Designer Jobs in the South East

Designer
England > South East

The median Designer salary in the South East is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 225 273 331
Rank change year-on-year +48 +58 -107
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 73 125 71
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.77% 0.75% 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% 0.79% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 40 105 55
10th Percentile £30,875 £26,250 £25,700
25th Percentile £55,000 £29,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -20.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile - £57,500 £61,625
90th Percentile £62,000 £59,815 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £46,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +19.57% -23.33% +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 the South East with a recognized job title 8,254 15,768 12,916
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.53% 94.01% 90.27%
Number of salaries quoted 4,528 11,302 8,136
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £36,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £68,750 £65,000 £71,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in the South East

Designer
Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Designer in the South East.

Salary trend for Designer in the South East

Designer
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer in the South East over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Designer in the South East

Designer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the South East region over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. 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
Hampshire +71 43 £60,000 +9.09% 19
Thames Valley +38 18 £60,000 +100.00% 16
Berkshire +31 13 £60,000 +66.67% 6
Middlesex -17 5 - - 1
Buckinghamshire +38 4 £27,000 +31.71% 6
Surrey +40 3 - - 6
Kent +27 2 £57,500 +53.33% 1
West Sussex +36 1 £32,500 -27.78% 3
Oxfordshire +17 1 £42,500 +54.55% 8
East Sussex +11 1 £60,000 +57.72% 8
Designer
England

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 16 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 South East region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 48 (65.75%) Security Cleared
2 32 (43.84%) Juniper
2 32 (43.84%) Cisco
3 30 (41.10%) SC Cleared
4 23 (31.51%) DV Cleared
5 18 (24.66%) Network Management
5 18 (24.66%) Cisco ISE
5 18 (24.66%) SevOne
5 18 (24.66%) VMware
6 17 (23.29%) Windows
7 16 (21.92%) Forcepoint
8 15 (20.55%) Windows Server
9 14 (19.18%) Social Skills
10 9 (12.33%) Creative Thinking
10 9 (12.33%) Mentoring
10 9 (12.33%) Adobe
10 9 (12.33%) Agile
10 9 (12.33%) Network Design
11 8 (10.96%) Firewall
11 8 (10.96%) Finance
11 8 (10.96%) Fortinet
11 8 (10.96%) Network Security
11 8 (10.96%) OSPF
11 8 (10.96%) BGP
11 8 (10.96%) EIGRP
11 8 (10.96%) JavaScript
11 8 (10.96%) FortiGate
11 8 (10.96%) User Experience
11 8 (10.96%) Figma
12 7 (9.59%) Adobe Creative Suite

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (6.85%) SharePoint
2 2 (2.74%) CMS
3 1 (1.37%) Drupal
3 1 (1.37%) IBM Domino
3 1 (1.37%) Umbraco
3 1 (1.37%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (9.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 5 (6.85%) Adobe Illustrator
2 5 (6.85%) InDesign
2 5 (6.85%) Photoshop
3 4 (5.48%) Sketch
4 2 (2.74%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (1.37%) Adobe XD
5 1 (1.37%) AutoCAD
5 1 (1.37%) InVision
5 1 (1.37%) Revit
Cloud Services
1 8 (10.96%) Figma
2 6 (8.22%) Azure
3 5 (6.85%) PaaS
3 5 (6.85%) SaaS
4 1 (1.37%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.37%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (1.37%) Canva
4 1 (1.37%) Kibo
4 1 (1.37%) Power Platform
4 1 (1.37%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 18 (24.66%) Cisco ISE
2 8 (10.96%) BGP
2 8 (10.96%) EIGRP
2 8 (10.96%) Firewall
2 8 (10.96%) Network Security
2 8 (10.96%) OSPF
3 6 (8.22%) Cisco Firepower
3 6 (8.22%) VPN
4 1 (1.37%) ADSL2
4 1 (1.37%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.37%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.37%) Metadata
1 1 (1.37%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (1.37%) Browser DevTools
1 1 (1.37%) ER Studio
1 1 (1.37%) Visual Studio
General
1 14 (19.18%) Social Skills
2 8 (10.96%) Finance
3 6 (8.22%) Marketing
4 5 (6.85%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.74%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.74%) Banking
5 2 (2.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.74%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.74%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.37%) Advertising
6 1 (1.37%) Brand Awareness
6 1 (1.37%) Games
6 1 (1.37%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.37%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (6.85%) .NET
1 5 (6.85%) .NET Framework
2 3 (4.11%) CSS
2 3 (4.11%) HTML
3 1 (1.37%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 2 (2.74%) Animation
1 2 (2.74%) Mobile App
1 2 (2.74%) NHS
1 2 (2.74%) Social Media
1 2 (2.74%) Video Editing
2 1 (1.37%) Home Automation
2 1 (1.37%) Photography
2 1 (1.37%) Product Ownership
2 1 (1.37%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (1.37%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 17 (23.29%) Windows
2 15 (20.55%) Windows Server
3 1 (1.37%) Android
3 1 (1.37%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (24.66%) Network Management
2 9 (12.33%) Agile
2 9 (12.33%) Creative Thinking
2 9 (12.33%) Mentoring
2 9 (12.33%) Network Design
3 8 (10.96%) User Experience
4 7 (9.59%) Coaching
5 6 (8.22%) Problem-Solving
5 6 (8.22%) UX Design
6 5 (6.85%) Architectural Design
6 5 (6.85%) Minimum Viable Product
6 5 (6.85%) UML
6 5 (6.85%) User Research
7 4 (5.48%) Responsive Web Design
7 4 (5.48%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 3 (4.11%) Project Management
8 3 (4.11%) Prototyping
8 3 (4.11%) Requirements Gathering
8 3 (4.11%) Usability Testing
8 3 (4.11%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.96%) JavaScript
2 1 (1.37%) C#
2 1 (1.37%) SQL
Qualifications
1 48 (65.75%) Security Cleared
2 30 (41.10%) SC Cleared
3 23 (31.51%) DV Cleared
4 6 (8.22%) CCNA
4 6 (8.22%) CCNP
4 6 (8.22%) Cisco Certification
4 6 (8.22%) JNCIS
5 1 (1.37%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (5.48%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 8 (10.96%) FortiGate
2 6 (8.22%) Ansible
Vendors
1 32 (43.84%) Cisco
1 32 (43.84%) Juniper
2 18 (24.66%) SevOne
2 18 (24.66%) VMware
3 16 (21.92%) Forcepoint
4 9 (12.33%) Adobe
5 8 (10.96%) Fortinet
6 6 (8.22%) F5
7 1 (1.37%) Databricks