UX Designer Jobs in England

User Experience Designer
UK > England

The median User Experience Designer salary in England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 630 678 602
Rank change year-on-year +48 -76 -143
Permanent jobs requiring a UX Designer 61 166 332
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.12% 0.19% 0.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.14% 0.20% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 36 108 260
10th Percentile £40,000 £30,575 £41,250
25th Percentile £42,250 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £49,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.01% -17.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £64,063 £61,563 £75,000
90th Percentile £68,750 £70,375 £82,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -16.67% +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 44,665 81,175 81,176
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.55% 91.50%
Number of salaries quoted 24,293 60,496 51,517
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,519 £100,000
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -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 16 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 16 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 +86 28 £50,000 -20.00% 98
North of England +29 13 £43,750 -2.78% 21
Yorkshire +62 6 £45,000 -12.20% 6
East of England +33 6 £55,000 +22.22% 3
West Midlands +48 5 £60,000 +26.32% 1
Midlands +40 5 £60,000 +26.32% 5
North West -7 5 £42,500 -5.56% 13
South West +101 4 £48,750 -2.50% 8
South East +79 2 £51,250 +2.50% 29
North East +42 2 £35,500 -29.00% 2
UX Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 61 (100.00%) UX Design
1 61 (100.00%) User Experience
2 44 (72.13%) Figma
3 36 (59.02%) Wireframes
4 32 (52.46%) User Research
5 29 (47.54%) Social Skills
6 24 (39.34%) Adobe
7 23 (37.70%) Adobe XD
8 22 (36.07%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 21 (34.43%) Accessibility
10 20 (32.79%) Usability Testing
10 20 (32.79%) Prototyping
10 20 (32.79%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
11 18 (29.51%) Agile
11 18 (29.51%) HTML
11 18 (29.51%) CSS
11 18 (29.51%) Sketch
12 16 (26.23%) Finance
13 13 (21.31%) Analytics
14 12 (19.67%) JavaScript
14 12 (19.67%) Workshop Facilitation
14 12 (19.67%) Problem-Solving
15 11 (18.03%) Interaction Design
16 10 (16.39%) Front End Development
17 9 (14.75%) Degree
17 9 (14.75%) Customer Experience
17 9 (14.75%) Product Ownership
18 8 (13.11%) Journey Map
18 8 (13.11%) Design Thinking
18 8 (13.11%) Fintech

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 3 (4.92%) CMS
2 2 (3.28%) Drupal
3 1 (1.64%) Confluence
Applications
1 23 (37.70%) Adobe XD
2 18 (29.51%) Sketch
3 3 (4.92%) UserZoom
4 2 (3.28%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (3.28%) InVision
5 1 (1.64%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (1.64%) Notion
5 1 (1.64%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 44 (72.13%) Figma
2 8 (13.11%) SaaS
3 4 (6.56%) Google Analytics
4 1 (1.64%) AWS
Development Applications
1 2 (3.28%) Axure RP
1 2 (3.28%) Balsamiq
2 1 (1.64%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (1.64%) JIRA
2 1 (1.64%) Visual Studio
General
1 29 (47.54%) Social Skills
2 16 (26.23%) Finance
3 7 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (11.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 6 (9.84%) Marketing
5 5 (8.20%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (6.56%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (4.92%) Automotive
7 3 (4.92%) Documentation Skills
7 3 (4.92%) Games
7 3 (4.92%) Law
8 2 (3.28%) Advertising
8 2 (3.28%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.64%) Humanities
9 1 (1.64%) Legal
9 1 (1.64%) Retail
9 1 (1.64%) Social Science
9 1 (1.64%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (29.51%) CSS
1 18 (29.51%) HTML
2 1 (1.64%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.75%) Product Ownership
2 8 (13.11%) Mobile App
3 3 (4.92%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (4.92%) Animation
3 3 (4.92%) Hackathon
3 3 (4.92%) Video Editing
4 2 (3.28%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.28%) PropTech
5 1 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.64%) EPoS
5 1 (1.64%) Graphic Design
5 1 (1.64%) Online Games
5 1 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.64%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.84%) Android
1 6 (9.84%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (100.00%) User Experience
1 61 (100.00%) UX Design
2 36 (59.02%) Wireframes
3 32 (52.46%) User Research
4 22 (36.07%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 20 (32.79%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
5 20 (32.79%) Prototyping
5 20 (32.79%) Usability Testing
6 18 (29.51%) Agile
7 13 (21.31%) Analytics
8 12 (19.67%) Problem-Solving
8 12 (19.67%) Workshop Facilitation
9 11 (18.03%) Interaction Design
10 10 (16.39%) Front End Development
11 9 (14.75%) Customer Experience
12 8 (13.11%) Design Thinking
12 8 (13.11%) Fintech
12 8 (13.11%) Journey Map
13 7 (11.48%) Creative Thinking
13 7 (11.48%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 12 (19.67%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.64%) C#
Qualifications
1 9 (14.75%) Degree
2 5 (8.20%) Security Cleared
3 4 (6.56%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.92%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (1.64%) DBS Check
5 1 (1.64%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.64%) Master's Degree
5 1 (1.64%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (34.43%) Accessibility
2 6 (9.84%) WCAG
Vendors
1 24 (39.34%) Adobe
2 5 (8.20%) Google
3 3 (4.92%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.64%) Hotjar