Senior UX Designer Job Trends in London

Senior User Experience Designer
England > London

The median Senior User Experience Designer salary in London is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 January 2026.

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

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 364 430 437
Rank change year-on-year +66 +7 +155
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior UX Designer 5 10 16
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.036% 0.064% 0.090%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.069% 0.094%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 14
10th Percentile - £72,250 £66,625
25th Percentile £65,000 £75,625 £77,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £85,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.65% -5.56% +12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £90,625 -
90th Percentile - £92,500 -
England median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -35.29% +6.25%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 12,535 14,529 16,963
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.91% 92.78% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,299 8,435 13,708
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £115,000 £120,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.78%

Senior UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Senior UX Designer job vacancy trend in London

Senior UX Designer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary distribution trend for Senior UX Designer job vacancies in London

Senior UX 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 UX Designer within the London region over the 6 months to 3 January 2026. 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 +49 3 - - 2
Senior UX Designer
England

Senior UX Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 3 January 2026, Senior 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 UX Designer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) User Experience
1 5 (100.00%) User Research
1 5 (100.00%) UX Design
2 4 (80.00%) Usability Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Service Design
3 3 (60.00%) Wireframes
4 2 (40.00%) Prototyping
5 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
5 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (20.00%) Adobe
5 1 (20.00%) Adobe XD
5 1 (20.00%) Agile
5 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
5 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
5 1 (20.00%) Degree
5 1 (20.00%) Figma
5 1 (20.00%) Human-Centred Design
5 1 (20.00%) Information Architecture
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (20.00%) Rapid Prototyping
5 1 (20.00%) Responsive Web Design
5 1 (20.00%) SaaS
5 1 (20.00%) Sketch
5 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (20.00%) Use Case
5 1 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 1 (20.00%) UX Research
5 1 (20.00%) Validation
5 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
5 1 (20.00%) WCAG

Senior 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 (20.00%) Adobe XD
1 1 (20.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (20.00%) Figma
1 1 (20.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Graphic Design
1 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) User Experience
1 5 (100.00%) User Research
1 5 (100.00%) UX Design
2 4 (80.00%) Usability Testing
3 3 (60.00%) Service Design
3 3 (60.00%) Wireframes
4 2 (40.00%) Prototyping
5 1 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
5 1 (20.00%) Agile
5 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
5 1 (20.00%) Human-Centred Design
5 1 (20.00%) Information Architecture
5 1 (20.00%) Rapid Prototyping
5 1 (20.00%) Responsive Web Design
5 1 (20.00%) Software Engineering
5 1 (20.00%) Use Case
5 1 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 1 (20.00%) Validation
5 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
5 1 (20.00%) Web Design
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (20.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft