Inclusive Design Contract Job Trends in England

Inclusive Design
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring Inclusive Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 483 495 558
Rank change year-on-year +12 +63 +145
Contract jobs citing Inclusive Design 50 9 5
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.16% 0.031% 0.013%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.18% 0.035% 0.015%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 5 3
10th Percentile £395 £388 £465
25th Percentile £450 £425 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +8.42% -5.00% +1.01%
75th Percentile £588 £594 £525
90th Percentile £650 £643 £540
UK median daily rate £500 £471 £472
% change year-on-year +6.16% -0.16% -0.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Median hourly rate - £27.67 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - -57.43% -
UK median hourly rate - £27.67 £65.00
% change year-on-year - -57.43% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Inclusive 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 27,932 25,643 33,123
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 88.81% 88.51% 88.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 17,758 15,859 22,544
10th Percentile £300 £310 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £505 £525 £544
Median % change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,818 849 1,407
10th Percentile £15.00 £15.62 £14.68
25th Percentile £17.88 £20.75 £19.06
Median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
Median % change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%
75th Percentile £54.56 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.90 £74.89 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.33
% change year-on-year -22.62% -24.99% +23.80%

Inclusive Design
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Inclusive Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Inclusive Design job vacancy trend in England

Inclusive Design
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Inclusive Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Inclusive Design

Inclusive Design
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Inclusive Design in England over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Inclusive Design in England

Inclusive Design
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Inclusive Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing Inclusive Design

Inclusive 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 Inclusive Design within the England region over the 6 months to 19 December 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 +19 33 £480 +2.40% 11
North of England -45 5 £550 - 27
North West - 3 £525 - 11
Yorkshire -40 2 £550 - 14
East of England -20 1 - - 14
South West - 1 £725 - 9
Inclusive Design
UK

Inclusive Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 5 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 4 (8.00%) Adobe XD
1 4 (8.00%) Sketch
2 1 (2.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (2.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (2.00%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 18 (36.00%) Figma
2 5 (10.00%) Miro
3 3 (6.00%) Slack
4 2 (4.00%) GitHub
4 2 (4.00%) SaaS
4 2 (4.00%) Smartsheet
5 1 (2.00%) AWS
5 1 (2.00%) Google Analytics
5 1 (2.00%) Lucidchart
5 1 (2.00%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.00%) Power BI
1 1 (2.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (16.00%) JIRA
2 2 (4.00%) Axure RP
2 2 (4.00%) Git
3 1 (2.00%) Cypress.io
General
1 20 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 15 (30.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (6.00%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (6.00%) Banking
3 3 (6.00%) Finance
4 1 (2.00%) Arabic Language
4 1 (2.00%) Law
4 1 (2.00%) Legal
4 1 (2.00%) Military
4 1 (2.00%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (2.00%) Publishing
4 1 (2.00%) Retail Banking
4 1 (2.00%) Thai Language
4 1 (2.00%) Urdu Language
Job Titles
1 35 (70.00%) Designer
2 14 (28.00%) Service Designer
3 10 (20.00%) Senior
4 8 (16.00%) Product Designer
5 6 (12.00%) Senior Designer
6 5 (10.00%) Developer
6 5 (10.00%) Graphic Designer
6 5 (10.00%) UX Designer
7 4 (8.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 3 (6.00%) Senior Product Designer
9 2 (4.00%) Auditor
9 2 (4.00%) Interaction Designer
9 2 (4.00%) Operations Manager
9 2 (4.00%) Senior Developer
9 2 (4.00%) Senior Service Designer
9 2 (4.00%) Senior UX Designer
9 2 (4.00%) UI Designer
9 2 (4.00%) User Experience Researcher
9 2 (4.00%) User Researcher
10 1 (2.00%) Digital Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (10.00%) React
2 4 (8.00%) CSS
2 4 (8.00%) HTML
3 2 (4.00%) AngularJS
3 2 (4.00%) CSS3
3 2 (4.00%) D3.js
3 2 (4.00%) HTML5
3 2 (4.00%) LESS
3 2 (4.00%) Node.js
3 2 (4.00%) Sass
3 2 (4.00%) Vue
4 1 (2.00%) Core Data
4 1 (2.00%) SwiftUI
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.00%) Mobile App
2 4 (8.00%) Product Ownership
3 3 (6.00%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (4.00%) Data Structures
4 2 (4.00%) NHS
4 2 (4.00%) Onboarding
5 1 (2.00%) Blog
5 1 (2.00%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.00%) Apple iOS
2 3 (6.00%) Android
3 1 (2.00%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (40.00%) Service Design
2 19 (38.00%) User Experience
3 18 (36.00%) Agile
3 18 (36.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 14 (28.00%) Journey Map
5 13 (26.00%) User Research
6 11 (22.00%) Co-Creation
6 11 (22.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 11 (22.00%) Prototyping
6 11 (22.00%) Workshop Facilitation
7 10 (20.00%) UX Design
8 9 (18.00%) Roadmaps
8 9 (18.00%) Usability Testing
8 9 (18.00%) Wireframes
9 8 (16.00%) Data Visualisation
9 8 (16.00%) Visualisation
10 7 (14.00%) Information Security
10 7 (14.00%) Interaction Design
10 7 (14.00%) Responsive Web Design
10 7 (14.00%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (6.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (2.00%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (2.00%) Swift
Qualifications
1 17 (34.00%) Security Cleared
2 14 (28.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (88.00%) Accessibility
2 20 (40.00%) WCAG
3 3 (6.00%) QA
4 1 (2.00%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (2.00%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 6 (12.00%) Adobe
2 3 (6.00%) Hotjar
3 1 (2.00%) Databricks
3 1 (2.00%) Google