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 16 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
16 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 425 297 349
Rank change year-on-year -128 +52 -151
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 268 851 765
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.54% 0.88% 0.94%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.60% 0.93% 1.03%
Number of salaries quoted 166 660 584
10th Percentile £38,125 £26,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £46,960 £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 £46,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +19.57% -16.36% -4.35%

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 44,681 91,206 74,157
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.58% 94.64% 91.16%
Number of salaries quoted 23,903 66,421 49,011
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 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -13.22% +0.83%
75th Percentile £73,886 £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 16 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 16 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 +1 110 £50,157 -8.81% 1,397
South East +22 67 £60,000 +50.00% 705
North of England -118 30 £50,000 +11.11% 791
Midlands +7 25 £60,000 +43.63% 456
West Midlands +36 24 £60,000 +29.73% 255
East of England -16 22 £60,000 +30.12% 398
North West -102 14 £52,500 +16.67% 389
Yorkshire +7 12 £50,000 +11.11% 332
South West +65 10 £41,200 -10.43% 291
North East +21 4 £50,000 -13.74% 70
East Midlands +12 1 £40,000 +14.29% 199
Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 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.

1 108 (40.30%) User Experience
2 85 (31.72%) Adobe
3 81 (30.22%) Security Cleared
3 81 (30.22%) UX Design
4 80 (29.85%) Figma
5 74 (27.61%) Social Skills
6 61 (22.76%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 58 (21.64%) User Research
8 57 (21.27%) Agile
9 48 (17.91%) Marketing
9 48 (17.91%) Accessibility
9 48 (17.91%) Wireframes
10 46 (17.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 45 (16.79%) Cisco
12 44 (16.42%) Finance
12 44 (16.42%) SC Cleared
12 44 (16.42%) Prototyping
13 40 (14.93%) Juniper
14 38 (14.18%) Photoshop
14 38 (14.18%) Service Design
15 37 (13.81%) Adobe Illustrator
16 35 (13.06%) VMware
16 35 (13.06%) Cisco ISE
17 32 (11.94%) SevOne
17 32 (11.94%) Network Management
18 31 (11.57%) HTML
19 30 (11.19%) Degree
19 30 (11.19%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
20 29 (10.82%) Problem-Solving
20 29 (10.82%) Usability Testing

