User-Centered Design (UCD) Contracts in Manchester

User-Centered Design (UCD)
North West > Manchester

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

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 76 106 118
Rank change year-on-year +30 +12 -33
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 22 9 26
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.46% 0.48% 1.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 0.52% 1.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 5 21
10th Percentile - £340 £409
25th Percentile £325 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -23.81% -
75th Percentile £491 - £550
90th Percentile £638 £430 £650
North West median daily rate £375 £400 £523
% change year-on-year -6.25% -23.44% +5.03%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

User-Centered Design (UCD) 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 Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,310 1,723 2,305
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 87.22% 91.80% 88.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 891 1,266 1,815
10th Percentile £315 £315 £263
25th Percentile £410 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £493
Median % change year-on-year - +1.52% +9.44%
75th Percentile £594 £600 £578
90th Percentile £694 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 57 51
10th Percentile £12.43 £16.85 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £11.75
Median hourly rate £25.10 £37.30 £15.50
Median % change year-on-year -32.72% +140.65% -3.13%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £24.38
90th Percentile £72.50 £70.00 £33.75
North West median hourly rate £21.56 £35.50 £20.75
% change year-on-year -39.28% +71.13% +12.14%

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing User-Centered Design (UCD) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in Manchester

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in Manchester.

Daily rate trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in Manchester

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in Manchester over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User-Centered Design (UCD) in Manchester

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) Big Data
General
1 5 (22.73%) Public Sector
2 2 (9.09%) Health Technology
3 1 (4.55%) Finance
3 1 (4.55%) Military
3 1 (4.55%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) User Researcher
2 9 (40.91%) Designer
3 5 (22.73%) Interaction Designer
4 3 (13.64%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (13.64%) Senior
5 2 (9.09%) Senior Designer
5 2 (9.09%) Senior UI Designer
5 2 (9.09%) Senior UI/UX Designer
5 2 (9.09%) Senior UX Designer
5 2 (9.09%) UI Designer
5 2 (9.09%) UI/UX Designer
5 2 (9.09%) UX Designer
6 1 (4.55%) Content Designer
6 1 (4.55%) Digital User Researcher
6 1 (4.55%) Senior User Researcher
6 1 (4.55%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) CSS
1 4 (18.18%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.09%) Virtual Team
2 1 (4.55%) BYOD
2 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (72.73%) User Research
2 15 (68.18%) Agile
3 9 (40.91%) Service Design
3 9 (40.91%) User Experience
3 9 (40.91%) UX Design
4 8 (36.36%) Actionable Insight
4 8 (36.36%) Usability Testing
5 7 (31.82%) Front End Development
5 7 (31.82%) Interaction Design
5 7 (31.82%) Prototyping
6 6 (27.27%) Data Science
6 6 (27.27%) Ergonomics
6 6 (27.27%) Ethnography
6 6 (27.27%) Guerrilla Testing
6 6 (27.27%) Human Factors
6 6 (27.27%) Market Research
6 6 (27.27%) Mentoring
6 6 (27.27%) Qualitative Research
6 6 (27.27%) Quantitative Research
6 6 (27.27%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 4 (18.18%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.55%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (36.36%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (13.64%) Accessibility