User-Centered Design (UCD) Contracts in Edinburgh

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 60 51 66
Rank change year-on-year -9 +15 -2
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 7 21 46
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.12% 2.58% 3.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.18% 2.92% 3.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 15 41
10th Percentile £306 £291 £405
25th Percentile £514 £441 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £544 £475 £525
Median % change year-on-year +14.53% -9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £597 £603 £573
90th Percentile £620 £652 £650
Scotland median daily rate £531 £450 £513
% change year-on-year +18.06% -12.20% +1.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 594 720 1,240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.04% 88.34% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 422 884
10th Percentile £214 £233 £254
25th Percentile £403 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £484 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +1.79% -
75th Percentile £541 £575 £545
90th Percentile £630 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 31 11
10th Percentile - £15.10 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.44 £22.87 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +7.57% -46.85%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £42.35 - £54.50
Scotland median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
% change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

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

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

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

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

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

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

Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (42.86%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (42.86%) Google Analytics
1 3 (42.86%) Google Data Studio
2 2 (28.57%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) Tableau
General
1 4 (57.14%) Public Sector
2 3 (42.86%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Banking
3 1 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Designer
1 4 (57.14%) Service Designer
2 3 (42.86%) Analyst
2 3 (42.86%) Lead
2 3 (42.86%) Performance Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Google Analytics Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Service Design
2 4 (57.14%) User Research
2 4 (57.14%) Workshop Facilitation
3 3 (42.86%) Analytics
3 3 (42.86%) Data Architecture
3 3 (42.86%) Data Security
3 3 (42.86%) Digital Analytics
3 3 (42.86%) Journey Map
3 3 (42.86%) Prototyping
3 3 (42.86%) Regulatory Compliance
4 2 (28.57%) Performance Analysis
4 2 (28.57%) Performance Measurement
4 2 (28.57%) User Experience
5 1 (14.29%) Decision-Making
5 1 (14.29%) Design Thinking
5 1 (14.29%) Digital Banking
5 1 (14.29%) Interaction Design
5 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (14.29%) Product Strategy
5 1 (14.29%) UX Design
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) Accessibility
1 1 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Google