Designer Jobs

Designer
UK

The median Designer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 23 October 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 377 358 227
Rank change year-on-year -19 -131 +69
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 495 509 2,494
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.65% 0.86% 1.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.68% 0.89% 1.86%
Number of salaries quoted 314 433 1,190
10th Percentile £28,950 £33,050 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% -6.96% +9.52%
75th Percentile £60,991 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides 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 72,320 56,918 134,250
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.59% 95.73% 95.53%
Number of salaries quoted 38,227 41,225 77,796
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,094 £43,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,055 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.66% - +5.00%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in the UK

Designer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Designer in the UK

Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer over the 6 months to 23 October 2024.

Salary histogram for Designer in the UK

Designer
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 23 October 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 -47 430 £50,000 -9.09% 219
UK excluding London +53 328 £50,000 - 123
Work from Home -3 167 £52,172 -9.27% 193
London -76 143 £55,000 -8.33% 96
North of England +30 130 £45,000 -5.26% 29
North West +32 84 £45,000 -10.00% 21
South East -20 48 £55,000 +8.91% 32
East of England -7 43 £50,000 -16.67% 21
Midlands -42 36 £45,006 -12.18% 26
Yorkshire +32 35 £58,465 +26.41% 7
West Midlands -47 29 £48,750 -11.36% 23
Scotland +9 26 £39,390 -12.47% 2
South West -5 23 £40,000 +0.63% 20
Wales +44 14 £40,951 -22.00% 2
North East -22 11 £60,000 +26.32% 1
Northern Ireland +33 8 £55,000 - 2
East Midlands -25 7 £42,512 -14.98% 2

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 23 October 2024, 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 Designer in the job title.

1 200 (40.40%) User Experience
2 160 (32.32%) UX Design
3 113 (22.83%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 111 (22.42%) Figma
5 110 (22.22%) Agile
6 103 (20.81%) User Research
7 98 (19.80%) Social Skills
8 95 (19.19%) Prototyping
9 88 (17.78%) Interaction Design
10 86 (17.37%) Wireframes
11 77 (15.56%) Adobe
12 69 (13.94%) Service Design
12 69 (13.94%) Accessibility
13 62 (12.53%) HTML
14 57 (11.52%) CSS
14 57 (11.52%) Finance
15 54 (10.91%) Marketing
16 48 (9.70%) Sketch
17 44 (8.89%) Analytics
18 43 (8.69%) Degree
18 43 (8.69%) Public Sector
19 41 (8.28%) Usability Testing
20 37 (7.47%) Mentoring
21 36 (7.27%) Workshop Facilitation
22 35 (7.07%) Stakeholder Management
22 35 (7.07%) Photoshop
23 34 (6.87%) JavaScript
23 34 (6.87%) Adobe Illustrator
23 34 (6.87%) Adobe XD
24 33 (6.67%) CAD

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:

