Senior Designer Jobs in England

Senior Designer
UK > England

The median Senior Designer salary in England is £57,965 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 679 669 545
Rank change year-on-year -10 -124 +164
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Designer 185 228 858
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.19% 0.28% 0.59%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% 0.30% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 143 199 263
10th Percentile £44,000 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,125 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.13% -3.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £60,741 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £69,500 £85,500 £86,650
UK median annual salary £57,965 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -10.82% -7.14% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Senior Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Designer in England

Senior Designer
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Senior Designer in England.

Salary trend for Senior Designer in England

Senior Designer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Designer in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Designer in England

Senior Designer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 12 June 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
North of England +57 64 £57,965 +31.67% 13
London -18 54 £60,000 -14.29% 34
South East -4 27 £55,000 -20.00% 7
North West -10 27 £57,965 +31.67% 9
Yorkshire +86 23 £57,965 +15.93% 3
Midlands -18 23 £57,965 +10.41% 5
West Midlands +5 19 £57,965 +10.41% 3
North East -4 14 £57,965 +28.81% 1
South West -42 14 £52,500 -4.55% 3
East Midlands - 4 - - 2
East of England -20 2 £77,500 +6.90%
Senior Designer
UK

Senior Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, Senior 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 England region featuring Senior Designer in the job title.

1 82 (44.32%) Coaching
2 70 (37.84%) User Experience
3 65 (35.14%) UX Design
4 63 (34.05%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 59 (31.89%) Mentoring
6 51 (27.57%) Prototyping
7 50 (27.03%) Figma
8 48 (25.95%) Accessibility
9 47 (25.41%) Design Patterns
10 45 (24.32%) WCAG
10 45 (24.32%) Agile
11 41 (22.16%) HTML
11 41 (22.16%) Product Ownership
11 41 (22.16%) Problem-Solving
12 39 (21.08%) Workshop Facilitation
13 37 (20.00%) Journey Map
14 36 (19.46%) Sketch
15 34 (18.38%) User Stories
15 34 (18.38%) Community of Practice
15 34 (18.38%) Content Strategy
16 31 (16.76%) Customer Experience
17 29 (15.68%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
17 29 (15.68%) Adobe
17 29 (15.68%) SC Cleared
17 29 (15.68%) Security Cleared
18 28 (15.14%) Stakeholder Management
18 28 (15.14%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
18 28 (15.14%) Actionable Insight
18 28 (15.14%) Heroku
18 28 (15.14%) Miro

Senior Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 6 (3.24%) WordPress
Applications
1 36 (19.46%) Sketch
2 15 (8.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 9 (4.86%) Adobe Illustrator
4 7 (3.78%) InDesign
4 7 (3.78%) Photoshop
5 6 (3.24%) 3ds Max
5 6 (3.24%) Microsoft Excel
5 6 (3.24%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (2.16%) Adobe After Effects
6 4 (2.16%) Adobe XD
6 4 (2.16%) AutoCAD
7 3 (1.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (1.62%) SketchUp
8 2 (1.08%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.54%) InVision
9 1 (0.54%) Trello
9 1 (0.54%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 50 (27.03%) Figma
2 28 (15.14%) Heroku
2 28 (15.14%) Miro
3 9 (4.86%) SaaS
4 2 (1.08%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (0.54%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 1 (0.54%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 1 (0.54%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.62%) Geospatial Data
Development Applications
1 3 (1.62%) Axure RP
General
1 21 (11.35%) Marketing
2 18 (9.73%) Public Sector
3 17 (9.19%) Social Skills
4 14 (7.57%) Games
5 8 (4.32%) Retail
6 7 (3.78%) Finance
7 6 (3.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (1.62%) Legal
8 3 (1.62%) Publishing
9 2 (1.08%) Analytical Skills
9 2 (1.08%) Multimedia
9 2 (1.08%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (1.08%) Presentation Skills
10 1 (0.54%) Advertising
10 1 (0.54%) Banking
10 1 (0.54%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.54%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (22.16%) HTML
2 11 (5.95%) CSS
3 4 (2.16%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 4 (2.16%) Unreal Engine
4 3 (1.62%) EDI
4 3 (1.62%) Next.js
4 3 (1.62%) React
5 1 (0.54%) CarPlay
5 1 (0.54%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 41 (22.16%) Product Ownership
2 20 (10.81%) Graphic Design
3 6 (3.24%) Motion Graphics
4 4 (2.16%) Photography
5 3 (1.62%) Augmented Reality
5 3 (1.62%) Mobile App
5 3 (1.62%) Social Media
6 2 (1.08%) Animation
6 2 (1.08%) Life Science
6 2 (1.08%) Self-Motivation
7 1 (0.54%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.54%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.54%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.54%) FMCG
7 1 (0.54%) Online Games
7 1 (0.54%) Video Editing
7 1 (0.54%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 6 (3.24%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (44.32%) Coaching
2 70 (37.84%) User Experience
3 65 (35.14%) UX Design
4 63 (34.05%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 59 (31.89%) Mentoring
6 51 (27.57%) Prototyping
7 47 (25.41%) Design Patterns
8 45 (24.32%) Agile
9 41 (22.16%) Problem-Solving
10 39 (21.08%) Workshop Facilitation
11 37 (20.00%) Journey Map
12 34 (18.38%) Community of Practice
12 34 (18.38%) Content Strategy
12 34 (18.38%) User Stories
13 31 (16.76%) Customer Experience
14 29 (15.68%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
15 28 (15.14%) Actionable Insight
15 28 (15.14%) Digital Customer Experience
15 28 (15.14%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
15 28 (15.14%) Sprint Review
Programming Languages
1 6 (3.24%) JavaScript
2 3 (1.62%) PHP
Qualifications
1 29 (15.68%) SC Cleared
1 29 (15.68%) Security Cleared
2 13 (7.03%) Degree
3 1 (0.54%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.54%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (25.95%) Accessibility
2 45 (24.32%) WCAG
Vendors
1 29 (15.68%) Adobe
2 2 (1.08%) Autodesk
2 2 (1.08%) Hotjar
2 2 (1.08%) Vectorworks
3 1 (0.54%) Apple
3 1 (0.54%) Salesforce