Design Thinking Job Trends in Sheffield

Design Thinking
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring Design Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 60 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Design Thinking 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 0.30% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.43% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £60,511 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,076 - -
75th Percentile £65,640 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £63,076 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 467 265 888
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 69.60% 92.01% 84.17%
Number of salaries quoted 363 177 724
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,800 £27,500
25th Percentile £33,875 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £65,945 £75,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £82,250 £86,250 £80,000
South Yorkshire median annual salary £45,749 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -16.82% +15.79% +3.26%

Design Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

Design Thinking job vacancy trend in Sheffield

Design Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Designer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Designer
1 2 (100.00%) Senior Service Designer
1 2 (100.00%) Service Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design