Designer Jobs in the North of England

Designer
England > North of England

The median Designer salary in the North of England is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 196 320 214
Rank change year-on-year +124 -106 -52
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 208 120 282
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.19% 0.70% 1.57%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.25% 0.78% 1.63%
Number of salaries quoted 164 84 151
10th Percentile £27,500 £33,452 £34,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,834 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,579 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.37% -2.84% +1.31%
75th Percentile £60,741 £69,063 £55,000
90th Percentile - £89,226 £60,000
England median annual salary £46,110 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -23.15% +4.35% +5.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North of England with a recognized job title 16,622 15,451 17,316
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 89.51% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 12,863 8,209 10,905
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £27,875
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,544 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.54% +7.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings that featured Designer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Designer in the North of England

Designer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Designer in the North of England.

Salary trend for Designer in the North of England

Designer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer in the North of England over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Designer in the North of England

Designer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West +44 119 £45,000 - 52
Yorkshire +98 58 £45,000 -18.18% 18
North East +21 31 £53,982 -10.03% 13
Designer
England

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 12 May 2024, Designer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North of England region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 89 (42.79%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 85 (40.87%) Prototyping
3 84 (40.38%) Accessibility
4 74 (35.58%) Agile
4 74 (35.58%) User Experience
5 73 (35.10%) Coaching
6 63 (30.29%) Mentoring
7 61 (29.33%) UX Design
8 57 (27.40%) Interaction Design
9 48 (23.08%) WCAG
10 45 (21.63%) Adobe
11 41 (19.71%) Public Sector
12 38 (18.27%) User Research
12 38 (18.27%) Figma
12 38 (18.27%) Analytics
13 37 (17.79%) Design Patterns
14 35 (16.83%) Service Design
14 35 (16.83%) HTML
15 34 (16.35%) Social Skills
16 31 (14.90%) Journey Map
16 31 (14.90%) User Stories
17 30 (14.42%) Community of Practice
18 29 (13.94%) Content Strategy
18 29 (13.94%) Problem-Solving
18 29 (13.94%) Wireframes
18 29 (13.94%) Product Ownership
18 29 (13.94%) Security Cleared
19 27 (12.98%) Actionable Insight
20 26 (12.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
21 25 (12.02%) Workshop Facilitation

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (1.92%) WordPress
2 2 (0.96%) CMS
Applications
1 26 (12.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 23 (11.06%) Sketch
3 22 (10.58%) Adobe Illustrator
4 21 (10.10%) Photoshop
5 9 (4.33%) Adobe Captivate
6 8 (3.85%) Adobe After Effects
6 8 (3.85%) InDesign
7 6 (2.88%) Microsoft Office
8 5 (2.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 4 (1.92%) CINEMA 4D
10 3 (1.44%) Adobe XD
10 3 (1.44%) Blender
10 3 (1.44%) InVision
10 3 (1.44%) Trello
11 2 (0.96%) 3ds Max
11 2 (0.96%) CorelDRAW
11 2 (0.96%) MS Visio
11 2 (0.96%) SOLIDWORKS
11 2 (0.96%) ZBrush
12 1 (0.48%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 38 (18.27%) Figma
2 18 (8.65%) Heroku
3 16 (7.69%) Miro
4 4 (1.92%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 2 (0.96%) dbt
5 2 (0.96%) SaaS
6 1 (0.48%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (0.48%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.48%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.48%) Pendo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.48%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (0.96%) Amazon Redshift
Development Applications
1 2 (0.96%) WiX
2 1 (0.48%) Axure RP
General
1 41 (19.71%) Public Sector
2 34 (16.35%) Social Skills
3 16 (7.69%) Marketing
4 14 (6.73%) Finance
5 10 (4.81%) Games
5 10 (4.81%) Retail
6 8 (3.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 7 (3.37%) Law
8 4 (1.92%) Banking
8 4 (1.92%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.44%) Automotive
9 3 (1.44%) Legal
10 2 (0.96%) Multimedia
10 2 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
10 2 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (0.96%) Publishing
11 1 (0.48%) Advertising
11 1 (0.48%) Agriculture
11 1 (0.48%) General Ledger
11 1 (0.48%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (16.83%) HTML
2 9 (4.33%) HTML5
3 8 (3.85%) CSS
4 2 (0.96%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 29 (13.94%) Product Ownership
2 19 (9.13%) Animation
3 16 (7.69%) Graphic Design
3 16 (7.69%) Social Media
4 13 (6.25%) e-Learning
5 11 (5.29%) Mobile App
6 9 (4.33%) SCORM
7 6 (2.88%) Cyberattack
8 5 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.92%) Motion Graphics
10 3 (1.44%) Driving Licence
11 2 (0.96%) Digital Signage
11 2 (0.96%) Photography
11 2 (0.96%) Social Network
12 1 (0.48%) Digital Media
12 1 (0.48%) Enterprise Software
12 1 (0.48%) NHS
12 1 (0.48%) Renewable Energy
12 1 (0.48%) Tandem
12 1 (0.48%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.40%) Android
1 5 (2.40%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (42.79%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 85 (40.87%) Prototyping
3 74 (35.58%) Agile
3 74 (35.58%) User Experience
4 73 (35.10%) Coaching
5 63 (30.29%) Mentoring
6 61 (29.33%) UX Design
7 57 (27.40%) Interaction Design
8 38 (18.27%) Analytics
8 38 (18.27%) User Research
9 37 (17.79%) Design Patterns
10 35 (16.83%) Service Design
11 31 (14.90%) Journey Map
11 31 (14.90%) User Stories
12 30 (14.42%) Community of Practice
13 29 (13.94%) Content Strategy
13 29 (13.94%) Problem-Solving
13 29 (13.94%) Wireframes
14 27 (12.98%) Actionable Insight
15 25 (12.02%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.29%) JavaScript
2 2 (0.96%) C#
2 2 (0.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 29 (13.94%) Security Cleared
2 23 (11.06%) SC Cleared
3 20 (9.62%) Degree
4 9 (4.33%) CIPD
5 6 (2.88%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 84 (40.38%) Accessibility
2 48 (23.08%) WCAG
3 4 (1.92%) GDPR
4 1 (0.48%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 45 (21.63%) Adobe
2 4 (1.92%) Microsoft
3 3 (1.44%) Instagram
3 3 (1.44%) Twitter
4 1 (0.48%) Autodesk
4 1 (0.48%) CA Agile Central
4 1 (0.48%) Facebook
4 1 (0.48%) Google
4 1 (0.48%) Hotjar