Designer Jobs in the North West

Designer
England > North West

The median Designer salary in the North West is £46,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 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
11 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 270 176 219
Rank change year-on-year -94 +43 -31
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 17 119 75
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.21% 1.21% 0.96%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 1.28% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 10 89 53
10th Percentile £42,150 £27,000 £30,250
25th Percentile £42,313 £36,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,250 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.78% - -12.72%
75th Percentile £55,625 £60,741 £57,500
90th Percentile £61,500 £70,000 £95,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £46,110 £60,000
% change year-on-year +19.28% -23.15% +4.35%

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 7,315 9,322 6,975
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.44% 94.61% 89.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4,120 7,164 4,070
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,619 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,250 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +7.48% -12.01% +1.33%

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 11 May 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 11 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
Manchester +11 14 £47,500 -18.05% 24
Cheshire +1 3 £45,000 +63.64% 7
Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 West region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 13 (76.47%) User Experience
2 9 (52.94%) Figma
3 8 (47.06%) Prototyping
4 7 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (41.18%) UX Design
5 6 (35.29%) Adobe
6 5 (29.41%) User Research
6 5 (29.41%) E-Commerce
6 5 (29.41%) Wireframes
7 4 (23.53%) Android
7 4 (23.53%) Apple iOS
7 4 (23.53%) IBM Domino
7 4 (23.53%) Internet
7 4 (23.53%) Web Design
7 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
7 4 (23.53%) Kibo
7 4 (23.53%) Creative Problem-Solving
7 4 (23.53%) Adobe XD
8 3 (17.65%) Sketch
8 3 (17.65%) Workshop Facilitation
8 3 (17.65%) Customer-Centricity
8 3 (17.65%) Customer Experience
8 3 (17.65%) Agile
8 3 (17.65%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (17.65%) InDesign
8 3 (17.65%) Retail
8 3 (17.65%) Marketing
8 3 (17.65%) CSS
8 3 (17.65%) HTML
8 3 (17.65%) JavaScript

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 4 (23.53%) IBM Domino
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Adobe XD
2 3 (17.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 3 (17.65%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (17.65%) InDesign
2 3 (17.65%) Photoshop
2 3 (17.65%) Sketch
3 2 (11.76%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (5.88%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (5.88%) Blender
4 1 (5.88%) CINEMA 4D
Cloud Services
1 9 (52.94%) Figma
2 4 (23.53%) Kibo
3 1 (5.88%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (23.53%) Internet
General
1 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
2 3 (17.65%) Marketing
2 3 (17.65%) Retail
3 2 (11.76%) Games
4 1 (5.88%) Advertising
4 1 (5.88%) Banking
4 1 (5.88%) Brand Awareness
4 1 (5.88%) Finance
4 1 (5.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) CSS
1 3 (17.65%) HTML
2 1 (5.88%) DCOM
2 1 (5.88%) Framer.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Social Media
2 2 (11.76%) Graphic Design
2 2 (11.76%) Product Ownership
2 2 (11.76%) PropTech
3 1 (5.88%) Animation
3 1 (5.88%) e-Learning
3 1 (5.88%) FMCG
3 1 (5.88%) Motion Graphics
3 1 (5.88%) Onboarding
3 1 (5.88%) Photography
Operating Systems
1 4 (23.53%) Android
1 4 (23.53%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (76.47%) User Experience
2 8 (47.06%) Prototyping
3 7 (41.18%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (41.18%) UX Design
4 5 (29.41%) E-Commerce
4 5 (29.41%) User Research
4 5 (29.41%) Wireframes
5 4 (23.53%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 4 (23.53%) Web Design
6 3 (17.65%) Agile
6 3 (17.65%) Customer Experience
6 3 (17.65%) Customer-Centricity
6 3 (17.65%) Typography
6 3 (17.65%) Workshop Facilitation
7 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Culture
7 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (11.76%) Front End Development
7 2 (11.76%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
7 2 (11.76%) Service Design
7 2 (11.76%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.88%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.88%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (5.88%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Adobe
2 1 (5.88%) Facebook
2 1 (5.88%) Instagram