User-Centered Design (UCD) Contracts in the North West

User-Centered Design (UCD)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 145 142
Rank change year-on-year +36 -3 -34
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 25 13 32
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.90% 0.41% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 0.45% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 6 27
10th Percentile - £350 £400
25th Percentile £325 - £411
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £400 £523
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -23.44% +5.03%
75th Percentile £638 £438 £541
90th Percentile £650 £525 £643
England median daily rate £525 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% +7.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,396 2,893 3,566
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.28% 90.60% 88.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,533 2,057 2,616
10th Percentile £306 £313 £238
25th Percentile £401 £413 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £590 £588 £575
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 144 165
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.85 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.30 £21.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £20.49
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +70.82% +10.76%
75th Percentile £45.22 £48.91 £43.75
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £58.75
England median hourly rate £35.83 £37.50 £24.48
% change year-on-year -4.45% +53.20% +1.99%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in the North West over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

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

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

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

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

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

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 West region over the 6 months to 29 April 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
Manchester +30 22 £375 -6.25% 16
Lancashire - 3 £650 - 2
User-Centered Design (UCD)
England

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (8.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.00%) Big Data
General
1 5 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (8.00%) Health Technology
2 2 (8.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.00%) Finance
3 1 (4.00%) Military
3 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (40.00%) User Researcher
2 9 (36.00%) Designer
3 5 (20.00%) Interaction Designer
4 3 (12.00%) Delivery Manager
4 3 (12.00%) Senior
5 2 (8.00%) Architect
5 2 (8.00%) Senior Designer
5 2 (8.00%) Senior UI Designer
5 2 (8.00%) Senior UI/UX Designer
5 2 (8.00%) Senior UX Designer
5 2 (8.00%) UI Designer
5 2 (8.00%) UI/UX Designer
5 2 (8.00%) UX Designer
6 1 (4.00%) Content Designer
6 1 (4.00%) Digital User Researcher
6 1 (4.00%) Head of Design
6 1 (4.00%) Senior User Researcher
6 1 (4.00%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.00%) CSS
1 4 (16.00%) HTML
2 2 (8.00%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.00%) NHS
1 2 (8.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (4.00%) BYOD
2 1 (4.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (64.00%) User Research
2 15 (60.00%) Agile
3 10 (40.00%) User Experience
3 10 (40.00%) UX Design
4 9 (36.00%) Service Design
5 8 (32.00%) Actionable Insight
5 8 (32.00%) Usability Testing
6 7 (28.00%) Front End Development
6 7 (28.00%) Interaction Design
6 7 (28.00%) Prototyping
7 6 (24.00%) Data Science
7 6 (24.00%) Design Persona
7 6 (24.00%) Ergonomics
7 6 (24.00%) Ethnography
7 6 (24.00%) Focus Group
7 6 (24.00%) Guerrilla Testing
7 6 (24.00%) Mentoring
7 6 (24.00%) Qualitative Research
7 6 (24.00%) Quantitative Research
7 6 (24.00%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (32.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (12.00%) Accessibility
Systems Management
1 2 (8.00%) Single Sign-On