Design Thinking Job Trends in the Midlands

Design Thinking
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Design Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 219 236
Rank change year-on-year - +17 +50
Permanent jobs citing Design Thinking 0 3 91
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands - 0.059% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.066% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 15
10th Percentile - - £46,000
25th Percentile - - £47,450
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £54,650
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.12%
75th Percentile - - £58,925
90th Percentile - - £59,720
England median annual salary £72,500 £60,000 £59,650
% change year-on-year +20.83% +0.59% -14.79%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,815 4,532 10,584
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 70.34% 89.21% 79.07%
Number of salaries quoted 5,892 2,506 7,577
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,275 £49,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.64% +3.16% -9.52%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £82,500 £76,250 £75,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £58,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% +5.45% -12.00%

Design Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Design Thinking job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Design Thinking
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Design Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Design Thinking