Designer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Designer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Designer salary in the UK excluding London is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 357 285 463
Rank change year-on-year -72 +178 -210
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 236 685 317
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.60% 0.92% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.66% 0.97% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 101 515 230
10th Percentile £40,600 £26,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,000 £32,500 £40,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -13.46% -0.95%
75th Percentile £60,000 £59,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £62,200 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £57,000
% change year-on-year +22.22% -21.05% -0.87%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 35,540 70,800 51,694
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.25% 94.95% 89.10%
Number of salaries quoted 17,956 49,914 29,611
10th Percentile £26,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in the UK excluding London

Designer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Designer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Designer in the UK excluding London

Designer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Designer in the UK excluding London

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 Designer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 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
Scotland +128 86 £67,500 +37.76% 76
South East +28 67 £57,500 +43.75% 543
North of England -126 29 £50,000 +11.11% 399
West Midlands +23 26 £60,000 +29.73% 171
Midlands +12 26 £60,000 +43.63% 328
East of England -4 20 £60,000 +30.12% 259
North West -107 15 £52,500 +16.67% 185
Yorkshire +3 11 £50,000 +11.11% 162
South West +54 7 £42,500 -7.61% 200
Wales +34 3 £26,500 -18.46% 46
North East +17 3 £50,000 -13.74% 52
Designer
UK

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 30 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 UK excluding London region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 127 (53.81%) User Experience
2 113 (47.88%) UX Design
3 103 (43.64%) Finance
4 102 (43.22%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 100 (42.37%) User Research
5 100 (42.37%) Prototyping
6 98 (41.53%) Agile
7 97 (41.10%) Wireframes
8 94 (39.83%) Accessibility
9 93 (39.41%) Usability Testing
10 87 (36.86%) Design Thinking
11 85 (36.02%) Journey Map
12 84 (35.59%) Banking
12 84 (35.59%) Stakeholder Management
13 83 (35.17%) Project Management
14 80 (33.90%) UX Research
15 64 (27.12%) Security Cleared
16 45 (19.07%) Juniper
16 45 (19.07%) Cisco
17 41 (17.37%) Social Skills
18 36 (15.25%) Figma
18 36 (15.25%) VMware
18 36 (15.25%) Cisco ISE
18 36 (15.25%) SevOne
18 36 (15.25%) Network Management
19 33 (13.98%) Adobe
20 27 (11.44%) SC Cleared
21 24 (10.17%) DV Cleared
22 22 (9.32%) Problem-Solving
23 17 (7.20%) Adobe Creative Suite

