User-Centered Design (UCD) Contracts in England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for User-Centered Design (UCD) skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited User-Centered Design (UCD) over the 6 months to 13 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 383 404 320
Rank change year-on-year +21 -84 +11
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 159 253 592
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.43% 0.51% 0.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.50% 0.57% 0.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 102 179 429
10th Percentile £363 £404 £406
25th Percentile £400 £481 £435
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £575 £513
Median % change year-on-year -8.70% +12.20% +7.89%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £575
90th Percentile £650 £720 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £513
% change year-on-year -9.09% +7.32% +8.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 3
10th Percentile - - £20.36
25th Percentile £41.51 £46.25 £20.41
Median hourly rate £41.68 £47.50 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.26% +126.19% -44.00%
75th Percentile £41.84 £48.75 £43.25
90th Percentile - - £56.30
UK median hourly rate £41.68 £47.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -12.26% +90.00% -33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

User-Centered Design (UCD) is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,610 44,349 64,316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.47% 90.16% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,692 31,129 45,727
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £446 £428
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £764 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,241 1,561 1,760
10th Percentile £12.87 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £37.34 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.25% +49.36% +6.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in England.

Hourly rate trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
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 User-Centered Design (UCD) within the England region over the 6 months to 13 May 2024. 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 +21 83 £525 -11.95% 46
North of England +18 44 £400 -27.27% 50
North West +37 26 £375 -6.25% 28
South East +21 13 £550 -14.06% 5
Yorkshire +3 13 £425 -24.98% 13
Midlands +32 8 £550 - 17
South West +15 6 £513 +11.41% 7
East Midlands +26 5 £550 -15.38% 4
North East +13 5 £575 -2.13% 10
West Midlands +17 3 £650 +18.18% 13
User-Centered Design (UCD)
UK

User-Centered Design (UCD)
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 (1.26%) Confluence
2 1 (0.63%) SharePoint
Applications
1 24 (15.09%) Sketch
2 13 (8.18%) Adobe XD
3 8 (5.03%) InVision
4 7 (4.40%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (1.89%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (1.89%) Photoshop
5 3 (1.89%) Zeplin
6 1 (0.63%) Adobe After Effects
6 1 (0.63%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.63%) Final Cut Pro
6 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
6 1 (0.63%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.63%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Shopify
1 1 (0.63%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 36 (22.64%) Figma
2 5 (3.14%) Azure
3 3 (1.89%) SaaS
4 2 (1.26%) AWS
4 2 (1.26%) Power Platform
5 1 (0.63%) BigCommerce
5 1 (0.63%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (0.63%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (0.63%) Miro
5 1 (0.63%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.81%) SAN
1 14 (8.81%) TCP/IP
2 1 (0.63%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (1.89%) Big Data
2 1 (0.63%) Metadata
2 1 (0.63%) Power BI
2 1 (0.63%) Qlik Sense
2 1 (0.63%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 8 (5.03%) Axure RP
1 8 (5.03%) JIRA
2 2 (1.26%) Git
3 1 (0.63%) CocoaPods
3 1 (0.63%) webpack
3 1 (0.63%) Xcode
3 1 (0.63%) XCTest
General
1 49 (30.82%) Social Skills
2 39 (24.53%) Public Sector
3 22 (13.84%) Finance
4 8 (5.03%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (4.40%) Banking
6 5 (3.14%) Marketing
7 4 (2.52%) Games
7 4 (2.52%) Health Technology
7 4 (2.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 4 (2.52%) Organisational Skills
8 3 (1.89%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.89%) Retail
8 3 (1.89%) Retail Banking
9 2 (1.26%) Advertising
9 2 (1.26%) Local Government
9 2 (1.26%) Military
9 2 (1.26%) Publishing
9 2 (1.26%) Tech for Good
10 1 (0.63%) Automotive
10 1 (0.63%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 76 (47.80%) Designer
2 29 (18.24%) UX Designer
3 21 (13.21%) Senior
3 21 (13.21%) User Researcher
4 19 (11.95%) Developer
5 17 (10.69%) Service Designer
6 16 (10.06%) Interaction Designer
7 14 (8.81%) Python Developer
8 12 (7.55%) UI Designer
9 11 (6.92%) Analyst
10 10 (6.29%) Senior Designer
11 8 (5.03%) Business Analyst
11 8 (5.03%) Delivery Manager
11 8 (5.03%) UI/UX Designer
12 6 (3.77%) Content Designer
12 6 (3.77%) Lead
13 5 (3.14%) Architect
14 4 (2.52%) Backend Developer
14 4 (2.52%) Senior UI Designer
14 4 (2.52%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (9.43%) CSS
2 14 (8.81%) HTML
3 4 (2.52%) React
4 2 (1.26%) OAuth
4 2 (1.26%) React Native
4 2 (1.26%) WebGL
5 1 (0.63%) Cocoa
5 1 (0.63%) Cocoa Touch
5 1 (0.63%) D3.js
5 1 (0.63%) Framer.js
5 1 (0.63%) jQuery
5 1 (0.63%) Node.js
5 1 (0.63%) Redux
5 1 (0.63%) RESTful
5 1 (0.63%) Sass
5 1 (0.63%) SwiftUI
5 1 (0.63%) Vue
5 1 (0.63%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 11 (6.92%) Mobile App
1 11 (6.92%) Product Ownership
2 6 (3.77%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (1.89%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (1.89%) Graphic Design
3 3 (1.89%) NHS
4 2 (1.26%) Animation
4 2 (1.26%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (1.26%) Mobile Banking
4 2 (1.26%) Online Banking
4 2 (1.26%) Virtual Reality
4 2 (1.26%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.63%) Blog
5 1 (0.63%) BYOD
5 1 (0.63%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.63%) Enterprise Cloud
5 1 (0.63%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.63%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (0.63%) Solar Panel
5 1 (0.63%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 14 (8.81%) Debian
1 14 (8.81%) Linux
1 14 (8.81%) Ubuntu
2 1 (0.63%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (56.60%) Agile
2 65 (40.88%) User Experience
3 63 (39.62%) User Research
4 54 (33.96%) UX Design
5 50 (31.45%) Prototyping
6 38 (23.90%) Interaction Design
7 32 (20.13%) Service Design
8 31 (19.50%) Usability Testing
9 27 (16.98%) Wireframes
10 20 (12.58%) Mentoring
10 20 (12.58%) Problem-Solving
11 18 (11.32%) Project Delivery
12 16 (10.06%) Data Modelling
13 15 (9.43%) Data Engineering
13 15 (9.43%) Design Thinking
14 14 (8.81%) Business Analysis
14 14 (8.81%) Configuration Management
14 14 (8.81%) ITIL
14 14 (8.81%) Software Engineering
15 13 (8.18%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 15 (9.43%) Python
2 13 (8.18%) JavaScript
3 2 (1.26%) SQL
4 1 (0.63%) Bash
4 1 (0.63%) Java
4 1 (0.63%) Swift
4 1 (0.63%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 41 (25.79%) Security Cleared
2 35 (22.01%) SC Cleared
3 23 (14.47%) Degree
4 13 (8.18%) DV Cleared
5 5 (3.14%) Master's Degree
6 2 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (1.26%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (23.27%) Accessibility
2 9 (5.66%) Actionable Recommendations
3 5 (3.14%) WCAG
4 4 (2.52%) PMO
5 2 (1.26%) QA
6 1 (0.63%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.26%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 20 (12.58%) Adobe
2 15 (9.43%) Microsoft
3 14 (8.81%) Red Hat
3 14 (8.81%) VMware
4 2 (1.26%) Civica
4 2 (1.26%) Salesforce
4 2 (1.26%) SAP
5 1 (0.63%) Aprimo
5 1 (0.63%) Brio
5 1 (0.63%) Databricks
5 1 (0.63%) Sitecore
5 1 (0.63%) Workday