Digital Designer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Digital Designer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Digital Designer salary in the UK excluding London is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 January 2026.

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

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 505 553 541
Rank change year-on-year +48 -12 +190
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Designer 17 5 27
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.040% 0.014% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.044% 0.015% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 11 1 20
10th Percentile £25,000 - £31,500
25th Percentile £28,000 £33,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £34,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.80% -13.75% -46.67%
75th Percentile £35,000 £35,250 £53,500
90th Percentile - - £63,375
UK median annual salary £33,750 £47,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -28.95% +18.75% -27.27%

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 38,586 33,429 32,762
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.55% 92.91% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 23,611 16,250 24,824
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,013 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% -5.18%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Digital Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Digital Designer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Digital Designer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Digital 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 Digital Designer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 15 January 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
South East - 13 £32,500 - 2
East of England - 2 - - 5
Wales +6 1 - -
South West - 1 - - 1
Digital Designer
UK

Digital Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 15 January 2026, Digital 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 Digital Designer in the job title.

1 9 (52.94%) Adobe
2 7 (41.18%) Figma
3 6 (35.29%) User Experience
4 5 (29.41%) Accessibility
4 5 (29.41%) Adobe Analytics
4 5 (29.41%) Agile
4 5 (29.41%) AI
4 5 (29.41%) Analytics
4 5 (29.41%) Broadband
4 5 (29.41%) Customer Experience
4 5 (29.41%) Digital Customer Experience
4 5 (29.41%) Product Roadmap
4 5 (29.41%) Roadmaps
4 5 (29.41%) Storytelling
4 5 (29.41%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 4 (23.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 4 (23.53%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (23.53%) InDesign
5 4 (23.53%) Photoshop
5 4 (23.53%) Typography
6 3 (17.65%) Customer Insight
6 3 (17.65%) User Research
6 3 (17.65%) Workshop Facilitation
7 2 (11.76%) Adobe XD
7 2 (11.76%) CMS
7 2 (11.76%) Confluence
7 2 (11.76%) Data Analytics
7 2 (11.76%) DesignOps
7 2 (11.76%) Digital Marketing
7 2 (11.76%) Empathy Maps

Digital 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) CMS
1 2 (11.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 4 (23.53%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (23.53%) InDesign
1 4 (23.53%) Photoshop
2 2 (11.76%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 7 (41.18%) Figma
2 5 (29.41%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 5 (29.41%) Broadband
General
1 6 (35.29%) Marketing
2 5 (29.41%) Games
3 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 7 (41.18%) Social Media
2 2 (11.76%) Animation
2 2 (11.76%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) User Experience
2 5 (29.41%) Agile
2 5 (29.41%) AI
2 5 (29.41%) Analytics
2 5 (29.41%) Customer Experience
2 5 (29.41%) Digital Customer Experience
2 5 (29.41%) Product Roadmap
2 5 (29.41%) Roadmaps
2 5 (29.41%) Storytelling
2 5 (29.41%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 4 (23.53%) Typography
4 3 (17.65%) Customer Insight
4 3 (17.65%) User Research
4 3 (17.65%) Workshop Facilitation
5 2 (11.76%) Data Analytics
5 2 (11.76%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (11.76%) Mentoring
5 2 (11.76%) Responsive Web Design
5 2 (11.76%) Usability Testing
5 2 (11.76%) UX Design
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (29.41%) Accessibility
2 2 (11.76%) WCAG
Vendors
1 9 (52.94%) Adobe