Design Thinking Job Trends in South Wales

Design Thinking
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring Design Thinking skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing Design Thinking 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.13% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Wales median annual salary - - £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 634 599 603
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 81.81% 70.06% 96.17%
Number of salaries quoted 471 350 466
10th Percentile £25,087 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £30,125 £35,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -1.96%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
Wales median annual salary £48,122 £47,500 £47,199
% change year-on-year +1.31% +0.64% -5.60%

Design Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

Design Thinking job vacancy trend in South Wales

Design Thinking
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Design Thinking.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Design Thinking

Design Thinking
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design Thinking within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 10 November 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
Glamorgan - 1 - -
Design Thinking
Wales

Design Thinking
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Broadband
General
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Lead
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Lead Product Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Product Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Culture
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusive Design
1 1 (100.00%) People Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Systems Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) UX Design
1 1 (100.00%) Wireframes
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe