Web Designer Job Trends

Web Designer
UK

The median Web Designer salary in the UK is £28,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 627 692 709
Rank change year-on-year +65 +17 +282
Permanent jobs requiring a Web Designer 18 21 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.030% 0.039% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.042% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 15 6 8
10th Percentile - - £28,700
25th Percentile £24,000 £27,500 £30,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 £35,000 £33,750
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +3.70% -35.71%
75th Percentile £40,000 £51,250 £37,500
90th Percentile £49,000 £59,375 £40,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £30,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year +33.33% -7.69% +4.84%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 53,448 50,590 50,228
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 92.97% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 32,896 26,513 38,772
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,125 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,738 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +1.69% -1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,261
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

Web Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Web Designer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Web Designer job vacancy trend in the UK

Web Designer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for Web Designer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for Web Designer job vacancies in the UK

Web Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Web Designer over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Web Designer in the UK

Web Designer
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Web Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 January 2026. 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 +87 17 £28,000 -6.67% 12
UK excluding London +63 11 £40,000 +33.33% 11
London +60 6 £24,000 -43.53% 1
South East - 4 £28,000 - 1
Work from Home +72 3 £52,500 +75.00% 2
South West - 3 £40,000 -
North West +26 2 £48,750 +62.50% 4
North of England +19 2 £48,750 +62.50% 4
East of England +16 1 £50,000 - 6
East Midlands - 1 - -
Midlands - 1 - -

Web Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 4 January 2026, Web Designer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Web Designer in the job title.

1 8 (44.44%) Web Design
2 4 (22.22%) Figma
3 3 (16.67%) Accessibility
3 3 (16.67%) User Experience
4 2 (11.11%) Adobe
4 2 (11.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (11.11%) Interaction Design
4 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
4 2 (11.11%) Prototyping
4 2 (11.11%) UX Design
5 1 (5.56%) Adobe XD
5 1 (5.56%) Agile
5 1 (5.56%) AI
5 1 (5.56%) Canva
5 1 (5.56%) Co-Creation
5 1 (5.56%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 1 (5.56%) Creative Thinking
5 1 (5.56%) CSS
5 1 (5.56%) Design Patterns
5 1 (5.56%) Front End Development
5 1 (5.56%) HTML
5 1 (5.56%) Infographics
5 1 (5.56%) Microinteractions
5 1 (5.56%) Microsoft
5 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
5 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (5.56%) Photoshop
5 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving

Web Designer Skill Set
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:

Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (5.56%) Adobe XD
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (5.56%) Photoshop
2 1 (5.56%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 4 (22.22%) Figma
2 1 (5.56%) Canva
General
1 5 (27.78%) Marketing
2 1 (5.56%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) CSS
1 1 (5.56%) HTML
1 1 (5.56%) Sass
1 1 (5.56%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) 3D Graphics
1 1 (5.56%) Graphic Design
1 1 (5.56%) Mobile App
1 1 (5.56%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Web Design
2 3 (16.67%) User Experience
3 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (11.11%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (11.11%) Interaction Design
3 2 (11.11%) Mentoring
3 2 (11.11%) Prototyping
3 2 (11.11%) UX Design
4 1 (5.56%) Agile
4 1 (5.56%) Co-Creation
4 1 (5.56%) Creative Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.56%) Creative Thinking
4 1 (5.56%) Design Patterns
4 1 (5.56%) Front End Development
4 1 (5.56%) Infographics
4 1 (5.56%) Microinteractions
4 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (5.56%) Responsive Web Design
4 1 (5.56%) User Research
4 1 (5.56%) Wireframes
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Adobe
2 1 (5.56%) Microsoft