Human-Centred Design Contract Job Trends in London

Human-Centred Design
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Human-Centred Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 362 359 407
Rank change year-on-year -3 +48 +98
Contract jobs citing Human-Centred Design 20 19 8
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.14% 0.13% 0.043%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.14% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 15 4
10th Percentile £478 £330 -
25th Percentile £543 £400 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £580 £475 £463
Median % change year-on-year +22.11% +2.70% -15.64%
75th Percentile £700 £569 £539
90th Percentile £709 £623 £543
England median daily rate £550 £475 £400
% change year-on-year +15.79% +18.75% -23.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,164 13,457 16,576
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.37% 90.13% 89.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,669 8,640 11,879
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £528 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.09% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £684
90th Percentile £761 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 234 165 233
10th Percentile £18.06 £18.04 £18.36
25th Percentile £24.61 £23.80 £21.00
Median hourly rate £30.25 £36.50 £32.69
Median % change year-on-year -17.12% +11.65% -15.64%
75th Percentile £52.66 £55.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £67.20 £80.75 £74.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.75
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.79% +20.52%

Human-Centred Design
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Human-Centred Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in London.

Human-Centred Design job vacancy trend in London

Human-Centred Design
Daily Rate Trend in London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Human-Centred Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Human-Centred Design

Human-Centred Design
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Human-Centred Design in London over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Human-Centred Design in London

Human-Centred Design
Hourly Rate Trend in London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Human-Centred Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Human-Centred Design

Human-Centred Design
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 23 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
Central London -3 4 £570 +3.64% 4
South London - 1 £550 - 1
Human-Centred Design
England

Human-Centred Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Applications
1 1 (5.00%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 7 (35.00%) Figma
2 4 (20.00%) Miro
3 3 (15.00%) IaaS
3 3 (15.00%) PaaS
3 3 (15.00%) SaaS
4 1 (5.00%) AWS
4 1 (5.00%) Azure
4 1 (5.00%) GCP
4 1 (5.00%) Google Analytics
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 6 (30.00%) Local Government
2 5 (25.00%) Banking
3 4 (20.00%) Finance
3 4 (20.00%) Marketing
3 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
4 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Corporate Banking
4 2 (10.00%) Investment Banking
4 2 (10.00%) Retail
4 2 (10.00%) Retail Banking
4 2 (10.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Aerospace
5 1 (5.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 10 (50.00%) Designer
2 7 (35.00%) Service Designer
3 3 (15.00%) Head of Digital
3 3 (15.00%) Product Designer
3 3 (15.00%) Product Manager
3 3 (15.00%) Senior
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Manager
4 2 (10.00%) Senior Product Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Digital Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Project Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Senior User Experience Researcher
5 1 (5.00%) Technical Manager
5 1 (5.00%) Technical Product Manager
5 1 (5.00%) User Experience Researcher
5 1 (5.00%) User Researcher
5 1 (5.00%) UX Designer
5 1 (5.00%) UX Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.00%) CSS
1 1 (5.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (5.00%) Algorithms
2 1 (5.00%) Data Structures
2 1 (5.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (50.00%) Service Design
1 10 (50.00%) User Experience
2 9 (45.00%) Agile
2 9 (45.00%) Roadmaps
3 7 (35.00%) AI
4 6 (30.00%) Decision-Making
4 6 (30.00%) Journey Map
4 6 (30.00%) User Research
4 6 (30.00%) UX Design
5 5 (25.00%) Product Strategy
6 4 (20.00%) Analytics
6 4 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 4 (20.00%) Design Thinking
6 4 (20.00%) Inclusive Design
6 4 (20.00%) Mentoring
6 4 (20.00%) Performance Metrics
6 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
7 3 (15.00%) Process Improvement
7 3 (15.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 4 (20.00%) Degree
2 3 (15.00%) SC Cleared
2 3 (15.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (30.00%) Accessibility
2 2 (10.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (5.00%) EU AI Act
3 1 (5.00%) GDPR
3 1 (5.00%) ISO/IEC 42001
3 1 (5.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (10.00%) Adobe
2 1 (5.00%) Google
2 1 (5.00%) Hotjar
2 1 (5.00%) Microsoft