Graphic Design Jobs in the North West

Graphic Design
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Graphic Design in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited Graphic Design over the 6 months leading up to 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 287 270 291
Rank change year-on-year -17 +21 +39
Permanent jobs citing Graphic Design 3 29 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.038% 0.28% 0.066%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.12% 0.91% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2 17 5
10th Percentile £48,750 £20,160 £27,800
25th Percentile £54,375 £25,500 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £32,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +100.00% -13.33% -42.31%
75th Percentile £76,875 £40,000 £40,000
90th Percentile £83,250 £62,500 -
England median annual salary £32,500 £30,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% -33.33% -

All Generic Skills
North West

Graphic Design falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 2,541 3,176 3,161
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 32.56% 30.70% 41.64%
Number of salaries quoted 891 2,284 1,462
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £32,860
25th Percentile £39,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,603 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -15.38% +4.00%

Graphic Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings citing Graphic Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for Graphic Design in the North West

Graphic Design
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for Graphic Design in the North West

Graphic Design
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Graphic Design in the North West over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Graphic Design in the North West

Graphic Design
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 Graphic Design within the North West region over the 6 months to 30 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 +40 2 £85,000 +78.95% 1
Cheshire +3 1 £45,000 +63.64%
Graphic Design
England

Graphic Design
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:

Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe After Effects
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (66.67%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (66.67%) InDesign
1 2 (66.67%) Photoshop
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe Premiere
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe XD
2 1 (33.33%) Blender
2 1 (33.33%) CINEMA 4D
2 1 (33.33%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Figma
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
General
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
1 2 (66.67%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) Advertising
2 1 (33.33%) Health Technology
2 1 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Creative Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Graphic Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Product Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Product Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior UI Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior UI/UX Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior UX Designer
2 1 (33.33%) UI Designer
2 1 (33.33%) UI/UX Designer
2 1 (33.33%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) DCOM
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Onboarding
1 2 (66.67%) Social Media
2 1 (33.33%) Animation
2 1 (33.33%) e-Learning
2 1 (33.33%) FMCG
2 1 (33.33%) Motion Graphics
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) Prototyping
2 2 (66.67%) Typography
2 2 (66.67%) UX Design
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Customer-Centricity
3 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
3 1 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) Human-Centred Design
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (33.33%) Responsive Web Design
3 1 (33.33%) Social Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Storyboarding
3 1 (33.33%) Storytelling
3 1 (33.33%) User Research
3 1 (33.33%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Adobe