Digital Designer Jobs

Digital Designer
UK

The median Digital Designer salary in the UK is £58,184 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 May 2025.

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

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 696 819 935
Rank change year-on-year +123 +116 +150
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Designer 15 76 44
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.077% 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.030% 0.081% 0.048%
Number of salaries quoted 4 63 36
10th Percentile £43,420 £26,250 £24,500
25th Percentile £47,650 £27,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,184 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +55.16% -16.67% -10.00%
75th Percentile £68,114 £51,625 £57,813
90th Percentile - £53,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £66,367 £35,000 £31,000
% change year-on-year +89.62% +12.90% -22.50%

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 50,303 93,916 91,216
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.61% 94.69% 91.48%
Number of salaries quoted 27,096 67,168 57,442
10th Percentile £29,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -12.50% -
75th Percentile £73,886 £71,250 £80,559
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -5.66% +5.64%

Digital Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Designer in the UK

Digital Designer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Digital Designer in the UK

Digital Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Designer over the 6 months to 16 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Digital Designer in the UK

Digital Designer
Top 6 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 16 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 +99 13 £58,184 +67.02% 46
Work from Home +90 9 £58,184 +55.50% 26
London +106 8 £50,000 +11.11% 24
UK excluding London +125 5 £66,367 +89.62% 25
South West +105 3 £66,367 +65.92% 2
South East +80 2 - - 8

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

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, Digital 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 Digital Designer in the job title.

1 11 (73.33%) Adobe
2 10 (66.67%) Marketing
3 8 (53.33%) Photoshop
3 8 (53.33%) Adobe Illustrator
4 7 (46.67%) Adobe After Effects
4 7 (46.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 7 (46.67%) Figma
5 6 (40.00%) Social Media
5 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
6 5 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
6 5 (33.33%) Advertising
6 5 (33.33%) Finance
7 4 (26.67%) InDesign
7 4 (26.67%) QA
7 4 (26.67%) UX Design
7 4 (26.67%) User Experience
7 4 (26.67%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 4 (26.67%) Digital Media
8 3 (20.00%) Wireframes
8 3 (20.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
8 3 (20.00%) Time Management
8 3 (20.00%) Video Editing
8 3 (20.00%) Accessibility
8 3 (20.00%) Customer Experience
9 2 (13.33%) Digital Strategy
9 2 (13.33%) HTML
9 2 (13.33%) Animation
9 2 (13.33%) Content Management

Digital 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 2 (13.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 2 (13.33%) CMS
2 1 (6.67%) Confluence
2 1 (6.67%) Moodle
Applications
1 8 (53.33%) Adobe Illustrator
1 8 (53.33%) Photoshop
2 7 (46.67%) Adobe After Effects
3 5 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (26.67%) InDesign
5 1 (6.67%) Adobe Premiere
Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) Figma
2 4 (26.67%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Development Applications
1 1 (6.67%) JIRA
General
1 10 (66.67%) Marketing
2 6 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (33.33%) Advertising
3 5 (33.33%) Finance
3 5 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Banking
5 1 (6.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (6.67%) Legal
5 1 (6.67%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) HTML
2 1 (6.67%) CSS
2 1 (6.67%) CSS3
2 1 (6.67%) EDI
2 1 (6.67%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 6 (40.00%) Social Media
2 4 (26.67%) Digital Media
3 3 (20.00%) Video Editing
4 2 (13.33%) Animation
5 1 (6.67%) e-Learning
5 1 (6.67%) Graphic Design
5 1 (6.67%) Learning Management System
5 1 (6.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (46.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 5 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
3 4 (26.67%) User Experience
3 4 (26.67%) UX Design
4 3 (20.00%) Customer Experience
4 3 (20.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 3 (20.00%) Time Management
4 3 (20.00%) Wireframes
5 2 (13.33%) Analytics
5 2 (13.33%) Content Management
5 2 (13.33%) Critical Thinking
5 2 (13.33%) Customer Engagement
5 2 (13.33%) Data Privacy
5 2 (13.33%) Design Thinking
5 2 (13.33%) Digital Banking
5 2 (13.33%) Digital Strategy
5 2 (13.33%) Innovative Thinking
5 2 (13.33%) Line Management
5 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (13.33%) Use Case
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (26.67%) QA
2 3 (20.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 11 (73.33%) Adobe
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft