User Interface/User Experience Designer
UK

The median User Interface/User Experience Designer salary in the UK is £47,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 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
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 756 815 717
Rank change year-on-year +59 -98 +28
Permanent jobs requiring a UI/UX Designer 140 160 582
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.14% 0.16% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.15% 0.17% 0.38%
Number of salaries quoted 71 135 278
10th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £35,625 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £57,500 £70,000 £69,813
90th Percentile £67,500 £82,500 £87,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £43,750 £52,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +16.67% +12.50%

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 93,739 91,836 153,630
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 91.52% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 67,104 57,926 84,939
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,604
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,750 £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%

UI/UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for UI/UX Designer in the UK

UI/UX Designer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for UI/UX Designer in the UK

UI/UX Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing UI/UX Designer over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for UI/UX Designer in the UK

UI/UX 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/UX Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 14 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 +27 99 £45,000 -21.74% 27
UK excluding London +28 98 £43,750 -16.67% 10
Work from Home +39 39 £50,000 -4.76% 15
London +59 29 £65,000 +6.12% 17
North of England +29 19 £40,000 -21.95% 2
Midlands +21 18 £40,000 -20.00% 3
South East +8 17 £45,000 -14.29% 2
Scotland -38 17 £55,000 +38.36%
North West +6 14 £40,000 -46.67% 1
East Midlands - 10 £30,000 -
South West -19 9 £35,000 -33.33% 2
Wales +19 8 £32,500 -28.96%
West Midlands +12 8 £43,750 -12.50% 3
Yorkshire +81 5 - - 1
East of England +2 5 £45,000 -25.00% 1
Northern Ireland - 5 - -

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, UI/UX 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/UX Designer in the job title.

1 140 (100.00%) UX Design
1 140 (100.00%) User Experience
2 100 (71.43%) Figma
3 85 (60.71%) Prototyping
4 73 (52.14%) Sketch
5 69 (49.29%) HTML
6 68 (48.57%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
7 67 (47.86%) Problem-Solving
8 65 (46.43%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 61 (43.57%) Accessibility
10 60 (42.86%) Workshop Facilitation
10 60 (42.86%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
11 59 (42.14%) WCAG
12 58 (41.43%) SC Cleared
12 58 (41.43%) Security Cleared
12 58 (41.43%) Actionable Insight
13 55 (39.29%) Customer Experience
14 52 (37.14%) Wireframes
14 52 (37.14%) Miro
15 48 (34.29%) Stakeholder Management
16 46 (32.86%) Heroku
16 46 (32.86%) Sprint Review
16 46 (32.86%) Coaching
16 46 (32.86%) Social Skills
16 46 (32.86%) Design Patterns
16 46 (32.86%) Digital Customer Experience
17 34 (24.29%) Adobe
18 30 (21.43%) Agile
19 26 (18.57%) User Research
20 23 (16.43%) Adobe XD

UI/UX 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 2 (1.43%) WordPress
2 1 (0.71%) Confluence
2 1 (0.71%) SharePoint
Applications
1 73 (52.14%) Sketch
2 23 (16.43%) Adobe XD
3 14 (10.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 11 (7.86%) Photoshop
5 10 (7.14%) Adobe Illustrator
6 5 (3.57%) InVision
7 4 (2.86%) InDesign
8 2 (1.43%) Notion
8 2 (1.43%) Zeplin
9 1 (0.71%) Adobe After Effects
9 1 (0.71%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 3 (2.14%) Magento
2 2 (1.43%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 100 (71.43%) Figma
2 52 (37.14%) Miro
3 46 (32.86%) Heroku
4 14 (10.00%) SaaS
5 7 (5.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 5 (3.57%) Stripe
7 4 (2.86%) WhatsApp
8 2 (1.43%) Asana
8 2 (1.43%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.71%) Azure
9 1 (0.71%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.71%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.71%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.71%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (0.71%) Axure RP
1 1 (0.71%) Balsamiq
1 1 (0.71%) JIRA
1 1 (0.71%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 46 (32.86%) Social Skills
2 22 (15.71%) Marketing
3 13 (9.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (6.43%) Advertising
5 8 (5.71%) Games
6 6 (4.29%) Retail
7 4 (2.86%) Publishing
8 3 (2.14%) Automotive
9 2 (1.43%) iGaming
10 1 (0.71%) Analytical Skills
10 1 (0.71%) Law
10 1 (0.71%) Legal
10 1 (0.71%) Multimedia
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (49.29%) HTML
2 10 (7.14%) CSS
3 3 (2.14%) React
4 2 (1.43%) Vue
5 1 (0.71%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.71%) CarPlay
5 1 (0.71%) Next.js
5 1 (0.71%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 9 (6.43%) Blockchain
2 7 (5.00%) Mobile App
3 6 (4.29%) Product Ownership
4 3 (2.14%) Graphic Design
4 3 (2.14%) Motion Graphics
4 3 (2.14%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.71%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.71%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.71%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.71%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.71%) NHS
5 1 (0.71%) Social Media
5 1 (0.71%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.71%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (100.00%) User Experience
1 140 (100.00%) UX Design
2 85 (60.71%) Prototyping
3 68 (48.57%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 67 (47.86%) Problem-Solving
5 65 (46.43%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 60 (42.86%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
6 60 (42.86%) Workshop Facilitation
7 58 (41.43%) Actionable Insight
8 55 (39.29%) Customer Experience
9 52 (37.14%) Wireframes
10 48 (34.29%) Stakeholder Management
11 46 (32.86%) Coaching
11 46 (32.86%) Design Patterns
11 46 (32.86%) Digital Customer Experience
11 46 (32.86%) Sprint Review
12 30 (21.43%) Agile
13 26 (18.57%) User Research
14 15 (10.71%) Front End Development
15 14 (10.00%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.43%) JavaScript
2 3 (2.14%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 58 (41.43%) SC Cleared
1 58 (41.43%) Security Cleared
2 7 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (43.57%) Accessibility
2 59 (42.14%) WCAG
Vendors
1 34 (24.29%) Adobe
2 7 (5.00%) Salesforce
3 3 (2.14%) Hotjar
4 2 (1.43%) Google
5 1 (0.71%) Apple
5 1 (0.71%) Peregrine