 (1.86%) Organisational Skills
14 4 (1.49%) Publishing
15 3 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
16 2 (0.74%) Brand Awareness
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (10.41%) HTML
2 25 (9.29%) CSS
3 7 (2.60%) .NET
4 5 (1.86%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.12%) jQuery
5 3 (1.12%) JSON
6 2 (0.74%) HTML5
7 1 (0.37%) ADO
7 1 (0.37%) Bootstrap
7 1 (0.37%) CSS3
7 1 (0.37%) DCOM
7 1 (0.37%) DOM
7 1 (0.37%) EDI
7 1 (0.37%) Flash
7 1 (0.37%) Kendo UI
7 1 (0.37%) Node.js
7 1 (0.37%) OAuth
7 1 (0.37%) OAuth2
7 1 (0.37%) OpenID
7 1 (0.37%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 32 (11.90%) Social Media
2 26 (9.67%) Product Ownership
3 22 (8.18%) Graphic Design
4 21 (7.81%) Animation
5 15 (5.58%) Mobile App
6 12 (4.46%) Video Editing
7 9 (3.35%) Motion Graphics
8 6 (2.23%) e-Learning
9 5 (1.86%) Digital Media
9 5 (1.86%) Hackathon
10 4 (1.49%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.49%) Photography
10 4 (1.49%) Public Cloud
10 4 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.12%) FPGA
11 3 (1.12%) Home Automation
11 3 (1.12%) Learning Management System
11 3 (1.12%) Management Information System
11 3 (1.12%) Verilog
11 3 (1.12%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.32%) Windows
2 15 (5.58%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.86%) Android
3 5 (1.86%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (39.03%) User Experience
2 80 (29.74%) UX Design
3 60 (22.30%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 55 (20.45%) User Research
5 54 (20.07%) Agile
6 47 (17.47%) Wireframes
7 41 (15.24%) Prototyping
8 36 (13.38%) Network Management
9 35 (13.01%) Service Design
10 30 (11.15%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
11 29 (10.78%) Problem-Solving
12 27 (10.04%) Usability Testing
13 25 (9.29%) Typography
14 23 (8.55%) Design Thinking
15 22 (8.18%) Analytics
16 21 (7.81%) Creative Thinking
16 21 (7.81%) Workshop Facilitation
17 20 (7.43%) Customer Experience
17 20 (7.43%) Journey Map
17 20 (7.43%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 24 (8.92%) JavaScript
2 6 (2.23%) Python
3 5 (1.86%) C#
3 5 (1.86%) SQL
4 3 (1.12%) C++
5 2 (0.74%) PHP
6 1 (0.37%) C
6 1 (0.37%) SystemVerilog
6 1 (0.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 83 (30.86%) Security Cleared
2 42 (15.61%) SC Cleared
3 28 (10.41%) Degree
4 24 (8.92%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.49%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.49%) HNC
5 4 (1.49%) HND
6 3 (1.12%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.74%) Azure Certification
8 1 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.37%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (17.84%) Accessibility
2 11 (4.09%) WCAG
3 5 (1.86%) COBIT
3 5 (1.86%) QA
4 2 (0.74%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.37%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (1.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (4.09%) FortiGate
2 3 (1.12%) Ansible
2 3 (1.12%) Terraform
3 1 (0.37%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 83 (30.86%) Adobe
2 49 (18.22%) Cisco
3 44 (16.36%) Juniper
4 39 (14.50%) VMware
5 36 (13.38%) SevOne
6 16 (5.95%) Forcepoint
7 10 (3.72%) Google
7 10 (3.72%) Microsoft
8 8 (2.97%) Fortinet
9 3 (1.12%) Blue Coat
9 3 (1.12%) CheckPoint
9 3 (1.12%) F5
9 3 (1.12%) Guidewire
9 3 (1.12%) PayPal
10 2 (0.74%) BMC
10 2 (0.74%) Databricks
10 2 (0.74%) Facebook
10 2 (0.74%) Instagram
11 1 (0.37%) Bloomberg
11 1 (0.37%) Intel