UX Designer Jobs in Scotland

User Experience Designer
UK > Scotland

The median User Experience Designer salary in Scotland is £49,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 242 220 205
Rank change year-on-year -22 -15 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a UX Designer 45 7 48
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.67% 0.15% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.69% 0.16% 0.88%
Number of salaries quoted 11 7 41
10th Percentile £28,750 £31,200 £37,500
25th Percentile £30,000 £33,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £46,157 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.16% +2.57% +12.50%
75th Percentile £57,500 £48,704 £67,500
90th Percentile - £54,250 -
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% +4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,492 4,293 5,478
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.85% 90.28% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 2,614 2,331 2,944
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,058
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,635
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%

UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for UX Designer in Scotland

UX Designer
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for UX Designer in Scotland

UX Designer
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing UX Designer in Scotland over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for UX Designer in Scotland

UX Designer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UX Designer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 25 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
Glasgow -84 25 £32,500 -29.59%
Edinburgh +51 15 £55,000 +30.18% 1
Midlothian - 5 - -
UX Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, UX 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 Scotland region featuring UX Designer in the job title.

1 45 (100.00%) UX Design
1 45 (100.00%) User Experience
2 29 (64.44%) Figma
3 26 (57.78%) Accessibility
4 24 (53.33%) HTML
5 21 (46.67%) Wireframes
5 21 (46.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 21 (46.67%) UX Research
6 19 (42.22%) Journey Map
6 19 (42.22%) Prototyping
7 18 (40.00%) Agile
8 17 (37.78%) Problem-Solving
9 16 (35.56%) Sketch
9 16 (35.56%) Marketing
9 16 (35.56%) Finance
10 14 (31.11%) Law
10 14 (31.11%) JavaScript
10 14 (31.11%) CSS
10 14 (31.11%) Usability Testing
10 14 (31.11%) Degree
10 14 (31.11%) React
11 13 (28.89%) Coaching
11 13 (28.89%) WCAG
11 13 (28.89%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 13 (28.89%) Design Patterns
12 12 (26.67%) Workshop Facilitation
12 12 (26.67%) Miro
12 12 (26.67%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
13 11 (24.44%) Data Visualisation
13 11 (24.44%) JIRA

UX Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 16 (35.56%) Sketch
2 10 (22.22%) InVision
3 5 (11.11%) Adobe Illustrator
3 5 (11.11%) Photoshop
4 2 (4.44%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (4.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 29 (64.44%) Figma
2 12 (26.67%) Miro
3 11 (24.44%) SurveyMonkey
4 8 (17.78%) Heroku
5 4 (8.89%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 11 (24.44%) JIRA
General
1 21 (46.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 16 (35.56%) Finance
2 16 (35.56%) Marketing
3 14 (31.11%) Law
4 7 (15.56%) Social Skills
5 3 (6.67%) Polish Language
6 2 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.44%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (4.44%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (53.33%) HTML
2 14 (31.11%) CSS
2 14 (31.11%) React
3 3 (6.67%) AngularJS
3 3 (6.67%) LESS
3 3 (6.67%) Sass
3 3 (6.67%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 11 (24.44%) Market Risk
2 5 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (6.67%) Graphic Design
3 3 (6.67%) Mobile App
4 2 (4.44%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (100.00%) User Experience
1 45 (100.00%) UX Design
2 21 (46.67%) UX Research
2 21 (46.67%) Wireframes
3 19 (42.22%) Journey Map
3 19 (42.22%) Prototyping
4 18 (40.00%) Agile
5 17 (37.78%) Problem-Solving
6 14 (31.11%) Usability Testing
7 13 (28.89%) Coaching
7 13 (28.89%) Design Patterns
7 13 (28.89%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 12 (26.67%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
8 12 (26.67%) Workshop Facilitation
9 11 (24.44%) Data Visualisation
9 11 (24.44%) Inclusive Design
9 11 (24.44%) Interaction Design
9 11 (24.44%) Visualisation
10 10 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
10 10 (22.22%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
Programming Languages
1 14 (31.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 14 (31.11%) Degree
2 10 (22.22%) SC Cleared
2 10 (22.22%) Security Cleared
3 3 (6.67%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (57.78%) Accessibility
2 13 (28.89%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (4.44%) Adobe