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 18 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 18 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 606 | 674 | 711 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +68 | +37 | -128 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Designer | 123 | 213 | 253 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.22% | 0.21% | 0.25% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.24% | 0.23% | 0.28% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27 | 135 | 216 |
| 10th Percentile | £42,250 | £43,000 | £47,125 |
| 25th Percentile | £43,750 | £52,500 | £55,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £57,965 | £67,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.14% | -14.13% | -3.57% |
| 75th Percentile | £80,000 | £61,875 | £77,500 |
| 90th Percentile | £87,200 | £75,000 | £86,875 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £57,965 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | -5.11% | +5.39% | -13.73% |
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 | 50,837 | 94,491 | 90,806 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.77% | 94.69% | 91.50% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,317 | 67,546 | 57,366 |
| 10th Percentile | £29,500 | £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 | £71,000 | £80,000 |
| 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% | +6.00% |
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 18 May 2025.
Senior Designer
Top 14 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 18 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 |
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| UK excluding London | +124 | 100 | £55,000 | -5.11% | 106 |
| Work from Home | +133 | 93 | £65,000 | +12.14% | 85 |
| Scotland | +160 | 80 | £80,000 | - | 15 |
| England | -3 | 42 | £60,000 | +3.51% | 161 |
| London | +79 | 22 | £76,250 | +27.08% | 95 |
| North of England | -7 | 10 | £55,000 | -5.11% | 39 |
| North West | -20 | 7 | £55,000 | -5.11% | 26 |
| East of England | +43 | 6 | £65,000 | -16.13% | 5 |
| South East | +74 | 2 | £57,500 | +27.78% | 37 |
| Yorkshire | +46 | 2 | £52,500 | -9.43% | 7 |
| South West | +97 | 1 | £55,000 | +4.76% | 3 |
| Midlands | +42 | 1 | £65,000 | +12.14% | 9 |
| West Midlands | +30 | 1 | £65,000 | +12.14% | 1 |
| North East | +23 | 1 | £65,000 | +12.14% | 6 |
Senior Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 18 May 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: