Designer Jobs in the West Midlands

Designer
England > West Midlands

The median Designer salary in the West Midlands is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 190 225
Rank change year-on-year +17 +35 -60
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 31 57 35
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.71% 0.76% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.78% 0.81% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 20 51 24
10th Percentile £56,250 £26,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £59,375 £33,125 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £47,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +26.32% -24.00% +31.58%
75th Percentile £60,625 £60,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £64,125 £60,741 -
England median annual salary £55,000 £46,110 £60,000
% change year-on-year +19.28% -23.15% +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 3,953 7,049 5,636
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.08% 94.36% 90.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,752 5,269 3,225
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £38,966
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,887 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.77% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings that featured Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Designer in the West Midlands

Designer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Designer in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for Designer in the West Midlands

Designer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Designer in the West Midlands

Designer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 May 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
Birmingham +24 10 £60,000 +5.26% 8
Solihull - 9 £60,000 -
Warwickshire -15 6 £57,500 +4.55% 10
Wolverhampton +17 1 £65,000 - 1
Shropshire +16 1 £72,500 +20.83% 7
Designer
England

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, 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 across the West Midlands region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 19 (61.29%) Security Cleared
2 17 (54.84%) Cisco
2 17 (54.84%) Juniper
3 12 (38.71%) User Experience
4 10 (32.26%) SC Cleared
5 9 (29.03%) VMware
5 9 (29.03%) SevOne
5 9 (29.03%) Cisco ISE
5 9 (29.03%) Network Management
6 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
6 8 (25.81%) Finance
7 6 (19.35%) UX Design
7 6 (19.35%) Figma
8 5 (16.13%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 5 (16.13%) Prototyping
8 5 (16.13%) Mobile App
8 5 (16.13%) Front End Development
8 5 (16.13%) Adobe
8 5 (16.13%) ITIL
8 5 (16.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 4 (12.90%) Sketch
9 4 (12.90%) User Research
9 4 (12.90%) CSS
9 4 (12.90%) Usability Testing
9 4 (12.90%) Wireframes
9 4 (12.90%) Design Thinking
10 3 (9.68%) Adobe XD
10 3 (9.68%) Development Roadmap
10 3 (9.68%) Architectural Design
10 3 (9.68%) Problem-Solving

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Applications
1 4 (12.90%) Sketch
2 3 (9.68%) Adobe XD
3 2 (6.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (3.23%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (19.35%) Figma
2 3 (9.68%) Azure
3 2 (6.45%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.23%) AWS
4 1 (3.23%) Azure API Management
4 1 (3.23%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (3.23%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (3.23%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.23%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 9 (29.03%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (6.45%) Cisco Firepower
2 2 (6.45%) VPN
3 1 (3.23%) ADSL2
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.23%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (3.23%) Metadata
1 1 (3.23%) Power BI
1 1 (3.23%) SQL Server
1 1 (3.23%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 1 (3.23%) ER Studio
1 1 (3.23%) Visual Studio
1 1 (3.23%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 8 (25.81%) Finance
1 8 (25.81%) Social Skills
2 5 (16.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (9.68%) Automotive
4 2 (6.45%) Retail
5 1 (3.23%) Influencing Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.90%) CSS
2 3 (9.68%) HTML
3 1 (3.23%) ADO
3 1 (3.23%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.13%) Mobile App
2 3 (9.68%) Animation
2 3 (9.68%) Video Editing
3 1 (3.23%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (3.23%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) User Experience
2 9 (29.03%) Network Management
3 6 (19.35%) UX Design
4 5 (16.13%) Front End Development
4 5 (16.13%) ITIL
4 5 (16.13%) Prototyping
4 5 (16.13%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 4 (12.90%) Design Thinking
5 4 (12.90%) Usability Testing
5 4 (12.90%) User Research
5 4 (12.90%) Wireframes
6 3 (9.68%) Architectural Design
6 3 (9.68%) Design Patterns
6 3 (9.68%) Development Roadmap
6 3 (9.68%) Mentoring
6 3 (9.68%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (9.68%) Roadmaps
7 2 (6.45%) DevOps
7 2 (6.45%) Mobile Application Development
7 2 (6.45%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) C#
1 1 (3.23%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.23%) SQL
1 1 (3.23%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 19 (61.29%) Security Cleared
2 10 (32.26%) SC Cleared
3 2 (6.45%) CCNA
3 2 (6.45%) CCNP
3 2 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (6.45%) JNCIS
4 1 (3.23%) DBS Check
4 1 (3.23%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (9.68%) Accessibility
1 3 (9.68%) COBIT
2 1 (3.23%) QA
2 1 (3.23%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 2 (6.45%) Ansible
Vendors
1 17 (54.84%) Cisco
1 17 (54.84%) Juniper
2 9 (29.03%) SevOne
2 9 (29.03%) VMware
3 5 (16.13%) Adobe
4 2 (6.45%) F5
4 2 (6.45%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.23%) Databricks
5 1 (3.23%) Guidewire