Lead Designer Job Trends in Manchester

Lead Designer
North West > Manchester

The median Lead Designer salary in Manchester 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 132 153 144
Rank change year-on-year +21 -9 +96
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Designer 3 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.11% 0.073% 0.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.12% 0.078% 0.14%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 2
10th Percentile £77,880 £65,375 -
25th Percentile £78,675 £65,938 £60,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £71,250 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.28% +9.62% +8.33%
75th Percentile £83,225 £75,938 £69,800
90th Percentile £85,160 £76,125 -
North West median annual salary £80,000 £71,250 £65,000
% change year-on-year +12.28% +9.62% +8.33%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 2,459 2,578 2,159
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 88.97% 93.98% 95.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1,556 1,248 1,730
10th Percentile £29,000 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £87,500 £85,375 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -0.47%

Lead Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Lead Designer job vacancy trend in Manchester

Lead Designer
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for Lead Designer job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Designer job vacancies in Manchester

Lead Designer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

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

1 2 (66.67%) Product Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Service Design
2 1 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) CISM
2 1 (33.33%) CISSP
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust

Lead Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
General
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Product Strategy
1 2 (66.67%) Service Design
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Security Architecture
2 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CISM
1 1 (33.33%) CISSP
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