Lead User Experience Designer
UK

The median Lead User Experience Designer salary in the UK is £75,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 25 April 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
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 877 963 1068
Rank change year-on-year +86 +105 -245
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead UX Designer 17 26 128
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.017% 0.025% 0.083%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.018% 0.027% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 13 19 63
10th Percentile - - £62,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £66,250 £63,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £72,500 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% +15.38%
75th Percentile £97,500 £80,625 £101,875
90th Percentile £100,000 £84,500 £132,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £82,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -33.33% +26.92% +30.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 the UK with a recognized job title 92,894 96,310 147,847
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.63% 91.58% 96.06%
Number of salaries quoted 66,756 60,420 85,018
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,923 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.80% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

Lead UX Designer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead UX Designer in the UK

Lead UX Designer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Lead UX Designer in the UK

Lead UX Designer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lead UX Designer over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Salary histogram for Lead UX Designer in the UK

Lead UX Designer
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lead UX Designer within the UK over the 6 months to 25 April 2024. 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
Work from Home +94 11 £55,000 -31.25% 2
England +94 10 £95,000 +31.03% 2
London +115 6 £85,000 +17.24% 2
UK excluding London +4 6 £55,000 -33.33%
Scotland - 4 £55,000 -
North of England +41 1 - -
North West +12 1 - -
South East - 1 £77,500 -

Lead UX Designer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 25 April 2024, 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 featuring Lead UX Designer in the job title.

1 17 (100.00%) UX Design
1 17 (100.00%) User Experience
2 9 (52.94%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (47.06%) Figma
4 7 (41.18%) Prototyping
5 5 (29.41%) Agile
5 5 (29.41%) Service Design
5 5 (29.41%) Customer-Centricity
5 5 (29.41%) User Research
5 5 (29.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (23.53%) Storytelling
6 4 (23.53%) Sketch
6 4 (23.53%) Miro
6 4 (23.53%) Strategic Thinking
6 4 (23.53%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 4 (23.53%) B2C
6 4 (23.53%) SaaS
7 3 (17.65%) B2B
7 3 (17.65%) Creative Thinking
7 3 (17.65%) InVision
7 3 (17.65%) Wireframes
7 3 (17.65%) Accessibility
7 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
8 2 (11.76%) Customer Experience
8 2 (11.76%) UX Research
8 2 (11.76%) Lean UX
8 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
8 2 (11.76%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 2 (11.76%) Lean Software Development
8 2 (11.76%) Mobile First

Lead UX Designer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 2 (11.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (23.53%) Sketch
2 3 (17.65%) InVision
3 1 (5.88%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 8 (47.06%) Figma
2 4 (23.53%) Miro
2 4 (23.53%) SaaS
3 1 (5.88%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 1 (5.88%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 5 (29.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 3 (17.65%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Finance
4 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Law
4 1 (5.88%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.88%) Cyberattack
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) User Experience
1 17 (100.00%) UX Design
2 9 (52.94%) Problem-Solving
3 7 (41.18%) Prototyping
4 5 (29.41%) Agile
4 5 (29.41%) Customer-Centricity
4 5 (29.41%) Service Design
4 5 (29.41%) User Research
5 4 (23.53%) B2C
5 4 (23.53%) Creative Problem-Solving
5 4 (23.53%) Storytelling
5 4 (23.53%) Strategic Thinking
6 3 (17.65%) B2B
6 3 (17.65%) Creative Thinking
6 3 (17.65%) Wireframes
7 2 (11.76%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (11.76%) Fintech
7 2 (11.76%) Mobile First
7 2 (11.76%) Usability Testing
7 2 (11.76%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (5.88%) Degree
1 1 (5.88%) DV Cleared
1 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (17.65%) Accessibility
2 2 (11.76%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Adobe
1 1 (5.88%) Salesforce