Designer Job Trends in Manchester

Designer
North West > Manchester

The median Designer salary in Manchester is £61,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 May 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 76 134 158
Rank change year-on-year +58 +24 +37
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 93 15 58
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.77% 0.71% 1.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.92% 0.78% 1.25%
Number of salaries quoted 88 8 44
10th Percentile £44,250 £41,950 £40,000
25th Percentile £45,938 £42,438 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £48,750 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +25.64% -15.90% +22.03%
75th Percentile £72,500 £57,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £57,875 £74,625
North West median annual salary £63,076 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +32.79% +5.56% -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 4,840 1,916 4,650
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.96% 90.59% 94.47%
Number of salaries quoted 3,471 1,272 3,745
10th Percentile £30,500 £33,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £41,107
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.11% -6.09%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £91,925 £81,250
North West median annual salary £52,500 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.18% +9.59% -8.90%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Designer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Designer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Designer
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Manchester

Designer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer in Manchester over the 6 months to 2 May 2026.

Salary histogram for Designer in Manchester

Designer
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 2 May 2026. 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
Cheadle - 1 £35,000 - 1
Designer
North West

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 2 May 2026, Designer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 35 (37.63%) User Experience
2 33 (35.48%) UX Design
3 18 (19.35%) Figma
4 17 (18.28%) Interaction Design
5 12 (12.90%) Aruba
5 12 (12.90%) Broadband
5 12 (12.90%) Cisco
5 12 (12.90%) Fortinet
5 12 (12.90%) Wireframes
5 12 (12.90%) Wireless
6 11 (11.83%) Service Design
6 11 (11.83%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 9 (9.68%) Accessibility
8 7 (7.53%) Agile
8 7 (7.53%) HTML
9 6 (6.45%) CSS
9 6 (6.45%) PHP
9 6 (6.45%) Prototyping
9 6 (6.45%) Storytelling
9 6 (6.45%) WordPress
10 5 (5.38%) Software Engineering
10 5 (5.38%) User Research
11 4 (4.30%) Cisco ISE
11 4 (4.30%) Cisco Wireless
11 4 (4.30%) Degree
11 4 (4.30%) Juniper
11 4 (4.30%) LAN
11 4 (4.30%) Mentoring
11 4 (4.30%) Microsoft
11 4 (4.30%) Migration

Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (6.45%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (3.23%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 18 (19.35%) Figma
2 3 (3.23%) Heroku
2 3 (3.23%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 12 (12.90%) Broadband
1 12 (12.90%) Wireless
2 4 (4.30%) Cisco ISE
2 4 (4.30%) Cisco Wireless
2 4 (4.30%) LAN
2 4 (4.30%) SD-WAN
2 4 (4.30%) WAN
2 4 (4.30%) WebEx
2 4 (4.30%) WLAN
General
1 6 (6.45%) Finance
2 5 (5.38%) Marketing
2 5 (5.38%) Public Sector
2 5 (5.38%) Retail
2 5 (5.38%) Social Skills
3 2 (2.15%) Billing
4 1 (1.08%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.53%) HTML
2 6 (6.45%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 6 (6.45%) Motion Graphics
2 4 (4.30%) Mobile App
2 4 (4.30%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.15%) AI Agents
3 2 (2.15%) Blog
3 2 (2.15%) NHS
3 2 (2.15%) Product Ownership
3 2 (2.15%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (2.15%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (37.63%) User Experience
2 33 (35.48%) UX Design
3 17 (18.28%) Interaction Design
4 12 (12.90%) Wireframes
5 11 (11.83%) Service Design
5 11 (11.83%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 7 (7.53%) Agile
7 6 (6.45%) Prototyping
7 6 (6.45%) Storytelling
8 5 (5.38%) Software Engineering
8 5 (5.38%) User Research
9 4 (4.30%) Mentoring
9 4 (4.30%) Migration
9 4 (4.30%) Network Design
9 4 (4.30%) Root Cause Analysis
9 4 (4.30%) Stakeholder Management
9 4 (4.30%) Thought Leadership
9 4 (4.30%) Validation
10 3 (3.23%) AI
10 3 (3.23%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.45%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (4.30%) Degree
2 2 (2.15%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.08%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (9.68%) Accessibility
2 4 (4.30%) WCAG
Vendors
1 12 (12.90%) Aruba
1 12 (12.90%) Cisco
1 12 (12.90%) Fortinet
2 4 (4.30%) Juniper
2 4 (4.30%) Microsoft