Designer Job Trends in Leeds

Designer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Designer salary in Leeds is £80,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 84 73 107
Rank change year-on-year -11 +34 +34
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 18 13 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Leeds 1.36% 1.21% 0.15%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.45% 1.27% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 11 10 2
10th Percentile £46,000 £44,135 £42,375
25th Percentile £63,125 £45,000 £45,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £52,500 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +52.38% -2.33% +26.47%
75th Percentile - £60,991 £63,438
90th Percentile - £89,250 £68,125
West Yorkshire median annual salary £80,000 £50,000 £36,250
% change year-on-year +60.00% +37.93% -14.71%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Leeds

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Leeds. 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 Leeds with a recognized job title 1,239 1,027 1,257
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.37% 95.62% 97.22%
Number of salaries quoted 808 593 926
10th Percentile £28,500 £30,633 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £52,500 £55,720
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -5.78% +1.31%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £83,750 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,500 £52,250 £55,000
% change year-on-year +6.22% -5.00% -

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Designer job vacancy trend in Leeds

Designer
Salary Trend in Leeds

Salary distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Leeds.

Salary distribution trend for Designer job vacancies in Leeds

Designer
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer in Leeds over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Designer in Leeds

Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds

For the 6 months to 1 January 2026, 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 Leeds region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 15 (83.33%) Service Design
2 6 (33.33%) Product Strategy
3 4 (22.22%) Agile
4 3 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 3 (16.67%) Degree
4 3 (16.67%) Interaction Design
4 3 (16.67%) Prototyping
4 3 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 3 (16.67%) User Research
5 2 (11.11%) Change Management
5 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (11.11%) Culture Change
5 2 (11.11%) Customer Experience
5 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
5 2 (11.11%) Information Management
5 2 (11.11%) Product Management
5 2 (11.11%) Project Delivery
5 2 (11.11%) SEO
5 2 (11.11%) User Experience
5 2 (11.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 1 (5.56%) Acceptance Criteria
6 1 (5.56%) Amazon Cognito
6 1 (5.56%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (5.56%) Amazon S3
6 1 (5.56%) AWS
6 1 (5.56%) AWS Certification
6 1 (5.56%) AWS Lambda
6 1 (5.56%) Business Strategy
6 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Culture
6 1 (5.56%) Computer Science

Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 1 (5.56%) Amazon Cognito
1 1 (5.56%) Amazon S3
1 1 (5.56%) AWS
1 1 (5.56%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (5.56%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Amazon RDS
General
1 1 (5.56%) Public Sector
1 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.56%) OpenAPI
1 1 (5.56%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Data Structures
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (83.33%) Service Design
2 6 (33.33%) Product Strategy
3 4 (22.22%) Agile
4 3 (16.67%) Business Analysis
4 3 (16.67%) Interaction Design
4 3 (16.67%) Prototyping
4 3 (16.67%) Software Engineering
4 3 (16.67%) User Research
5 2 (11.11%) Change Management
5 2 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (11.11%) Culture Change
5 2 (11.11%) Customer Experience
5 2 (11.11%) Decision-Making
5 2 (11.11%) Information Management
5 2 (11.11%) Product Management
5 2 (11.11%) Project Delivery
5 2 (11.11%) SEO
5 2 (11.11%) User Experience
5 2 (11.11%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 1 (5.56%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (5.56%) AWS Certification
2 1 (5.56%) IIBA
2 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
2 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared