Designer Jobs with Work from Home Options

Designer
UK > Work from Home

The median Designer salary for remote or hybrid work is £49,000 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 297 305 178
Rank change year-on-year +8 -127 +83
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 361 385 1,780
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.02% 1.03% 2.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.05% 1.07% 2.42%
Number of salaries quoted 306 318 744
10th Percentile £28,000 £39,100 £40,000
25th Percentile £39,390 £45,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.33% - +20.00%
75th Percentile £60,741 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £45,500 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -20.87% - +9.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 34,224 35,954 73,616
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.28% 95.93% 97.29%
Number of salaries quoted 25,903 26,270 42,683
10th Percentile £33,250 £36,875 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £47,447 £45,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Designer
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option which featured Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Designer trend for jobs with a WFH option

Designer
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Designer.

Designer salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Designer
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Designer over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Designer salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, 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 jobs with remote work options featuring Designer in the job title.

1 148 (41.00%) User Experience
2 118 (32.69%) UX Design
3 97 (26.87%) Prototyping
4 91 (25.21%) Mentoring
5 88 (24.38%) Agile
6 86 (23.82%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 85 (23.55%) Adobe
8 81 (22.44%) Interaction Design
9 78 (21.61%) Coaching
10 69 (19.11%) User Research
11 68 (18.84%) Figma
11 68 (18.84%) Marketing
12 67 (18.56%) Social Skills
13 61 (16.90%) Accessibility
14 57 (15.79%) Wireframes
15 50 (13.85%) Analytics
16 49 (13.57%) Product Ownership
17 46 (12.74%) Photoshop
18 45 (12.47%) Public Sector
19 44 (12.19%) Finance
19 44 (12.19%) Adobe Illustrator
20 41 (11.36%) Graphic Design
21 40 (11.08%) Degree
22 39 (10.80%) Service Design
22 39 (10.80%) Journey Map
22 39 (10.80%) Design Patterns
23 38 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
24 37 (10.25%) Community of Practice
25 36 (9.97%) Content Strategy
25 36 (9.97%) User Stories

