Ideation Sessions Contract Job Trends in England

Ideation Sessions (Ideation Workshops)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Ideation Sessions skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 531 511 562
Rank change year-on-year -20 +51 +163
Contract jobs citing Ideation Sessions 8 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.025% 0.007% 0.005%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.029% 0.008% 0.006%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 2 2
10th Percentile £408 £516 £554
25th Percentile £434 £522 £576
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £632
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -14.89% +32.95%
75th Percentile £573 £547 £681
90th Percentile £647 £549 £700
UK median daily rate £550 £538 £632
% change year-on-year +2.33% -14.89% +26.30%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Ideation Sessions 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 28,018 25,529 32,356
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.67% 88.68% 88.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,807 15,764 21,976
10th Percentile £300 £312 £308
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,812 837 1,391
10th Percentile £15.18 £15.62 £14.75
25th Percentile £17.89 £20.30 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +24.47%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £69.63 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.90
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.97% +25.43%

Ideation Sessions
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Ideation Sessions relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Ideation Sessions job vacancy trend in England

Ideation Sessions
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Ideation Sessions.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Ideation Sessions

Ideation Sessions
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Ideation Sessions in England over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Ideation Sessions in England

Ideation Sessions
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 Ideation Sessions within the England region over the 6 months to 24 December 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 - 4 £550 - 9
East of England - 3 £427 -
North of England - 1 £650 - 1
Yorkshire - 1 £650 -
Ideation Sessions
UK

Ideation Sessions
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Figma
2 1 (12.50%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Miro
2 1 (12.50%) PaaS
2 1 (12.50%) SaaS
General
1 3 (37.50%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Local Government
2 2 (25.00%) Manufacturing
2 2 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
3 1 (12.50%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Publishing
3 1 (12.50%) Retail
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Designer
2 5 (62.50%) Product Designer
3 2 (25.00%) Senior
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Designer
3 2 (25.00%) Senior Product Designer
3 2 (25.00%) Service Designer
4 1 (12.50%) Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Data Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Data Science Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) Data Science Leader
4 1 (12.50%) Lead
4 1 (12.50%) Lead Consultant
4 1 (12.50%) UI Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (12.50%) IoT
2 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (12.50%) W3C
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Agile
1 6 (75.00%) User Research
2 5 (62.50%) User Experience
3 4 (50.00%) Wireframes
4 3 (37.50%) AI
4 3 (37.50%) Business Analysis
4 3 (37.50%) Data Mapping
4 3 (37.50%) Data Migration
4 3 (37.50%) Data Modelling
4 3 (37.50%) Journey Map
4 3 (37.50%) Migration
4 3 (37.50%) User Stories
4 3 (37.50%) Validation
5 2 (25.00%) Data Analysis
5 2 (25.00%) Design Thinking
5 2 (25.00%) Human-Centred Design
5 2 (25.00%) Responsive Web Design
5 2 (25.00%) Service Design
5 2 (25.00%) User Journey Map
5 2 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) GMP
1 2 (25.00%) GxP
2 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Databricks
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft