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 29 May 2025.

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

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 418 301 352
Rank change year-on-year -117 +51 -149
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 257 801 796
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.53% 0.90% 0.92%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.58% 0.95% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 152 626 594
10th Percentile £40,060 £26,250 £36,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £34,250 £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 £60,741 £72,500
90th Percentile £71,125 £70,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +22.22% -21.74% -

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 44,066 84,104 79,158
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.65% 91.44%
Number of salaries quoted 23,206 62,399 50,596
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £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 29 May 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 29 May 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 +6 102 £50,157 -8.81% 193
South East +40 68 £57,500 +43.75% 513
North of England -128 30 £50,000 +11.11% 382
West Midlands +21 26 £60,000 +29.73% 163
Midlands -13 26 £60,000 +43.63% 309
East of England -10 20 £60,000 +30.12% 247
North West -102 16 £52,500 +16.67% 177
Yorkshire +1 11 £50,000 +11.11% 155
South West +66 7 £42,500 -7.61% 188
North East +16 3 £50,000 -13.74% 51
Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 29 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 England region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 101 (39.30%) User Experience
2 81 (31.52%) Security Cleared
3 75 (29.18%) UX Design
4 73 (28.40%) Figma
5 72 (28.02%) Adobe
6 71 (27.63%) Social Skills
7 61 (23.74%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 51 (19.84%) Cisco
9 49 (19.07%) Agile
10 48 (18.68%) Accessibility
10 48 (18.68%) User Research
11 46 (17.90%) Juniper
12 45 (17.51%) Marketing
13 41 (15.95%) Finance
13 41 (15.95%) Wireframes
14 40 (15.56%) SC Cleared
15 39 (15.18%) Cisco ISE
15 39 (15.18%) VMware
16 38 (14.79%) Prototyping
17 36 (14.01%) SevOne
17 36 (14.01%) Network Management
18 35 (13.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
19 34 (13.23%) Problem-Solving
19 34 (13.23%) Photoshop
20 33 (12.84%) Adobe Illustrator
21 31 (12.06%) Social Media
22 29 (11.28%) Service Design
23 26 (10.12%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
23 26 (10.12%) Product Ownership
23 26 (10.12%) 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 14 (5.45%) CMS
2 7 (2.72%) SharePoint
2 7 (2.72%) WordPress
3 4 (1.56%) Drupal
3 4 (1.56%) IBM Domino
4 2 (0.78%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 2 (0.78%) Umbraco
5 1 (0.39%) Confluence
5 1 (0.39%) Joomla!
Applications
1 35 (13.62%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 34 (13.23%) Photoshop
3 33 (12.84%) Adobe Illustrator
4 23 (8.95%) Adobe XD
4 23 (8.95%) InDesign
5 18 (7.00%) Sketch
6 13 (5.06%) Adobe After Effects
7 5 (1.95%) Adobe Premiere
8 4 (1.56%) CINEMA 4D
8 4 (1.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 4 (1.56%) QuarkXPress
9 3 (1.17%) Chatbot
9 3 (1.17%) UserZoom
10 2 (0.78%) Adobe Captivate
10 2 (0.78%) AutoCAD
10 2 (0.78%) InVision
10 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Excel
10 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Office
11 1 (0.39%) Blender
11 1 (0.39%) Revit
Business Applications
1 1 (0.39%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (0.39%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 73 (28.40%) Figma
2 21 (8.17%) SaaS
3 15 (5.84%) Azure
4 7 (2.72%) PaaS
5 5 (1.95%) Google Analytics
6 4 (1.56%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 4 (1.56%) AWS
6 4 (1.56%) GCP
6 4 (1.56%) Kibo
7 3 (1.17%) Microsoft 365
7 3 (1.17%) Miro
7 3 (1.17%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (0.78%) Azure Synapse Analytics
8 2 (0.78%) ChatGPT
9 1 (0.39%) Anthropic Claude
9 1 (0.39%) Azure API Management
9 1 (0.39%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Copilot
9 1 (0.39%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 39 (15.18%) Cisco ISE
2 11 (4.28%) Firewall
3 8 (3.11%) BGP
3 8 (3.11%) EIGRP
3 8 (3.11%) Network Security
3 8 (3.11%) OSPF
4 4 (1.56%) Internet
5 3 (1.17%) Ethernet
5 3 (1.17%) LAN
5 3 (1.17%) SD-WAN
