
Design & Visual Arts
When you’re on a career path in the design and visual arts sector, you’ll be able to put your creative abilities and artistic flair to great use every day, working in a diverse range of roles around design, fashion, sculpting, drawing and crafting. In Greater Manchester, roles are increasing year on year.
If hands-on creation isn’t your thing, you could always manage and direct productions and processes, curate art galleries or oversee exhibitions. With the technology hub of MediaCityUK, graphic designers and web designers are in huge demand, but so too are those skills in product and clothes design, so you’re sure to find a job that suits your passions!
Top Career Opportunities

Arts officers, producers and directors
Average Salary £43,700

Product, clothing and related designers
Average Salary £31,700

Artists
Average Salary £33,100

Graphic designers
Average Salary £26,400
Top Job (By Salary) | Average Salary |
---|---|
Arts officers, producers and directors | £43,700 |
Artists | £33,100 |
Web design and development professionals | £32,700 |
Product, clothing and related designers | £31,700 |
Graphic designers | £26,400 |

Job Figures
There are predicted to be 751 new jobs with an estimated 9,451 annual openings.

Average Salaries
The current average wage for design and visual arts related occupations is £33,520 per year.
Visual Arts
If you never stop doodling on scraps of paper or love nothing more than redesigning and upcycling your old clothes, then a course in Design & Visual Arts could be just what you need to express your creativity and hone your artistic flair.