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 7 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
7 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 662 644 458
Rank change year-on-year -18 -186 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a UX Designer 250 365 1,264
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.25% 0.36% 0.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.39% 0.84%
Number of salaries quoted 135 282 599
10th Percentile £30,000 £41,375 £37,700
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 £58,750 £75,000 £69,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £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 93,191 92,882 151,282
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.46% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 66,790 58,425 84,716
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,517
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 £96,250
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 7 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 7 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 +44 182 £45,000 -18.18% 39
England -54 175 £49,000 -18.33% 78
Work from Home -6 92 £50,000 -20.00% 53
London -43 49 £65,000 - 42
Scotland -23 45 £49,000 +6.16% 5
North of England +40 40 £45,000 -5.26% 14
Midlands +27 33 £47,500 +18.75% 11
North West +10 23 £45,000 -25.00% 13
South East +18 22 £50,000 -4.76% 5
East Midlands -1 19 £47,500 - 1
East of England +7 16 £45,000 -30.77% 1
West Midlands +28 14 £47,500 +18.75% 10
Yorkshire +77 12 £51,250 +13.89% 1
South West -32 12 £50,000 - 3
Wales +16 8 £32,500 -33.33%
Northern Ireland - 6 - -
North East +1 5 £50,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 7 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
4 112 (44.80%) Wireframes
5 98 (39.20%) Sketch
5 98 (39.20%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 96 (38.40%) HTML
7 89 (35.60%) Problem-Solving
8 88 (35.20%) Accessibility
9 76 (30.40%) User Research
9 76 (30.40%) Social Skills
10 75 (30.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
11 71 (28.40%) Workshop Facilitation
12 67 (26.80%) Security Cleared
13 65 (26.00%) Actionable Insight
14 64 (25.60%) WCAG
15 63 (25.20%) Agile
16 62 (24.80%) Adobe
17 61 (24.40%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
18 59 (23.60%) SC Cleared
19 57 (22.80%) Customer Experience
20 53 (21.20%) Miro
21 52 (20.80%) Design Patterns
21 52 (20.80%) Marketing
22 51 (20.40%) Stakeholder Management
22 51 (20.40%) Coaching
23 48 (19.20%) Usability Testing
24 46 (18.40%) Heroku
24 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 76 (30.40%) 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 14 (5.60%) 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
3 112 (44.80%) Wireframes
4 98 (39.20%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 89 (35.60%) Problem-Solving
6 76 (30.40%) 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 57 (22.80%) 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