Why is the salary of UI design so high?

This wave of Internet has never stopped before or after. Every product under the Internet, whether PC or mobile, whether traditional or non-traditional, is finally presented to users based on UI interface. This requires not only visual output, but also good interaction and user experience. Therefore, UI is everywhere in our life, no matter how big or small it is, it exists in what you see and touch. Therefore, UI is not only an artist, but also a visual effect and user experience. Moreover, users are very picky, and the demand for vision and experience is constantly changing and improving. Therefore, this has also created a UI designer who can still get a well-paid Internet job without typing code.

Image source: Godfried Aduobe Institute of Design

First, what is the salary of UI design? Attached is the national average salary of UI posts, and the data comes from the recruitment website of professional friends.

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As can be seen from the figure, the national average salary of UI design 1 10,000 is much higher than that of many traditional design industries. If it is a first-tier city, the average salary of UI design will be higher. For example, the average salary of UI design in Beijing is as high as1.6k.

Of course, not everyone in the UI design industry can get a high salary, and we don't want everyone to choose UI design just because of high salary. If you want to get a high salary, you need a high-paying position.

Second, the status quo of the UI design industry In fact, not everyone in the UI design industry can get a high salary, and most people in the company are facing some difficulties:

1, relying too much on imitation, the work lacks creativity and cannot create high benefits for the enterprise.

When most designers receive a job task, they first go to various material websites to collect the same cases, then choose one that they are satisfied with from many works, and then start various imitations. During this period, a few people can add their own ideas, but most people just change their colors and fonts. The works made are not only not creative, but even if colleagues take them out for product promotion or circle of friends, it is difficult to leave a deep impression on users, thus failing to bring real value to enterprise promotion.

2. The design industry has worked overtime seriously, and there is no time to inject new sources of inspiration.

The most important thing for designers is time. It is common that a fine design takes a month or two. During this period, it is necessary to work overtime and revise it repeatedly. Commuting hours are completely occupied every day. In this cycle, designers have no time to inject new inspiration and input, so how to output?

So for beginners, imitation is absolutely an essential basic skill and a basic process of learning, but you can't just be a porter. But if you want to, why should I choose this work as a reference? What is the composition of this work? What are the advantages of its color application? Why can it bring visual impact to everyone?

For those who need innovation, such as UI design, if they want to develop further, get a high salary, or even sell their works to hundreds of thousands, then they must be creative. Creativity is not innate, but the pursuit of each designer's own unique style through a lot of observation, collection and analysis, so as to sum up, refine and accumulate.

Image source: Students' works of Godfried Aduobe Institute of Design.

Third, what kind of ability does UI design need? UI design belongs to the Internet industry, and the salary level of the Internet industry is generally high, but not all UI designs can get high salaries. If you want to get a high-paying UI design position, you must have the ability of a high-paying position. High-paying UI design is not simply to piece together all the materials, but to design foundation+inspiration+creativity, and to design an interface that conforms to product characteristics and design specifications.

Let's select some recruitment information designed by UI to see what are the requirements for different salaries. Then extract the keywords from the recruitment requirements and sum up what kind of capabilities are needed for UI design.

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The above has shared the recruitment needs of some high-paying positions, and you will definitely feel that it is impossible to get such a high salary when you enter this industry. Why only analyze high-paying jobs? I want to tell you that if you want to change careers first and continue to develop in this industry, you should take these high-paying recruitment requirements as your learning goal, so that you can easily sprint to high salary in the future.

To sum up the above high-paying recruitment requirements, UI design should not only understand design and interaction, but also understand code, AE production dynamics, illustration and hand drawing. So the UI design has a new name "Full Link UI". Moreover, with the advent of Internet, Internet of Things, 5G, artificial intelligence and big data, every product needs UI designers, while the arrival of VR virtual reality and artificial intelligence requires more, more professional and more knowledgeable UI designers.