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (2.54%) CMS
2 5 (2.12%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.69%) WordPress
4 3 (1.27%) IBM Domino
5 2 (0.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 2 (0.85%) Drupal
5 2 (0.85%) Umbraco
6 1 (0.42%) Joomla!
Applications
1 17 (7.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 13 (5.51%) Sketch
3 12 (5.08%) Adobe XD
4 11 (4.66%) Photoshop
5 10 (4.24%) Adobe Illustrator
5 10 (4.24%) InDesign
6 5 (2.12%) Adobe After Effects
7 3 (1.27%) Chatbot
8 2 (0.85%) Adobe Captivate
8 2 (0.85%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.85%) AutoCAD
8 2 (0.85%) Revit
9 1 (0.42%) Blender
9 1 (0.42%) CINEMA 4D
9 1 (0.42%) InVision
9 1 (0.42%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 1 (0.42%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 3 (1.27%) Shopify
2 1 (0.42%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 36 (15.25%) Figma
2 9 (3.81%) Azure
3 8 (3.39%) SaaS
4 5 (2.12%) PaaS
5 3 (1.27%) Kibo
5 3 (1.27%) Power Platform
6 2 (0.85%) AWS
6 2 (0.85%) Azure DevOps
6 2 (0.85%) Azure Synapse Analytics
7 1 (0.42%) Azure API Management
7 1 (0.42%) Canva
7 1 (0.42%) ChatGPT
7 1 (0.42%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (0.42%) Google Ads
7 1 (0.42%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.42%) PowerApps
7 1 (0.42%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 36 (15.25%) Cisco ISE
2 8 (3.39%) BGP
2 8 (3.39%) EIGRP
2 8 (3.39%) Firewall
2 8 (3.39%) Network Security
2 8 (3.39%) OSPF
3 3 (1.27%) Internet
4 2 (0.85%) ADSL2
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
1 2 (0.85%) Metadata
1 2 (0.85%) Power BI
2 1 (0.42%) SQL Server
2 1 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (0.85%) ER Studio
1 2 (0.85%) Visual Studio
2 1 (0.42%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 103 (43.64%) Finance
2 84 (35.59%) Banking
3 41 (17.37%) Social Skills
4 14 (5.93%) Marketing
5 10 (4.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (2.97%) Presentation Skills
6 7 (2.97%) Retail
7 6 (2.54%) Public Sector
8 5 (2.12%) Analytical Skills
9 4 (1.69%) Automotive
9 4 (1.69%) Games
10 2 (0.85%) Advertising
10 2 (0.85%) Brand Awareness
10 2 (0.85%) Influencing Skills
10 2 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.42%) Aerospace
11 1 (0.42%) Health Technology
11 1 (0.42%) Law
11 1 (0.42%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.42%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (5.93%) HTML
2 12 (5.08%) CSS
3 5 (2.12%) .NET
3 5 (2.12%) .NET Framework
4 3 (1.27%) jQuery
5 1 (0.42%) ADO
5 1 (0.42%) Bootstrap
5 1 (0.42%) CSS3
5 1 (0.42%) DCOM
5 1 (0.42%) DOM
5 1 (0.42%) Framer.js
5 1 (0.42%) Kendo UI
5 1 (0.42%) Node.js
5 1 (0.42%) React
5 1 (0.42%) SailPoint
5 1 (0.42%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.81%) Social Media
2 8 (3.39%) Mobile App
2 8 (3.39%) Video Editing
3 7 (2.97%) Animation
3 7 (2.97%) Graphic Design
4 6 (2.54%) Product Ownership
5 4 (1.69%) e-Learning
5 4 (1.69%) Photography
6 3 (1.27%) FPGA
6 3 (1.27%) Motion Graphics
6 3 (1.27%) Onboarding
6 3 (1.27%) Verilog
6 3 (1.27%) VHDL
7 2 (0.85%) Digital Media
7 2 (0.85%) Learning Management System
7 2 (0.85%) NHS
7 2 (0.85%) PropTech
7 2 (0.85%) SCORM
8 1 (0.42%) EPoS
8 1 (0.42%) Home Automation
Operating Systems
1 17 (7.20%) Windows
2 15 (6.36%) Windows Server
3 4 (1.69%) Android
3 4 (1.69%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (53.81%) User Experience
2 113 (47.88%) UX Design
3 102 (43.22%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 100 (42.37%) Prototyping
4 100 (42.37%) User Research
5 98 (41.53%) Agile
6 97 (41.10%) Wireframes
7 93 (39.41%) Usability Testing
8 87 (36.86%) Design Thinking
9 85 (36.02%) Journey Map
10 84 (35.59%) Stakeholder Management
11 83 (35.17%) Project Management
12 80 (33.90%) UX Research
13 36 (15.25%) Network Management
14 22 (9.32%) Problem-Solving
15 13 (5.51%) Creative Thinking
15 13 (5.51%) Mentoring
15 13 (5.51%) Service Design
16 10 (4.24%) Architectural Design
16 10 (4.24%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 16 (6.78%) JavaScript
2 5 (2.12%) C#
2 5 (2.12%) SQL
3 3 (1.27%) C++
3 3 (1.27%) Python
4 2 (0.85%) PHP
5 1 (0.42%) C
5 1 (0.42%) SystemVerilog
5 1 (0.42%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 64 (27.12%) Security Cleared
2 27 (11.44%) SC Cleared
3 24 (10.17%) DV Cleared
4 7 (2.97%) Degree
5 3 (1.27%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 94 (39.83%) Accessibility
2 5 (2.12%) COBIT
3 4 (1.69%) WCAG
4 1 (0.42%) QA
Systems Management
1 8 (3.39%) FortiGate
2 1 (0.42%) Progress Chef
2 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (19.07%) Cisco
1 45 (19.07%) Juniper
2 36 (15.25%) SevOne
2 36 (15.25%) VMware
3 33 (13.98%) Adobe
4 16 (6.78%) Forcepoint
5 8 (3.39%) Fortinet
6 3 (1.27%) PayPal
7 2 (0.85%) Databricks
7 2 (0.85%) Google
7 2 (0.85%) Guidewire
7 2 (0.85%) Microsoft
8 1 (0.42%) Facebook
8 1 (0.42%) ForgeRock
8 1 (0.42%) Instagram
8 1 (0.42%) Intel
8 1 (0.42%) Microsemi
8 1 (0.42%) Oracle
8 1 (0.42%) TikTok
8 1 (0.42%) Xilinx