Junior Designer
UK

The median Junior Designer salary in the UK is £23,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 860 952 1193
Rank change year-on-year +92 +241 -303
Permanent jobs requiring a Junior Designer 36 18 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.017% 0.025%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% 0.019% 0.026%
Number of salaries quoted 29 17 27
10th Percentile £20,500 - £24,200
25th Percentile £22,500 £24,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £23,000 £35,000 £31,000
Median % change year-on-year -34.29% +12.90% +3.33%
75th Percentile £28,750 £40,000 £47,500
90th Percentile £37,500 £45,500 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £25,000 £30,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 92,756 95,826 148,057
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.56% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,592 60,202 85,221
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,550 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.42% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Junior Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Junior Designer in the UK

Junior Designer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Junior Designer in the UK

Junior Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Junior Designer over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Junior Designer in the UK

Junior Designer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Junior Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 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 +129 34 £23,000 -34.29% 6
UK excluding London +26 22 £25,000 -16.67% 6
London +137 13 £23,000 -42.50% 1
Work from Home +100 13 £28,500 -28.75% 1
South East +38 13 £27,500 -18.52% 1
Midlands +10 3 £22,000 -56.00%
South West 0 2 £20,000 -42.86% 1
East Midlands - 2 £36,000 -
East of England - 2 £28,500 -
North of England +50 1 £25,000 - 3
West Midlands +26 1 £21,000 -58.00%
North West +11 1 £25,000 - 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £22,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, Junior 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 Junior Designer in the job title.

1 16 (44.44%) Adobe
2 12 (33.33%) Photoshop
2 12 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
2 12 (33.33%) InDesign
2 12 (33.33%) Marketing
2 12 (33.33%) Graphic Design
3 11 (30.56%) Time Management
3 11 (30.56%) CAD
3 11 (30.56%) Customer Service
4 8 (22.22%) Degree
5 7 (19.44%) Social Media
6 6 (16.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (13.89%) Advertising
8 4 (11.11%) Retail
8 4 (11.11%) Animation
8 4 (11.11%) User Experience
8 4 (11.11%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 4 (11.11%) Sketch
8 4 (11.11%) Figma
8 4 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (8.33%) Social Skills
9 3 (8.33%) GDPR
9 3 (8.33%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (8.33%) Finance
9 3 (8.33%) B2B
10 2 (5.56%) B2C
10 2 (5.56%) CSS
10 2 (5.56%) HTML
10 2 (5.56%) e-Learning
10 2 (5.56%) Equities

Junior 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 1 (2.78%) CMS
1 1 (2.78%) WordPress
Applications
1 12 (33.33%) Adobe Illustrator
1 12 (33.33%) InDesign
1 12 (33.33%) Photoshop
2 6 (16.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 4 (11.11%) Sketch
4 3 (8.33%) Adobe After Effects
5 2 (5.56%) Adobe XD
6 1 (2.78%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (2.78%) CorelDRAW
6 1 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.11%) Adobe Creative Cloud
1 4 (11.11%) Figma
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
General
1 12 (33.33%) Marketing
2 5 (13.89%) Advertising
3 4 (11.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 4 (11.11%) Retail
4 3 (8.33%) Finance
4 3 (8.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.56%) CSS
1 2 (5.56%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 12 (33.33%) Graphic Design
2 7 (19.44%) Social Media
3 4 (11.11%) Animation
4 2 (5.56%) e-Learning
4 2 (5.56%) Equities
4 2 (5.56%) Motion Graphics
4 2 (5.56%) Photography
5 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (30.56%) CAD
1 11 (30.56%) Customer Service
1 11 (30.56%) Time Management
2 4 (11.11%) User Experience
3 3 (8.33%) B2B
4 2 (5.56%) 3D Modelling
4 2 (5.56%) B2C
4 2 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (5.56%) Customer Experience
4 2 (5.56%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (5.56%) Instructional Design
4 2 (5.56%) Mentoring
4 2 (5.56%) Typography
4 2 (5.56%) UX Design
4 2 (5.56%) Web Design
5 1 (2.78%) Information Architecture
5 1 (2.78%) Journey Map
5 1 (2.78%) Responsive Web Design
5 1 (2.78%) User Research
5 1 (2.78%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 8 (22.22%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.33%) GDPR
2 2 (5.56%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 16 (44.44%) Adobe
2 1 (2.78%) Autodesk
2 1 (2.78%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.78%) Progress