Creative Designer Job Trends in England

Creative Designer
UK > England

The median Creative Designer salary in England is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 July 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 709 642 773
Rank change year-on-year -67 +131 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a Creative Designer 30 6 13
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.033% 0.014% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.035% 0.015% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 25 3 12
10th Percentile - - £26,250
25th Percentile - £27,250 £27,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £28,500 £33,250
Median % change year-on-year +22.81% -14.29% -33.50%
75th Percentile £40,000 £39,875 £39,063
90th Percentile - £45,950 £41,575
UK median annual salary £35,000 £28,500 £33,250
% change year-on-year +22.81% -14.29% -33.50%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 85,729 39,343 71,903
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.41% 90.58% 94.68%
Number of salaries quoted 60,153 23,812 50,509
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £76,000 £75,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £97,500 £92,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

Creative Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Creative Designer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Creative Designer job vacancy trend in England

Creative Designer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Creative Designer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Creative Designer job vacancies in England

Creative Designer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Creative Designer in England over the 6 months to 30 July 2026.

Salary histogram for Creative Designer in England

Creative 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 Creative Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 30 July 2026. 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 -20 17 £35,000 -
North West +10 14 £35,000 -
London -31 7 £55,000 +92.98% 1
South West - 5 £35,000 -
Yorkshire - 3 £40,000 -
Midlands - 1 £35,000 - 2
West Midlands - 1 £35,000 - 1
Creative Designer
UK

Creative Designer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 30 July 2026, Creative Designer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Creative Designer in the job title.

1 5 (16.67%) Adobe
1 5 (16.67%) Adobe After Effects
1 5 (16.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 5 (16.67%) Adobe Illustrator
1 5 (16.67%) AI
1 5 (16.67%) Business Development
1 5 (16.67%) DesignOps
1 5 (16.67%) InDesign
1 5 (16.67%) Line Management
1 5 (16.67%) Mentoring
1 5 (16.67%) Photoshop
1 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (16.67%) Project Delivery
1 5 (16.67%) Prototyping
1 5 (16.67%) SaaS
1 5 (16.67%) Typography
1 5 (16.67%) Visualisation
1 5 (16.67%) WPA
2 3 (10.00%) Business Strategy
2 3 (10.00%) NGN

Creative Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 5 (16.67%) Adobe After Effects
1 5 (16.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 5 (16.67%) Adobe Illustrator
1 5 (16.67%) InDesign
1 5 (16.67%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 5 (16.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (16.67%) WPA
2 3 (10.00%) NGN
General
1 7 (23.33%) Retail
2 5 (16.67%) Banking
2 5 (16.67%) Brand Awareness
2 5 (16.67%) Finance
2 5 (16.67%) Financial Institution
2 5 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (16.67%) Law
2 5 (16.67%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) FMCG
1 5 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 4 (13.33%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (16.67%) AI
1 5 (16.67%) Business Development
1 5 (16.67%) DesignOps
1 5 (16.67%) Line Management
1 5 (16.67%) Mentoring
1 5 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
1 5 (16.67%) Project Delivery
1 5 (16.67%) Prototyping
1 5 (16.67%) Typography
1 5 (16.67%) Visualisation
2 3 (10.00%) Business Strategy
Vendors
1 5 (16.67%) Adobe