Design Persona Jobs

Design Personas
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Design Persona skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Design Persona over the 6 months leading up to 11 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 699 897 863
Rank change year-on-year +198 -34 +334
Permanent jobs citing Design Persona 7 1 118
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.013% 0.001% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.014% 0.001% 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% -8.33% -
75th Percentile £61,875 £62,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £70,000 - -
UK excluding London median annual salary - £55,000 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Design Persona falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,302 84,920 96,579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.76% 85.59% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 27,015 59,883 56,845
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,008 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £98,474 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +4.76%

Design Persona
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Design Persona as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Design Persona in the UK

Design Persona
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Design Persona.

Salary trend for Design Persona in the UK

Design Persona
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Design Persona over the 6 months to 11 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Design Persona in the UK

Design Persona
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design Persona within the UK over the 6 months to 11 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
England +164 6 £45,000 -18.18%
London - 6 £45,000 -
Work from Home - 1 £52,500 -

Design Persona
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:

General
1 7 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 7 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) User Researcher
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 2 (28.57%) Senior User Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Actionable Customer Insight
1 7 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) Customer Insight
1 7 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 7 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 7 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 7 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 7 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 7 (100.00%) User Research
1 7 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 7 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience
2 1 (14.29%) Line Management
2 1 (14.29%) Market Research
2 1 (14.29%) Qualitative Research
2 1 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (14.29%) User Experience
2 1 (14.29%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Mercator