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 1 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
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 307 351 199
Rank change year-on-year +44 -152 +58
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 820 783 2,892
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.90% 0.93% 2.05%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 1.02% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 639 595 1,117
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% - +5.50%
75th Percentile £60,741 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.87% - +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 86,182 76,808 135,607
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.72% 91.28% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 63,611 49,955 75,079
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £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 £71,082 £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 1 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 1 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 +137 235 £45,000 -5.26% 61
London -53 216 £53,183 -11.36% 135
North West +69 134 £45,000 +2.22% 36
South East +53 132 £40,000 -12.57% 38
Midlands +40 100 £41,774 -27.35% 20
East of England +42 73 £46,110 -27.67% 12
Yorkshire +85 68 £45,000 -15.89% 17
West Midlands +8 61 £46,250 -19.57% 12
South West +1 58 £46,000 -16.36% 16
East Midlands +13 39 £35,000 -47.17% 9
North East +15 33 £57,965 +22.03% 8
Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 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.

1 286 (34.88%) User Experience
2 254 (30.98%) Adobe
3 234 (28.54%) UX Design
4 188 (22.93%) Figma
5 168 (20.49%) Social Skills
6 167 (20.37%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 164 (20.00%) Marketing
8 163 (19.88%) Prototyping
9 148 (18.05%) Agile
10 133 (16.22%) Accessibility
11 132 (16.10%) Photoshop
12 127 (15.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
13 125 (15.24%) Adobe Illustrator
14 121 (14.76%) HTML
15 114 (13.90%) Interaction Design
16 112 (13.66%) Wireframes
17 109 (13.29%) User Research
18 106 (12.93%) Coaching
19 103 (12.56%) Sketch
20 99 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
21 98 (11.95%) Graphic Design
22 96 (11.71%) Degree
23 95 (11.59%) Security Cleared
24 91 (11.10%) Mentoring
25 88 (10.73%) Customer Experience
26 83 (10.12%) SC Cleared
27 80 (9.76%) Social Media
27 80 (9.76%) Service Design
28 76 (9.27%) InDesign
29 74 (9.02%) 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 (3.54%) WordPress
2 9 (1.10%) CMS
3 7 (0.85%) Confluence
4 6 (0.73%) Umbraco
5 5 (0.61%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.37%) Totara
7 2 (0.24%) IBM Domino
7 2 (0.24%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 132 (16.10%) Photoshop
2 127 (15.49%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 125 (15.24%) Adobe Illustrator
4 103 (12.56%) Sketch
5 76 (9.27%) InDesign
6 53 (6.46%) Adobe XD
7 51 (6.22%) Adobe After Effects
8 34 (4.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 31 (3.78%) Adobe Premiere
9 31 (3.78%) Microsoft Office
10 22 (2.68%) Adobe Captivate
10 22 (2.68%) AutoCAD
11 20 (2.44%) InVision
12 16 (1.95%) CINEMA 4D
13 14 (1.71%) Microsoft Excel
14 9 (1.10%) Simulink
14 9 (1.10%) SketchUp
15 8 (0.98%) 3ds Max
16 6 (0.73%) Revit
16 6 (0.73%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (0.61%) Oracle General Ledger
1 5 (0.61%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 4 (0.49%) Magento
2 4 (0.49%) Shopify
3 1 (0.12%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 188 (22.93%) Figma
2 37 (4.51%) Miro
3 34 (4.15%) Heroku
4 31 (3.78%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 25 (3.05%) SaaS
6 9 (1.10%) Azure
6 9 (1.10%) Google Analytics
7 7 (0.85%) AWS
7 7 (0.85%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 7 (0.85%) WhatsApp
8 6 (0.73%) Canva
9 5 (0.61%) MailChimp
9 5 (0.61%) OCI
9 5 (0.61%) Stripe
10 4 (0.49%) dbt
11 2 (0.24%) Asana
11 2 (0.24%) Dialogflow
11 2 (0.24%) IBM Watson
11 2 (0.24%) Microsoft 365
11 2 (0.24%) Wix.com
Communications & Networking
