Design Sprint Contract Job Trends in England

Design Sprints
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Design Sprint skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 528 586
Rank change year-on-year +13 +58 +158
Contract jobs citing Design Sprint 6 6 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.022% 0.018% 0.023%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.024% 0.021% 0.026%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 7
10th Percentile - - £555
25th Percentile £513 - £588
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £500 £675
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -25.93% +22.73%
75th Percentile £567 £556 £694
90th Percentile £598 £590 £730
UK median daily rate £525 £500 £680
% change year-on-year +5.00% -26.47% +23.64%

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 25,240 28,355 37,948
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 90.87% 86.09% 89.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,025 17,607 26,234
10th Percentile £300 £313 £316
25th Percentile £405 £421 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £510 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
75th Percentile £626 £645 £655
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,512 1,298 1,446
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.77 £20.00 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +53.98%
75th Percentile £49.56 £66.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.81% +53.66%

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
Daily Rate Trend in England

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

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

Design Sprint
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 20 September 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 +18 6 £538 - 13
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 3 (50.00%) Azure
1 3 (50.00%) Lucidchart
1 3 (50.00%) Miro
2 2 (33.33%) Figma
General
1 2 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Lead
2 2 (33.33%) Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Product Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior Product Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior UI Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior UI/UX Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Senior UX Designer
3 1 (16.67%) Service Designer
3 1 (16.67%) UI Designer
3 1 (16.67%) UI/UX Designer
3 1 (16.67%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
2 5 (83.33%) Journey Map
2 5 (83.33%) User Experience
2 5 (83.33%) Wireframes
3 4 (66.67%) UX Design
4 3 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (50.00%) Business Analysis
4 3 (50.00%) CRM
4 3 (50.00%) Data Modelling
4 3 (50.00%) ERP
4 3 (50.00%) User Stories
4 3 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 2 (33.33%) Storytelling
5 2 (33.33%) User Research
5 2 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
6 1 (16.67%) Backlog Refinement
6 1 (16.67%) Product Vision
6 1 (16.67%) Prototyping
6 1 (16.67%) Requirements Gathering
6 1 (16.67%) Sprint Backlog
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) Accessibility
2 1 (16.67%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Salesforce