Design Thinking Contracts in the City of London

Design Thinking
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for Design Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Design Thinking over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 118 165 170
Rank change year-on-year +47 +5 -28
Contract jobs citing Design Thinking 7 9 22
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.32% 0.25% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.27% 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 19
10th Percentile £475 £448 £455
25th Percentile £485 £520 £514
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £580 £613
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% -5.31% +22.50%
75th Percentile £564 £625 £656
90th Percentile £636 - £760
Central London median daily rate £540 £580 £594
% change year-on-year -6.90% -2.32% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £51.50 -
Central London median hourly rate - £51.50 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Design Thinking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,975 3,332 3,893
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.51% 91.54% 91.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,399 2,240 2,946
10th Percentile £361 £356 £388
25th Percentile £450 £481 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.42% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £675
90th Percentile £813 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £575
% change year-on-year -8.33% +4.44% +9.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 25 41
10th Percentile £19.92 £15.35 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.50 £24.25
Median hourly rate £25.00 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -13.58% +113.30%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £41.84 £88.30 £65.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
% change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Design Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Design Thinking in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Design Thinking in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Design Thinking in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Design Thinking in the City of London over the 6 months to 3 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Design Thinking in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Design Thinking in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Design Thinking in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SAS
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Adobe XD
1 1 (14.29%) InVision
1 1 (14.29%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Softmar
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) dbt
1 1 (14.29%) Figma
1 1 (14.29%) Power Platform
1 1 (14.29%) WhatsApp
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Data Mart
2 1 (14.29%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (14.29%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (14.29%) Power BI
2 1 (14.29%) SAS EBI
General
1 3 (42.86%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Investment Banking
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Designer
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Business Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Content Designer
2 2 (28.57%) Market Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Data Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Product Management Director
3 1 (14.29%) UI Designer
3 1 (14.29%) UI/UX Designer
3 1 (14.29%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) FIX Protocol
2 1 (14.29%) CSS
2 1 (14.29%) CSS3
2 1 (14.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Product Ownership
2 2 (28.57%) Derivative
2 2 (28.57%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (57.14%) Product Vision
3 3 (42.86%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (42.86%) Product Management
3 3 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (28.57%) BDD
4 2 (28.57%) Business Intelligence
4 2 (28.57%) Coaching
4 2 (28.57%) Data Mapping
4 2 (28.57%) Epics
4 2 (28.57%) GAP Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Journey Map
4 2 (28.57%) Product Backlog
4 2 (28.57%) Risk Management
4 2 (28.57%) User Stories
4 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (14.29%) Customer Experience
5 1 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 1 (14.29%) Storyboarding
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Murex
2 1 (14.29%) Adobe
2 1 (14.29%) MicroStrategy
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle