Skills: pay and hiring demand

Design Systems jobs and pay

How many open roles ask for Design Systems, what employers state they pay for it, and where that demand sits.

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1,102 open roles · 0.8% of postings · Median $191,500/yr as of 2026-10-18

Citable summary

Design Systems appears in 1,102 open roles (0.8% of postings) with an employer-stated median of 191,500 (P25 150,000 – P75 237,000), as of 2026-10-18.

n=1,102, as of 2026-10-18 · How these skill figures are calculated

1,102
Open roles
0.8%
Share of all postings
of postings
429
Postings with a salary range
$191,500
Median stated pay
P25 $150,000 · P75 $237,000

Which job families hire for this skill

Where roles naming this skill are concentrated across job families.

Engineering48.2% (531)Product21.1% (233)Design15.4% (170)Data & ML12.1% (133)Marketing0.7% (8)Consulting0.6% (7)Other0.5% (5)Sales0.5% (5)

Demand by job family

Job family Open roles Share of skill's roles
Engineering 531 48.2%
Product 233 21.1%
Design 170 15.4%
Data & ML 133 12.1%
Marketing 8 0.7%
Consulting 7 0.6%
Other 5 0.5%
Sales 5 0.5%
Operations 4 0.4%
People & HR 3 0.3%
Finance 1 0.1%
Retail & Hospitality 1 0.1%
Support 1 0.1%

Skill demand by country

Country Open roles Share of skill's roles
United States 407 36.9%
United Kingdom 84 7.6%
Canada 67 6.1%
India 36 3.3%
Singapore 31 2.8%
Germany 29 2.6%
South Korea 26 2.4%
Japan 22 2.0%
MY 21 1.9%
Spain 20 1.8%
PH 20 1.8%
Sweden 20 1.8%
Australia 18 1.6%
Poland 18 1.6%
China 17 1.5%
ID 17 1.5%
France 15 1.4%
Hong Kong 15 1.4%
TH 15 1.4%
Taiwan 15 1.4%
VN 14 1.3%
Portugal 12 1.1%
Brazil 10 0.9%
Ireland 10 0.9%
Netherlands 9 0.8%
United Arab Emirates 6 0.5%
Austria 6 0.5%
Switzerland 6 0.5%
Mexico 5 0.5%
Italy 4 0.4%
MT 4 0.4%
Finland 3 0.3%
Israel 3 0.3%
AR 2 0.2%
Belgium 2 0.2%
Greece 2 0.2%
New Zealand 2 0.2%
PE 2 0.2%
UA 2 0.2%
Bulgaria 1 0.1%
CL 1 0.1%
CR 1 0.1%
Denmark 1 0.1%
EG 1 0.1%
Hungary 1 0.1%
Lithuania 1 0.1%
Norway 1 0.1%
Romania 1 0.1%
RS 1 0.1%
SA 1 0.1%
UY 1 0.1%
ZA 1 0.1%

Skills that appear alongside

Skills most often requested in the same job postings as Design Systems.

Python n=9,587 Excel n=8,995 SQL n=7,329 Roadmapping n=7,155 AWS n=6,209 LLM n=5,050 Agile n=4,518 CI/CD n=4,458 iOS n=4,409 Salesforce n=4,046 CRM n=3,912 Azure n=3,892

Related skills

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Method: counts come from public job postings; pay figures use only postings with an employer-stated salary range. salaries.geo_answer_method →