Lead Designer Jobs in Edinburgh

Lead Designer
Scotland > Edinburgh

The median Lead Designer salary in Edinburgh is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 11 May 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
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 104 139 148
Rank change year-on-year +35 +9 -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Designer 5 4 13
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.33% 0.20% 0.55%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.21% 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 13
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £52,500 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £65,000
75th Percentile £57,500 - £67,500
90th Percentile £60,320 - -
Scotland median annual salary £55,000 - £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -10.34%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Edinburgh

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh. 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 Edinburgh with a recognized job title 1,437 1,947 2,331
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.80% 95.02% 98.06%
Number of salaries quoted 1,018 1,160 1,468
10th Percentile £32,675 £35,733 £33,488
25th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £42,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £72,433 £77,715 £70,000
90th Percentile £93,250 £89,852 £85,000
Scotland median annual salary £52,500 £55,750 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.83% +6.19% +10.53%

Lead Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Designer in Edinburgh

Lead Designer
Salary Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lead Designer in Edinburgh.

Salary trend for Lead Designer in Edinburgh

Lead Designer Skill Set
Top 29 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh

For the 6 months to 11 May 2024, Lead 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 Edinburgh region featuring Lead Designer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 5 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 4 (80.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Figma
2 4 (80.00%) Storytelling
2 4 (80.00%) Miro
2 4 (80.00%) User Experience
2 4 (80.00%) UX Design
3 3 (60.00%) B2B
3 3 (60.00%) B2C
3 3 (60.00%) SaaS
4 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Line Management
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Service Design
4 1 (20.00%) Front End Development
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Retail
4 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (20.00%) Accessibility
4 1 (20.00%) dbt
4 1 (20.00%) User Research
4 1 (20.00%) Interaction Design
4 1 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) Design Patterns

Lead Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Figma
1 4 (80.00%) Miro
2 3 (60.00%) SaaS
3 1 (20.00%) dbt
General
1 5 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Prototyping
2 4 (80.00%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (80.00%) Storytelling
2 4 (80.00%) User Experience
2 4 (80.00%) UX Design
3 3 (60.00%) B2B
3 3 (60.00%) B2C
4 1 (20.00%) Agile
4 1 (20.00%) Data Visualisation
4 1 (20.00%) Design Patterns
4 1 (20.00%) Front End Development
4 1 (20.00%) Interaction Design
4 1 (20.00%) Line Management
4 1 (20.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (20.00%) Service Design
4 1 (20.00%) Strategic Thinking
4 1 (20.00%) User Research
4 1 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 1 (20.00%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) Accessibility