Designer Jobs in the UK excluding London

Designer
UK > UK excluding London

The median Designer salary in the UK excluding London 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 282 452 256
Rank change year-on-year +170 -196 -4
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 694 309 1,040
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.91% 0.55% 1.41%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.96% 0.61% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 522 229 538
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £41,605
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £58,750 £66,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £62,200 £75,100 £70,000
UK median annual salary £45,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.87% - +9.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. 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 excluding London with a recognized job title 72,166 50,263 70,760
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.99% 88.90% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 50,782 29,433 42,686
10th Percentile £26,750 £29,750 £28,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%
75th Percentile £63,750 £68,750 £67,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in the UK excluding London

Designer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Designer in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Designer in the UK excluding London

Designer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Designer in the UK excluding London

Designer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the UK excluding London 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
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
Scotland -15 68 £49,000 +8.89% 24
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
Wales +17 16 £32,500 -33.33% 1
Northern Ireland +32 12 £39,390 - 1
Designer
UK

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 269 (38.76%) User Experience
2 226 (32.56%) UX Design
3 202 (29.11%) Adobe
4 171 (24.64%) Prototyping
5 169 (24.35%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 159 (22.91%) Accessibility
7 158 (22.77%) Figma
8 134 (19.31%) Marketing
9 133 (19.16%) Agile
10 121 (17.44%) HTML
11 119 (17.15%) Photoshop
12 117 (16.86%) Interaction Design
13 116 (16.71%) Coaching
13 116 (16.71%) Social Skills
14 112 (16.14%) Adobe Illustrator
15 108 (15.56%) Security Cleared
16 106 (15.27%) Sketch
17 105 (15.13%) User Research
18 102 (14.70%) Wireframes
19 98 (14.12%) SC Cleared
20 97 (13.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
21 91 (13.11%) Customer Experience
22 89 (12.82%) Graphic Design
23 88 (12.68%) WCAG
24 87 (12.54%) Mentoring
24 87 (12.54%) Problem-Solving
25 84 (12.10%) Workshop Facilitation
26 80 (11.53%) Degree
27 79 (11.38%) Design Patterns
28 73 (10.52%) InDesign

