Lead Designer Jobs in the City of London

Lead Designer
Central London > City of London

The median Lead Designer salary in the City of London is £95,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 27 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
27 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 175 193
Rank change year-on-year +37 +18 +102
DemandTrendPermanent jobs requiring a Lead Designer 1 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.055% 0.033% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.058% 0.035% 0.11%
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
Central London median annual salary £95,000 £58,800 £67,500
% change year-on-year +61.56% -12.89% -10.00%

All DemandTrendPermanent IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the City of 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 the City of London with a recognized job title 1,730 2,863 3,773
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.90% 95.78% 96.20%
Number of salaries quoted 1,337 1,998 3,125
10th Percentile £36,900 £42,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £53,075 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year - -3.33% +3.45%
75th Percentile £92,500 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £72,500 £72,000 £74,000
% change year-on-year +0.69% -2.70% +2.07%

Lead Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead Designer in the City of London

Lead Designer
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for Lead Designer job vacancies in the City of London.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Designer job vacancies in the City of London

Lead Designer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 27 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 City of 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 the City of 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