Design Thinking Contracts in the City of London

Design Thinking
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Design Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Design Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 119 163
Rank change year-on-year +3 +44 +3
Contract jobs citing Design Thinking 3 7 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.17% 0.32% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.35% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 4
10th Percentile £508 £475 £448
25th Percentile £543 £485 £520
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £540 £580
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -6.90% -5.31%
75th Percentile - £564 £625
90th Percentile - £636 -
Central London median daily rate £600 £540 £580
% change year-on-year +11.11% -6.90% -2.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £50.25
Median hourly rate - - £51.50
75th Percentile - - £52.75
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate - - £51.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

Design Thinking falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,637 1,989 3,335
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.17% 90.53% 91.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,034 1,408 2,250
10th Percentile £363 £363 £356
25th Percentile £463 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £684 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £813 £825
Central London median daily rate £575 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +4.55% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 24
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.33
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £18.03
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -14.63%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%

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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 2 May 2025.

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics 365
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior User Experience Researcher
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience Researcher
2 1 (33.33%) Product Owner
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Thinking
2 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Competitor Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Data Science
2 2 (66.67%) Journey Map
2 2 (66.67%) Lean UX
2 2 (66.67%) Product Strategy
2 2 (66.67%) Qualitative Research
2 2 (66.67%) Quantitative Research
2 2 (66.67%) Storytelling
2 2 (66.67%) Usability Testing
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (66.67%) UX Design
2 2 (66.67%) UX Research
2 2 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Product Vision
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Actionable Recommendations