User-Centered Design (UCD) Contracts in Manchester

User-Centered Design (UCD)
North West > Manchester

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 68 104 111
Rank change year-on-year +36 +7 -24
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 23 9 29
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 1.59% 0.49% 1.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.83% 0.54% 1.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 5 23
10th Percentile - £340 £409
25th Percentile £325 - £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -23.81% +0.19%
75th Percentile £538 - £550
90th Percentile £638 £430 £648
North West median daily rate £375 £400 £525
% change year-on-year -6.25% -23.81% +5.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,260 1,669 2,317
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 86.84% 91.45% 88.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 860 1,218 1,809
10th Percentile £325 £313 £273
25th Percentile £413 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year - - +11.11%
75th Percentile £598 £600 £588
90th Percentile £694 £675 £663
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 75 53 58
10th Percentile £12.44 £16.67 £11.36
25th Percentile £13.50 £20.00 £13.00
Median hourly rate £26.00 £35.00 £18.06
Median % change year-on-year -25.71% +93.83% +11.26%
75th Percentile £60.63 £45.05 £34.69
90th Percentile £73.70 £70.00 £75.00
North West median hourly rate £23.80 £36.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -33.89% +46.94% +32.43%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in Manchester over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 (4.35%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.35%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.35%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 1 (4.35%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (4.35%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.70%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (4.35%) JIRA
General
1 5 (21.74%) Public Sector
2 2 (8.70%) Finance
2 2 (8.70%) Health Technology
3 1 (4.35%) Billing
3 1 (4.35%) Military
Job Titles
1 10 (43.48%) User Researcher
2 9 (39.13%) Designer
3 6 (26.09%) Interaction Designer
4 4 (17.39%) Senior
5 3 (13.04%) Delivery Manager
5 3 (13.04%) Senior Designer
6 2 (8.70%) Senior UI Designer
6 2 (8.70%) Senior UI/UX Designer
6 2 (8.70%) Senior UX Designer
6 2 (8.70%) UI Designer
6 2 (8.70%) UI/UX Designer
6 2 (8.70%) UX Designer
7 1 (4.35%) Analyst
7 1 (4.35%) Billing Analyst
7 1 (4.35%) Billing Business Analyst
7 1 (4.35%) Business Analyst
7 1 (4.35%) Content Designer
7 1 (4.35%) Digital User Researcher
7 1 (4.35%) Senior Interaction Designer
7 1 (4.35%) Senior User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (17.39%) CSS
1 4 (17.39%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.70%) Virtual Team
2 1 (4.35%) BYOD
2 1 (4.35%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (4.35%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (73.91%) User Research
2 16 (69.57%) Agile
3 9 (39.13%) User Experience
3 9 (39.13%) UX Design
4 8 (34.78%) Actionable Insight
4 8 (34.78%) Front End Development
4 8 (34.78%) Interaction Design
4 8 (34.78%) Service Design
5 7 (30.43%) Prototyping
5 7 (30.43%) Requirements Gathering
5 7 (30.43%) Usability Testing
6 6 (26.09%) Data Science
6 6 (26.09%) Ergonomics
6 6 (26.09%) Ethnography
6 6 (26.09%) Guerrilla Testing
6 6 (26.09%) Human Factors
6 6 (26.09%) Market Research
6 6 (26.09%) Mentoring
6 6 (26.09%) Qualitative Research
6 6 (26.09%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 4 (17.39%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.35%) Degree
1 1 (4.35%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (34.78%) Actionable Recommendations
2 4 (17.39%) Accessibility
3 1 (4.35%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (4.35%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.35%) Workday