UX Designer Jobs in England

User Experience Designer
UK > England

The median User Experience Designer salary in England is £49,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 665 615 459
Rank change year-on-year -50 -156 -21
Permanent jobs requiring a UX Designer 166 339 1,031
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.19% 0.38% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.41% 0.80%
Number of salaries quoted 108 265 485
10th Percentile £30,575 £41,250 £38,100
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +9.09% +3.77%
75th Percentile £63,125 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £70,375 £82,500 £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% +4.76%

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 80,982 82,462 128,831
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.54% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,404 52,476 75,206
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 £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

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 13 May 2024.

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 13 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
London -51 49 £65,000 +4.00% 36
North of England +40 35 £45,000 -5.26% 15
Midlands +20 29 £47,500 +18.75% 9
South East +9 22 £50,000 -4.76% 4
North West -5 18 £45,000 -25.00% 14
East of England +9 16 £45,000 -30.77% 2
East Midlands +4 15 £42,500 -
West Midlands +28 14 £47,500 +18.75% 9
Yorkshire +78 12 £51,250 +17.14% 1
South West -18 12 £50,000 - 2
North East 0 5 £50,000 -
UX Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, 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.

1 166 (100.00%) UX Design
1 166 (100.00%) User Experience
2 103 (62.05%) Figma
3 76 (45.78%) Wireframes
4 72 (43.37%) Prototyping
5 64 (38.55%) Sketch
6 62 (37.35%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 59 (35.54%) HTML
8 55 (33.13%) Social Skills
8 55 (33.13%) User Research
9 53 (31.93%) Adobe
10 52 (31.33%) Problem-Solving
11 47 (28.31%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
12 45 (27.11%) Workshop Facilitation
13 40 (24.10%) Accessibility
14 39 (23.49%) Customer Experience
15 38 (22.89%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
15 38 (22.89%) Security Cleared
15 38 (22.89%) WCAG
16 36 (21.69%) SC Cleared
16 36 (21.69%) Actionable Insight
17 32 (19.28%) Stakeholder Management
18 31 (18.67%) Agile
18 31 (18.67%) Miro
19 29 (17.47%) Design Patterns
20 28 (16.87%) Digital Customer Experience
20 28 (16.87%) Sprint Review
20 28 (16.87%) Marketing
20 28 (16.87%) Coaching
20 28 (16.87%) Heroku

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 4 (2.41%) CMS
1 4 (2.41%) Umbraco
2 2 (1.20%) Confluence
2 2 (1.20%) WordPress
3 1 (0.60%) SharePoint
Applications
1 64 (38.55%) Sketch
2 27 (16.27%) Adobe XD
3 21 (12.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 15 (9.04%) Photoshop
5 14 (8.43%) Adobe Illustrator
6 8 (4.82%) InDesign
6 8 (4.82%) InVision
7 2 (1.20%) Notion
7 2 (1.20%) Zeplin
8 1 (0.60%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.60%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 3 (1.81%) Magento
2 2 (1.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 103 (62.05%) Figma
2 31 (18.67%) Miro
3 28 (16.87%) Heroku
4 13 (7.83%) SaaS
5 7 (4.22%) Google Analytics
5 7 (4.22%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 5 (3.01%) Stripe
7 4 (2.41%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 4 (2.41%) WhatsApp
8 2 (1.20%) Asana
9 1 (0.60%) Azure
9 1 (0.60%) Pendo
9 1 (0.60%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.60%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.60%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.60%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (0.60%) GIS
1 1 (0.60%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (1.81%) Axure RP
2 2 (1.20%) JIRA
3 1 (0.60%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 55 (33.13%) Social Skills
2 28 (16.87%) Marketing
3 14 (8.43%) Finance
4 12 (7.23%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (6.63%) Games
5 11 (6.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 8 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
7 7 (4.22%) Retail
8 4 (2.41%) Publishing
9 3 (1.81%) Automotive
10 2 (1.20%) iGaming
10 2 (1.20%) Public Sector
11 1 (0.60%) Advertising
11 1 (0.60%) Influencing Skills
11 1 (0.60%) Law
11 1 (0.60%) Legal
11 1 (0.60%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (35.54%) HTML
2 23 (13.86%) CSS
3 4 (2.41%) React
4 2 (1.20%) Vue
5 1 (0.60%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.60%) CarPlay
5 1 (0.60%) CSS3
5 1 (0.60%) HTML5
5 1 (0.60%) Next.js
5 1 (0.60%) SVG
5 1 (0.60%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 16 (9.64%) Mobile App
2 10 (6.02%) Product Ownership
3 9 (5.42%) Blockchain
4 3 (1.81%) Graphic Design
4 3 (1.81%) Motion Graphics
5 1 (0.60%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.60%) Animation
5 1 (0.60%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.60%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.60%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.60%) NHS
5 1 (0.60%) Social Media
5 1 (0.60%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.20%) Android
2 1 (0.60%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 166 (100.00%) User Experience
1 166 (100.00%) UX Design
2 76 (45.78%) Wireframes
3 72 (43.37%) Prototyping
4 62 (37.35%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 55 (33.13%) User Research
6 52 (31.33%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (28.31%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
8 45 (27.11%) Workshop Facilitation
9 39 (23.49%) Customer Experience
10 38 (22.89%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
11 36 (21.69%) Actionable Insight
12 32 (19.28%) Stakeholder Management
13 31 (18.67%) Agile
14 29 (17.47%) Design Patterns
15 28 (16.87%) Coaching
15 28 (16.87%) Digital Customer Experience
15 28 (16.87%) Sprint Review
16 20 (12.05%) Usability Testing
17 19 (11.45%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 13 (7.83%) JavaScript
2 3 (1.81%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 38 (22.89%) Security Cleared
2 36 (21.69%) SC Cleared
3 19 (11.45%) Degree
4 1 (0.60%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.60%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (24.10%) Accessibility
2 38 (22.89%) WCAG
3 1 (0.60%) GDPR
Vendors
1 53 (31.93%) Adobe
2 9 (5.42%) Salesforce
3 6 (3.61%) Google
4 4 (2.41%) dotdigital
4 4 (2.41%) Hotjar
5 2 (1.20%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (0.60%) Apple
6 1 (0.60%) Microsoft
6 1 (0.60%) Peregrine