Creative Designer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Creative Designer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Creative Designer salary in the UK excluding London is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 April 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 550 487 702
Rank change year-on-year -63 +215 +73
Permanent jobs requiring a Creative Designer 6 2 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.010% 0.008% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% 0.009% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 9
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 - £35,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +40.00%
75th Percentile £36,250 - £38,750
90th Percentile £38,500 - £45,000
UK median annual salary £35,000 £28,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +22.81% -18.57% -10.26%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 UK excluding London with a recognized job title 53,023 23,117 60,174
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.35% 89.31% 94.73%
Number of salaries quoted 33,975 14,425 44,809
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,250 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,640 £68,568 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

Creative Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Creative Designer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Creative Designer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Creative Designer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for Creative Designer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for Creative Designer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

Creative Designer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Designer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 April 2026. 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
North of England -62 3 £35,000 - 3
North West -22 2 £35,000 - 1
South West - 2 - -
West Midlands - 1 £35,000 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £40,000 - 1
Midlands - 1 £35,000 - 4
Creative Designer
UK

Creative Designer Skill Set
Top 2 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 April 2026, Creative Designer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring Creative Designer in the job title.

1 1 (16.67%) Business Strategy
1 1 (16.67%) NGN

Creative Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) NGN
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Business Strategy