Designer
UK

The median Designer salary in the UK is £46,855 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 324 365 216
Rank change year-on-year +41 -149 +44
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 901 901 3,163
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.90% 0.91% 1.97%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 0.99% 2.05%
Number of salaries quoted 651 666 1,289
10th Percentile £26,250 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £33,884 £45,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,855 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.51% - +9.52%
75th Percentile £60,741 £72,507 £70,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £80,125
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.29% - +5.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 UK with a recognized job title 94,593 90,744 154,424
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.51% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,603 57,335 84,442
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,521
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in the UK

Designer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Designer in the UK

Designer
Salary Histogram

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

Salary histogram for Designer in the UK

Designer
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the UK 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
England +41 777 £46,110 -23.15% 329
UK excluding London +138 643 £45,000 -14.29% 214
Work from Home +1 335 £50,000 -16.67% 134
London -59 218 £57,500 -4.17% 134
North of England +125 208 £45,000 -5.26% 91
South East +55 126 £40,000 -17.10% 46
North West +48 116 £45,000 - 54
Midlands +43 96 £41,887 -32.98% 26
East of England +43 70 £46,110 -29.06% 21
Scotland -21 64 £49,000 -10.09% 19
Yorkshire +101 60 £45,000 -17.05% 24
West Midlands +34 57 £47,500 -24.00% 16
South West -2 55 £46,000 -14.42% 14
East Midlands +23 39 £35,000 -47.17% 11
North East +19 32 £57,965 +28.81% 14
Wales +13 14 £32,500 -33.33% 3
Northern Ireland +30 10 £40,400 -

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

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 featuring Designer in the job title.

1 360 (39.96%) User Experience
2 302 (33.52%) UX Design
3 256 (28.41%) Adobe
4 230 (25.53%) Figma
5 211 (23.42%) Prototyping
6 196 (21.75%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 189 (20.98%) Marketing
8 186 (20.64%) Accessibility
9 182 (20.20%) Social Skills
10 176 (19.53%) Agile
11 158 (17.54%) HTML
12 144 (15.98%) User Research
13 135 (14.98%) Photoshop
14 134 (14.87%) Wireframes
15 131 (14.54%) Sketch
16 129 (14.32%) Coaching
16 129 (14.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
17 128 (14.21%) Problem-Solving
17 128 (14.21%) Adobe Illustrator
18 126 (13.98%) Security Cleared
19 115 (12.76%) SC Cleared
19 115 (12.76%) Degree
20 113 (12.54%) Customer Experience
21 111 (12.32%) Graphic Design
22 109 (12.10%) Interaction Design
23 101 (11.21%) Workshop Facilitation
23 101 (11.21%) Mentoring
24 100 (11.10%) WCAG
24 100 (11.10%) Design Patterns
25 95 (10.54%) Service Design

