UX Designer Job Trends in Glasgow

User Experience Designer
Scotland > Glasgow

The median User Experience Designer salary in Glasgow is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 November 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 - 71
Rank change year-on-year - - +28
Permanent jobs requiring a UX Designer 3 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Glasgow 0.37% - 0.30%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.40% - 0.31%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £73,000 - £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 - £67,500
Median % change year-on-year - - -14.56%
75th Percentile £87,000 - £71,250
90th Percentile - - -
Scotland median annual salary £80,000 £60,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% -11.11% +22.73%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Glasgow

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Glasgow. 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 Glasgow with a recognized job title 747 944 649
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.68% 97.22% 98.18%
Number of salaries quoted 332 525 504
10th Percentile £29,275 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £90,000 £74,700
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -9.09%

UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

UX Designer job vacancy trend in Glasgow

UX Designer
Salary Trend in Glasgow

Salary distribution trend for UX Designer job vacancies in Glasgow.

Salary distribution trend for UX Designer job vacancies in Glasgow

UX Designer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow

For the 6 months to 3 November 2025, UX 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 Glasgow region featuring UX Designer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) UX Design
2 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
2 2 (66.67%) Design Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Journey Map
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Prototyping
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Usability Testing
2 2 (66.67%) User Research
2 2 (66.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (66.67%) UX Research
2 2 (66.67%) Wireframes
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) BDD
3 1 (33.33%) ForgeRock
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
3 1 (33.33%) Oracle
3 1 (33.33%) SailPoint
3 1 (33.33%) Single Sign-On

UX Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Banking
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) UX Design
2 2 (66.67%) Design Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Journey Map
2 2 (66.67%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Prototyping
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Usability Testing
2 2 (66.67%) User Research
2 2 (66.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (66.67%) UX Research
2 2 (66.67%) Wireframes
3 1 (33.33%) BDD
3 1 (33.33%) Identity Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) ForgeRock
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle