User-Centered Design (UCD) Jobs in England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for User-Centered Design (UCD) skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries 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 485 520 484
Rank change year-on-year +35 -36 +90
Permanent jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 383 491 954
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.45% 0.53% 0.72%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.55% 0.76%
Number of salaries quoted 235 251 325
10th Percentile £40,988 £42,500 £38,037
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,586 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% +4.17% +13.74%
75th Percentile £65,625 £80,000 £72,761
90th Percentile £73,750 £87,500 £83,750
UK median annual salary £57,965 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.39% - +12.15%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,041 88,556 126,288
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.85% 95.64% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 53,922 52,314 73,827
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in England over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for User-Centered Design (UCD) in England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) within the England 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +134 166 £57,965 -10.82% 33
North West +67 88 £57,965 -11.17% 21
London -22 77 £57,500 -11.54% 42
Yorkshire +123 54 £57,965 -17.19% 8
Midlands +36 49 £57,965 -3.39% 14
South West +2 47 £60,000 +9.09% 5
South East -3 30 £30,000 -55.56% 7
West Midlands +36 28 £59,400 -1.00% 6
North East +10 24 £57,965 -10.82% 6
East Midlands +3 21 £47,500 - 8
East of England -35 13 £46,110 -26.22% 3
User-Centered Design (UCD)
UK

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 21 (5.48%) Confluence
2 9 (2.35%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.83%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.78%) WordPress
Applications
1 57 (14.88%) Sketch
2 37 (9.66%) Adobe XD
3 15 (3.92%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 15 (3.92%) Trello
4 14 (3.66%) MS Visio
5 10 (2.61%) Photoshop
6 9 (2.35%) Adobe Illustrator
7 8 (2.09%) InDesign
8 6 (1.57%) Microsoft Office
9 3 (0.78%) InVision
10 2 (0.52%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.52%) Final Cut Pro
10 2 (0.52%) Zeplin
11 1 (0.26%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 3 (0.78%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 74 (19.32%) Figma
2 48 (12.53%) Miro
3 33 (8.62%) Azure
3 33 (8.62%) Heroku
4 23 (6.01%) AWS
5 18 (4.70%) SaaS
6 16 (4.18%) Power Platform
7 10 (2.61%) PaaS
8 9 (2.35%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (2.35%) PowerApps
9 8 (2.09%) Azure Stack
9 8 (2.09%) IaaS
10 7 (1.83%) Google Analytics
11 5 (1.31%) Stripe
12 4 (1.04%) dbt
12 4 (1.04%) WhatsApp
13 3 (0.78%) Azure DevOps
14 2 (0.52%) Adobe Creative Cloud
14 2 (0.52%) GitHub
14 2 (0.52%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.83%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (2.35%) Tableau
2 7 (1.83%) Power BI
3 6 (1.57%) Big Data
3 6 (1.57%) Relational Database
3 6 (1.57%) Snowflake Schema
3 6 (1.57%) Star Schema
4 2 (0.52%) Metadata
4 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (0.52%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 34 (8.88%) JIRA
2 18 (4.70%) Axure RP
3 13 (3.39%) Balsamiq
4 5 (1.31%) Git
5 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 89 (23.24%) Public Sector
2 76 (19.84%) Social Skills
3 47 (12.27%) Finance
4 44 (11.49%) Marketing
5 39 (10.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 26 (6.79%) Presentation Skills
7 20 (5.22%) Analytical Skills
8 19 (4.96%) Legal
9 16 (4.18%) Retail
10 14 (3.66%) Law
11 11 (2.87%) Banking