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 31 (3.44%) WordPress
2 11 (1.22%) CMS
2 11 (1.22%) Confluence
3 6 (0.67%) Umbraco
4 5 (0.55%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.33%) IBM Domino
5 3 (0.33%) Totara
6 2 (0.22%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 135 (14.98%) Photoshop
2 131 (14.54%) Sketch
3 129 (14.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 128 (14.21%) Adobe Illustrator
5 76 (8.44%) InDesign
6 53 (5.88%) Adobe After Effects
7 52 (5.77%) Adobe XD
8 33 (3.66%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 31 (3.44%) Adobe Premiere
9 31 (3.44%) Microsoft Office
10 30 (3.33%) InVision
11 22 (2.44%) Adobe Captivate
11 22 (2.44%) AutoCAD
12 15 (1.66%) CINEMA 4D
13 14 (1.55%) Microsoft Excel
14 9 (1.00%) Simulink
14 9 (1.00%) SketchUp
15 8 (0.89%) 3ds Max
16 6 (0.67%) Revit
16 6 (0.67%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.55%) Oracle General Ledger
1 5 (0.55%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 4 (0.44%) Magento
2 4 (0.44%) Shopify
3 1 (0.11%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 230 (25.53%) Figma
2 57 (6.33%) Miro
3 52 (5.77%) Heroku
4 33 (3.66%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 29 (3.22%) SaaS
6 20 (2.22%) OCI
7 11 (1.22%) SurveyMonkey
8 9 (1.00%) Azure
8 9 (1.00%) Google Analytics
9 7 (0.78%) AWS
9 7 (0.78%) dbt
9 7 (0.78%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 7 (0.78%) WhatsApp
10 6 (0.67%) Canva
11 5 (0.55%) MailChimp
11 5 (0.55%) Stripe
12 2 (0.22%) Asana
12 2 (0.22%) Dialogflow
12 2 (0.22%) IBM Watson
12 2 (0.22%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 18 (2.00%) Structured Cabling
2 9 (1.00%) VPN
3 8 (0.89%) Cisco Firepower
4 5 (0.55%) SSL
5 3 (0.33%) Broadband
5 3 (0.33%) NaaS
5 3 (0.33%) Wireless
6 2 (0.22%) DHCP
6 2 (0.22%) DNS
6 2 (0.22%) HTTPS
6 2 (0.22%) Internet
6 2 (0.22%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.22%) VSAN
7 1 (0.11%) BGP
7 1 (0.11%) DMVPN
7 1 (0.11%) EIGRP
7 1 (0.11%) Intranet
7 1 (0.11%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.55%) SAP BW
2 3 (0.33%) Relational Database
3 2 (0.22%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.11%) Geospatial Data
4 1 (0.11%) GIS
4 1 (0.11%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 25 (2.77%) JIRA
2 5 (0.55%) Axure RP
2 5 (0.55%) Git
2 5 (0.55%) Subversion
3 2 (0.22%) Balsamiq
3 2 (0.22%) WiX
4 1 (0.11%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 189 (20.98%) Marketing
2 182 (20.20%) Social Skills
3 79 (8.77%) Finance
4 66 (7.33%) Public Sector
5 65 (7.21%) Retail
6 55 (6.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 42 (4.66%) Advertising
8 37 (4.11%) Organisational Skills
9 31 (3.44%) Games
10 27 (3.00%) Analytical Skills
11 22 (2.44%) Law
11 22 (2.44%) Presentation Skills
12 20 (2.22%) Multimedia
13 11 (1.22%) Publishing
14 10 (1.11%) Manufacturing
15 9 (1.00%) Influencing Skills
16 8 (0.89%) Legal
17 7 (0.78%) Automotive
17 7 (0.78%) Back Office
17 7 (0.78%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (17.54%) HTML
2 78 (8.66%) CSS
3 22 (2.44%) React
4 11 (1.22%) HTML5
5 6 (0.67%) Sass
6 5 (0.55%) SOAP
6 5 (0.55%) Unreal Engine
7 4 (0.44%) AngularJS
7 4 (0.44%) Next.js
7 4 (0.44%) Unity (Game Engine)
8 3 (0.33%) EDI
8 3 (0.33%) Kafka
8 3 (0.33%) LDAP
8 3 (0.33%) LESS
8 3 (0.33%) ODBC
8 3 (0.33%) REST
8 3 (0.33%) Twitter Bootstrap
9 2 (0.22%) .NET
9 2 (0.22%) SVG
9 2 (0.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 111 (12.32%) Graphic Design
2 79 (8.77%) Social Media
3 58 (6.44%) Product Ownership
4 56 (6.22%) Animation
5 31 (3.44%) Mobile App
5 31 (3.44%) Motion Graphics
6 23 (2.55%) e-Learning
7 20 (2.22%) Self-Motivation
8 19 (2.11%) Data Centre
9 18 (2.00%) Blockchain
9 18 (2.00%) Video Editing
10 17 (1.89%) Photography
11 16 (1.78%) Home Automation
11 16 (1.78%) Smart Home
12 12 (1.33%) Digital Media
13 11 (1.22%) Market Risk
14 10 (1.11%) FPGA
14 10 (1.11%) SCORM
14 10 (1.11%) VHDL
15 9 (1.00%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.89%) Windows
2 6 (0.67%) Android
3 5 (0.55%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.22%) Linux
4 2 (0.22%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 360 (39.96%) User Experience
2 302 (33.52%) UX Design
3 211 (23.42%) Prototyping
4 196 (21.75%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 176 (19.53%) Agile
6 144 (15.98%) User Research
7 134 (14.87%) Wireframes
8 129 (14.32%) Coaching
9 128 (14.21%) Problem-Solving
10 113 (12.54%) Customer Experience
11 109 (12.10%) Interaction Design
12 101 (11.21%) Mentoring
12 101 (11.21%) Workshop Facilitation
13 100 (11.10%) Design Patterns
14 95 (10.54%) Service Design
15 83 (9.21%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
16 82 (9.10%) Actionable Insight
17 76 (8.44%) Analytics
18 69 (7.66%) Digital Customer Experience
19 68 (7.55%) Journey Map
Programming Languages
1 52 (5.77%) JavaScript
2 7 (0.78%) R
3 6 (0.67%) PHP
4 5 (0.55%) TypeScript
5 4 (0.44%) C
5 4 (0.44%) SystemVerilog
6 3 (0.33%) SQL
7 2 (0.22%) C#
7 2 (0.22%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.11%) Kusto Query Language
8 1 (0.11%) Python
Qualifications
1 126 (13.98%) Security Cleared
2 115 (12.76%) Degree
2 115 (12.76%) SC Cleared
3 17 (1.89%) JNCIS
4 9 (1.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 9 (1.00%) CIPD
5 8 (0.89%) CCNA
5 8 (0.89%) CCNP
5 8 (0.89%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (0.67%) Master's Degree
7 5 (0.55%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (0.33%) HND
8 3 (0.33%) ITIL Certification
8 3 (0.33%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.33%) PMP
9 2 (0.22%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.22%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.11%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.11%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.11%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 186 (20.64%) Accessibility
2 100 (11.10%) WCAG
3 12 (1.33%) GDPR
4 5 (0.55%) GAAP
4 5 (0.55%) IFRS
5 3 (0.33%) GRC
5 3 (0.33%) NIST
6 1 (0.11%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.11%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 5 (0.55%) Firmware
2 2 (0.22%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.22%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (0.22%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.22%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.11%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 256 (28.41%) Adobe
2 29 (3.22%) Microsoft
3 20 (2.22%) Juniper
3 20 (2.22%) Oracle
4 10 (1.11%) Google
5 9 (1.00%) Cisco
5 9 (1.00%) Salesforce
6 7 (0.78%) Instagram
7 6 (0.67%) F5
7 6 (0.67%) Facebook
7 6 (0.67%) SAP
8 5 (0.55%) Hotjar
8 5 (0.55%) PeopleSoft
8 5 (0.55%) Vectorworks
9 4 (0.44%) dotdigital
9 4 (0.44%) Intel
9 4 (0.44%) Microsemi
9 4 (0.44%) ServiceNow
9 4 (0.44%) Twitter
9 4 (0.44%) Xilinx