Web designer: salary in the UK
ONS occupation: Web design professionals (SOC 2141)
About £40,116 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +4.7% on last year
£4,247 a month About £3,343 a month after tax 11 thousand full-time jobs
Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data
Pay range
The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.
Pay by year
The median went from £33,574 in 2021 to £50,963 in 2026 (+52%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | x | x | £33,574 | x | x |
| 2022 | x | x | £38,658 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | £32,804 | £43,384 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | £31,316 | £43,821 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | £33,428 | £48,696 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | £38,634 | £50,963 | x | x |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £50,963 a year and half earn more. That is 25% more than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 61 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £3,343 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £3,212 in Scotland.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | £34,005 | £2,834 |
| 25th (P25) | £38,634 | £3,219 |
| 30th | £39,834 | £3,319 |
| 40th | £45,119 | £3,760 |
| Median (50th) | £50,963 | £4,247 |
| 60th | £55,775 | £4,648 |
| 70th | £62,933 | £5,244 |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £51,103 | £56,349 | x |
| Women | x | £49,311 | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £40,116 | £3,343 |
| Scotland | £38,546 | £3,212 |
After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £51,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 30 job titles to SOC 2141 Web design professionals. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- App designer
- Applications designer
- Conversational AI designer
- Desk top publisher
- Desktop publisher
- Digital producer
- Human-AI interaction designer
- Interaction designer
- Interactive media designer
- New media designer
- Ui designer
- User experience analyst
- User experience designer
- User experience researcher
- User interface designer
- User researcher
- UX analyst
- UX designer
- UX researcher
- UX/UI designer
- Visual designer
- Web app designer
- Web application designer
- Web applications designer
- Web design assistant
- Web design consultant
- Web designer
- Web producer
- Website designer
- Website producer
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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.