Digital Designer Job Trends

Digital Designer
UK

The median Digital Designer salary in the UK is £33,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 633 696 700
Rank change year-on-year +63 +4 +249
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Designer 18 16 37
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.030% 0.030% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.033% 0.032% 0.069%
Number of salaries quoted 12 4 29
10th Percentile £25,300 £35,625 £31,850
25th Percentile £28,000 £38,438 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 £47,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.95% +18.75% -27.27%
75th Percentile £35,000 £57,188 £51,250
90th Percentile - £61,125 £56,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £34,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year -5.80% -13.75% -46.67%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 54,089 49,558 53,300
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.68% 92.89% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 33,489 25,634 41,126
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,750 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

Digital Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Digital Designer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Digital Designer job vacancy trend in the UK

Digital Designer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Digital Designer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Digital Designer job vacancies in the UK

Digital Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Designer over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Digital Designer in the UK

Digital Designer
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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 +74 17 £33,750 -42.55% 11
UK excluding London +77 16 £32,500 -5.80% 9
South East - 13 £32,500 - 2
Work from Home +63 4 - - 7
London +48 2 £42,500 -27.66% 3
Wales +4 1 - -
South West - 1 - - 1
East of England - 1 - - 5

Digital Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Digital Designer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Digital Designer in the job title.

1 10 (55.56%) Adobe
2 9 (50.00%) Figma
3 7 (38.89%) User Experience
4 6 (33.33%) Accessibility
4 6 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 5 (27.78%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (27.78%) Agile
5 5 (27.78%) InDesign
5 5 (27.78%) Photoshop
6 4 (22.22%) Adobe Analytics
6 4 (22.22%) AI
6 4 (22.22%) Analytics
6 4 (22.22%) Broadband
6 4 (22.22%) Customer Experience
6 4 (22.22%) Digital Customer Experience
6 4 (22.22%) Product Roadmap
6 4 (22.22%) Roadmaps
6 4 (22.22%) Storytelling
6 4 (22.22%) Typography
6 4 (22.22%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 3 (16.67%) Confluence
7 3 (16.67%) Customer Insight
7 3 (16.67%) User Research
7 3 (16.67%) UX Design
7 3 (16.67%) WCAG
8 2 (11.11%) Adobe XD
8 2 (11.11%) CMS
8 2 (11.11%) Data Analytics
8 2 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
8 2 (11.11%) LLM

Digital Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 3 (16.67%) Confluence
2 2 (11.11%) CMS
Applications
1 6 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 5 (27.78%) Adobe Illustrator
2 5 (27.78%) InDesign
2 5 (27.78%) Photoshop
3 2 (11.11%) Adobe XD
4 1 (5.56%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (5.56%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 9 (50.00%) Figma
2 4 (22.22%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 4 (22.22%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 7 (38.89%) Marketing
2 4 (22.22%) Games
2 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Advertising
3 1 (5.56%) Finance
3 1 (5.56%) Legal
3 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) CSS
1 1 (5.56%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (38.89%) Social Media
2 2 (11.11%) Animation
2 2 (11.11%) Video Editing
3 1 (5.56%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) User Experience
2 5 (27.78%) Agile
3 4 (22.22%) AI
3 4 (22.22%) Analytics
3 4 (22.22%) Customer Experience
3 4 (22.22%) Digital Customer Experience
3 4 (22.22%) Product Roadmap
3 4 (22.22%) Roadmaps
3 4 (22.22%) Storytelling
3 4 (22.22%) Typography
3 4 (22.22%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 3 (16.67%) Customer Insight
4 3 (16.67%) User Research
4 3 (16.67%) UX Design
5 2 (11.11%) Data Analytics
5 2 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
5 2 (11.11%) Responsive Web Design
5 2 (11.11%) SEO
5 2 (11.11%) Usability Testing
5 2 (11.11%) Web Design
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 3 (16.67%) WCAG
3 1 (5.56%) Section 508
Vendors
1 10 (55.56%) Adobe
2 1 (5.56%) Atlassian