12 9 (2.35%) Games
13 7 (1.83%) Investment Banking
13 7 (1.83%) Manufacturing
13 7 (1.83%) Pharmaceutical
14 4 (1.04%) Publishing
15 3 (0.78%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.52%) iGaming
16 2 (0.52%) Multimedia
16 2 (0.52%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 165 (43.08%) Designer
2 161 (42.04%) Senior
3 72 (18.80%) UX Designer
4 63 (16.45%) Senior Designer
5 53 (13.84%) UI Designer
6 49 (12.79%) UI/UX Designer
7 46 (12.01%) Interaction Designer
8 37 (9.66%) User Researcher
9 33 (8.62%) Senior UI Designer
10 32 (8.36%) Senior UX Designer
11 31 (8.09%) Lead
12 30 (7.83%) Senior UI/UX Designer
13 27 (7.05%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
14 26 (6.79%) Senior User Researcher
15 24 (6.27%) Senior Manager
16 22 (5.74%) Analyst
17 21 (5.48%) Business Analyst
18 20 (5.22%) Consultant
18 20 (5.22%) Senior Interaction Designer
18 20 (5.22%) User Experience Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (17.75%) HTML
2 39 (10.18%) CSS
3 14 (3.66%) React
4 5 (1.31%) .NET
5 4 (1.04%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.78%) .NET Core
6 3 (0.78%) ASP.NET
6 3 (0.78%) jQuery
6 3 (0.78%) RESTful
7 2 (0.52%) Blazor
7 2 (0.52%) HTML5
7 2 (0.52%) REST
7 2 (0.52%) Vue
8 1 (0.26%) ASP.NET Web API
8 1 (0.26%) CSS3
8 1 (0.26%) OpenAPI
8 1 (0.26%) SVG
8 1 (0.26%) Swagger
8 1 (0.26%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 70 (18.28%) Product Ownership
2 19 (4.96%) Onboarding
3 10 (2.61%) Cloud Native
4 7 (1.83%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (1.83%) Biopharmaceutical
4 7 (1.83%) Cyberattack
4 7 (1.83%) Mobile App
4 7 (1.83%) Social Media
5 4 (1.04%) Graphic Design
6 3 (0.78%) Animation
6 3 (0.78%) Robotics
6 3 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (0.78%) Taxonomies
7 2 (0.52%) Digital Signage
7 2 (0.52%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.52%) Life Science
7 2 (0.52%) NHS
7 2 (0.52%) Photography
7 2 (0.52%) PMI
8 1 (0.26%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 188 (49.09%) Agile
2 173 (45.17%) User Experience
3 163 (42.56%) User Research
4 129 (33.68%) Prototyping
5 126 (32.90%) UX Design
6 119 (31.07%) Coaching
7 104 (27.15%) Actionable Insight
8 99 (25.85%) Mentoring
9 87 (22.72%) Problem-Solving
10 81 (21.15%) Customer Experience
11 80 (20.89%) Workshop Facilitation
12 79 (20.63%) Interaction Design
13 71 (18.54%) Wireframes
14 70 (18.28%) Design Patterns
15 66 (17.23%) Analytics
16 65 (16.97%) Service Design
17 63 (16.45%) Digital Customer Experience
18 60 (15.67%) Usability Testing
19 55 (14.36%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
20 52 (13.58%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (10.70%) JavaScript
2 12 (3.13%) SQL
3 9 (2.35%) C#
4 7 (1.83%) Python
4 7 (1.83%) T-SQL
5 6 (1.57%) R
6 3 (0.78%) Java
6 3 (0.78%) Scala
7 2 (0.52%) PHP
7 2 (0.52%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 115 (30.03%) Security Cleared
2 89 (23.24%) SC Cleared
3 64 (16.71%) Degree
4 20 (5.22%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (3.13%) DV Cleared
5 12 (3.13%) Master's Degree
6 9 (2.35%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.83%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.57%) IIBA
9 3 (0.78%) Computer Science Degree
9 3 (0.78%) PMI Certification
10 2 (0.52%) MBA
11 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
11 1 (0.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 188 (49.09%) Accessibility
2 107 (27.94%) WCAG
3 9 (2.35%) QA
4 7 (1.83%) PMO
5 4 (1.04%) Actionable Recommendations
6 2 (0.52%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 45 (11.75%) Adobe
2 36 (9.40%) Microsoft
3 7 (1.83%) Cadence
3 7 (1.83%) Google
4 4 (1.04%) Salesforce
5 3 (0.78%) Mercator
6 1 (0.26%) Databricks
6 1 (0.26%) DevExpress
6 1 (0.26%) Hotjar
6 1 (0.26%) Xamarin