Designer Jobs in Leeds

Designer
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The median Designer salary in Leeds is £48,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 May 2025.

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

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 108 144
Rank change year-on-year +41 +36 -16
Permanent jobs requiring a Designer 11 24 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leeds 1.39% 1.05% 1.03%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.48% 1.09% 1.08%
Number of salaries quoted 8 11 21
10th Percentile £41,225 £24,000 £41,250
25th Percentile £42,313 £47,594 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £57,965 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.33% +5.39% +10.00%
75th Percentile £50,625 £60,741 £78,500
90th Percentile £53,250 - £83,000
West Yorkshire median annual salary £48,500 £40,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +21.25% -27.27% +10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 741 2,198 2,776
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.68% 96.07% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 503 1,593 1,670
10th Percentile £28,550 £31,250 £32,725
25th Percentile £40,375 £40,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £77,750 £69,914 £73,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £83,995 £87,500
West Yorkshire median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +9.62%

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 19 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Designer in Leeds

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

For the 6 months to 19 May 2025, 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 8 (72.73%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
3 4 (36.36%) Service Design
3 4 (36.36%) Adobe XD
3 4 (36.36%) Figma
3 4 (36.36%) Adobe
3 4 (36.36%) User Experience
4 3 (27.27%) UX Design
4 3 (27.27%) Agile
4 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
4 3 (27.27%) Sketch
4 3 (27.27%) Wireframes
4 3 (27.27%) Accessibility
4 3 (27.27%) User Research
5 2 (18.18%) Prototyping
5 2 (18.18%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
5 2 (18.18%) Business Change Management
5 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (18.18%) Design Thinking
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (18.18%) Business Development
5 2 (18.18%) NHS
5 2 (18.18%) Change Management
5 2 (18.18%) Windows
5 2 (18.18%) E-Commerce
5 2 (18.18%) Usability Testing
5 2 (18.18%) Line Management
5 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
5 2 (18.18%) Coaching
6 1 (9.09%) Front End Development

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (9.09%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Adobe XD
2 3 (27.27%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Figma
2 1 (9.09%) SaaS
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 3 (27.27%) Public Sector
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Games
3 1 (9.09%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (9.09%) CSS
1 1 (9.09%) HTML
1 1 (9.09%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 1 (9.09%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) NHS
2 1 (9.09%) Graphic Design
2 1 (9.09%) Mobile App
2 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 4 (36.36%) Service Design
2 4 (36.36%) User Experience
3 3 (27.27%) Agile
3 3 (27.27%) User Research
3 3 (27.27%) UX Design
3 3 (27.27%) Wireframes
4 2 (18.18%) Business Change Management
4 2 (18.18%) Business Development
4 2 (18.18%) Change Management
4 2 (18.18%) Coaching
4 2 (18.18%) Design Thinking
4 2 (18.18%) E-Commerce
4 2 (18.18%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 2 (18.18%) Line Management
4 2 (18.18%) Mentoring
4 2 (18.18%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (18.18%) Prototyping
4 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (18.18%) Usability Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) Accessibility
2 1 (9.09%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Adobe