Senior Designer Job Trends in England

Senior Designer
UK > England

The median Senior Designer salary in England is £65,408 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 548 609 575
Rank change year-on-year +61 -34 +90
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Designer 52 67 91
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.100% 0.14% 0.20%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.15% 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 34 45 73
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,200 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £42,500 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,408 £58,465 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +11.88% -13.39% -3.57%
75th Percentile £85,000 £65,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,125 £73,750 £90,000
UK median annual salary £65,408 £58,465 £65,000
% change year-on-year +11.88% -10.05% -7.14%

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 47,162 46,092 43,112
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.67% 92.95% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 29,558 24,542 33,827
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,205 £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 £79,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Senior Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Senior Designer job vacancy trend in England

Senior Designer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Senior Designer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Designer job vacancies in England

Senior Designer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Designer in England over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Senior Designer in England

Senior 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 Senior Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 January 2026. 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 +24 25 £62,500 +10.62% 24
North of England +18 8 £70,000 +19.73% 7
East of England +21 7 £85,000 +54.55% 3
Yorkshire -3 7 £70,000 +19.73% 2
South East - 5 £47,500 - 8
South West +9 4 £65,000 +52.90% 4
Midlands +16 1 £65,000 +52.90% 2
West Midlands +15 1 £65,000 +28.74% 2
North East +6 1 £70,000 +18.18%
Senior Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Senior 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 Senior Designer in the job title.

1 24 (46.15%) User Experience
2 22 (42.31%) Figma
3 17 (32.69%) Adobe
3 17 (32.69%) UX Design
4 13 (25.00%) User Research
5 12 (23.08%) Service Design
6 11 (21.15%) Usability Testing
7 10 (19.23%) Accessibility
7 10 (19.23%) Typography
7 10 (19.23%) WCAG
8 9 (17.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 9 (17.31%) Wireframes
9 8 (15.38%) Agile
9 8 (15.38%) Interaction Design
9 8 (15.38%) Mentoring
9 8 (15.38%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 7 (13.46%) CSS
10 7 (13.46%) HTML
10 7 (13.46%) Sketch
11 6 (11.54%) Android
11 6 (11.54%) Apple iOS
11 6 (11.54%) FPGA Design
11 6 (11.54%) Prototyping
11 6 (11.54%) UX Research
12 5 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
12 5 (9.62%) Strategic Thinking
13 4 (7.69%) Adobe XD
13 4 (7.69%) Customer Experience
13 4 (7.69%) Fintech
13 4 (7.69%) Inclusive Design

Senior 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 2 (3.85%) CMS
1 2 (3.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (17.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 7 (13.46%) Sketch
3 4 (7.69%) Adobe XD
4 2 (3.85%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (3.85%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (3.85%) CINEMA 4D
4 2 (3.85%) InDesign
4 2 (3.85%) InVision
4 2 (3.85%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 22 (42.31%) Figma
2 2 (3.85%) Adobe Analytics
2 2 (3.85%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.77%) Broadband
2 2 (3.85%) Internet
General
1 10 (19.23%) Social Skills
2 7 (13.46%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (9.62%) Aerospace
4 3 (5.77%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (3.85%) Advertising
5 2 (3.85%) Games
5 2 (3.85%) Marketing
5 2 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (3.85%) Public Sector
5 2 (3.85%) Retail
6 1 (1.92%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.92%) Finance
6 1 (1.92%) Police
6 1 (1.92%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (13.46%) CSS
1 7 (13.46%) HTML
2 4 (7.69%) Semantic HTML
3 2 (3.85%) Framer.js
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.54%) FPGA
2 5 (9.62%) Mobile App
3 3 (5.77%) Blog
3 3 (5.77%) Graphic Design
4 2 (3.85%) Animation
4 2 (3.85%) Motion Graphics
4 2 (3.85%) Social Media
5 1 (1.92%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.92%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.92%) Podcast
5 1 (1.92%) Verilog
5 1 (1.92%) VHDL
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.54%) Android
1 6 (11.54%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (46.15%) User Experience
2 17 (32.69%) UX Design
3 13 (25.00%) User Research
4 12 (23.08%) Service Design
5 11 (21.15%) Usability Testing
6 10 (19.23%) Typography
7 9 (17.31%) Wireframes
8 8 (15.38%) Agile
8 8 (15.38%) Interaction Design
8 8 (15.38%) Mentoring
8 8 (15.38%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 6 (11.54%) FPGA Design
9 6 (11.54%) Prototyping
9 6 (11.54%) UX Research
10 5 (9.62%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (9.62%) Strategic Thinking
11 4 (7.69%) Customer Experience
11 4 (7.69%) Microinteractions
11 4 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (7.69%) Stakeholder Management
Qualifications
1 3 (5.77%) Degree
2 2 (3.85%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (19.23%) Accessibility
1 10 (19.23%) WCAG
2 3 (5.77%) Section 508
Vendors
1 17 (32.69%) Adobe
2 1 (1.92%) Microsoft