Design Thinking Contracts in London

Design Thinking
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Design Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Design Thinking over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 333 401 415
Rank change year-on-year +68 +14 -86
Contract jobs citing Design Thinking 57 90 193
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.32% 0.34% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.37% 0.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 50 130
10th Percentile £268 £437 £425
25th Percentile £391 £525 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £580
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -5.17% +16.00%
75th Percentile £574 £625 £725
90th Percentile £593 £689 £775
England median daily rate £500 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £27.53 -
25th Percentile - £31.31 £67.50
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 -
England median hourly rate - £38.25 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -45.36% +60.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Design Thinking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,688 24,387 35,946
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.66% 91.02% 92.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,246 17,526 26,214
10th Percentile £338 £375 £389
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 322 276 425
10th Percentile £16.00 £18.56 £17.20
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.41
Median % change year-on-year -26.92% +7.11% +10.84%
75th Percentile £47.34 £64.06 £50.75
90th Percentile £65.68 £80.00 £68.50
England median hourly rate £36.33 £37.15 £24.35
% change year-on-year -2.21% +52.57% +3.62%

Design Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Thinking in London

Design Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for Design Thinking in London

Design Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Design Thinking in London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Design Thinking in London

Design Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for Design Thinking in London

Design Thinking
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Central London +37 7 £540 -6.90% 2
East London - 1 £560 -
Design Thinking
England

Design Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 13 (22.81%) SharePoint
2 11 (19.30%) Confluence
3 3 (5.26%) CMS
4 2 (3.51%) SAS
Applications
1 11 (19.30%) Sketch
2 9 (15.79%) InVision
3 7 (12.28%) Adobe XD
4 3 (5.26%) Zeplin
5 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (3.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 2 (3.51%) UserZoom
6 1 (1.75%) Adobe Illustrator
6 1 (1.75%) InDesign
6 1 (1.75%) MS Visio
6 1 (1.75%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (3.51%) Softmar
Cloud Services
1 20 (35.09%) Figma
2 16 (28.07%) Power Platform
3 11 (19.30%) Azure
4 10 (17.54%) GitHub
4 10 (17.54%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (15.79%) Azure Functions
5 9 (15.79%) Azure Logic Apps
5 9 (15.79%) Power Automate
5 9 (15.79%) PowerApps
5 9 (15.79%) Serverless
6 4 (7.02%) Miro
7 2 (3.51%) dbt
7 2 (3.51%) WhatsApp
8 1 (1.75%) Adobe Creative Cloud
8 1 (1.75%) SurveyMonkey
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (28.07%) Power BI
2 9 (15.79%) NoSQL
2 9 (15.79%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (15.79%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.26%) BusinessObjects
4 2 (3.51%) Data Mart
4 2 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (3.51%) SAS EBI
Development Applications
1 10 (17.54%) JIRA
2 9 (15.79%) GitLab
3 8 (14.04%) Axure RP
4 1 (1.75%) Git
4 1 (1.75%) webpack
General
1 30 (52.63%) Social Skills
2 16 (28.07%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (24.56%) Finance
4 10 (17.54%) Banking
5 5 (8.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 4 (7.02%) Investment Banking
7 3 (5.26%) Public Sector
8 2 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (3.51%) Marketing
9 1 (1.75%) Games
9 1 (1.75%) Law
9 1 (1.75%) Legal
9 1 (1.75%) Police
9 1 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (1.75%) Retail
9 1 (1.75%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 29 (50.88%) Designer
2 12 (21.05%) Service Designer
3 11 (19.30%) UX Designer
4 10 (17.54%) Developer
5 7 (12.28%) Applications Developer
5 7 (12.28%) Power Apps Developer
6 5 (8.77%) Content Designer
7 3 (5.26%) Analyst
7 3 (5.26%) Applications Consultant
7 3 (5.26%) Business Analyst
7 3 (5.26%) Consultant
7 3 (5.26%) Lead
7 3 (5.26%) Power Apps Consultant
8 2 (3.51%) Architect
8 2 (3.51%) Data Architect
8 2 (3.51%) Lead Designer
8 2 (3.51%) Market Analyst
8 2 (3.51%) Senior
8 2 (3.51%) Technical Writer
8 2 (3.51%) UI Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (8.77%) CSS
1 5 (8.77%) HTML
2 3 (5.26%) CSS3
3 2 (3.51%) FIX Protocol
4 1 (1.75%) D3.js
4 1 (1.75%) Middleware
4 1 (1.75%) React
4 1 (1.75%) RESTful
4 1 (1.75%) Vue
4 1 (1.75%) Web Services
4 1 (1.75%) XML
4 1 (1.75%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 11 (19.30%) Product Ownership
2 4 (7.02%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (7.02%) Management Information System
2 4 (7.02%) Self-Motivation
3 2 (3.51%) Derivative
3 2 (3.51%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (1.75%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.75%) FMCG
4 1 (1.75%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.75%) Mobile Games
4 1 (1.75%) Social Media
4 1 (1.75%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.75%) Android
1 1 (1.75%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (71.93%) Agile
2 21 (36.84%) User Experience
3 20 (35.09%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (35.09%) Workshop Facilitation
4 18 (31.58%) UX Design
5 17 (29.82%) Service Design
5 17 (29.82%) User Research
6 15 (26.32%) Journey Map
7 14 (24.56%) Business Intelligence
7 14 (24.56%) User Stories
8 13 (22.81%) Stakeholder Management
8 13 (22.81%) Storytelling
9 12 (21.05%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
10 10 (17.54%) Product Vision
10 10 (17.54%) Strategic Thinking
10 10 (17.54%) Usability Testing
10 10 (17.54%) Wireframes
11 9 (15.79%) Storyboarding
12 8 (14.04%) Acceptance Criteria
12 8 (14.04%) Customer-Centricity
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.79%) PowerShell
2 2 (3.51%) Python
3 1 (1.75%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.75%) XPath
Qualifications
1 4 (7.02%) Degree
1 4 (7.02%) Security Cleared
2 3 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (5.26%) DBS Check
2 3 (5.26%) SC Cleared
3 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.75%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.79%) Accessibility
2 5 (8.77%) WCAG
3 2 (3.51%) QA
4 1 (1.75%) SLA
Vendors
1 11 (19.30%) Microsoft
1 11 (19.30%) Oracle
2 7 (12.28%) Adobe
3 3 (5.26%) MicroStrategy
4 2 (3.51%) Cadence
4 2 (3.51%) Murex
5 1 (1.75%) Workday