Designer Job Trends in Manchester

Designer
North West > Manchester

The median Designer salary in Manchester is £65,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 5 April 2026.

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

 6 months to
5 Apr 2026		 Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 131 143
Rank change year-on-year +33 +12 +40
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 63 13 61
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 1.39% 0.65% 1.31%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.53% 0.69% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 59 7 47
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,400 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £42,500 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £47,500 £57,965
Median % change year-on-year +36.84% -18.05% +5.39%
75th Percentile £75,000 £57,500 £69,900
90th Percentile - £58,000 £74,250
North West median annual salary £65,000 £46,250 £45,000
% change year-on-year +40.54% +2.78% -3.55%

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 4,126 1,888 4,406
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.86% 94.07% 94.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2,955 1,261 3,600
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £59,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.54% +7.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £91,500 £88,750 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £54,793 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.75% +9.59% -9.09%

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 5 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Designer in Manchester

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

For the 6 months to 5 April 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 23 (36.51%) User Experience
1 23 (36.51%) UX Design
2 14 (22.22%) Figma
3 13 (20.63%) Interaction Design
4 10 (15.87%) Service Design
5 8 (12.70%) Accessibility
5 8 (12.70%) Fortinet
5 8 (12.70%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 8 (12.70%) Wireframes
6 7 (11.11%) Agile
6 7 (11.11%) Aruba
6 7 (11.11%) Broadband
6 7 (11.11%) Cisco
6 7 (11.11%) HTML
6 7 (11.11%) Wireless
7 6 (9.52%) CSS
7 6 (9.52%) PHP
7 6 (9.52%) Prototyping
7 6 (9.52%) WordPress
8 5 (7.94%) Software Engineering
9 4 (6.35%) Storytelling
9 4 (6.35%) User Research
9 4 (6.35%) WCAG
10 3 (4.76%) AI
10 3 (4.76%) Heroku
10 3 (4.76%) Sketch
11 2 (3.17%) B2B
11 2 (3.17%) Continuous Improvement
11 2 (3.17%) Data Visualisation
11 2 (3.17%) Decision Intelligence

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 (9.52%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 14 (22.22%) Figma
2 3 (4.76%) Heroku
3 2 (3.17%) SaaS
4 1 (1.59%) AWS
4 1 (1.59%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 7 (11.11%) Broadband
1 7 (11.11%) Wireless
2 2 (3.17%) LAN
2 2 (3.17%) SD-WAN
2 2 (3.17%) WAN
3 1 (1.59%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (1.59%) Cisco Wireless
3 1 (1.59%) WebEx
3 1 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (1.59%) WLAN
General
1 7 (11.11%) Social Skills
2 5 (7.94%) Finance
3 3 (4.76%) Retail
4 2 (3.17%) Public Sector
5 1 (1.59%) Banking
5 1 (1.59%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (1.59%) Law
5 1 (1.59%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (11.11%) HTML
2 6 (9.52%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.35%) Mobile App
2 2 (3.17%) AI Agents
2 2 (3.17%) NHS
3 1 (1.59%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (36.51%) User Experience
1 23 (36.51%) UX Design
2 13 (20.63%) Interaction Design
3 10 (15.87%) Service Design
4 8 (12.70%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 8 (12.70%) Wireframes
5 7 (11.11%) Agile
6 6 (9.52%) Prototyping
7 5 (7.94%) Software Engineering
8 4 (6.35%) Storytelling
8 4 (6.35%) User Research
9 3 (4.76%) AI
10 2 (3.17%) B2B
10 2 (3.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 2 (3.17%) Data Visualisation
10 2 (3.17%) Mentoring
10 2 (3.17%) Network Architecture
10 2 (3.17%) Network Design
10 2 (3.17%) Product Strategy
10 2 (3.17%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 6 (9.52%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (1.59%) CISM
1 1 (1.59%) CISSP
1 1 (1.59%) Degree
1 1 (1.59%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.70%) Accessibility
2 4 (6.35%) WCAG
Vendors
1 8 (12.70%) Fortinet
2 7 (11.11%) Aruba
2 7 (11.11%) Cisco
3 1 (1.59%) Juniper
3 1 (1.59%) Microsoft
29 Designer jobs in Manchester