Design Thinking Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Design Thinking
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Design Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 105 88 118
Rank change year-on-year -17 +30 +16
Contract jobs citing Design Thinking 1 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 0.067% 0.078% 0.054%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.076% 0.097% 0.061%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £463 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 - £450
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.00%
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £487 £450 £560
% change year-on-year +8.15% -19.70% -6.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £27.67 -
England median hourly rate - £27.67 £70.07
% change year-on-year - -60.51% +33.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,322 1,030 1,627
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 88.02% 80.41% 88.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 562 414 885
10th Percentile £194 £227 £225
25th Percentile £373 £316 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £586 £562 £600
90th Percentile £687 £650 £725
England median daily rate £508 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.33% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 373 219 370
10th Percentile £14.12 £15.00 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £25.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +25.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £63.75 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £72.30 £70.00 £75.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.08 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.30% -18.92% +27.14%

Design Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Design Thinking job vacancy trend in the East of England

Design Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Design Thinking
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 Thinking within the East of England region over the 6 months to 13 November 2025. 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 £475 -
Design Thinking
England

Design Thinking
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%) Pharmaceutical
1 1 (100.00%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) UI Designer
1 1 (100.00%) UI/UX Designer
1 1 (100.00%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Heuristic Evaluation
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Wireframes