Designer Jobs in England

Designer
UK > England

The median Designer salary in England is £46,110 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 23 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
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 314 335 216
Rank change year-on-year +21 -119 +34
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 759 944 2,415
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.90% 1.00% 1.85%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 1.09% 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 581 676 1,161
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £33,930 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,110 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -23.15% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £60,741 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £83,375 £81,250
UK median annual salary £47,178 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -17.95% - +9.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 79,927 86,214 125,478
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.56% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 59,989 54,425 75,776
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,084 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,433 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £53,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.67% - +9.09%

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 23 April 2024.

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 23 April 2024. 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 -66 219 £57,500 -8.00% 131
North of England +93 207 £45,000 -10.00% 58
South East +68 123 £38,750 -22.50% 40
North West +30 120 £45,000 -3.55% 30
Midlands +76 100 £44,500 -28.80% 28
Yorkshire +100 59 £45,000 -29.41% 26
West Midlands +52 57 £50,000 -23.08% 18
South West +1 55 £46,000 -12.38% 16
East of England +33 52 £40,000 -18.37% 16
East Midlands +23 43 £37,500 -37.50% 11
North East +26 28 £57,965 -3.39% 5
Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 23 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 England region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 287 (37.81%) User Experience
2 249 (32.81%) Adobe
3 238 (31.36%) UX Design
4 190 (25.03%) Figma
5 171 (22.53%) Social Skills
6 170 (22.40%) Prototyping
7 165 (21.74%) Marketing
8 164 (21.61%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 156 (20.55%) Agile
10 144 (18.97%) Accessibility
11 128 (16.86%) Photoshop
12 127 (16.73%) User Research
13 125 (16.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
14 122 (16.07%) HTML
15 120 (15.81%) Adobe Illustrator
16 112 (14.76%) Wireframes
17 107 (14.10%) Sketch
18 106 (13.97%) Coaching
19 105 (13.83%) Security Cleared
20 101 (13.31%) Graphic Design
21 99 (13.04%) Mentoring
22 98 (12.91%) Degree
23 96 (12.65%) Interaction Design
23 96 (12.65%) Problem-Solving
24 89 (11.73%) Customer Experience
25 88 (11.59%) SC Cleared
26 83 (10.94%) Service Design
27 79 (10.41%) Social Media
28 76 (10.01%) InDesign
28 76 (10.01%) Design Patterns

