Designer Jobs in Reading

Designer
Berkshire > Reading

The median Designer salary in Reading is £30,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

 6 months to
28 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 60 112 132
Rank change year-on-year +52 +20 -30
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 3 14 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 0.60% 0.78% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.73% 0.83% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 1
10th Percentile - £26,250 -
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -16.67% -18.92%
75th Percentile £32,500 £45,000 £50,000
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary £60,000 £36,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +66.67% -28.00% -9.09%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Reading

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Reading. 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 Reading with a recognized job title 411 1,696 1,449
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 82.86% 94.75% 93.85%
Number of salaries quoted 219 1,063 758
10th Percentile £30,400 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,500 £39,125 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,550 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.18% -12.42% -
75th Percentile £78,750 £66,250 £76,250
90th Percentile £92,500 £80,000 £92,500
Berkshire median annual salary £56,673 £52,500 £59,000
% change year-on-year +7.95% -11.02% +2.61%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Reading

Designer
Salary Trend in Reading

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

Salary trend for Designer in Reading

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

For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, 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 Reading region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Business Development
2 2 (66.67%) Line Management
2 2 (66.67%) NHS
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Service Design
2 2 (66.67%) Business Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (66.67%) Design Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) User Research
3 1 (33.33%) Sketch
3 1 (33.33%) Figma
3 1 (33.33%) Typography
3 1 (33.33%) Canva
3 1 (33.33%) Marketing
3 1 (33.33%) Adobe
3 1 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (33.33%) InDesign
3 1 (33.33%) Web Design
3 1 (33.33%) Photoshop
3 1 (33.33%) UX Design
3 1 (33.33%) Social Media
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Suite

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Reading 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:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (33.33%) InDesign
1 1 (33.33%) Photoshop
1 1 (33.33%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Canva
1 1 (33.33%) Figma
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) NHS
2 1 (33.33%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Business Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Business Development
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Design Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Line Management
2 2 (66.67%) Service Design
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) User Research
2 2 (66.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (33.33%) Typography
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) UX Design
3 1 (33.33%) Web Design
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe
100 Designer jobs in Berkshire