Designer Job Trends in England

Designer
UK > England

The median Designer salary in England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 December 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 358 346
Rank change year-on-year +53 -12 -82
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 351 359 355
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.68% 0.72% 0.79%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.74% 0.78% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 276 187 274
10th Percentile £29,750 £40,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,465 £54,250
Median % change year-on-year -14.48% +7.77% -9.58%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £74,354 £89,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +2.80% -9.34%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 47,143 46,289 42,955
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.66% 92.98% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 29,526 24,707 33,707
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,200 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,000 £79,875
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Designer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Designer job vacancy trend in England

Designer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in England

Designer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer in England over the 6 months to 31 December 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 31 December 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 +79 157 £52,500 -4.55% 143
North of England -8 60 £57,500 +9.52% 211
South East +23 40 £45,000 -25.00% 237
Midlands +13 36 £50,000 -16.67% 157
West Midlands +10 28 £61,000 +1.67% 86
North West +8 28 £57,500 +27.78% 111
Yorkshire -5 26 £72,500 +38.10% 88
South West +22 23 £35,000 -12.50% 104
East of England +13 15 £75,000 +25.00% 152
East Midlands -1 8 £40,000 -5.91% 61
North East +8 6 £50,000 -14.48% 13
Designer
UK

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 31 December 2025, 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 England region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 156 (44.44%) User Experience
2 115 (32.76%) Figma
3 113 (32.19%) Adobe
4 112 (31.91%) UX Design
5 104 (29.63%) User Research
6 95 (27.07%) Agile
7 93 (26.50%) Accessibility
8 84 (23.93%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 77 (21.94%) Service Design
10 72 (20.51%) Prototyping
11 65 (18.52%) Degree
12 62 (17.66%) Wireframes
13 57 (16.24%) Security Cleared
14 56 (15.95%) Usability Testing
15 55 (15.67%) SC Cleared
16 54 (15.38%) Adobe XD
17 51 (14.53%) Analytics
18 50 (14.25%) CSS
18 50 (14.25%) HTML
18 50 (14.25%) WCAG
19 46 (13.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
20 40 (11.40%) Inclusive Design
20 40 (11.40%) Interaction Design
21 36 (10.26%) Workshop Facilitation
22 34 (9.69%) Stakeholder Management
23 33 (9.40%) Photoshop
24 32 (9.12%) AI
24 32 (9.12%) JavaScript
24 32 (9.12%) Sketch
25 31 (8.83%) Mentoring

Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (2.56%) WordPress
2 8 (2.28%) Confluence
3 5 (1.42%) CMS
4 3 (0.85%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 54 (15.38%) Adobe XD
2 46 (13.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 33 (9.40%) Photoshop
4 32 (9.12%) Sketch
5 27 (7.69%) InDesign
6 25 (7.12%) Adobe Illustrator
7 11 (3.13%) AutoCAD
7 11 (3.13%) InVision
8 10 (2.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 5 (1.42%) Adobe After Effects
10 4 (1.14%) 3ds Max
10 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Excel
11 3 (0.85%) Microsoft Office
12 2 (0.57%) Adobe Premiere
12 2 (0.57%) CINEMA 4D
13 1 (0.28%) Camtasia
13 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
13 1 (0.28%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 115 (32.76%) Figma
2 21 (5.98%) SaaS
3 17 (4.84%) Miro
4 12 (3.42%) Azure
5 10 (2.85%) AWS
5 10 (2.85%) Google Analytics
6 8 (2.28%) Canva
6 8 (2.28%) GitHub
7 5 (1.42%) Boomi
7 5 (1.42%) Heroku
8 4 (1.14%) Adobe Analytics
8 4 (1.14%) Microsoft 365
9 3 (0.85%) GitHub Copilot
9 3 (0.85%) MailChimp
10 2 (0.57%) Adobe Creative Cloud
10 2 (0.57%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.57%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 2 (0.57%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 1 (0.28%) AWS Lambda
11 1 (0.28%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.28%) SD-WAN
1 8 (2.28%) WAN
2 7 (1.99%) Broadband
3 6 (1.71%) Wireless
4 5 (1.42%) Firewall
4 5 (1.42%) LAN
4 5 (1.42%) WebEx
5 3 (0.85%) Internet
5 3 (0.85%) WLAN
6 2 (0.57%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.28%) Amazon RDS
1 1 (0.28%) GIS
1 1 (0.28%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 27 (7.69%) Axure RP
2 24 (6.84%) Balsamiq
3 7 (1.99%) JIRA
4 3 (0.85%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.28%) Storybook
General
1 85 (24.22%) Social Skills
2 53 (15.10%) Marketing
3 50 (14.25%) Public Sector
4 34 (9.69%) Law
5 33 (9.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 32 (9.12%) Retail
7 21 (5.98%) Legal
8 17 (4.84%) Finance
9 13 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
10 11 (3.13%) Banking
11 10 (2.85%) Documentation Skills
12 9 (2.56%) Aerospace
12 9 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
13 8 (2.28%) Organisational Skills
13 8 (2.28%) Publishing
14 7 (1.99%) Telecoms
15 6 (1.71%) Advertising
15 6 (1.71%) Arabic Language
15 6 (1.71%) Dutch Language
15 6 (1.71%) Mandarin Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (14.25%) CSS
1 50 (14.25%) HTML
2 5 (1.42%) Material Design
2 5 (1.42%) Node.js
2 5 (1.42%) Semantic HTML
3 4 (1.14%) Blazor
4 3 (0.85%) .NET
4 3 (0.85%) Bootstrap
4 3 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
4 3 (0.85%) Tailwind CSS
4 3 (0.85%) WebAssembly
5 2 (0.57%) Framer.js
6 1 (0.28%) OpenAPI
6 1 (0.28%) React Native
6 1 (0.28%) Sass
6 1 (0.28%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 37 (10.54%) Product Ownership
2 35 (9.97%) Graphic Design
3 26 (7.41%) Social Media
4 21 (5.98%) Motion Graphics
5 14 (3.99%) Mobile App
6 10 (2.85%) Animation
7 9 (2.56%) FPGA
7 9 (2.56%) Onboarding
8 8 (2.28%) Video Editing
9 7 (1.99%) Home Automation
9 7 (1.99%) Smart Home
10 6 (1.71%) 3D Graphics
11 4 (1.14%) Blog
12 3 (0.85%) e-Learning
12 3 (0.85%) Learning Management System
12 3 (0.85%) Web Conferencing
13 2 (0.57%) AI Agents
13 2 (0.57%) Cloud Native
13 2 (0.57%) Legacy Systems
13 2 (0.57%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.42%) Android
1 12 (3.42%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 156 (44.44%) User Experience
2 112 (31.91%) UX Design
3 104 (29.63%) User Research
4 95 (27.07%) Agile
5 84 (23.93%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 77 (21.94%) Service Design
7 72 (20.51%) Prototyping
8 62 (17.66%) Wireframes
9 56 (15.95%) Usability Testing
10 51 (14.53%) Analytics
11 40 (11.40%) Inclusive Design
11 40 (11.40%) Interaction Design
12 36 (10.26%) Workshop Facilitation
13 34 (9.69%) Stakeholder Management
14 32 (9.12%) AI
15 31 (8.83%) Mentoring
16 26 (7.41%) Community of Practice
16 26 (7.41%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
16 26 (7.41%) Problem-Solving
17 24 (6.84%) Design Thinking
Programming Languages
1 32 (9.12%) JavaScript
2 4 (1.14%) C#
3 1 (0.28%) SQL
Qualifications
1 65 (18.52%) Degree
2 57 (16.24%) Security Cleared
3 55 (15.67%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.56%) CISM
4 9 (2.56%) CISSP
5 5 (1.42%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (0.85%) HND
6 3 (0.85%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.28%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.28%) CCNA
7 1 (0.28%) CCNP
7 1 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.28%) IIBA
7 1 (0.28%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.28%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 93 (26.50%) Accessibility
2 50 (14.25%) WCAG
3 6 (1.71%) ISO 9001
4 3 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.85%) Section 508
5 2 (0.57%) GDPR
5 2 (0.57%) QA
System Software
1 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.28%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 113 (32.19%) Adobe
2 22 (6.27%) Microsoft
3 14 (3.99%) Google
4 7 (1.99%) Cisco
4 7 (1.99%) Fortinet
5 5 (1.42%) Informatica
5 5 (1.42%) Juniper
5 5 (1.42%) MuleSoft
6 4 (1.14%) Aruba
6 4 (1.14%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.85%) Hotjar
7 3 (0.85%) Oracle
8 2 (0.57%) Extreme Networks
8 2 (0.57%) HubSpot
8 2 (0.57%) Marketo
8 2 (0.57%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
9 1 (0.28%) Atlassian
9 1 (0.28%) Guidewire
9 1 (0.28%) Pega
9 1 (0.28%) Sitecore