User-Centered Design (UCD) Contract Job Trends in Edinburgh

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Edinburgh requiring User-Centered Design (UCD) skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 67 76
Rank change year-on-year +5 +9 +15
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 7 7 25
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.10% 0.85% 2.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.16% 1.00% 2.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 18
10th Percentile £461 £215 £425
25th Percentile £461 £219 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.36% +10.00% -3.15%
75th Percentile £479 £663 £536
90th Percentile £484 £673 £558
Scotland median daily rate £466 £425 £500
% change year-on-year +9.53% -15.00% -4.76%

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 601 701 969
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 94.20% 85.49% 91.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 368 616
10th Percentile £307 £220 £225
25th Percentile £413 £363 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £484 £450 £475
Median % change year-on-year +7.50% -5.26% -1.04%
75th Percentile £547 £538 £538
90th Percentile £600 £629 £600
Scotland median daily rate £465 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +3.33% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 23 6
10th Percentile - £13.27 £12.41
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.50 £20.18
Median hourly rate £17.87 £22.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.77% -53.68% +152.32%
75th Percentile £42.90 £24.18 £53.74
90th Percentile £61.00 £48.84 £58.13
Scotland median hourly rate £20.00 £20.94 £19.59
% change year-on-year -4.48% +6.88% -10.95%

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)
Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing User-Centered Design (UCD).

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Edinburgh citing User-Centered Design (UCD)

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
General
1 5 (71.43%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Law
2 2 (28.57%) Legal
2 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) User Researcher
2 4 (57.14%) Senior
3 2 (28.57%) Designer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Designer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior User Researcher
3 2 (28.57%) Senior UX Designer
3 2 (28.57%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 7 (100.00%) User Experience
1 7 (100.00%) User Research
2 5 (71.43%) Journey Map
2 5 (71.43%) UX Design
3 4 (57.14%) Agile
3 4 (57.14%) Project Management
4 3 (42.86%) Coaching
4 3 (42.86%) Focus Group
4 3 (42.86%) Line Management
4 3 (42.86%) Mentoring
4 3 (42.86%) Qualitative Research
4 3 (42.86%) Service Design
4 3 (42.86%) User Journey Map
5 2 (28.57%) Co-Creation
5 2 (28.57%) Contextual Inquiry
5 2 (28.57%) Ethnography
5 2 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
5 2 (28.57%) UX Research
5 2 (28.57%) Web Development
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Accessibility
2 2 (28.57%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (14.29%) GDPR
3 1 (14.29%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft