Design Thinking Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Design Thinking
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 359 506 585
Rank change year-on-year +147 +79 -13
Permanent jobs citing Design Thinking 58 78 92
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.38% 0.23% 0.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.25% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 8 33 62
10th Percentile £48,500 £43,000 £51,699
25th Percentile £50,000 £52,325 £65,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,300 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.25% -15.29% +27.27%
75th Percentile £68,114 £83,750 £85,000
90th Percentile £71,679 £122,500 £95,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £55,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +13.64% -21.43% +16.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,134 30,993 40,912
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.17% 91.62% 96.10%
Number of salaries quoted 9,780 23,560 28,419
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

Design Thinking
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Design Thinking as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Design Thinking trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Design Thinking
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing Design Thinking.

Design Thinking salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

Design Thinking
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Design Thinking over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Design Thinking salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Design Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (3.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 2 (3.45%) CMS
2 1 (1.72%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.72%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 5 (8.62%) Figma
2 2 (3.45%) Azure
2 2 (3.45%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Axure RP
2 1 (1.72%) JIRA
General
1 44 (75.86%) Banking
1 44 (75.86%) Finance
2 6 (10.34%) Social Skills
3 5 (8.62%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (5.17%) Health Technology
4 3 (5.17%) Legal
4 3 (5.17%) Marketing
4 3 (5.17%) Tech for Good
5 2 (3.45%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 34 (58.62%) Senior
2 24 (41.38%) Designer
3 22 (37.93%) Developer
4 21 (36.21%) Senior Designer
4 21 (36.21%) Senior UX Designer
4 21 (36.21%) UX Designer
4 21 (36.21%) UX Developer
5 12 (20.69%) Senior Developer
6 11 (18.97%) Senior UX Developer
7 7 (12.07%) Product Manager
8 3 (5.17%) Digital Designer
9 2 (3.45%) Lead
9 2 (3.45%) Product Owner
9 2 (3.45%) Visual Designer
10 1 (1.72%) Agile Delivery Lead
10 1 (1.72%) Automation Developer
10 1 (1.72%) Head of Design
10 1 (1.72%) Lead Developer
10 1 (1.72%) Senior ServiceNow Developer
10 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (5.17%) FHIR
Miscellaneous
1 2 (3.45%) Product Ownership
1 2 (3.45%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (1.72%) Algorithms
2 1 (1.72%) Data Structures
2 1 (1.72%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.72%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.45%) Windows
1 2 (3.45%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (87.93%) User Experience
2 49 (84.48%) Agile
3 48 (82.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 48 (82.76%) UX Design
4 47 (81.03%) Wireframes
5 46 (79.31%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 43 (74.14%) Usability Testing
6 43 (74.14%) User Research
7 42 (72.41%) Journey Map
7 42 (72.41%) Project Management
7 42 (72.41%) Prototyping
7 42 (72.41%) UX Research
8 9 (15.52%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (13.79%) Product Management
9 8 (13.79%) Roadmaps
10 7 (12.07%) Problem-Solving
10 7 (12.07%) Product Roadmap
11 6 (10.34%) Product Requirements
11 6 (10.34%) SDLC
12 5 (8.62%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 3 (5.17%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (13.79%) Degree
2 2 (3.45%) SC Cleared
2 2 (3.45%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.72%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.72%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (82.76%) Accessibility
2 3 (5.17%) 21 CFR Part 11
2 3 (5.17%) Good Clinical Practice
3 2 (3.45%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (5.17%) Adobe
2 1 (1.72%) ServiceNow