User-Centered Design (UCD) Contracts in the City of London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 106 118 157
Rank change year-on-year +12 +39 +3
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 13 9 21
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.74% 0.41% 0.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.45% 0.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 10
10th Percentile £487 £497 £453
25th Percentile £506 £507 £477
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +9.76% -2.38%
75th Percentile £600 £628 £575
90th Percentile £610 £679 £702
Central London median daily rate £513 £563 £513
% change year-on-year -8.89% +9.76% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £41.68 -
Central London median hourly rate £23.50 £41.68 -
% change year-on-year -43.61% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,636 1,988 3,346
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 93.17% 90.49% 91.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,032 1,406 2,259
10th Percentile £363 £363 £355
25th Percentile £463 £451 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £565 £600
Median % change year-on-year +1.77% -5.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £680 £688 £730
90th Percentile £775 £806 £825
Central London median daily rate £565 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 11 24
10th Percentile £22.00 £19.92 £15.33
25th Percentile £24.00 £20.22 £18.03
Median hourly rate £29.58 £25.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +18.30% -28.57% -14.63%
75th Percentile £45.00 £40.00 £58.75
90th Percentile £62.25 £41.84 £88.30
Central London median hourly rate £29.07 £27.81 £35.00
% change year-on-year +4.53% -20.54% -14.63%

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the City of London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Daily rate trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the City of London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the City of London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

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

Hourly rate trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the City of London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (23.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Adobe XD
1 1 (7.69%) Sketch
1 1 (7.69%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 4 (30.77%) AWS
2 3 (23.08%) IaaS
3 2 (15.38%) Figma
4 1 (7.69%) Azure
4 1 (7.69%) GitHub
4 1 (7.69%) GitHub Actions
4 1 (7.69%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.69%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (7.69%) Power BI
1 1 (7.69%) Qlik Sense
1 1 (7.69%) Spotfire
Development Applications
1 4 (30.77%) JIRA
2 3 (23.08%) ScriptRunner
General
1 6 (46.15%) Social Skills
2 4 (30.77%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
3 3 (23.08%) Retail
4 2 (15.38%) Finance
4 2 (15.38%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Banking
5 1 (7.69%) Games
Job Titles
1 4 (30.77%) Senior
2 3 (23.08%) Designer
3 2 (15.38%) Product Designer
3 2 (15.38%) Senior User Experience Researcher
3 2 (15.38%) User Experience Researcher
4 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (7.69%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) JIRA Engineer
4 1 (7.69%) JIRA Specialist
4 1 (7.69%) Junior
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Designer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior Product Designer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior UI Designer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior UI/UX Designer
4 1 (7.69%) Senior UX Designer
4 1 (7.69%) Service Designer
4 1 (7.69%) UI Designer
4 1 (7.69%) UI/UX Designer
4 1 (7.69%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) OpenTelemetry
1 1 (7.69%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Educational Technology
1 1 (7.69%) Greenfield Project
1 1 (7.69%) Mobile App
1 1 (7.69%) NHS
1 1 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
1 1 (7.69%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Agile
2 5 (38.46%) User Experience
2 5 (38.46%) User Research
2 5 (38.46%) UX Design
3 4 (30.77%) Wireframes
4 3 (23.08%) Artificial Intelligence
4 3 (23.08%) Journey Map
4 3 (23.08%) Performance Tuning
4 3 (23.08%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (23.08%) Prototyping
4 3 (23.08%) Storytelling
4 3 (23.08%) Usability Testing
4 3 (23.08%) UX Research
5 2 (15.38%) Competitor Analysis
5 2 (15.38%) Incident Management
5 2 (15.38%) Migration
5 2 (15.38%) Qualitative Research
5 2 (15.38%) Risk Management
5 2 (15.38%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 2 (15.38%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) Groovy
2 1 (7.69%) Python
2 1 (7.69%) SQL
2 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (15.38%) SC Cleared
1 2 (15.38%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (23.08%) Accessibility
2 2 (15.38%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 1 (7.69%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes
1 1 (7.69%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (23.08%) Atlassian
2 1 (7.69%) Adobe
2 1 (7.69%) Brio
2 1 (7.69%) Databricks
2 1 (7.69%) SAP