Designer Jobs in Southampton

Designer
Hampshire > Southampton

The median Designer salary in Southampton is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 39 75 74
Rank change year-on-year +36 -1 +35
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 1 3 2
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Southampton 0.29% 0.34% 0.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.30% 0.35% 0.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 2
10th Percentile - £37,500 £32,625
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,375 £32,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £36,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +24.14% -23.68%
75th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £40,313
90th Percentile - - £40,875
Hampshire median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +46.67% -28.57%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Southampton

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Southampton. 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 Southampton with a recognized job title 335 848 712
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.53% 97.25% 92.95%
Number of salaries quoted 260 717 564
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £80,000
Hampshire median annual salary £53,000 £50,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year +6.00% -3.85% -0.95%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Southampton

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Southampton

Designer
Salary Trend in Southampton

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

Salary trend for Designer in Southampton

Designer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton

For the 6 months to 11 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 Southampton region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) SEO
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Drupal
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) Umbraco
1 1 (100.00%) WordPress
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Web Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Responsive Web Design
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Southampton 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 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Drupal
1 1 (100.00%) Umbraco
1 1 (100.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Responsive Web Design
1 1 (100.00%) SEO
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Web Accessibility
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe