Lead Designer Jobs in Central London

Lead Designer
London > Central London

The median Lead Designer salary in Central London is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 August 2025.

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

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 152 201 213
Rank change year-on-year +49 +12 +93
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a Lead Designer 1 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.047% 0.028% 0.095%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.049% 0.029% 0.098%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 2
10th Percentile - - £60,930
25th Percentile £92,500 £55,400 £62,025
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £58,800 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +61.56% -12.89% -10.00%
75th Percentile £97,500 £62,200 £71,825
90th Percentile - - £72,230
London median annual salary £95,000 £90,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% +12.58%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
Central London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Central London. 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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies in Central London with a recognized job title 2,030 3,424 4,062
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.68% 96.04% 96.14%
Number of salaries quoted 1,533 2,246 3,383
10th Percentile £38,200 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £52,500 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £71,250 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.75% -3.72% +2.07%
75th Percentile £95,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £72,500 £72,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +0.69% -0.69% +3.57%

Lead Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Designer in Central London

Lead Designer
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for Lead Designer job vacancies in Central London.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Designer job vacancies in Central London

Lead Designer
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Designer within the Central London region over the 6 months to 28 August 2025. 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +38 1 £95,000 +61.56% 5
Lead Designer
London

Lead Designer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London

For the 6 months to 28 August 2025, 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 Central London region featuring Lead Designer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Reinsurance
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) User Research

Lead Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design