1 8 (0.98%) Cisco Firepower
2 6 (0.73%) VPN
3 3 (0.37%) 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 (0.61%) SAP BW
2 3 (0.37%) Geospatial Data
3 2 (0.24%) Amazon Redshift
4 1 (0.12%) GIS
4 1 (0.12%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (1.22%) JIRA
2 9 (1.10%) Axure RP
3 5 (0.61%) Git
3 5 (0.61%) Subversion
4 3 (0.37%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.12%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 168 (20.49%) Social Skills
2 164 (20.00%) Marketing
3 65 (7.93%) Public Sector
4 61 (7.44%) Retail
5 48 (5.85%) Finance
6 38 (4.63%) Organisational Skills
7 35 (4.27%) Advertising
8 31 (3.78%) Games
9 28 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 22 (2.68%) Presentation Skills
11 20 (2.44%) Analytical Skills
12 19 (2.32%) Multimedia
13 10 (1.22%) Manufacturing
13 10 (1.22%) Publishing
14 8 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
15 7 (0.85%) Automotive
15 7 (0.85%) Law
15 7 (0.85%) Legal
16 6 (0.73%) Back Office
16 6 (0.73%) Banking
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (14.76%) HTML
2 64 (7.80%) CSS
3 12 (1.46%) HTML5
4 6 (0.73%) React
5 5 (0.61%) Unreal Engine
6 4 (0.49%) Next.js
6 4 (0.49%) Unity (Game Engine)
7 3 (0.37%) EDI
7 3 (0.37%) 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 98 (11.95%) Graphic Design
2 80 (9.76%) Social Media
3 57 (6.95%) Animation
4 55 (6.71%) Product Ownership
5 32 (3.90%) Motion Graphics
6 29 (3.54%) Mobile App
7 23 (2.80%) e-Learning
8 18 (2.20%) Video Editing
9 17 (2.07%) Photography
9 17 (2.07%) Self-Motivation
10 16 (1.95%) Home Automation
10 16 (1.95%) Smart Home
11 11 (1.34%) Digital Media
12 10 (1.22%) Blog
12 10 (1.22%) FPGA
12 10 (1.22%) SCORM
12 10 (1.22%) VHDL
13 8 (0.98%) Blockchain
14 7 (0.85%) FMCG
15 5 (0.61%) Social Network
Operating Systems
1 8 (0.98%) Windows
2 6 (0.73%) Android
3 5 (0.61%) Apple iOS
4 2 (0.24%) Linux
4 2 (0.24%) Mac OS
4 2 (0.24%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (34.88%) User Experience
2 234 (28.54%) UX Design
3 167 (20.37%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 163 (19.88%) Prototyping
5 148 (18.05%) Agile
6 114 (13.90%) Interaction Design
7 112 (13.66%) Wireframes
8 109 (13.29%) User Research
9 106 (12.93%) Coaching
10 99 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
11 91 (11.10%) Mentoring
12 88 (10.73%) Customer Experience
13 80 (9.76%) Service Design
14 74 (9.02%) Analytics
15 71 (8.66%) Design Patterns
16 68 (8.29%) Workshop Facilitation
17 55 (6.71%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
18 51 (6.22%) Actionable Insight
19 50 (6.10%) Journey Map
20 49 (5.98%) Typography
Programming Languages
1 35 (4.27%) JavaScript
2 7 (0.85%) R
3 4 (0.49%) C
3 4 (0.49%) PHP
3 4 (0.49%) SystemVerilog
4 3 (0.37%) SQL
4 3 (0.37%) TypeScript
5 2 (0.24%) C#
5 2 (0.24%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.12%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.12%) Python
Qualifications
1 96 (11.71%) Degree
2 95 (11.59%) Security Cleared
3 83 (10.12%) SC Cleared
4 17 (2.07%) JNCIS
5 9 (1.10%) CIPD
6 8 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
6 8 (0.98%) CCNA
6 8 (0.98%) CCNP
6 8 (0.98%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (0.61%) Oracle Certification
8 3 (0.37%) HND
9 2 (0.24%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.12%) AWS Certification
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%) MCSE
10 1 (0.12%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 133 (16.22%) Accessibility
2 72 (8.78%) WCAG
3 9 (1.10%) GDPR
4 5 (0.61%) GAAP
4 5 (0.61%) IFRS
5 3 (0.37%) NIST
6 1 (0.12%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.12%) QA
System Software
1 5 (0.61%) 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
1 254 (30.98%) Adobe
2 28 (3.41%) Microsoft
3 20 (2.44%) Juniper
4 10 (1.22%) Google
4 10 (1.22%) Salesforce
5 9 (1.10%) Cisco
6 7 (0.85%) Instagram
6 7 (0.85%) SAP
7 6 (0.73%) F5
7 6 (0.73%) Facebook
8 5 (0.61%) Hotjar
8 5 (0.61%) Oracle
8 5 (0.61%) PeopleSoft
8 5 (0.61%) Vectorworks
9 4 (0.49%) dotdigital
9 4 (0.49%) Intel
9 4 (0.49%) Microsemi
9 4 (0.49%) Twitter
9 4 (0.49%) Xilinx
10 3 (0.37%) TikTok