DesignOps Contract Job Trends in the City of London

DesignOps
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring DesignOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 117 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing DesignOps 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.055% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.061% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £650 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £700 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of London

DesignOps 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 1,644 1,908 2,294
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.88% 91.95% 89.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,166 1,163 1,636
10th Percentile £338 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £469 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £688 £689
90th Percentile £758 £788 £805
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 16 11
10th Percentile £19.98 £16.25 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.36 £22.00 £17.97
Median hourly rate £31.00 £40.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -23.46% +62.00% -47.09%
75th Percentile £43.33 £97.38 £42.38
90th Percentile £55.25 £124.75 £73.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £25.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% +37.25% -38.92%

DesignOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DesignOps relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

DesignOps job vacancy trend in the City of London

DesignOps
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing DesignOps.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing DesignOps

DesignOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Banking
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Product Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) Co-Creation
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
1 1 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design