Lead UX Designer Jobs in England

Lead User Experience Designer
UK > England

The median Lead User Experience Designer salary in England is £95,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 1 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
1 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 823 900 1049
Rank change year-on-year +77 +149 -256
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead UX Designer 10 27 102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.012% 0.029% 0.077%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.012% 0.032% 0.080%
Number of salaries quoted 9 20 44
10th Percentile £71,500 - £70,000
25th Percentile £72,500 £66,250 £72,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £95,000 £71,250 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -16.18% +30.77%
75th Percentile £100,000 £80,313 £102,500
90th Percentile £102,000 £84,125 £132,500
UK median annual salary £75,000 £71,250 £75,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% +13.21%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 80,510 84,770 126,878
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.47% 91.53% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 60,250 53,679 75,658
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,626 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,250 £45,000 £43,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,833 £60,775 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.42% +1.29% +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,991 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £91,250 £100,000 £97,500
UK median annual salary £52,777 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.04% - +9.09%

Lead UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead UX Designer in England

Lead UX Designer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for Lead UX Designer in England

Lead UX Designer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead UX Designer in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead UX Designer in England

Lead UX 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 UX Designer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
London +115 6 £85,000 +17.24% 4
North of England +40 1 - -
North West +8 1 - -
South East - 1 £77,500 -
Lead UX Designer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2024, Lead UX 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 UX Designer in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) UX Design
1 10 (100.00%) User Experience
2 5 (50.00%) Agile
2 5 (50.00%) User Research
3 4 (40.00%) Sketch
3 4 (40.00%) Figma
4 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
4 3 (30.00%) Accessibility
4 3 (30.00%) Wireframes
4 3 (30.00%) Prototyping
4 3 (30.00%) InVision
5 2 (20.00%) Mobile First
5 2 (20.00%) Customer Experience
5 2 (20.00%) Usability Testing
5 2 (20.00%) Confluence
5 2 (20.00%) WCAG
5 2 (20.00%) JIRA
5 2 (20.00%) Workflow
5 2 (20.00%) Finance
5 2 (20.00%) Fintech
5 2 (20.00%) Service Design
5 2 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
5 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (20.00%) Lean UX
5 2 (20.00%) UX Research
5 2 (20.00%) Lean Software Development
5 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 1 (10.00%) Design Thinking
6 1 (10.00%) Value Proposition

Lead UX 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Sketch
2 3 (30.00%) InVision
3 1 (10.00%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Figma
2 1 (10.00%) SaaS
2 1 (10.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 1 (10.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (30.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Finance
3 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (10.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (10.00%) Law
3 1 (10.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) User Experience
1 10 (100.00%) UX Design
2 5 (50.00%) Agile
2 5 (50.00%) User Research
3 3 (30.00%) Prototyping
3 3 (30.00%) Wireframes
4 2 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
4 2 (20.00%) Customer Experience
4 2 (20.00%) Customer-Centricity
4 2 (20.00%) Fintech
4 2 (20.00%) Lean Software Development
4 2 (20.00%) Lean UX
4 2 (20.00%) Mobile First
4 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (20.00%) Service Design
4 2 (20.00%) Usability Testing
4 2 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (20.00%) UX Research
4 2 (20.00%) Workflow
5 1 (10.00%) Ideation Sessions
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (10.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
1 1 (10.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (20.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Adobe
1 1 (10.00%) Salesforce