Design Thinking Jobs in the UK excluding London

Design Thinking
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 18 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 454 463 563
Rank change year-on-year +9 +100 -57
Permanent jobs citing Design Thinking 134 321 188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.34% 0.45% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.54% 0.33%
Number of salaries quoted 11 25 65
10th Percentile - £46,000 -
25th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £50,015
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £54,650 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +14.36% -19.04% +34.28%
75th Percentile £63,750 £65,000 £77,715
90th Percentile £68,114 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £61,250 £59,300 £70,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -15.29% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,041 59,787 56,423
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 92.90% 83.60% 95.60%
Number of salaries quoted 18,101 41,279 29,105
10th Percentile £26,875 £27,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

Design Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Design Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Design Thinking in the UK excluding London

Design Thinking
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Design Thinking in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for Design Thinking in the UK excluding London

Design Thinking
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Design Thinking in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 18 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Design Thinking in the UK excluding London

Design Thinking
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design Thinking within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 18 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
Scotland +168 102 - - 5
South East +22 15 £55,000 -13.73% 42
North of England -34 9 £62,500 -14.96% 10
North West -79 7 £62,500 -14.96% 6
West Midlands +36 4 - - 1
Midlands -22 4 - - 3
Isle of Man - 4 - -
South West +98 2 £66,367 +6.19% 7
Yorkshire +65 2 - - 1
Design Thinking
UK

Design Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (1.49%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 2 (1.49%) CMS
2 1 (0.75%) CICS
Applications
1 3 (2.24%) Adobe XD
1 3 (2.24%) Sketch
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (0.75%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (4.48%) Figma
2 3 (2.24%) AWS
2 3 (2.24%) GCP
3 2 (1.49%) Azure
3 2 (1.49%) Copilot Studio
3 2 (1.49%) Microsoft Copilot
3 2 (1.49%) Power Automate
3 2 (1.49%) Power Platform
3 2 (1.49%) PowerApps
4 1 (0.75%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.49%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.75%) BGP
2 1 (0.75%) Firewall
2 1 (0.75%) Network Security
2 1 (0.75%) SSL
2 1 (0.75%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (1.49%) Power BI
2 1 (0.75%) MySQL
2 1 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (0.75%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (0.75%) JIRA
General
1 118 (88.06%) Finance
2 103 (76.87%) Banking
3 15 (11.19%) Social Skills
4 13 (9.70%) Law
5 11 (8.21%) Legal
5 11 (8.21%) Marketing
6 4 (2.99%) Analytical Skills
7 3 (2.24%) Automotive
7 3 (2.24%) Public Sector
8 2 (1.49%) Health Technology
8 2 (1.49%) Influencing Skills
8 2 (1.49%) Retail
9 1 (0.75%) Games
9 1 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (0.75%) Retail Banking
9 1 (0.75%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 101 (75.37%) Senior
2 87 (64.93%) Designer
3 82 (61.19%) UX Designer
4 79 (58.96%) Senior Designer
4 79 (58.96%) Senior UX Designer
5 21 (15.67%) Developer
5 21 (15.67%) UX Developer
6 11 (8.21%) Senior Developer
6 11 (8.21%) Senior UX Developer
7 9 (6.72%) Deployment Manager
7 9 (6.72%) Senior Manager
8 4 (2.99%) Development Manager
8 4 (2.99%) Finance Manager
9 3 (2.24%) Junior
9 3 (2.24%) Junior Designer
9 3 (2.24%) Junior UI/UX Designer
9 3 (2.24%) Junior UX Designer
9 3 (2.24%) Product Manager
9 3 (2.24%) UI Designer
9 3 (2.24%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (2.24%) CSS
1 3 (2.24%) HTML
2 2 (1.49%) FHIR
3 1 (0.75%) JSON
3 1 (0.75%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.73%) Product Ownership
2 3 (2.24%) Animation
2 3 (2.24%) Mobile App
2 3 (2.24%) Public Cloud
2 3 (2.24%) Video Editing
3 2 (1.49%) Algorithms
3 2 (1.49%) Data Centre
3 2 (1.49%) NHS
3 2 (1.49%) Private Cloud
3 2 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.75%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.49%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 121 (90.30%) Agile
2 111 (82.84%) Stakeholder Management
3 108 (80.60%) User Experience
4 107 (79.85%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 106 (79.10%) UX Design
6 105 (78.36%) User Research
6 105 (78.36%) Wireframes
7 103 (76.87%) Project Management
7 103 (76.87%) Usability Testing
8 101 (75.37%) UX Research
9 100 (74.63%) Journey Map
9 100 (74.63%) Prototyping
10 11 (8.21%) Change Management
11 9 (6.72%) B2B
11 9 (6.72%) CRM
11 9 (6.72%) Data Transformation
11 9 (6.72%) E-Commerce
11 9 (6.72%) Migration
12 8 (5.97%) Continuous Improvement
13 7 (5.22%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (1.49%) Python
1 2 (1.49%) SQL
2 1 (0.75%) Java
2 1 (0.75%) JCL
Qualifications
1 4 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (1.49%) Degree
2 2 (1.49%) SC Cleared
2 2 (1.49%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.75%) Azure Certification
3 1 (0.75%) CCNP
3 1 (0.75%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 102 (76.12%) Accessibility
2 2 (1.49%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 2 (1.49%) Good Clinical Practice
Systems Management
1 1 (0.75%) FortiGate
1 1 (0.75%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.75%) Puppet
1 1 (0.75%) Terraform
Vendors
1 9 (6.72%) Salesforce
2 6 (4.48%) Adobe
3 4 (2.99%) Microsoft
4 2 (1.49%) SAP
5 1 (0.75%) Fortinet
5 1 (0.75%) Oracle