Designer Jobs in the South West

Designer
England > South West

The median Designer salary in the South West is £48,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 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
14 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 174 236 241
Rank change year-on-year +62 +5 -26
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 10 55 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 0.28% 0.59% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.62% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 6 39 27
10th Percentile £33,675 £30,350 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,763 £34,375 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £46,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.98% -16.36% +6.68%
75th Percentile £65,460 £58,750 -
90th Percentile £68,114 £70,000 £63,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £46,055 £60,000
% change year-on-year +19.42% -23.24% +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South West. 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 West with a recognized job title 3,331 8,899 6,043
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.75% 96.21% 89.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,992 6,521 3,788
10th Percentile £27,250 £28,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,365 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,250 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in the South West

Designer
Salary Trend in the South West

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

Salary trend for Designer in the South West

Designer
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer in the South West over the 6 months to 14 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Designer in the South West

Designer
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the South West region over the 6 months to 14 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
Bristol +50 5 £66,367 +26.41% 19
Gloucestershire +66 2 £41,850 +81.96% 3
Somerset +2 2 - - 2
Wiltshire +41 1 £28,500 -36.67% 4
Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 14 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 West region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 7 (70.00%) Adobe
1 7 (70.00%) UX Design
1 7 (70.00%) User Experience
2 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (60.00%) Figma
3 5 (50.00%) Accessibility
4 4 (40.00%) Creative Thinking
4 4 (40.00%) Finance
5 3 (30.00%) Agile
5 3 (30.00%) Analytics
5 3 (30.00%) Wireframes
5 3 (30.00%) Prototyping
5 3 (30.00%) User Research
6 2 (20.00%) UX Research
6 2 (20.00%) Customer Experience
6 2 (20.00%) Digital Banking
6 2 (20.00%) Lean UX
6 2 (20.00%) Line Management
6 2 (20.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
6 2 (20.00%) Fintech
6 2 (20.00%) Content Development
6 2 (20.00%) Instructional Design
6 2 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
6 2 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (20.00%) Design Thinking
6 2 (20.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
6 2 (20.00%) Learning Management System
6 2 (20.00%) Banking
6 2 (20.00%) Video Editing

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 (20.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 2 (20.00%) CMS
2 1 (10.00%) Joomla!
2 1 (10.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Adobe Captivate
2 1 (10.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (10.00%) Adobe XD
2 1 (10.00%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 6 (60.00%) Figma
2 1 (10.00%) Google Analytics
General
1 6 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 2 (20.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Marketing
4 1 (10.00%) Retail
4 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) CSS
1 2 (20.00%) HTML
2 1 (10.00%) Bootstrap
2 1 (10.00%) CSS3
2 1 (10.00%) DOM
2 1 (10.00%) jQuery
2 1 (10.00%) Kendo UI
2 1 (10.00%) Node.js
2 1 (10.00%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) e-Learning
1 2 (20.00%) Learning Management System
1 2 (20.00%) SCORM
1 2 (20.00%) Video Editing
2 1 (10.00%) Digital Signage
2 1 (10.00%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) User Experience
1 7 (70.00%) UX Design
2 4 (40.00%) Creative Thinking
3 3 (30.00%) Agile
3 3 (30.00%) Analytics
3 3 (30.00%) Prototyping
3 3 (30.00%) User Research
3 3 (30.00%) Wireframes
4 2 (20.00%) Content Management
4 2 (20.00%) Critical Thinking
4 2 (20.00%) Customer Engagement
4 2 (20.00%) Customer Experience
4 2 (20.00%) Design Thinking
4 2 (20.00%) Digital Banking
4 2 (20.00%) Fintech
4 2 (20.00%) Lean UX
4 2 (20.00%) Project Management
4 2 (20.00%) Use Case
4 2 (20.00%) UX Research
4 2 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (10.00%) PHP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (50.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) Adobe
2 1 (10.00%) Google