User Experience Designer
UK
The median User Experience Designer salary in the UK is £52,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 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 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
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| Rank | 619 | 647 | 630 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +28 | -17 | -182 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a UX Designer | 73 | 252 | 381 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.14% | 0.26% | 0.37% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.16% | 0.27% | 0.40% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 40 | 137 | 288 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £30,000 | £41,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,250 | £42,000 | £46,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £52,750 | £50,000 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +5.50% | -16.67% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £65,625 | £60,000 | £75,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £70,250 | £70,000 | £82,500 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £55,000 | £45,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +22.22% | -18.18% | +10.00% |
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 | 46,902 | 93,183 | 95,132 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.12% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,275 | 66,883 | 59,840 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,000 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,777 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +8.95% | -12.04% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,000 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured UX Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
UX Designer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing UX Designer.
UX Designer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing UX Designer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
UX 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 UX Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 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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| England | +65 | 67 | £55,000 | +11.11% | 110 |
| UK excluding London | +66 | 36 | £55,000 | +22.22% | 46 |
| Work from Home | +131 | 30 | £55,000 | +10.00% | 49 |
| London | +85 | 29 | £50,000 | -20.00% | 70 |
| North of England | +61 | 14 | £45,000 | - | 17 |
| South West | +102 | 7 | £48,750 | -2.50% | 9 |
| East of England | +49 | 7 | £55,000 | +22.22% | 4 |
| Yorkshire | +70 | 6 | £45,000 | -12.20% | 3 |
| Midlands | +54 | 5 | £60,000 | +26.32% | 5 |
| West Midlands | +41 | 5 | £60,000 | +26.32% | 1 |
| North West | +14 | 5 | £55,000 | +22.22% | 11 |
| North East | +50 | 3 | £42,500 | -15.00% | 3 |
| South East | +89 | 2 | £51,250 | +2.50% | 13 |
| Scotland | +88 | 1 | £50,500 | +3.06% | 2 |
UX Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 UX Designer in the job title.
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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:
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