UX Designer Job Trends in Manchester

User Experience Designer
North West > Manchester

The median User Experience Designer salary in Manchester is £85,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 November 2025.

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

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 132 160 149
Rank change year-on-year +28 -11 +47
Permanent jobs requiring a UX Designer 1 17 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.041% 0.47% 0.34%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.49% 0.35%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 2
10th Percentile - £48,000 £37,125
25th Percentile £82,500 £56,250 £38,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £65,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +30.77% +57.58% -25.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £43,438
90th Percentile - £75,750 £44,375
North West median annual salary £77,000 £65,000 £23,850
% change year-on-year +18.46% +172.54% -56.64%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 2,234 3,485 2,301
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.63% 95.53% 96.64%
Number of salaries quoted 1,459 1,757 1,870
10th Percentile £28,250 £34,300 £33,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £84,126
North West median annual salary £49,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.00% -9.09% +4.76%

UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

UX Designer job vacancy trend in Manchester

UX Designer
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for UX Designer job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for UX Designer job vacancies in Manchester

UX Designer Skill Set
Top 16 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 14 November 2025, UX 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 UX Designer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe XD
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
1 1 (100.00%) Human-Centred Design
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Responsive Web Design
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Sketch
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG

UX 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:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe XD
1 1 (100.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
General
1 1 (100.00%) Health Technology
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Graphic Design
1 1 (100.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Human-Centred Design
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Responsive Web Design
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe