Digital Designer Jobs

Digital Designer
UK

The median Digital Designer salary in the UK is £40,000 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 824 899 1115
Rank change year-on-year +75 +216 -273
Permanent jobs requiring a Digital Designer 83 48 146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.079% 0.051% 0.087%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.083% 0.056% 0.090%
Number of salaries quoted 68 40 69
10th Percentile £26,250 £24,375 £34,250
25th Percentile £27,000 £38,250 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -18.18% +15.79%
75th Percentile £52,125 £55,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £54,125 £67,500 £67,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year - -11.76% +6.25%

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 99,552 86,380 162,088
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.85% 91.27% 96.05%
Number of salaries quoted 70,786 55,655 84,889
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,500 £50,244
% change year-on-year -6.54% +6.48% +5.78%

Digital Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Digital Designer in the UK

Digital Designer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Digital Designer in the UK

Digital Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Digital Designer over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Digital Designer in the UK

Digital Designer
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Designer within the UK 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
UK excluding London +23 74 £37,500 - 19
England +61 73 £37,500 -16.67% 23
Work from Home +76 46 £40,000 - 10
South East +12 23 £27,500 +12.24% 6
North of England +43 21 £32,000 -24.71% 4
North West +9 17 £40,000 +39.13% 2
Midlands -7 11 £34,836 -18.03% 3
Scotland - 10 £49,000 - 1
London +94 9 £47,500 -5.94% 5
South West -20 7 £40,000 -20.00% 4
West Midlands -13 6 £27,500 -35.29% 1
East Midlands - 5 £34,836 - 2
Yorkshire +62 3 £28,000 -34.12% 1
East of England - 2 £43,750 - 1
North East -12 1 £35,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 1 June 2024, Digital 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 Digital Designer in the job title.

1 37 (44.58%) Adobe
2 34 (40.96%) User Experience
3 28 (33.73%) Photoshop
3 28 (33.73%) Adobe Illustrator
4 27 (32.53%) Marketing
5 22 (26.51%) Graphic Design
5 22 (26.51%) UX Design
6 19 (22.89%) HTML
7 17 (20.48%) Figma
8 15 (18.07%) Retail
9 14 (16.87%) Finance
10 13 (15.66%) CSS
10 13 (15.66%) InDesign
10 13 (15.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
10 13 (15.66%) Social Skills
11 11 (13.25%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 11 (13.25%) User Research
12 10 (12.05%) Typography
12 10 (12.05%) Responsive Web Design
12 10 (12.05%) Wireframes
12 10 (12.05%) Degree
12 10 (12.05%) Animation
12 10 (12.05%) Adobe After Effects
13 9 (10.84%) Digital Marketing
13 9 (10.84%) Sketch
13 9 (10.84%) Customer Experience
14 8 (9.64%) GDPR
14 8 (9.64%) Social Media
14 8 (9.64%) Advertising
14 8 (9.64%) E-Commerce

Digital 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 (4.82%) WordPress
2 3 (3.61%) Totara
Applications
1 28 (33.73%) Adobe Illustrator
1 28 (33.73%) Photoshop
2 13 (15.66%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 13 (15.66%) InDesign
3 10 (12.05%) Adobe After Effects
4 9 (10.84%) Sketch
5 7 (8.43%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (7.23%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 5 (6.02%) Adobe XD
7 5 (6.02%) Trello
8 4 (4.82%) CINEMA 4D
9 3 (3.61%) Blender
10 2 (2.41%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (1.20%) Adobe Captivate
11 1 (1.20%) Adobe Premiere
11 1 (1.20%) Marvel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 17 (20.48%) Figma
2 11 (13.25%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 2 (2.41%) WhatsApp
4 1 (1.20%) Google Analytics
4 1 (1.20%) Miro
Development Applications
1 3 (3.61%) Axure RP
General
1 27 (32.53%) Marketing
2 15 (18.07%) Retail
3 14 (16.87%) Finance
4 13 (15.66%) Social Skills
5 8 (9.64%) Advertising
6 6 (7.23%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 6 (7.23%) Multimedia
7 4 (4.82%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (4.82%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.61%) Fire and Rescue
8 3 (3.61%) Local Government
8 3 (3.61%) Publishing
9 2 (2.41%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (1.20%) Automotive
10 1 (1.20%) Games
10 1 (1.20%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (1.20%) Manufacturing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (22.89%) HTML
2 13 (15.66%) CSS
3 3 (3.61%) EDI
3 3 (3.61%) Next.js
3 3 (3.61%) React
3 3 (3.61%) Sass
4 1 (1.20%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 22 (26.51%) Graphic Design
2 10 (12.05%) Animation
3 8 (9.64%) Social Media
4 5 (6.02%) e-Learning
4 5 (6.02%) Video Editing
5 4 (4.82%) Driving Licence
5 4 (4.82%) Learning Management System
5 4 (4.82%) Motion Graphics
5 4 (4.82%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.61%) Photography
7 2 (2.41%) Digital Media
7 2 (2.41%) Digital Signage
7 2 (2.41%) Life Science
7 2 (2.41%) Mobile App
7 2 (2.41%) Product Ownership
8 1 (1.20%) Blog
8 1 (1.20%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 2 (2.41%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (40.96%) User Experience
2 22 (26.51%) UX Design
3 11 (13.25%) User Research
4 10 (12.05%) Responsive Web Design
4 10 (12.05%) Typography
4 10 (12.05%) Wireframes
5 9 (10.84%) Customer Experience
5 9 (10.84%) Digital Marketing
6 8 (9.64%) E-Commerce
7 6 (7.23%) Front End Development
7 6 (7.23%) Prototyping
7 6 (7.23%) Storyboarding
7 6 (7.23%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 5 (6.02%) Mobile First
9 4 (4.82%) Design Thinking
9 4 (4.82%) Infographics
9 4 (4.82%) Innovative Thinking
9 4 (4.82%) Marketing Strategy
10 3 (3.61%) Collaborative Working
10 3 (3.61%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
Programming Languages
1 8 (9.64%) JavaScript
2 4 (4.82%) PHP
Qualifications
1 10 (12.05%) Degree
2 1 (1.20%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.20%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.64%) GDPR
2 1 (1.20%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.20%) QA
Vendors
1 37 (44.58%) Adobe
2 2 (2.41%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.20%) Google