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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring User-Centered Design (UCD) skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 79 79 91
Rank change year-on-year 0 +12 +24
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 4 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.32% 0.20% 0.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.38% 0.24% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 2
10th Percentile - £460 £425
25th Percentile £364 £475 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £409 £500 £480
Median % change year-on-year -18.20% +4.17% -4.00%
75th Percentile £454 £525 £511
90th Percentile - £540 £525
South East median daily rate £500 £550 £498
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.55% -9.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,063 819 1,162
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 83.90% 83.49% 87.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 709 559 639
10th Percentile £311 £356 £323
25th Percentile £447 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - +3.77%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £649
90th Percentile £713 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 116 60 83
10th Percentile £16.17 £20.91 £16.25
25th Percentile £18.87 £29.38 £21.15
Median hourly rate £20.71 £62.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -66.86% +25.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £25.15 £71.88 £64.38
90th Percentile £49.38 £75.00 £70.00
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -60.00% +4.76% +23.01%

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

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing User-Centered Design (UCD) relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

User-Centered Design (UCD) job vacancy trend in Hampshire

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

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 Hampshire region over the 6 months to 13 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
Portsmouth - 4 £409 -
User-Centered Design (UCD)
South East

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Designer
1 2 (50.00%) Service Designer
1 2 (50.00%) User Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 4 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 4 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 4 (100.00%) Service Design
1 4 (100.00%) User Research
2 2 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 2 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 2 (50.00%) Co-Creation
2 2 (50.00%) Cognitive Psychology
2 2 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 2 (50.00%) Design Persona
2 2 (50.00%) Design Thinking
2 2 (50.00%) Empathy Maps
2 2 (50.00%) Front End Development
2 2 (50.00%) Journey Map
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Psychology
2 2 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
2 2 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 2 (50.00%) WCAG