Senior Designer Job Trends in the South East

Senior Designer
England > South East

The median Senior Designer salary in the South East is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 270 - 260
Rank change year-on-year - - +146
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Designer 5 0 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.048% - 0.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.053% - 0.12%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 4
10th Percentile - - £46,125
25th Percentile £42,500 - £53,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -25.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 - £60,625
90th Percentile - - £61,750
England median annual salary £65,408 £58,465 £67,500
% change year-on-year +11.88% -13.39% -3.57%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
South East

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the South East. 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 South East with a recognized job title 9,501 8,467 7,340
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.69% 91.58% 94.58%
Number of salaries quoted 5,887 4,565 5,336
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £29,618
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +6.67% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%

Senior Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Senior Designer job vacancy trend in the South East

Senior Designer
Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for Senior Designer job vacancies in the South East.

Salary distribution trend for Senior Designer job vacancies in the South East

Senior Designer
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Designer within the South East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Kent - 4 £47,500 -
Middlesex - 1 - -
Senior Designer
England

Senior Designer Skill Set
Top 25 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, Senior 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 South East region featuring Senior Designer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Adobe
1 5 (100.00%) Figma
2 4 (80.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Typography
4 1 (20.00%) Adobe Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) AI
4 1 (20.00%) Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) Broadband
4 1 (20.00%) CMS
4 1 (20.00%) Confluence
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (20.00%) Customer Insight
4 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
4 1 (20.00%) Digital Customer Experience
4 1 (20.00%) LLM
4 1 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (20.00%) SEO
4 1 (20.00%) Storytelling
4 1 (20.00%) Usability Testing
4 1 (20.00%) User Experience
4 1 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (20.00%) WCAG

Senior Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 1 (20.00%) CMS
1 1 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 5 (100.00%) Figma
2 1 (20.00%) Adobe Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Broadband
General
1 2 (40.00%) Advertising
1 2 (40.00%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (40.00%) Typography
2 1 (20.00%) Agile
2 1 (20.00%) AI
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Experience
2 1 (20.00%) Customer Insight
2 1 (20.00%) Data Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Customer Experience
2 1 (20.00%) LLM
2 1 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (20.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (20.00%) SEO
2 1 (20.00%) Storytelling
2 1 (20.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (20.00%) User Experience
2 1 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Adobe