UI Designer Job Trends in London

User Interface Designer
England > London

The median User Interface Designer salary in London is £66,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 January 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 347 415 403
Rank change year-on-year +68 -12 +115
Permanent jobs requiring a UI Designer 26 19 46
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.19% 0.12% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.13% 0.27%
Number of salaries quoted 26 10 44
10th Percentile £40,625 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £54,063 £49,936 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £66,250 £52,172 £71,250
Median % change year-on-year +26.99% -26.78% +14.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,875 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,875 £92,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £50,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +15.00% -13.04% -4.17%

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 12,497 14,461 16,982
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.89% 92.76% 95.19%
Number of salaries quoted 8,279 8,384 13,705
10th Percentile £35,750 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +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%

UI Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

UI Designer job vacancy trend in London

UI Designer
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for UI Designer job vacancies in London.

Salary distribution trend for UI Designer job vacancies in London

UI Designer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing UI Designer in London over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for UI Designer in London

UI 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 UI Designer within the London region over the 6 months to 4 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 +38 4 £63,750 -8.93% 7
South London - 1 £40,000 -
UI Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 January 2026, UI 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 UI Designer in the job title.

1 26 (100.00%) User Experience
2 25 (96.15%) UX Design
3 20 (76.92%) Figma
4 18 (69.23%) Usability Testing
5 16 (61.54%) User Research
6 14 (53.85%) Accessibility
6 14 (53.85%) Sketch
7 11 (42.31%) Adobe
7 11 (42.31%) Wireframes
8 10 (38.46%) Adobe XD
8 10 (38.46%) AI
9 8 (30.77%) Prototyping
9 8 (30.77%) Responsive Web Design
9 8 (30.77%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 6 (23.08%) Conversational UI
10 6 (23.08%) CSS
10 6 (23.08%) Design Thinking
10 6 (23.08%) Front End Development
10 6 (23.08%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
10 6 (23.08%) HTML
10 6 (23.08%) Inclusive Design
10 6 (23.08%) WCAG
11 5 (19.23%) Agile
11 5 (19.23%) Android
11 5 (19.23%) Apple iOS
11 5 (19.23%) Conversational AI
11 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
11 5 (19.23%) Strategic Thinking
12 4 (15.38%) A/B Testing
12 4 (15.38%) Google

UI 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (7.69%) Confluence
1 2 (7.69%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (53.85%) Sketch
2 10 (38.46%) Adobe XD
3 1 (3.85%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 20 (76.92%) Figma
2 2 (7.69%) Azure
2 2 (7.69%) SaaS
3 1 (3.85%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (3.85%) ClickUp
Development Applications
1 3 (11.54%) JIRA
2 2 (7.69%) Storybook
General
1 16 (61.54%) Social Skills
2 5 (19.23%) Telecoms
3 2 (7.69%) Legal
3 2 (7.69%) Marketing
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (3.85%) Finance
4 1 (3.85%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (23.08%) CSS
1 6 (23.08%) HTML
2 2 (7.69%) Material Design
3 1 (3.85%) Blazor
Miscellaneous
1 8 (30.77%) Mobile App
2 7 (26.92%) Onboarding
3 2 (7.69%) Cloud Native
3 2 (7.69%) Digital Media
3 2 (7.69%) Graphic Design
3 2 (7.69%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.85%) AI Agents
4 1 (3.85%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (3.85%) Social Media
4 1 (3.85%) VUI
Operating Systems
1 5 (19.23%) Android
1 5 (19.23%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (100.00%) User Experience
2 25 (96.15%) UX Design
3 18 (69.23%) Usability Testing
4 16 (61.54%) User Research
5 11 (42.31%) Wireframes
6 10 (38.46%) AI
7 8 (30.77%) Prototyping
7 8 (30.77%) Responsive Web Design
7 8 (30.77%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 6 (23.08%) Conversational UI
8 6 (23.08%) Design Thinking
8 6 (23.08%) Front End Development
8 6 (23.08%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
8 6 (23.08%) Inclusive Design
9 5 (19.23%) Agile
9 5 (19.23%) Conversational AI
9 5 (19.23%) Stakeholder Management
9 5 (19.23%) Strategic Thinking
10 4 (15.38%) A/B Testing
10 4 (15.38%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (11.54%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.85%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (11.54%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (53.85%) Accessibility
2 6 (23.08%) WCAG
Vendors
1 11 (42.31%) Adobe
2 4 (15.38%) Google
3 3 (11.54%) Hotjar
4 2 (7.69%) Guidewire
4 2 (7.69%) Microsoft
4 2 (7.69%) Pega
4 2 (7.69%) Sitecore