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 23 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 108 115 122
Rank change year-on-year +7 +7 +42
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 20 7 11
As % of all contract jobs in Central London 0.94% 0.34% 0.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 0.37% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 4 4
10th Percentile £357 £504 £408
25th Percentile £400 £509 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £538 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.33% +10.26% -11.36%
75th Percentile £590 £563 £581
90th Percentile £630 £585 £660
London median daily rate £498 £535 £525
% change year-on-year -7.01% +1.90% -11.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £44.49
25th Percentile - - £48.95
Median hourly rate - - £57.09
75th Percentile - - £65.77
90th Percentile - - £70.56
London median hourly rate £54.50 £66.04 £57.09
% change year-on-year -17.47% +15.68% -

All Process & 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 1,892 1,906 2,325
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 88.99% 92.03% 89.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,298 1,199 1,647
10th Percentile £356 £363 £350
25th Percentile £437 £463 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £546 £575 £563
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +2.22% -4.26%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £775 £800
London median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 21 26
10th Percentile £18.75 £22.00 £17.97
25th Percentile £22.46 £31.00 £20.79
Median hourly rate £26.11 £35.00 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year -25.40% +25.85% -20.54%
75th Percentile £42.65 £40.25 £40.00
90th Percentile £55.30 £48.75 £57.63
London median hourly rate £35.00 £37.25 £30.00
% change year-on-year -6.04% +24.17% -15.49%

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 23 February 2026.

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 23 February 2026. 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 19 £500 -6.98% 8
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 2 (10.00%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) Adobe XD
1 2 (10.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 3 (15.00%) Figma
2 2 (10.00%) Miro
2 2 (10.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.00%) Azure
3 1 (5.00%) Lucidchart
3 1 (5.00%) PowerApps
3 1 (5.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (10.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Git
General
1 8 (40.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (20.00%) Social Skills
3 2 (10.00%) Finance
3 2 (10.00%) Local Government
3 2 (10.00%) Publishing
4 1 (5.00%) Legal
4 1 (5.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.00%) Social Science
Job Titles
1 11 (55.00%) Designer
2 6 (30.00%) Senior
3 4 (20.00%) Content Designer
3 4 (20.00%) Service Designer
3 4 (20.00%) User Researcher
3 4 (20.00%) UX Designer
4 3 (15.00%) Senior Designer
5 2 (10.00%) Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Business Intelligence Specialist
5 2 (10.00%) Lead
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Content Designer
5 2 (10.00%) UI Designer
5 2 (10.00%) UI/UX Designer
5 2 (10.00%) UX Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) UX Specialist
6 1 (5.00%) Digital Service Designer
6 1 (5.00%) Lead Service Designer
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Service Designer
6 1 (5.00%) Senior User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (5.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 2 (10.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (10.00%) Mobile App
1 2 (10.00%) NHS
2 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (55.00%) Agile
2 9 (45.00%) User Research
3 7 (35.00%) User Experience
4 5 (25.00%) Journey Map
4 5 (25.00%) Service Design
4 5 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 4 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 4 (20.00%) Usability Testing
5 4 (20.00%) UX Design
6 3 (15.00%) Design Thinking
6 3 (15.00%) Prototyping
6 3 (15.00%) Qualitative Research
6 3 (15.00%) Quantitative Research
6 3 (15.00%) User Stories
6 3 (15.00%) Wireframes
7 2 (10.00%) Content Strategy
7 2 (10.00%) Inclusive Design
7 2 (10.00%) Project Delivery
7 2 (10.00%) Situational Awareness
7 2 (10.00%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) Python
1 1 (5.00%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 7 (35.00%) SC Cleared
1 7 (35.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (5.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (45.00%) Accessibility
2 5 (25.00%) WCAG
3 1 (5.00%) GDPR
System Software
1 1 (5.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (5.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Adobe
2 1 (5.00%) Salesforce