Design Thinking Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Design Thinking
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Design Thinking skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 - 92
Rank change year-on-year - - +21
Contract jobs citing Design Thinking 2 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.18% - 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% - 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile - - £606
25th Percentile - - £672
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 - £700
Median % change year-on-year - - -12.50%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £454 £565 £663
% change year-on-year -19.65% -14.72% +16.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 967 885 1,172
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 86.57% 80.90% 87.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 640 588 652
10th Percentile £313 £360 £281
25th Percentile £436 £460 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.59% +2.85% +1.90%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £663 £700 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £520
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% +1.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 114 60 87
10th Percentile £16.17 £25.85 £15.95
25th Percentile £18.87 £31.25 £21.15
Median hourly rate £20.71 £65.85 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -68.55% +25.43% +16.67%
75th Percentile £26.91 £75.00 £61.25
90th Percentile £50.00 - £70.00
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £57.54 £52.50
% change year-on-year -64.01% +9.60% +20.69%

Design Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Design Thinking job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Design Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Design Thinking.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Design Thinking

Design Thinking
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 12 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
Portsmouth - 2 £454 -
Design Thinking
South East

Design Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
1 2 (100.00%) Service Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Backlog Management
1 2 (100.00%) Co-Creation
1 2 (100.00%) Data Analysis
1 2 (100.00%) Empathy Maps
1 2 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 2 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 2 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 2 (100.00%) Human-Centred Design
1 2 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 2 (100.00%) User Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) User Stories
1 2 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (100.00%) WCAG