User-Centered Design (UCD) Contracts

User-Centered Design (UCD)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 358 383 272
Rank change year-on-year +25 -111 +19
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 251 373 917
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.58% 0.62% 1.03%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.69% 1.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 183 270 641
10th Percentile £328 £400 £400
25th Percentile £400 £459 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.32% +10.81%
75th Percentile £575 £626 £575
90th Percentile £638 £680 £630
UK excluding London median daily rate £511 £513 £501
% change year-on-year -0.29% +2.24% +17.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile - - £20.37
25th Percentile £41.51 £46.25 £20.46
Median hourly rate £41.68 £47.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.26% +106.52% -38.67%
75th Percentile £57.79 £48.75 £35.00
90th Percentile £67.37 - £53.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - - £21.00
% change year-on-year - - -29.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,374 53,774 80,482
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.91% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,095 37,304 56,474
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,422 1,763 1,928
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.27% +49.36% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.00 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year - +80.00% -8.17%

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Vacancy Trend

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the UK

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Top 15 Contract Locations

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 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
England +42 168 £525 -4.55% 97
UK excluding London +25 101 £511 -0.29% 58
Work from Home +52 98 £550 - 51
London +22 89 £525 -9.09% 39
North of England +27 40 £413 -25.00% 32
Scotland -5 30 £450 -10.00% 5
North West +28 25 £375 -6.25% 20
South East +34 18 £550 -1.79% 6
Yorkshire +5 13 £425 -23.84% 8
Midlands +23 8 £550 - 12
South West +21 6 £513 +11.41% 3
East Midlands +20 5 £550 -15.38% 6
West Midlands +25 3 £650 +18.18% 6
North East +17 2 £700 +19.15% 6
East of England +14 1 £650 - 2

