The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
77
-
113
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
+22
Contract jobs citing Design Thinking
2
0
5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester
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 Manchester.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills
830
1,321
1,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester
89.63%
87.08%
91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted
577
898
1,273
10th Percentile
£300
£319
£315
25th Percentile
£400
£407
£413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£468
£500
£500
Median % change year-on-year
-6.40%
-
+1.73%
75th Percentile
£575
£595
£594
90th Percentile
£675
£694
£663
North West median daily rate
£475
£500
£500
% change year-on-year
-5.00%
-
+5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted
33
73
61
10th Percentile
£15.18
£12.42
£14.65
25th Percentile
£19.25
£13.50
£20.00
Median hourly rate
£32.50
£24.19
£37.30
Median % change year-on-year
+34.35%
-35.15%
+140.65%
75th Percentile
£63.75
£57.50
£47.50
90th Percentile
£77.00
£72.50
£70.00
North West median hourly rate
£31.88
£21.00
£35.00
% change year-on-year
+51.81%
-40.00%
+70.82%
Design Thinking Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester
Job postings citing Design Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.
Design Thinking Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Design Thinking in Manchester.
Design Thinking Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Design Thinking in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.
Design Thinking Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing Design Thinking also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Manchester region with a requirement for Design Thinking.
Design Thinking Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:
