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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 224 212 229
Rank change year-on-year -12 +17 +84
Permanent jobs citing Design Thinking 4 67 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.072% 0.67% 0.069%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.084% 0.86% 0.074%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 4
10th Percentile - - £44,453
25th Percentile - - £46,258
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £48,630
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.85%
75th Percentile - - £52,065
90th Percentile - - £55,781
England median annual salary £55,000 £71,746 £68,750
% change year-on-year -23.34% +4.36% -1.79%

All Process and 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 4,769 7,797 5,431
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 85.33% 78.16% 94.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2,850 4,046 3,895
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,822 £27,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £38,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £63,500 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £62,004
% change year-on-year -4.35% -7.26% +3.34%

Design Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Thinking 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

Design Thinking
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design Thinking within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 September 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
West Midlands +56 3 - - 10
East Midlands -39 1 - - 7
Design Thinking
England

Design Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Adobe XD
1 3 (75.00%) Sketch
2 1 (25.00%) Camtasia
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) Figma
General
1 4 (100.00%) Finance
2 3 (75.00%) Automotive
2 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 1 (25.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Designer
2 3 (75.00%) Junior
2 3 (75.00%) Junior Designer
2 3 (75.00%) Junior UI/UX Designer
2 3 (75.00%) Junior UX Designer
2 3 (75.00%) UI Designer
2 3 (75.00%) UI/UX Designer
2 3 (75.00%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) CSS
1 3 (75.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Animation
1 3 (75.00%) Mobile App
1 3 (75.00%) Video Editing
2 1 (25.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Front End Development
1 3 (75.00%) Usability Testing
1 3 (75.00%) User Experience
1 3 (75.00%) User Research
1 3 (75.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 3 (75.00%) UX Design
1 3 (75.00%) Wireframes
2 1 (25.00%) Coaching
2 1 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Human-Centred Design
2 1 (25.00%) Instructional Design
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Time Management
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Adobe
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft