User-Centered Design (UCD) Contract Job Trends in Buckinghamshire

User-Centered Design (UCD)
South East > Buckinghamshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire requiring User-Centered Design (UCD) skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 - 43
Rank change year-on-year - - +30
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 4 0 13
As % of all contract jobs in Buckinghamshire 0.64% - 2.35%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.82% - 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 13
10th Percentile £563 - £506
25th Percentile £582 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 - £550
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £558
South East median daily rate £500 £600 £550
% change year-on-year -16.67% +9.09% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Buckinghamshire

User-Centered Design (UCD) falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Buckinghamshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 489 263 468
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire 78.74% 93.59% 84.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 191 331
10th Percentile £263 £215 £275
25th Percentile £386 £400 £401
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £600
90th Percentile £640 £650 £660
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 34 12 37
10th Percentile £15.71 £14.20 £15.94
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.68 £19.00
Median hourly rate £18.32 £21.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -14.79% -14.00% +92.31%
75th Percentile £29.61 £54.69 £30.00
90th Percentile £34.08 £66.50 £48.75
South East median hourly rate £29.61 £35.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -15.40% -6.67% -16.67%

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

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing User-Centered Design (UCD) relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Buckinghamshire.

User-Centered Design (UCD) job vacancy trend in Buckinghamshire

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Daily Rate Trend in Buckinghamshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing User-Centered Design (UCD).

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Buckinghamshire citing User-Centered Design (UCD)

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contract Job Locations in Buckinghamshire

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 Buckinghamshire region over the 6 months to 10 March 2026. 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
Milton Keynes - 4 £593 - 4
User-Centered Design (UCD)
South East

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Buckinghamshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) SAN
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (75.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Designer
1 3 (75.00%) Service Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Service Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Python Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Debian
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) AI
2 3 (75.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (75.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (75.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 3 (75.00%) Service Design
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
2 3 (75.00%) SIAM
2 3 (75.00%) Six Sigma
2 3 (75.00%) Technical Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Government Security Classifications
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 3 (75.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (25.00%) VMware