Design Thinking Job Trends in Cheshire

Design Thinking
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cheshire requiring Design Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 97 69 -
Rank change year-on-year -28 - -
Permanent jobs citing Design Thinking 2 3 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cheshire 0.25% 0.31% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.28% 0.42% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
North West median annual salary £50,000 £71,991 £52,250
% change year-on-year -30.55% +37.78% -19.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Design Thinking falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Cheshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 716 719 442
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cheshire 89.28% 74.66% 93.25%
Number of salaries quoted 350 400 332
10th Percentile £27,450 £32,500 £23,850
25th Percentile £34,750 £40,000 £32,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,720 £48,250 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.97% +0.52% +6.67%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,854 £66,778
90th Percentile £75,100 £68,484 £77,950
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,750 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.38% -5.91% +4.76%

Design Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Design Thinking job vacancy trend in Cheshire

Design Thinking
Salary Trend in Cheshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Design Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cheshire citing Design Thinking

Design Thinking
Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design Thinking within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 14 October 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Chester - 1 - -
Knutsford - 1 - -
Design Thinking
North West

Design Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cheshire 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 1 (50.00%) AWS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
2 1 (50.00%) Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Lead Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Lead Solutions Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Senior
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Senior Solutions Architect
2 1 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Enablement
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (50.00%) IT Governance
1 1 (50.00%) IT Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) ITIL
1 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Strategic Thinking
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leadership
1 1 (50.00%) Technology Strategy
1 1 (50.00%) TOGAF
1 1 (50.00%) Translating Business Requirements
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Certification
1 1 (50.00%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
1 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) SAP