Design Thinking Contracts in Scotland

Design Thinking
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Design Thinking skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Design Thinking over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 112 134 164
Rank change year-on-year +22 +30 +9
Contract jobs citing Design Thinking 3 8 13
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.17% 0.34% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.37% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 7 10
10th Percentile - £438 £498
25th Percentile £405 £481 £508
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -25.45% +4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £495 £581 £538
90th Percentile £543 £593 £551
UK median daily rate £450 £568 £575
% change year-on-year -20.76% -1.24% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Design Thinking falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,536 2,152 3,007
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 86.05% 91.61% 93.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 890 1,366 2,155
10th Percentile £212 £237 £300
25th Percentile £356 £400 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -5.26% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £537 £572 £570
90th Percentile £650 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -2.33% -2.27% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 51 65
10th Percentile £13.33 £12.13 £12.52
25th Percentile £17.46 £13.22 £14.22
Median hourly rate £22.88 £19.50 £18.75
Median % change year-on-year +17.31% +4.00% -6.09%
75th Percentile £24.18 £57.72 £39.75
90th Percentile £40.90 £78.00 £57.65
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £43.86 £35.00
% change year-on-year -17.92% +25.31% +66.67%

Design Thinking
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Design Thinking in Scotland

Design Thinking
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Design Thinking in Scotland

Design Thinking
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

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

Daily rate histogram for Design Thinking in Scotland

Design Thinking
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 31 October 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
Edinburgh +11 3 £410 -25.45%
Design Thinking
UK

Design Thinking
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Marketing
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Designer
2 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Designer
3 1 (33.33%) Interaction Designer
3 1 (33.33%) Senior UX Designer
3 1 (33.33%) UX Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Service Design
1 3 (100.00%) User Research
2 2 (66.67%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
2 2 (66.67%) Storyboarding
2 2 (66.67%) Systems Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) Interaction Design
3 1 (33.33%) Usability Testing
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience