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 9 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
9 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 324 244 169
Rank change year-on-year -80 -75 +84
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 220 469 1,966
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.90% 1.49% 2.65%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.95% 1.57% 2.76%
Number of salaries quoted 150 359 608
10th Percentile £23,625 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £46,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,183 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.91% +4.17% -
75th Percentile £66,250 £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% - +8.49%

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 23,153 29,839 71,327
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.46% 94.99% 96.18%
Number of salaries quoted 17,040 22,415 34,936
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,578 £41,250
25th Percentile £50,000 £54,750 £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 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +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 9 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 9 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 +15 24 £62,500 -4.76% 8
South London -10 3 £65,000 - 1
Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 9 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 (39.09%) User Experience
2 70 (31.82%) Figma
3 67 (30.45%) UX Design
4 66 (30.00%) Social Skills
5 56 (25.45%) Adobe
6 46 (20.91%) Marketing
7 45 (20.45%) Agile
8 39 (17.73%) Problem-Solving
9 36 (16.36%) Wireframes
9 36 (16.36%) User Research
10 35 (15.91%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
11 34 (15.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
12 32 (14.55%) HTML
13 31 (14.09%) Prototyping
14 30 (13.64%) Degree
15 29 (13.18%) Retail
16 27 (12.27%) Finance
17 26 (11.82%) Service Design
18 23 (10.45%) Sketch
18 23 (10.45%) Accessibility
19 22 (10.00%) Creative Thinking
19 22 (10.00%) CAD
19 22 (10.00%) Graphic Design
19 22 (10.00%) Time Management
20 21 (9.55%) Adobe Illustrator
20 21 (9.55%) Photoshop
20 21 (9.55%) Customer Experience
21 20 (9.09%) Customer Service
21 20 (9.09%) CSS
22 19 (8.64%) 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 (2.27%) Confluence
1 5 (2.27%) WordPress
2 2 (0.91%) IBM Domino
3 1 (0.45%) SharePoint
Applications
1 34 (15.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 23 (10.45%) Sketch
3 21 (9.55%) Adobe Illustrator
3 21 (9.55%) Photoshop
4 17 (7.73%) Adobe After Effects
5 15 (6.82%) Microsoft Office
6 13 (5.91%) Microsoft Excel
7 11 (5.00%) InVision
7 11 (5.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 8 (3.64%) Adobe Premiere
8 8 (3.64%) Adobe XD
9 5 (2.27%) Adobe Captivate
9 5 (2.27%) Final Cut Pro
10 4 (1.82%) InDesign
11 3 (1.36%) CINEMA 4D
11 3 (1.36%) SketchUp
11 3 (1.36%) Trello
12 2 (0.91%) 3ds Max
12 2 (0.91%) AutoCAD
12 2 (0.91%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (2.27%) Oracle General Ledger
1 5 (2.27%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (0.45%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 70 (31.82%) Figma
2 11 (5.00%) SaaS
3 7 (3.18%) Azure
4 6 (2.73%) AWS
4 6 (2.73%) Miro
4 6 (2.73%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
5 5 (2.27%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 5 (2.27%) MailChimp
5 5 (2.27%) OCI
6 4 (1.82%) Heroku
7 3 (1.36%) Canva
7 3 (1.36%) WhatsApp
8 2 (0.91%) Dialogflow
