Human-Centred Design Contracts in England

Human-Centred Design
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Human-Centred Design skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Human-Centred Design over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 464 532 642
Rank change year-on-year +68 +110 +30
Contract jobs citing Human-Centred Design 22 9 31
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.090% 0.024% 0.062%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.099% 0.028% 0.068%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 7 18
10th Percentile £400 £365 £404
25th Percentile £406 £438 £454
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% -3.06%
75th Percentile £583 £538 £619
90th Percentile £623 £541 £633
UK median daily rate £487 £483 £485
% change year-on-year +0.83% -0.41% -11.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £62.48
25th Percentile - - £66.20
Median hourly rate £90.00 - £72.40
75th Percentile - - £78.60
90th Percentile - - £82.32
UK median hourly rate £90.00 - £72.40

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Human-Centred Design 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,247 32,161 45,385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.13% 86.56% 90.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,550 21,078 31,861
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £768
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 916 2,252 1,585
10th Percentile £14.41 £12.93 £10.91
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.00 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.50 £36.42
% change year-on-year -18.31% -2.53% +45.69%

Human-Centred Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Human-Centred Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Human-Centred Design in England

Human-Centred Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Human-Centred Design in England.

Daily rate trend for Human-Centred Design in England

Human-Centred Design
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Human-Centred Design in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Human-Centred Design in England

Human-Centred Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Human-Centred Design in England.

Hourly rate trend for Human-Centred Design in England

Human-Centred Design
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Human-Centred Design within the England region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
London +51 15 £530 +0.95% 34
South West - 5 £475 - 2
North of England +22 2 £313 -38.93% 7
North West +15 2 £313 - 4
Human-Centred Design
UK

Human-Centred Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (9.09%) CMS
1 2 (9.09%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (9.09%) InVision
1 2 (9.09%) UserZoom
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 4 (18.18%) Figma
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (4.55%) Azure
3 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (4.55%) Miro
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Axure RP
1 3 (13.64%) JIRA
2 1 (4.55%) Eclipse
2 1 (4.55%) Rational DOORS
General
1 9 (40.91%) Social Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Analytical Skills
2 6 (27.27%) Presentation Skills
3 5 (22.73%) Finance
4 4 (18.18%) Public Sector
5 3 (13.64%) Retail
6 2 (9.09%) Banking
6 2 (9.09%) Legal
6 2 (9.09%) Marketing
6 2 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (4.55%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (4.55%) Investment Banking
7 1 (4.55%) Military
7 1 (4.55%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (18.18%) Product Manager
2 3 (13.64%) Designer
2 3 (13.64%) User Experience Researcher
2 3 (13.64%) User Researcher
2 3 (13.64%) UX Designer
3 2 (9.09%) Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Architect
3 2 (9.09%) Business Analyst
3 2 (9.09%) Product Owner
3 2 (9.09%) User Experience Architect
4 1 (4.55%) Agile Product Owner
4 1 (4.55%) Contracts Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Human Factors Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) Product Designer
4 1 (4.55%) Project Manager
4 1 (4.55%) Senior
4 1 (4.55%) Senior Designer
4 1 (4.55%) Senior UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.09%) CSS
1 2 (9.09%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (31.82%) Product Ownership
2 3 (13.64%) Taxonomies
3 2 (9.09%) Algorithms
3 2 (9.09%) Life Science
4 1 (4.55%) Onboarding
4 1 (4.55%) Reinsurance
4 1 (4.55%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) Android
1 2 (9.09%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (59.09%) Agile
2 10 (45.45%) Analytics
3 9 (40.91%) User Experience
4 8 (36.36%) Decision-Making
4 8 (36.36%) E-Commerce
5 7 (31.82%) Customer Experience
5 7 (31.82%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 7 (31.82%) Project Management
5 7 (31.82%) Prototyping
5 7 (31.82%) Requirements Gathering
5 7 (31.82%) Roadmaps
5 7 (31.82%) User Research
5 7 (31.82%) UX Design
6 6 (27.27%) Design Thinking
6 6 (27.27%) Wireframes
7 5 (22.73%) Market Research
7 5 (22.73%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (22.73%) Product Strategy
7 5 (22.73%) User Stories
7 5 (22.73%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 2 (9.09%) JavaScript
1 2 (9.09%) Python
1 2 (9.09%) R
Qualifications
1 3 (13.64%) Degree
1 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
2 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (13.64%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.55%) Def Stans
2 1 (4.55%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (13.64%) CA Agile Central
2 2 (9.09%) Foundry
2 2 (9.09%) Palantir
3 1 (4.55%) Salesforce
3 1 (4.55%) Workday