Designer Jobs in England

Designer
UK > England

The median Designer salary in England is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 9 June 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 303 344 201
Rank change year-on-year +41 -143 +57
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 832 775 2,934
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.88% 0.94% 2.04%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.93% 1.03% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 645 593 1,140
10th Percentile £26,250 £36,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £45,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.74% - +8.49%
75th Percentile £60,741 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £46,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% - +9.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 89,103 75,397 137,915
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.59% 91.21% 95.93%
Number of salaries quoted 65,080 49,497 75,489
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,402 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,250 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in England

Designer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Designer in England

Designer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer in England over the 6 months to 9 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Designer in England

Designer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 9 June 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
North of England +129 236 £45,000 -5.26% 72
London -80 220 £53,183 -14.91% 130
North West +70 135 £45,000 +2.22% 46
South East +55 134 £40,000 -13.98% 33
Midlands +21 101 £41,774 -27.35% 29
East of England +33 74 £46,110 -27.67% 10
Yorkshire +82 68 £45,000 -15.89% 21
West Midlands +13 62 £46,250 -19.57% 14
South West +1 61 £46,000 -16.36% 14
East Midlands -2 39 £35,000 -47.17% 15
North East +10 33 £57,965 +22.03% 5
Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 9 June 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 England region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 292 (35.10%) User Experience
2 253 (30.41%) Adobe
3 238 (28.61%) UX Design
4 186 (22.36%) Figma
5 172 (20.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 166 (19.95%) Social Skills
7 163 (19.59%) Prototyping
8 162 (19.47%) Marketing
9 154 (18.51%) Agile
10 133 (15.99%) Photoshop
10 133 (15.99%) Accessibility
11 127 (15.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 126 (15.14%) Adobe Illustrator
13 121 (14.54%) HTML
14 111 (13.34%) Wireframes
15 110 (13.22%) Interaction Design
16 106 (12.74%) User Research
16 106 (12.74%) Coaching
17 104 (12.50%) Sketch
18 100 (12.02%) Problem-Solving
19 99 (11.90%) Graphic Design
20 96 (11.54%) Security Cleared
21 94 (11.30%) Degree
22 91 (10.94%) Mentoring
23 87 (10.46%) Customer Experience
24 84 (10.10%) SC Cleared
24 84 (10.10%) Service Design
25 80 (9.62%) Social Media
26 76 (9.13%) InDesign
27 74 (8.89%) Analytics

