Designer Jobs in London

Designer
England > London

The median Designer salary in London is £57,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 304 245 176
Rank change year-on-year -59 -69 +73
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 218 500 1,756
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.92% 1.49% 2.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.98% 1.56% 2.64%
Number of salaries quoted 150 375 601
10th Percentile £23,625 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £38,875 £46,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £83,000 £83,369 £90,000
England median annual salary £46,110 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -23.15% +4.35% +6.98%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in 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 London with a recognized job title 22,294 31,975 66,602
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.21% 95.13% 96.28%
Number of salaries quoted 16,646 23,616 34,555
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,444 £41,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in London

Designer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Designer in London

Designer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer in London over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Designer in London

Designer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the London region over the 6 months to 18 May 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
Central London +26 24 £62,500 -3.85% 9
South London -12 3 £65,000 -16.13% 5
Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 18 May 2024, 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 London region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 89 (40.83%) User Experience
2 73 (33.49%) Figma
3 72 (33.03%) UX Design
4 64 (29.36%) Social Skills
5 55 (25.23%) Adobe
6 50 (22.94%) Marketing
7 41 (18.81%) Agile
7 41 (18.81%) User Research
8 37 (16.97%) Problem-Solving
9 35 (16.06%) Degree
9 35 (16.06%) HTML
9 35 (16.06%) Wireframes
10 32 (14.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 32 (14.68%) Finance
11 29 (13.30%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
12 28 (12.84%) Prototyping
12 28 (12.84%) Retail
13 24 (11.01%) Sketch
14 23 (10.55%) Accessibility
14 23 (10.55%) CSS
15 22 (10.09%) CAD
15 22 (10.09%) Graphic Design
15 22 (10.09%) Creative Thinking
16 21 (9.63%) Service Design
16 21 (9.63%) Time Management
17 20 (9.17%) Adobe Illustrator
17 20 (9.17%) Photoshop
17 20 (9.17%) Interaction Design
17 20 (9.17%) Customer Experience
17 20 (9.17%) Customer Service

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (2.75%) Confluence
2 5 (2.29%) WordPress
3 3 (1.38%) IBM Domino
4 1 (0.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 32 (14.68%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 24 (11.01%) Sketch
3 20 (9.17%) Adobe Illustrator
3 20 (9.17%) Photoshop
4 16 (7.34%) Adobe After Effects
5 15 (6.88%) Microsoft Office
6 13 (5.96%) InVision
6 13 (5.96%) Microsoft Excel
7 9 (4.13%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 7 (3.21%) Adobe Premiere
8 7 (3.21%) Adobe XD
9 5 (2.29%) Final Cut Pro
10 4 (1.83%) Adobe Captivate
11 3 (1.38%) InDesign
11 3 (1.38%) SketchUp
11 3 (1.38%) Trello
12 2 (0.92%) 3ds Max
12 2 (0.92%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.92%) Chatbot
12 2 (0.92%) CINEMA 4D
Business Applications
1 5 (2.29%) Oracle General Ledger
1 5 (2.29%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (0.46%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 73 (33.49%) Figma
2 11 (5.05%) SaaS
3 7 (3.21%) Azure
4 6 (2.75%) AWS
4 6 (2.75%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 5 (2.29%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 5 (2.29%) MailChimp
5 5 (2.29%) OCI
6 4 (1.83%) Heroku
6 4 (1.83%) Miro
7 3 (1.38%) Canva
7 3 (1.38%) WhatsApp
8 2 (0.92%) Dialogflow
8 2 (0.92%) IBM Watson
9 1 (0.46%) dbt
9 1 (0.46%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.46%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.92%) DHCP
1 2 (0.92%) DNS
1 2 (0.92%) HTTPS
1 2 (0.92%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (0.92%) SSL
1 2 (0.92%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.29%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 8 (3.67%) JIRA
General
1 64 (29.36%) Social Skills
2 50 (22.94%) Marketing
3 32 (14.68%) Finance
4 28 (12.84%) Retail
5 16 (7.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (6.88%) Analytical Skills
6 15 (6.88%) Organisational Skills
7 9 (4.13%) Games
8 8 (3.67%) Advertising
8 8 (3.67%) Multimedia
8 8 (3.67%) Public Sector
9 6 (2.75%) Back Office
10 5 (2.29%) General Ledger
10 5 (2.29%) Influencing Skills
10 5 (2.29%) Legal
11 3 (1.38%) Presentation Skills
11 3 (1.38%) Tech for Good
12 2 (0.92%) Banking
12 2 (0.92%) iGaming
13 1 (0.46%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (16.06%) HTML
2 23 (10.55%) CSS
3 4 (1.83%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 4 (1.83%) Unreal Engine
4 2 (0.92%) Web Services
5 1 (0.46%) CarPlay
5 1 (0.46%) jQuery
5 1 (0.46%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.09%) Graphic Design
2 18 (8.26%) Animation
3 13 (5.96%) Social Media
4 11 (5.05%) Video Editing
5 10 (4.59%) Blockchain
6 9 (4.13%) Motion Graphics
7 7 (3.21%) Blog
8 6 (2.75%) Digital Media
8 6 (2.75%) Product Ownership
9 5 (2.29%) Mobile App
9 5 (2.29%) Reinsurance
10 4 (1.83%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.38%) Photography
12 2 (0.92%) Augmented Reality
12 2 (0.92%) Digital Signage
12 2 (0.92%) e-Learning
12 2 (0.92%) Femtech
12 2 (0.92%) FMCG
12 2 (0.92%) NHS
12 2 (0.92%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.67%) Windows
2 2 (0.92%) Linux
2 2 (0.92%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (40.83%) User Experience
2 72 (33.03%) UX Design
3 41 (18.81%) Agile
3 41 (18.81%) User Research
4 37 (16.97%) Problem-Solving
5 35 (16.06%) Wireframes
6 29 (13.30%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 28 (12.84%) Prototyping
8 22 (10.09%) CAD
8 22 (10.09%) Creative Thinking
9 21 (9.63%) Service Design
9 21 (9.63%) Time Management
10 20 (9.17%) Customer Experience
10 20 (9.17%) Customer Service
10 20 (9.17%) Interaction Design
11 18 (8.26%) B2B
12 17 (7.80%) Data Science
13 16 (7.34%) Analytics
13 16 (7.34%) Artificial Intelligence
13 16 (7.34%) Design Patterns
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.21%) R
2 3 (1.38%) JavaScript
3 2 (0.92%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.46%) PHP
Qualifications
1 35 (16.06%) Degree
2 14 (6.42%) SC Cleared
2 14 (6.42%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.29%) Oracle Certification
4 2 (0.92%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.46%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.55%) Accessibility
2 9 (4.13%) WCAG
3 5 (2.29%) GAAP
3 5 (2.29%) IFRS
4 2 (0.92%) NIST
5 1 (0.46%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (0.92%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.92%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (0.92%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (0.92%) vSphere
Vendors
1 55 (25.23%) Adobe
2 8 (3.67%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.75%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.29%) Oracle
4 5 (2.29%) PeopleSoft
4 5 (2.29%) SAP
5 3 (1.38%) Facebook
5 3 (1.38%) HubSpot
5 3 (1.38%) Instagram
5 3 (1.38%) TikTok
5 3 (1.38%) YouTube
6 2 (0.92%) Autodesk
6 2 (0.92%) BT
6 2 (0.92%) Commvault
6 2 (0.92%) HP
6 2 (0.92%) IBM
6 2 (0.92%) NetApp
6 2 (0.92%) Vectorworks
6 2 (0.92%) Veeam
6 2 (0.92%) VMware