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 16 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
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 202 316 219
Rank change year-on-year +114 -97 -68
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 208 118 286
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 1.18% 0.70% 1.58%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.24% 0.78% 1.64%
Number of salaries quoted 168 82 151
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,817 £34,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,938 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £48,579 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.37% -2.84% -
75th Percentile £60,741 £68,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £89,742 £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 16,749 15,186 17,437
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.98% 89.51% 96.19%
Number of salaries quoted 12,956 8,055 10,931
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,500 £27,875
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,438 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +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 16 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 16 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 +45 116 £45,000 - 55
Yorkshire +97 60 £45,000 -18.18% 19
North East +19 32 £57,965 +10.41% 17
Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 16 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 84 (40.38%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 79 (37.98%) Prototyping
3 78 (37.50%) Accessibility
4 73 (35.10%) Coaching
5 70 (33.65%) User Experience
6 69 (33.17%) Agile
7 63 (30.29%) Mentoring
8 61 (29.33%) Interaction Design
9 56 (26.92%) UX Design
10 48 (23.08%) WCAG
11 46 (22.12%) Adobe
12 41 (19.71%) Public Sector
13 39 (18.75%) Figma
14 38 (18.27%) Analytics
15 37 (17.79%) Design Patterns
16 36 (17.31%) Service Design
17 35 (16.83%) HTML
18 32 (15.38%) User Research
19 31 (14.90%) Journey Map
19 31 (14.90%) User Stories
20 30 (14.42%) Community of Practice
21 29 (13.94%) Content Strategy
21 29 (13.94%) Social Skills
21 29 (13.94%) Product Ownership
22 26 (12.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
23 25 (12.02%) Customer Experience
23 25 (12.02%) Workshop Facilitation
24 24 (11.54%) Sketch
25 23 (11.06%) SC Cleared
25 23 (11.06%) Security Cleared

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 24 (11.54%) 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%) Adobe XD
9 4 (1.92%) CINEMA 4D
9 4 (1.92%) InVision
10 3 (1.44%) Blender
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 39 (18.75%) Figma
2 18 (8.65%) Heroku
3 17 (8.17%) 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 29 (13.94%) Social Skills
3 16 (7.69%) Marketing
4 10 (4.81%) Games
4 10 (4.81%) Retail
5 8 (3.85%) Finance
6 4 (1.92%) Banking
6 4 (1.92%) Manufacturing
7 3 (1.44%) Automotive
7 3 (1.44%) Legal
8 2 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.96%) Multimedia
8 2 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (0.96%) Publishing
9 1 (0.48%) Advertising
9 1 (0.48%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.48%) Analytical Skills
9 1 (0.48%) General Ledger
9 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 12 (5.77%) Mobile App
6 9 (4.33%) SCORM
7 5 (2.40%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.92%) Motion Graphics
9 3 (1.44%) Driving Licence
10 2 (0.96%) Digital Signage
10 2 (0.96%) Photography
10 2 (0.96%) Social Network
11 1 (0.48%) Digital Media
11 1 (0.48%) Enterprise Software
11 1 (0.48%) NHS
11 1 (0.48%) Renewable Energy
11 1 (0.48%) Tandem
11 1 (0.48%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 5 (2.40%) Android
1 5 (2.40%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 84 (40.38%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 79 (37.98%) Prototyping
3 73 (35.10%) Coaching
4 70 (33.65%) User Experience
5 69 (33.17%) Agile
6 63 (30.29%) Mentoring
7 61 (29.33%) Interaction Design
8 56 (26.92%) UX Design
9 38 (18.27%) Analytics
10 37 (17.79%) Design Patterns
11 36 (17.31%) Service Design
12 32 (15.38%) User Research
13 31 (14.90%) Journey Map
13 31 (14.90%) User Stories
14 30 (14.42%) Community of Practice
15 29 (13.94%) Content Strategy
16 25 (12.02%) Customer Experience
16 25 (12.02%) Workshop Facilitation
17 23 (11.06%) Problem-Solving
17 23 (11.06%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 11 (5.29%) JavaScript
2 2 (0.96%) C#
2 2 (0.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (11.06%) SC Cleared
1 23 (11.06%) Security Cleared
2 20 (9.62%) Degree
3 9 (4.33%) CIPD
4 1 (0.48%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 78 (37.50%) Accessibility
2 48 (23.08%) WCAG
3 4 (1.92%) GDPR
4 1 (0.48%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 46 (22.12%) 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