Design Thinking Jobs in Scotland

Design Thinking
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for Design Thinking skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Design Thinking over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 249 214 243
Rank change year-on-year -35 +29 -61
Permanent jobs citing Design Thinking 35 14 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.52% 0.31% 0.36%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.33% 0.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1 5 15
10th Percentile - - £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,015 £42,663
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £51,367 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.81% +2.73% -39.39%
75th Percentile £65,000 £88,750 £62,500
90th Percentile - £91,000 £65,000
UK median annual salary £59,650 £69,724 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.45% +16.21% -3.23%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,197 4,226 5,521
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 91.25% 94.48% 91.15%
Number of salaries quoted 2,442 2,092 2,855
10th Percentile £28,250 £32,000 £31,133
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,750 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +14.58%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

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
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

Salary trend for Design Thinking in Scotland

Design Thinking
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Design Thinking within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Glasgow -76 34 £60,000 -32.39% 1
Inverclyde - 1 - - 1
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 31 (88.57%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) Endur
Cloud Services
1 31 (88.57%) Figma
1 31 (88.57%) SurveyMonkey
Development Applications
1 31 (88.57%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 33 (94.29%) Finance
1 33 (94.29%) Social Skills
2 32 (91.43%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 32 (91.43%) Law
3 31 (88.57%) Marketing
4 1 (2.86%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.86%) Banking
4 1 (2.86%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 31 (88.57%) User Experience Researcher
2 2 (5.71%) Lead
3 1 (2.86%) Analyst
3 1 (2.86%) Architect
3 1 (2.86%) Business Analyst
3 1 (2.86%) Designer
3 1 (2.86%) Endur Architect
3 1 (2.86%) Functional Architect
3 1 (2.86%) IT Director
3 1 (2.86%) Lead Business Analyst
3 1 (2.86%) Lead Designer
3 1 (2.86%) Lead Product Designer
3 1 (2.86%) OpenLink Architect
3 1 (2.86%) Product Designer
3 1 (2.86%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.86%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.71%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.86%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (97.14%) Agile
2 32 (91.43%) Mentoring
2 32 (91.43%) Service Design
2 32 (91.43%) User Experience
3 31 (88.57%) Analytics
3 31 (88.57%) Anthropology
3 31 (88.57%) Benchmarking
3 31 (88.57%) Cognitive Psychology
3 31 (88.57%) Cognitive Walkthrough
3 31 (88.57%) Continuous Integration
3 31 (88.57%) Critical Thinking
3 31 (88.57%) Data Analytics
3 31 (88.57%) Data Visualisation
3 31 (88.57%) DevOps
3 31 (88.57%) Psychology
3 31 (88.57%) SDLC
3 31 (88.57%) Storytelling
3 31 (88.57%) Strategic Roadmap
3 31 (88.57%) Strategic Thinking
3 31 (88.57%) Systems Thinking
Programming Languages
1 1 (2.86%) SQL
Qualifications
1 31 (88.57%) Degree
2 1 (2.86%) MAPM
2 1 (2.86%) MBCS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (88.57%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 31 (88.57%) Qualtrics
2 1 (2.86%) Atlassian