UX Designer Jobs

User Experience Designer
UK

The median User Experience Designer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 26 July 2024.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 630 632 406
Rank change year-on-year +2 -226 +84
Permanent jobs requiring a UX Designer 215 265 1,597
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.24% 0.33% 0.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.36% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 106 211 646
10th Percentile £28,750 £40,000 £38,063
25th Percentile £43,000 £45,938 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £83,750 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +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 85,709 74,085 167,386
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 91.81% 95.50%
Number of salaries quoted 58,134 51,472 87,435
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,800 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +1.92% +9.47%

UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for UX Designer in the UK

UX Designer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for UX Designer in the UK

UX Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing UX Designer over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for UX Designer in the UK

UX 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 UX Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 26 July 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
UK excluding London +29 165 £55,000 - 12
England -67 138 £55,000 -8.33% 14
Work from Home -9 58 £55,000 -8.33% 9
Scotland +2 47 £55,000 -18.52% 1
London -15 38 £60,000 - 4
North of England +8 36 £45,000 -5.26% 3
Midlands -9 23 £50,000 - 1
South East +1 19 £55,000 -8.33% 2
North West -4 18 £40,000 -11.11% 1
Yorkshire +51 14 £51,250 +7.89% 2
East Midlands -19 13 £35,000 -
South West 0 12 £60,000 +14.29% 2
Northern Ireland +29 11 £60,000 -
Wales +34 10 £32,500 -40.91% 1
West Midlands 0 10 £55,000 +10.00% 1
East of England -13 7 £28,500 -59.29% 3
North East -9 4 £47,500 +14.46%

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

For the 6 months to 26 July 2024, 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.

1 215 (100.00%) UX Design
1 215 (100.00%) User Experience
2 126 (58.60%) Figma
3 112 (52.09%) Prototyping
4 94 (43.72%) HTML
5 87 (40.47%) Wireframes
6 86 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 84 (39.07%) Sketch
8 81 (37.67%) Accessibility
9 76 (35.35%) Problem-Solving
10 75 (34.88%) Workshop Facilitation
11 72 (33.49%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
12 66 (30.70%) Security Cleared
13 63 (29.30%) SC Cleared
14 61 (28.37%) WCAG
15 59 (27.44%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
16 58 (26.98%) Actionable Insight
17 57 (26.51%) Miro
18 52 (24.19%) Design Patterns
18 52 (24.19%) Coaching
19 51 (23.72%) Stakeholder Management
20 50 (23.26%) User Research
21 49 (22.79%) Customer Experience
22 48 (22.33%) Social Skills
23 46 (21.40%) Digital Customer Experience
23 46 (21.40%) Sprint Review
23 46 (21.40%) Agile
23 46 (21.40%) Heroku
24 45 (20.93%) Adobe
25 43 (20.00%) Usability Testing

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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.86%) CMS
1 4 (1.86%) Umbraco
2 2 (0.93%) WordPress
3 1 (0.47%) Confluence
Applications
1 84 (39.07%) Sketch
2 25 (11.63%) Adobe XD
3 23 (10.70%) InVision
4 18 (8.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 17 (7.91%) Photoshop
6 16 (7.44%) Adobe Illustrator
7 5 (2.33%) InDesign
8 2 (0.93%) Adobe After Effects
8 2 (0.93%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 126 (58.60%) Figma
2 57 (26.51%) Miro
3 46 (21.40%) Heroku
4 11 (5.12%) SurveyMonkey
5 6 (2.79%) SaaS
6 5 (2.33%) Google Analytics
7 3 (1.40%) Cloud Computing
8 2 (0.93%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.47%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 1 (0.47%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 1 (0.47%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.47%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.47%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (0.47%) GIS
Development Applications
1 13 (6.05%) JIRA
2 10 (4.65%) Axure RP
3 2 (0.93%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.47%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 48 (22.33%) Social Skills
2 32 (14.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 30 (13.95%) Marketing
4 28 (13.02%) Finance
5 17 (7.91%) Law
6 13 (6.05%) Presentation Skills
7 9 (4.19%) Analytical Skills
8 8 (3.72%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.40%) Advertising
9 3 (1.40%) Automotive
9 3 (1.40%) Games
9 3 (1.40%) Polish Language
10 2 (0.93%) Humanities
10 2 (0.93%) iGaming
10 2 (0.93%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.93%) Retail
10 2 (0.93%) Social Housing
10 2 (0.93%) Social Science
10 2 (0.93%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.47%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (43.72%) HTML
2 35 (16.28%) CSS
3 15 (6.98%) React
4 3 (1.40%) AngularJS
4 3 (1.40%) LESS
4 3 (1.40%) Sass
4 3 (1.40%) Twitter Bootstrap
5 1 (0.47%) CarPlay
5 1 (0.47%) Framer.js
5 1 (0.47%) SVG
5 1 (0.47%) Tailwind CSS
5 1 (0.47%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.47%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.77%) Mobile App
2 11 (5.12%) Market Risk
3 10 (4.65%) Product Ownership
4 6 (2.79%) Blockchain
4 6 (2.79%) Graphic Design
5 5 (2.33%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.86%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (1.40%) Motion Graphics
8 2 (0.93%) Housing Association
8 2 (0.93%) IoT
8 2 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.47%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.47%) Animation
9 1 (0.47%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.47%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.47%) NHS
9 1 (0.47%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.47%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 215 (100.00%) User Experience
1 215 (100.00%) UX Design
2 112 (52.09%) Prototyping
3 87 (40.47%) Wireframes
4 86 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 76 (35.35%) Problem-Solving
6 75 (34.88%) Workshop Facilitation
7 72 (33.49%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
8 59 (27.44%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
9 58 (26.98%) Actionable Insight
10 52 (24.19%) Coaching
10 52 (24.19%) Design Patterns
11 51 (23.72%) Stakeholder Management
12 50 (23.26%) User Research
13 49 (22.79%) Customer Experience
14 46 (21.40%) Agile
14 46 (21.40%) Digital Customer Experience
14 46 (21.40%) Sprint Review
15 43 (20.00%) Usability Testing
16 37 (17.21%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 31 (14.42%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 66 (30.70%) Security Cleared
2 63 (29.30%) SC Cleared
3 22 (10.23%) Degree
4 3 (1.40%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.47%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (37.67%) Accessibility
2 61 (28.37%) WCAG
3 2 (0.93%) QA
4 1 (0.47%) GDPR
Vendors
1 45 (20.93%) Adobe
2 5 (2.33%) Google
3 4 (1.86%) CA Agile Central
3 4 (1.86%) dotdigital
3 4 (1.86%) Salesforce
4 2 (0.93%) Hotjar
4 2 (0.93%) SAP
5 1 (0.47%) Apple