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 29 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 25 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cardiff 2.38% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.58% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £304 - -
25th Percentile £305 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £319 - -
75th Percentile £366 - -
90th Percentile £427 - -
South Wales median daily rate £319 - £375
% change year-on-year - - -31.82%

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 155 152 263
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 92.26% 74.15% 88.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 125 124 205
10th Percentile £193 £168 £190
25th Percentile £300 £379 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +5.26% -
75th Percentile £488 £553 £583
90th Percentile £650 £632 £638
South Wales median daily rate £400 £495 £500
% change year-on-year -19.19% -1.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 5
10th Percentile £12.21 £12.87 -
25th Percentile £12.43 £14.54 £13.00
Median hourly rate £17.79 £18.57 £16.45
Median % change year-on-year -4.20% +12.92% -15.12%
75th Percentile £23.75 £21.67 £23.75
90th Percentile £38.75 - £24.50
South Wales median hourly rate £22.50 £20.24 £18.14
% change year-on-year +11.19% +11.55% -15.11%

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)
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:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Welsh Language
2 1 (25.00%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
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%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) Senior User Experience Consultant
3 1 (25.00%) User Experience Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile
1 3 (75.00%) Mentoring
1 3 (75.00%) Service Design
2 2 (50.00%) Change Management
2 2 (50.00%) Coaching
2 2 (50.00%) Decision-Making
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Service Delivery
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
3 1 (25.00%) Domain Models
3 1 (25.00%) Information Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Product Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (25.00%) User Research
3 1 (25.00%) UX Design
3 1 (25.00%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
1 2 (50.00%) Master's Degree