Empathy Maps Contract Job Trends in Central London

Empathy Maps
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Empathy Maps skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 133 - 143
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Empathy Maps 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.050% - 0.075%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.055% - 0.084%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - £600
London median daily rate £400 - £500
% change year-on-year - - -6.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £71.25
Median hourly rate - - £72.50
75th Percentile - - £73.75
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate - - £72.50

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Empathy Maps 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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,827 2,157 2,387
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.54% 92.22% 89.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,276 1,351 1,714
10th Percentile £343 £363 £357
25th Percentile £425 £465 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £675 £676 £688
90th Percentile £750 £788 £800
London median daily rate £527 £550 £563
% change year-on-year -4.18% -2.22% -4.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 27 16
10th Percentile £19.90 £18.34 £17.00
25th Percentile £24.31 £28.32 £18.93
Median hourly rate £26.31 £35.00 £26.75
Median % change year-on-year -24.84% +30.84% -35.93%
75th Percentile £37.44 £52.50 £51.31
90th Percentile £51.88 £112.00 £69.38
London median hourly rate £30.25 £36.50 £33.35
% change year-on-year -17.12% +9.46% -13.52%

Empathy Maps
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Empathy Maps relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Empathy Maps job vacancy trend in Central London

Empathy Maps
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Empathy Maps.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Empathy Maps

Empathy Maps
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Empathy Maps within the Central London region over the 6 months to 24 December 2025. 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
City of London - 1 £400 -
Empathy Maps
London

Empathy Maps
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Service Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Critical Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 1 (100.00%) Qualitative Research
1 1 (100.00%) Quantitative Research
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft