User Interface/User Experience Designer
UK
The median User Interface/User Experience Designer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 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 28 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 694 | 769 | 814 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +75 | +45 | -108 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a UI/UX Designer | 17 | 141 | 150 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.031% | 0.14% | 0.15% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.034% | 0.15% | 0.17% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 10 | 71 | 124 |
| 10th Percentile | £41,250 | £31,250 | £41,625 |
| 25th Percentile | £45,625 | £35,625 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £47,500 | £57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.26% | -17.39% | +4.55% |
| 75th Percentile | £76,875 | £57,500 | £70,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £86,375 | £67,500 | £81,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £45,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +11.11% | -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 | 49,435 | 96,820 | 89,564 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.41% | 94.78% | 91.46% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 25,727 | 69,155 | 56,824 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,822 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £41,000 | £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 | £96,250 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £51,399 | £50,000 | £53,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.80% | -6.54% | +6.63% |
UI/UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured UI/UX Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
UI/UX Designer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing UI/UX Designer.
UI/UX Designer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing UI/UX Designer over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.
UI/UX 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/UX Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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 | +76 | 17 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 40 |
| UK excluding London | +103 | 9 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 18 |
| London | +100 | 8 | £50,000 | -20.00% | 20 |
| Work from Home | +89 | 7 | £50,000 | - | 22 |
| West Midlands | +59 | 3 | - | - | 2 |
| Midlands | +45 | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| North of England | +24 | 3 | £67,500 | +68.75% | 4 |
| South East | +74 | 2 | £51,250 | +13.89% | 9 |
| Yorkshire | +59 | 2 | £50,000 | - | 3 |
| South West | +110 | 1 | £42,500 | +21.43% | 3 |
| North West | -13 | 1 | £85,000 | +112.50% | 1 |
UI/UX Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 28 May 2025, UI/UX 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/UX Designer in the job title.
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UI/UX 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: