Design Thinking Contracts in England

Design Thinking
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Design Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Design Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 22 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 483 504 507
Rank change year-on-year +21 +3 -70
Contract jobs citing Design Thinking 67 132 297
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.18% 0.28% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.31% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 74 203
10th Percentile £263 £459 £425
25th Percentile £357 £507 £512
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +15.00%
75th Percentile £584 £600 £697
90th Percentile £654 £646 £775
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 3
10th Percentile - £27.53 £39.50
25th Percentile - £31.31 £50.00
Median hourly rate - £38.25 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -45.36% +60.92%
75th Percentile - £45.81 £72.50
90th Percentile - £49.98 -
UK median hourly rate - £38.25 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -45.36% +60.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,030 42,283 63,775
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.40% 89.90% 90.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,779 29,697 45,496
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £440 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £775 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,363 1,526 1,693
10th Percentile £12.79 £10.69 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.01 £15.75 £15.63
Median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%
75th Percentile £61.30 £64.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.71 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Design Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Thinking in England

Design Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Design Thinking in England

Design Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Design Thinking in England over the 6 months to 22 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Design Thinking in England

Design Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Design Thinking in England.

Hourly rate trend for Design Thinking in England

Design Thinking
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 Thinking within the England region over the 6 months to 22 June 2024. 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 +39 48 £500 -9.09% 18
North of England +9 6 £525 -12.50% 4
South East +7 5 £370 -29.52% 2
North East +10 3 £450 -
Yorkshire +10 2 £525 +8.81%
South West +2 2 - - 1
North West +10 1 - - 4
East of England +5 1 £600 -
Design Thinking
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Design Thinking
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:

Application Platforms
1 14 (20.90%) SharePoint
2 11 (16.42%) Confluence
3 3 (4.48%) CMS
4 2 (2.99%) SAS
Applications
1 6 (8.96%) Sketch
2 4 (5.97%) Adobe XD
2 4 (5.97%) InVision
3 2 (2.99%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.99%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (2.99%) OmniGraffle
3 2 (2.99%) UserZoom
3 2 (2.99%) UXPin
4 1 (1.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (2.99%) Softmar
Cloud Services
1 16 (23.88%) Power Platform
2 15 (22.39%) Azure
3 11 (16.42%) Figma
4 10 (14.93%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (14.93%) Serverless
5 9 (13.43%) Azure Functions
5 9 (13.43%) Azure Logic Apps
5 9 (13.43%) GitHub
5 9 (13.43%) Power Automate
5 9 (13.43%) PowerApps
6 4 (5.97%) Miro
7 3 (4.48%) AWS
8 2 (2.99%) dbt
8 2 (2.99%) IaaS
8 2 (2.99%) PaaS
8 2 (2.99%) SaaS
8 2 (2.99%) WhatsApp
9 1 (1.49%) AWS Lambda
9 1 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
9 1 (1.49%) SurveyMonkey
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (23.88%) Power BI
2 10 (14.93%) NoSQL
2 10 (14.93%) PostgreSQL
2 10 (14.93%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.48%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (2.99%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (2.99%) SAS EBI
5 1 (1.49%) DynamoDB
5 1 (1.49%) Elasticsearch
5 1 (1.49%) InterSystems Cache
5 1 (1.49%) Metadata
5 1 (1.49%) Redis
5 1 (1.49%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (16.42%) JIRA
2 9 (13.43%) GitLab
3 3 (4.48%) Axure RP
4 2 (2.99%) Balsamiq
5 1 (1.49%) Git
5 1 (1.49%) webpack
General
1 30 (44.78%) Social Skills
2 21 (31.34%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (16.42%) Banking
4 10 (14.93%) Finance
5 5 (7.46%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (5.97%) Retail
7 3 (4.48%) Law
7 3 (4.48%) Marketing
8 1 (1.49%) Games
8 1 (1.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.49%) Legal
8 1 (1.49%) Police
8 1 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.49%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 27 (40.30%) Designer
2 12 (17.91%) Service Designer
3 10 (14.93%) Developer
3 10 (14.93%) UX Designer
4 9 (13.43%) Applications Developer
4 9 (13.43%) Power Apps Developer
5 5 (7.46%) Analyst
5 5 (7.46%) Consultant
5 5 (7.46%) UI Designer
5 5 (7.46%) UI/UX Designer
6 3 (4.48%) Architect
6 3 (4.48%) Content Designer
6 3 (4.48%) Operations Analyst
6 3 (4.48%) Product Designer
6 3 (4.48%) Security Analyst
6 3 (4.48%) Security Operations Analyst
6 3 (4.48%) Senior
6 3 (4.48%) User Experience Consultant
7 2 (2.99%) Lead
7 2 (2.99%) Power Apps Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (8.96%) CSS
1 6 (8.96%) HTML
2 5 (7.46%) CSS3
3 2 (2.99%) Framer.js
3 2 (2.99%) HTML5
4 1 (1.49%) D3.js
4 1 (1.49%) Kafka
4 1 (1.49%) Node.js
4 1 (1.49%) React
4 1 (1.49%) RESTful
4 1 (1.49%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.93%) Product Ownership
2 6 (8.96%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (7.46%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.99%) Hackathon
4 2 (2.99%) Hybrid Cloud
4 2 (2.99%) iSeries
5 1 (1.49%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.49%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.49%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.49%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (1.49%) FMCG
5 1 (1.49%) Mobile Games
5 1 (1.49%) Robotics
5 1 (1.49%) Taxonomies
5 1 (1.49%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 6 (8.96%) Linux
2 4 (5.97%) Windows
3 1 (1.49%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (53.73%) Agile
2 25 (37.31%) User Experience
3 21 (31.34%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (28.36%) Service Design
4 19 (28.36%) UX Design
5 17 (25.37%) Stakeholder Management
6 14 (20.90%) Business Intelligence
6 14 (20.90%) User Stories
7 13 (19.40%) Workshop Facilitation
8 12 (17.91%) User Research
8 12 (17.91%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
9 10 (14.93%) Journey Map
9 10 (14.93%) Strategic Thinking
10 9 (13.43%) Customer-Centricity
11 8 (11.94%) Cybersecurity
11 8 (11.94%) Wireframes
12 7 (10.45%) Creative Thinking
12 7 (10.45%) Prototyping
12 7 (10.45%) Usability Testing
12 7 (10.45%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 9 (13.43%) PowerShell
2 4 (5.97%) Python
3 3 (4.48%) JavaScript
4 2 (2.99%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (11.94%) Security Cleared
2 6 (8.96%) Degree
3 4 (5.97%) SC Cleared
4 3 (4.48%) BPSS Clearance
4 3 (4.48%) DBS Check
5 2 (2.99%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.49%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (11.94%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.99%) WCAG
3 1 (1.49%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (2.99%) Docker
2 1 (1.49%) Apache ZooKeeper
Vendors
1 15 (22.39%) Microsoft
2 12 (17.91%) Oracle
3 3 (4.48%) Adobe
3 3 (4.48%) MicroStrategy
3 3 (4.48%) Splunk
4 2 (2.99%) Cadence
5 1 (1.49%) Aprimo
5 1 (1.49%) BigPanda
5 1 (1.49%) Sybase