Designer Jobs in London

Designer
England > London

The median Designer salary in London is £53,183 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 2 June 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
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 298 238 172
Rank change year-on-year -60 -66 +85
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 216 487 1,948
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.89% 1.52% 2.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.94% 1.60% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 148 375 596
10th Percentile £23,375 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £46,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,183 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.36% - -
75th Percentile £66,563 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £83,000 £83,750 £87,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -21.74% - +5.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 22,868 30,463 70,595
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 95.03% 96.24%
Number of salaries quoted 16,938 22,839 34,712
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,875 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £72,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.45% +3.57% -
75th Percentile £93,750 £95,000 £91,250
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £110,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,567 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.32% +0.95% +9.09%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in London

Designer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Designer in London

Designer
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer in London over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Salary histogram for Designer in London

Designer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the London region over the 6 months to 2 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
Central London +20 24 £62,500 - 7
South London -12 3 £65,000 -8.77% 1
Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 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 job ads across the London region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 86 (39.81%) User Experience
2 71 (32.87%) Figma
3 68 (31.48%) UX Design
4 66 (30.56%) Social Skills
5 57 (26.39%) Adobe
6 48 (22.22%) Marketing
7 41 (18.98%) Agile
8 38 (17.59%) Problem-Solving
9 37 (17.13%) User Research
9 37 (17.13%) Wireframes
10 34 (15.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 33 (15.28%) HTML
12 32 (14.81%) Degree
12 32 (14.81%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
13 30 (13.89%) Prototyping
14 29 (13.43%) Retail
14 29 (13.43%) Finance
15 23 (10.65%) Service Design
16 22 (10.19%) Creative Thinking
16 22 (10.19%) CAD
16 22 (10.19%) Graphic Design
16 22 (10.19%) Time Management
16 22 (10.19%) Sketch
17 21 (9.72%) Customer Experience
17 21 (9.72%) Accessibility
17 21 (9.72%) CSS
18 20 (9.26%) Photoshop
18 20 (9.26%) Adobe Illustrator
18 20 (9.26%) Customer Service
19 18 (8.33%) Animation