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 29 (3.82%) WordPress
2 10 (1.32%) CMS
3 7 (0.92%) Confluence
4 6 (0.79%) Umbraco
5 4 (0.53%) IBM Domino
6 3 (0.40%) Totara
7 2 (0.26%) SharePoint
7 2 (0.26%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 128 (16.86%) Photoshop
2 125 (16.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 120 (15.81%) Adobe Illustrator
4 107 (14.10%) Sketch
5 76 (10.01%) InDesign
6 53 (6.98%) Adobe After Effects
7 50 (6.59%) Adobe XD
8 33 (4.35%) Adobe Premiere
8 33 (4.35%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 28 (3.69%) Microsoft Office
10 22 (2.90%) Adobe Captivate
10 22 (2.90%) InVision
11 15 (1.98%) CINEMA 4D
12 13 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
13 9 (1.19%) Simulink
13 9 (1.19%) SketchUp
14 7 (0.92%) 3ds Max
15 6 (0.79%) Revit
15 6 (0.79%) Trello
16 5 (0.66%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 4 (0.53%) Magento
1 4 (0.53%) Shopify
2 3 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
2 3 (0.40%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (0.13%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 190 (25.03%) Figma
2 35 (4.61%) Heroku
3 34 (4.48%) Miro
4 32 (4.22%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 27 (3.56%) SaaS
6 10 (1.32%) dbt
7 9 (1.19%) Google Analytics
8 7 (0.92%) Azure
8 7 (0.92%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 7 (0.92%) WhatsApp
9 6 (0.79%) Canva
10 5 (0.66%) AWS
10 5 (0.66%) MailChimp
10 5 (0.66%) Stripe
11 3 (0.40%) OCI
12 2 (0.26%) Asana
12 2 (0.26%) Microsoft 365
12 2 (0.26%) Power Platform
13 1 (0.13%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.13%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.05%) Cisco Firepower
2 6 (0.79%) VPN
3 3 (0.40%) DHCP
3 3 (0.40%) DNS
3 3 (0.40%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (0.26%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.26%) Internet
4 2 (0.26%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (0.26%) SSL
4 2 (0.26%) VSAN
5 1 (0.13%) BGP
5 1 (0.13%) DMVPN
5 1 (0.13%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.13%) HTTP
5 1 (0.13%) Intranet
5 1 (0.13%) OSPF
5 1 (0.13%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.40%) SAP BW
2 2 (0.26%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (0.26%) Power BI
3 1 (0.13%) Geospatial Data
3 1 (0.13%) GIS
Development Applications
1 10 (1.32%) JIRA
2 7 (0.92%) Axure RP
3 5 (0.66%) Git
3 5 (0.66%) Subversion
4 2 (0.26%) WiX
5 1 (0.13%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 171 (22.53%) Social Skills
2 165 (21.74%) Marketing
3 69 (9.09%) Public Sector
4 67 (8.83%) Retail
5 59 (7.77%) Finance
6 41 (5.40%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 37 (4.87%) Organisational Skills
8 35 (4.61%) Advertising
9 32 (4.22%) Games
10 21 (2.77%) Analytical Skills
11 20 (2.64%) Multimedia
12 19 (2.50%) Presentation Skills
13 10 (1.32%) Law
13 10 (1.32%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.32%) Publishing
14 9 (1.19%) Legal
15 8 (1.05%) Automotive
15 8 (1.05%) Influencing Skills
16 6 (0.79%) Back Office
16 6 (0.79%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 122 (16.07%) HTML
2 64 (8.43%) CSS
3 12 (1.58%) HTML5
4 7 (0.92%) React
5 5 (0.66%) Unreal Engine
6 4 (0.53%) Next.js
6 4 (0.53%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 3 (0.40%) EDI
7 3 (0.40%) jQuery
7 3 (0.40%) Sass
8 2 (0.26%) .NET
8 2 (0.26%) SOAP
8 2 (0.26%) SVG
8 2 (0.26%) Vue
8 2 (0.26%) Web Services
9 1 (0.13%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.13%) CarPlay
9 1 (0.13%) OpenID
9 1 (0.13%) SAML
9 1 (0.13%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 101 (13.31%) Graphic Design
2 79 (10.41%) Social Media
3 58 (7.64%) Animation
4 54 (7.11%) Product Ownership
5 33 (4.35%) Motion Graphics
6 28 (3.69%) Mobile App
7 23 (3.03%) e-Learning
8 21 (2.77%) Video Editing
9 18 (2.37%) Photography
10 17 (2.24%) Self-Motivation
11 12 (1.58%) Digital Media
12 10 (1.32%) SCORM
13 9 (1.19%) Blockchain
13 9 (1.19%) Blog
13 9 (1.19%) FPGA
13 9 (1.19%) VHDL
14 7 (0.92%) Cyberattack
15 6 (0.79%) FMCG
16 5 (0.66%) Driving Licence
16 5 (0.66%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 7 (0.92%) Android
2 6 (0.79%) Apple iOS
2 6 (0.79%) Windows
3 2 (0.26%) Linux
3 2 (0.26%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.26%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 287 (37.81%) User Experience
2 238 (31.36%) UX Design
3 170 (22.40%) Prototyping
4 164 (21.61%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 156 (20.55%) Agile
6 127 (16.73%) User Research
7 112 (14.76%) Wireframes
8 106 (13.97%) Coaching
9 99 (13.04%) Mentoring
10 96 (12.65%) Interaction Design
10 96 (12.65%) Problem-Solving
11 89 (11.73%) Customer Experience
12 83 (10.94%) Service Design
13 76 (10.01%) Design Patterns
14 70 (9.22%) Analytics
15 66 (8.70%) Workshop Facilitation
16 58 (7.64%) Actionable Insight
17 54 (7.11%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
18 52 (6.85%) Journey Map
19 51 (6.72%) Typography
Programming Languages
1 31 (4.08%) JavaScript
2 7 (0.92%) R
3 4 (0.53%) C
3 4 (0.53%) PHP
3 4 (0.53%) SystemVerilog
4 3 (0.40%) SQL
4 3 (0.40%) TypeScript
5 2 (0.26%) C#
5 2 (0.26%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.13%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 105 (13.83%) Security Cleared
2 98 (12.91%) Degree
3 88 (11.59%) SC Cleared
4 17 (2.24%) JNCIS
5 9 (1.19%) CIPD
5 9 (1.19%) DV Cleared
6 8 (1.05%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (1.05%) CCNA
6 8 (1.05%) CCNP
6 8 (1.05%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.40%) HND
7 3 (0.40%) Oracle Certification
8 2 (0.26%) AWS Certification
8 2 (0.26%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 2 (0.26%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.13%) Chartered Engineer
9 1 (0.13%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (0.13%) DBS Check
9 1 (0.13%) MCSE
9 1 (0.13%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 144 (18.97%) Accessibility
2 75 (9.88%) WCAG
3 10 (1.32%) GDPR
4 3 (0.40%) GAAP
4 3 (0.40%) IFRS
4 3 (0.40%) NIST
5 1 (0.13%) Data Quality
System Software
1 5 (0.66%) Firmware
2 2 (0.26%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (0.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.26%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.13%) FortiGate
1 1 (0.13%) Terraform
Vendors
1 249 (32.81%) Adobe
2 28 (3.69%) Microsoft
3 20 (2.64%) Juniper
4 10 (1.32%) Google
5 9 (1.19%) Cisco
5 9 (1.19%) Salesforce
6 7 (0.92%) Instagram
7 6 (0.79%) F5
7 6 (0.79%) Facebook
8 5 (0.66%) Vectorworks
9 4 (0.53%) dotdigital
9 4 (0.53%) Intel
9 4 (0.53%) Microsemi
9 4 (0.53%) SAP
9 4 (0.53%) Twitter
9 4 (0.53%) Xilinx
10 3 (0.40%) Apple
10 3 (0.40%) Oracle
10 3 (0.40%) PeopleSoft
10 3 (0.40%) TikTok