Product Designer
UK

The median Product Designer salary in the UK is £70,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 15 May 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
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 851 806 544
Rank change year-on-year -45 -262 +225
Permanent jobs requiring a Product Designer 44 171 975
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.044% 0.17% 0.61%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.047% 0.19% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 33 145 279
10th Percentile £41,500 £46,250 £46,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £52,500 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +27.27%
75th Percentile £85,000 £76,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £84,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -21.43% +40.00%

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 93,908 91,208 153,609
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 91.47% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 67,161 57,434 84,375
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,950
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%

Product Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Product Designer in the UK

Product Designer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Product Designer in the UK

Product Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Designer over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Product Designer in the UK

Product Designer
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 15 May 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 -59 42 £72,000 +10.77% 33
London +6 24 £75,000 +15.38% 23
UK excluding London -37 19 £55,000 - 12
Work from Home -5 16 £72,000 +10.77% 13
North of England +44 9 £52,500 -36.36% 4
North West +10 9 £52,500 -36.36% 4
South East +6 5 £40,000 -36.00% 2
East of England +4 2 £86,250 +23.21%
South West -35 2 £55,000 - 4
Scotland - 1 £60,000 - 2

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

For the 6 months to 15 May 2024, Product 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 Product Designer in the job title.

1 24 (54.55%) User Experience
2 13 (29.55%) Figma
2 13 (29.55%) UX Design
3 12 (27.27%) User Research
3 12 (27.27%) Customer Experience
4 11 (25.00%) Prototyping
4 11 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 11 (25.00%) Finance
5 10 (22.73%) Interaction Design
5 10 (22.73%) Social Skills
6 9 (20.45%) Wireframes
6 9 (20.45%) B2B
6 9 (20.45%) SaaS
7 8 (18.18%) Marketing
7 8 (18.18%) Sketch
8 7 (15.91%) Accessibility
8 7 (15.91%) Product Management
8 7 (15.91%) Mobile First
9 6 (13.64%) Wealth Management
9 6 (13.64%) Asset Management
9 6 (13.64%) Adobe
9 6 (13.64%) Artificial Intelligence
10 5 (11.36%) Service Design
10 5 (11.36%) Typography
10 5 (11.36%) Fintech
10 5 (11.36%) Personalization
11 4 (9.09%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 4 (9.09%) Mobile App
11 4 (9.09%) InVision
11 4 (9.09%) Public Sector

Product 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 (4.55%) Confluence
Applications
1 8 (18.18%) Sketch
2 4 (9.09%) InVision
3 1 (2.27%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (2.27%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 13 (29.55%) Figma
2 9 (20.45%) SaaS
3 4 (9.09%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 2 (4.55%) Miro
Development Applications
1 2 (4.55%) JIRA
General
1 11 (25.00%) Finance
2 10 (22.73%) Social Skills
3 8 (18.18%) Marketing
4 4 (9.09%) Public Sector
5 3 (6.82%) Retail
6 2 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (4.55%) Legal
7 1 (2.27%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (2.27%) Automotive
7 1 (2.27%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.55%) CSS
1 2 (4.55%) HTML
2 1 (2.27%) CarPlay
2 1 (2.27%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.09%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.27%) Algorithms
2 1 (2.27%) Blockchain
2 1 (2.27%) Data Structures
2 1 (2.27%) Educational Technology
2 1 (2.27%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.27%) FMCG
2 1 (2.27%) Graphic Design
2 1 (2.27%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.27%) PropTech
2 1 (2.27%) Social Media
2 1 (2.27%) Web3
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (54.55%) User Experience
2 13 (29.55%) UX Design
3 12 (27.27%) Customer Experience
3 12 (27.27%) User Research
4 11 (25.00%) Prototyping
4 11 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 10 (22.73%) Interaction Design
6 9 (20.45%) B2B
6 9 (20.45%) Wireframes
7 7 (15.91%) Mobile First
7 7 (15.91%) Product Management
8 6 (13.64%) Artificial Intelligence
8 6 (13.64%) Asset Management
8 6 (13.64%) Wealth Management
9 5 (11.36%) Fintech
9 5 (11.36%) Personalization
9 5 (11.36%) Service Design
9 5 (11.36%) Typography
10 3 (6.82%) Design Thinking
10 3 (6.82%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 2 (4.55%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.91%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 6 (13.64%) Adobe
2 1 (2.27%) Apple