UX Designer Job Trends in Manchester

User Experience Designer
North West > Manchester

The median User Experience Designer salary in Manchester is £63,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 31 October 2025.

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

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 142 157 154
Rank change year-on-year +15 -3 +38
Permanent jobs requiring a UX Designer 2 17 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.085% 0.46% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.091% 0.49% 0.083%
Number of salaries quoted 2 4 2
10th Percentile £45,375 £49,250 £37,125
25th Percentile £51,563 £59,375 £38,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £67,500 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% +63.64% -25.00%
75th Percentile £76,563 £75,313 £43,438
90th Percentile £83,125 £75,875 £44,375
North West median annual salary £69,000 £67,500 £23,850
% change year-on-year +2.22% +183.02% -54.57%

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 2,194 3,477 2,407
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.73% 94.87% 96.43%
Number of salaries quoted 1,392 1,780 1,956
10th Percentile £28,250 £33,000 £34,250
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £55,000 £59,526
Median % change year-on-year -5.45% -7.60% +8.23%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,000 £84,075 £84,056
North West median annual salary £48,979 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -2.04% -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
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing UX Designer in Manchester over the 6 months to 31 October 2025.

Salary histogram for UX Designer in Manchester

UX 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 UX Designer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 31 October 2025. 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
Altrincham - 1 £42,500 -
UX Designer
North West

UX Designer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 31 October 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 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe XD
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Figma
2 1 (50.00%) Human-Centred Design
2 1 (50.00%) People Management
2 1 (50.00%) Responsive Web Design
2 1 (50.00%) Sketch
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) 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 (50.00%) Adobe XD
1 1 (50.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Figma
General
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Health Technology
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Graphic Design
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Human-Centred Design
2 1 (50.00%) People Management
2 1 (50.00%) Responsive Web Design
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) User Research
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe