Lead Designer Job Trends in Surrey

Lead Designer
South East > Surrey

The median Lead Designer salary in Surrey is £28,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 19 December 2025.

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

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 98 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead Designer 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.18% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.20% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £28,000 - -
South East median annual salary £28,000 £52,500 £75,250
% change year-on-year -46.67% -30.23% +50.50%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Surrey

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Surrey. 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 Surrey with a recognized job title 1,464 1,150 826
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 87.82% 90.98% 92.81%
Number of salaries quoted 937 604 572
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £30,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,500 £40,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +9.52% -6.25%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £72,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% -4.55%

Lead Designer
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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 Surrey.

Lead Designer job vacancy trend in Surrey

Lead Designer
Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for Lead Designer job vacancies in Surrey.

Salary distribution trend for Lead Designer job vacancies in Surrey

Lead Designer
Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead Designer within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Dorking - 2 £28,000 -
Lead Designer
South East

Lead Designer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey

For the 6 months to 19 December 2025, 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 Surrey region featuring Lead Designer in the job title.

1 2 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Broadband
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Figma
2 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Storytelling
2 1 (33.33%) User Research
2 1 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation

Lead Designer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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%) Adobe Analytics
1 1 (33.33%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Broadband
General
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) AI
2 1 (33.33%) Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Insight
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Storytelling
2 1 (33.33%) User Research
2 1 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe