Design Thinking Jobs in the Thames Valley

Design Thinking
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 165 242 209
Rank change year-on-year +77 -33 +35
Permanent jobs citing Design Thinking 15 2 50
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.44% 0.030% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.47% 0.035% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 3
10th Percentile - £33,575 £61,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £36,313 £75,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £41,750 £100,000
Median % change year-on-year +31.74% -58.25% +17.65%
75th Percentile £60,000 £46,313 -
90th Percentile - £48,525 -
South East median annual salary £55,000 £63,750 £67,500
% change year-on-year -13.73% -5.56% -20.59%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,193 5,670 5,630
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 93.99% 84.73% 94.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,218 3,891 3,075
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,000 £29,750
25th Percentile £38,183 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,500 £80,000 £88,750
South East median annual salary £56,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +12.00% -9.09% -

Design Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Thinking in the Thames Valley

Design Thinking
Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Design Thinking in the Thames Valley.

Salary trend for Design Thinking in the Thames Valley

Design Thinking
Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design Thinking within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 15 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
Berkshire - 13 - - 2
Oxfordshire +35 2 £55,000 +10.00% 4
Design Thinking
South East

Design Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:

General
1 11 (73.33%) Law
1 11 (73.33%) Marketing
2 9 (60.00%) Finance
2 9 (60.00%) Legal
3 4 (26.67%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (26.67%) Social Skills
4 2 (13.33%) Health Technology
4 2 (13.33%) Public Sector
4 2 (13.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (60.00%) Deployment Manager
1 9 (60.00%) Senior
1 9 (60.00%) Senior Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Designer
2 2 (13.33%) Lead
2 2 (13.33%) Product Lead
2 2 (13.33%) Product Manager
2 2 (13.33%) Service Designer
2 2 (13.33%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Algorithms
1 2 (13.33%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Agile
2 11 (73.33%) Change Management
3 9 (60.00%) B2B
3 9 (60.00%) CRM
3 9 (60.00%) Data Transformation
3 9 (60.00%) E-Commerce
3 9 (60.00%) Migration
4 6 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (26.67%) Analytics
6 2 (13.33%) Actionable Insight
6 2 (13.33%) Analytical Modelling
6 2 (13.33%) Data Engineering
6 2 (13.33%) Matrix Organization
6 2 (13.33%) Performance Metrics
6 2 (13.33%) Product Requirements
6 2 (13.33%) Product Strategy
6 2 (13.33%) Service Design
6 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
6 2 (13.33%) User Research
6 2 (13.33%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (13.33%) 21 CFR Part 11
1 2 (13.33%) Good Clinical Practice
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) Salesforce
2 2 (13.33%) SAP