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 29 (3.49%) WordPress
2 9 (1.08%) CMS
3 7 (0.84%) Confluence
4 6 (0.72%) Umbraco
5 5 (0.60%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.36%) Totara
7 2 (0.24%) IBM Domino
7 2 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 133 (15.99%) Photoshop
2 127 (15.26%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 126 (15.14%) Adobe Illustrator
4 104 (12.50%) Sketch
5 76 (9.13%) InDesign
6 54 (6.49%) Adobe XD
7 52 (6.25%) Adobe After Effects
8 35 (4.21%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 32 (3.85%) Adobe Premiere
10 31 (3.73%) Microsoft Office
11 22 (2.64%) Adobe Captivate
11 22 (2.64%) AutoCAD
12 21 (2.52%) InVision
13 16 (1.92%) CINEMA 4D
14 14 (1.68%) Microsoft Excel
15 9 (1.08%) Simulink
15 9 (1.08%) SketchUp
16 8 (0.96%) 3ds Max
17 6 (0.72%) Revit
17 6 (0.72%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.60%) Oracle General Ledger
1 5 (0.60%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 4 (0.48%) Magento
2 4 (0.48%) Shopify
3 1 (0.12%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.12%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 186 (22.36%) Figma
2 37 (4.45%) Miro
3 34 (4.09%) Heroku
4 31 (3.73%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 23 (2.76%) SaaS
6 10 (1.20%) Azure
7 9 (1.08%) Google Analytics
8 7 (0.84%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 7 (0.84%) WhatsApp
9 6 (0.72%) AWS
9 6 (0.72%) Canva
10 5 (0.60%) MailChimp
10 5 (0.60%) OCI
10 5 (0.60%) Stripe
11 4 (0.48%) dbt
12 2 (0.24%) Asana
12 2 (0.24%) Dialogflow
12 2 (0.24%) Dynamics 365
12 2 (0.24%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.24%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.96%) Cisco Firepower
2 6 (0.72%) VPN
3 3 (0.36%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (0.24%) DHCP
4 2 (0.24%) DNS
4 2 (0.24%) HTTPS
4 2 (0.24%) Internet
4 2 (0.24%) Intranet
4 2 (0.24%) Remote Desktop
4 2 (0.24%) SSL
4 2 (0.24%) VSAN
5 1 (0.12%) BGP
5 1 (0.12%) DMVPN
5 1 (0.12%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.12%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (0.60%) SAP BW
2 4 (0.48%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.12%) GIS
4 1 (0.12%) Power BI
4 1 (0.12%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.12%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 10 (1.20%) Axure RP
1 10 (1.20%) JIRA
2 5 (0.60%) Git
2 5 (0.60%) Subversion
3 3 (0.36%) Balsamiq
4 2 (0.24%) Visual Studio Code
5 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio
General
1 166 (19.95%) Social Skills
2 162 (19.47%) Marketing
3 68 (8.17%) Public Sector
4 61 (7.33%) Retail
5 46 (5.53%) Finance
6 38 (4.57%) Organisational Skills
7 36 (4.33%) Advertising
8 31 (3.73%) Games
9 29 (3.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 22 (2.64%) Presentation Skills
11 19 (2.28%) Multimedia
12 18 (2.16%) Analytical Skills
13 10 (1.20%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.20%) Publishing
14 8 (0.96%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.84%) Automotive
15 7 (0.84%) Back Office
15 7 (0.84%) Law
16 6 (0.72%) Banking
16 6 (0.72%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (14.54%) HTML
2 65 (7.81%) CSS
3 12 (1.44%) HTML5
4 7 (0.84%) React
5 5 (0.60%) Unreal Engine
6 4 (0.48%) Next.js
6 4 (0.48%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 3 (0.36%) EDI
7 3 (0.36%) Sass
8 2 (0.24%) .NET
8 2 (0.24%) jQuery
8 2 (0.24%) SOAP
8 2 (0.24%) SVG
8 2 (0.24%) Vue
8 2 (0.24%) WinForms
9 1 (0.12%) AngularJS
9 1 (0.12%) CarPlay
9 1 (0.12%) Framer.js
9 1 (0.12%) V-Ray
9 1 (0.12%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 99 (11.90%) Graphic Design
2 80 (9.62%) Social Media
3 58 (6.97%) Animation
4 56 (6.73%) Product Ownership
5 32 (3.85%) Motion Graphics
6 29 (3.49%) Mobile App
7 23 (2.76%) e-Learning
8 18 (2.16%) Video Editing
9 17 (2.04%) Home Automation
9 17 (2.04%) Photography
9 17 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (1.92%) Smart Home
11 11 (1.32%) Digital Media
12 10 (1.20%) Blog
12 10 (1.20%) FPGA
12 10 (1.20%) SCORM
12 10 (1.20%) VHDL
13 7 (0.84%) FMCG
14 6 (0.72%) Blockchain
15 5 (0.60%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.96%) Windows
2 6 (0.72%) Android
3 5 (0.60%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.24%) Linux
4 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (35.10%) User Experience
2 238 (28.61%) UX Design
3 172 (20.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 163 (19.59%) Prototyping
5 154 (18.51%) Agile
6 111 (13.34%) Wireframes
7 110 (13.22%) Interaction Design
8 106 (12.74%) Coaching
8 106 (12.74%) User Research
9 100 (12.02%) Problem-Solving
10 91 (10.94%) Mentoring
11 87 (10.46%) Customer Experience
12 84 (10.10%) Service Design
13 74 (8.89%) Analytics
14 71 (8.53%) Design Patterns
15 69 (8.29%) Workshop Facilitation
16 55 (6.61%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
17 51 (6.13%) Actionable Insight
17 51 (6.13%) Journey Map
18 49 (5.89%) Typography
Programming Languages
1 37 (4.45%) JavaScript
2 7 (0.84%) R
3 4 (0.48%) C
3 4 (0.48%) PHP
3 4 (0.48%) SystemVerilog
3 4 (0.48%) TypeScript
4 3 (0.36%) C#
4 3 (0.36%) SQL
5 2 (0.24%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.12%) Python
Qualifications
1 96 (11.54%) Security Cleared
2 94 (11.30%) Degree
3 84 (10.10%) SC Cleared
4 17 (2.04%) JNCIS
5 9 (1.08%) CIPD
6 8 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (0.96%) CCNA
6 8 (0.96%) CCNP
6 8 (0.96%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (0.60%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (0.36%) HND
9 2 (0.24%) Master's Degree
10 1 (0.12%) Chartered Engineer
10 1 (0.12%) Computer Science Degree
10 1 (0.12%) DBS Check
10 1 (0.12%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (15.99%) Accessibility
2 72 (8.65%) WCAG
3 8 (0.96%) GDPR
4 5 (0.60%) GAAP
4 5 (0.60%) IFRS
5 3 (0.36%) NIST
6 1 (0.12%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.12%) QA
System Software
1 5 (0.60%) Firmware
2 2 (0.24%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.24%) VMware ESXi
2 2 (0.24%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.24%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 1 (0.12%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 253 (30.41%) Adobe
2 28 (3.37%) Microsoft
3 20 (2.40%) Juniper
4 10 (1.20%) Google
4 10 (1.20%) Salesforce
5 9 (1.08%) Cisco
6 7 (0.84%) Instagram
6 7 (0.84%) SAP
7 6 (0.72%) F5
7 6 (0.72%) Facebook
8 5 (0.60%) Hotjar
8 5 (0.60%) Oracle
8 5 (0.60%) PeopleSoft
8 5 (0.60%) Vectorworks
9 4 (0.48%) dotdigital
9 4 (0.48%) Intel
9 4 (0.48%) Microsemi
9 4 (0.48%) Twitter
9 4 (0.48%) Xilinx
10 3 (0.36%) TikTok