Design Thinking Contracts in London

Design Thinking
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Design Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Design Thinking over the 6 months to 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 345 385 392
Rank change year-on-year +40 +7 -67
Contract jobs citing Design Thinking 45 92 206
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.26% 0.36% 0.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.29% 0.40% 0.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 51 143
10th Percentile £263 £438 £425
25th Percentile £323 £514 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -8.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £584 £618 £738
90th Percentile £669 £681 £775
England median daily rate £500 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 2
10th Percentile - £27.53 -
25th Percentile - £31.31 £67.50
Median hourly rate - £38.25 £70.00
Median % change year-on-year - -45.36% +60.92%
75th Percentile - £45.81 £72.50
90th Percentile - £49.98 -
England median hourly rate - £38.25 £70.00
% change year-on-year - -45.36% +60.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Design Thinking is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,450 23,106 35,695
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.36% 90.87% 92.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,083 16,714 26,163
10th Percentile £340 £375 £390
25th Percentile £449 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £543
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.38% +8.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 320 262 405
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £16.50
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.00 £39.21 £35.08
Median % change year-on-year -28.59% +11.79% +7.35%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.50 £50.00
90th Percentile £68.08 £82.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year - +50.00% +11.11%

Design Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Thinking in London

Design Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Design Thinking in London.

Daily rate trend for Design Thinking in London

Design Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Design Thinking in London over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Design Thinking in London

Design Thinking
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Design Thinking in London.

Hourly rate trend for Design Thinking in London

Design Thinking
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Design Thinking within the London region over the 6 months to 31 May 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +33 5 £556 -4.09% 5
Design Thinking
England

Design Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 13 (28.89%) SharePoint
2 10 (22.22%) Confluence
3 2 (4.44%) CMS
3 2 (4.44%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (8.89%) Adobe XD
1 4 (8.89%) Sketch
2 2 (4.44%) InVision
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (4.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (4.44%) UserZoom
3 1 (2.22%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Softmar
Cloud Services
1 15 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 11 (24.44%) Azure
2 11 (24.44%) Figma
3 9 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
4 8 (17.78%) Azure Functions
4 8 (17.78%) Azure Logic Apps
4 8 (17.78%) GitHub
4 8 (17.78%) Power Automate
4 8 (17.78%) PowerApps
4 8 (17.78%) Serverless
5 4 (8.89%) Miro
6 2 (4.44%) dbt
6 2 (4.44%) WhatsApp
7 1 (2.22%) SurveyMonkey
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (33.33%) Power BI
2 9 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
2 9 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 8 (17.78%) NoSQL
4 3 (6.67%) BusinessObjects
5 2 (4.44%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (4.44%) SAS EBI
6 1 (2.22%) Data Mart
6 1 (2.22%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (20.00%) JIRA
2 8 (17.78%) GitLab
3 1 (2.22%) Axure RP
3 1 (2.22%) Git
3 1 (2.22%) webpack
General
1 22 (48.89%) Social Skills
2 15 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
3 10 (22.22%) Finance
4 9 (20.00%) Banking
5 4 (8.89%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (4.44%) Marketing
7 1 (2.22%) Games
7 1 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (2.22%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.22%) Law
7 1 (2.22%) Legal
7 1 (2.22%) Police
7 1 (2.22%) Presentation Skills
7 1 (2.22%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.22%) Retail
7 1 (2.22%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 19 (42.22%) Designer
2 10 (22.22%) Service Designer
3 9 (20.00%) Developer
4 8 (17.78%) Applications Developer
4 8 (17.78%) Power Apps Developer
5 6 (13.33%) UX Designer
6 3 (6.67%) Analyst
6 3 (6.67%) Content Designer
7 2 (4.44%) Architect
7 2 (4.44%) Consultant
7 2 (4.44%) Data Architect
7 2 (4.44%) Data Engineer
7 2 (4.44%) Lead
7 2 (4.44%) Lead Designer
7 2 (4.44%) Power Apps Consultant
7 2 (4.44%) Product Management Director
7 2 (4.44%) Senior
7 2 (4.44%) UI Engineer
7 2 (4.44%) UI/UX Designer
7 2 (4.44%) UX Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (8.89%) CSS
1 4 (8.89%) HTML
2 3 (6.67%) CSS3
3 1 (2.22%) D3.js
3 1 (2.22%) FIX Protocol
3 1 (2.22%) React
3 1 (2.22%) RESTful
3 1 (2.22%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 9 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 4 (8.89%) Management Information System
2 4 (8.89%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (2.22%) Data Centre
3 1 (2.22%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.22%) Derivative
3 1 (2.22%) FMCG
3 1 (2.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.22%) Mobile Games
3 1 (2.22%) Robotics
3 1 (2.22%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.22%) Linux
1 1 (2.22%) Windows
1 1 (2.22%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (73.33%) Agile
2 16 (35.56%) Problem-Solving
2 16 (35.56%) User Experience
3 15 (33.33%) Service Design
4 13 (28.89%) Business Intelligence
4 13 (28.89%) Stakeholder Management
4 13 (28.89%) UX Design
4 13 (28.89%) Workshop Facilitation
5 11 (24.44%) User Stories
6 10 (22.22%) User Research
7 8 (17.78%) Journey Map
8 7 (15.56%) Strategic Thinking
8 7 (15.56%) Usability Testing
9 6 (13.33%) Customer Experience
9 6 (13.33%) Decision-Making
9 6 (13.33%) Storytelling
9 6 (13.33%) Wireframes
10 5 (11.11%) Creative Thinking
10 5 (11.11%) Customer-Centricity
10 5 (11.11%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 9 (20.00%) PowerShell
2 3 (6.67%) Python
3 1 (2.22%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (8.89%) Degree
2 3 (6.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (6.67%) DBS Check
2 3 (6.67%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.44%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.22%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.89%) Accessibility
2 2 (4.44%) WCAG
3 1 (2.22%) SLA
Vendors
1 11 (24.44%) Microsoft
1 11 (24.44%) Oracle
2 3 (6.67%) Adobe
2 3 (6.67%) MicroStrategy
3 2 (4.44%) Cadence
4 1 (2.22%) BigPanda
4 1 (2.22%) Murex
4 1 (2.22%) Sybase