Design Sprint Contracts in England

Design Sprints
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Design Sprint skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Design Sprint over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 534 624
Rank change year-on-year +55 +90 +109
Contract jobs citing Design Sprint 6 8 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.025% 0.022% 0.057%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.027% 0.025% 0.064%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 19
10th Percentile - £571 £513
25th Percentile £463 £592 £600
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £631 £675
Median % change year-on-year -24.75% -6.48% +21.35%
75th Percentile £488 £667 £700
90th Percentile - £687 -
UK median daily rate £475 £500 £663
% change year-on-year -5.00% -24.53% +20.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Design Sprint
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Design Sprint as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Design Sprint in England

Design Sprint
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Design Sprint in England.

Daily rate trend for Design Sprint in England

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Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +32 2 - - 14
Midlands - 1 £475 -
West Midlands - 1 £475 -
Design Sprint
UK

Design Sprint
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (33.33%) Figma
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Axure RP
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Banking
3 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Designer
1 3 (50.00%) UX Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Product Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Product Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Product Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior UI Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior UI/UX Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior UX Designer
2 1 (16.67%) UI Designer
2 1 (16.67%) UI/UX Designer
2 1 (16.67%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
1 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) User Experience
2 4 (66.67%) UX Design
2 4 (66.67%) Wireframes
3 3 (50.00%) Prototyping
3 3 (50.00%) User Research
3 3 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (33.33%) Scrum
4 2 (33.33%) Storytelling
4 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (16.67%) Information Security
5 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (16.67%) Product Management
5 1 (16.67%) Risk Management
5 1 (16.67%) Software Audit
5 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 1 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
5 1 (16.67%) Usability Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Value Proposition
5 1 (16.67%) Visualisation
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) Accessibility
2 2 (33.33%) WCAG