UX/UI Design roadmap
You talk to users, find what is hard for them, and design screens that fix it. You don’t need to code, but you do need to understand how people think.
A normal day
- Interview an app’s users
- Design a sign-up flow in Figma
- Test a prototype with 5 people
You’ll like it if…
- You are creative and observant
- You like talking to people
- You prefer designing over coding
How to start in UX/UI Design from zero
Months 0–3: the basics
- Design principles
- Figma from zero
- User research
Months 3–6: your first projects
- Wireframes and prototypes
- Design systems
- Usability testing
Months 6–12: ready to apply
- 3 case studies in your portfolio
- Accessibility
- Basic HTML and CSS
First jobs
- Junior UX/UI Designer
- Junior Product Designer
Portfolio projects
- Redesign an app you use a lot
- Design an app for a local business
- A case study with user testing
Tools
- Figma
- FigJam
- Maze
- Notion
How much does UX/UI Design pay?
Median monthly pay in Spanish-speaking Latin America, by experience. The bar runs from the 25th to the 75th percentile of reported pay.
There aren’t enough reported salaries from Latin America for this path yet (we require at least 30 per experience level; there are 1 in total today). We’ll publish it once the data is there.
Official data for Peru
Graphic and multimedia designers: median monthly pay S/ 1,260. Half earn between S/ 860 and S/ 1,930.
- Up to age 29: S/ 970
- Age 30 and over: S/ 1,500
National Household Survey (INEI) 2022–2024, 264 people surveyed, weighted to represent the country. It is a broad group: the survey does not separate UX/UI Design from other jobs in the group.
Young (18–29) institute graduates in Diseño: average S/ 1,611 a month, most between S/ 930 and S/ 2,600.
Payroll records 2020, graduates 2017-2019. It is old data: treat it as a reference floor. The “Diseño” family includes graphic design, not only UX.
Where these numbers come from
- Pay by experience: Stack Overflow Developer Survey, Stack Exchange Inc., surveys 2024–2026, 1,434 salaries from 17 countries, converted to USD by Stack Overflow. License Open Database License (ODbL) 1.0; our derived data is published under the same license. Respondents often work remotely for foreign companies, so figures may be above the local average.
- Peru figure: MINEDU y MTPE, Ponte en Carrera (Planilla Electrónica / Padrón de Egresados); INEI, Encuesta Nacional de Hogares (ENAHO), módulo de empleo e ingresos, 2022–2024: monetary income from the main job, in soles.
- Updated 2026-11-04. Recalculated every quarter.
Where to study UX/UI Design online
Google Career CertificatesPaid
Certificates in data analytics, cybersecurity, UX and IT support. Coursera offers financial aid.
PlatziPaid
Spanish-language online school for coding, data, AI and design.
CourseraFree + paid
Courses from universities and companies; many can be audited for free.
edXFree + paid
Online university courses; many can be audited for free.
Universities, institutes and bootcamps
Peru
No verified options here for this path yet.
Colombia
No verified options here for this path yet.
Mexico
No verified options here for this path yet.
Chile
- Desafío Latam: Bootcamps de desarrollo web, data science, IA y UX/UI