Senior Designer
UK

The median Senior Designer salary in the UK is £57,965 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 19 May 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
19 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 698 713 574
Rank change year-on-year +15 -139 +168
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Designer 213 250 888
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.21% 0.25% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 0.27% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 135 212 294
10th Percentile £43,000 £46,825 £42,875
25th Percentile £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.13% -3.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £61,875 £77,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,965 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +5.39% -15.38% +22.64%

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 94,634 91,081 154,945
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.69% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 67,599 57,631 84,466
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,974 £80,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,183 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.98% +6.37% +5.26%

Senior Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior Designer in the UK

Senior Designer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior Designer in the UK

Senior Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior Designer over the 6 months to 19 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Senior Designer in the UK

Senior Designer
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 19 May 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
England +16 176 £57,965 -14.13% 79
UK excluding London +88 153 £57,965 +5.39% 48
Work from Home +32 89 £57,965 -17.19% 30
North of England +88 62 £57,965 +31.67% 22
London -9 57 £60,000 -14.29% 42
Scotland -44 27 - - 6
North West +12 26 £57,965 +31.67% 11
Midlands +16 23 £57,965 - 5
Yorkshire +102 22 £57,965 +15.93% 8
West Midlands +25 19 £57,965 - 4
South East +9 18 £45,000 -40.00% 7
North East +11 14 £57,965 +28.81% 3
South West -12 13 £52,500 -4.55% 4
East Midlands - 4 - - 2
Wales - 4 - - 2
Northern Ireland - 4 - -
East of England -10 2 £77,500 +10.71% 2

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2024, Senior 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 Senior Designer in the job title.

1 105 (49.30%) Coaching
2 96 (45.07%) User Experience
3 90 (42.25%) UX Design
4 82 (38.50%) Figma
5 80 (37.56%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 80 (37.56%) Accessibility
6 74 (34.74%) HTML
7 73 (34.27%) Prototyping
8 70 (32.86%) Design Patterns
9 66 (30.99%) WCAG
10 62 (29.11%) Problem-Solving
10 62 (29.11%) Sketch
11 61 (28.64%) Mentoring
12 58 (27.23%) Agile
13 56 (26.29%) Workshop Facilitation
13 56 (26.29%) Journey Map
14 49 (23.00%) Customer Experience
15 47 (22.07%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
15 47 (22.07%) SC Cleared
15 47 (22.07%) Security Cleared
16 46 (21.60%) Heroku
16 46 (21.60%) Stakeholder Management
16 46 (21.60%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
16 46 (21.60%) Actionable Insight
16 46 (21.60%) Sprint Review
16 46 (21.60%) Miro
16 46 (21.60%) Digital Customer Experience
17 40 (18.78%) Product Ownership
18 37 (17.37%) User Stories
19 36 (16.90%) Marketing

Senior 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 6 (2.82%) WordPress
Applications
1 62 (29.11%) Sketch
2 15 (7.04%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 15 (7.04%) Adobe Illustrator
3 13 (6.10%) Photoshop
4 9 (4.23%) InVision
5 7 (3.29%) InDesign
5 7 (3.29%) Microsoft Office
6 6 (2.82%) 3ds Max
6 6 (2.82%) Microsoft Excel
7 4 (1.88%) Adobe After Effects
7 4 (1.88%) Adobe XD
7 4 (1.88%) AutoCAD
8 3 (1.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 3 (1.41%) SketchUp
9 2 (0.94%) Final Cut Pro
10 1 (0.47%) Trello
10 1 (0.47%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 82 (38.50%) Figma
2 46 (21.60%) Heroku
2 46 (21.60%) Miro
3 11 (5.16%) SurveyMonkey
4 9 (4.23%) SaaS
5 2 (0.94%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 1 (0.47%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (0.47%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (0.47%) WhatsApp
Development Applications
1 11 (5.16%) JIRA
2 3 (1.41%) Axure RP
General
1 36 (16.90%) Marketing
2 21 (9.86%) Finance
2 21 (9.86%) Social Skills
3 20 (9.39%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 18 (8.45%) Public Sector
5 14 (6.57%) Games
5 14 (6.57%) Law
6 9 (4.23%) Retail
7 3 (1.41%) Polish Language
7 3 (1.41%) Publishing
8 2 (0.94%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (0.94%) Legal
8 2 (0.94%) Multimedia
8 2 (0.94%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (0.94%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.47%) Advertising
9 1 (0.47%) Banking
9 1 (0.47%) Documentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 74 (34.74%) HTML
2 26 (12.21%) CSS
3 17 (7.98%) React
4 4 (1.88%) Unity (Game Engine)
4 4 (1.88%) Unreal Engine
5 3 (1.41%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.41%) EDI
5 3 (1.41%) LESS
5 3 (1.41%) Next.js
5 3 (1.41%) Sass
5 3 (1.41%) Twitter Bootstrap
6 1 (0.47%) CarPlay
6 1 (0.47%) V-Ray
Miscellaneous
1 40 (18.78%) Product Ownership
2 23 (10.80%) Graphic Design
3 11 (5.16%) Market Risk
4 6 (2.82%) Mobile App
4 6 (2.82%) Motion Graphics
5 5 (2.35%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.88%) Enterprise Software
6 4 (1.88%) Photography
7 3 (1.41%) Animation
7 3 (1.41%) Augmented Reality
7 3 (1.41%) Social Media
8 2 (0.94%) Life Science
8 2 (0.94%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.47%) Algorithms
9 1 (0.47%) Data Structures
9 1 (0.47%) FMCG
9 1 (0.47%) Online Games
9 1 (0.47%) PropTech
9 1 (0.47%) Video Editing
9 1 (0.47%) Virtual Reality
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.82%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 105 (49.30%) Coaching
2 96 (45.07%) User Experience
3 90 (42.25%) UX Design
4 80 (37.56%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 73 (34.27%) Prototyping
6 70 (32.86%) Design Patterns
7 62 (29.11%) Problem-Solving
8 61 (28.64%) Mentoring
9 58 (27.23%) Agile
10 56 (26.29%) Journey Map
10 56 (26.29%) Workshop Facilitation
11 49 (23.00%) Customer Experience
12 47 (22.07%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
13 46 (21.60%) Actionable Insight
13 46 (21.60%) Digital Customer Experience
13 46 (21.60%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
13 46 (21.60%) Sprint Review
13 46 (21.60%) Stakeholder Management
14 37 (17.37%) User Stories
15 34 (15.96%) Content Strategy
Programming Languages
1 20 (9.39%) JavaScript
2 3 (1.41%) PHP
Qualifications
1 47 (22.07%) SC Cleared
1 47 (22.07%) Security Cleared
2 27 (12.68%) Degree
3 4 (1.88%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.47%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 80 (37.56%) Accessibility
2 66 (30.99%) WCAG
Vendors
1 30 (14.08%) Adobe
2 2 (0.94%) Autodesk
2 2 (0.94%) Hotjar
2 2 (0.94%) Vectorworks
3 1 (0.47%) Apple
3 1 (0.47%) Salesforce