Senior Designer
UK
The median Senior Designer salary in the UK is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 15 June 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 15 Jun 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 591 | 702 | 694 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +111 | -8 | -135 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Designer | 124 | 231 | 243 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.22% | 0.21% | 0.26% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.25% | 0.22% | 0.29% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26 | 149 | 213 |
| 10th Percentile | £45,625 | £44,750 | £46,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £48,345 | £53,750 | £53,750 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £57,965 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.14% | -10.82% | -7.14% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £60,741 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £87,250 | £70,000 | £85,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £65,000 | £57,965 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.14% | +5.39% | -12.00% |
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 | 50,366 | 104,718 | 83,671 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 89.89% | 94.79% | 91.17% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 26,574 | 73,870 | 54,667 |
| 10th Percentile | £27,500 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £39,500 | £38,603 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £55,000 | £52,500 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.76% | -12.50% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £73,750 | £70,000 | £80,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £95,000 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,055 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +0.11% | -6.54% | +6.47% |
Senior Designer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured Senior Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
Senior Designer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Designer.
Senior Designer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Designer over the 6 months to 15 June 2025.
Senior 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 Senior Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 15 June 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +135 | 100 | £65,000 | +12.14% | 166 |
| Work from Home | +147 | 94 | £65,000 | +12.14% | 129 |
| Scotland | +162 | 81 | £80,000 | +33.33% | 5 |
| England | +45 | 41 | £65,000 | +12.14% | 252 |
| London | +84 | 22 | £60,079 | +0.13% | 114 |
| North of England | +20 | 10 | £60,000 | +3.51% | 42 |
| North West | +1 | 7 | £55,000 | -5.11% | 22 |
| South East | +70 | 5 | £60,000 | +9.09% | 60 |
| East of England | +44 | 3 | £75,000 | -3.23% | 21 |
| Yorkshire | +41 | 2 | £52,500 | -9.43% | 16 |
| Midlands | +56 | 1 | £65,000 | +12.14% | 24 |
| West Midlands | +55 | 1 | £65,000 | +12.14% | 11 |
| North East | +40 | 1 | £65,000 | +12.14% | 4 |
Senior Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 15 June 2025, Senior 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 Senior Designer in the job title.
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Senior 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:
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