Designer Jobs in the North West

Designer
England > North West

The median Designer salary in the North West is £45,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 26 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

 6 months to
26 Apr 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 172 213 193
Rank change year-on-year +41 -20 -33
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 120 85 142
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.24% 1.07% 1.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.30% 1.19% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 91 60 83
10th Percentile £27,000 £30,900 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,043 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,827 £53,112
Median % change year-on-year -1.80% -13.72% +18.03%
75th Percentile £60,741 £67,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £92,875 £59,500
England median annual salary £46,111 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -23.15% +4.35% +9.52%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 9,207 7,117 9,033
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.83% 89.21% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7,087 4,116 5,478
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £69,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,899 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.15% +1.50% +9.09%

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 26 April 2024.

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 26 April 2024. 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 +45 66 £57,965 +18.90% 16
Lancashire -17 23 £40,000 -9.14% 3
Cheshire -7 16 £27,500 -70.27% 7
Merseyside +22 15 £45,000 - 1
Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 26 April 2024, 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 53 (44.17%) User Experience
2 51 (42.50%) Accessibility
3 50 (41.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 45 (37.50%) Prototyping
5 40 (33.33%) UX Design
6 39 (32.50%) Agile
7 31 (25.83%) Adobe
7 31 (25.83%) Coaching
8 30 (25.00%) HTML
8 30 (25.00%) User Research
9 28 (23.33%) Interaction Design
10 27 (22.50%) Figma
11 26 (21.67%) Mentoring
12 25 (20.83%) Social Skills
13 23 (19.17%) Problem-Solving
13 23 (19.17%) Security Cleared
14 22 (18.33%) WCAG
14 22 (18.33%) Public Sector
14 22 (18.33%) Design Patterns
15 20 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
16 19 (15.83%) Customer Experience
16 19 (15.83%) Adobe Creative Suite
16 19 (15.83%) Service Design
17 17 (14.17%) SC Cleared
17 17 (14.17%) Workshop Facilitation
18 16 (13.33%) Wireframes
18 16 (13.33%) Degree
19 15 (12.50%) Sketch
19 15 (12.50%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
19 15 (12.50%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes

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 (3.33%) WordPress
2 2 (1.67%) CMS
Applications
1 19 (15.83%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 15 (12.50%) Sketch
3 14 (11.67%) Adobe Illustrator
4 13 (10.83%) Photoshop
5 9 (7.50%) Adobe Captivate
6 6 (5.00%) InDesign
7 5 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
7 5 (4.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 4 (3.33%) Adobe After Effects
9 3 (2.50%) Trello
10 2 (1.67%) CorelDRAW
10 2 (1.67%) InVision
10 2 (1.67%) MS Visio
10 2 (1.67%) SOLIDWORKS
11 1 (0.83%) Adobe XD
11 1 (0.83%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 27 (22.50%) Figma
2 14 (11.67%) Heroku
3 10 (8.33%) Miro
4 4 (3.33%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 3 (2.50%) dbt
6 2 (1.67%) SaaS
7 1 (0.83%) Google Analytics
7 1 (0.83%) Google Workspace
7 1 (0.83%) Pendo
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.83%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 2 (1.67%) WiX
2 1 (0.83%) Axure RP
General
1 25 (20.83%) Social Skills
2 22 (18.33%) Public Sector
3 12 (10.00%) Finance
4 10 (8.33%) Games
5 9 (7.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (7.50%) Retail
6 7 (5.83%) Marketing
7 6 (5.00%) Law
8 3 (2.50%) Automotive
8 3 (2.50%) Banking
8 3 (2.50%) Manufacturing
9 2 (1.67%) Legal
9 2 (1.67%) Publishing
10 1 (0.83%) Agriculture
10 1 (0.83%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.83%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 30 (25.00%) HTML
2 9 (7.50%) HTML5
3 8 (6.67%) CSS
4 2 (1.67%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.83%) e-Learning
2 12 (10.00%) Animation
2 12 (10.00%) Product Ownership
3 9 (7.50%) SCORM
4 7 (5.83%) Mobile App
5 6 (5.00%) Cyberattack
5 6 (5.00%) Social Media
6 5 (4.17%) Graphic Design
7 4 (3.33%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.67%) Digital Signage
8 2 (1.67%) Social Network
9 1 (0.83%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.83%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.83%) Motion Graphics
9 1 (0.83%) NHS
9 1 (0.83%) Photography
9 1 (0.83%) Tandem
9 1 (0.83%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.17%) Android
1 5 (4.17%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (44.17%) User Experience
2 50 (41.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 45 (37.50%) Prototyping
4 40 (33.33%) UX Design
5 39 (32.50%) Agile
6 31 (25.83%) Coaching
7 30 (25.00%) User Research
8 28 (23.33%) Interaction Design
9 26 (21.67%) Mentoring
10 23 (19.17%) Problem-Solving
11 22 (18.33%) Design Patterns
12 20 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
13 19 (15.83%) Customer Experience
13 19 (15.83%) Service Design
14 17 (14.17%) Workshop Facilitation
15 16 (13.33%) Wireframes
16 15 (12.50%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
16 15 (12.50%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
17 14 (11.67%) Analytics
17 14 (11.67%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.17%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.67%) C#
2 2 (1.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 23 (19.17%) Security Cleared
2 17 (14.17%) SC Cleared
3 16 (13.33%) Degree
4 9 (7.50%) CIPD
5 6 (5.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 51 (42.50%) Accessibility
2 22 (18.33%) WCAG
3 4 (3.33%) GDPR
Vendors
1 31 (25.83%) Adobe
2 2 (1.67%) Instagram
2 2 (1.67%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.67%) Twitter
3 1 (0.83%) Autodesk
3 1 (0.83%) Google
3 1 (0.83%) Hotjar
280 Designer jobs in England