Designer Jobs in the North West

Designer
England > North West

The median Designer salary in the North West is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 June 2025.

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

6 months to
2 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 269 170 238
Rank change year-on-year -99 +68 -41
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 16 134 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.20% 1.26% 0.74%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 1.32% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 10 102 39
10th Percentile £42,375 £27,275 £25,300
25th Percentile £45,313 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £44,023
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% +2.22% -17.11%
75th Percentile £75,500 £60,741 £52,375
90th Percentile £88,500 £72,250 £96,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £45,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +22.22% -21.74% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 West with a recognized job title 7,222 10,124 6,606
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.99% 94.88% 89.28%
Number of salaries quoted 3,848 7,670 3,982
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,250 £30,149
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,500 £40,834
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,427 £78,525 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,315
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.96% +0.53%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in the North West

Designer
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Designer in the North West

Designer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer in the North West over the 6 months to 2 June 2025.

Salary histogram for Designer in the North West

Designer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the North West region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Manchester -8 13 £50,000 -11.48% 138
Cheshire -8 3 £69,000 +150.91% 78
Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 2 June 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 West region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 12 (75.00%) User Experience
2 8 (50.00%) UX Design
2 8 (50.00%) Figma
3 6 (37.50%) Prototyping
4 5 (31.25%) Adobe
4 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (25.00%) E-Commerce
5 4 (25.00%) Agile
6 3 (18.75%) Retail
6 3 (18.75%) Web Design
6 3 (18.75%) Marketing
6 3 (18.75%) Internet
6 3 (18.75%) Photoshop
6 3 (18.75%) IBM Domino
6 3 (18.75%) Finance
6 3 (18.75%) Adobe Illustrator
6 3 (18.75%) InDesign
6 3 (18.75%) Android
6 3 (18.75%) Graphic Design
6 3 (18.75%) Social Media
6 3 (18.75%) Apple iOS
6 3 (18.75%) Typography
6 3 (18.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 3 (18.75%) Customer-Centricity
6 3 (18.75%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 3 (18.75%) Adobe XD
6 3 (18.75%) Kibo
6 3 (18.75%) Wireframes
6 3 (18.75%) User Research
7 2 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 3 (18.75%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 3 (18.75%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 3 (18.75%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (18.75%) Adobe XD
1 3 (18.75%) InDesign
1 3 (18.75%) Photoshop
2 2 (12.50%) Adobe After Effects
2 2 (12.50%) Sketch
3 1 (6.25%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (6.25%) Blender
3 1 (6.25%) CINEMA 4D
Cloud Services
1 8 (50.00%) Figma
2 3 (18.75%) Kibo
3 2 (12.50%) SaaS
4 1 (6.25%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 3 (18.75%) Internet
General
1 3 (18.75%) Finance
1 3 (18.75%) Marketing
1 3 (18.75%) Retail
2 2 (12.50%) Games
2 2 (12.50%) Social Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Advertising
3 1 (6.25%) Banking
3 1 (6.25%) Brand Awareness
3 1 (6.25%) Health Technology
3 1 (6.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (6.25%) CSS
1 1 (6.25%) DCOM
1 1 (6.25%) Framer.js
1 1 (6.25%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Graphic Design
1 3 (18.75%) Social Media
2 2 (12.50%) Animation
2 2 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 2 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 2 (12.50%) PropTech
3 1 (6.25%) e-Learning
3 1 (6.25%) FMCG
3 1 (6.25%) Motion Graphics
3 1 (6.25%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 3 (18.75%) Android
1 3 (18.75%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) User Experience
2 8 (50.00%) UX Design
3 6 (37.50%) Prototyping
4 5 (31.25%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (25.00%) Agile
5 4 (25.00%) E-Commerce
6 3 (18.75%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 3 (18.75%) Customer-Centricity
6 3 (18.75%) Typography
6 3 (18.75%) User Research
6 3 (18.75%) Web Design
6 3 (18.75%) Wireframes
7 2 (12.50%) Collaborative Culture
7 2 (12.50%) CRM
7 2 (12.50%) Customer Experience
7 2 (12.50%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
7 2 (12.50%) Microinteractions
7 2 (12.50%) Storytelling
7 2 (12.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 2 (12.50%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (12.50%) Accessibility
1 2 (12.50%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 5 (31.25%) Adobe
2 1 (6.25%) Bloomberg
2 1 (6.25%) Facebook
2 1 (6.25%) Instagram