Human-Centred Design Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Human-Centred Design
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Human-Centred Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 202 - 179
Rank change year-on-year - - +58
Contract jobs citing Human-Centred Design 11 0 3
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.23% - 0.065%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.26% - 0.074%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 0 2
10th Percentile £392 - £326
25th Percentile £400 - £338
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 - £368
Median % change year-on-year - - -18.33%
75th Percentile £600 - £388
90th Percentile £608 - £395
England median daily rate £550 £475 £400
% change year-on-year +15.79% +18.75% -24.78%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £71.45 - -
England median hourly rate £50.73 £32.21 £70.07
% change year-on-year +57.49% -54.04% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Human-Centred Design 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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,206 3,092 4,081
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.34% 86.90% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,789 1,757 2,705
10th Percentile £218 £263 £296
25th Percentile £363 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £466 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £669 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -3.81% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 150 194
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.20 £15.73
25th Percentile £19.67 £17.12 £17.75
Median hourly rate £29.60 £27.44 £30.03
Median % change year-on-year +7.86% -8.60% +33.44%
75th Percentile £53.75 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £68.90 £67.57 £62.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -28.14% -22.22% +24.47%

Human-Centred Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Human-Centred Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Human-Centred Design job vacancy trend in the North of England

Human-Centred Design
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Human-Centred Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Human-Centred Design

Human-Centred Design
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Human-Centred Design in the North of England over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Human-Centred Design in the North of England

Human-Centred Design
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Human-Centred Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Human-Centred Design

Human-Centred Design
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Human-Centred Design within the North of England region over the 6 months to 24 December 2025. 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
North West - 6 £600 - 14
North East - 5 £440 - 9
Human-Centred Design
England

Human-Centred Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England 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 4 (36.36%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Figma
1 3 (27.27%) Miro
1 3 (27.27%) Power Automate
1 3 (27.27%) Power Platform
1 3 (27.27%) SaaS
2 1 (9.09%) Lucidchart
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (9.09%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (27.27%) Power BI
1 3 (27.27%) Tableau
General
1 3 (27.27%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (63.64%) Designer
2 5 (45.45%) Service Designer
3 4 (36.36%) UX Designer
4 3 (27.27%) Architect
5 2 (18.18%) Senior
5 2 (18.18%) Senior Designer
5 2 (18.18%) Senior UX Designer
5 2 (18.18%) Service Design Architect
5 2 (18.18%) UX Service Designer
6 1 (9.09%) Business Architect
6 1 (9.09%) Business Process Architect
6 1 (9.09%) Head of Digital
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Onboarding
2 3 (27.27%) IVR
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Service Design
2 5 (45.45%) Design Thinking
2 5 (45.45%) Journey Map
2 5 (45.45%) User Experience
3 4 (36.36%) Agile
3 4 (36.36%) Analytics
3 4 (36.36%) Change Management
3 4 (36.36%) Ethnography
3 4 (36.36%) Service Delivery
3 4 (36.36%) User Journey Map
3 4 (36.36%) UX Design
3 4 (36.36%) UX Research
3 4 (36.36%) Workshop Facilitation
4 3 (27.27%) BPMN
4 3 (27.27%) Business Intelligence
4 3 (27.27%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (27.27%) Enterprise Architecture
4 3 (27.27%) ITSM
4 3 (27.27%) Logistics
4 3 (27.27%) WFM
Qualifications
1 2 (18.18%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (9.09%) Degree
2 1 (9.09%) SC Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) Accessibility
2 2 (18.18%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) ServiceNow
2 3 (27.27%) Genesys
2 3 (27.27%) Salesforce
2 3 (27.27%) UiPath
3 1 (9.09%) Microsoft