Designer Jobs in the North of England

Designer
England > North of England

The median Designer salary in the North of England is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 21 May 2025.

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

6 months to
21 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 193 303
Rank change year-on-year -112 +110 -90
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 36 207 119
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.31% 1.17% 0.70%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.34% 1.23% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 27 168 82
10th Percentile £41,550 £27,500 £32,817
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £40,834
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £48,040
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -6.33% -3.92%
75th Percentile £56,250 £60,741 £68,750
90th Percentile £71,600 £70,000 £89,742
England median annual salary £57,500 £46,110 £60,000
% change year-on-year +24.70% -23.15% +4.35%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North of England. 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 the North of England with a recognized job title 10,739 16,793 15,137
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.75% 94.99% 89.59%
Number of salaries quoted 5,717 12,972 8,107
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,025 £30,500
25th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -6.54% +7.00%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £69,649
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £56,000 £53,000 £60,800
% change year-on-year +5.66% -12.83% +1.33%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in the North of England

Designer
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Designer in the North of England.

Salary trend for Designer in the North of England

Designer
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer in the North of England over the 6 months to 21 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Designer in the North of England

Designer
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the North of England region over the 6 months to 21 May 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
North West -95 18 £48,750 +8.33% 83
Yorkshire +18 14 £47,000 +4.44% 42
North East +11 4 £50,000 -13.74% 19
Designer
England

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England

For the 6 months to 21 May 2025, 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 North of England region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 21 (58.33%) User Experience
2 15 (41.67%) UX Design
3 14 (38.89%) Adobe
3 14 (38.89%) Figma
4 12 (33.33%) Adobe XD
4 12 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 10 (27.78%) Wireframes
5 10 (27.78%) Prototyping
5 10 (27.78%) Social Skills
6 9 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (22.22%) User Research
8 7 (19.44%) Sketch
8 7 (19.44%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
8 7 (19.44%) Service Design
8 7 (19.44%) E-Commerce
9 6 (16.67%) Agile
9 6 (16.67%) Interaction Design
10 5 (13.89%) Accessibility
11 4 (11.11%) Apple iOS
11 4 (11.11%) Android
11 4 (11.11%) Graphic Design
11 4 (11.11%) Web Design
11 4 (11.11%) Internet
11 4 (11.11%) HTML
11 4 (11.11%) CSS
11 4 (11.11%) IBM Domino
11 4 (11.11%) Kibo
11 4 (11.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
11 4 (11.11%) Creative Problem-Solving
12 3 (8.33%) Customer-Centricity

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (11.11%) IBM Domino
2 1 (2.78%) CMS
Applications
1 12 (33.33%) Adobe XD
2 7 (19.44%) Sketch
3 4 (11.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (8.33%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (8.33%) InDesign
4 3 (8.33%) Photoshop
5 2 (5.56%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (2.78%) Adobe Premiere
6 1 (2.78%) Blender
6 1 (2.78%) CINEMA 4D
Cloud Services
1 14 (38.89%) Figma
2 4 (11.11%) Kibo
3 3 (8.33%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.11%) Internet
General
1 10 (27.78%) Social Skills
2 3 (8.33%) Finance
2 3 (8.33%) Games
2 3 (8.33%) Marketing
2 3 (8.33%) Public Sector
2 3 (8.33%) Retail
3 1 (2.78%) Advertising
3 1 (2.78%) Banking
3 1 (2.78%) Brand Awareness
3 1 (2.78%) Health Technology
3 1 (2.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (2.78%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (11.11%) CSS
1 4 (11.11%) HTML
2 1 (2.78%) DCOM
2 1 (2.78%) Framer.js
2 1 (2.78%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 1 (2.78%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Graphic Design
2 3 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 3 (8.33%) Social Media
3 2 (5.56%) NHS
3 2 (5.56%) Product Ownership
3 2 (5.56%) PropTech
4 1 (2.78%) Animation
4 1 (2.78%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.78%) FMCG
4 1 (2.78%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.78%) Motion Graphics
4 1 (2.78%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.11%) Android
1 4 (11.11%) Apple iOS
2 2 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (58.33%) User Experience
2 15 (41.67%) UX Design
3 12 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 10 (27.78%) Prototyping
4 10 (27.78%) Wireframes
5 9 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (22.22%) User Research
7 7 (19.44%) E-Commerce
7 7 (19.44%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
7 7 (19.44%) Service Design
8 6 (16.67%) Agile
8 6 (16.67%) Interaction Design
9 4 (11.11%) Creative Problem-Solving
9 4 (11.11%) Web Design
10 3 (8.33%) Analytics
10 3 (8.33%) Collaborative Culture
10 3 (8.33%) Customer Experience
10 3 (8.33%) Customer-Centricity
10 3 (8.33%) Front End Development
10 3 (8.33%) Typography
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.33%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (2.78%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.89%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.56%) WCAG
3 1 (2.78%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.78%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 14 (38.89%) Adobe
2 1 (2.78%) Facebook
2 1 (2.78%) Instagram