8 2 (0.91%) IBM Watson
9 1 (0.45%) dbt
9 1 (0.45%) Google Analytics
9 1 (0.45%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.91%) DHCP
1 2 (0.91%) DNS
1 2 (0.91%) HTTPS
1 2 (0.91%) Remote Desktop
1 2 (0.91%) SSL
1 2 (0.91%) VSAN
2 1 (0.45%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (2.27%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 7 (3.18%) JIRA
2 2 (0.91%) Axure RP
General
1 66 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 46 (20.91%) Marketing
3 29 (13.18%) Retail
4 27 (12.27%) Finance
5 17 (7.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 15 (6.82%) Organisational Skills
7 13 (5.91%) Public Sector
8 11 (5.00%) Analytical Skills
9 9 (4.09%) Games
10 8 (3.64%) Advertising
10 8 (3.64%) Multimedia
11 7 (3.18%) Back Office
12 5 (2.27%) General Ledger
12 5 (2.27%) Influencing Skills
12 5 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
13 4 (1.82%) Legal
14 3 (1.36%) Tech for Good
15 2 (0.91%) Banking
15 2 (0.91%) iGaming
15 2 (0.91%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (14.55%) HTML
2 20 (9.09%) CSS
3 4 (1.82%) Unity (Game Engine)
3 4 (1.82%) Unreal Engine
4 1 (0.45%) CarPlay
4 1 (0.45%) jQuery
4 1 (0.45%) Web Services
4 1 (0.45%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.00%) Graphic Design
2 19 (8.64%) Animation
3 13 (5.91%) Social Media
4 11 (5.00%) Video Editing
5 9 (4.09%) Motion Graphics
6 7 (3.18%) Blog
7 6 (2.73%) Blockchain
7 6 (2.73%) Digital Media
8 5 (2.27%) Mobile App
8 5 (2.27%) Product Ownership
8 5 (2.27%) Reinsurance
9 4 (1.82%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.36%) FMCG
10 3 (1.36%) Photography
11 2 (0.91%) Augmented Reality
11 2 (0.91%) Digital Signage
11 2 (0.91%) e-Learning
11 2 (0.91%) NHS
11 2 (0.91%) Onboarding
11 2 (0.91%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 8 (3.64%) Windows
2 2 (0.91%) Linux
2 2 (0.91%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (39.09%) User Experience
2 67 (30.45%) UX Design
3 45 (20.45%) Agile
4 39 (17.73%) Problem-Solving
5 36 (16.36%) User Research
5 36 (16.36%) Wireframes
6 35 (15.91%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 31 (14.09%) Prototyping
8 26 (11.82%) Service Design
9 22 (10.00%) CAD
9 22 (10.00%) Creative Thinking
9 22 (10.00%) Time Management
10 21 (9.55%) Customer Experience
11 20 (9.09%) Customer Service
12 18 (8.18%) Analytics
12 18 (8.18%) B2B
13 16 (7.27%) Design Patterns
13 16 (7.27%) Typography
13 16 (7.27%) Workshop Facilitation
14 15 (6.82%) Interaction Design
Programming Languages
1 7 (3.18%) R
2 5 (2.27%) JavaScript
3 2 (0.91%) PowerShell
4 1 (0.45%) PHP
Qualifications
1 30 (13.64%) Degree
2 18 (8.18%) SC Cleared
2 18 (8.18%) Security Cleared
3 5 (2.27%) Oracle Certification
4 2 (0.91%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.45%) Chartered Engineer
5 1 (0.45%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (10.45%) Accessibility
2 7 (3.18%) WCAG
3 5 (2.27%) GAAP
3 5 (2.27%) IFRS
4 2 (0.91%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (0.91%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.91%) VMware ESXi
1 2 (0.91%) VMware Infrastructure
1 2 (0.91%) vSphere
Vendors
1 56 (25.45%) Adobe
2 8 (3.64%) Microsoft
3 7 (3.18%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.27%) Oracle
4 5 (2.27%) PeopleSoft
4 5 (2.27%) SAP
5 3 (1.36%) Facebook
5 3 (1.36%) HubSpot
5 3 (1.36%) Instagram
5 3 (1.36%) TikTok
5 3 (1.36%) YouTube
6 2 (0.91%) Autodesk
6 2 (0.91%) Commvault
6 2 (0.91%) HP
6 2 (0.91%) IBM
6 2 (0.91%) NetApp
6 2 (0.91%) ServiceNow
6 2 (0.91%) Vectorworks
6 2 (0.91%) Veeam
6 2 (0.91%) VMware