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 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 474 510 465
Rank change year-on-year +36 -45 +128
Permanent jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 486 559 1,189
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.49% 0.55% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.57% 0.58% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 257 321 366
10th Percentile £40,988 £41,480 £38,019
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% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £65,603 £75,000 £70,572
90th Percentile £73,410 £85,000 £81,386
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,965 £56,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +2.59% +7.62% +5.00%

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 84,809 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%

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 9 May 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 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
UK excluding London +135 395 £57,965 +2.59% 86
England +56 394 £57,965 -7.26% 139
Work from Home +47 205 £57,965 +0.81% 72
North of England +165 170 £57,965 -9.08% 49
North West +76 89 £57,965 -10.82% 31
London -26 82 £57,500 -11.54% 53
Yorkshire +127 56 £57,965 +5.39% 11
Scotland -19 55 £54,400 +17.86% 4
Midlands +11 49 £57,965 -3.39% 14
South West -1 48 £60,000 +9.09% 9
South East -6 31 £31,750 -52.96% 5
West Midlands +17 28 £59,400 -1.00% 11
North East +14 25 £57,965 +2.89% 9
East Midlands 0 21 £47,500 - 3
Wales +17 17 £32,500 -32.40% 1
East of England -25 13 £46,110 -26.22% 3
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 (7.20%) Confluence
2 8 (1.65%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.62%) WordPress
Applications
1 82 (16.87%) Sketch
2 41 (8.44%) Adobe XD
3 23 (4.73%) MS Visio
4 15 (3.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 15 (3.09%) Trello
5 10 (2.06%) Microsoft Office
5 10 (2.06%) Photoshop
6 9 (1.85%) Adobe Illustrator
7 8 (1.65%) InDesign
8 6 (1.23%) InVision
9 2 (0.41%) Adobe After Effects
9 2 (0.41%) Final Cut Pro
9 2 (0.41%) Zeplin
10 1 (0.21%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 4 (0.82%) NEC Housing
2 3 (0.62%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 99 (20.37%) Figma
2 75 (15.43%) Miro
3 51 (10.49%) Heroku
4 35 (7.20%) Azure
5 26 (5.35%) AWS
6 18 (3.70%) SaaS
7 15 (3.09%) Power Platform
8 10 (2.06%) PaaS
9 9 (1.85%) GCP
10 8 (1.65%) Azure Stack
10 8 (1.65%) IaaS
10 8 (1.65%) Microsoft 365
10 8 (1.65%) PowerApps
11 7 (1.44%) dbt
11 7 (1.44%) Google Analytics
12 6 (1.23%) SurveyMonkey
13 5 (1.03%) ChatGPT
13 5 (1.03%) Stripe
14 4 (0.82%) WhatsApp
15 2 (0.41%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.65%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (3.09%) SQL Server
2 12 (2.47%) Big Data
3 9 (1.85%) Tableau
4 7 (1.44%) Power BI
5 6 (1.23%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.23%) Snowflake Schema
5 6 (1.23%) Star Schema
6 2 (0.41%) Metadata
6 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 2 (0.41%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.21%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 48 (9.88%) JIRA
2 24 (4.94%) Git
3 18 (3.70%) Axure RP
4 15 (3.09%) Jasmine
4 15 (3.09%) Karma Test Runner
4 15 (3.09%) Visual Studio Code
5 13 (2.67%) Balsamiq
6 1 (0.21%) Visual Studio
General
1 102 (20.99%) Social Skills
2 97 (19.96%) Public Sector
3 72 (14.81%) Finance
4 66 (13.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 51 (10.49%) Marketing
6 36 (7.41%) Presentation Skills
7 35 (7.20%) Law
8 28 (5.76%) Analytical Skills
9 27 (5.56%) Banking
10 23 (4.73%) Legal
11 19 (3.91%) Retail
12 15 (3.09%) Private Banking
13 9 (1.85%) Games
14 8 (1.65%) Investment Banking
15 7 (1.44%) Manufacturing
15 7 (1.44%) Pharmaceutical
16 6 (1.23%) Social Science
