Technical Designer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Technical Designer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Technical Designer salary in the UK excluding London is £28,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 August 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 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 550 668 628
Rank change year-on-year +118 -40 +206
Permanent jobs requiring a Technical Designer 1 2 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.003% 0.003% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.003% 0.004% 0.021%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 5
10th Percentile - £52,750 -
25th Percentile £27,750 £53,125 £47,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,500 £55,000 £50,500
Median % change year-on-year -48.18% +8.91% -27.86%
75th Percentile £29,250 £56,875 £53,250
90th Percentile - £57,250 £54,300
UK median annual salary £28,500 £55,000 £50,500
% change year-on-year -48.18% +8.91% -27.86%

All DemandTrendPermanent 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 33,815 56,918 37,547
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.53% 95.20% 91.36%
Number of salaries quoted 19,047 34,989 25,159
10th Percentile £25,087 £29,000 £28,800
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £53,065 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.52% -8.33% -

Technical Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Technical Designer in the UK excluding London

Technical Designer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

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

Technical 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 Technical Designer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 30 August 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
Midlands +55 1 £28,500 -48.18% 2
West Midlands +47 1 £28,500 -48.18% 2
Technical Designer
UK

Technical Designer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 30 August 2025, Technical 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 Technical Designer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (100.00%) InDesign
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture

Technical 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (100.00%) InDesign
1 1 (100.00%) Photoshop
General
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe