Digital UX Designer Job Trends

Digital User Experience Designer
UK

The median Digital User Experience Designer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 8 September 2026.

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

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 777 658 786
Rank change year-on-year -119 +128 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital UX Designer 18 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.016% 0.002% 0.001%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.002% 0.001%
Number of salaries quoted 9 0 0
10th Percentile £55,500 - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 - -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 - -

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 104,829 44,090 74,355
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.80% 89.66% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 72,155 25,926 46,385
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £77,424 £75,000 £73,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

Digital UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Digital UX Designer job vacancy trend in the UK

Digital UX Designer
Salary Trend

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

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

Digital UX Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital UX Designer over the 6 months to 8 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Digital UX Designer in the UK

Digital UX 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 Digital UX Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 8 September 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 -97 12 £60,000 - 2
UK excluding London - 12 £60,000 - 1
South East - 8 £70,000 -
Work from Home - 4 £45,000 - 3
East of England - 2 - -
East Midlands - 2 £52,500 -
Midlands - 2 £52,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 8 September 2026, Digital UX 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 UX Designer in the job title.

1 18 (100.00%) User Experience
2 16 (88.89%) UX Design
3 11 (61.11%) Figma
4 10 (55.56%) AI
5 9 (50.00%) Roadmaps
6 4 (22.22%) Accessibility
6 4 (22.22%) Adobe
6 4 (22.22%) Prototyping
6 4 (22.22%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 3 (16.67%) Adobe Analytics
7 3 (16.67%) Agile
7 3 (16.67%) Analytics
7 3 (16.67%) Broadband
7 3 (16.67%) Customer Experience
7 3 (16.67%) Customer Insight
7 3 (16.67%) Digital Customer Experience
7 3 (16.67%) Product Roadmap
7 3 (16.67%) Storytelling
7 3 (16.67%) User Research
7 3 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
8 1 (5.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
8 1 (5.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
8 1 (5.56%) CMS
8 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Culture
8 1 (5.56%) DesignOps
8 1 (5.56%) E-Commerce
8 1 (5.56%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
8 1 (5.56%) Mentoring
8 1 (5.56%) Salesforce
8 1 (5.56%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud

Digital UX 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 1 (5.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (5.56%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 11 (61.11%) Figma
2 3 (16.67%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (5.56%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 3 (16.67%) Broadband
General
1 6 (33.33%) Marketing
2 3 (16.67%) Games
3 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (100.00%) User Experience
2 16 (88.89%) UX Design
3 10 (55.56%) AI
4 9 (50.00%) Roadmaps
5 4 (22.22%) Prototyping
5 4 (22.22%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 3 (16.67%) Agile
6 3 (16.67%) Analytics
6 3 (16.67%) Customer Experience
6 3 (16.67%) Customer Insight
6 3 (16.67%) Digital Customer Experience
6 3 (16.67%) Product Roadmap
6 3 (16.67%) Storytelling
6 3 (16.67%) User Research
6 3 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
7 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (5.56%) E-Commerce
7 1 (5.56%) Mentoring
7 1 (5.56%) Stakeholder Management
7 1 (5.56%) UX Research
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Adobe
2 1 (5.56%) Salesforce