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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
South London > Merton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Merton requiring User-Centered Design (UCD) skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Merton 2.33% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
South London median daily rate £450 £583 -
% change year-on-year -22.81% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Merton

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 Merton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 30 13 13
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Merton 69.77% 54.17% 65.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 7 12
10th Percentile £220 £235 £216
25th Percentile £300 £288 £334
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £419 £375 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.67% -25.00% +14.29%
75th Percentile £438 £447 £591
90th Percentile £446 £500 £638
South London median daily rate £513 £525 £500
% change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% -9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 2 1
10th Percentile - £70.24 -
25th Percentile £54.55 £72.40 £40.82
Median hourly rate £63.50 £78.40 £43.84
Median % change year-on-year -19.01% +78.83% -13.05%
75th Percentile £66.50 £82.00 £46.86
90th Percentile £67.70 £82.72 -
South London median hourly rate £58.94 £15.84 £23.50
% change year-on-year +272.06% -32.60% +0.17%

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

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

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

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

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Drupal
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Intranet
General
1 1 (100.00%) Influencing Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 1 (100.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Content Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Web Content Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Web Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) WCAG