Design Thinking Job Trends in Kent

Design Thinking
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Design Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 87 - 61
Rank change year-on-year - - +28
Permanent jobs citing Design Thinking 1 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Kent 0.097% - 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% - 0.21%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 1
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £70,000
South East median annual salary - £58,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year - -16.43% -6.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 854 650 471
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 82.43% 88.20% 81.07%
Number of salaries quoted 444 222 373
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,650 £25,450
25th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £54,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.93% +20.00% -10.00%
75th Percentile £55,000 £68,063 £58,750
90th Percentile £71,750 £79,425 £67,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%

Design Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Design Thinking job vacancy trend in Kent

Design Thinking
Salary Trend in Kent

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Design Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Design Thinking

Design Thinking
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design Thinking within the Kent region over the 6 months to 31 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Tunbridge Wells - 1 - -
Design Thinking
South East

Design Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Epics
1 1 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) Waterfall