UI/UX Designer Jobs in the UK excluding London

User Interface/User Experience Designer
UK > UK excluding London

The median User Interface/User Experience Designer salary in the UK excluding London is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 669 700 685
Rank change year-on-year +31 -15 -73
Permanent jobs requiring a UI/UX Designer 102 62 164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.14% 0.10% 0.23%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.11% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 47 51 105
10th Percentile £29,000 £38,750 £32,350
25th Percentile £32,500 £44,375 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% +12.50%
75th Percentile £50,000 £65,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £82,500 £60,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% -

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 66,718 54,726 68,124
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.79% 89.24% 95.80%
Number of salaries quoted 47,226 31,089 43,036
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 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

UI/UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for UI/UX Designer in the UK excluding London

UI/UX Designer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for UI/UX Designer in the UK excluding London

UI/UX Designer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing UI/UX Designer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for UI/UX Designer in the UK excluding London

UI/UX 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/UX Designer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 5 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
Midlands +36 21 £41,250 -17.50% 3
North of England +41 20 £40,000 -21.95% 2
South East +25 17 £45,000 -14.29% 2
Scotland -48 17 £55,000 +38.36% 1
North West +16 15 £40,000 -46.67% 1
East Midlands - 13 £38,750 -
South West -22 9 £35,000 -31.71% 2
West Midlands +26 8 £43,750 -12.50% 3
Wales +19 8 £32,500 -28.96%
Yorkshire +78 5 - - 1
East of England +14 5 £45,000 -25.00%
Northern Ireland - 5 - -
UI/UX Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, UI/UX 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/UX Designer in the job title.

1 102 (100.00%) UX Design
1 102 (100.00%) User Experience
2 80 (78.43%) Figma
3 65 (63.73%) Sketch
4 64 (62.75%) Prototyping
5 59 (57.84%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
6 58 (56.86%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 57 (55.88%) HTML
8 55 (53.92%) Accessibility
9 52 (50.98%) Problem-Solving
9 52 (50.98%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
9 52 (50.98%) Actionable Insight
9 52 (50.98%) Security Cleared
10 51 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
11 50 (49.02%) SC Cleared
11 50 (49.02%) WCAG
12 45 (44.12%) Miro
13 43 (42.16%) Customer Experience
14 41 (40.20%) Wireframes
14 41 (40.20%) Stakeholder Management
15 40 (39.22%) Heroku
15 40 (39.22%) Coaching
15 40 (39.22%) Sprint Review
15 40 (39.22%) Digital Customer Experience
15 40 (39.22%) Design Patterns
16 36 (35.29%) Social Skills
17 28 (27.45%) Adobe
18 23 (22.55%) Adobe XD
19 21 (20.59%) Agile
20 18 (17.65%) User Research

UI/UX 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 2 (1.96%) WordPress
2 1 (0.98%) SharePoint
Applications
1 65 (63.73%) Sketch
2 23 (22.55%) Adobe XD
3 10 (9.80%) Photoshop
4 9 (8.82%) Adobe Illustrator
5 8 (7.84%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 4 (3.92%) InDesign
7 2 (1.96%) Notion
8 1 (0.98%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (0.98%) InVision
8 1 (0.98%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 3 (2.94%) Magento
2 2 (1.96%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 80 (78.43%) Figma
2 45 (44.12%) Miro
3 40 (39.22%) Heroku
4 6 (5.88%) SaaS
5 5 (4.90%) Stripe
6 4 (3.92%) WhatsApp
7 2 (1.96%) Asana
7 2 (1.96%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.98%) Azure
8 1 (0.98%) Power Platform
8 1 (0.98%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.98%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.98%) Axure RP
1 1 (0.98%) Balsamiq
1 1 (0.98%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 36 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 7 (6.86%) Marketing
3 6 (5.88%) Games
3 6 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (3.92%) Publishing
5 3 (2.94%) Automotive
5 3 (2.94%) Law
6 2 (1.96%) Finance
7 1 (0.98%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (0.98%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (55.88%) HTML
2 6 (5.88%) CSS
3 2 (1.96%) React
3 2 (1.96%) Vue
4 1 (0.98%) AngularJS
4 1 (0.98%) Next.js
4 1 (0.98%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.90%) Product Ownership
2 4 (3.92%) Mobile App
3 3 (2.94%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.96%) Cyberattack
5 1 (0.98%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.98%) NHS
5 1 (0.98%) Social Media
5 1 (0.98%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.98%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 102 (100.00%) User Experience
1 102 (100.00%) UX Design
2 64 (62.75%) Prototyping
3 59 (57.84%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 58 (56.86%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 52 (50.98%) Actionable Insight
5 52 (50.98%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
5 52 (50.98%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
7 43 (42.16%) Customer Experience
8 41 (40.20%) Stakeholder Management
8 41 (40.20%) Wireframes
9 40 (39.22%) Coaching
9 40 (39.22%) Design Patterns
9 40 (39.22%) Digital Customer Experience
9 40 (39.22%) Sprint Review
10 21 (20.59%) Agile
11 18 (17.65%) User Research
12 14 (13.73%) Usability Testing
13 12 (11.76%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.86%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.96%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 52 (50.98%) Security Cleared
2 50 (49.02%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.94%) Degree
4 2 (1.96%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (53.92%) Accessibility
2 50 (49.02%) WCAG
Vendors
1 28 (27.45%) Adobe
2 3 (2.94%) Hotjar
3 2 (1.96%) Google
4 1 (0.98%) Peregrine