Senior UI/UX Designer Job Trends in London

Senior User Interface/User Experience Designer
England > London

The median Senior User Interface/User Experience Designer salary in London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 October 2025.

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

6 months to
10 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 390 451 472
Rank change year-on-year +61 +21 +305
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior UI/UX Designer 1 6 5
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.009% 0.033% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.034% 0.025%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - £57,000 -
25th Percentile £65,000 £61,875 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £70,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year - -12.50% +6.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,875 £85,000
90th Percentile - £89,000 £88,000
England median annual salary £77,500 £58,750 £72,500
% change year-on-year +31.91% -18.97% +5.45%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 10,704 17,548 19,762
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.04% 95.31% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 6,970 10,798 16,247
10th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,607 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £73,548 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% -1.94% +7.14%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £119,071 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,242 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.44% -7.93% -

Senior UI/UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Senior UI/UX Designer job vacancy trend in London

Senior UI/UX Designer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for Senior UI/UX Designer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for Senior UI/UX Designer job vacancies in London

Senior UI/UX Designer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 10 October 2025, Senior UI/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 London region featuring Senior UI/UX Designer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Web Design
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG
1 1 (100.00%) Graphic Design
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Responsive Web Design
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe XD
1 1 (100.00%) Sketch
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
1 1 (100.00%) Human-Centred Design
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding

Senior UI/UX Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe XD
1 1 (100.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Graphic Design
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Human-Centred Design
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Responsive Web Design
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Web Design
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft