UX Designer Jobs in England

User Experience Designer
UK > England

The median User Experience Designer salary in England is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 630 681 614
Rank change year-on-year +51 -67 -154
Permanent jobs requiring a UX Designer 49 169 316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.099% 0.19% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.11% 0.20% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 25 108 245
10th Percentile £41,250 £29,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £40,938 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.99% -19.58% +9.09%
75th Percentile £77,500 £59,063 £72,500
90th Percentile £84,750 £67,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £49,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +17.35% -18.33% +9.09%

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 44,774 85,031 77,815
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.79% 94.67% 91.36%
Number of salaries quoted 23,692 62,917 50,230
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,066 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.32% +0.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for UX Designer in England

UX Designer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for UX Designer in England

UX Designer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing UX Designer in England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for UX Designer in England

UX 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 UX Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 31 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 +89 29 £61,250 +2.08% 65
North of England +7 7 £55,000 +22.22% 15
West Midlands +47 5 £60,000 +26.32% 4
Midlands +41 5 £60,000 +26.32% 6
North West -14 5 £55,000 +22.22% 9
East of England +37 3 £60,000 +33.33% 1
Yorkshire +45 2 £50,000 -2.44% 5
South West +100 1 £42,500 - 4
South East +55 1 £42,500 -15.00% 10
UX Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, UX 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 UX Designer in the job title.

1 49 (100.00%) UX Design
1 49 (100.00%) User Experience
2 38 (77.55%) Figma
3 25 (51.02%) User Research
3 25 (51.02%) Wireframes
4 21 (42.86%) Social Skills
5 20 (40.82%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 19 (38.78%) Usability Testing
7 17 (34.69%) Accessibility
8 16 (32.65%) Finance
8 16 (32.65%) Prototyping
9 15 (30.61%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
9 15 (30.61%) Agile
10 14 (28.57%) Adobe
10 14 (28.57%) Adobe XD
11 13 (26.53%) Sketch
12 11 (22.45%) Customer Experience
12 11 (22.45%) CSS
12 11 (22.45%) Analytics
13 10 (20.41%) HTML
13 10 (20.41%) Workshop Facilitation
14 9 (18.37%) Product Ownership
14 9 (18.37%) Journey Map
14 9 (18.37%) SaaS
15 8 (16.33%) Mobile App
15 8 (16.33%) Design Thinking
15 8 (16.33%) Interaction Design
16 7 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 7 (14.29%) Responsive Web Design
16 7 (14.29%) Front End Development

UX 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 2 (4.08%) CMS
1 2 (4.08%) Drupal
Applications
1 14 (28.57%) Adobe XD
2 13 (26.53%) Sketch
3 4 (8.16%) UserZoom
4 2 (4.08%) InVision
Cloud Services
1 38 (77.55%) Figma
2 9 (18.37%) SaaS
3 4 (8.16%) Google Analytics
4 2 (4.08%) AWS
Development Applications
1 3 (6.12%) Axure RP
2 2 (4.08%) Balsamiq
3 1 (2.04%) Browser DevTools
3 1 (2.04%) Storybook
3 1 (2.04%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 16 (32.65%) Finance
3 7 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 7 (14.29%) Marketing
4 4 (8.16%) Influencing Skills
4 4 (8.16%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (6.12%) Automotive
5 3 (6.12%) Documentation Skills
5 3 (6.12%) Games
6 2 (4.08%) Advertising
6 2 (4.08%) Banking
6 2 (4.08%) Law
6 2 (4.08%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.04%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (2.04%) Health Technology
7 1 (2.04%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.04%) Legal
7 1 (2.04%) Retail
7 1 (2.04%) Retail Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (22.45%) CSS
2 10 (20.41%) HTML
3 1 (2.04%) EDI
3 1 (2.04%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 9 (18.37%) Product Ownership
2 8 (16.33%) Mobile App
3 3 (6.12%) Animation
3 3 (6.12%) Hackathon
3 3 (6.12%) Video Editing
4 2 (4.08%) Graphic Design
4 2 (4.08%) Onboarding
4 2 (4.08%) PropTech
5 1 (2.04%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (2.04%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.04%) Online Games
5 1 (2.04%) Public Cloud
5 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (2.04%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.20%) Android
1 5 (10.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (100.00%) User Experience
1 49 (100.00%) UX Design
2 25 (51.02%) User Research
2 25 (51.02%) Wireframes
3 20 (40.82%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 19 (38.78%) Usability Testing
5 16 (32.65%) Prototyping
6 15 (30.61%) Agile
6 15 (30.61%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
7 11 (22.45%) Analytics
7 11 (22.45%) Customer Experience
8 10 (20.41%) Workshop Facilitation
9 9 (18.37%) Journey Map
10 8 (16.33%) Design Thinking
10 8 (16.33%) Interaction Design
11 7 (14.29%) Fintech
11 7 (14.29%) Front End Development
11 7 (14.29%) Responsive Web Design
12 6 (12.24%) B2B
12 6 (12.24%) Typography
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.20%) JavaScript
2 1 (2.04%) C#
Qualifications
1 7 (14.29%) Degree
2 5 (10.20%) Security Cleared
3 4 (8.16%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.04%) DBS Check
4 1 (2.04%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.04%) Master's Degree
4 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (34.69%) Accessibility
2 7 (14.29%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (2.04%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (28.57%) Adobe
2 4 (8.16%) Google
3 3 (6.12%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.04%) ForgeRock
4 1 (2.04%) Guidewire
4 1 (2.04%) Hotjar
4 1 (2.04%) Oracle
4 1 (2.04%) Pega
4 1 (2.04%) Sitecore