User-Centered Design (UCD) Contracts in Cardiff

User-Centered Design (UCD)
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cardiff requiring User-Centered Design (UCD) skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited User-Centered Design (UCD) over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 26 - 45
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 2.50% - 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.74% - 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £304 - -
25th Percentile £305 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £319 - -
75th Percentile £395 - -
90th Percentile £511 - -
South Wales median daily rate £319 - £375
% change year-on-year - - -28.57%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 146 161 297
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 91.25% 75.94% 88.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 121 132 233
10th Percentile £196 £189 £201
25th Percentile £269 £379 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £460
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +8.70% -0.54%
75th Percentile £525 £555 £575
90th Percentile £625 £644 £630
South Wales median daily rate £413 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -17.50% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 5
10th Percentile - £13.00 -
25th Percentile £12.21 £14.88 £13.00
Median hourly rate £22.50 £18.00 £16.45
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% +9.46% -12.29%
75th Percentile £23.75 £35.88 £23.75
90th Percentile £41.75 £46.60 £24.50
South Wales median hourly rate £20.62 £22.68 £18.14
% change year-on-year -9.09% +25.03% -16.12%

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

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

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

Daily rate trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in Cardiff

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Daily Rate Histogram in Cardiff

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in Cardiff over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User-Centered Design (UCD) in Cardiff

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
General
1 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Welsh Language
2 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (25.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Designer
1 3 (75.00%) Service Designer
2 2 (50.00%) Lead
2 2 (50.00%) Lead Designer
2 2 (50.00%) Lead Service Designer
3 1 (25.00%) Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Power Platform Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (75.00%) Service Design
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) Coaching
2 2 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Minimum Viable Product
3 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 2 (50.00%) Master's Degree
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft