Creative Designer
UK

The median Creative Designer salary in the UK is £35,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 882 980 1187
Rank change year-on-year +98 +207 -304
Permanent jobs requiring a Creative Designer 12 9 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.012% 0.009% 0.006%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% 0.009% 0.006%
Number of salaries quoted 11 3 4
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,600 £30,450
25th Percentile £28,500 £33,000 £33,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £44,000 £49,763
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% -11.58% +27.60%
75th Percentile £43,375 £52,375 £63,375
90th Percentile £45,000 £56,200 £64,350
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £25,000 £29,000
% change year-on-year +40.00% -13.79% -25.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Creative Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Creative Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Creative Designer in the UK

Creative Designer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Creative Designer.

Salary trend for Creative Designer in the UK

Creative Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Designer over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Creative Designer in the UK

Creative Designer
Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Creative Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 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
England +113 12 £35,000 -20.45% 2
UK excluding London +15 10 £35,000 +40.00%
South East +27 7 £31,250 +25.00%
West Midlands - 3 £45,000 -
Midlands - 3 £45,000 -
London +120 2 £45,500 -5.70% 2
Work from Home +101 2 £45,000 +80.00%

Creative Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, Creative 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 featuring Creative Designer in the job title.

1 11 (91.67%) Marketing
2 10 (83.33%) Adobe
3 8 (66.67%) Adobe Illustrator
3 8 (66.67%) InDesign
4 7 (58.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 5 (41.67%) Advertising
6 4 (33.33%) Photoshop
6 4 (33.33%) User Experience
7 3 (25.00%) Motion Graphics
7 3 (25.00%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (16.67%) 3ds Max
8 2 (16.67%) UX Design
8 2 (16.67%) Vectorworks
8 2 (16.67%) Animation
8 2 (16.67%) Photography
8 2 (16.67%) Project Management
8 2 (16.67%) B2B
8 2 (16.67%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (16.67%) Social Media
8 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
8 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
8 2 (16.67%) Figma
8 2 (16.67%) Storytelling
8 2 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
8 2 (16.67%) Digital Strategy
9 1 (8.33%) Customer Experience
9 1 (8.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 1 (8.33%) Adobe XD

Creative Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (66.67%) Adobe Illustrator
1 8 (66.67%) InDesign
2 7 (58.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 4 (33.33%) Photoshop
4 3 (25.00%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (16.67%) 3ds Max
5 2 (16.67%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (8.33%) Adobe XD
6 1 (8.33%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) Figma
2 1 (8.33%) Google Analytics
General
1 11 (91.67%) Marketing
2 5 (41.67%) Advertising
3 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (8.33%) Brand Awareness
4 1 (8.33%) Finance
4 1 (8.33%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (8.33%) CSS
1 1 (8.33%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Motion Graphics
2 2 (16.67%) Animation
2 2 (16.67%) Photography
2 2 (16.67%) Social Media
3 1 (8.33%) FMCG
3 1 (8.33%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) User Experience
2 2 (16.67%) B2B
2 2 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
2 2 (16.67%) Digital Strategy
2 2 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (16.67%) Project Management
2 2 (16.67%) Storytelling
2 2 (16.67%) UX Design
3 1 (8.33%) 3D Modelling
3 1 (8.33%) Agile
3 1 (8.33%) Analytics
3 1 (8.33%) B2C
3 1 (8.33%) Customer Experience
3 1 (8.33%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (8.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (8.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (8.33%) Visualisation
3 1 (8.33%) Web Design
3 1 (8.33%) Workflow
Vendors
1 10 (83.33%) Adobe
2 2 (16.67%) Vectorworks
3 1 (8.33%) Google
3 1 (8.33%) Microsoft