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 leading to 12 June 2024.

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

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 180 240 200
Rank change year-on-year +60 -40 -39
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 137 50 152
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.20% 0.69% 1.53%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.26% 0.77% 1.60%
Number of salaries quoted 103 39 82
10th Percentile £27,550 £28,900 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £39,792 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £44,023 £52,806
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% -16.63% +5.61%
75th Percentile £60,741 £52,375 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £96,250 £60,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year -21.74% - +5.50%

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 10,836 6,498 9,523
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.00% 89.52% 95.96%
Number of salaries quoted 8,080 3,977 5,427
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,500 £28,250
25th Percentile £36,500 £41,250 £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 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,500 £81,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,713 £60,000
% change year-on-year -13.53% +1.19% +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 12 June 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 12 June 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 +70 79 £50,000 +11.11% 30
Lancashire -9 25 £40,000 -9.14% 7
Merseyside +22 17 £45,000 - 3
Cheshire -9 16 £27,500 -70.27% 8
Designer
England

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

For the 6 months to 12 June 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 56 (40.88%) User Experience
2 46 (33.58%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 42 (30.66%) Accessibility
4 41 (29.93%) UX Design
5 39 (28.47%) Prototyping
6 36 (26.28%) Adobe
7 35 (25.55%) Agile
8 32 (23.36%) HTML
8 32 (23.36%) Interaction Design
9 31 (22.63%) Coaching
10 30 (21.90%) Figma
11 24 (17.52%) Mentoring
12 22 (16.06%) WCAG
13 20 (14.60%) Service Design
13 20 (14.60%) Public Sector
13 20 (14.60%) Sketch
13 20 (14.60%) Social Skills
14 19 (13.87%) Design Patterns
14 19 (13.87%) Adobe Creative Suite
15 18 (13.14%) Customer Experience
15 18 (13.14%) User Research
15 18 (13.14%) Problem-Solving
16 17 (12.41%) Workshop Facilitation
16 17 (12.41%) Degree
16 17 (12.41%) Adobe Illustrator
17 16 (11.68%) Photoshop
17 16 (11.68%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
17 16 (11.68%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
17 16 (11.68%) Journey Map
18 15 (10.95%) SC Cleared

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 (2.92%) WordPress
2 2 (1.46%) CMS
Applications
1 20 (14.60%) Sketch
2 19 (13.87%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 17 (12.41%) Adobe Illustrator
4 16 (11.68%) Photoshop
5 9 (6.57%) Adobe Captivate
6 6 (4.38%) InDesign
6 6 (4.38%) InVision
7 5 (3.65%) Microsoft Office
7 5 (3.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 4 (2.92%) Adobe After Effects
8 4 (2.92%) Adobe XD
9 3 (2.19%) Trello
10 2 (1.46%) CorelDRAW
10 2 (1.46%) MS Visio
10 2 (1.46%) SOLIDWORKS
10 2 (1.46%) Zeplin
11 1 (0.73%) Marvel
Cloud Services
1 30 (21.90%) Figma
2 13 (9.49%) Heroku
3 12 (8.76%) Miro
4 5 (3.65%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 2 (1.46%) Wix.com
6 1 (0.73%) dbt
6 1 (0.73%) Google Analytics
6 1 (0.73%) Google Workspace
6 1 (0.73%) Pendo
6 1 (0.73%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.73%) Intranet
Development Applications
1 3 (2.19%) Axure RP
General
1 20 (14.60%) Public Sector
1 20 (14.60%) Social Skills
2 10 (7.30%) Games
3 9 (6.57%) Marketing
4 7 (5.11%) Retail
5 4 (2.92%) Finance
6 3 (2.19%) Automotive
6 3 (2.19%) Banking
6 3 (2.19%) Manufacturing
7 2 (1.46%) Publishing
8 1 (0.73%) Agriculture
8 1 (0.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.73%) Multimedia
8 1 (0.73%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 32 (23.36%) HTML
2 10 (7.30%) CSS
3 9 (6.57%) HTML5
4 2 (1.46%) .NET
5 1 (0.73%) Framer.js
Miscellaneous
1 13 (9.49%) e-Learning
2 12 (8.76%) Animation
2 12 (8.76%) Product Ownership
3 10 (7.30%) Mobile App
4 9 (6.57%) SCORM
5 8 (5.84%) Graphic Design
6 7 (5.11%) Social Media
7 4 (2.92%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (1.46%) Digital Signage
8 2 (1.46%) Social Network
9 1 (0.73%) Blog
9 1 (0.73%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.73%) Enterprise Software
9 1 (0.73%) Motion Graphics
9 1 (0.73%) NHS
9 1 (0.73%) Photography
9 1 (0.73%) Tandem
9 1 (0.73%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 5 (3.65%) Android
1 5 (3.65%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (40.88%) User Experience
2 46 (33.58%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 41 (29.93%) UX Design
4 39 (28.47%) Prototyping
5 35 (25.55%) Agile
6 32 (23.36%) Interaction Design
7 31 (22.63%) Coaching
8 24 (17.52%) Mentoring
9 20 (14.60%) Service Design
10 19 (13.87%) Design Patterns
11 18 (13.14%) Customer Experience
11 18 (13.14%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (13.14%) User Research
12 17 (12.41%) Workshop Facilitation
13 16 (11.68%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
13 16 (11.68%) Journey Map
13 16 (11.68%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
14 14 (10.22%) Actionable Insight
15 13 (9.49%) Storyboarding
15 13 (9.49%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 10 (7.30%) JavaScript
2 2 (1.46%) C#
2 2 (1.46%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (12.41%) Degree
2 15 (10.95%) SC Cleared
2 15 (10.95%) Security Cleared
3 9 (6.57%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (30.66%) Accessibility
2 22 (16.06%) WCAG
3 3 (2.19%) GDPR
4 1 (0.73%) QA
Vendors
1 36 (26.28%) Adobe
2 2 (1.46%) Instagram
2 2 (1.46%) Microsoft
2 2 (1.46%) Twitter
3 1 (0.73%) Autodesk
3 1 (0.73%) Google
3 1 (0.73%) Hotjar