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 26 (3.75%) WordPress
2 11 (1.59%) CMS
3 6 (0.86%) Umbraco
4 4 (0.58%) SharePoint
5 3 (0.43%) Totara
6 2 (0.29%) Confluence
6 2 (0.29%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 119 (17.15%) Photoshop
2 112 (16.14%) Adobe Illustrator
3 106 (15.27%) Sketch
4 97 (13.98%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 73 (10.52%) InDesign
6 46 (6.63%) Adobe XD
7 37 (5.33%) Adobe After Effects
8 24 (3.46%) Adobe Premiere
8 24 (3.46%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 20 (2.88%) AutoCAD
10 18 (2.59%) Adobe Captivate
10 18 (2.59%) InVision
11 16 (2.31%) Microsoft Office
12 13 (1.87%) CINEMA 4D
13 9 (1.30%) Simulink
14 6 (0.86%) 3ds Max
14 6 (0.86%) Revit
14 6 (0.86%) SketchUp
15 4 (0.58%) Blender
16 3 (0.43%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.58%) Magento
2 3 (0.43%) Shopify
3 1 (0.14%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 158 (22.77%) Figma
2 53 (7.64%) Miro
3 46 (6.63%) Heroku
4 27 (3.89%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 17 (2.45%) SaaS
6 11 (1.59%) SurveyMonkey
7 8 (1.15%) Google Analytics
8 6 (0.86%) dbt
9 5 (0.72%) Stripe
10 4 (0.58%) WhatsApp
11 3 (0.43%) Canva
11 3 (0.43%) Power Platform
12 2 (0.29%) Asana
12 2 (0.29%) Azure
12 2 (0.29%) Wix.com
13 1 (0.14%) AWS
13 1 (0.14%) Google Workspace
13 1 (0.14%) IaaS
13 1 (0.14%) Microsoft 365
13 1 (0.14%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.15%) Cisco Firepower
2 6 (0.86%) VPN
3 3 (0.43%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (0.29%) Internet
5 1 (0.14%) BGP
5 1 (0.14%) DMVPN
5 1 (0.14%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.14%) Intranet
5 1 (0.14%) OSPF
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (0.43%) Geospatial Data
1 3 (0.43%) Power BI
2 2 (0.29%) Amazon Redshift
2 2 (0.29%) Tableau
3 1 (0.14%) GIS
Development Applications
1 14 (2.02%) JIRA
2 6 (0.86%) Axure RP
3 5 (0.72%) Git
3 5 (0.72%) Subversion
4 3 (0.43%) Balsamiq
5 1 (0.14%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 134 (19.31%) Marketing
2 116 (16.71%) Social Skills
3 57 (8.21%) Public Sector
4 48 (6.92%) Finance
5 40 (5.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 37 (5.33%) Retail
7 27 (3.89%) Advertising
8 23 (3.31%) Organisational Skills
9 22 (3.17%) Games
10 21 (3.03%) Law
11 18 (2.59%) Presentation Skills
12 12 (1.73%) Multimedia
13 11 (1.59%) Manufacturing
13 11 (1.59%) Publishing
14 9 (1.30%) Analytical Skills
15 7 (1.01%) Automotive
16 5 (0.72%) Banking
16 5 (0.72%) Legal
17 4 (0.58%) Influencing Skills
17 4 (0.58%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 121 (17.44%) HTML
2 56 (8.07%) CSS
3 19 (2.74%) React
4 11 (1.59%) HTML5
5 6 (0.86%) Sass
6 4 (0.58%) AngularJS
6 4 (0.58%) Next.js
7 3 (0.43%) EDI
7 3 (0.43%) LESS
7 3 (0.43%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 2 (0.29%) .NET
8 2 (0.29%) D3.js
8 2 (0.29%) SOAP
8 2 (0.29%) SVG
8 2 (0.29%) Vue
8 2 (0.29%) WinForms
9 1 (0.14%) Framer.js
9 1 (0.14%) jQuery
9 1 (0.14%) Unreal Engine
9 1 (0.14%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 89 (12.82%) Graphic Design
2 67 (9.65%) Social Media
3 54 (7.78%) Product Ownership
4 39 (5.62%) Animation
5 27 (3.89%) Mobile App
6 23 (3.31%) Motion Graphics
7 21 (3.03%) e-Learning
8 16 (2.31%) Home Automation
8 16 (2.31%) Self-Motivation
8 16 (2.31%) Smart Home
9 14 (2.02%) Photography
10 11 (1.59%) Market Risk
11 10 (1.44%) FPGA
11 10 (1.44%) VHDL
12 9 (1.30%) SCORM
13 7 (1.01%) Video Editing
14 6 (0.86%) Digital Media
15 5 (0.72%) Enterprise Software
15 5 (0.72%) Social Network
15 5 (0.72%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 6 (0.86%) Android
2 5 (0.72%) Apple iOS
3 2 (0.29%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 269 (38.76%) User Experience
2 226 (32.56%) UX Design
3 171 (24.64%) Prototyping
4 169 (24.35%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 133 (19.16%) Agile
6 117 (16.86%) Interaction Design
7 116 (16.71%) Coaching
8 105 (15.13%) User Research
9 102 (14.70%) Wireframes
10 91 (13.11%) Customer Experience
11 87 (12.54%) Mentoring
11 87 (12.54%) Problem-Solving
12 84 (12.10%) Workshop Facilitation
13 79 (11.38%) Design Patterns
14 73 (10.52%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
15 72 (10.37%) Service Design
16 70 (10.09%) Actionable Insight
17 63 (9.08%) Journey Map
18 61 (8.79%) Digital Customer Experience
19 60 (8.65%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 43 (6.20%) JavaScript
2 5 (0.72%) PHP
3 4 (0.58%) C
3 4 (0.58%) SystemVerilog
4 3 (0.43%) SQL
5 2 (0.29%) C#
5 2 (0.29%) TypeScript
6 1 (0.14%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.14%) Python
Qualifications
1 108 (15.56%) Security Cleared
2 98 (14.12%) SC Cleared
3 80 (11.53%) Degree
4 17 (2.45%) JNCIS
5 9 (1.30%) BPSS Clearance
5 9 (1.30%) CIPD
6 8 (1.15%) CCNA
6 8 (1.15%) CCNP
6 8 (1.15%) Cisco Certification
7 4 (0.58%) Master's Degree
8 3 (0.43%) HND
9 2 (0.29%) DBS Check
9 2 (0.29%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.14%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.14%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 1 (0.14%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.14%) MCSE
10 1 (0.14%) RHCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 159 (22.91%) Accessibility
2 88 (12.68%) WCAG
3 11 (1.59%) GDPR
4 3 (0.43%) QA
5 2 (0.29%) GLP
6 1 (0.14%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.14%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 5 (0.72%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 1 (0.14%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 202 (29.11%) Adobe
2 22 (3.17%) Microsoft
3 20 (2.88%) Juniper
4 9 (1.30%) Cisco
4 9 (1.30%) Google
5 6 (0.86%) F5
6 5 (0.72%) Hotjar
7 4 (0.58%) dotdigital
7 4 (0.58%) Instagram
7 4 (0.58%) Intel
7 4 (0.58%) Microsemi
7 4 (0.58%) Twitter
7 4 (0.58%) Xilinx
8 3 (0.43%) Facebook
8 3 (0.43%) Vectorworks
9 2 (0.29%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (0.29%) Charles River
9 2 (0.29%) Salesforce
9 2 (0.29%) SAP
9 2 (0.29%) Sitecore