Lead Designer Jobs in England

Lead Designer
UK > England

The median Lead Designer salary in England is £75,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 6 October 2024.

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

6 months to
6 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 734 698 920
Rank change year-on-year -36 +222 -20
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Designer 29 49 180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.041% 0.091% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.095% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 21 26 81
10th Percentile £61,250 £50,750 £52,136
25th Percentile £70,000 £59,500 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £68,750 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -
75th Percentile - £95,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £77,500 - £90,000
UK median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies 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 66,800 51,371 118,338
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.47% 95.64% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 36,413 37,982 70,969
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £44,906 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - +4.35%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - +7.14%

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 6 October 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 6 October 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
North of England +4 14 £75,000 +28.76% 1
London -17 9 £82,500 -8.33% 3
Yorkshire +20 6 £75,000 +11.11%
North West -13 6 £75,000 +45.63% 1
West Midlands -25 4 £68,750 +1.85% 2
Midlands -42 4 £68,750 +1.85% 2
North East -29 2 £75,000 +15.38%
South West -11 1 £60,000 -33.33%
South East -36 1 £52,500 -16.67% 1
Lead Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 6 October 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 14 (48.28%) User Experience
1 14 (48.28%) Interaction Design
2 12 (41.38%) UX Design
3 9 (31.03%) Figma
3 9 (31.03%) User Research
4 8 (27.59%) Social Skills
4 8 (27.59%) Mentoring
4 8 (27.59%) Usability Testing
5 7 (24.14%) Adobe
5 7 (24.14%) Prototyping
6 6 (20.69%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (20.69%) Wireframes
6 6 (20.69%) Agile
6 6 (20.69%) Finance
7 5 (17.24%) Marketing
7 5 (17.24%) Scrum
7 5 (17.24%) Analytics
7 5 (17.24%) Workshop Facilitation
7 5 (17.24%) Design Thinking
7 5 (17.24%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
7 5 (17.24%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (17.24%) Project Delivery
7 5 (17.24%) Accessibility
7 5 (17.24%) Roadmaps
8 4 (13.79%) Customer Experience
8 4 (13.79%) UX Research
8 4 (13.79%) Mobile App
8 4 (13.79%) Project Management

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:

Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Adobe XD
2 2 (6.90%) Sketch
2 2 (6.90%) UserZoom
3 1 (3.45%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (3.45%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (3.45%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (3.45%) Blender
3 1 (3.45%) CINEMA 4D
3 1 (3.45%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Oracle General Ledger
1 2 (6.90%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (3.45%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (31.03%) Figma
2 3 (10.34%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 3 (10.34%) Azure
2 3 (10.34%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (6.90%) AWS
3 2 (6.90%) OCI
4 1 (3.45%) Azure API Management
4 1 (3.45%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.45%) Google Analytics
4 1 (3.45%) Miro
4 1 (3.45%) Power Platform
4 1 (3.45%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.90%) SAP BW
2 1 (3.45%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.45%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (6.90%) Axure RP
2 1 (3.45%) Balsamiq
2 1 (3.45%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.45%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 8 (27.59%) Social Skills
2 6 (20.69%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (20.69%) Finance
3 5 (17.24%) Marketing
3 5 (17.24%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (6.90%) Back Office
5 2 (6.90%) Games
5 2 (6.90%) General Ledger
5 2 (6.90%) Retail
6 1 (3.45%) Health Technology
6 1 (3.45%) Public Sector
6 1 (3.45%) Welsh Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (10.34%) CSS
2 2 (6.90%) HTML
2 2 (6.90%) React
3 1 (3.45%) ADO
3 1 (3.45%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 4 (13.79%) Mobile App
2 3 (10.34%) Blockchain
3 2 (6.90%) Graphic Design
3 2 (6.90%) Reinsurance
4 1 (3.45%) Animation
4 1 (3.45%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (3.45%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (3.45%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (48.28%) Interaction Design
1 14 (48.28%) User Experience
2 12 (41.38%) UX Design
3 9 (31.03%) User Research
4 8 (27.59%) Mentoring
4 8 (27.59%) Usability Testing
5 7 (24.14%) Prototyping
6 6 (20.69%) Agile
6 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (20.69%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 6 (20.69%) Wireframes
7 5 (17.24%) Analytics
7 5 (17.24%) Design Thinking
7 5 (17.24%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
7 5 (17.24%) Project Delivery
7 5 (17.24%) Roadmaps
7 5 (17.24%) Scrum
7 5 (17.24%) Workshop Facilitation
8 4 (13.79%) Customer Experience
8 4 (13.79%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) JavaScript
2 1 (3.45%) C#
2 1 (3.45%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (10.34%) Degree
2 2 (6.90%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (17.24%) Accessibility
2 2 (6.90%) GAAP
2 2 (6.90%) IFRS
2 2 (6.90%) QA
3 1 (3.45%) WCAG
Vendors
1 7 (24.14%) Adobe
2 2 (6.90%) Oracle
2 2 (6.90%) PeopleSoft
2 2 (6.90%) SAP
3 1 (3.45%) Google
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft
3 1 (3.45%) Salesforce