Design Thinking Contracts in the North West

Design Thinking
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 136 145 167
Rank change year-on-year +9 +22 -31
Contract jobs citing Design Thinking 1 7 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.037% 0.23% 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.043% 0.25% 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 6
10th Percentile - £583 £350
25th Percentile - £594 £384
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £606 £435
Median % change year-on-year - +39.37% -
75th Percentile - £641 £530
90th Percentile - £669 £549
England median daily rate £500 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +15.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,307 2,809 3,519
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.08% 90.47% 88.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,467 1,986 2,574
10th Percentile £307 £313 £250
25th Percentile £406 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £593 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 250 136 157
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.85 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.50 £23.15 £14.25
Median hourly rate £23.80 £36.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.89% +71.43% +14.01%
75th Percentile £46.11 £49.52 £43.75
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £24.50
% change year-on-year -2.14% +52.24% +4.26%

Design Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Thinking in the North West

Design Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Design Thinking in the North West.

Daily rate trend for Design Thinking in the North West

Design Thinking
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region over the 6 months to 9 May 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
Cumbria - 1 - - 1
Design Thinking
England

Design Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Consultant
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience Consultant
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared