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 19 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 149 170 175
Rank change year-on-year +21 +5 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a UX Designer 2 13 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.084% 0.32% 0.11%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.093% 0.34% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile £45,375 - £36,750
25th Percentile £51,563 - £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,750 £65,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.92% +52.94% -15.00%
75th Percentile £76,563 - £48,750
90th Percentile £83,125 - £50,250
North West median annual salary £69,000 £65,000 £23,850
% change year-on-year +6.15% +172.54% -52.30%

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 2,151 3,850 2,637
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.84% 94.52% 94.38%
Number of salaries quoted 1,281 2,200 2,125
10th Percentile £29,000 £32,500 £34,572
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,000 £82,500 £84,034
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - -9.09% +4.76%

UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for UX Designer 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 19 September 2025, UX 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 UX Designer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
1 2 (100.00%) SaaS
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe XD
2 1 (50.00%) Sketch
2 1 (50.00%) Figma
2 1 (50.00%) Human-Centred Design
2 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (50.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Health Technology
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) People Management
2 1 (50.00%) Responsive Web Design
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) WCAG
2 1 (50.00%) Graphic Design

UX 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 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