Human-Centred Design
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Human-Centred Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Human-Centred Design 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 868 912 953
Rank change year-on-year +44 +41 -66
Permanent jobs citing Human-Centred Design 34 60 276
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.034% 0.059% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.040% 0.062% 0.18%
Number of salaries quoted 14 11 76
10th Percentile £46,000 £52,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £48,125 £56,875 £49,688
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £61,069
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +10.53% -6.05%
75th Percentile £72,610 £92,000 £74,063
90th Percentile £97,519 £110,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 - £50,600
% change year-on-year - - +12.44%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Human-Centred Design 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,550
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

Human-Centred Design
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Human-Centred Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Human-Centred Design in the UK

Human-Centred Design
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Human-Centred Design.

Salary trend for Human-Centred Design in the UK

Human-Centred Design
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Human-Centred Design over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Human-Centred Design in the UK

Human-Centred Design
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Human-Centred Design within the UK 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +93 34 £57,500 -14.81% 17
UK excluding London -4 21 £57,500 - 9
Work from Home +48 15 £67,820 +4.34% 19
London +97 13 £86,410 +28.01% 9
South East +7 8 - - 1
Midlands -7 7 £49,000 - 1
East Midlands -13 5 £49,000 - 1
South West -19 4 £57,500 - 3
North of England +50 2 £64,250 - 2
West Midlands +12 2 - -
North West +11 1 £63,500 - 1
North East - 1 £65,000 - 1

Human-Centred Design
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 4 (11.76%) Apache Spark
2 1 (2.94%) CMS
2 1 (2.94%) Jetty
Applications
1 8 (23.53%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (11.76%) Sketch
3 1 (2.94%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (35.29%) SaaS
2 6 (17.65%) Figma
3 4 (11.76%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 4 (11.76%) AWS
4 3 (8.82%) AWS CloudFormation
4 3 (8.82%) AWS CodeBuild
4 3 (8.82%) Azure
4 3 (8.82%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (5.88%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (2.94%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (2.94%) SAP Fieldglass
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.88%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (8.82%) Jenkins
General
1 12 (35.29%) Legal
2 10 (29.41%) Finance
2 10 (29.41%) Social Skills
3 5 (14.71%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (14.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 5 (14.71%) Marketing
3 5 (14.71%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (14.71%) Public Sector
4 2 (5.88%) Automotive
5 1 (2.94%) Banking
5 1 (2.94%) Law
5 1 (2.94%) Retail
5 1 (2.94%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (32.35%) Lead
1 11 (32.35%) Product Manager
2 9 (26.47%) Senior
3 7 (20.59%) User Researcher
4 5 (14.71%) Consultant
4 5 (14.71%) Designer
5 4 (11.76%) Data Scientist
5 4 (11.76%) Lead Data Scientist
5 4 (11.76%) Research Consultant
5 4 (11.76%) Senior Consultant
5 4 (11.76%) Senior Data Scientist
5 4 (11.76%) Senior User Researcher
5 4 (11.76%) UX Designer
6 3 (8.82%) Developer
6 3 (8.82%) Lead Product Manager
6 3 (8.82%) Senior Developer
7 2 (5.88%) Applications Manager
7 2 (5.88%) Digital Product Manager
7 2 (5.88%) Mobile Product Manager
8 1 (2.94%) Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (29.41%) Web Services
2 4 (11.76%) CSS
2 4 (11.76%) HTML
3 3 (8.82%) Node.js
3 3 (8.82%) RESTful
4 1 (2.94%) AngularJS
4 1 (2.94%) Apache CXF
4 1 (2.94%) Mustache
4 1 (2.94%) React
4 1 (2.94%) Spring
4 1 (2.94%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 15 (44.12%) Algorithms
2 11 (32.35%) Data Structures
3 4 (11.76%) Product Ownership
4 3 (8.82%) Blog
4 3 (8.82%) Graphic Design
4 3 (8.82%) NHS
4 3 (8.82%) Public Cloud
5 2 (5.88%) 3D Graphics
5 2 (5.88%) Management Information System
5 2 (5.88%) Mobile App
5 2 (5.88%) Photography
5 2 (5.88%) Robotics
6 1 (2.94%) Driving Licence
6 1 (2.94%) Team-Oriented Environment
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (67.65%) User Experience
2 21 (61.76%) Service Design
2 21 (61.76%) UX Design
3 20 (58.82%) Agile
4 18 (52.94%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (44.12%) Analytics
5 15 (44.12%) Data Analysis
5 15 (44.12%) Scrum
5 15 (44.12%) Visualisation
6 14 (41.18%) Business Analytics
7 12 (35.29%) Business Development
7 12 (35.29%) DevOps
8 11 (32.35%) Data Cleansing
8 11 (32.35%) Data Management
8 11 (32.35%) Economics
8 11 (32.35%) ETL
8 11 (32.35%) Kanban
8 11 (32.35%) Performance Management
8 11 (32.35%) Product Management
8 11 (32.35%) Revenue Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (23.53%) SQL
2 4 (11.76%) Python
3 2 (5.88%) TypeScript
4 1 (2.94%) Java
4 1 (2.94%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 17 (50.00%) Degree
2 9 (26.47%) Master's Degree
2 9 (26.47%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.94%) Accessibility
1 1 (2.94%) GDPR
1 1 (2.94%) QA
System Software
1 3 (8.82%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (8.82%) Kubernetes
1 3 (8.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) Adobe
2 4 (11.76%) Microsoft
2 4 (11.76%) Salesforce
3 3 (8.82%) Atlassian
4 2 (5.88%) SAP
5 1 (2.94%) Ariba