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 10 (3.73%) CMS
1 10 (3.73%) WordPress
2 7 (2.61%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.12%) Drupal
4 2 (0.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.75%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.37%) Confluence
5 1 (0.37%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.37%) Joomla!
Applications
1 46 (17.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 38 (14.18%) Photoshop
3 37 (13.81%) Adobe Illustrator
4 29 (10.82%) InDesign
5 27 (10.07%) Adobe XD
6 18 (6.72%) Sketch
7 13 (4.85%) Adobe After Effects
8 8 (2.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 7 (2.61%) AutoCAD
10 6 (2.24%) Adobe Premiere
11 5 (1.87%) UserZoom
12 4 (1.49%) Revit
13 3 (1.12%) Adobe Captivate
13 3 (1.12%) Chatbot
13 3 (1.12%) CINEMA 4D
14 2 (0.75%) InVision
14 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
14 2 (0.75%) Microsoft Office
14 2 (0.75%) QuarkXPress
15 1 (0.37%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 1 (0.37%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 80 (29.85%) Figma
2 20 (7.46%) SaaS
3 16 (5.97%) Azure
4 7 (2.61%) Google Analytics
4 7 (2.61%) PaaS
5 6 (2.24%) AWS
5 6 (2.24%) Miro
6 5 (1.87%) GCP
7 3 (1.12%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.12%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.75%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 2 (0.75%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.75%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (0.75%) Canva
8 2 (0.75%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.37%) Anthropic Claude
9 1 (0.37%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.37%) Serverless
9 1 (0.37%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 35 (13.06%) Cisco ISE
2 11 (4.10%) Firewall
3 8 (2.99%) BGP
3 8 (2.99%) EIGRP
3 8 (2.99%) Network Security
3 8 (2.99%) OSPF
4 3 (1.12%) Ethernet
4 3 (1.12%) LAN
4 3 (1.12%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.12%) WAN
5 2 (0.75%) ADSL2
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (0.75%) Metadata
1 2 (0.75%) 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 9 (3.36%) Axure RP
2 8 (2.99%) Balsamiq
3 2 (0.75%) ER Studio
3 2 (0.75%) 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 (27.61%) Social Skills
2 48 (17.91%) Marketing
3 44 (16.42%) Finance
4 21 (7.84%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 21 (7.84%) Public Sector
5 16 (5.97%) Law
5 16 (5.97%) Presentation Skills
6 13 (4.85%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (3.73%) Retail
8 9 (3.36%) Advertising
8 9 (3.36%) Legal
9 7 (2.61%) Automotive
9 7 (2.61%) Banking
10 6 (2.24%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (1.87%) Games
11 5 (1.87%) Multimedia
11 5 (1.87%) Organisational Skills
12 3 (1.12%) Documentation Skills
12 3 (1.12%) Publishing
13 2 (0.75%) Brand Awareness
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (11.57%) HTML
2 28 (10.45%) CSS
3 7 (2.61%) .NET
4 5 (1.87%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.12%) jQuery
5 3 (1.12%) JSON
6 2 (0.75%) HTML5
7 1 (0.37%) Bootstrap
7 1 (0.37%) CSS3
7 1 (0.37%) DOM
7 1 (0.37%) Flash
7 1 (0.37%) Framer.js
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%) React
7 1 (0.37%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.37%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 29 (10.82%) Social Media
2 28 (10.45%) Product Ownership
3 20 (7.46%) Animation
3 20 (7.46%) Graphic Design
4 15 (5.60%) Mobile App
5 12 (4.48%) Video Editing
6 10 (3.73%) Motion Graphics
7 6 (2.24%) e-Learning
8 5 (1.87%) Hackathon
8 5 (1.87%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.49%) Digital Media
9 4 (1.49%) Home Automation
9 4 (1.49%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.49%) Photography
9 4 (1.49%) Public Cloud
9 4 (1.49%) Smart Home
10 3 (1.12%) FPGA
10 3 (1.12%) Learning Management System
10 3 (1.12%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.12%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 16 (5.97%) Windows
2 14 (5.22%) Windows Server
3 5 (1.87%) Android
3 5 (1.87%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (40.30%) User Experience
2 81 (30.22%) UX Design
3 61 (22.76%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 58 (21.64%) User Research
5 57 (21.27%) Agile
6 48 (17.91%) Wireframes
7 44 (16.42%) Prototyping
8 38 (14.18%) Service Design
9 32 (11.94%) Network Management
10 30 (11.19%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
11 29 (10.82%) Problem-Solving
11 29 (10.82%) Usability Testing
12 26 (9.70%) Typography
13 23 (8.58%) Analytics
13 23 (8.58%) Design Thinking
14 22 (8.21%) Journey Map
14 22 (8.21%) Workshop Facilitation
15 21 (7.84%) Creative Thinking
15 21 (7.84%) Mentoring
15 21 (7.84%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 26 (9.70%) JavaScript
2 6 (2.24%) Python
3 5 (1.87%) C#
3 5 (1.87%) SQL
4 3 (1.12%) C++
5 2 (0.75%) PHP
6 1 (0.37%) C
6 1 (0.37%) SystemVerilog
6 1 (0.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 81 (30.22%) Security Cleared
2 44 (16.42%) SC Cleared
3 30 (11.19%) Degree
4 23 (8.58%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.49%) DBS Check
6 3 (1.12%) AWS Certification
6 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.75%) Azure Certification
7 2 (0.75%) HNC
7 2 (0.75%) HND
8 1 (0.37%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 1 (0.37%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (17.91%) Accessibility
2 13 (4.85%) WCAG
3 5 (1.87%) COBIT
3 5 (1.87%) QA
4 2 (0.75%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.75%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.37%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (1.12%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (4.10%) 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 85 (31.72%) Adobe
2 45 (16.79%) Cisco
3 40 (14.93%) Juniper
4 35 (13.06%) VMware
5 32 (11.94%) SevOne
6 15 (5.60%) Forcepoint
7 11 (4.10%) Google
7 11 (4.10%) Microsoft
8 8 (2.99%) 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 (0.75%) Bloomberg
10 2 (0.75%) BMC
10 2 (0.75%) Databricks
10 2 (0.75%) Facebook
10 2 (0.75%) Instagram
11 1 (0.37%) YouTube