Creative Designer Job Trends in England

Creative Designer
UK > England

The median Creative Designer salary in England is £32,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 643 752 729
Rank change year-on-year +109 -23 +390
Permanent jobs requiring a Creative Designer 8 8 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.019% 0.012% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.020% 0.012% 0.026%
Number of salaries quoted 5 7 13
10th Percentile - £28,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £30,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £35,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% -30.00% +21.28%
75th Percentile £38,750 £40,875 £52,500
90th Percentile £45,500 £46,550 £53,500
UK median annual salary £32,500 £35,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% -30.00% +21.28%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 39,065 65,689 50,712
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.39% 95.18% 94.03%
Number of salaries quoted 23,443 39,893 39,224
10th Percentile £28,260 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - -8.33% -

Creative Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Creative Designer 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 18 September 2025.

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 18 September 2025. 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
London +67 5 £32,500 -15.58% 5
South East +50 2 - - 2
North of England - 1 - -
North West - 1 - -
Creative Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, Creative 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 Creative Designer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 8 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 8 (100.00%) InDesign
1 8 (100.00%) Adobe
1 8 (100.00%) Marketing
1 8 (100.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 6 (75.00%) Organisational Skills
2 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 6 (75.00%) Graphic Design
2 6 (75.00%) Animation
3 5 (62.50%) Social Media
3 5 (62.50%) Motion Graphics
3 5 (62.50%) Data Privacy
4 4 (50.00%) User Experience
4 4 (50.00%) Multimedia
5 3 (37.50%) Adobe After Effects
5 3 (37.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
5 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (37.50%) ISO 9001
5 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
5 3 (37.50%) Cisco
5 3 (37.50%) Microsoft
5 3 (37.50%) Video Editing
5 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (37.50%) Degree
5 3 (37.50%) SaaS
5 3 (37.50%) Email Marketing
5 3 (37.50%) Time Management
5 3 (37.50%) WordPress

Creative 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 3 (37.50%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (100.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 8 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 8 (100.00%) InDesign
1 8 (100.00%) Photoshop
2 3 (37.50%) Adobe After Effects
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (12.50%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (12.50%) Adobe XD
3 1 (12.50%) Blender
3 1 (12.50%) CINEMA 4D
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Figma
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft 365
1 3 (37.50%) SaaS
2 1 (12.50%) Canva
General
1 8 (100.00%) Marketing
2 6 (75.00%) Organisational Skills
2 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 4 (50.00%) Multimedia
4 1 (12.50%) Advertising
4 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (12.50%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 6 (75.00%) Animation
1 6 (75.00%) Graphic Design
2 5 (62.50%) Motion Graphics
2 5 (62.50%) Social Media
3 3 (37.50%) Video Editing
4 1 (12.50%) e-Learning
4 1 (12.50%) FMCG
4 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
4 1 (12.50%) Smart City
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Data Privacy
2 4 (50.00%) User Experience
3 3 (37.50%) Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) Business Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) Business Intelligence
3 3 (37.50%) Email Marketing
3 3 (37.50%) Line Management
3 3 (37.50%) Time Management
3 3 (37.50%) UX Design
4 2 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 2 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
4 2 (25.00%) Digital Strategy
4 2 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
4 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Lead Generation
5 1 (12.50%) Prototyping
5 1 (12.50%) Storyboarding
5 1 (12.50%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (12.50%) Typography
5 1 (12.50%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) ISO 9001
1 3 (37.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Adobe
2 3 (37.50%) Cisco
2 3 (37.50%) Microsoft