Senior UI Designer Jobs

Senior User Interface Designer
UK

The median Senior User Interface Designer salary in the UK is £50,157 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 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
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 706 851 889
Rank change year-on-year +145 +38 +158
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior UI Designer 3 61 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.005% 0.059% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.062% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 3 12 61
10th Percentile - £52,500 £53,750
25th Percentile £46,960 £53,438 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,157 £61,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.11% -5.77% -13.33%
75th Percentile £70,427 £67,500 £76,250
90th Percentile £80,671 £81,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +47.83% +9.52% +10.53%

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 50,066 97,923 88,829
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.36% 94.81% 91.43%
Number of salaries quoted 26,124 69,761 56,179
10th Percentile £28,750 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £38,500 £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 £51,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +2.00% -6.54% +6.63%

Senior UI Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior UI Designer in the UK

Senior UI Designer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior UI Designer in the UK

Senior UI Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior UI Designer over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior UI Designer in the UK

Senior UI Designer
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior UI Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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
England +118 3 £50,157 -18.11% 80
London +102 2 £50,157 -19.75% 8
UK excluding London +151 1 £85,000 +47.83% 82
Work from Home +113 1 £85,000 +47.83% 5
North of England +41 1 £85,000 - 17
North West +2 1 £85,000 - 7

Senior UI Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, Senior UI 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 UI Designer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Adobe
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) UX Design
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) Figma
1 3 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 3 (100.00%) User Research
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Storytelling
2 2 (66.67%) Wireframes
2 2 (66.67%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
2 2 (66.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (66.67%) Design Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Line Management
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Degree
3 1 (33.33%) WCAG
3 1 (33.33%) Graphic Design
3 1 (33.33%) Adobe XD
3 1 (33.33%) Sketch
3 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
3 1 (33.33%) Human-Centred Design
3 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
3 1 (33.33%) Health Technology

Senior UI 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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe XD
2 1 (33.33%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Figma
2 1 (33.33%) SaaS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Health Technology
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Graphic Design
1 1 (33.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) User Research
1 3 (100.00%) UX Design
2 2 (66.67%) Coaching
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) Design Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
2 2 (66.67%) Line Management
2 2 (66.67%) Storytelling
2 2 (66.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (66.67%) Wireframes
3 1 (33.33%) Human-Centred Design
3 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
3 1 (33.33%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (33.33%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Adobe