User-Centered Design (UCD) Contracts in the UK excluding London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 294 309 248
Rank change year-on-year +15 -61 +17
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 102 139 311
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.50% 0.59% 1.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.59% 0.66% 1.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 110 247
10th Percentile £325 £387 £398
25th Percentile £400 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +17.65%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £557
90th Percentile £618 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -9.09% +7.32% +9.04%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £20.36
25th Percentile - - £20.41
Median hourly rate - - £21.00
75th Percentile - - £23.25
90th Percentile - - £24.30
UK median hourly rate £41.68 £47.50 £23.00
% change year-on-year -12.26% +106.52% -38.67%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,297 21,007 27,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.45% 89.55% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,312 14,549 18,866
10th Percentile £250 £256 £235
25th Percentile £378 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,055 1,290 1,325
10th Percentile £12.32 £11.00 £12.22
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.41 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £46.17
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the UK excluding London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Daily rate trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the UK excluding London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the UK excluding London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the UK excluding London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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 of England +25 45 £400 -27.27% 49
Scotland +6 29 £425 -15.00% 4
North West +28 26 £375 -6.25% 31
South East +32 16 £550 -8.33% 6
Yorkshire +2 14 £413 -26.08% 11
Midlands +33 8 £550 +0.92% 13
South West +14 6 £513 +11.41% 9
East Midlands +26 5 £550 -15.38% 2
North East +13 5 £575 -2.13% 9
West Midlands +15 3 £650 +19.27% 11
User-Centered Design (UCD)
UK

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 2 (1.96%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (11.76%) Sketch
2 3 (2.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 2 (1.96%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (1.96%) InVision
3 2 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
3 2 (1.96%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.98%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.98%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (0.98%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 15 (14.71%) Figma
2 12 (11.76%) Azure
3 4 (3.92%) SaaS
4 1 (0.98%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (0.98%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 17 (16.67%) SAN
1 17 (16.67%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (9.80%) MongoDB
2 3 (2.94%) Big Data
3 1 (0.98%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (2.94%) JIRA
2 2 (1.96%) Axure RP
General
1 27 (26.47%) Public Sector
2 15 (14.71%) Social Skills
3 10 (9.80%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (7.84%) Finance
4 8 (7.84%) Presentation Skills
5 4 (3.92%) Health Technology
6 3 (2.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (1.96%) Military
8 1 (0.98%) Billing
8 1 (0.98%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (0.98%) Law
8 1 (0.98%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 43 (42.16%) Designer
2 23 (22.55%) UX Designer
3 22 (21.57%) User Researcher
4 17 (16.67%) Developer
4 17 (16.67%) Python Developer
5 15 (14.71%) Senior
6 8 (7.84%) Interaction Designer
7 7 (6.86%) Senior Designer
7 7 (6.86%) Service Designer
8 6 (5.88%) Analyst
8 6 (5.88%) UI Designer
9 5 (4.90%) Lead
10 4 (3.92%) Architect
10 4 (3.92%) Backend Developer
10 4 (3.92%) Senior User Researcher
10 4 (3.92%) UI/UX Designer
11 3 (2.94%) Consultant
11 3 (2.94%) Linux Developer
11 3 (2.94%) Senior UX Designer
11 3 (2.94%) User Experience Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (9.80%) React
2 6 (5.88%) CSS
2 6 (5.88%) HTML
3 2 (1.96%) OAuth
4 1 (0.98%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 20 (19.61%) Product Ownership
2 4 (3.92%) Mobile App
3 3 (2.94%) NHS
4 2 (1.96%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.98%) BYOD
5 1 (0.98%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.98%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 17 (16.67%) Debian
1 17 (16.67%) Linux
1 17 (16.67%) Ubuntu
2 10 (9.80%) Android
2 10 (9.80%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (52.94%) Agile
2 48 (47.06%) User Experience
2 48 (47.06%) User Research
3 41 (40.20%) Prototyping
4 37 (36.27%) UX Design
5 22 (21.57%) Mentoring
5 22 (21.57%) Service Design
6 17 (16.67%) Configuration Management
6 17 (16.67%) Data Engineering
6 17 (16.67%) Data Modelling
6 17 (16.67%) Interaction Design
6 17 (16.67%) ITIL
6 17 (16.67%) Usability Testing
7 15 (14.71%) Customer Service
7 15 (14.71%) Software Engineering
7 15 (14.71%) User Stories
8 14 (13.73%) Matrix Organization
9 12 (11.76%) Actionable Insight
10 11 (10.78%) Coaching
10 11 (10.78%) Qualitative Research
Programming Languages
1 27 (26.47%) Python
2 4 (3.92%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 25 (24.51%) Security Cleared
2 23 (22.55%) SC Cleared
3 14 (13.73%) DV Cleared
4 7 (6.86%) Degree
5 2 (1.96%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (27.45%) Accessibility
2 10 (9.80%) Actionable Recommendations
3 6 (5.88%) WCAG
4 4 (3.92%) Disclosure Scotland
5 3 (2.94%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.96%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 18 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 17 (16.67%) Red Hat
2 17 (16.67%) VMware
3 4 (3.92%) Adobe
4 1 (0.98%) Brio
4 1 (0.98%) Workday