5 3 (1.17%) WAN
6 2 (0.78%) ADSL2
7 1 (0.39%) Cisco Firepower
7 1 (0.39%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.78%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (0.78%) Metadata
1 2 (0.78%) Power BI
2 1 (0.39%) Amazon Redshift
2 1 (0.39%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 6 (2.33%) Axure RP
2 5 (1.95%) Balsamiq
3 2 (0.78%) ER Studio
3 2 (0.78%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.39%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.39%) JIRA
4 1 (0.39%) Storybook
4 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 71 (27.63%) Social Skills
2 45 (17.51%) Marketing
3 41 (15.95%) Finance
4 23 (8.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 17 (6.61%) Law
6 16 (6.23%) Public Sector
7 15 (5.84%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (4.28%) Analytical Skills
9 10 (3.89%) Advertising
9 10 (3.89%) Legal
10 9 (3.50%) Retail
11 6 (2.33%) Automotive
11 6 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
11 6 (2.33%) Publishing
12 5 (1.95%) Banking
12 5 (1.95%) Organisational Skills
13 4 (1.56%) Games
13 4 (1.56%) Multimedia
14 3 (1.17%) Documentation Skills
15 2 (0.78%) Brand Awareness
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (8.95%) HTML
2 20 (7.78%) CSS
3 7 (2.72%) .NET
4 5 (1.95%) .NET Framework
5 3 (1.17%) jQuery
5 3 (1.17%) JSON
6 2 (0.78%) HTML5
7 1 (0.39%) ADO
7 1 (0.39%) Bootstrap
7 1 (0.39%) CSS3
7 1 (0.39%) DCOM
7 1 (0.39%) DOM
7 1 (0.39%) EDI
7 1 (0.39%) Framer.js
7 1 (0.39%) Kendo UI
7 1 (0.39%) Node.js
7 1 (0.39%) React
7 1 (0.39%) SailPoint
7 1 (0.39%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 31 (12.06%) Social Media
2 26 (10.12%) Product Ownership
3 21 (8.17%) Graphic Design
4 18 (7.00%) Animation
5 13 (5.06%) Mobile App
6 12 (4.67%) Video Editing
7 7 (2.72%) Motion Graphics
8 6 (2.33%) Digital Media
9 5 (1.95%) e-Learning
9 5 (1.95%) Hackathon
10 4 (1.56%) Onboarding
10 4 (1.56%) Public Cloud
11 3 (1.17%) Data Centre
11 3 (1.17%) FPGA
11 3 (1.17%) Learning Management System
11 3 (1.17%) Photography
11 3 (1.17%) Verilog
11 3 (1.17%) VHDL
12 2 (0.78%) Home Automation
12 2 (0.78%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.61%) Windows
2 15 (5.84%) Windows Server
3 9 (3.50%) Android
3 9 (3.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 101 (39.30%) User Experience
2 75 (29.18%) UX Design
3 61 (23.74%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 49 (19.07%) Agile
5 48 (18.68%) User Research
6 41 (15.95%) Wireframes
7 38 (14.79%) Prototyping
8 36 (14.01%) Network Management
9 34 (13.23%) Problem-Solving
10 29 (11.28%) Service Design
11 26 (10.12%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
11 26 (10.12%) Usability Testing
12 25 (9.73%) Analytics
13 23 (8.95%) Design Thinking
14 21 (8.17%) Creative Thinking
15 20 (7.78%) Journey Map
15 20 (7.78%) Typography
15 20 (7.78%) Workshop Facilitation
16 19 (7.39%) Customer Experience
17 18 (7.00%) Interaction Design
Programming Languages
1 22 (8.56%) JavaScript
2 6 (2.33%) Python
3 5 (1.95%) C#
3 5 (1.95%) SQL
4 3 (1.17%) C++
5 2 (0.78%) PHP
6 1 (0.39%) C
6 1 (0.39%) SystemVerilog
6 1 (0.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 81 (31.52%) Security Cleared
2 40 (15.56%) SC Cleared
3 26 (10.12%) Degree
4 24 (9.34%) DV Cleared
5 4 (1.56%) DBS Check
5 4 (1.56%) HNC
5 4 (1.56%) HND
6 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.39%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.39%) Azure Certification
7 1 (0.39%) CCNA
7 1 (0.39%) CCNP
7 1 (0.39%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.39%) JNCIS
7 1 (0.39%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (18.68%) Accessibility
2 11 (4.28%) WCAG
3 5 (1.95%) COBIT
3 5 (1.95%) QA
4 2 (0.78%) ISO 9001
4 2 (0.78%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.39%) GRC
System Software
1 3 (1.17%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 11 (4.28%) FortiGate
2 4 (1.56%) Ansible
3 3 (1.17%) Terraform
4 1 (0.39%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 72 (28.02%) Adobe
2 51 (19.84%) Cisco
3 46 (17.90%) Juniper
4 39 (15.18%) VMware
5 36 (14.01%) SevOne
6 16 (6.23%) Forcepoint
7 9 (3.50%) Google
7 9 (3.50%) Microsoft
8 8 (3.11%) Fortinet
9 4 (1.56%) F5
10 3 (1.17%) Blue Coat
10 3 (1.17%) CheckPoint
10 3 (1.17%) Guidewire
10 3 (1.17%) PayPal
11 2 (0.78%) Databricks
12 1 (0.39%) ForgeRock
12 1 (0.39%) Instagram
12 1 (0.39%) Microsemi
12 1 (0.39%) ServiceNow
12 1 (0.39%) TikTok