Application Platforms
1 16 (3.23%) WordPress
2 6 (1.21%) CMS
3 4 (0.81%) Apache Spark
3 4 (0.81%) SharePoint
4 2 (0.40%) Confluence
5 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 48 (9.70%) Sketch
2 35 (7.07%) Photoshop
3 34 (6.87%) Adobe Illustrator
3 34 (6.87%) Adobe XD
4 32 (6.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 18 (3.64%) AutoCAD
6 12 (2.42%) InVision
7 9 (1.82%) Microsoft Office
8 8 (1.62%) Adobe Premiere
8 8 (1.62%) InDesign
9 7 (1.41%) Adobe After Effects
10 5 (1.01%) MS Visio
11 4 (0.81%) CINEMA 4D
11 4 (0.81%) Microsoft PowerPoint
12 3 (0.61%) 3ds Max
12 3 (0.61%) Zeplin
13 2 (0.40%) Adobe Captivate
13 2 (0.40%) Chatbot
13 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Excel
13 2 (0.40%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 14 (2.83%) NEC Housing
2 2 (0.40%) Oracle General Ledger
2 2 (0.40%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 1 (0.20%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.20%) SAP CRM
3 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 111 (22.42%) Figma
2 16 (3.23%) Miro
3 13 (2.63%) SaaS
4 12 (2.42%) Azure
5 11 (2.22%) AWS
5 11 (2.22%) Google Analytics
6 8 (1.62%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 5 (1.01%) Pendo
8 3 (0.61%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (0.61%) MailChimp
8 3 (0.61%) Power Platform
9 2 (0.40%) Dialogflow
9 2 (0.40%) Dynamics 365
9 2 (0.40%) IBM Watson
9 2 (0.40%) OCI
10 1 (0.20%) Azure API Management
10 1 (0.20%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (0.81%) Wireless
2 2 (0.40%) Intranet
2 2 (0.40%) Structured Cabling
3 1 (0.20%) DHCP
3 1 (0.20%) DNS
3 1 (0.20%) MPLS
3 1 (0.20%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (0.81%) Big Data
1 4 (0.81%) Data Lake
1 4 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
1 4 (0.81%) Geospatial Data
1 4 (0.81%) SQL Server
2 2 (0.40%) Power BI
2 2 (0.40%) SAP BW
2 2 (0.40%) Tableau
3 1 (0.20%) MySQL
3 1 (0.20%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 13 (2.63%) Axure RP
2 4 (0.81%) JIRA
3 3 (0.61%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.20%) Dreamweaver
4 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.20%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 98 (19.80%) Social Skills
2 57 (11.52%) Finance
3 54 (10.91%) Marketing
4 43 (8.69%) Public Sector
5 15 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
6 14 (2.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (2.83%) Law
6 14 (2.83%) Local Government
6 14 (2.83%) Police
7 13 (2.63%) Retail
8 8 (1.62%) Advertising
8 8 (1.62%) Analytical Skills
9 5 (1.01%) Games
9 5 (1.01%) Manufacturing
10 4 (0.81%) Back Office
10 4 (0.81%) Humanities
10 4 (0.81%) Legal
10 4 (0.81%) Organisational Skills
10 4 (0.81%) Social Science
10 4 (0.81%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 62 (12.53%) HTML
2 57 (11.52%) CSS
3 7 (1.41%) Tailwind CSS
4 4 (0.81%) .NET
4 4 (0.81%) ASP.NET
4 4 (0.81%) ASP.NET MVC
4 4 (0.81%) Framer.js
5 2 (0.40%) D3.js
5 2 (0.40%) Next.js
5 2 (0.40%) React
5 2 (0.40%) WinForms
6 1 (0.20%) ADO
6 1 (0.20%) HTML5
6 1 (0.20%) jQuery
6 1 (0.20%) Unreal Engine
6 1 (0.20%) V-Ray
6 1 (0.20%) Vue
6 1 (0.20%) Web Services
6 1 (0.20%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 26 (5.25%) Product Ownership
2 25 (5.05%) Home Automation
3 24 (4.85%) Graphic Design
4 23 (4.65%) Mobile App
5 20 (4.04%) Social Media
6 16 (3.23%) Smart Home
7 13 (2.63%) Animation
8 11 (2.22%) NHS
9 9 (1.82%) IoT
10 7 (1.41%) Motion Graphics
10 7 (1.41%) Operational Technology
10 7 (1.41%) SCADA
11 6 (1.21%) Blog
11 6 (1.21%) W3C
12 4 (0.81%) Blockchain
12 4 (0.81%) Photography
12 4 (0.81%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.81%) Virtual Team
13 2 (0.40%) Greenfield Project
13 2 (0.40%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.01%) Windows
2 3 (0.61%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.40%) Linux
4 1 (0.20%) Android
4 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.20%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 1 (0.20%) Solaris
4 1 (0.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 200 (40.40%) User Experience
2 160 (32.32%) UX Design
3 113 (22.83%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 110 (22.22%) Agile
5 103 (20.81%) User Research
6 95 (19.19%) Prototyping
7 88 (17.78%) Interaction Design
8 86 (17.37%) Wireframes
9 69 (13.94%) Service Design
10 44 (8.89%) Analytics
11 41 (8.28%) Usability Testing
12 37 (7.47%) Mentoring
13 36 (7.27%) Workshop Facilitation
14 35 (7.07%) Stakeholder Management
15 33 (6.67%) CAD
16 29 (5.86%) Problem-Solving
17 28 (5.66%) UX Research
18 26 (5.25%) Project Management
19 25 (5.05%) Customer Experience
19 25 (5.05%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 34 (6.87%) JavaScript
2 5 (1.01%) C#
2 5 (1.01%) PHP
2 5 (1.01%) SQL
3 3 (0.61%) Python
4 1 (0.20%) ABAP
4 1 (0.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 43 (8.69%) Degree
2 18 (3.64%) DBS Check
3 10 (2.02%) Security Cleared
4 8 (1.62%) SC Cleared
5 7 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.40%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.20%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.20%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.20%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.20%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 69 (13.94%) Accessibility
2 17 (3.43%) QA
3 13 (2.63%) WCAG
4 4 (0.81%) GDPR
5 2 (0.40%) GAAP
5 2 (0.40%) GLP
5 2 (0.40%) IFRS
6 1 (0.20%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 1 (0.20%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.20%) VMware ESXi
1 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 77 (15.56%) Adobe
2 18 (3.64%) NEC
3 16 (3.23%) Microsoft
4 9 (1.82%) SAP
5 7 (1.41%) Hotjar
6 6 (1.21%) Google
7 5 (1.01%) F5
7 5 (1.01%) Oracle
8 4 (0.81%) Databricks
9 3 (0.61%) ServiceNow
10 2 (0.40%) CA Agile Central
10 2 (0.40%) Charles River
10 2 (0.40%) IBM
10 2 (0.40%) PeopleSoft
10 2 (0.40%) Salesforce
10 2 (0.40%) TikTok
11 1 (0.20%) Cisco
11 1 (0.20%) Medallia
11 1 (0.20%) Mercator
11 1 (0.20%) Qualtrics