Design Thinking Jobs in Manchester

Design Thinking
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Design Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Design Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 151 215
Rank change year-on-year -6 +64 +17
Permanent jobs citing Design Thinking 3 71 29
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.14% 1.35% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.14% 1.57% 0.63%
Number of salaries quoted 3 2 26
10th Percentile £47,000 £67,760 -
25th Percentile £48,125 £68,149 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £73,496 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.17% +4.99% +100.00%
75th Percentile £59,375 £80,346 -
90th Percentile £59,750 £81,639 £85,000
North West median annual salary £62,500 £73,496 £70,000
% change year-on-year -14.96% +4.99% +72.84%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,092 4,527 4,628
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 95.48% 85.97% 96.52%
Number of salaries quoted 1,190 3,443 2,500
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £33,275
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,840 £68,750 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,325 £82,500 £82,500
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

Design Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Thinking in Manchester

Design Thinking
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Design Thinking in Manchester.

Salary trend for Design Thinking in Manchester

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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Copilot Studio
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Copilot
1 2 (66.67%) Power Automate
1 2 (66.67%) Power Platform
1 2 (66.67%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Power BI
General
1 2 (66.67%) Influencing Skills
1 2 (66.67%) Law
1 2 (66.67%) Legal
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Games
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
1 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (66.67%) Project Management
1 2 (66.67%) Service Delivery
1 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Product Management
2 1 (33.33%) SDLC
2 1 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft