Designer Jobs in Manchester

Designer
North West > Manchester

The median Designer salary in Manchester is £57,965 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 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
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 158 209 167
Rank change year-on-year +51 -42 -17
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 69 34 97
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 1.28% 0.72% 1.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.36% 0.79% 1.76%
Number of salaries quoted 50 16 77
10th Percentile £39,390 £31,875 £35,000
25th Percentile £40,988 £38,438 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £48,750 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year +18.90% -8.21% +5.48%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,125 £55,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £83,125 £57,500
North West median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £53,112
% change year-on-year - -15.27% +6.22%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 5,078 4,331 5,523
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.53% 92.11% 96.84%
Number of salaries quoted 3,901 2,588 3,611
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £31,588
25th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £71,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £81,000 £82,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Manchester

Designer
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Designer in Manchester.

Salary trend for Designer in Manchester

Designer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer in Manchester over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

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 27 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
Salford +9 1 £58,800 -
Altrincham - 1 £32,500 - 1
Designer
North West

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 27 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 Manchester region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 33 (47.83%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 28 (40.58%) Prototyping
3 27 (39.13%) User Experience
3 27 (39.13%) Interaction Design
4 24 (34.78%) Accessibility
5 18 (26.09%) Agile
5 18 (26.09%) User Research
6 17 (24.64%) Coaching
7 16 (23.19%) Service Design
7 16 (23.19%) Public Sector
7 16 (23.19%) Design Patterns
8 15 (21.74%) Social Skills
8 15 (21.74%) UX Design
9 14 (20.29%) WCAG
9 14 (20.29%) Figma
9 14 (20.29%) Mentoring
10 12 (17.39%) Sketch
10 12 (17.39%) HTML
10 12 (17.39%) Customer Experience
11 11 (15.94%) Analytics
11 11 (15.94%) Problem-Solving
12 10 (14.49%) Workshop Facilitation
12 10 (14.49%) Heroku
12 10 (14.49%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
12 10 (14.49%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
13 8 (11.59%) Miro
13 8 (11.59%) SC Cleared
13 8 (11.59%) Security Cleared
13 8 (11.59%) Usability Testing
13 8 (11.59%) Adobe

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Applications
1 12 (17.39%) Sketch
2 3 (4.35%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (4.35%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (4.35%) Adobe XD
2 3 (4.35%) InVision
2 3 (4.35%) Photoshop
3 2 (2.90%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.90%) SOLIDWORKS
4 1 (1.45%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.45%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 14 (20.29%) Figma
2 10 (14.49%) Heroku
3 8 (11.59%) Miro
4 2 (2.90%) SaaS
5 1 (1.45%) dbt
5 1 (1.45%) Google Analytics
5 1 (1.45%) Pendo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.45%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 1 (1.45%) Axure RP
General
1 16 (23.19%) Public Sector
2 15 (21.74%) Social Skills
3 5 (7.25%) Finance
4 3 (4.35%) Banking
4 3 (4.35%) Manufacturing
4 3 (4.35%) Retail
5 2 (2.90%) Legal
6 1 (1.45%) Automotive
6 1 (1.45%) Games
6 1 (1.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (1.45%) Marketing
6 1 (1.45%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.45%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (17.39%) HTML
2 7 (10.14%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 5 (7.25%) Product Ownership
2 2 (2.90%) Digital Signage
2 2 (2.90%) Mobile App
2 2 (2.90%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (2.90%) Social Network
3 1 (1.45%) e-Learning
3 1 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.45%) Graphic Design
3 1 (1.45%) Tandem
3 1 (1.45%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (47.83%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 28 (40.58%) Prototyping
3 27 (39.13%) Interaction Design
3 27 (39.13%) User Experience
4 18 (26.09%) Agile
4 18 (26.09%) User Research
5 17 (24.64%) Coaching
6 16 (23.19%) Design Patterns
6 16 (23.19%) Service Design
7 15 (21.74%) UX Design
8 14 (20.29%) Mentoring
9 12 (17.39%) Customer Experience
10 11 (15.94%) Analytics
10 11 (15.94%) Problem-Solving
11 10 (14.49%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
11 10 (14.49%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
11 10 (14.49%) Workshop Facilitation
12 8 (11.59%) Usability Testing
13 7 (10.14%) Actionable Insight
13 7 (10.14%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 6 (8.70%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 8 (11.59%) SC Cleared
1 8 (11.59%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (34.78%) Accessibility
2 14 (20.29%) WCAG
3 1 (1.45%) GDPR
Vendors
1 8 (11.59%) Adobe
2 1 (1.45%) Hotjar
2 1 (1.45%) Microsoft