UX Designer Jobs in England

User Experience Designer
UK > England

The median User Experience Designer salary in England is £49,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 689 612 452
Rank change year-on-year -77 -160 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a UX Designer 175 295 1,155
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.36% 0.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.19% 0.39% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 114 232 493
10th Percentile £29,675 £40,800 £38,050
25th Percentile £42,125 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +9.09% +1.85%
75th Percentile £58,750 £72,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £82,500 £82,125
UK median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% +4.76%

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 90,431 74,847 138,483
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.19% 95.86%
Number of salaries quoted 65,915 49,353 75,297
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £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%

UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for UX Designer in England

UX Designer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for UX Designer in England

UX Designer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing UX Designer in England over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Salary histogram for UX Designer in England

UX 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 UX Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 12 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
London -39 45 £60,000 -4.00% 31
North of England +9 38 £45,000 -2.70% 15
Midlands -20 29 £47,500 -5.00% 6
South East -21 28 £50,000 -4.76% 3
North West -19 21 £45,000 -5.26% 12
East of England -18 16 £45,000 -30.77%
East Midlands -19 15 £42,500 - 5
South West -36 15 £50,000 - 3
West Midlands -3 14 £47,500 -5.00% 1
Yorkshire +58 13 £51,250 +10.81% 2
North East -15 4 £47,500 +14.46% 1
UX Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, UX 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 UX Designer in the job title.

1 175 (100.00%) UX Design
1 175 (100.00%) User Experience
2 106 (60.57%) Figma
3 80 (45.71%) Prototyping
4 79 (45.14%) Wireframes
5 71 (40.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 69 (39.43%) Sketch
7 59 (33.71%) HTML
7 59 (33.71%) Adobe
8 56 (32.00%) Social Skills
9 54 (30.86%) Problem-Solving
10 51 (29.14%) User Research
11 48 (27.43%) Workshop Facilitation
12 47 (26.86%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
13 42 (24.00%) Security Cleared
14 40 (22.86%) Customer Experience
15 39 (22.29%) SC Cleared
16 38 (21.71%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
16 38 (21.71%) Accessibility
17 35 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
17 35 (20.00%) WCAG
18 34 (19.43%) Adobe XD
18 34 (19.43%) Miro
19 33 (18.86%) Stakeholder Management
20 32 (18.29%) Agile
21 28 (16.00%) Heroku
21 28 (16.00%) Coaching
21 28 (16.00%) Digital Customer Experience
21 28 (16.00%) Design Patterns
21 28 (16.00%) Sprint Review

UX 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 4 (2.29%) CMS
1 4 (2.29%) Umbraco
2 2 (1.14%) WordPress
3 1 (0.57%) Confluence
3 1 (0.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 69 (39.43%) Sketch
2 34 (19.43%) Adobe XD
3 21 (12.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 17 (9.71%) Photoshop
5 16 (9.14%) Adobe Illustrator
6 12 (6.86%) InVision
7 8 (4.57%) InDesign
8 3 (1.71%) Zeplin
9 2 (1.14%) Notion
10 1 (0.57%) Adobe After Effects
10 1 (0.57%) OmniGraffle
Business Applications
1 3 (1.71%) Magento
2 2 (1.14%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 106 (60.57%) Figma
2 34 (19.43%) Miro
3 28 (16.00%) Heroku
4 12 (6.86%) SaaS
5 7 (4.00%) Google Analytics
5 7 (4.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 5 (2.86%) Stripe
7 4 (2.29%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 4 (2.29%) WhatsApp
8 2 (1.14%) Asana
9 1 (0.57%) Azure
9 1 (0.57%) Pendo
9 1 (0.57%) Power Platform
9 1 (0.57%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.57%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.57%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (0.57%) Geospatial Data
1 1 (0.57%) GIS
1 1 (0.57%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 7 (4.00%) Axure RP
2 1 (0.57%) Balsamiq
2 1 (0.57%) JIRA
2 1 (0.57%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 56 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 26 (14.86%) Marketing
3 11 (6.29%) Games
3 11 (6.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 9 (5.14%) Finance
4 9 (5.14%) Presentation Skills
5 7 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.00%) Retail
6 6 (3.43%) Public Sector
7 4 (2.29%) Publishing
8 3 (1.71%) Automotive
9 2 (1.14%) iGaming
9 2 (1.14%) Law
9 2 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.57%) Humanities
10 1 (0.57%) Influencing Skills
10 1 (0.57%) Legal
10 1 (0.57%) Social Housing
10 1 (0.57%) Social Science
10 1 (0.57%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 59 (33.71%) HTML
2 23 (13.14%) CSS
3 3 (1.71%) React
4 2 (1.14%) Vue
5 1 (0.57%) AngularJS
5 1 (0.57%) CarPlay
5 1 (0.57%) Framer.js
5 1 (0.57%) Next.js
5 1 (0.57%) SVG
5 1 (0.57%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 18 (10.29%) Mobile App
2 11 (6.29%) Product Ownership
3 5 (2.86%) Blockchain
4 3 (1.71%) Graphic Design
4 3 (1.71%) Motion Graphics
5 1 (0.57%) Algorithms
5 1 (0.57%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.57%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.57%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.57%) IoT
5 1 (0.57%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.57%) NHS
5 1 (0.57%) Social Media
5 1 (0.57%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.14%) Android
2 1 (0.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 175 (100.00%) User Experience
1 175 (100.00%) UX Design
2 80 (45.71%) Prototyping
3 79 (45.14%) Wireframes
4 71 (40.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 54 (30.86%) Problem-Solving
6 51 (29.14%) User Research
7 48 (27.43%) Workshop Facilitation
8 47 (26.86%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
9 40 (22.86%) Customer Experience
10 38 (21.71%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
11 35 (20.00%) Actionable Insight
12 33 (18.86%) Stakeholder Management
13 32 (18.29%) Agile
14 28 (16.00%) Coaching
14 28 (16.00%) Design Patterns
14 28 (16.00%) Digital Customer Experience
14 28 (16.00%) Sprint Review
15 24 (13.71%) Usability Testing
16 21 (12.00%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 17 (9.71%) JavaScript
2 3 (1.71%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 42 (24.00%) Security Cleared
2 39 (22.29%) SC Cleared
3 12 (6.86%) Degree
4 1 (0.57%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (0.57%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (21.71%) Accessibility
2 35 (20.00%) WCAG
3 1 (0.57%) GDPR
Vendors
1 59 (33.71%) Adobe
2 10 (5.71%) Salesforce
3 6 (3.43%) Google
4 5 (2.86%) Hotjar
5 4 (2.29%) dotdigital
6 2 (1.14%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (0.57%) Apple
7 1 (0.57%) Peregrine
7 1 (0.57%) SAP