User-Centered Design (UCD) Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring User-Centered Design (UCD) skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 52 - 38
Rank change year-on-year - - +30
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 4 0 13
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 0.74% - 2.74%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.94% - 3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 13
10th Percentile £563 - £506
25th Percentile £582 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £593 - £550
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - £558
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £593 - £550

All Process & Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 426 187 410
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 78.74% 94.44% 86.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 298 140 299
10th Percentile £304 £297 £279
25th Percentile £400 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £494 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.81% -1.25% +5.26%
75th Percentile £592 £600 £600
90th Percentile £640 £650 £660
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £500 £505 £500
% change year-on-year -0.99% +1.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 3 27
10th Percentile £15.91 £13.10 £15.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £14.75 £17.82
Median hourly rate £18.32 £18.70 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year -2.03% -21.26% +137.50%
75th Percentile £29.61 £19.60 £30.00
90th Percentile £36.00 £20.14 £48.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.32 £21.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -14.79% -14.00% +92.31%

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

User-Centered Design (UCD) job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing User-Centered Design (UCD).

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing User-Centered Design (UCD)

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

Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) SAN
1 1 (25.00%) TCP/IP
General
1 3 (75.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Designer
1 3 (75.00%) Service Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead Service Designer
2 1 (25.00%) Python Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (25.00%) Debian
1 1 (25.00%) Linux
1 1 (25.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (75.00%) AI
2 3 (75.00%) Business Continuity
2 3 (75.00%) Cloud Security
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Disaster Recovery
2 3 (75.00%) ITSM
2 3 (75.00%) Lean Six Sigma
2 3 (75.00%) Service Design
2 3 (75.00%) Service Management
2 3 (75.00%) SIAM
2 3 (75.00%) Six Sigma
2 3 (75.00%) Technical Architecture
2 3 (75.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (25.00%) Configuration Management
4 1 (25.00%) Data Modelling
4 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
3 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) Government Security Classifications
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 20000
1 3 (75.00%) NCSC
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (25.00%) Red Hat
1 1 (25.00%) VMware