17 4 (0.82%) Local Government
17 4 (0.82%) Police
17 4 (0.82%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 206 (42.39%) Senior
2 203 (41.77%) Designer
3 98 (20.16%) UX Designer
4 83 (17.08%) Senior Designer
5 74 (15.23%) UI Designer
6 70 (14.40%) UI/UX Designer
7 52 (10.70%) Senior UX Designer
8 51 (10.49%) Senior UI Designer
9 49 (10.08%) Interaction Designer
9 49 (10.08%) User Researcher
10 48 (9.88%) Senior UI/UX Designer
11 38 (7.82%) Senior User Researcher
12 33 (6.79%) Lead
13 32 (6.58%) Analyst
14 31 (6.38%) Business Analyst
15 28 (5.76%) Service Designer
16 27 (5.56%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
17 24 (4.94%) Developer
17 24 (4.94%) Senior Analyst
17 24 (4.94%) Senior Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 104 (21.40%) HTML
2 57 (11.73%) CSS
3 27 (5.56%) AngularJS
4 23 (4.73%) React
5 20 (4.12%) .NET
6 18 (3.70%) ASP.NET
6 18 (3.70%) jQuery
6 18 (3.70%) LESS
6 18 (3.70%) RESTful
6 18 (3.70%) Sass
7 16 (3.29%) ASP.NET Web API
7 16 (3.29%) OpenAPI
7 16 (3.29%) Swagger
8 15 (3.09%) ASP.NET MVC
8 15 (3.09%) ASP.NET MVC 3
8 15 (3.09%) OAuth
8 15 (3.09%) OAuth2
9 7 (1.44%) Vue
10 3 (0.62%) .NET Core
10 3 (0.62%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 86 (17.70%) Product Ownership
2 25 (5.14%) Cloud Native
3 24 (4.94%) Onboarding
4 10 (2.06%) Mobile App
5 9 (1.85%) Public Cloud
6 7 (1.44%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (1.44%) Biopharmaceutical
6 7 (1.44%) Cyberattack
6 7 (1.44%) Graphic Design
6 7 (1.44%) Social Media
7 6 (1.23%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.03%) Algorithms
9 4 (0.82%) Life Science
9 4 (0.82%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.62%) Animation
10 3 (0.62%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (0.62%) Robotics
10 3 (0.62%) Taxonomies
11 2 (0.41%) NHS
11 2 (0.41%) Photography
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (51.03%) Agile
2 213 (43.83%) User Experience
3 208 (42.80%) User Research
4 162 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
5 159 (32.72%) Prototyping
6 157 (32.30%) UX Design
7 140 (28.81%) Coaching
8 122 (25.10%) Workshop Facilitation
9 117 (24.07%) Customer Experience
10 108 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
11 107 (22.02%) Mentoring
12 101 (20.78%) Digital Customer Experience
13 94 (19.34%) Design Patterns
14 90 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
15 84 (17.28%) Interaction Design
16 81 (16.67%) Wireframes
17 79 (16.26%) Service Design
18 78 (16.05%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
19 75 (15.43%) Usability Testing
20 68 (13.99%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 64 (13.17%) JavaScript
2 23 (4.73%) C#
3 22 (4.53%) T-SQL
4 15 (3.09%) TypeScript
5 12 (2.47%) SQL
6 7 (1.44%) Python
7 6 (1.23%) R
8 3 (0.62%) Scala
9 2 (0.41%) Java
10 1 (0.21%) PHP
10 1 (0.21%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 170 (34.98%) Security Cleared
2 144 (29.63%) SC Cleared
3 84 (17.28%) Degree
4 21 (4.32%) Master's Degree
5 20 (4.12%) Microsoft Certification
6 12 (2.47%) DV Cleared
7 11 (2.26%) BPSS Clearance
8 7 (1.44%) Azure Certification
9 6 (1.23%) DBS Check
9 6 (1.23%) IIBA
10 3 (0.62%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.41%) Computer Science Degree
11 2 (0.41%) MBA
12 1 (0.21%) APMG
12 1 (0.21%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 260 (53.50%) Accessibility
2 128 (26.34%) WCAG
3 17 (3.50%) QA
4 15 (3.09%) WAI
5 12 (2.47%) PMO
6 4 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.41%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.21%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 48 (9.88%) Adobe
2 42 (8.64%) Microsoft
3 12 (2.47%) Cadence
4 10 (2.06%) Google
5 6 (1.23%) Qualtrics
6 5 (1.03%) OpenAI
7 4 (0.82%) NEC
7 4 (0.82%) Salesforce
8 3 (0.62%) Mercator
9 1 (0.21%) Databricks
9 1 (0.21%) DevExpress
9 1 (0.21%) Hotjar
9 1 (0.21%) Xamarin