Design Thinking Jobs in the North West

Design Thinking
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 274 208 267
Rank change year-on-year -66 +59 +19
Permanent jobs citing Design Thinking 7 85 31
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.087% 0.86% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.091% 1.04% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 7 2 27
10th Percentile £48,500 £67,760 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £68,149 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £73,496 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.96% +4.99% +72.84%
75th Percentile £63,750 £80,346 -
90th Percentile - £81,639 £85,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £59,300 £70,000
% change year-on-year +5.40% -15.29% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 North West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,697 8,168 7,530
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.86% 82.81% 95.63%
Number of salaries quoted 4,045 6,196 3,942
10th Percentile £26,250 £27,500 £30,831
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Design Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Thinking in the North West

Design Thinking
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Design Thinking in the North West.

Salary trend for Design Thinking in the North West

Design Thinking
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design Thinking within the North West region over the 6 months to 13 May 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
Lancashire -63 4 £62,500 - 3
Manchester -11 3 £55,000 -25.17% 7
Design Thinking
England

Design Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (28.57%) Copilot Studio
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft Copilot
1 2 (28.57%) Power Automate
1 2 (28.57%) Power Platform
1 2 (28.57%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Power BI
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Law
2 2 (28.57%) Legal
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Games
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Development Manager
1 4 (57.14%) Finance Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Product Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (57.14%) People Management
2 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
3 2 (28.57%) Mentoring
3 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (28.57%) Project Management
3 2 (28.57%) Service Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (14.29%) Product Management
4 1 (14.29%) SDLC
4 1 (14.29%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft