Design Thinking Contracts in England

Design Thinking
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 461 522 497
Rank change year-on-year +61 -25 -58
Contract jobs citing Design Thinking 77 133 297
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.26% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.29% 0.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 77 198
10th Percentile £325 £463 £423
25th Percentile £381 £525 £510
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £561 £625 £688
90th Percentile £594 £700 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 4
10th Percentile - £27.53 £43.00
25th Percentile - £31.31 £58.75
Median hourly rate - £38.25 £69.70
Median % change year-on-year - -45.12% +60.23%
75th Percentile - £45.81 £72.50
90th Percentile - £49.98 -
UK median hourly rate - £38.25 £69.70
% change year-on-year - -45.12% +77.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,992 45,544 64,506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.53% 90.24% 90.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,975 31,977 45,770
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £765 £749
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,229 1,592 1,769
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.87 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.60
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -

Design Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Design Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Design Thinking in England

Design Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Design Thinking in England.

Daily rate trend for Design Thinking in England

Design Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Design Thinking in England over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Design Thinking in England

Design Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Design Thinking in England.

Hourly rate trend for Design Thinking in England

Design Thinking
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Design Thinking within the England region over the 6 months to 28 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +85 63 £500 -9.09% 33
Yorkshire +22 4 £475 -5.00% 1
North of England +22 4 £475 -20.83% 14
South East +3 3 £370 -35.09% 2
East of England - 1 £600 - 2
Design Thinking
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Design Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 13 (16.88%) SharePoint
2 12 (15.58%) Confluence
3 4 (5.19%) CMS
4 2 (2.60%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (19.48%) Sketch
2 12 (15.58%) InVision
3 10 (12.99%) Adobe XD
4 5 (6.49%) Zeplin
5 2 (2.60%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (2.60%) UserZoom
6 1 (1.30%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (1.30%) InDesign
6 1 (1.30%) MS Visio
6 1 (1.30%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (2.60%) Softmar
Cloud Services
1 24 (31.17%) Figma
2 15 (19.48%) Power Platform
3 11 (14.29%) Azure
4 10 (12.99%) GitHub
4 10 (12.99%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (12.99%) Serverless
5 9 (11.69%) Azure Functions
5 9 (11.69%) Azure Logic Apps
5 9 (11.69%) Power Automate
5 9 (11.69%) PowerApps
6 4 (5.19%) Miro
7 2 (2.60%) dbt
7 2 (2.60%) IaaS
7 2 (2.60%) PaaS
7 2 (2.60%) SaaS
7 2 (2.60%) WhatsApp
8 1 (1.30%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (1.30%) AWS
8 1 (1.30%) AWS Lambda
8 1 (1.30%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.30%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (19.48%) Power BI
2 10 (12.99%) NoSQL
3 9 (11.69%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (11.69%) SQL Server
4 3 (3.90%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (2.60%) Data Mart
5 2 (2.60%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (2.60%) SAS EBI
6 1 (1.30%) DynamoDB
6 1 (1.30%) Elasticsearch
6 1 (1.30%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (1.30%) Metadata
6 1 (1.30%) Redis
Development Applications
1 11 (14.29%) JIRA
2 10 (12.99%) Axure RP
3 9 (11.69%) GitLab
4 1 (1.30%) Git
4 1 (1.30%) webpack
General
1 34 (44.16%) Social Skills
2 20 (25.97%) Analytical Skills
3 15 (19.48%) Finance
4 11 (14.29%) Banking
5 5 (6.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (5.19%) Investment Banking
6 4 (5.19%) Marketing
6 4 (5.19%) Public Sector
7 3 (3.90%) Law
8 2 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (2.60%) Legal
8 2 (2.60%) Retail
9 1 (1.30%) Automotive
9 1 (1.30%) Games
9 1 (1.30%) Local Government
9 1 (1.30%) Police
9 1 (1.30%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.30%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 36 (46.75%) Designer
2 16 (20.78%) Service Designer
3 11 (14.29%) UX Designer
4 9 (11.69%) Developer
5 7 (9.09%) Lead
6 6 (7.79%) Analyst
6 6 (7.79%) Applications Developer
6 6 (7.79%) Power Apps Developer
7 5 (6.49%) Consultant
7 5 (6.49%) Content Designer
8 4 (5.19%) Applications Consultant
8 4 (5.19%) Power Apps Consultant
8 4 (5.19%) Product Designer
8 4 (5.19%) Senior
9 3 (3.90%) Architect
9 3 (3.90%) Business Analyst
9 3 (3.90%) Operations Analyst
9 3 (3.90%) Security Analyst
9 3 (3.90%) UI Designer
9 3 (3.90%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (7.79%) CSS
1 6 (7.79%) HTML
2 5 (6.49%) Middleware
2 5 (6.49%) Web Services
2 5 (6.49%) XML
2 5 (6.49%) XSLT
3 3 (3.90%) CSS3
4 2 (2.60%) FIX Protocol
5 1 (1.30%) D3.js
5 1 (1.30%) Kafka
5 1 (1.30%) Node.js
5 1 (1.30%) React
5 1 (1.30%) RESTful
5 1 (1.30%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.88%) Product Ownership
2 6 (7.79%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (6.49%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (6.49%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (6.49%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.60%) Derivative
4 2 (2.60%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 1 (1.30%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.30%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.30%) FMCG
5 1 (1.30%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (1.30%) Infotainment
5 1 (1.30%) Mobile Games
5 1 (1.30%) Social Media
5 1 (1.30%) Taxonomies
5 1 (1.30%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.90%) Linux
1 3 (3.90%) Windows
2 2 (2.60%) Android
2 2 (2.60%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (58.44%) Agile
2 25 (32.47%) Problem-Solving
3 24 (31.17%) Service Design
3 24 (31.17%) User Experience
4 22 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
5 21 (27.27%) User Research
5 21 (27.27%) UX Design
6 19 (24.68%) Journey Map
6 19 (24.68%) User Stories
6 19 (24.68%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
7 17 (22.08%) Stakeholder Management
8 15 (19.48%) Storytelling
9 14 (18.18%) Business Intelligence
10 12 (15.58%) Customer-Centricity
10 12 (15.58%) Product Vision
10 12 (15.58%) Strategic Thinking
10 12 (15.58%) Usability Testing
10 12 (15.58%) Wireframes
11 11 (14.29%) Acceptance Criteria
11 11 (14.29%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 9 (11.69%) PowerShell
2 5 (6.49%) XPath
3 3 (3.90%) Python
4 2 (2.60%) SQL
5 1 (1.30%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 6 (7.79%) Degree
1 6 (7.79%) Security Cleared
2 3 (3.90%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (3.90%) DBS Check
2 3 (3.90%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.60%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.30%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.30%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (16.88%) Accessibility
2 7 (9.09%) WCAG
3 2 (2.60%) QA
4 1 (1.30%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.30%) Apache ZooKeeper
Vendors
1 13 (16.88%) Microsoft
2 11 (14.29%) Oracle
3 10 (12.99%) Adobe
4 5 (6.49%) Workday
5 3 (3.90%) MicroStrategy
5 3 (3.90%) Splunk
6 2 (2.60%) Cadence
6 2 (2.60%) Murex
7 1 (1.30%) Aprimo