UI Designer Jobs

User Interface Designer
UK

The median User Interface Designer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 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
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 694 744 753
Rank change year-on-year +50 +9 -135
Permanent jobs requiring a UI Designer 20 168 211
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.036% 0.17% 0.21%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.040% 0.18% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 14 92 168
10th Percentile £41,550 £31,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £42,938 £37,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.56% -18.75% +9.09%
75th Percentile £64,688 £58,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £85,125 £67,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.56% -14.29% +16.67%

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 49,668 94,676 90,476
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.49% 94.69% 91.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,895 67,575 57,131
10th Percentile £29,250 £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 £73,750 £70,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £53,325
% change year-on-year +3.29% -6.24% +6.65%

UI Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for UI Designer in the UK

UI Designer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for UI Designer in the UK

UI Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing UI Designer over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for UI Designer in the UK

UI Designer
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UI Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 22 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 +54 20 £50,000 +11.11% 122
UK excluding London +88 11 £42,500 -5.56% 98
London +85 9 £50,157 -16.41% 28
Work from Home +96 8 £55,000 +10.00% 33
North of England +33 5 £46,250 +2.78% 24
West Midlands +61 3 - - 10
Midlands +40 3 - - 18
North West -16 3 £42,500 -5.56% 11
South East +70 2 £51,250 +13.89% 27
Yorkshire +64 2 £50,000 - 11
South West +94 1 £42,500 +21.43% 14

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

For the 6 months to 22 May 2025, 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 UI Designer in the job title.

1 19 (95.00%) UX Design
1 19 (95.00%) User Experience
2 16 (80.00%) Figma
3 15 (75.00%) Wireframes
4 13 (65.00%) User Research
5 12 (60.00%) Usability Testing
5 12 (60.00%) Adobe
6 11 (55.00%) Adobe XD
6 11 (55.00%) Sketch
7 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
7 10 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 9 (45.00%) Front End Development
9 8 (40.00%) Prototyping
10 7 (35.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
10 7 (35.00%) CSS
10 7 (35.00%) Accessibility
11 6 (30.00%) HTML
12 5 (25.00%) Finance
12 5 (25.00%) SaaS
12 5 (25.00%) Responsive Web Design
12 5 (25.00%) Design Thinking
13 4 (20.00%) Analytics
13 4 (20.00%) Mobile App
13 4 (20.00%) Agile
14 3 (15.00%) Journey Map
14 3 (15.00%) WCAG
14 3 (15.00%) Automotive
14 3 (15.00%) JavaScript
14 3 (15.00%) Animation
14 3 (15.00%) Video Editing

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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) CMS
1 2 (10.00%) Drupal
Applications
1 11 (55.00%) Adobe XD
1 11 (55.00%) Sketch
2 1 (5.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (5.00%) InVision
Cloud Services
1 16 (80.00%) Figma
2 5 (25.00%) SaaS
3 1 (5.00%) Google Analytics
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Axure RP
1 1 (5.00%) Browser DevTools
1 1 (5.00%) Storybook
1 1 (5.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (25.00%) Finance
3 3 (15.00%) Automotive
4 2 (10.00%) Marketing
5 1 (5.00%) Health Technology
5 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (35.00%) CSS
2 6 (30.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (15.00%) Animation
2 3 (15.00%) Video Editing
3 1 (5.00%) Graphic Design
3 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (95.00%) User Experience
1 19 (95.00%) UX Design
2 15 (75.00%) Wireframes
3 13 (65.00%) User Research
4 12 (60.00%) Usability Testing
5 10 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 9 (45.00%) Front End Development
7 8 (40.00%) Prototyping
8 7 (35.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
9 5 (25.00%) Design Thinking
9 5 (25.00%) Responsive Web Design
10 4 (20.00%) Agile
10 4 (20.00%) Analytics
11 3 (15.00%) Fintech
11 3 (15.00%) Journey Map
12 2 (10.00%) Customer Experience
12 2 (10.00%) Design Sprint
12 2 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
12 2 (10.00%) Storyboarding
12 2 (10.00%) User Journey Map
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (35.00%) Accessibility
2 3 (15.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 12 (60.00%) Adobe
2 1 (5.00%) Google
2 1 (5.00%) Guidewire
2 1 (5.00%) Pega
2 1 (5.00%) Sitecore