Designer Job Trends in West London

Designer
London > West London

The median Designer salary in West London is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 October 2025.

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

6 months to
30 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 37 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in West London 1.52% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.75% - -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £26,175 - -
25th Percentile £29,438 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - -
75th Percentile £33,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median annual salary £51,329 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -6.68% -15.38% +4.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West London. 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 West London with a recognized job title 285 333 338
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 86.63% 97.08% 94.15%
Number of salaries quoted 194 176 280
10th Percentile £30,000 £34,750 £34,958
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.00% -9.09% -4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £68,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £87,500 £85,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year -3.33% - +4.17%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in West London

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

Designer job vacancy trend in West London

Designer
Salary Trend in West London

Salary distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in West London.

Salary distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in West London

Designer
Job Locations in West London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the West London region over the 6 months to 30 October 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
Hillingdon - 3 £32,500 -
Richmond upon Thames - 1 - -
Ealing - 1 £24,000 - 2
Designer
London

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London

For the 6 months to 30 October 2025, 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 across the West London region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 4 (80.00%) Adobe
1 4 (80.00%) SaaS
1 4 (80.00%) User Experience
1 4 (80.00%) UX Design
2 3 (60.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (60.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (60.00%) Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Business Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) Data Privacy
2 3 (60.00%) Degree
2 3 (60.00%) Email Marketing
2 3 (60.00%) InDesign
2 3 (60.00%) ISO 9001
2 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 3 (60.00%) Line Management
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (60.00%) Photoshop
2 3 (60.00%) WordPress
3 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (20.00%) Adobe XD
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (20.00%) Figma
3 1 (20.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
3 1 (20.00%) Responsive Web Design

Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West London 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 3 (60.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 3 (60.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (60.00%) InDesign
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Office
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (60.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (20.00%) Adobe XD
2 1 (20.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) SaaS
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (20.00%) Figma
General
1 3 (60.00%) Marketing
1 3 (60.00%) Multimedia
1 3 (60.00%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Animation
1 3 (60.00%) Graphic Design
1 3 (60.00%) Motion Graphics
1 3 (60.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) User Experience
1 4 (80.00%) UX Design
2 3 (60.00%) Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Business Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Business Intelligence
2 3 (60.00%) Data Privacy
2 3 (60.00%) Email Marketing
2 3 (60.00%) Line Management
3 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
3 1 (20.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
3 1 (20.00%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (20.00%) Web Design
3 1 (20.00%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (60.00%) ISO 9001
1 3 (60.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Adobe
2 3 (60.00%) Cisco
2 3 (60.00%) Microsoft