Design Sprint Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Design Sprints
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Design Sprint skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 27 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
27 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 112 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Design Sprint 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.045% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.058% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - -
75th Percentile £438 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £375 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -21.05% -5.00% -28.57%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East of England

Design Sprint 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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,733 1,104 1,401
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 78.77% 88.39% 83.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 855 523 550
10th Percentile £190 £200 £200
25th Percentile £386 £369 £306
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £425
Median % change year-on-year - +17.65% -15.00%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £650
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 390 256 521
10th Percentile £14.22 £14.99 £14.48
25th Percentile £16.39 £17.98 £15.62
Median hourly rate £40.00 £37.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -6.25% +90.48%
75th Percentile £68.75 £66.63 £60.00
90th Percentile £80.00 £82.30 £70.00
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £40.33
% change year-on-year +86.88% -37.63% -5.12%

Design Sprint
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Design Sprint relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Design Sprint job vacancy trend in the East of England

Design Sprint
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Design Sprint.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Design Sprint

Design Sprint
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Design Sprint within the East of England region over the 6 months to 27 July 2026. 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
Hertfordshire - 1 £425 -
Design Sprint
England

Design Sprint
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Business Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Software Audit
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared