User-Centered Design (UCD) Contracts in London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London 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 10 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 327 334 313
Rank change year-on-year +7 -21 +4
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 71 152 321
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.40% 0.60% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.45% 0.66% 0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 110 227
10th Percentile £389 £423 £399
25th Percentile £463 £500 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £600 £525
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £588
90th Percentile £683 £726 £638
England median daily rate £533 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.18% +4.76% +7.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41.51 £46.25 -
Median hourly rate £41.68 £47.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.26% -26.92% +20.37%
75th Percentile £41.84 £48.75 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £41.68 £47.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -12.26% -26.92% +73.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,610 22,866 35,516
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.27% 90.91% 92.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,180 16,559 26,063
10th Percentile £340 £375 £394
25th Percentile £446 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £590 £575
Median % change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
75th Percentile £675 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £780
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 318 265 388
10th Percentile £15.50 £18.00 £17.09
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.50 £23.91
Median hourly rate £28.25 £39.00 £36.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.56% +8.33% +9.59%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.00 £50.83
90th Percentile £68.23 £82.40 £67.50
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in London over the 6 months to 10 June 2024.

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

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

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
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 User-Centered Design (UCD) within the London region over the 6 months to 10 June 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
Central London +25 11 £563 +9.76%
South London +4 1 £575 -11.54%
East London - 1 £540 - 1
User-Centered Design (UCD)
England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 1 (1.41%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (19.72%) Sketch
2 10 (14.08%) Adobe XD
3 4 (5.63%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 2 (2.82%) Chatbot
4 2 (2.82%) InVision
5 1 (1.41%) Adobe After Effects
5 1 (1.41%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (1.41%) Final Cut Pro
5 1 (1.41%) Photoshop
5 1 (1.41%) UserZoom
5 1 (1.41%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 1 (1.41%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 24 (33.80%) Figma
2 4 (5.63%) Azure
3 3 (4.23%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.82%) AWS
4 2 (2.82%) SaaS
5 1 (1.41%) BigCommerce
5 1 (1.41%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.41%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.41%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.82%) Power BI
1 2 (2.82%) Tableau
2 1 (1.41%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 6 (8.45%) JIRA
2 4 (5.63%) Axure RP
3 3 (4.23%) Balsamiq
4 2 (2.82%) Git
5 1 (1.41%) CocoaPods
5 1 (1.41%) webpack
5 1 (1.41%) Xcode
5 1 (1.41%) XCTest
General
1 35 (49.30%) Social Skills
2 28 (39.44%) Public Sector
3 14 (19.72%) Finance
4 6 (8.45%) Banking
5 5 (7.04%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (5.63%) Games
7 3 (4.23%) Marketing
8 2 (2.82%) Advertising
8 2 (2.82%) Local Government
8 2 (2.82%) Organisational Skills
8 2 (2.82%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.82%) Retail
8 2 (2.82%) Retail Banking
9 1 (1.41%) Automotive
9 1 (1.41%) Police
9 1 (1.41%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 34 (47.89%) Designer
2 17 (23.94%) UX Designer
3 8 (11.27%) Senior
4 7 (9.86%) Analyst
4 7 (9.86%) UI Designer
5 6 (8.45%) Business Analyst
5 6 (8.45%) Service Designer
6 5 (7.04%) Delivery Manager
6 5 (7.04%) Developer
6 5 (7.04%) Interaction Designer
6 5 (7.04%) UI/UX Designer
7 4 (5.63%) Lead
7 4 (5.63%) User Researcher
7 4 (5.63%) UX Specialist
8 3 (4.23%) Senior Designer
8 3 (4.23%) Technical Leader
8 3 (4.23%) UX Developer
9 2 (2.82%) Data Analyst
9 2 (2.82%) Senior UI Designer
9 2 (2.82%) Senior User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (14.08%) CSS
2 9 (12.68%) HTML
3 4 (5.63%) React
4 2 (2.82%) React Native
4 2 (2.82%) WebGL
5 1 (1.41%) Cocoa
5 1 (1.41%) Cocoa Touch
5 1 (1.41%) D3.js
5 1 (1.41%) Framer.js
5 1 (1.41%) jQuery
5 1 (1.41%) Node.js
5 1 (1.41%) Redux
5 1 (1.41%) RESTful
5 1 (1.41%) Sass
5 1 (1.41%) SwiftUI
5 1 (1.41%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.86%) Mobile App
1 7 (9.86%) Product Ownership
2 6 (8.45%) Self-Motivation
3 3 (4.23%) Graphic Design
4 2 (2.82%) Animation
4 2 (2.82%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (2.82%) Mobile Banking
4 2 (2.82%) Online Banking
4 2 (2.82%) Virtual Reality
5 1 (1.41%) Blog
5 1 (1.41%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (1.41%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.41%) Mobile Games
5 1 (1.41%) Online Games
5 1 (1.41%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.41%) Solar Panel
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.41%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (57.75%) Agile
2 31 (43.66%) User Experience
3 27 (38.03%) User Research
4 26 (36.62%) UX Design
5 20 (28.17%) Wireframes
6 19 (26.76%) Prototyping
6 19 (26.76%) Usability Testing
7 18 (25.35%) Interaction Design
8 13 (18.31%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (18.31%) Service Design
9 8 (11.27%) Continuous Improvement
9 8 (11.27%) Project Delivery
9 8 (11.27%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (9.86%) Business Analysis
10 7 (9.86%) Data Science
10 7 (9.86%) Workshop Facilitation
11 6 (8.45%) Digital Transformation Programme
11 6 (8.45%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
11 6 (8.45%) User Stories
12 5 (7.04%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 10 (14.08%) JavaScript
2 3 (4.23%) SQL
3 2 (2.82%) Python
4 1 (1.41%) Bash
4 1 (1.41%) Java
4 1 (1.41%) Swift
4 1 (1.41%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 20 (28.17%) Degree
2 17 (23.94%) Security Cleared
3 15 (21.13%) SC Cleared
4 7 (9.86%) Master's Degree
5 3 (4.23%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (26.76%) Accessibility
2 5 (7.04%) WCAG
3 2 (2.82%) PMO
3 2 (2.82%) QA
4 1 (1.41%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (1.41%) Docker
Vendors
1 14 (19.72%) Adobe
2 2 (2.82%) Civica
2 2 (2.82%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.41%) Databricks
3 1 (1.41%) SAP
3 1 (1.41%) Sitecore