Design Thinking Contract Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Design Thinking
UK > Northern Ireland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Northern Ireland requiring Design Thinking skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Design Thinking 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 0.82% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £613 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 - -
75th Percentile £638 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £525 £450 £550
% change year-on-year +16.67% -18.18% -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 222 141 145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 90.98% 77.05% 84.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 64 73
10th Percentile £253 £148 £203
25th Percentile £325 £184 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £413 £400
Median % change year-on-year +15.15% +3.13% -19.92%
75th Percentile £581 £556 £500
90th Percentile £638 £643 £575
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 17 10
10th Percentile £12.85 £21.19 £11.08
25th Percentile £14.78 - £13.23
Median hourly rate £17.30 £24.18 £13.69
Median % change year-on-year -28.45% +76.69% +24.69%
75th Percentile £25.15 - £13.91
90th Percentile - £41.15 £18.08
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.35
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.55% +46.42%

Design Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Thinking in Northern Ireland

Design Thinking
Daily Rate Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Design Thinking

Design Thinking
Contract Job Locations in Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 13 September 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
County Antrim - 2 £625 - 3
Design Thinking
UK

Design Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Figma
General
1 1 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Designer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Service Designer
1 2 (100.00%) Service Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) Wireframes
1 2 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Culture Change
2 1 (50.00%) Minimum Viable Product
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Risk Management
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (50.00%) UX Design