Senior Designer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Senior Designer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Senior Designer salary in the UK excluding London is £57,965 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 611 687 632
Rank change year-on-year +76 -55 -11
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Designer 151 62 219
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.21% 0.10% 0.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.12% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 90 52 102
10th Percentile £41,925 £42,759 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,813 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £55,000 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year +5.39% -13.73% +18.06%
75th Percentile £60,741 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile - £77,250 £72,500
UK median annual salary £57,965 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.13% -3.57% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 67,190 53,191 68,674
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.82% 89.20% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 47,534 30,285 42,785
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Designer in the UK excluding London

Senior Designer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for Senior Designer in the UK excluding London

Senior Designer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Designer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Designer in the UK excluding London

Senior 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 Senior Designer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 May 2024. 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 +78 62 £57,965 +31.67% 19
Scotland -27 27 - - 8
North West +13 26 £57,965 +31.67% 8
Yorkshire +109 22 £57,965 +15.93% 7
Midlands +19 22 £57,965 - 6
West Midlands +16 18 £57,965 - 6
South East +19 17 £42,500 -43.33% 5
North East - 14 £57,965 - 4
South West -28 13 £52,500 -4.55% 5
Wales - 4 - - 2
East Midlands - 4 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
East of England -7 2 £77,500 +10.71% 1
Senior Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Designer in the job title.

1 99 (65.56%) Coaching
2 71 (47.02%) Accessibility
3 69 (45.70%) User Experience
4 68 (45.03%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 67 (44.37%) UX Design
6 64 (42.38%) Design Patterns
7 63 (41.72%) Prototyping
8 60 (39.74%) Figma
8 60 (39.74%) HTML
8 60 (39.74%) WCAG
9 57 (37.75%) Mentoring
10 55 (36.42%) Journey Map
11 54 (35.76%) Agile
12 51 (33.77%) Sketch
13 45 (29.80%) Workshop Facilitation
13 45 (29.80%) Problem-Solving
14 42 (27.81%) Customer Experience
15 41 (27.15%) SC Cleared
15 41 (27.15%) Security Cleared
16 40 (26.49%) Heroku
16 40 (26.49%) Stakeholder Management
16 40 (26.49%) Actionable Insight
16 40 (26.49%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
16 40 (26.49%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
16 40 (26.49%) Sprint Review
16 40 (26.49%) Miro
16 40 (26.49%) Digital Customer Experience
16 40 (26.49%) Product Ownership
17 37 (24.50%) User Stories
18 34 (22.52%) Content Strategy

Senior 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 (3.97%) WordPress
Applications
1 51 (33.77%) Sketch
2 9 (5.96%) Adobe Illustrator
3 8 (5.30%) InVision
4 7 (4.64%) Photoshop
5 5 (3.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 5 (3.31%) InDesign
6 4 (2.65%) 3ds Max
7 3 (1.99%) Adobe XD
7 3 (1.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (1.32%) AutoCAD
9 1 (0.66%) SketchUp
Cloud Services
1 60 (39.74%) Figma
2 40 (26.49%) Heroku
2 40 (26.49%) Miro
3 11 (7.28%) SurveyMonkey
4 6 (3.97%) SaaS
5 2 (1.32%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Development Applications
1 11 (7.28%) JIRA
2 3 (1.99%) Axure RP
General
1 28 (18.54%) Marketing
2 17 (11.26%) Public Sector
3 14 (9.27%) Finance
3 14 (9.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 14 (9.27%) Law
4 8 (5.30%) Social Skills
5 6 (3.97%) Games
6 3 (1.99%) Polish Language
6 3 (1.99%) Publishing
7 2 (1.32%) Analytical Skills
7 2 (1.32%) Multimedia
7 2 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (1.32%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 60 (39.74%) HTML
2 19 (12.58%) CSS
3 17 (11.26%) React
4 3 (1.99%) AngularJS
4 3 (1.99%) EDI
4 3 (1.99%) LESS
4 3 (1.99%) Next.js
4 3 (1.99%) Sass
4 3 (1.99%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 1 (0.66%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 40 (26.49%) Product Ownership
2 14 (9.27%) Graphic Design
3 11 (7.28%) Market Risk
4 5 (3.31%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.99%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.32%) Life Science
6 2 (1.32%) Photography
7 1 (0.66%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (0.66%) Motion Graphics
7 1 (0.66%) Social Media
7 1 (0.66%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (65.56%) Coaching
2 69 (45.70%) User Experience
3 68 (45.03%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 67 (44.37%) UX Design
5 64 (42.38%) Design Patterns
6 63 (41.72%) Prototyping
7 57 (37.75%) Mentoring
8 55 (36.42%) Journey Map
9 54 (35.76%) Agile
10 45 (29.80%) Problem-Solving
10 45 (29.80%) Workshop Facilitation
11 42 (27.81%) Customer Experience
12 40 (26.49%) Actionable Insight
12 40 (26.49%) Digital Customer Experience
12 40 (26.49%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
12 40 (26.49%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
12 40 (26.49%) Sprint Review
12 40 (26.49%) Stakeholder Management
13 37 (24.50%) User Stories
14 34 (22.52%) Content Strategy
Programming Languages
1 20 (13.25%) JavaScript
2 3 (1.99%) PHP
Qualifications
1 41 (27.15%) SC Cleared
1 41 (27.15%) Security Cleared
2 19 (12.58%) Degree
3 3 (1.99%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 71 (47.02%) Accessibility
2 60 (39.74%) WCAG
Vendors
1 15 (9.93%) Adobe
2 2 (1.32%) Vectorworks
3 1 (0.66%) Hotjar