UX Designer Jobs in the UK excluding London

User Experience Designer
UK > UK excluding London

The median User Experience Designer salary in the UK excluding London is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 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
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 481 584 623
Rank change year-on-year +103 +39 -104
Permanent jobs requiring a UX Designer 98 179 125
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.24% 0.22%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.25% 0.24%
Number of salaries quoted 14 92 100
10th Percentile £41,250 £28,775 £36,835
25th Percentile £46,563 £32,500 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +22.22% -14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £76,563 £53,563 £70,313
90th Percentile £85,350 £57,500 £78,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £49,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +17.35% -18.33% +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 35,806 71,101 51,023
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.22% 94.94% 89.01%
Number of salaries quoted 18,138 50,103 29,550
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £36,750 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.49%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for UX Designer in the UK excluding London

UX Designer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Salary trend for UX Designer in the UK excluding London

UX Designer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing UX Designer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for UX Designer in the UK excluding London

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 UX Designer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 31 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
Scotland +153 81 £80,000 +63.27% 1
North of England +7 7 £55,000 +22.22% 15
West Midlands +47 5 £60,000 +26.32% 4
Midlands +41 5 £60,000 +26.32% 6
North West -14 5 £55,000 +22.22% 9
East of England +37 3 £60,000 +33.33% 1
Yorkshire +45 2 £50,000 -2.44% 5
South West +100 1 £42,500 - 4
South East +55 1 £42,500 -15.00% 10
UX Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 31 May 2025, 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 UX Designer in the job title.

1 98 (100.00%) UX Design
1 98 (100.00%) User Experience
2 91 (92.86%) User Research
3 89 (90.82%) Wireframes
3 89 (90.82%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 88 (89.80%) Usability Testing
5 86 (87.76%) Prototyping
6 85 (86.73%) Agile
6 85 (86.73%) Finance
7 83 (84.69%) Accessibility
8 82 (83.67%) Design Thinking
9 80 (81.63%) Journey Map
9 80 (81.63%) Banking
10 79 (80.61%) Stakeholder Management
10 79 (80.61%) Project Management
10 79 (80.61%) UX Research
11 15 (15.31%) Figma
12 11 (11.22%) Social Skills
13 8 (8.16%) Sketch
14 7 (7.14%) Adobe
14 7 (7.14%) Adobe XD
15 5 (5.10%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
16 4 (4.08%) Front End Development
16 4 (4.08%) Problem-Solving
16 4 (4.08%) Mobile App
16 4 (4.08%) HTML
16 4 (4.08%) CSS
17 3 (3.06%) Automotive
17 3 (3.06%) Animation
17 3 (3.06%) Video Editing

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:

Applications
1 8 (8.16%) Sketch
2 7 (7.14%) Adobe XD
3 1 (1.02%) InVision
Cloud Services
1 15 (15.31%) Figma
2 3 (3.06%) SaaS
3 1 (1.02%) AWS
3 1 (1.02%) Google Analytics
Development Applications
1 1 (1.02%) Browser DevTools
1 1 (1.02%) Visual Studio
General
1 85 (86.73%) Finance
2 80 (81.63%) Banking
3 11 (11.22%) Social Skills
4 3 (3.06%) Automotive
4 3 (3.06%) Games
5 1 (1.02%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.02%) Health Technology
5 1 (1.02%) Marketing
5 1 (1.02%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (4.08%) CSS
1 4 (4.08%) HTML
2 1 (1.02%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.08%) Mobile App
2 3 (3.06%) Animation
2 3 (3.06%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.06%) Video Editing
3 2 (2.04%) PropTech
4 1 (1.02%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.02%) Graphic Design
4 1 (1.02%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.02%) Online Games
4 1 (1.02%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.02%) Android
1 1 (1.02%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (100.00%) User Experience
1 98 (100.00%) UX Design
2 91 (92.86%) User Research
3 89 (90.82%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 89 (90.82%) Wireframes
4 88 (89.80%) Usability Testing
5 86 (87.76%) Prototyping
6 85 (86.73%) Agile
7 82 (83.67%) Design Thinking
8 80 (81.63%) Journey Map
9 79 (80.61%) Project Management
9 79 (80.61%) Stakeholder Management
9 79 (80.61%) UX Research
10 5 (5.10%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
11 4 (4.08%) Front End Development
11 4 (4.08%) Problem-Solving
12 3 (3.06%) Analytics
12 3 (3.06%) Customer Experience
12 3 (3.06%) Typography
13 2 (2.04%) Customer-Centricity
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.02%) C#
1 1 (1.02%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (3.06%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.04%) Degree
2 2 (2.04%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.02%) DBS Check
3 1 (1.02%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 83 (84.69%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.06%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (1.02%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (7.14%) Adobe
2 1 (1.02%) ForgeRock
2 1 (1.02%) Google
2 1 (1.02%) Oracle