Lead UX Designer Jobs in London

Lead User Experience Designer
England > London

The median Lead User Experience Designer salary in London is £82,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 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
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 392 495 605
Rank change year-on-year +103 +110 +179
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead UX Designer 1 4 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.008% 0.017% 0.050%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.018% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 15
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £87,500 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.71% +20.69% -21.62%
75th Percentile £86,250 £100,000 £80,000
90th Percentile - - £82,750
England median annual salary £77,500 £95,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -18.42% +31.03% -14.71%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,624 22,265 32,087
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.18% 94.22% 95.13%
Number of salaries quoted 7,221 16,628 23,661
10th Percentile £41,250 £37,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £53,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.54% -12.01% +1.33%

Lead UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead UX Designer in London

Lead UX Designer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Lead UX Designer in London

Lead UX Designer Skill Set
Top 11 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 16 May 2025, 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 London region featuring Lead UX Designer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
1 1 (100.00%) Emotional Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) User Journey Map
1 1 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 1 (100.00%) Storyboarding

Lead UX Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) SaaS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) Emotional Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Storyboarding
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Journey Map
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation