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Web Design Professionals

Web design professionals design, develop and maintain websites and web and mobile applications to meet a client’s specified requirements.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£25,353
£39,500
£66,662

New workers start around £25,353. Normal pay is £39,500 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £66,662.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 16,917 vacancies for this type of job

5.80%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Designs web interfaces for relational database systems.

  • Designs web pages and applications including graphics, animation and functionality to maximise visual effectiveness and facilitate appropriate access.

  • Presents design options to the client.

  • Liaises with internal/external client in order to define the requirements for the website or applications.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • User Experience (UX)

  • User Experience (UX) Design

  • Prototyping

  • Figma (Design Software)

  • User Research

  • User Interface (UI)

  • Wireframing

  • Agile Methodology

  • User-Centered Design

  • Usability Testing

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Communication

  • Research

  • Innovation

  • Problem Solving

  • Detail Oriented

  • Management

  • Planning

  • Advocacy

  • Leadership

  • Presentations

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Graphic Design

Edge Hill University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Ormskirk · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/120

Graphic Design

Canterbury Christ Church University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Canterbury · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

User Experience Design

University of the Arts London

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 29/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Graphic Design

North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College

HND · 2 Years · Full-time · Hinckley · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 64/64

Digital Design

Northumbria University, Newcastle

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Newcastle upon Tyne · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Graphic Design

University of Portsmouth

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Sandwich · Portsmouth · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/120

Visual Communication

Leeds Arts University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Leeds · 09/2025

Tariff points: 104/120

Web & User Experience Design

Manchester Metropolitan University

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Manchester · 09/2025

Tariff points: 104/112

Graphic Design

York St John University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · York · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 104/104

Graphic Design

Coventry University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Coventry · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Graphic Design

Kingston University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 120/136

Digital Content Creation

Hereford College of Arts

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Hereford · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 96/112

Graphic Design with Foundation

University of Plymouth

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · Plymouth · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 32/48

Graphic Design

Nottingham Trent University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Nottingham · 09/2025

Tariff points: 104/112

Graphic Design with Foundation Year

Sheffield Hallam University

BA (Hons) · 4 Years · Full-time including foundation year · Sheffield · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 80/80

Graphic Design

University of Brighton

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Brighton · 09/2025

Tariff points: 104/120

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