UX salary overview 2021 — European edition

As we’re still living the pandemic times and also because a lot of people took the lay-off as an opportunity for a career shift 💪, I got motivated to put together a little overview about UX salaries of the Old Continent to help others navigating through salary ranges and different cities.

Bear in mind this guide will not able to cover the ever-growing number of UX job titles, but I’ve picked the ones which are more generic everywhere or I could find a related data from Amsterdam to Warsaw back and forth.
Oh talking about data…

Methodology

Yes the elephant in the room is the used methodology for collecting and analysis of data to be trustful and representative.

I have to say I wasn’t in an easy spot to gather all these salary values in certain European countries, but thankfully LinkedIn salary insights, Glassdoor, UX design salaries, Salary explorer and Quora were all by my side (kudos to all of them!).

In the tables below the collected salary amounts are representing an average range of gross income as hired in-house (not freelancing) for a certain city not counting with any additional benefits like bonus schemes or stock options, which might take quite a sum and based on the country regulation. Please bear in mind for the sake of simplicity I’ve used €(euro) as a basis for comparison, but this implies the risk of conversion between currencies as well, which might change based on the country’s economy over time.

The salaries (finally!)

I have to highlight this is not a scientific research, it’s just a helpful guide for 2021 to show a little broader perspective for the upcoming salary negotiations of the future. With this note let’s jump into the list and the different UX positions around Europe.

UX Designer

Other job titles: UX/UI Designer, User Experience Designer, Experience Designer, Interaction Designer

Job description: A UX designer is concerned with the entire process of acquiring and…