User-Centered Design (UCD) Contracts in Glasgow

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Glasgow 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 72 74 65
Rank change year-on-year +2 -9 -22
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 7 8 19
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Glasgow 0.88% 0.91% 2.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% 0.99% 2.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 18
10th Percentile £278 - £380
25th Percentile £356 - £409
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £545
Median % change year-on-year - -26.61% +5.83%
75th Percentile £463 - £598
90th Percentile £575 £411 £607
Scotland median daily rate £531 £450 £513
% change year-on-year +18.06% -12.20% +1.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 747 806 862
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 93.61% 91.90% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 478 515 629
10th Percentile £311 £280 £325
25th Percentile £393 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.63% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £588 £600
90th Percentile £603 £675 £701
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 40 27
10th Percentile £16.18 £13.75 -
25th Percentile £16.75 £16.00 £10.63
Median hourly rate £19.83 £21.13 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -6.14% +56.50% -66.24%
75th Percentile £65.00 £44.14 £35.00
90th Percentile £76.83 £63.75 £59.47
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 Glasgow

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Glasgow 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 4 (57.14%) Sketch
2 2 (28.57%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Figma
2 3 (42.86%) Azure
3 1 (14.29%) AWS
3 1 (14.29%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) MongoDB
2 1 (14.29%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 5 (71.43%) Public Sector
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 1 (14.29%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Designer
2 4 (57.14%) Service Designer
2 4 (57.14%) UX Designer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Designer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior Service Designer
3 2 (28.57%) Senior UX Designer
3 2 (28.57%) UX Service Designer
4 1 (14.29%) Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Digital Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) Node.js
1 3 (42.86%) React
2 1 (14.29%) CSS
2 1 (14.29%) HTML
2 1 (14.29%) RESTful
2 1 (14.29%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Android
1 2 (28.57%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) User Experience
1 6 (85.71%) UX Design
2 5 (71.43%) Service Design
2 5 (71.43%) User Research
3 4 (57.14%) Usability Testing
3 4 (57.14%) Wireframes
4 3 (42.86%) A/B Testing
4 3 (42.86%) Agile
4 3 (42.86%) Analytics
4 3 (42.86%) API Management
4 3 (42.86%) CI/CD
4 3 (42.86%) Data Analytics
4 3 (42.86%) Data Security
4 3 (42.86%) Design Thinking
4 3 (42.86%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 3 (42.86%) Information Governance
4 3 (42.86%) Microservices
4 3 (42.86%) Performance Metrics
4 3 (42.86%) Prototyping
5 2 (28.57%) Digital Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (71.43%) Python
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (14.29%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Accessibility
2 2 (28.57%) WCAG
3 1 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Adobe