Lead Designer Jobs in England

Lead Designer
UK > England

The median Lead Designer salary in England is £90,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 10 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
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 809 867 897
Rank change year-on-year +58 +30 -137
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Designer 22 62 234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.026% 0.069% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.075% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 17 47 77
10th Percentile - £45,600 £53,081
25th Percentile £55,400 £66,250 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £90,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +28.57% -6.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile - £82,500 £92,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,500 £114,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £70,626 £70,000
% change year-on-year -15.05% +0.89% +3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 81,130 82,270 127,705
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.48% 91.46% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 60,549 52,263 74,733
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £90,857 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%

Lead Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Designer in England

Lead Designer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Lead Designer in England

Lead Designer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead Designer in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead Designer in England

Lead Designer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 10 May 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
London +96 14 £90,000 +16.88% 8
North of England +39 4 £58,800 -16.30% 9
North West -1 2 £58,800 -12.24% 5
Yorkshire +82 1 - - 3
South East +6 1 £77,500 +55.00%
West Midlands -2 1 £58,800 -12.89% 1
Midlands -22 1 £58,800 -12.89% 1
North East - 1 £58,800 - 1
Lead Designer
UK

Lead Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 10 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 England region featuring Lead Designer in the job title.

1 11 (50.00%) User Experience
2 10 (45.45%) Accessibility
3 9 (40.91%) Design Patterns
3 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
3 9 (40.91%) Agile
4 8 (36.36%) Finance
4 8 (36.36%) UX Design
4 8 (36.36%) User Research
4 8 (36.36%) Strategic Thinking
4 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (31.82%) Customer-Centricity
5 7 (31.82%) Prototyping
5 7 (31.82%) Customer Experience
5 7 (31.82%) Retail
6 6 (27.27%) Analytics
6 6 (27.27%) Figma
6 6 (27.27%) Roadmaps
6 6 (27.27%) Service Design
6 6 (27.27%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 5 (22.73%) Technical Debt
7 5 (22.73%) Critical Thinking
7 5 (22.73%) IFRS
7 5 (22.73%) Reinsurance
7 5 (22.73%) Front End Development
7 5 (22.73%) Mentoring
7 5 (22.73%) OCI
7 5 (22.73%) Technology Roadmap
7 5 (22.73%) Project Delivery
7 5 (22.73%) Customer Service
7 5 (22.73%) Regulatory Change

Lead Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (9.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Sketch
2 2 (9.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (9.09%) InVision
3 1 (4.55%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 5 (22.73%) Oracle General Ledger
1 5 (22.73%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 6 (27.27%) Figma
2 5 (22.73%) AWS
2 5 (22.73%) Azure
2 5 (22.73%) OCI
3 4 (18.18%) dbt
4 1 (4.55%) SaaS
4 1 (4.55%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
4 1 (4.55%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 2 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 8 (36.36%) Finance
3 7 (31.82%) Retail
4 5 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (22.73%) Back Office
4 5 (22.73%) General Ledger
4 5 (22.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (4.55%) Games
5 1 (4.55%) Law
5 1 (4.55%) Legal
5 1 (4.55%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) React
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Reinsurance
2 2 (9.09%) Graphic Design
2 2 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (4.55%) Cyberattack
3 1 (4.55%) Online Games
3 1 (4.55%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (50.00%) User Experience
2 9 (40.91%) Agile
2 9 (40.91%) Design Patterns
3 8 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (36.36%) Strategic Thinking
3 8 (36.36%) User Research
3 8 (36.36%) UX Design
4 7 (31.82%) Customer Experience
4 7 (31.82%) Customer-Centricity
4 7 (31.82%) Prototyping
5 6 (27.27%) Analytics
5 6 (27.27%) Roadmaps
5 6 (27.27%) Service Design
5 6 (27.27%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 5 (22.73%) Data Management
6 5 (22.73%) Enterprise Data Management
6 5 (22.73%) ERP
6 5 (22.73%) Front End Development
6 5 (22.73%) Migration
6 5 (22.73%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
1 1 (4.55%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Oracle Certification
1 5 (22.73%) Security Cleared
2 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
3 3 (13.64%) Degree
4 1 (4.55%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (4.55%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (45.45%) Accessibility
2 5 (22.73%) GAAP
2 5 (22.73%) IFRS
3 2 (9.09%) WCAG
4 1 (4.55%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Oracle
1 5 (22.73%) PeopleSoft
1 5 (22.73%) SAP
2 3 (13.64%) Adobe
3 1 (4.55%) Salesforce