User-Centered Design (UCD) Contracts in the North of England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 138 163 147
Rank change year-on-year +25 -16 -17
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 45 49 103
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.96% 0.86% 1.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 0.95% 1.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 30 85
10th Percentile - £400 £409
25th Percentile £325 £458 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £550 £503
Median % change year-on-year -27.27% +9.45% +5.79%
75th Percentile £563 £619 £550
90th Percentile £645 £660 £570
England median daily rate £525 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% +7.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,003 5,154 6,266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.61% 90.64% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,440 3,571 4,590
10th Percentile £300 £300 £250
25th Percentile £400 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £564
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 362 201 250
10th Percentile £11.07 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.50 £15.75 £12.84
Median hourly rate £17.72 £29.00 £18.59
Median % change year-on-year -38.90% +55.98% +2.00%
75th Percentile £45.00 £47.00 £31.00
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £52.57
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £24.50
% change year-on-year -2.14% +52.24% +4.26%

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the North of England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the North of England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the North of England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the North of England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 9 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
North West +28 26 £375 -6.25% 31
Yorkshire +2 14 £413 -26.08% 10
North East +13 5 £575 -2.13% 9
User-Centered Design (UCD)
England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 (2.22%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (4.44%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (4.44%) InVision
1 2 (4.44%) Photoshop
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.22%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.22%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (2.22%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.44%) Azure
1 2 (4.44%) Figma
2 1 (2.22%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.22%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.44%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (4.44%) Axure RP
2 1 (2.22%) JIRA
General
1 10 (22.22%) Public Sector
2 6 (13.33%) Finance
3 5 (11.11%) Social Skills
4 3 (6.67%) Health Technology
5 2 (4.44%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (4.44%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (4.44%) Military
6 1 (2.22%) Billing
6 1 (2.22%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (42.22%) Designer
2 16 (35.56%) User Researcher
3 9 (20.00%) Senior
4 6 (13.33%) Interaction Designer
4 6 (13.33%) Senior Designer
5 5 (11.11%) Service Designer
5 5 (11.11%) UI Designer
5 5 (11.11%) UX Designer
6 3 (6.67%) Consultant
6 3 (6.67%) Delivery Manager
6 3 (6.67%) Senior Service Designer
6 3 (6.67%) UI/UX Designer
6 3 (6.67%) User Experience Consultant
7 2 (4.44%) Analyst
7 2 (4.44%) Architect
7 2 (4.44%) Business Analyst
7 2 (4.44%) Senior UI Designer
7 2 (4.44%) Senior UI/UX Designer
7 2 (4.44%) Senior User Researcher
7 2 (4.44%) Senior UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.33%) CSS
1 6 (13.33%) HTML
2 2 (4.44%) OAuth
3 1 (2.22%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.89%) Product Ownership
2 3 (6.67%) Mobile App
2 3 (6.67%) NHS
3 2 (4.44%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.22%) BYOD
4 1 (2.22%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (2.22%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (64.44%) User Research
2 26 (57.78%) Agile
3 24 (53.33%) User Experience
4 17 (37.78%) UX Design
5 16 (35.56%) Mentoring
6 15 (33.33%) Interaction Design
7 14 (31.11%) Service Design
8 12 (26.67%) Prototyping
9 10 (22.22%) Actionable Insight
9 10 (22.22%) Usability Testing
10 9 (20.00%) Ethnography
10 9 (20.00%) Front End Development
11 8 (17.78%) Focus Group
11 8 (17.78%) Requirements Gathering
12 7 (15.56%) Coaching
12 7 (15.56%) Data Science
12 7 (15.56%) Design Persona
12 7 (15.56%) Guerrilla Testing
12 7 (15.56%) Qualitative Research
12 7 (15.56%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.89%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (8.89%) Degree
1 4 (8.89%) Security Cleared
2 2 (4.44%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (22.22%) Actionable Recommendations
2 9 (20.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (2.22%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 2 (4.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (4.44%) Adobe
2 1 (2.22%) Brio
2 1 (2.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (2.22%) Workday