User-Centered Design (UCD) Contracts in Central London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London 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 30 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 123 154
Rank change year-on-year +15 +31 +12
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 19 11 20
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.98% 0.47% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% 0.51% 0.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 4 10
10th Percentile - £497 £384
25th Percentile £155 £507 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £563 £506
Median % change year-on-year -10.22% +11.11% +6.58%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £622
90th Percentile £608 £705 £700
London median daily rate £505 £540 £600
% change year-on-year -6.48% -10.00% +14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £22.75 £41.51 -
Median hourly rate £23.50 £41.68 -
Median % change year-on-year -43.61% - -
75th Percentile £24.25 £41.84 -
90th Percentile - - -
London median hourly rate £23.50 £41.68 £47.50
% change year-on-year -43.61% -12.26% -26.92%

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 1,822 2,143 3,360
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.53% 91.27% 90.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,178 1,499 2,261
10th Percentile £350 £356 £325
25th Percentile £450 £455 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +4.80%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £725
90th Percentile £775 £800 £825
London median daily rate £550 £550 £585
% change year-on-year - -5.98% +1.74%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 23 28
10th Percentile £22.00 £20.22 £14.25
25th Percentile £24.66 £22.50 £18.03
Median hourly rate £31.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +11.47% -20.54% -18.13%
75th Percentile £49.75 £36.50 £53.19
90th Percentile £63.75 £48.57 £88.30
London median hourly rate £32.25 £30.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year +7.50% -25.00% +10.48%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 30 June 2025.

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

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

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in Central London

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 30 June 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 +5 12 £600 +6.67% 26
Southwark - 5 £155 -
City of Westminster - 2 - - 3
User-Centered Design (UCD)
London

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

Application Platforms
1 3 (15.79%) CMS
1 3 (15.79%) Confluence
1 3 (15.79%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) AWS
2 3 (15.79%) IaaS
3 2 (10.53%) Figma
3 2 (10.53%) SaaS
4 1 (5.26%) Azure
4 1 (5.26%) GitHub
4 1 (5.26%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (5.26%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.26%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (5.26%) Power BI
1 1 (5.26%) Qlik Sense
1 1 (5.26%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) JIRA
1 3 (15.79%) ScriptRunner
General
1 6 (31.58%) Social Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (26.32%) Public Sector
3 4 (21.05%) Presentation Skills
4 3 (15.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 3 (15.79%) Retail
5 2 (10.53%) Finance
6 1 (5.26%) Games
6 1 (5.26%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (42.11%) Designer
2 6 (31.58%) Junior
3 5 (26.32%) Content Designer
3 5 (26.32%) Junior Content Designer
3 5 (26.32%) Junior Designer
4 3 (15.79%) Senior
5 2 (10.53%) Product Owner
5 2 (10.53%) Senior User Experience Researcher
5 2 (10.53%) User Experience Researcher
6 1 (5.26%) Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Business Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Developer
6 1 (5.26%) Full-Stack Developer
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%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
6 1 (5.26%) Technical Analyst
6 1 (5.26%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.26%) OpenTelemetry
1 1 (5.26%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.53%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.26%) Educational Technology
2 1 (5.26%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.26%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (52.63%) User Experience
2 9 (47.37%) Agile
3 8 (42.11%) UX Design
4 6 (31.58%) User Research
5 5 (26.32%) Requirements Gathering
5 5 (26.32%) Usability Testing
6 4 (21.05%) Artificial Intelligence
6 4 (21.05%) Collaborative Working
6 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (15.79%) Content Management
7 3 (15.79%) Interaction Design
7 3 (15.79%) Journey Map
7 3 (15.79%) Logistics
7 3 (15.79%) Performance Tuning
7 3 (15.79%) Prototyping
7 3 (15.79%) SEO
7 3 (15.79%) Storytelling
7 3 (15.79%) UX Research
7 3 (15.79%) Wireframes
8 2 (10.53%) Natural Language Processing
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) Groovy
2 1 (5.26%) Python
2 1 (5.26%) SQL
2 1 (5.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Security Cleared
2 2 (10.53%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) Accessibility
2 2 (10.53%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (5.26%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.26%) Kubernetes
1 1 (5.26%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Atlassian
2 1 (5.26%) Databricks
2 1 (5.26%) Genesys
2 1 (5.26%) SAP