User-Centered Design (UCD)
North West > Manchester
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring User-Centered Design (UCD) skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 3 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 79 | 84 | 95 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +5 | +11 | +27 |
| Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester | 0.50% | 0.42% | 0.88% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.56% | 0.48% | 1.00% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £412 | - | £435 |
| 25th Percentile | £422 | £475 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £489 | £500 | £528 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.30% | -5.21% | -4.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £604 | £525 | £588 |
| 90th Percentile | £656 | - | £618 |
| North West median daily rate | £427 | £500 | £563 |
| % change year-on-year | -14.60% | -11.11% | +7.14% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester
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 Manchester.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 888 | 1,038 | 1,501 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester | 89.07% | 87.30% | 88.55% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 570 | 641 | 1,091 |
| 10th Percentile | £304 | £330 | £285 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £413 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £500 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -5.00% | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £580 | £600 | £594 |
| 90th Percentile | £675 | £713 | £675 |
| North West median daily rate | £450 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -10.00% | - | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 62 | 43 | 55 |
| 10th Percentile | £14.20 | £16.17 | £15.72 |
| 25th Percentile | £19.07 | £22.75 | £16.46 |
| Median hourly rate | £22.63 | £35.00 | £19.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -35.34% | +79.49% | -1.27% |
| 75th Percentile | £54.38 | £60.25 | £43.13 |
| 90th Percentile | £74.88 | £73.90 | £68.40 |
| North West median hourly rate | £25.15 | £40.16 | £34.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -37.38% | +18.13% | +55.32% |
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.
User-Centered Design (UCD)
Daily Rate Trend in Manchester
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing User-Centered Design (UCD).
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 3 September 2025.
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: