Web Design Job Trends

Web Design
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Web Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 616 574 646
Rank change year-on-year -42 +72 +144
Permanent jobs citing Web Design 38 168 64
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.067% 0.27% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.080% 0.31% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 27 63 53
10th Percentile £16,000 £30,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £24,000 £33,125 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £50,000 £60,500
Median % change year-on-year -17.00% -17.36% +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £63,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £87,250 £77,500 £91,934
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,000 £55,000 £60,500
% change year-on-year -32.73% -9.09% +21.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Web Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 47,424 53,892 47,309
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.09% 86.75% 93.74%
Number of salaries quoted 28,060 28,022 36,472
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -0.83%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -1.87%

Web Design
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Web Design relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Web Design job vacancy trend in the UK

Web Design
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Web Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Web Design

Web Design
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Web Design over the 6 months to 10 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Web Design in the UK

Web Design
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Web Design within the UK over the 6 months to 10 December 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 -23 35 £41,500 -20.95% 448
UK excluding London -25 19 £37,000 -32.73% 469
London +56 17 £59,000 +59.46% 48
South East +18 10 £41,500 -24.55% 114
Work from Home +37 9 £47,000 -10.48% 288
Midlands +3 5 £25,000 -54.55% 94
East Midlands +11 4 £25,000 -44.44% 38
North of England +16 3 £16,000 -55.86% 104
North East +4 2 £16,000 - 10
North West +36 1 £52,500 +61.54% 50
West Midlands +5 1 - - 52
Scotland +4 1 - - 19

Web Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 9 (23.68%) WordPress
2 7 (18.42%) CMS
3 5 (13.16%) Apache
3 5 (13.16%) Apache Airflow
3 5 (13.16%) Appian
4 1 (2.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (13.16%) Adobe XD
1 5 (13.16%) Sketch
2 4 (10.53%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (5.26%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (5.26%) InDesign
3 2 (5.26%) Photoshop
4 1 (2.63%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (26.32%) Figma
2 6 (15.79%) Azure
3 5 (13.16%) Amazon S3
3 5 (13.16%) AWS
3 5 (13.16%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (13.16%) MinIO
3 5 (13.16%) Power Platform
4 4 (10.53%) Google Analytics
5 3 (7.89%) Google Docs
5 3 (7.89%) Google Sheets
6 2 (5.26%) MailChimp
6 2 (5.26%) SaaS
7 1 (2.63%) BlazeMeter
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.26%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.16%) Airbyte
2 1 (2.63%) Apache Cassandra
2 1 (2.63%) MongoDB
2 1 (2.63%) NoSQL
2 1 (2.63%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (13.16%) Robot Framework
1 5 (13.16%) Selenium
1 5 (13.16%) Snyk
2 2 (5.26%) Git
3 1 (2.63%) JIRA
3 1 (2.63%) JUnit
3 1 (2.63%) rollup.js
3 1 (2.63%) Vite
General
1 15 (39.47%) Marketing
1 15 (39.47%) Social Skills
2 7 (18.42%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (7.89%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (7.89%) Law
3 3 (7.89%) Publishing
4 2 (5.26%) Finance
4 2 (5.26%) Legal
4 2 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (2.63%) Banking
5 1 (2.63%) Multimedia
5 1 (2.63%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (42.11%) Designer
2 8 (21.05%) Web Designer
3 6 (15.79%) Trainee
4 5 (13.16%) Applications Architect
4 5 (13.16%) Architect
5 4 (10.53%) UI Designer
5 4 (10.53%) UI/UX Designer
5 4 (10.53%) UX Designer
6 3 (7.89%) Marketing Executive
6 3 (7.89%) SEO Manager
7 2 (5.26%) Developer
7 2 (5.26%) Digital Designer
7 2 (5.26%) Email Designer
7 2 (5.26%) Product Designer
7 2 (5.26%) Senior
7 2 (5.26%) Software Engineer
8 1 (2.63%) Junior C# .NET Developer
8 1 (2.63%) Senior Product Designer
8 1 (2.63%) Senior UI Designer
8 1 (2.63%) Senior UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (26.32%) CSS
2 8 (21.05%) HTML
3 6 (15.79%) Kafka
4 5 (13.16%) Apache NiFi
5 3 (7.89%) React
6 2 (5.26%) .NET
7 1 (2.63%) ASP.NET
7 1 (2.63%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (2.63%) Next.js
7 1 (2.63%) Redux
7 1 (2.63%) RESTful
7 1 (2.63%) RxJS
7 1 (2.63%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 8 (21.05%) Social Media
2 5 (13.16%) Blog
2 5 (13.16%) Cloud Native
2 5 (13.16%) Low-Code
3 4 (10.53%) Algorithms
4 3 (7.89%) Analytical Mindset
4 3 (7.89%) Digital Media
5 2 (5.26%) Graphic Design
5 2 (5.26%) Onboarding
6 1 (2.63%) e-Learning
6 1 (2.63%) Learning Management System
6 1 (2.63%) SCORM
6 1 (2.63%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (34.21%) Responsive Web Design
2 12 (31.58%) Agile
3 11 (28.95%) User Experience
4 8 (21.05%) Analytics
4 8 (21.05%) SEO
5 7 (18.42%) AI
5 7 (18.42%) Digital Marketing
5 7 (18.42%) Project Management
5 7 (18.42%) Strategic Thinking
6 6 (15.79%) CI/CD
6 6 (15.79%) Test Automation
7 5 (13.16%) ArchiMate
7 5 (13.16%) Data Integration
7 5 (13.16%) Data Modelling
7 5 (13.16%) Email Marketing
7 5 (13.16%) Security Testing
7 5 (13.16%) Test Management
7 5 (13.16%) Use Case
7 5 (13.16%) User Stories
7 5 (13.16%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (15.79%) Python
2 4 (10.53%) JavaScript
3 3 (7.89%) TypeScript
4 2 (5.26%) C#
5 1 (2.63%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (13.16%) SC Cleared
1 5 (13.16%) Security Cleared
2 4 (10.53%) Degree
3 2 (5.26%) DV Cleared
3 2 (5.26%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (31.58%) Accessibility
2 4 (10.53%) WCAG
3 2 (5.26%) GDPR
4 1 (2.63%) Data Quality
Systems Management
1 5 (13.16%) Ansible
1 5 (13.16%) Terraform
2 1 (2.63%) Grafana
Vendors
1 6 (15.79%) Adobe
2 5 (13.16%) BiZZdesign
2 5 (13.16%) Black Duck
2 5 (13.16%) Blue Prism
2 5 (13.16%) Coverity
2 5 (13.16%) UiPath
2 5 (13.16%) VMware
3 4 (10.53%) Google
4 3 (7.89%) Ahrefs
4 3 (7.89%) Microsoft
4 3 (7.89%) Salesforce
5 2 (5.26%) Hotjar
5 2 (5.26%) HubSpot
5 2 (5.26%) Marketo
5 2 (5.26%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (2.63%) Dynatrace
6 1 (2.63%) Hootsuite
6 1 (2.63%) Splunk
6 1 (2.63%) TippingPoint