Designer Jobs in South Wales

Designer
Wales > South Wales

The median Designer salary in South Wales is £32,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 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
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 88 101 87
Rank change year-on-year +13 -14 -7
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 13 6 34
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 0.92% 0.53% 2.37%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.02% 0.59% 2.43%
Number of salaries quoted 6 4 12
10th Percentile £26,500 £33,150 -
25th Percentile £27,688 £34,500 £25,868
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £40,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.25% -9.44% -
75th Percentile £33,750 £50,000 £53,438
90th Percentile £47,975 £54,500 £56,250
Wales median annual salary £32,500 £43,658 £45,000
% change year-on-year -25.56% -2.98% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 1,278 1,015 1,397
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.45% 89.19% 97.42%
Number of salaries quoted 846 581 879
10th Percentile £27,093 £30,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,029 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.51% -10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £60,000 £62,988 £62,500
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £74,200
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year - -5.26% +10.47%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in South Wales

Designer
Salary Trend in South Wales

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

Salary trend for Designer in South Wales

Designer
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer in South Wales over the 6 months to 19 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Designer in South Wales

Designer
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 19 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
Bridgend -9 7 - -
Cardiff +5 4 £32,500 -27.78% 5
Newport +8 2 £26,500 -27.40% 1
Designer
Wales

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 2024, 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 Wales region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 10 (76.92%) UX Design
1 10 (76.92%) User Experience
1 10 (76.92%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 8 (61.54%) Prototyping
2 8 (61.54%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
2 8 (61.54%) Accessibility
2 8 (61.54%) SC Cleared
2 8 (61.54%) Security Cleared
3 7 (53.85%) HTML
3 7 (53.85%) Actionable Insight
3 7 (53.85%) Workshop Facilitation
3 7 (53.85%) Sketch
3 7 (53.85%) Figma
4 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (46.15%) Digital Customer Experience
4 6 (46.15%) Customer Experience
4 6 (46.15%) User Research
4 6 (46.15%) Wireframes
5 5 (38.46%) Design Patterns
5 5 (38.46%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
5 5 (38.46%) Adobe
5 5 (38.46%) WCAG
5 5 (38.46%) Responsive Web Design
6 4 (30.77%) Heroku
6 4 (30.77%) Coaching
6 4 (30.77%) Service Design
6 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
6 4 (30.77%) Miro
6 4 (30.77%) Sprint Review

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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 2 (15.38%) CMS
1 2 (15.38%) WordPress
Applications
1 7 (53.85%) Sketch
2 3 (23.08%) Adobe XD
3 2 (15.38%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 7 (53.85%) Figma
2 4 (30.77%) Heroku
2 4 (30.77%) Miro
3 1 (7.69%) dbt
General
1 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 3 (23.08%) Retail
3 1 (7.69%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (53.85%) HTML
2 2 (15.38%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (23.08%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) User Experience
1 10 (76.92%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 10 (76.92%) UX Design
2 8 (61.54%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
2 8 (61.54%) Prototyping
3 7 (53.85%) Actionable Insight
3 7 (53.85%) Workshop Facilitation
4 6 (46.15%) Customer Experience
4 6 (46.15%) Digital Customer Experience
4 6 (46.15%) Problem-Solving
4 6 (46.15%) User Research
4 6 (46.15%) Wireframes
5 5 (38.46%) Design Patterns
5 5 (38.46%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
5 5 (38.46%) Responsive Web Design
6 4 (30.77%) Coaching
6 4 (30.77%) Service Design
6 4 (30.77%) Sprint Review
6 4 (30.77%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (23.08%) Agile
Programming Languages
1 2 (15.38%) JavaScript
1 2 (15.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (61.54%) SC Cleared
1 8 (61.54%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (61.54%) Accessibility
2 5 (38.46%) WCAG
3 2 (15.38%) GDPR
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Adobe
2 2 (15.38%) WooCommerce