User Experience Designer
UK

The median User Experience Designer salary in the UK is £49,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 666 645 452
Rank change year-on-year -21 -193 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a UX Designer 250 378 1,220
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.37% 0.78%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.40% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 135 288 608
10th Percentile £30,000 £42,125 £37,925
25th Percentile £41,625 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% +9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £59,375 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £69,000 £82,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -

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 93,212 94,769 150,357
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.51% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 66,814 59,630 85,382
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 £96,225
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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 4 May 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 4 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
UK excluding London +43 181 £45,000 -18.18% 34
England -61 175 £49,000 -18.33% 72
Work from Home -9 92 £50,000 -20.00% 49
London -48 50 £65,000 - 40
Scotland -25 45 £49,000 +6.16% 4
North of England +30 39 £45,000 -10.00% 13
Midlands +42 33 £47,500 +18.75% 9
North West +6 23 £45,000 -30.77% 12
South East +10 22 £50,000 -4.76% 3
East Midlands +2 19 £47,500 - 1
East of England +13 16 £45,000 -30.77% 2
West Midlands +27 14 £47,500 +18.75% 8
Yorkshire +87 12 £51,250 +13.89% 1
South West -22 12 £50,000 - 3
Wales +17 8 £32,500 -33.33%
Northern Ireland - 6 - -
North East 0 4 £47,500 -

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 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.

1 250 (100.00%) UX Design
1 250 (100.00%) User Experience
2 150 (60.00%) Figma
3 118 (47.20%) Prototyping
4 113 (45.20%) Wireframes
5 99 (39.60%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 98 (39.20%) Sketch
7 96 (38.40%) HTML
8 90 (36.00%) Problem-Solving
9 88 (35.20%) Accessibility
10 77 (30.80%) User Research
10 77 (30.80%) Social Skills
11 75 (30.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
12 71 (28.40%) Workshop Facilitation
13 67 (26.80%) Security Cleared
14 65 (26.00%) Actionable Insight
15 64 (25.60%) WCAG
16 63 (25.20%) Agile
17 62 (24.80%) Adobe
18 61 (24.40%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
19 59 (23.60%) SC Cleared
20 58 (23.20%) Customer Experience
21 53 (21.20%) Miro
22 52 (20.80%) Design Patterns
22 52 (20.80%) Marketing
23 51 (20.40%) Stakeholder Management
23 51 (20.40%) Coaching
24 48 (19.20%) Usability Testing
25 46 (18.40%) Heroku
25 46 (18.40%) Digital Customer Experience

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 (1.60%) CMS
1 4 (1.60%) Umbraco
2 2 (0.80%) Confluence
2 2 (0.80%) WordPress
3 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 98 (39.20%) Sketch
2 33 (13.20%) Adobe XD
3 23 (9.20%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 20 (8.00%) Photoshop
5 19 (7.60%) Adobe Illustrator
6 17 (6.80%) InVision
7 8 (3.20%) InDesign
8 3 (1.20%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.80%) Notion
9 2 (0.80%) Zeplin
10 1 (0.40%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (0.40%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 3 (1.20%) Magento
2 2 (0.80%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 150 (60.00%) Figma
2 53 (21.20%) Miro
3 46 (18.40%) Heroku
4 17 (6.80%) SaaS
5 11 (4.40%) SurveyMonkey
6 7 (2.80%) Google Analytics
6 7 (2.80%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 5 (2.00%) Stripe
8 4 (1.60%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 4 (1.60%) WhatsApp
9 2 (0.80%) Asana
10 1 (0.40%) Azure
10 1 (0.40%) Pendo
10 1 (0.40%) Power Platform
10 1 (0.40%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.40%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.40%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (0.40%) GIS
1 1 (0.40%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 13 (5.20%) JIRA
2 3 (1.20%) Axure RP
3 1 (0.40%) Balsamiq
3 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 77 (30.80%) Social Skills
2 52 (20.80%) Marketing
3 40 (16.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 38 (15.20%) Finance
5 22 (8.80%) Law
6 15 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
7 11 (4.40%) Games
8 10 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
9 9 (3.60%) Advertising
10 7 (2.80%) Retail
11 4 (1.60%) Public Sector
11 4 (1.60%) Publishing
12 3 (1.20%) Automotive
12 3 (1.20%) Polish Language
13 2 (0.80%) iGaming
14 1 (0.40%) Influencing Skills
14 1 (0.40%) Legal
14 1 (0.40%) Multimedia
14 1 (0.40%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 96 (38.40%) HTML
2 37 (14.80%) CSS
3 18 (7.20%) React
4 4 (1.60%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.20%) LESS
5 3 (1.20%) Sass
5 3 (1.20%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 2 (0.80%) Vue
7 1 (0.40%) CarPlay
7 1 (0.40%) CSS3
7 1 (0.40%) HTML5
7 1 (0.40%) Next.js
7 1 (0.40%) SVG
7 1 (0.40%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 18 (7.20%) Mobile App
2 17 (6.80%) Blockchain
3 12 (4.80%) Product Ownership
4 11 (4.40%) Market Risk
5 6 (2.40%) Cyberattack
5 6 (2.40%) Graphic Design
6 5 (2.00%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.60%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.20%) Motion Graphics
8 3 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.40%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.40%) Animation
9 1 (0.40%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.40%) Driving Licence
9 1 (0.40%) Low-Code
9 1 (0.40%) NHS
9 1 (0.40%) Social Media
9 1 (0.40%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (0.80%) Android
2 1 (0.40%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 250 (100.00%) User Experience
1 250 (100.00%) UX Design
2 118 (47.20%) Prototyping
3 113 (45.20%) Wireframes
4 99 (39.60%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 90 (36.00%) Problem-Solving
6 77 (30.80%) User Research
7 75 (30.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
8 71 (28.40%) Workshop Facilitation
9 65 (26.00%) Actionable Insight
10 63 (25.20%) Agile
11 61 (24.40%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
12 58 (23.20%) Customer Experience
13 52 (20.80%) Design Patterns
14 51 (20.40%) Coaching
14 51 (20.40%) Stakeholder Management
15 48 (19.20%) Usability Testing
16 46 (18.40%) Digital Customer Experience
16 46 (18.40%) Sprint Review
17 32 (12.80%) Interaction Design
Programming Languages
1 27 (10.80%) JavaScript
2 3 (1.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 67 (26.80%) Security Cleared
2 59 (23.60%) SC Cleared
3 33 (13.20%) Degree
4 7 (2.80%) DV Cleared
5 3 (1.20%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 88 (35.20%) Accessibility
2 64 (25.60%) WCAG
3 1 (0.40%) GDPR
Vendors
1 62 (24.80%) Adobe
2 9 (3.60%) Salesforce
3 6 (2.40%) Google
4 4 (1.60%) dotdigital
4 4 (1.60%) Hotjar
5 2 (0.80%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (0.40%) Apple
6 1 (0.40%) Microsoft
6 1 (0.40%) Peregrine