Explore Urban Designer jobs across the UK. Help shape sustainable communities and public spaces through design-led masterplanning.
Urban Designers play a vital role in shaping the built environment at a strategic level, working across architecture, planning, and public realm disciplines. Whether developing frameworks for town centre regeneration, visualising neighbourhood layouts, or designing public spaces, urban designers create places that are functional, attractive, and sustainable.
These roles are ideal for candidates with a background in architecture, landscape, or planning, and typically 2–5 years of experience in design-led projects. Employers range from multidisciplinary consultancies and local authorities to housing developers and urban regeneration agencies. Urban Designers collaborate closely with planners, transport consultants, and communities to bring long-term visions to life. For current salary ranges and expectations, visit our Urban Designer Salary Guide.
To help you better understand the Urban Designer role, we’ve answered some frequently asked questions that job-seekers often explore before applying.
Urban Designers develop masterplans, design codes, spatial frameworks, and public realm strategies, helping to shape the layout and feel of urban environments.
A degree in urban design, architecture, landscape architecture, or planning is typically required. Many professionals also hold a postgraduate qualification in urban design.
Urban Designers are employed in architecture practices, planning consultancies, local authorities, regeneration agencies, and housing developers.
Salaries typically range from £32,000 to £45,000, depending on location and level of experience. Visit our Urban Design Salary Guide for benchmarks.
Town Planners focus on policy and land use regulation, while Urban Designers focus on the physical design and spatial quality of urban areas. The two often collaborate closely.
AutoCAD, Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign), SketchUp, Rhino, GIS tools, and increasingly Revit for integration with architectural teams.
Yes. Both hand-sketching and digital drawing are important tools for communicating design ideas and producing high-quality visuals.
With experience, Urban Designers can progress to Senior Urban Designer, Associate, or Urban Design Director roles, often taking on more strategic and leadership responsibilities.
Meet the team at HAUS Careers. An Architecture and Design recruitment agency in London, we are a team of ex-industry professionals with varied backgrounds and specialist knowledge in a multiplicity of sectors. At HAUS we love design and have a passion for great Architecture.
Our varied backgrounds and relevant experience allow for a deeper understanding of our industry. Our expert knowledge of Architecture, BIM, Landscape, Interior Design, Urban Design and Creative Support allows us to identify talented professionals and the best practices.
We work with London’s best practices and ensure our candidates are always placed in the right environment. We have a great relationship with both our clients and candidates for this exact reason. We are always looking for the most talented designers and professionals to ensure our industry’s future continues to grow.
At HAUS we understand from experience that recruitment is more than just matching someone’s skillset to a job description.
We are always looking to launch professionals next step in the industry. That’s why we get to know our candidates. We welcome the opportunity to meet over a coffee, tea or beer (or all of the above) so we can get a stronger understanding of their career aspirations and match their specialist skills and experience to the right role.
If you know someone who you think would be suitable for one of our positions, then please do not hesitate to send your name, and the contact details for the person you are referring, to hello@hauscareers.com
If the person you refer is successfully placed, and they pass a three-month probationary period, you’ll receive £150, and we will also donate £150 to a charity of your choice.
There is no limit to the number of referrals you can make either.
Refer a friend and get a £300 referral fee when we get them a job.
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