Design Thinking Job Trends in England

Design Thinking
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring Design Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 531 598 580
Rank change year-on-year +67 -18 -126
Permanent jobs citing Design Thinking 75 75 95
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.14% 0.15% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.17% 0.23%
Number of salaries quoted 33 27 47
10th Percentile £40,870 £54,100 £47,374
25th Percentile £42,464 £61,250 £54,288
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £96,150
90th Percentile £100,000 £96,250 £110,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £70,000 £75,900
% change year-on-year -25.00% -7.77% +4.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 42,678 44,368 42,037
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 81.92% 90.27% 91.30%
Number of salaries quoted 25,472 22,014 32,621
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,092
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £76,250 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £96,250 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Design Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Design Thinking job vacancy trend in England

Design Thinking
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Design Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing Design Thinking

Design Thinking
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Design Thinking in England over the 6 months to 3 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Design Thinking in England

Design Thinking
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design Thinking within the England region over the 6 months to 3 January 2026. 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
London +72 37 £50,000 -37.50% 105
North of England +34 15 £50,000 -23.08% 9
South East +24 15 - - 50
North West +47 14 £50,000 -4.76% 7
South West +5 4 £46,750 -41.56% 30
Midlands +16 1 - - 9
Yorkshire -7 1 - - 1
East Midlands -11 1 - - 7
East of England - 1 £60,100 - 23
Design Thinking
UK

Design Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (16.00%) Confluence
2 1 (1.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (9.33%) Sketch
2 6 (8.00%) Adobe XD
3 3 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
4 1 (1.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (1.33%) Camtasia
Cloud Services
1 33 (44.00%) Figma
2 17 (22.67%) Adobe Analytics
3 5 (6.67%) Azure
4 4 (5.33%) AWS
5 3 (4.00%) SaaS
5 3 (4.00%) Serverless
6 2 (2.67%) Cloud Computing
7 1 (1.33%) Azure Cognitive Services
7 1 (1.33%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.33%) Azure Functions
7 1 (1.33%) Azure Logic Apps
7 1 (1.33%) GitHub
7 1 (1.33%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.33%) Power Automate
7 1 (1.33%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.33%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.33%) Vyond
Communications & Networking
1 7 (9.33%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.33%) GIS
1 1 (1.33%) NoSQL
1 1 (1.33%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (1.33%) Power BI
1 1 (1.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (16.00%) JIRA
2 3 (4.00%) Git
3 1 (1.33%) GitLab
General
1 24 (32.00%) Social Skills
2 22 (29.33%) Analytical Skills
3 20 (26.67%) Influencing Skills
4 19 (25.33%) Banking
5 13 (17.33%) Legal
6 12 (16.00%) Presentation Skills
7 11 (14.67%) Law
7 11 (14.67%) Marketing
8 5 (6.67%) Finance
9 4 (5.33%) Public Sector
9 4 (5.33%) Telecoms
10 2 (2.67%) Games
10 2 (2.67%) Retail
10 2 (2.67%) Retail Banking
11 1 (1.33%) Advertising
11 1 (1.33%) Investment Banking
11 1 (1.33%) Manufacturing
11 1 (1.33%) Publishing
11 1 (1.33%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 24 (32.00%) Designer
2 18 (24.00%) Strategy Manager
3 17 (22.67%) Senior
4 12 (16.00%) Senior Manager
5 11 (14.67%) Lead
5 11 (14.67%) UX Designer
6 10 (13.33%) Architect
6 10 (13.33%) Senior Strategy Manager
7 8 (10.67%) Service Designer
8 7 (9.33%) Consultant
8 7 (9.33%) UI Designer
8 7 (9.33%) UI/UX Designer
8 7 (9.33%) User Experience Architect
9 3 (4.00%) Analyst
9 3 (4.00%) Product Designer
9 3 (4.00%) Product Lead
10 2 (2.67%) Senior Architect
10 2 (2.67%) UI Developer
10 2 (2.67%) UI/UX Developer
10 2 (2.67%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (5.33%) CSS
1 4 (5.33%) HTML
2 2 (2.67%) Material Design
3 1 (1.33%) AngularJS
3 1 (1.33%) LESS
3 1 (1.33%) PySpark
3 1 (1.33%) React
3 1 (1.33%) Sass
3 1 (1.33%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.00%) Mobile App
2 11 (14.67%) Product Ownership
3 6 (8.00%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.67%) Cloud Native
5 1 (1.33%) AI Agents
5 1 (1.33%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.33%) FMCG
5 1 (1.33%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (1.33%) Marketing Technology
5 1 (1.33%) PMI
5 1 (1.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.33%) Android
1 4 (5.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (78.67%) User Experience
2 56 (74.67%) UX Design
3 39 (52.00%) Agile
3 39 (52.00%) Problem-Solving
4 36 (48.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 34 (45.33%) Customer Experience
6 33 (44.00%) User Research
7 32 (42.67%) Wireframes
8 27 (36.00%) Journey Map
9 23 (30.67%) Prototyping
10 22 (29.33%) Continuous Improvement
10 22 (29.33%) Storytelling
11 20 (26.67%) Inclusive Design
12 19 (25.33%) Analytics
12 19 (25.33%) Business Strategy
13 18 (24.00%) Customer Journey Map
13 18 (24.00%) Customer-Centricity
13 18 (24.00%) Matrix Organization
13 18 (24.00%) Strategic Thinking
13 18 (24.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 3 (4.00%) Python
2 2 (2.67%) C#
3 1 (1.33%) Java
3 1 (1.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.33%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (13.33%) SC Cleared
1 10 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 5 (6.67%) Degree
3 3 (4.00%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.33%) AWS Certification
4 1 (1.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
4 1 (1.33%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (1.33%) DBS Check
4 1 (1.33%) PMI Certification
4 1 (1.33%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (48.00%) Accessibility
2 3 (4.00%) WCAG
3 1 (1.33%) EU AI Act
3 1 (1.33%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 1 (1.33%) NIST
System Software
1 1 (1.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 31 (41.33%) Adobe
2 17 (22.67%) Qualtrics
3 6 (8.00%) Microsoft
4 5 (6.67%) Google
5 2 (2.67%) SAP
6 1 (1.33%) Apple
6 1 (1.33%) Oracle
6 1 (1.33%) ServiceNow