DesignOps Contract Job Trends in London

DesignOps
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring DesignOps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 376 - 401
Rank change year-on-year - - +156
Contract jobs citing DesignOps 4 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.028% - 0.011%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.030% - 0.012%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £505
25th Percentile £650 - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - £525
Median % change year-on-year - - +40.00%
75th Percentile £750 - £538
90th Percentile - - £545
England median daily rate £550 - £525
% change year-on-year - - +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

DesignOps 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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,166 13,695 16,816
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.50% 90.05% 89.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,682 8,808 12,056
10th Percentile £343 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £527 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.18% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £760 £800 £792
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 165 236
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.70 £18.50
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £30.25 £36.50 £34.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.12% +5.80% -11.25%
75th Percentile £48.44 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.00 £80.75 £74.38
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%

DesignOps
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing DesignOps relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

DesignOps job vacancy trend in London

DesignOps
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing DesignOps.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing DesignOps

DesignOps
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 DesignOps within the London region over the 6 months to 17 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
Central London - 1 £700 -
DesignOps
England

DesignOps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 3 (75.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Banking
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Designer
1 3 (75.00%) Product Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Service Design
2 3 (75.00%) B2B
2 3 (75.00%) Co-Creation
2 3 (75.00%) Critical Thinking
2 3 (75.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
2 3 (75.00%) Journey Map
2 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (75.00%) Prototyping
3 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
3 2 (50.00%) Human-Centred Design
3 2 (50.00%) Inclusive Design
3 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
3 2 (50.00%) Product Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Agile
4 1 (25.00%) Coaching
4 1 (25.00%) Content Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) CRM
4 1 (25.00%) Line Management
4 1 (25.00%) UX Design
4 1 (25.00%) UX Research