Lead Product Designer Job Trends in England

Lead Product Designer
UK > England

The median Lead Product Designer salary in England is £100,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 13 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 599 - 677
Rank change year-on-year - - +281
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Product Designer 6 0 7
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.011% - 0.014%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.013% - 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 7
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £85,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £100,000 - £90,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.50%
75th Percentile - - £98,750
90th Percentile - - £104,000
UK median annual salary £100,000 - £90,000
% change year-on-year - - +12.50%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 47,747 44,477 47,148
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.85% 92.70% 95.14%
Number of salaries quoted 30,178 23,217 36,932
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,750 £31,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £41,670
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,800
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +3.81% -6.02%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £95,000 £98,750 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% -4.17%

Lead Product Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Lead Product Designer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Lead Product Designer job vacancy trend in England

Lead Product Designer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Lead Product Designer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Product Designer job vacancies in England

Lead Product 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 Product Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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 - 4 £100,000 - 10
East of England - 1 - - 4
South East - 1 - - 7
Lead Product Designer
UK

Lead Product Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 13 January 2026, Lead Product Designer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring Lead Product Designer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) User Research
2 5 (83.33%) Analytics
2 5 (83.33%) Prototyping
3 4 (66.67%) User Experience
3 4 (66.67%) UX Design
3 4 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation
4 3 (50.00%) Adobe
4 3 (50.00%) Broadband
4 3 (50.00%) Customer Experience
4 3 (50.00%) Front End Development
4 3 (50.00%) Line Management
4 3 (50.00%) SaaS
5 2 (33.33%) Accessibility
5 2 (33.33%) Adobe Analytics
5 2 (33.33%) Agile
5 2 (33.33%) AI
5 2 (33.33%) Digital Customer Experience
5 2 (33.33%) Figma
5 2 (33.33%) Inclusive Design
5 2 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
5 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 2 (33.33%) Storytelling
5 2 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (16.67%) Content Strategy
6 1 (16.67%) Content Writing
6 1 (16.67%) Customer Insight
6 1 (16.67%) Design Thinking
6 1 (16.67%) DesignOps
6 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development

Lead Product Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (50.00%) SaaS
2 2 (33.33%) Adobe Analytics
2 2 (33.33%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Broadband
General
1 2 (33.33%) Games
2 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Social Media
2 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) User Research
2 5 (83.33%) Analytics
2 5 (83.33%) Prototyping
3 4 (66.67%) User Experience
3 4 (66.67%) UX Design
3 4 (66.67%) Workshop Facilitation
4 3 (50.00%) Customer Experience
4 3 (50.00%) Front End Development
4 3 (50.00%) Line Management
5 2 (33.33%) Agile
5 2 (33.33%) AI
5 2 (33.33%) Digital Customer Experience
5 2 (33.33%) Inclusive Design
5 2 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
5 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 2 (33.33%) Storytelling
5 2 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
6 1 (16.67%) Product Strategy
6 1 (16.67%) Systems Thinking
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (16.67%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Adobe