User-Centered Design (UCD) Contract Job Trends in Central London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring User-Centered Design (UCD) skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 118 141
Rank change year-on-year +11 +23 +31
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 19 11 13
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 1.00% 0.47% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 0.51% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 5 8
10th Percentile £155 £539 £405
25th Percentile £408 £540 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £575 £469
Median % change year-on-year -17.39% +22.67% -8.54%
75th Percentile £576 £613 £643
90th Percentile £610 £695 £671
London median daily rate £469 £569 £555
% change year-on-year -17.58% +2.48% -1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.75 - -
Median hourly rate £23.50 - -
75th Percentile £24.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £23.50 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,785 2,165 2,772
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 94.20% 92.17% 89.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,220 1,373 1,926
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £463 £469
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £591
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.75% +2.83%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £783 £813
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 26 17
10th Percentile £17.43 £19.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.09 £28.06 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% -36.05%
75th Percentile £35.75 £74.38 £46.75
90th Percentile £62.35 £124.75 £59.30
London median hourly rate £30.50 £37.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year -18.67% -6.25% +5.44%

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

User-Centered Design (UCD) job vacancy trend in Central London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in Central London over the 6 months to 17 October 2025.

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing User-Centered Design (UCD).

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing User-Centered Design (UCD)

User-Centered Design (UCD)
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 User-Centered Design (UCD) within the Central London region over the 6 months to 17 October 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 +9 12 £563 -4.17% 48
Southwark - 4 £155 -
User-Centered Design (UCD)
London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (15.79%) CMS
1 3 (15.79%) Confluence
1 3 (15.79%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Adobe XD
1 1 (5.26%) Chatbot
1 1 (5.26%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.79%) AWS
1 3 (15.79%) IaaS
2 2 (10.53%) Figma
2 2 (10.53%) Miro
3 1 (5.26%) Azure
3 1 (5.26%) Lucidchart
3 1 (5.26%) PowerApps
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) JIRA
1 3 (15.79%) ScriptRunner
General
1 8 (42.11%) Public Sector
2 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Finance
4 1 (5.26%) Games
4 1 (5.26%) Legal
4 1 (5.26%) Retail
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Designer
2 5 (26.32%) Content Designer
3 4 (21.05%) Junior
3 4 (21.05%) Junior Content Designer
3 4 (21.05%) Junior Designer
4 3 (15.79%) Service Designer
5 2 (10.53%) Agile Delivery Manager
5 2 (10.53%) Delivery Manager
5 2 (10.53%) UX Designer
6 1 (5.26%) Games Designer
6 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) JIRA Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) JIRA Specialist
6 1 (5.26%) Lead
6 1 (5.26%) Product Designer
6 1 (5.26%) Senior
6 1 (5.26%) UI Designer
6 1 (5.26%) UI/UX Designer
6 1 (5.26%) User Experience Researcher
6 1 (5.26%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.26%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) Agile
1 9 (47.37%) User Experience
2 7 (36.84%) UX Design
3 5 (26.32%) User Research
3 5 (26.32%) Workshop Facilitation
4 4 (21.05%) Collaborative Working
4 4 (21.05%) Requirements Gathering
4 4 (21.05%) Service Design
5 3 (15.79%) Content Management
5 3 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (15.79%) Design Thinking
5 3 (15.79%) Logistics
5 3 (15.79%) SEO
5 3 (15.79%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (15.79%) Storytelling
5 3 (15.79%) Usability Testing
6 2 (10.53%) Information Security
6 2 (10.53%) Kanban
6 2 (10.53%) Migration
6 2 (10.53%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 9 (47.37%) SC Cleared
1 9 (47.37%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.26%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (52.63%) Accessibility
2 3 (15.79%) WCAG
3 1 (5.26%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Atlassian
2 1 (5.26%) Adobe
2 1 (5.26%) Genesys
2 1 (5.26%) Qualtrics
2 1 (5.26%) Salesforce