User-Centered Design (UCD) Contracts in the South East

User-Centered Design (UCD)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 182 216 236
Rank change year-on-year +34 +20 -47
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 18 10 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.33% 0.17% 0.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.19% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 9 15
10th Percentile £506 £448 £476
25th Percentile £517 £550 £498
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £560 £510
Median % change year-on-year -1.79% +9.80% +13.33%
75th Percentile - £650 £545
90th Percentile £557 £652 £583
England median daily rate £525 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -4.55% +7.32% +7.89%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,689 5,214 6,955
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.87% 89.45% 89.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,728 3,619 4,703
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £405 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £508 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.38% +1.50% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 218 287
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.37 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.49 £16.06
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -13.46%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £48.67
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.85 £62.59
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

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

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

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

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

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the South East

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

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 South East region over the 6 months to 27 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
Thames Valley +18 15 £550 - 4
Buckinghamshire +36 13 £550 -
Hampshire - 2 - - 2
Berkshire -6 1 - - 1
Oxfordshire - 1 £485 - 3
Surrey - 1 - -
User-Centered Design (UCD)
England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (5.56%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) Figma
2 1 (5.56%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (72.22%) SAN
1 13 (72.22%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) JIRA
General
1 1 (5.56%) Brand Awareness
1 1 (5.56%) Marketing
1 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 13 (72.22%) Developer
1 13 (72.22%) Python Developer
2 4 (22.22%) Backend Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Analyst Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Developer Analyst
3 3 (16.67%) Linux Developer
3 3 (16.67%) Programmer
3 3 (16.67%) Python Programmer
3 3 (16.67%) Security Analyst
4 2 (11.11%) Architect
4 2 (11.11%) Designer
4 2 (11.11%) User Experience Architect
5 1 (5.56%) Digital Product Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Product Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Senior
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Digital Product Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Senior Product Manager
5 1 (5.56%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.56%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 13 (72.22%) Debian
1 13 (72.22%) Linux
1 13 (72.22%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (77.78%) Agile
1 14 (77.78%) Prototyping
2 13 (72.22%) Configuration Management
2 13 (72.22%) Data Engineering
2 13 (72.22%) Data Modelling
2 13 (72.22%) ITIL
3 10 (55.56%) Customer Service
3 10 (55.56%) Matrix Organization
4 6 (33.33%) Software Engineering
5 4 (22.22%) User Experience
5 4 (22.22%) UX Design
6 3 (16.67%) B2B
7 2 (11.11%) Scrum
7 2 (11.11%) UX Research
8 1 (5.56%) Customer Experience
8 1 (5.56%) Journey Map
8 1 (5.56%) Product Management
8 1 (5.56%) Strategic Thinking
8 1 (5.56%) User Research
8 1 (5.56%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 13 (72.22%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (72.22%) SC Cleared
1 13 (72.22%) Security Cleared
2 10 (55.56%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 13 (72.22%) Microsoft
1 13 (72.22%) Red Hat
1 13 (72.22%) VMware
2 1 (5.56%) Adobe