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 5 (2.31%) Confluence
1 5 (2.31%) WordPress
2 2 (0.93%) IBM Domino
3 1 (0.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 34 (15.74%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 22 (10.19%) Sketch
3 20 (9.26%) Adobe Illustrator
3 20 (9.26%) Photoshop
4 16 (7.41%) Adobe After Effects
5 15 (6.94%) Microsoft Office
6 13 (6.02%) Microsoft Excel
7 10 (4.63%) InVision
7 10 (4.63%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 7 (3.24%) Adobe Premiere
8 7 (3.24%) Adobe XD
9 5 (2.31%) Adobe Captivate
9 5 (2.31%) Final Cut Pro
10 4 (1.85%) InDesign
11 3 (1.39%) CINEMA 4D
11 3 (1.39%) SketchUp
11 3 (1.39%) Trello
12 2 (0.93%) 3ds Max
12 2 (0.93%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.93%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (2.31%) Oracle General Ledger
1 5 (2.31%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (0.46%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 71 (32.87%) Figma
2 11 (5.09%) SaaS
3 7 (3.24%) Azure
4 6 (2.78%) AWS
4 6 (2.78%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 5 (2.31%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 5 (2.31%) MailChimp
5 5 (2.31%) Miro
5 5 (2.31%) OCI
6 4 (1.85%) Heroku
7 3 (1.39%) Canva
7 3 (1.39%) WhatsApp
8 2 (0.93%) Dialogflow
8 2 (0.93%) IBM Watson
9 1 (0.46%) dbt
9 1 (0.46%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.46%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.93%) DHCP
1 2 (0.93%) DNS
1 2 (0.93%) HTTPS
1 2 (0.93%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (0.93%) SSL
1 2 (0.93%) VSAN
2 1 (0.46%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.31%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 7 (3.24%) JIRA
2 1 (0.46%) Axure RP
General
1 66 (30.56%) Social Skills
2 48 (22.22%) Marketing
3 29 (13.43%) Finance
3 29 (13.43%) Retail
4 16 (7.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (6.94%) Organisational Skills
6 13 (6.02%) Analytical Skills
7 10 (4.63%) Public Sector
8 9 (4.17%) Games
9 8 (3.70%) Advertising
9 8 (3.70%) Multimedia
10 6 (2.78%) Back Office
11 5 (2.31%) General Ledger
11 5 (2.31%) Influencing Skills
11 5 (2.31%) Presentation Skills
12 4 (1.85%) Legal
13 3 (1.39%) Tech for Good
14 2 (0.93%) Banking
14 2 (0.93%) iGaming
14 2 (0.93%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (15.28%) HTML
2 21 (9.72%) CSS
3 4 (1.85%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 4 (1.85%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.46%) CarPlay
4 1 (0.46%) jQuery
4 1 (0.46%) Web Services
4 1 (0.46%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.19%) Graphic Design
2 18 (8.33%) Animation
3 13 (6.02%) Social Media
4 11 (5.09%) Video Editing
5 9 (4.17%) Motion Graphics
6 8 (3.70%) Blockchain
7 7 (3.24%) Blog
8 6 (2.78%) Digital Media
9 5 (2.31%) Mobile App
9 5 (2.31%) Product Ownership
9 5 (2.31%) Reinsurance
10 4 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
11 3 (1.39%) FMCG
11 3 (1.39%) Photography
12 2 (0.93%) Augmented Reality
12 2 (0.93%) Digital Signage
12 2 (0.93%) e-Learning
12 2 (0.93%) Femtech
12 2 (0.93%) NHS
12 2 (0.93%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.70%) Windows
2 2 (0.93%) Linux
2 2 (0.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (39.81%) User Experience
2 68 (31.48%) UX Design
3 41 (18.98%) Agile
4 38 (17.59%) Problem-Solving
5 37 (17.13%) User Research
5 37 (17.13%) Wireframes
6 32 (14.81%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 30 (13.89%) Prototyping
8 23 (10.65%) Service Design
9 22 (10.19%) CAD
9 22 (10.19%) Creative Thinking
9 22 (10.19%) Time Management
10 21 (9.72%) Customer Experience
11 20 (9.26%) Customer Service
12 18 (8.33%) B2B
13 17 (7.87%) Analytics
13 17 (7.87%) Interaction Design
14 16 (7.41%) Design Patterns
14 16 (7.41%) Typography
15 15 (6.94%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.24%) R
2 4 (1.85%) JavaScript
3 2 (0.93%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.46%) PHP
Qualifications
1 32 (14.81%) Degree
2 16 (7.41%) SC Cleared
2 16 (7.41%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.31%) Oracle Certification
4 2 (0.93%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.46%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (0.46%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (9.72%) Accessibility
2 7 (3.24%) WCAG
3 5 (2.31%) GAAP
3 5 (2.31%) IFRS
4 2 (0.93%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (0.93%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.93%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (0.93%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (0.93%) vSphere
Vendors
1 57 (26.39%) Adobe
2 8 (3.70%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.24%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.31%) Oracle
4 5 (2.31%) PeopleSoft
4 5 (2.31%) SAP
5 3 (1.39%) Facebook
5 3 (1.39%) HubSpot
5 3 (1.39%) Instagram
5 3 (1.39%) TikTok
5 3 (1.39%) YouTube
6 2 (0.93%) Autodesk
6 2 (0.93%) BT
6 2 (0.93%) Commvault
6 2 (0.93%) HP
6 2 (0.93%) IBM
6 2 (0.93%) NetApp
6 2 (0.93%) Vectorworks
6 2 (0.93%) Veeam
6 2 (0.93%) VMware