Lead Designer Jobs in Scotland

Lead Designer
UK > Scotland

The median Lead Designer salary in Scotland is £55,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 3 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
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 274 213 230
Rank change year-on-year -61 +17 -48
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Designer 6 4 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.089% 0.085% 0.28%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.092% 0.094% 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 6 0 15
10th Percentile - - £59,050
25th Percentile £52,500 - £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 - £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.34%
75th Percentile £61,025 - £67,500
90th Percentile £66,000 - -
UK median annual salary £65,000 £70,626 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.97% +0.89% +3.70%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Scotland

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Scotland. 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 Scotland with a recognized job title 6,525 4,268 5,547
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.88% 90.19% 96.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,619 2,327 2,988
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,828 £28,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +9.52% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
UK median annual salary £52,508 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.49% - +9.09%

Lead Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Designer in Scotland

Lead Designer
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Lead Designer in Scotland

Lead Designer
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Designer within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 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
Edinburgh +43 6 £55,000 -
Lead Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 Scotland region featuring Lead Designer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (83.33%) Prototyping
3 4 (66.67%) Creative Problem-Solving
3 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (66.67%) Figma
3 4 (66.67%) Storytelling
3 4 (66.67%) Miro
3 4 (66.67%) User Experience
3 4 (66.67%) UX Design
4 3 (50.00%) B2B
4 3 (50.00%) B2C
4 3 (50.00%) SaaS
5 2 (33.33%) Retail
5 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
5 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
5 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
5 2 (33.33%) dbt
5 2 (33.33%) User Research
5 2 (33.33%) Design Patterns
5 2 (33.33%) Service Design
5 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
6 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
6 1 (16.67%) Interaction Design
6 1 (16.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 1 (16.67%) Cost Reduction
6 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
6 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
6 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (16.67%) Agile
6 1 (16.67%) Front End Development

Lead Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (66.67%) Figma
1 4 (66.67%) Miro
2 3 (50.00%) SaaS
3 2 (33.33%) dbt
General
1 6 (100.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Prototyping
2 4 (66.67%) Creative Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (66.67%) Storytelling
2 4 (66.67%) User Experience
2 4 (66.67%) UX Design
3 3 (50.00%) B2B
3 3 (50.00%) B2C
4 2 (33.33%) Design Patterns
4 2 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 2 (33.33%) Service Design
4 2 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
4 2 (33.33%) User Research
5 1 (16.67%) Agile
5 1 (16.67%) Cost Reduction
5 1 (16.67%) Front End Development
5 1 (16.67%) Interaction Design
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (16.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility