Designer Jobs in Leeds

Designer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Designer salary in Leeds is £57,965 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 4 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
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 113 148 138
Rank change year-on-year +35 -10 -47
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 23 28 72
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 1.02% 0.93% 1.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.06% 0.97% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 10 19 49
10th Percentile £24,000 £41,250 -
25th Percentile £43,797 £47,625 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.39% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £60,741 £77,000 £56,250
90th Percentile - £83,000 £68,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £35,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -36.36% +10.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Leeds

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised 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 2,160 2,882 3,673
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.00% 95.21% 97.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,561 1,729 2,549
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,429 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £70,000
90th Percentile £84,056 £86,250 £85,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Designer in Leeds

Designer
Salary Trend in Leeds

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Designer in Leeds.

Salary trend for Designer in Leeds

Designer
Salary Histogram in Leeds

Salary distribution for jobs citing Designer in Leeds over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Designer in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 4 May 2024, 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 Leeds region featuring Designer in the job title.

1 16 (69.57%) Prototyping
1 16 (69.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 12 (52.17%) Accessibility
3 10 (43.48%) UX Design
3 10 (43.48%) Coaching
3 10 (43.48%) User Experience
4 8 (34.78%) WCAG
5 7 (30.43%) Agile
5 7 (30.43%) SC Cleared
5 7 (30.43%) Security Cleared
5 7 (30.43%) Actionable Insight
5 7 (30.43%) Service Design
5 7 (30.43%) Design Patterns
5 7 (30.43%) User Research
5 7 (30.43%) Workshop Facilitation
6 6 (26.09%) Wireframes
6 6 (26.09%) Digital Customer Experience
6 6 (26.09%) Customer Experience
6 6 (26.09%) Mentoring
7 5 (21.74%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
7 5 (21.74%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
7 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
7 5 (21.74%) HTML
7 5 (21.74%) Interaction Design
7 5 (21.74%) UX Research
8 4 (17.39%) Sketch
8 4 (17.39%) Figma
8 4 (17.39%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (17.39%) Community of Practice
8 4 (17.39%) Sprint Review

Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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 4 (17.39%) Sketch
2 2 (8.70%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 4 (17.39%) Figma
1 4 (17.39%) Heroku
1 4 (17.39%) Miro
General
1 3 (13.04%) Public Sector
1 3 (13.04%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.35%) Finance
2 1 (4.35%) Legal
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (21.74%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Product Ownership
2 2 (8.70%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (69.57%) Prototyping
1 16 (69.57%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 10 (43.48%) Coaching
2 10 (43.48%) User Experience
2 10 (43.48%) UX Design
3 7 (30.43%) Actionable Insight
3 7 (30.43%) Agile
3 7 (30.43%) Design Patterns
3 7 (30.43%) Service Design
3 7 (30.43%) User Research
3 7 (30.43%) Workshop Facilitation
4 6 (26.09%) Customer Experience
4 6 (26.09%) Digital Customer Experience
4 6 (26.09%) Mentoring
4 6 (26.09%) Wireframes
5 5 (21.74%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
5 5 (21.74%) Interaction Design
5 5 (21.74%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
5 5 (21.74%) Stakeholder Management
5 5 (21.74%) UX Research
Qualifications
1 7 (30.43%) SC Cleared
1 7 (30.43%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (52.17%) Accessibility
2 8 (34.78%) WCAG
3 1 (4.35%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (8.70%) Adobe