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User interface designer

Latest available data: March 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Ui designer Accessibility designer User interface designer User interface designers

User interface designers are in charge of designing user interfaces for applications and systems. They perform layout, graphics and dialogues design activities as well as adaptation activities.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Analysing, designing and developing internet sites by applying a mixture of artistry and creativity with software programming and scripting languages and interfacing with operating environments;
(b) Designing and developing digital animations, imaging, presentations, games, audio and video clips, and internet applications using multimedia software, tools and utilities, interactive graphics and programming languages;
(c) Communicating with network specialists regarding web-related issues, such as security and hosting web sites, to control and enforce internet and web server security, space allocation, user access, business continuity, web site backup and disaster recovery planning;
(d) Designing, developing and integrating computer code with other specialised inputs, such as image files, audio files and scripting languages, to produce, maintain and support web sites;
(e) Assisting in analysing, specifying and developing internet strategies, web-based methodologies and development plans.

Knowledge

  • Software and applications development and analysis
  • Computer use
  • Management and administration
  • Database and network design and administration
  • Wholesale and retail sales

Digital competencies

  • Creating artistic designs or performances
  • Designing systems and products
  • Analysing business operations
  • Developing professional relationships or networks
  • Developing operational policies and procedures

Digital competencies

  • Managing, gathering and storing digital data
  • Programming computer systems
  • Creating visual displays and decorations
  • Designing ict systems or applications
  • Working with computers

Personal competencies

  • Thinking creatively and innovatively

Professional groups of the occupation

Professionals

Information and communications technology professionals

Software and applications developers and analysts

Web and multimedia developers

Other occupations of the professional group

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Web and multimedia developers

3.108

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

76,74%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-3,90% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

96,43%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

5,41%

Part-time contracts

1,03% Turnover index

752

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

14%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Information and communications technology professionals

70%

30%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Information and communications technology professionals

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Software and applications developers and analysts

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Web and multimedia developers

No experience
5%
Less than 1 year
59%
Between 1 and 2 years
4%
Between 2 and 4 years
10%
Between 4 and 8 years
5%
More than 8 years
17%
Information and communication
37%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
32%
Administrative and support service activities
8%
Arts, entertainment and recreation
5%
Manufacturing
5%
Others
13%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.