User Interface Designer
UK

The median User Interface Designer salary in the UK is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 710 756 638
Rank change year-on-year +46 -118 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a UI Designer 168 218 750
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.17% 0.22% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.24% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 93 173 351
10th Percentile £31,250 £42,750 £36,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.83% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £85,000 £80,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +16.67% -

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 93,699 92,665 152,640
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.62% 91.54% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 67,079 58,510 84,912
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,611
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,719 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,173
% change year-on-year -5.66% +5.64% +5.63%

UI Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for UI Designer in the UK

UI Designer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for UI Designer in the UK

UI Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing UI Designer over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for UI Designer in the UK

UI Designer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing UI Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 13 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 +24 126 £45,000 -25.00% 33
UK excluding London +28 110 £45,000 -14.29% 14
Work from Home +24 48 £50,000 -20.00% 19
London +20 44 £60,000 -4.00% 20
North of England +46 23 £45,000 -18.18% 3
South East +19 23 £45,000 -14.29% 3
Midlands +8 20 £40,000 -20.00% 4
North West +8 18 £45,000 -40.00% 2
Scotland -40 17 £55,000 +46.67% 1
West Midlands +16 10 £43,750 -12.50% 4
East Midlands - 10 £30,000 -
South West -12 9 £35,000 -33.33% 2
Wales +20 8 £32,500 -28.96%
Yorkshire +76 5 - - 1
East of England +13 5 £45,000 -25.00% 1
Northern Ireland - 5 - -

UI Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 13 May 2024, UI 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 UI Designer in the job title.

1 157 (93.45%) User Experience
2 152 (90.48%) UX Design
3 125 (74.40%) Figma
4 90 (53.57%) Prototyping
5 89 (52.98%) Sketch
6 73 (43.45%) Problem-Solving
7 71 (42.26%) HTML
8 69 (41.07%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 68 (40.48%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
10 66 (39.29%) Accessibility
11 62 (36.90%) Customer Experience
12 60 (35.71%) Workshop Facilitation
12 60 (35.71%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
13 59 (35.12%) WCAG
14 58 (34.52%) SC Cleared
14 58 (34.52%) Security Cleared
14 58 (34.52%) Actionable Insight
15 54 (32.14%) Wireframes
16 53 (31.55%) Social Skills
17 52 (30.95%) Miro
18 48 (28.57%) Design Patterns
18 48 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
19 46 (27.38%) Adobe
19 46 (27.38%) Heroku
19 46 (27.38%) Coaching
19 46 (27.38%) Digital Customer Experience
19 46 (27.38%) Sprint Review
20 40 (23.81%) Agile
21 28 (16.67%) User Research
22 27 (16.07%) Adobe XD

UI 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 4 (2.38%) IBM Domino
2 2 (1.19%) WordPress
3 1 (0.60%) Confluence
3 1 (0.60%) SharePoint
Applications
1 89 (52.98%) Sketch
2 27 (16.07%) Adobe XD
3 19 (11.31%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 11 (6.55%) Photoshop
5 10 (5.95%) Adobe Illustrator
6 9 (5.36%) InVision
7 4 (2.38%) InDesign
8 3 (1.79%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (1.19%) Final Cut Pro
9 2 (1.19%) Notion
9 2 (1.19%) Zeplin
10 1 (0.60%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 3 (1.79%) Magento
2 2 (1.19%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 125 (74.40%) Figma
2 52 (30.95%) Miro
3 46 (27.38%) Heroku
4 15 (8.93%) SaaS
5 7 (4.17%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 7 (4.17%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 5 (2.98%) Stripe
7 4 (2.38%) WhatsApp
8 2 (1.19%) Asana
8 2 (1.19%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.60%) Azure
9 1 (0.60%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.60%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.60%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.60%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 2 (1.19%) Balsamiq
1 2 (1.19%) JIRA
2 1 (0.60%) Axure RP
2 1 (0.60%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 53 (31.55%) Social Skills
2 22 (13.10%) Marketing
3 14 (8.33%) Games
4 13 (7.74%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 10 (5.95%) Retail
6 9 (5.36%) Advertising
7 5 (2.98%) Publishing
8 3 (1.79%) Automotive
9 2 (1.19%) Finance
9 2 (1.19%) iGaming
10 1 (0.60%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.60%) Banking
10 1 (0.60%) Law
10 1 (0.60%) Legal
10 1 (0.60%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 71 (42.26%) HTML
2 12 (7.14%) CSS
3 3 (1.79%) React
4 2 (1.19%) Vue
5 1 (0.60%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.60%) CarPlay
5 1 (0.60%) Next.js
5 1 (0.60%) Unreal Engine
5 1 (0.60%) WinForms
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.14%) Mobile App
2 9 (5.36%) Blockchain
3 7 (4.17%) Product Ownership
3 7 (4.17%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.98%) Graphic Design
5 3 (1.79%) Motion Graphics
6 2 (1.19%) Animation
6 2 (1.19%) Augmented Reality
7 1 (0.60%) Algorithms
7 1 (0.60%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.60%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.60%) Low-Code
7 1 (0.60%) NHS
7 1 (0.60%) Social Media
7 1 (0.60%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.98%) Android
2 4 (2.38%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 157 (93.45%) User Experience
2 152 (90.48%) UX Design
3 90 (53.57%) Prototyping
4 73 (43.45%) Problem-Solving
5 69 (41.07%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 68 (40.48%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
7 62 (36.90%) Customer Experience
8 60 (35.71%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
8 60 (35.71%) Workshop Facilitation
9 58 (34.52%) Actionable Insight
10 54 (32.14%) Wireframes
11 48 (28.57%) Design Patterns
11 48 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
12 46 (27.38%) Coaching
12 46 (27.38%) Digital Customer Experience
12 46 (27.38%) Sprint Review
13 40 (23.81%) Agile
14 28 (16.67%) User Research
15 15 (8.93%) Front End Development
16 14 (8.33%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 11 (6.55%) JavaScript
2 3 (1.79%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 58 (34.52%) SC Cleared
1 58 (34.52%) Security Cleared
2 12 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (39.29%) Accessibility
2 59 (35.12%) WCAG
Vendors
1 46 (27.38%) Adobe
2 7 (4.17%) Salesforce
3 3 (1.79%) Hotjar
4 2 (1.19%) Google
5 1 (0.60%) Apple
5 1 (0.60%) Peregrine