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 2 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 126 137
Rank change year-on-year +8 +11 +47
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 14 9 11
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.71% 0.38% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 0.41% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 5 5
10th Percentile £427 £515 £405
25th Percentile £450 £538 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +27.78% -18.18%
75th Percentile £590 £613 £494
90th Percentile £624 £695 £592
London median daily rate £475 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -13.64% +4.76% -8.70%
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 - £39.00 £72.50
% change year-on-year - -46.21% -

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 1,808 2,181 2,547
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 92.10% 91.52% 89.37%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,255 1,366 1,812
10th Percentile £340 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £473 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - -
75th Percentile £669 £688 £690
90th Percentile £750 £778 £825
London median daily rate £525 £550 £568
% change year-on-year -4.55% -3.08% -3.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 28 18
10th Percentile £19.98 £19.90 £17.00
25th Percentile £25.47 £26.60 £18.93
Median hourly rate £31.00 £35.00 £25.50
Median % change year-on-year -11.43% +37.25% -50.00%
75th Percentile £46.11 £48.13 £51.44
90th Percentile £60.25 £112.00 £67.63
London median hourly rate £29.50 £37.25 £36.28
% change year-on-year -20.81% +2.67% -9.30%

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 2 December 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 2 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 11 £563 -2.09% 10
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:

Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Adobe XD
1 1 (7.14%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Miro
2 1 (7.14%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) Figma
2 1 (7.14%) Lucidchart
2 1 (7.14%) PowerApps
Development Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Git
General
1 8 (57.14%) Public Sector
2 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 2 (14.29%) Local Government
4 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Legal
4 1 (7.14%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Designer
2 4 (28.57%) Service Designer
3 3 (21.43%) Senior
3 3 (21.43%) User Researcher
4 2 (14.29%) Agile Delivery Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (14.29%) Lead
4 2 (14.29%) UX Designer
5 1 (7.14%) Content Designer
5 1 (7.14%) Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Digital Designer
5 1 (7.14%) Digital Service Designer
5 1 (7.14%) Lead Designer
5 1 (7.14%) Lead Service Designer
5 1 (7.14%) Ruby Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Designer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Digital Designer
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Service Designer
5 1 (7.14%) UI Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.14%) GraphQL
1 1 (7.14%) REST
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (50.00%) Agile
2 5 (35.71%) Service Design
2 5 (35.71%) User Research
2 5 (35.71%) Workshop Facilitation
3 4 (28.57%) Design Thinking
3 4 (28.57%) User Experience
4 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (21.43%) Qualitative Research
4 3 (21.43%) Quantitative Research
4 3 (21.43%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (21.43%) Storytelling
5 2 (14.29%) Co-Creation
5 2 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 2 (14.29%) Diary Studies
5 2 (14.29%) Information Security
5 2 (14.29%) Journey Map
5 2 (14.29%) Project Delivery
5 2 (14.29%) Roadmaps
5 2 (14.29%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 2 (14.29%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.14%) Python
1 1 (7.14%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 9 (64.29%) SC Cleared
1 9 (64.29%) Security Cleared
2 1 (7.14%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (7.14%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) Accessibility
2 3 (21.43%) WCAG
3 1 (7.14%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (7.14%) Adobe
1 1 (7.14%) Qualtrics
1 1 (7.14%) Salesforce