Design Thinking Jobs in Scotland

Design Thinking
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Design Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Design Thinking over the 6 months to 26 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 248 207 228
Rank change year-on-year -41 +21 -46
Permanent jobs citing Design Thinking 34 15 17
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.51% 0.32% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% 0.34% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 15
10th Percentile - - £34,495
25th Percentile - £50,015 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £51,367 £44,347
Median % change year-on-year - +15.83% -1.45%
75th Percentile - £88,750 £53,090
90th Percentile - £91,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £56,400 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -19.43% +16.67% -4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Design Thinking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,240 4,462 5,199
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.93% 94.23% 91.11%
Number of salaries quoted 2,423 2,247 2,772
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,392 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £58,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.48% +10.48% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

Design Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Thinking in Scotland

Design Thinking
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Design Thinking in Scotland

Design Thinking
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design Thinking within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 26 April 2024. 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
Glasgow -73 34 - - 3
Design Thinking
UK

Design Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.94%) Confluence
Applications
1 32 (94.12%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 32 (94.12%) Figma
1 32 (94.12%) SurveyMonkey
Development Applications
1 32 (94.12%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.94%) JIRA
General
1 33 (97.06%) Finance
1 33 (97.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 33 (97.06%) Law
1 33 (97.06%) Social Skills
2 32 (94.12%) Marketing
3 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (2.94%) Banking
3 1 (2.94%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 32 (94.12%) User Experience Researcher
2 1 (2.94%) Analyst
2 1 (2.94%) Architect
2 1 (2.94%) Business Analyst
2 1 (2.94%) Endur Architect
2 1 (2.94%) Functional Architect
2 1 (2.94%) Lead
2 1 (2.94%) Lead Business Analyst
2 1 (2.94%) OpenLink Architect
2 1 (2.94%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.94%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.94%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 1 (2.94%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (100.00%) Agile
2 33 (97.06%) User Experience
3 32 (94.12%) Actionable Insight
3 32 (94.12%) Anthropology
3 32 (94.12%) Benchmarking
3 32 (94.12%) Cognitive Psychology
3 32 (94.12%) Cognitive Walkthrough
3 32 (94.12%) Continuous Integration
3 32 (94.12%) Critical Thinking
3 32 (94.12%) Market Research
3 32 (94.12%) Product Management
3 32 (94.12%) Roadmaps
3 32 (94.12%) SDLC
3 32 (94.12%) Service Design
3 32 (94.12%) Storytelling
3 32 (94.12%) Strategic Roadmap
3 32 (94.12%) Strategic Thinking
3 32 (94.12%) Systems Thinking
3 32 (94.12%) User Research
3 32 (94.12%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.94%) SQL
Qualifications
1 32 (94.12%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (94.12%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 32 (94.12%) Qualtrics
2 1 (2.94%) Atlassian