Senior Designer Jobs in London

Senior Designer
England > London

The median Senior Designer salary in London is £60,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 April 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 443 464 463
Rank change year-on-year +21 -1 +41
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Designer 60 195 475
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.26% 0.53% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.56% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 45 149 169
10th Percentile £45,500 £53,500 £54,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £93,750 £97,500
England median annual salary £57,965 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -17.19% - +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,018 34,851 62,244
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.15% 95.06% 96.34%
Number of salaries quoted 16,626 25,402 35,153
10th Percentile £38,750 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £54,000 £60,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.74% +0.83% +9.09%

Senior Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Designer in London

Senior Designer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Senior Designer in London

Senior Designer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Designer in London over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Designer in London

Senior Designer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Designer within the London region over the 6 months to 19 April 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
Central London +62 13 £65,000 -18.75% 2
Senior Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 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 London region featuring Senior Designer in the job title.

1 26 (43.33%) User Experience
2 22 (36.67%) UX Design
3 20 (33.33%) Figma
4 17 (28.33%) Social Skills
5 16 (26.67%) Adobe
6 15 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 13 (21.67%) HTML
8 11 (18.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 11 (18.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 11 (18.33%) Sketch
9 10 (16.67%) Wireframes
9 10 (16.67%) Prototyping
9 10 (16.67%) Graphic Design
10 9 (15.00%) Retail
10 9 (15.00%) Marketing
10 9 (15.00%) Degree
10 9 (15.00%) Workshop Facilitation
11 8 (13.33%) User Research
11 8 (13.33%) CSS
11 8 (13.33%) Finance
12 7 (11.67%) Games
12 7 (11.67%) Accessibility
12 7 (11.67%) Customer Experience
13 6 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (10.00%) Adobe Illustrator
13 6 (10.00%) Photoshop
13 6 (10.00%) E-Commerce
13 6 (10.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
13 6 (10.00%) Mentoring
14 5 (8.33%) Motion Graphics

Senior Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (1.67%) CMS
Applications
1 11 (18.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 11 (18.33%) Sketch
2 6 (10.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 6 (10.00%) Photoshop
3 5 (8.33%) Adobe After Effects
3 5 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (5.00%) InDesign
4 3 (5.00%) InVision
5 2 (3.33%) 3ds Max
5 2 (3.33%) AutoCAD
5 2 (3.33%) Final Cut Pro
5 2 (3.33%) SketchUp
6 1 (1.67%) Acrobat
6 1 (1.67%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (1.67%) Adobe XD
6 1 (1.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (1.67%) Trello
6 1 (1.67%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 20 (33.33%) Figma
2 4 (6.67%) Heroku
2 4 (6.67%) Miro
3 3 (5.00%) SaaS
4 1 (1.67%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.67%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.67%) Power BI
General
1 17 (28.33%) Social Skills
2 9 (15.00%) Marketing
2 9 (15.00%) Retail
3 8 (13.33%) Finance
4 7 (11.67%) Games
5 6 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.33%) Legal
6 2 (3.33%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.67%) Advertising
7 1 (1.67%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.67%) Automotive
7 1 (1.67%) Banking
7 1 (1.67%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.67%) Multimedia
7 1 (1.67%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (21.67%) HTML
2 8 (13.33%) CSS
3 4 (6.67%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 4 (6.67%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (1.67%) CarPlay
Miscellaneous
1 10 (16.67%) Graphic Design
2 5 (8.33%) Motion Graphics
3 3 (5.00%) Animation
3 3 (5.00%) Mobile App
3 3 (5.00%) Photography
3 3 (5.00%) Social Media
4 2 (3.33%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.33%) Video Editing
5 1 (1.67%) Algorithms
5 1 (1.67%) Data Structures
5 1 (1.67%) Digital Media
5 1 (1.67%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.67%) FMCG
5 1 (1.67%) Online Games
5 1 (1.67%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 4 (6.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (43.33%) User Experience
2 22 (36.67%) UX Design
3 15 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 11 (18.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 10 (16.67%) Prototyping
5 10 (16.67%) Wireframes
6 9 (15.00%) Workshop Facilitation
7 8 (13.33%) User Research
8 7 (11.67%) Customer Experience
9 6 (10.00%) E-Commerce
9 6 (10.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
9 6 (10.00%) Mentoring
10 5 (8.33%) B2B
10 5 (8.33%) CAD
10 5 (8.33%) Typography
10 5 (8.33%) Visualisation
11 4 (6.67%) Agile
11 4 (6.67%) Artificial Intelligence
11 4 (6.67%) Coaching
11 4 (6.67%) Fintech
Qualifications
1 9 (15.00%) Degree
2 5 (8.33%) SC Cleared
2 5 (8.33%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.67%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (11.67%) Accessibility
2 4 (6.67%) WCAG
Vendors
1 16 (26.67%) Adobe
2 2 (3.33%) Autodesk
3 1 (1.67%) Apple
3 1 (1.67%) Microsoft