User-Centered Design (UCD) Contracts in the Midlands

User-Centered Design (UCD)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 126 151 164
Rank change year-on-year +25 +13 -32
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 8 10 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.29% 0.29% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.33% 0.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 31
10th Percentile £505 £263 £413
25th Percentile - £463 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £488
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% +11.79% +28.97%
75th Percentile £575 £650 £518
90th Percentile £650 - £540
England median daily rate £525 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% +7.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,266 3,021 4,435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 82.19% 88.41% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,516 2,106 3,283
10th Percentile £250 £250 £250
25th Percentile £356 £370 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £494 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £588 £567
90th Percentile £700 £680 £653
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 118 150
10th Percentile £11.06 £11.94 £9.98
25th Percentile £13.60 £15.02 £13.50
Median hourly rate £19.00 £17.72 £17.48
Median % change year-on-year +7.22% +1.37% +9.25%
75th Percentile £35.00 £26.47 £22.08
90th Percentile £55.00 £54.13 £34.50
England median hourly rate £36.00 £37.34 £24.30
% change year-on-year -3.59% +53.69% +1.23%

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

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

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

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 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
East Midlands +19 5 £550 -15.38% 5
West Midlands +13 3 £650 +19.27% 10
User-Centered Design (UCD)
England

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

Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (12.50%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (12.50%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 5 (62.50%) SAN
1 5 (62.50%) TCP/IP
General
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
1 5 (62.50%) Python Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Architect
2 2 (25.00%) Senior
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Python Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Senior Software Developer
3 1 (12.50%) Designer
3 1 (12.50%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 2 (25.00%) NHS
2 1 (12.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Debian
1 5 (62.50%) Linux
1 5 (62.50%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Agile
1 6 (75.00%) Prototyping
2 5 (62.50%) Configuration Management
2 5 (62.50%) Customer Service
2 5 (62.50%) Data Engineering
2 5 (62.50%) Data Modelling
2 5 (62.50%) ITIL
2 5 (62.50%) Matrix Organization
3 3 (37.50%) Software Engineering
4 2 (25.00%) Identity Access Management
5 1 (12.50%) Analytics
5 1 (12.50%) Journey Map
5 1 (12.50%) Service Design
5 1 (12.50%) Usability Testing
5 1 (12.50%) User Experience
5 1 (12.50%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) DV Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
2 1 (12.50%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 2 (25.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Microsoft
1 5 (62.50%) Red Hat
1 5 (62.50%) VMware
2 1 (12.50%) Adobe