Designer Jobs in West Yorkshire

Designer
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The median Designer salary in West Yorkshire is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 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
3 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 99 128 190
Rank change year-on-year +29 +62 -23
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 10 36 39
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 0.72% 1.14% 0.83%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.80% 1.19% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 7 22 27
10th Percentile £41,500 £24,400 £40,250
25th Percentile £45,000 £28,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £39,695 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.96% -25.80% +7.00%
75th Percentile £54,250 £60,741 £77,000
90th Percentile £56,000 - £84,768
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -15.89% +7.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in West Yorkshire. 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 West Yorkshire with a recognized job title 1,245 3,033 4,379
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.50% 96.44% 92.80%
Number of salaries quoted 636 2,206 2,219
10th Percentile £27,625 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £38,523 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,375 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.75% -9.09% +9.62%
75th Percentile £76,250 £67,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £82,548 £86,000
Yorkshire median annual salary £47,683 £49,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.69% -6.67% +5.00%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in West Yorkshire

Designer
Salary Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Salary trend for Designer in West Yorkshire

Designer
Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Designer within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 3 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
Leeds +33 10 £50,000 -13.74% 13
Designer
Yorkshire

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 West Yorkshire region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (60.00%) Service Design
4 5 (50.00%) User Research
4 5 (50.00%) Public Sector
5 3 (30.00%) Figma
5 3 (30.00%) Adobe XD
5 3 (30.00%) Adobe
6 2 (20.00%) NHS
6 2 (20.00%) Change Management
6 2 (20.00%) Windows
6 2 (20.00%) E-Commerce
6 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (20.00%) Agile
6 2 (20.00%) Line Management
6 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
6 2 (20.00%) Coaching
6 2 (20.00%) User Experience
6 2 (20.00%) DBS Check
6 2 (20.00%) Business Development
6 2 (20.00%) Usability Testing
6 2 (20.00%) UX Design
6 2 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (20.00%) Design Thinking
6 2 (20.00%) Business Change Management
6 2 (20.00%) Co-Creation
6 2 (20.00%) Wireframes
6 2 (20.00%) Prototyping
6 2 (20.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
6 2 (20.00%) Sketch

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 3 (30.00%) Adobe XD
2 2 (20.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 3 (30.00%) Figma
2 1 (10.00%) SaaS
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 5 (50.00%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) NHS
1 2 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (10.00%) Graphic Design
2 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 6 (60.00%) Service Design
3 5 (50.00%) User Research
4 2 (20.00%) Agile
4 2 (20.00%) Business Change Management
4 2 (20.00%) Business Development
4 2 (20.00%) Change Management
4 2 (20.00%) Co-Creation
4 2 (20.00%) Design Thinking
4 2 (20.00%) E-Commerce
4 2 (20.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 2 (20.00%) Journey Map
4 2 (20.00%) Line Management
4 2 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (20.00%) Prototyping
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) Usability Testing
4 2 (20.00%) UX Design
4 2 (20.00%) Wireframes
4 2 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) DBS Check
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Adobe