User-Centered Design (UCD) Jobs

User-Centered Design (UCD)
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 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 479 491 499
Rank change year-on-year +12 +8 +95
Permanent jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 472 602 1,083
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.48% 0.58% 0.70%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.56% 0.60% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 250 328 374
10th Percentile £40,988 £41,411 £38,011
25th Percentile £46,250 £46,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.39% - +14.29%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £70,910
90th Percentile £73,444 £85,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,965 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.59% +7.62% +10.53%

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 84,305 100,095 147,310
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.99% 95.64% 95.57%
Number of salaries quoted 59,591 58,745 83,129
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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)
Salary Trend

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Salary Histogram

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Top 17 Job Locations

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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
UK excluding London +123 387 £57,965 +2.59% 58
England +33 381 £57,965 -7.26% 97
Work from Home +39 200 £57,965 +0.81% 51
North of England +153 166 £57,965 -10.82% 32
North West +73 88 £57,965 -11.17% 20
London -20 76 £56,250 -13.46% 39
Yorkshire +126 54 £57,965 -17.19% 8
Scotland -20 53 £58,800 +27.39% 5
Midlands +29 49 £57,965 -3.39% 12
South West +11 46 £60,000 +9.09% 3
South East +18 30 £30,000 -55.56% 6
West Midlands +31 28 £59,400 -1.00% 6
North East +12 24 £57,965 -10.82% 6
East Midlands +2 21 £47,500 - 6
Wales +24 18 £32,500 -25.56% 3
East of England -37 13 £46,110 -26.22% 2
Northern Ireland - 13 £58,800 - 1

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 35 (7.42%) Confluence
2 9 (1.91%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.48%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.64%) WordPress
Applications
1 81 (17.16%) Sketch
2 40 (8.47%) Adobe XD
3 23 (4.87%) MS Visio
4 15 (3.18%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 15 (3.18%) Trello
5 10 (2.12%) Photoshop
6 9 (1.91%) Adobe Illustrator
7 8 (1.69%) InDesign
7 8 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
8 6 (1.27%) InVision
9 2 (0.42%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.42%) Final Cut Pro
9 2 (0.42%) Zeplin
10 1 (0.21%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 3 (0.64%) Magento
2 2 (0.42%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 98 (20.76%) Figma
2 75 (15.89%) Miro
3 51 (10.81%) Heroku
4 33 (6.99%) Azure
5 23 (4.87%) AWS
6 18 (3.81%) SaaS
7 16 (3.39%) Power Platform
8 10 (2.12%) PaaS
9 9 (1.91%) Microsoft 365
9 9 (1.91%) PowerApps
10 8 (1.69%) Azure Stack
10 8 (1.69%) IaaS
11 7 (1.48%) dbt
11 7 (1.48%) Google Analytics
12 6 (1.27%) GCP
13 5 (1.06%) ChatGPT
13 5 (1.06%) Stripe
14 4 (0.85%) WhatsApp
15 3 (0.64%) Azure DevOps
16 2 (0.42%) Adobe Creative Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.69%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.18%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.54%) Big Data
3 9 (1.91%) Tableau
4 7 (1.48%) Power BI
5 6 (1.27%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.27%) Snowflake Schema
5 6 (1.27%) Star Schema
6 2 (0.42%) Metadata
6 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.42%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 48 (10.17%) JIRA
2 25 (5.30%) Git
3 18 (3.81%) Axure RP
4 15 (3.18%) Jasmine
4 15 (3.18%) Karma Test Runner
4 15 (3.18%) Visual Studio Code
5 13 (2.75%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 96 (20.34%) Public Sector
2 92 (19.49%) Social Skills
3 69 (14.62%) Finance
4 64 (13.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 50 (10.59%) Marketing
6 31 (6.57%) Law
7 28 (5.93%) Presentation Skills
8 25 (5.30%) Banking
9 23 (4.87%) Analytical Skills
10 21 (4.45%) Legal
11 19 (4.03%) Retail
12 15 (3.18%) Private Banking
13 9 (1.91%) Games
14 7 (1.48%) Manufacturing
14 7 (1.48%) Pharmaceutical
15 6 (1.27%) Investment Banking
16 4 (0.85%) Publishing
17 3 (0.64%) Influencing Skills
17 3 (0.64%) Polish Language
18 2 (0.42%) Police
Job Titles
1 204 (43.22%) Designer
1 204 (43.22%) Senior
2 99 (20.97%) UX Designer
3 84 (17.80%) Senior Designer
4 74 (15.68%) UI Designer
5 70 (14.83%) UI/UX Designer
6 53 (11.23%) Senior UX Designer
7 51 (10.81%) Senior UI Designer
8 49 (10.38%) Interaction Designer
8 49 (10.38%) User Researcher
9 48 (10.17%) Senior UI/UX Designer
10 38 (8.05%) Senior User Researcher
11 33 (6.99%) Lead
12 32 (6.78%) Analyst
13 31 (6.57%) Business Analyst
14 27 (5.72%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
14 27 (5.72%) Service Designer
15 25 (5.30%) Developer
16 24 (5.08%) Senior Analyst
16 24 (5.08%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 103 (21.82%) HTML
2 56 (11.86%) CSS
3 27 (5.72%) AngularJS
4 21 (4.45%) React
5 20 (4.24%) .NET
6 18 (3.81%) ASP.NET
6 18 (3.81%) jQuery
6 18 (3.81%) LESS
6 18 (3.81%) RESTful
6 18 (3.81%) Sass
7 16 (3.39%) ASP.NET Web API
7 16 (3.39%) OpenAPI
7 16 (3.39%) Swagger
8 15 (3.18%) ASP.NET MVC
8 15 (3.18%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 15 (3.18%) OAuth
8 15 (3.18%) OAuth2
9 7 (1.48%) Vue
10 3 (0.64%) .NET Core
10 3 (0.64%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 84 (17.80%) Product Ownership
2 25 (5.30%) Cloud Native
3 24 (5.08%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.12%) Mobile App
5 7 (1.48%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (1.48%) Biopharmaceutical
5 7 (1.48%) Cyberattack
5 7 (1.48%) Graphic Design
5 7 (1.48%) Social Media
6 6 (1.27%) Public Cloud
6 6 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.06%) Algorithms
8 3 (0.64%) Animation
8 3 (0.64%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (0.64%) Robotics
8 3 (0.64%) Taxonomies
9 2 (0.42%) Life Science
9 2 (0.42%) NHS
9 2 (0.42%) Photography
9 2 (0.42%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 245 (51.91%) Agile
2 205 (43.43%) User Experience
3 200 (42.37%) User Research
4 157 (33.26%) Prototyping
5 156 (33.05%) Actionable Insight
6 152 (32.20%) UX Design
7 136 (28.81%) Coaching
8 120 (25.42%) Workshop Facilitation
9 119 (25.21%) Customer Experience
10 109 (23.09%) Problem-Solving
11 104 (22.03%) Mentoring
12 101 (21.40%) Digital Customer Experience
13 91 (19.28%) Design Patterns
14 90 (19.07%) Stakeholder Management
15 81 (17.16%) Interaction Design
16 79 (16.74%) Wireframes
17 78 (16.53%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
18 75 (15.89%) Service Design
19 67 (14.19%) Analytics
20 65 (13.77%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 63 (13.35%) JavaScript
2 24 (5.08%) C#
3 22 (4.66%) T-SQL
4 15 (3.18%) TypeScript
5 12 (2.54%) SQL
6 7 (1.48%) Python
7 6 (1.27%) R
8 3 (0.64%) Java
8 3 (0.64%) Scala
9 2 (0.42%) PHP
9 2 (0.42%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 170 (36.02%) Security Cleared
2 144 (30.51%) SC Cleared
3 75 (15.89%) Degree
4 20 (4.24%) Microsoft Certification
5 15 (3.18%) Master's Degree
6 12 (2.54%) DV Cleared
7 11 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.48%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.27%) IIBA
10 4 (0.85%) DBS Check
11 3 (0.64%) Computer Science Degree
11 3 (0.64%) PMI Certification
12 2 (0.42%) MBA
13 1 (0.21%) APMG
13 1 (0.21%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 256 (54.24%) Accessibility
2 128 (27.12%) WCAG
3 15 (3.18%) WAI
4 13 (2.75%) QA
5 12 (2.54%) PMO
6 4 (0.85%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.42%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 48 (10.17%) Adobe
2 38 (8.05%) Microsoft
3 12 (2.54%) Cadence
4 7 (1.48%) Google
5 5 (1.06%) OpenAI
6 4 (0.85%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.64%) Mercator
8 2 (0.42%) NEC
9 1 (0.21%) Databricks
9 1 (0.21%) DevExpress
9 1 (0.21%) Hotjar
9 1 (0.21%) Xamarin