Senior Designer Jobs in England

Senior Designer
UK > England

The median Senior Designer salary in England is £57,965 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 7 May 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 657 680 565
Rank change year-on-year +23 -115 +143
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Designer 179 250 734
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.28% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.30% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 134 209 254
10th Percentile £42,875 £49,070 £45,000
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.19% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £62,500 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,965 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -17.19% - +16.67%

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 80,478 82,732 127,934
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,133 52,417 75,087
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,725 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,822 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured Senior Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Senior Designer in England

Senior Designer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Designer in England.

Salary trend for Senior Designer in England

Senior Designer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Designer in England over the 6 months to 7 May 2024.

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 7 May 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
North of England +91 65 £57,965 +31.67% 12
London +5 58 £60,000 -14.29% 51
North West +26 29 £57,965 +31.67% 8
Yorkshire +102 22 £57,965 +15.93% 4
Midlands +15 22 £57,965 - 10
West Midlands +26 18 £57,965 - 8
South East +32 17 £42,500 -43.33% 5
South West -33 14 £52,500 -4.55% 4
North East - 14 £57,965 - 1
East Midlands - 4 - - 2
East of England +4 2 £77,500 +10.71% 1
Senior Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 7 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Designer in the job title.

1 82 (45.81%) Coaching
2 62 (34.64%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 61 (34.08%) User Experience
4 58 (32.40%) Mentoring
5 55 (30.73%) UX Design
6 53 (29.61%) Prototyping
7 51 (28.49%) Accessibility
8 49 (27.37%) Figma
9 48 (26.82%) Agile
10 47 (26.26%) Design Patterns
11 45 (25.14%) WCAG
12 44 (24.58%) HTML
12 44 (24.58%) Problem-Solving
13 40 (22.35%) Product Ownership
14 38 (21.23%) Workshop Facilitation
15 37 (20.67%) Journey Map
16 36 (20.11%) Sketch
17 34 (18.99%) Community of Practice
17 34 (18.99%) Content Strategy
17 34 (18.99%) User Stories
18 33 (18.44%) Security Cleared
19 31 (17.32%) Adobe
19 31 (17.32%) Actionable Insight
19 31 (17.32%) Customer Experience
20 29 (16.20%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
20 29 (16.20%) SC Cleared
21 28 (15.64%) Heroku
21 28 (15.64%) Stakeholder Management
21 28 (15.64%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
21 28 (15.64%) Sprint Review

Senior 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 6 (3.35%) WordPress
2 1 (0.56%) CMS
Applications
1 36 (20.11%) Sketch
2 16 (8.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 10 (5.59%) Adobe Illustrator
4 8 (4.47%) InDesign
4 8 (4.47%) Photoshop
5 7 (3.91%) Microsoft Excel
5 7 (3.91%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (3.35%) 3ds Max
7 5 (2.79%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (2.23%) Adobe XD
8 4 (2.23%) AutoCAD
8 4 (2.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 3 (1.68%) SketchUp
10 2 (1.12%) Final Cut Pro
11 1 (0.56%) Acrobat
11 1 (0.56%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (0.56%) InVision
11 1 (0.56%) Trello
11 1 (0.56%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 49 (27.37%) Figma
2 28 (15.64%) Heroku
2 28 (15.64%) Miro
3 9 (5.03%) SaaS
4 2 (1.12%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (0.56%) AWS
5 1 (0.56%) AWS CloudFormation
5 1 (0.56%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.56%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (0.56%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 1 (0.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.56%) DHCP
1 1 (0.56%) DNS
1 1 (0.56%) HTTP
1 1 (0.56%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.56%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (1.68%) Axure RP
General
1 23 (12.85%) Marketing
2 22 (12.29%) Social Skills
3 18 (10.06%) Public Sector
4 13 (7.26%) Games
5 12 (6.70%) Finance
6 10 (5.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (5.03%) Retail
8 3 (1.68%) Law
8 3 (1.68%) Publishing
9 2 (1.12%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.12%) Legal
9 2 (1.12%) Multimedia
9 2 (1.12%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.56%) Advertising
10 1 (0.56%) Banking
10 1 (0.56%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (24.58%) HTML
2 13 (7.26%) CSS
3 4 (2.23%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 4 (2.23%) Unreal Engine
4 3 (1.68%) EDI
4 3 (1.68%) Next.js
4 3 (1.68%) React
5 1 (0.56%) CarPlay
5 1 (0.56%) OpenID
5 1 (0.56%) SAML
5 1 (0.56%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 40 (22.35%) Product Ownership
2 21 (11.73%) Graphic Design
3 6 (3.35%) Motion Graphics
4 5 (2.79%) Photography
5 4 (2.23%) Cyberattack
5 4 (2.23%) Social Media
6 3 (1.68%) Animation
6 3 (1.68%) Augmented Reality
6 3 (1.68%) Mobile App
7 2 (1.12%) Life Science
7 2 (1.12%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (1.12%) Video Editing
8 1 (0.56%) Cloud Native
8 1 (0.56%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.56%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.56%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.56%) FMCG
8 1 (0.56%) Online Games
8 1 (0.56%) PropTech
8 1 (0.56%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.35%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (45.81%) Coaching
2 62 (34.64%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 61 (34.08%) User Experience
4 58 (32.40%) Mentoring
5 55 (30.73%) UX Design
6 53 (29.61%) Prototyping
7 48 (26.82%) Agile
8 47 (26.26%) Design Patterns
9 44 (24.58%) Problem-Solving
10 38 (21.23%) Workshop Facilitation
11 37 (20.67%) Journey Map
12 34 (18.99%) Community of Practice
12 34 (18.99%) Content Strategy
12 34 (18.99%) User Stories
13 31 (17.32%) Actionable Insight
13 31 (17.32%) Customer Experience
14 29 (16.20%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
15 28 (15.64%) Digital Customer Experience
15 28 (15.64%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
15 28 (15.64%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.35%) JavaScript
2 3 (1.68%) PHP
Qualifications
1 33 (18.44%) Security Cleared
2 29 (16.20%) SC Cleared
3 13 (7.26%) Degree
4 4 (2.23%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.56%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.56%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.56%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (28.49%) Accessibility
2 45 (25.14%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.56%) Terraform
Vendors
1 31 (17.32%) Adobe
2 2 (1.12%) Autodesk
2 2 (1.12%) Vectorworks
3 1 (0.56%) Apple
3 1 (0.56%) Hotjar
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.56%) Salesforce