Senior Designer
UK

The median Senior Designer salary in the UK is £57,965 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 5 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
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 698 704 587
Rank change year-on-year +6 -117 +147
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Designer 218 270 814
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.22% 0.26% 0.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.29% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 135 223 298
10th Percentile £44,250 £47,672 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £70,000 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.19% - +16.67%
75th Percentile £62,500 £78,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £90,000 £90,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,965 £57,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +0.81% -8.00% +13.64%

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 93,221 94,676 150,515
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 66,838 59,581 85,408
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +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 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Senior Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Designer in the UK

Senior Designer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Designer in the UK

Senior Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Designer over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Designer in the UK

Senior Designer
Top 17 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 5 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 +31 180 £57,965 -17.19% 74
UK excluding London +77 154 £57,965 +0.81% 34
Work from Home +38 90 £57,965 -17.19% 45
North of England +92 65 £57,965 +31.67% 12
London +8 60 £60,000 -14.29% 45
North West +25 29 £57,965 +31.67% 8
Scotland -37 27 - - 5
Yorkshire +106 22 £57,965 +15.93% 4
Midlands +28 21 £57,965 - 8
South East +36 17 £42,500 -43.33% 5
West Midlands +27 17 £57,965 - 6
South West -29 14 £52,500 -4.55% 4
North East - 14 £57,965 - 1
East Midlands - 4 - - 3
Wales - 4 - - 1
Northern Ireland - 4 - - 1
East of England +5 2 £77,500 +10.71% 2

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

For the 6 months to 5 May 2024, 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.

1 105 (48.17%) Coaching
2 101 (46.33%) User Experience
3 95 (43.58%) UX Design
4 84 (38.53%) Accessibility
4 84 (38.53%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 82 (37.61%) Figma
6 77 (35.32%) Prototyping
7 76 (34.86%) HTML
8 70 (32.11%) Design Patterns
9 67 (30.73%) Problem-Solving
10 66 (30.28%) WCAG
11 64 (29.36%) Agile
11 64 (29.36%) Sketch
12 62 (28.44%) Mentoring
13 56 (25.69%) Workshop Facilitation
13 56 (25.69%) Journey Map
14 51 (23.39%) Security Cleared
15 50 (22.94%) Customer Experience
16 49 (22.48%) Actionable Insight
17 48 (22.02%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
18 47 (21.56%) SC Cleared
19 46 (21.10%) Heroku
19 46 (21.10%) Stakeholder Management
19 46 (21.10%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
19 46 (21.10%) Sprint Review
19 46 (21.10%) Digital Customer Experience
19 46 (21.10%) Miro
20 40 (18.35%) Product Ownership
21 37 (16.97%) Marketing
21 37 (16.97%) User Stories

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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (2.75%) WordPress
2 1 (0.46%) CMS
Applications
1 64 (29.36%) Sketch
2 16 (7.34%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 15 (6.88%) Adobe Illustrator
4 13 (5.96%) Photoshop
5 10 (4.59%) InVision
6 8 (3.67%) InDesign
7 7 (3.21%) Microsoft Excel
7 7 (3.21%) Microsoft Office
8 5 (2.29%) 3ds Max
8 5 (2.29%) Adobe After Effects
9 4 (1.83%) Adobe XD
9 4 (1.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
10 3 (1.38%) AutoCAD
10 3 (1.38%) SketchUp
11 2 (0.92%) Final Cut Pro
12 1 (0.46%) Acrobat
12 1 (0.46%) Adobe Premiere
12 1 (0.46%) Trello
12 1 (0.46%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 82 (37.61%) Figma
2 46 (21.10%) Heroku
2 46 (21.10%) Miro
3 11 (5.05%) SurveyMonkey
4 9 (4.13%) SaaS
5 2 (0.92%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (0.46%) AWS
6 1 (0.46%) AWS CloudFormation
6 1 (0.46%) Power Platform
6 1 (0.46%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (0.46%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (0.46%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.46%) DHCP
1 1 (0.46%) DNS
1 1 (0.46%) HTTP
1 1 (0.46%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.46%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 11 (5.05%) JIRA
2 3 (1.38%) Axure RP
General
1 37 (16.97%) Marketing
2 26 (11.93%) Finance
2 26 (11.93%) Social Skills
3 24 (11.01%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 18 (8.26%) Public Sector
5 17 (7.80%) Law
6 13 (5.96%) Games
7 9 (4.13%) Retail
8 3 (1.38%) Analytical Skills
8 3 (1.38%) Multimedia
8 3 (1.38%) Polish Language
8 3 (1.38%) Publishing
9 2 (0.92%) Legal
9 2 (0.92%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (0.92%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.46%) Advertising
10 1 (0.46%) Banking
10 1 (0.46%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (34.86%) HTML
2 27 (12.39%) CSS
3 17 (7.80%) React
4 4 (1.83%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 4 (1.83%) Unreal Engine
5 3 (1.38%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.38%) EDI
5 3 (1.38%) LESS
5 3 (1.38%) Next.js
5 3 (1.38%) Sass
5 3 (1.38%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 1 (0.46%) CarPlay
6 1 (0.46%) OpenID
6 1 (0.46%) SAML
6 1 (0.46%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 40 (18.35%) Product Ownership
2 24 (11.01%) Graphic Design
3 11 (5.05%) Market Risk
4 6 (2.75%) Mobile App
4 6 (2.75%) Motion Graphics
5 5 (2.29%) Onboarding
5 5 (2.29%) Photography
6 4 (1.83%) Cyberattack
6 4 (1.83%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.83%) Social Media
7 3 (1.38%) Animation
7 3 (1.38%) Augmented Reality
8 2 (0.92%) Life Science
8 2 (0.92%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.92%) Video Editing
9 1 (0.46%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.46%) Cloud Native
9 1 (0.46%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.46%) PropTech
9 1 (0.46%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.75%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (48.17%) Coaching
2 101 (46.33%) User Experience
3 95 (43.58%) UX Design
4 84 (38.53%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 77 (35.32%) Prototyping
6 70 (32.11%) Design Patterns
7 67 (30.73%) Problem-Solving
8 64 (29.36%) Agile
9 62 (28.44%) Mentoring
10 56 (25.69%) Journey Map
10 56 (25.69%) Workshop Facilitation
11 50 (22.94%) Customer Experience
12 49 (22.48%) Actionable Insight
13 48 (22.02%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
14 46 (21.10%) Digital Customer Experience
14 46 (21.10%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
14 46 (21.10%) Sprint Review
14 46 (21.10%) Stakeholder Management
15 37 (16.97%) User Stories
16 34 (15.60%) Content Strategy
Programming Languages
1 20 (9.17%) JavaScript
2 3 (1.38%) PHP
Qualifications
1 51 (23.39%) Security Cleared
2 47 (21.56%) SC Cleared
3 28 (12.84%) Degree
4 4 (1.83%) DV Cleared
4 4 (1.83%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.46%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.46%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (38.53%) Accessibility
2 66 (30.28%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.46%) Terraform
Vendors
1 32 (14.68%) Adobe
2 2 (0.92%) Autodesk
2 2 (0.92%) Vectorworks
3 1 (0.46%) Apple
3 1 (0.46%) Hotjar
3 1 (0.46%) Microsoft
3 1 (0.46%) Salesforce