User-Centered Design (UCD) Contracts in the Thames Valley

User-Centered Design (UCD)
South East > Thames Valley

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 127 144 156
Rank change year-on-year +17 +12 -17
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 14 4 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 0.52% 0.14% 0.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.60% 0.15% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 4 5
10th Percentile £506 £410 £482
25th Percentile £517 £444 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £513 £510
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% +0.49% -
75th Percentile - £553 -
90th Percentile £557 £557 £564
South East median daily rate £550 £600 £510
% change year-on-year -8.33% +17.65% +13.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,335 2,654 3,125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 87.00% 91.45% 89.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,309 1,852 2,114
10th Percentile £213 £323 £225
25th Percentile £370 £413 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £484
Median % change year-on-year - +3.31% +7.56%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.91% +2.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 170 62 87
10th Percentile £14.42 £18.60 £10.77
25th Percentile £19.25 £24.86 £11.78
Median hourly rate £45.00 £51.25 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -12.20% +192.86% -16.86%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.21 £24.38
90th Percentile £85.65 £79.19 £66.75
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £21.99
% change year-on-year -5.00% +127.43% -20.05%

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

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

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

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

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Hourly rate trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the Thames Valley

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

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 Thames Valley 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
Buckinghamshire +36 13 £550 -0.90%
Oxfordshire - 1 £485 - 3
User-Centered Design (UCD)
South East

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (7.14%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (7.14%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 13 (92.86%) SAN
1 13 (92.86%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 13 (92.86%) Developer
1 13 (92.86%) Python Developer
2 4 (28.57%) Backend Developer
3 3 (21.43%) Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Analyst Developer
3 3 (21.43%) Developer Analyst
3 3 (21.43%) Linux Developer
3 3 (21.43%) Programmer
3 3 (21.43%) Python Programmer
3 3 (21.43%) Security Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Digital Product Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Product Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Digital Product Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Product Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 13 (92.86%) Debian
1 13 (92.86%) Linux
1 13 (92.86%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (92.86%) Agile
1 13 (92.86%) Configuration Management
1 13 (92.86%) Data Engineering
1 13 (92.86%) Data Modelling
1 13 (92.86%) ITIL
1 13 (92.86%) Prototyping
2 10 (71.43%) Customer Service
2 10 (71.43%) Matrix Organization
3 6 (42.86%) Software Engineering
4 1 (7.14%) Product Management
4 1 (7.14%) Scrum
4 1 (7.14%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 13 (92.86%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (92.86%) SC Cleared
1 13 (92.86%) Security Cleared
2 10 (71.43%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 13 (92.86%) Microsoft
1 13 (92.86%) Red Hat
1 13 (92.86%) VMware