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 3 (1.20%) CMS
2 1 (0.40%) Confluence
2 1 (0.40%) SharePoint
Applications
1 48 (19.12%) Sketch
2 26 (10.36%) Adobe XD
3 14 (5.58%) InVision
4 7 (2.79%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 6 (2.39%) Zeplin
6 5 (1.99%) UserZoom
7 3 (1.20%) Adobe Illustrator
7 3 (1.20%) Photoshop
8 1 (0.40%) Adobe After Effects
8 1 (0.40%) Final Cut Pro
8 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.40%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 62 (24.70%) Figma
2 12 (4.78%) Azure
3 3 (1.20%) SaaS
4 2 (0.80%) AWS
4 2 (0.80%) Miro
5 1 (0.40%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (0.40%) BigCommerce
5 1 (0.40%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.40%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.40%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 18 (7.17%) SAN
1 18 (7.17%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.40%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.19%) MongoDB
2 5 (1.99%) MySQL
2 5 (1.99%) SQL Server
3 3 (1.20%) Big Data
4 1 (0.40%) Metadata
4 1 (0.40%) NoSQL
4 1 (0.40%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 14 (5.58%) Axure RP
2 8 (3.19%) JIRA
3 2 (0.80%) Git
4 1 (0.40%) CocoaPods
4 1 (0.40%) webpack
4 1 (0.40%) Xcode
4 1 (0.40%) XCTest
General
1 85 (33.86%) Social Skills
2 70 (27.89%) Public Sector
3 24 (9.56%) Finance
4 19 (7.57%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (7.17%) Presentation Skills
6 8 (3.19%) Banking
6 8 (3.19%) Marketing
7 5 (1.99%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (1.99%) Publishing
8 4 (1.59%) Games
8 4 (1.59%) Health Technology
8 4 (1.59%) Tech for Good
9 3 (1.20%) Electronics
9 3 (1.20%) Local Government
9 3 (1.20%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.20%) Retail
9 3 (1.20%) Retail Banking
9 3 (1.20%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.80%) Military
Job Titles
1 127 (50.60%) Designer
2 47 (18.73%) UX Designer
3 40 (15.94%) User Researcher
4 35 (13.94%) Senior
5 31 (12.35%) Service Designer
6 28 (11.16%) Developer
7 23 (9.16%) Interaction Designer
8 18 (7.17%) Python Developer
9 17 (6.77%) Content Designer
10 16 (6.37%) Senior Designer
11 14 (5.58%) Lead
12 13 (5.18%) UI Designer
13 12 (4.78%) Analyst
14 10 (3.98%) Senior User Researcher
15 9 (3.59%) Architect
15 9 (3.59%) Business Analyst
15 9 (3.59%) UI/UX Designer
16 8 (3.19%) Delivery Manager
17 6 (2.39%) Senior Service Designer
18 5 (1.99%) .NET Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (7.97%) CSS
2 19 (7.57%) HTML
3 17 (6.77%) React
4 6 (2.39%) RESTful
4 6 (2.39%) Vue
5 5 (1.99%) .NET
5 5 (1.99%) AngularJS
6 2 (0.80%) OAuth
6 2 (0.80%) React Native
6 2 (0.80%) WebGL
7 1 (0.40%) Cocoa
7 1 (0.40%) Cocoa Touch
7 1 (0.40%) D3.js
7 1 (0.40%) Framer.js
7 1 (0.40%) jQuery
7 1 (0.40%) Node.js
7 1 (0.40%) Redux
7 1 (0.40%) Sass
7 1 (0.40%) SwiftUI
7 1 (0.40%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 30 (11.95%) Product Ownership
2 12 (4.78%) Mobile App
3 6 (2.39%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (1.99%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.59%) NHS
6 3 (1.20%) Graphic Design
7 2 (0.80%) Animation
7 2 (0.80%) Augmented Reality
7 2 (0.80%) Mobile Banking
7 2 (0.80%) Online Banking
7 2 (0.80%) Virtual Reality
7 2 (0.80%) Virtual Team
8 1 (0.40%) Analytical Mindset
8 1 (0.40%) Blog
8 1 (0.40%) Greenfield Project
8 1 (0.40%) Infotainment
8 1 (0.40%) Linux Command Line
8 1 (0.40%) Online Games
8 1 (0.40%) Renewable Energy
8 1 (0.40%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 18 (7.17%) Debian
1 18 (7.17%) Linux
1 18 (7.17%) Ubuntu
2 8 (3.19%) Android
2 8 (3.19%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (54.18%) Agile
2 112 (44.62%) User Research
3 110 (43.82%) User Experience
4 90 (35.86%) UX Design
5 78 (31.08%) Prototyping
6 66 (26.29%) Usability Testing
7 57 (22.71%) Service Design
8 48 (19.12%) Interaction Design
9 44 (17.53%) Wireframes
10 36 (14.34%) Problem-Solving
11 32 (12.75%) Mentoring
12 30 (11.95%) Workshop Facilitation
13 27 (10.76%) Continuous Improvement
13 27 (10.76%) User Stories
14 25 (9.96%) Actionable Insight
15 22 (8.76%) Ethnography
15 22 (8.76%) Journey Map
16 20 (7.97%) Design Thinking
16 20 (7.97%) Project Delivery
17 19 (7.57%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 26 (10.36%) Python
2 18 (7.17%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.40%) Bash
3 1 (0.40%) Java
3 1 (0.40%) SQL
3 1 (0.40%) Swift
3 1 (0.40%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 54 (21.51%) Security Cleared
2 42 (16.73%) SC Cleared
3 31 (12.35%) Degree
4 17 (6.77%) DV Cleared
5 7 (2.79%) BPSS Clearance
6 5 (1.99%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.40%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 81 (32.27%) Accessibility
2 15 (5.98%) Actionable Recommendations
3 14 (5.58%) WCAG
4 11 (4.38%) QA
5 5 (1.99%) Disclosure Scotland
6 4 (1.59%) PMO
7 1 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.40%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (0.80%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (13.55%) Adobe
2 18 (7.17%) Microsoft
2 18 (7.17%) Red Hat
2 18 (7.17%) VMware
3 4 (1.59%) SAP
4 2 (0.80%) Aprimo
4 2 (0.80%) Civica
5 1 (0.40%) Brio
5 1 (0.40%) Databricks
5 1 (0.40%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.40%) Sitecore