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 10 (2.77%) WordPress
2 3 (0.83%) Totara
3 2 (0.55%) CMS
3 2 (0.55%) Confluence
3 2 (0.55%) IBM Domino
4 1 (0.28%) SharePoint
Applications
1 46 (12.74%) Photoshop
2 44 (12.19%) Adobe Illustrator
3 35 (9.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 34 (9.42%) Sketch
5 27 (7.48%) Adobe XD
6 23 (6.37%) InDesign
7 17 (4.71%) Adobe After Effects
8 16 (4.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 9 (2.49%) Microsoft Office
10 8 (2.22%) Simulink
11 7 (1.94%) Adobe Captivate
12 6 (1.66%) Adobe Premiere
12 6 (1.66%) InVision
12 6 (1.66%) Trello
13 4 (1.11%) Blender
13 4 (1.11%) CINEMA 4D
14 3 (0.83%) 3ds Max
15 2 (0.55%) AutoCAD
15 2 (0.55%) Final Cut Pro
15 2 (0.55%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (1.39%) Oracle General Ledger
1 5 (1.39%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 3 (0.83%) Magento
3 2 (0.55%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 68 (18.84%) Figma
2 12 (3.32%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 8 (2.22%) SaaS
4 7 (1.94%) Azure
4 7 (1.94%) dbt
4 7 (1.94%) WhatsApp
5 6 (1.66%) AWS
6 5 (1.39%) Miro
6 5 (1.39%) OCI
7 3 (0.83%) Power Platform
8 2 (0.55%) Asana
8 2 (0.55%) Canva
8 2 (0.55%) Dialogflow
8 2 (0.55%) Google Analytics
8 2 (0.55%) IBM Watson
9 1 (0.28%) Microsoft 365
9 1 (0.28%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.55%) Cisco Firepower
2 1 (0.28%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.39%) SAP BW
2 3 (0.83%) Power BI
3 2 (0.55%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (1.39%) Git
1 5 (1.39%) Subversion
2 4 (1.11%) Axure RP
3 3 (0.83%) JIRA
General
1 68 (18.84%) Marketing
2 67 (18.56%) Social Skills
3 45 (12.47%) Public Sector
4 44 (12.19%) Finance
5 32 (8.86%) Retail
6 28 (7.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 15 (4.16%) Analytical Skills
8 14 (3.88%) Advertising
9 9 (2.49%) Games
10 8 (2.22%) Legal
10 8 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
10 8 (2.22%) Publishing
11 6 (1.66%) Manufacturing
11 6 (1.66%) Multimedia
11 6 (1.66%) Organisational Skills
12 5 (1.39%) Back Office
12 5 (1.39%) Banking
12 5 (1.39%) General Ledger
13 4 (1.11%) Automotive
13 4 (1.11%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (7.76%) HTML
2 20 (5.54%) CSS
3 6 (1.66%) React
4 3 (0.83%) EDI
4 3 (0.83%) Next.js
4 3 (0.83%) Sass
5 2 (0.55%) .NET
5 2 (0.55%) Babylonjs
5 2 (0.55%) D3.js
5 2 (0.55%) Three.js
6 1 (0.28%) CarPlay
6 1 (0.28%) Framer.js
6 1 (0.28%) SVG
6 1 (0.28%) Unreal Engine
6 1 (0.28%) Web Services
6 1 (0.28%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 49 (13.57%) Product Ownership
2 41 (11.36%) Graphic Design
3 24 (6.65%) Social Media
4 14 (3.88%) Blockchain
5 13 (3.60%) Animation
6 12 (3.32%) e-Learning
7 8 (2.22%) FPGA
7 8 (2.22%) Photography
7 8 (2.22%) VHDL
7 8 (2.22%) Video Editing
8 7 (1.94%) Mobile App
9 5 (1.39%) Reinsurance
10 4 (1.11%) Life Science
10 4 (1.11%) Motion Graphics
10 4 (1.11%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (0.83%) Blog
11 3 (0.83%) Digital Media
11 3 (0.83%) Driving Licence
11 3 (0.83%) Learning Management System
11 3 (0.83%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.28%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 148 (41.00%) User Experience
2 118 (32.69%) UX Design
3 97 (26.87%) Prototyping
4 91 (25.21%) Mentoring
5 88 (24.38%) Agile
6 86 (23.82%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 81 (22.44%) Interaction Design
8 78 (21.61%) Coaching
9 69 (19.11%) User Research
10 57 (15.79%) Wireframes
11 50 (13.85%) Analytics
12 39 (10.80%) Design Patterns
12 39 (10.80%) Journey Map
12 39 (10.80%) Service Design
13 38 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
14 37 (10.25%) Community of Practice
15 36 (9.97%) Content Strategy
15 36 (9.97%) User Stories
16 25 (6.93%) Customer Experience
17 20 (5.54%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 18 (4.99%) JavaScript
2 5 (1.39%) PHP
3 3 (0.83%) C
3 3 (0.83%) SQL
3 3 (0.83%) SystemVerilog
3 3 (0.83%) TypeScript
4 2 (0.55%) C#
5 1 (0.28%) Kusto Query Language
5 1 (0.28%) Python
Qualifications
1 40 (11.08%) Degree
2 19 (5.26%) Security Cleared
3 11 (3.05%) SC Cleared
4 9 (2.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (1.39%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (0.55%) CCNA
6 2 (0.55%) CCNP
6 2 (0.55%) Cisco Certification
6 2 (0.55%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 61 (16.90%) Accessibility
2 36 (9.97%) WCAG
3 9 (2.49%) GDPR
4 5 (1.39%) GAAP
4 5 (1.39%) IFRS
5 3 (0.83%) QA
6 2 (0.55%) GLP
7 1 (0.28%) Data Quality
7 1 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.28%) NIST
System Software
1 5 (1.39%) Firmware
Vendors
1 85 (23.55%) Adobe
2 12 (3.32%) Microsoft
3 6 (1.66%) SAP
4 5 (1.39%) Oracle
4 5 (1.39%) PeopleSoft
5 4 (1.11%) Hotjar
6 3 (0.83%) Intel
6 3 (0.83%) Microsemi
6 3 (0.83%) Salesforce
6 3 (0.83%) Xilinx
7 2 (0.55%) Apple
7 2 (0.55%) Charles River
7 2 (0.55%) Cisco
7 2 (0.55%) Facebook
7 2 (0.55%) Google
7 2 (0.55%) IBM
7 2 (0.55%) Juniper
7 2 (0.55%) Vectorworks
7 2 (0.55%) WooCommerce
8 1 (0.28%) Twitter