UI Designer Jobs in the UK excluding London

User Interface Designer
UK > UK excluding London

The median User Interface Designer salary in the UK excluding London is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 571 659 667
Rank change year-on-year +88 +8 -22
Permanent jobs requiring a UI Designer 11 112 70
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.028% 0.16% 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.16% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7 56 50
10th Percentile £41,250 £29,000 £38,579
25th Percentile £41,750 £32,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% +16.67%
75th Percentile £56,250 £49,063 £65,000
90th Percentile £71,000 £57,500 £83,875
UK median annual salary £50,000 £48,750 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.56% -18.75% +9.09%

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 35,201 68,043 52,511
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.45% 94.85% 89.20%
Number of salaries quoted 17,750 48,018 29,945
10th Percentile £26,929 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £53,325
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -6.24% +6.65%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -

UI Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for UI Designer in the UK excluding London

UI Designer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for UI Designer in the UK excluding London

UI Designer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing UI Designer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for UI Designer in the UK excluding London

UI 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 UI Designer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 22 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
North of England +33 5 £46,250 +2.78% 24
West Midlands +61 3 - - 11
Midlands +40 3 - - 19
North West -16 3 £42,500 -5.56% 11
South East +70 2 £51,250 +13.89% 32
Yorkshire +64 2 £50,000 - 11
South West +94 1 £42,500 +21.43% 18
UI Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, UI 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 UI Designer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) UX Design
1 11 (100.00%) User Experience
2 10 (90.91%) Figma
3 9 (81.82%) Adobe XD
3 9 (81.82%) Sketch
3 9 (81.82%) Wireframes
3 9 (81.82%) User Research
3 9 (81.82%) Adobe
4 7 (63.64%) Usability Testing
4 7 (63.64%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
5 6 (54.55%) Front End Development
5 6 (54.55%) HTML
5 6 (54.55%) CSS
6 4 (36.36%) Finance
6 4 (36.36%) Prototyping
7 3 (27.27%) Mobile App
7 3 (27.27%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
7 3 (27.27%) Design Thinking
7 3 (27.27%) Automotive
7 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
7 3 (27.27%) Animation
7 3 (27.27%) Video Editing
8 2 (18.18%) SaaS
8 2 (18.18%) Agile
8 2 (18.18%) Accessibility
8 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
9 1 (9.09%) Interaction Design
9 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
9 1 (9.09%) InVision

UI 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 9 (81.82%) Adobe XD
1 9 (81.82%) Sketch
2 1 (9.09%) InVision
Cloud Services
1 10 (90.91%) Figma
2 2 (18.18%) SaaS
3 1 (9.09%) Google Analytics
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Browser DevTools
1 1 (9.09%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 4 (36.36%) Finance
3 3 (27.27%) Automotive
4 1 (9.09%) Health Technology
4 1 (9.09%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (54.55%) CSS
1 6 (54.55%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Animation
1 3 (27.27%) Mobile App
1 3 (27.27%) Video Editing
2 1 (9.09%) Graphic Design
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
2 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) User Experience
1 11 (100.00%) UX Design
2 9 (81.82%) User Research
2 9 (81.82%) Wireframes
3 7 (63.64%) Usability Testing
3 7 (63.64%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 6 (54.55%) Front End Development
5 4 (36.36%) Prototyping
6 3 (27.27%) Design Thinking
6 3 (27.27%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
7 2 (18.18%) Agile
7 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (9.09%) Analytics
8 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
8 1 (9.09%) E-Commerce
8 1 (9.09%) Human-Centred Design
8 1 (9.09%) Interaction Design
8 1 (9.09%) Responsive Web Design
8 1 (9.09%) Software Engineering
8 1 (9.09%) Typography
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
2 1 (9.09%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) Accessibility
2 1 (9.09%) WCAG
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Adobe
2 1 (9.09%) Google