Designer Job Trends in Manchester

Designer
North West > Manchester

The median Designer salary in Manchester is £57,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 March 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 120 114 139
Rank change year-on-year -6 +25 +44
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 28 32 52
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.76% 1.35% 1.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.85% 1.44% 1.41%
Number of salaries quoted 26 12 40
10th Percentile - £33,475 £39,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,438 £40,741
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £46,250 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +24.32% -9.76% -10.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £57,813 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,375 £75,000
North West median annual salary £57,500 £46,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year +24.32% +2.78% -4.41%

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 3,301 2,227 3,677
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.82% 94.24% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 2,244 1,174 3,055
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,000 £29,010
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -4.06%
75th Percentile £72,500 £73,750 £69,857
90th Percentile £90,000 £87,500 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -5.66%

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 1 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Designer in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 1 March 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 10 (35.71%) Figma
2 9 (32.14%) Interaction Design
3 8 (28.57%) Accessibility
3 8 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 8 (28.57%) Wireframes
4 7 (25.00%) Agile
4 7 (25.00%) User Experience
4 7 (25.00%) UX Design
5 6 (21.43%) Prototyping
6 5 (17.86%) Software Engineering
7 4 (14.29%) Service Design
7 4 (14.29%) Storytelling
7 4 (14.29%) User Research
7 4 (14.29%) WCAG
8 3 (10.71%) Heroku
8 3 (10.71%) HTML
8 3 (10.71%) Sketch
9 2 (7.14%) AI
9 2 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (7.14%) CSS
9 2 (7.14%) Mentoring
9 2 (7.14%) Network Architecture
9 2 (7.14%) PHP
9 2 (7.14%) Product Strategy
9 2 (7.14%) WordPress
10 1 (3.57%) Analytics
10 1 (3.57%) AWS
10 1 (3.57%) Azure
10 1 (3.57%) B2B
10 1 (3.57%) CISM

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 2 (7.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 10 (35.71%) Figma
2 3 (10.71%) Heroku
3 1 (3.57%) AWS
3 1 (3.57%) Azure
3 1 (3.57%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.57%) LAN
1 1 (3.57%) SD-WAN
1 1 (3.57%) WAN
1 1 (3.57%) Wi-Fi
General
1 7 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (7.14%) Finance
2 2 (7.14%) Retail
3 1 (3.57%) Banking
3 1 (3.57%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.57%) Law
3 1 (3.57%) Legal
3 1 (3.57%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.71%) HTML
2 2 (7.14%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.14%) Mobile App
1 2 (7.14%) NHS
2 1 (3.57%) AI Agents
2 1 (3.57%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (32.14%) Interaction Design
2 8 (28.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 8 (28.57%) Wireframes
3 7 (25.00%) Agile
3 7 (25.00%) User Experience
3 7 (25.00%) UX Design
4 6 (21.43%) Prototyping
5 5 (17.86%) Software Engineering
6 4 (14.29%) Service Design
6 4 (14.29%) Storytelling
6 4 (14.29%) User Research
7 2 (7.14%) AI
7 2 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (7.14%) Mentoring
7 2 (7.14%) Network Architecture
7 2 (7.14%) Product Strategy
8 1 (3.57%) B2B
8 1 (3.57%) Enterprise Architecture
8 1 (3.57%) Network Design
8 1 (3.57%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (7.14%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (3.57%) CISM
1 1 (3.57%) CISSP
1 1 (3.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (28.57%) Accessibility
2 4 (14.29%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (3.57%) Fortinet