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 £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 21 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
21 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 597 613 507
Rank change year-on-year +16 -106 -108
Permanent jobs requiring a UX Designer 176 123 382
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.21% 0.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.26% 0.23% 0.55%
Number of salaries quoted 91 99 254
10th Percentile £29,000 £38,500 £35,375
25th Percentile £32,500 £44,375 £41,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% -
75th Percentile £53,500 £72,500 £57,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £82,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% +4.76%

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 68,037 52,505 69,646
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.84% 89.19% 95.73%
Number of salaries quoted 48,012 29,939 42,827
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,325 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.24% +6.65% +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%

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 21 May 2024.

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 21 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
Scotland -25 45 £49,000 +6.16% 5
North of England +33 37 £45,000 -5.26% 19
Midlands +17 29 £47,500 +18.75% 7
South East -13 23 £50,000 -2.44% 3
North West +2 19 £45,000 -30.77% 15
East of England -2 16 £45,000 -30.77% 2
East Midlands -2 15 £42,500 - 2
West Midlands +17 14 £47,500 +18.75% 5
Yorkshire +68 13 £51,250 +17.14% 4
South West -12 12 £50,000 - 2
Wales +13 8 £32,500 -38.10%
Northern Ireland - 6 - -
North East -4 5 £50,000 +20.48%
UX Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 21 May 2024, 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.

1 176 (100.00%) UX Design
1 176 (100.00%) User Experience
2 114 (64.77%) Figma
3 88 (50.00%) Prototyping
4 82 (46.59%) Sketch
5 75 (42.61%) Wireframes
6 74 (42.05%) HTML
7 73 (41.48%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 68 (38.64%) Accessibility
9 66 (37.50%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
10 60 (34.09%) Problem-Solving
11 56 (31.82%) Workshop Facilitation
12 53 (30.11%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
12 53 (30.11%) WCAG
13 52 (29.55%) Security Cleared
14 51 (28.98%) SC Cleared
15 50 (28.41%) Actionable Insight
16 49 (27.84%) Miro
17 45 (25.57%) Social Skills
17 45 (25.57%) Customer Experience
17 45 (25.57%) Coaching
17 45 (25.57%) Design Patterns
18 43 (24.43%) Adobe
18 43 (24.43%) Stakeholder Management
19 40 (22.73%) Heroku
19 40 (22.73%) Digital Customer Experience
19 40 (22.73%) Sprint Review
19 40 (22.73%) User Research
20 36 (20.45%) Agile
21 34 (19.32%) Usability Testing

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 4 (2.27%) CMS
1 4 (2.27%) Umbraco
2 2 (1.14%) WordPress
3 1 (0.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 82 (46.59%) Sketch
2 29 (16.48%) Adobe XD
3 20 (11.36%) Photoshop
4 19 (10.80%) Adobe Illustrator
5 17 (9.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 14 (7.95%) InVision
7 8 (4.55%) InDesign
8 2 (1.14%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (1.14%) Notion
9 1 (0.57%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 3 (1.70%) Magento
2 2 (1.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 114 (64.77%) Figma
2 49 (27.84%) Miro
3 40 (22.73%) Heroku
4 11 (6.25%) SurveyMonkey
5 8 (4.55%) SaaS
6 7 (3.98%) Google Analytics
7 5 (2.84%) Stripe
8 4 (2.27%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 4 (2.27%) WhatsApp
9 2 (1.14%) Asana
10 1 (0.57%) Azure
10 1 (0.57%) Pendo
10 1 (0.57%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.57%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.57%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (0.57%) GIS
1 1 (0.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (6.25%) JIRA
2 1 (0.57%) Axure RP
2 1 (0.57%) Balsamiq
2 1 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 45 (25.57%) Social Skills
2 29 (16.48%) Marketing
3 24 (13.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 19 (10.80%) Finance
5 16 (9.09%) Law
6 9 (5.11%) Games
6 9 (5.11%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (2.27%) Publishing
8 3 (1.70%) Automotive
8 3 (1.70%) Polish Language
8 3 (1.70%) Public Sector
9 1 (0.57%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.57%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (0.57%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (42.05%) HTML
2 23 (13.07%) CSS
3 16 (9.09%) React
4 4 (2.27%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.70%) LESS
5 3 (1.70%) Sass
5 3 (1.70%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 2 (1.14%) Vue
7 1 (0.57%) Next.js
7 1 (0.57%) SVG
7 1 (0.57%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.23%) Mobile App
2 12 (6.82%) Product Ownership
3 11 (6.25%) Market Risk
4 5 (2.84%) Onboarding
5 3 (1.70%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (1.70%) Graphic Design
5 3 (1.70%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (0.57%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.57%) Low-Code
6 1 (0.57%) NHS
6 1 (0.57%) Social Media
6 1 (0.57%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.14%) Android
2 1 (0.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (100.00%) User Experience
1 176 (100.00%) UX Design
2 88 (50.00%) Prototyping
3 75 (42.61%) Wireframes
4 73 (41.48%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 66 (37.50%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
6 60 (34.09%) Problem-Solving
7 56 (31.82%) Workshop Facilitation
8 53 (30.11%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
9 50 (28.41%) Actionable Insight
10 45 (25.57%) Coaching
10 45 (25.57%) Customer Experience
10 45 (25.57%) Design Patterns
11 43 (24.43%) Stakeholder Management
12 40 (22.73%) Digital Customer Experience
12 40 (22.73%) Sprint Review
12 40 (22.73%) User Research
13 36 (20.45%) Agile
14 34 (19.32%) Usability Testing
15 30 (17.05%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 24 (13.64%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 52 (29.55%) Security Cleared
2 51 (28.98%) SC Cleared
3 19 (10.80%) Degree
4 3 (1.70%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.57%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 68 (38.64%) Accessibility
2 53 (30.11%) WCAG
3 1 (0.57%) GDPR
Vendors
1 43 (24.43%) Adobe
2 6 (3.41%) Google
3 5 (2.84%) Hotjar
4 4 (2.27%) dotdigital
5 2 (1.14%) CA Agile Central
5 2 (1.14%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.57%) Microsoft
6 1 (0.57%) Peregrine
6 1 (0.57%) SAP