Inclusive Design Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Inclusive Design
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Inclusive Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 206 161 184
Rank change year-on-year -45 +23 +54
Contract jobs citing Inclusive Design 5 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.11% 0.028% 0.043%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.032% 0.048%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile £510 - -
25th Percentile £525 - £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £463
Median % change year-on-year - - -11.90%
75th Percentile - - £469
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £515 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +8.42% -5.00% +1.01%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

Inclusive 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 4,189 3,114 4,134
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 88.62% 86.69% 88.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,790 1,775 2,737
10th Percentile £215 £263 £290
25th Percentile £363 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.05% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £550 £575 £600
90th Percentile £650 £671 £675
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 262 157 191
10th Percentile £15.50 £15.22 £15.72
25th Percentile £19.36 £17.25 £17.74
Median hourly rate £28.96 £27.50 £28.44
Median % change year-on-year +5.29% -3.31% +27.82%
75th Percentile £51.50 £46.18 £46.18
90th Percentile £69.25 £66.45 £62.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Inclusive Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Inclusive Design job vacancy trend in the North of England

Inclusive Design
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Inclusive Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Inclusive Design

Inclusive 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 Inclusive Design within the North of England region over the 6 months to 19 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 - 3 £525 - 11
Yorkshire -40 2 £550 - 14
Inclusive Design
England

Inclusive 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 2 (40.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe XD
1 1 (20.00%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Figma
2 2 (40.00%) Miro
2 2 (40.00%) Slack
2 2 (40.00%) Smartsheet
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Designer
2 2 (40.00%) Operations Manager
2 2 (40.00%) UX Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Graphic Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior UX Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) User Experience
2 2 (40.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (40.00%) DesignOps
2 2 (40.00%) Objectives and Key Results
2 2 (40.00%) Programme Management
2 2 (40.00%) Usability Testing
2 2 (40.00%) User Research
2 2 (40.00%) UX Design
2 2 (40.00%) Wireframes
3 1 (20.00%) Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Behavioural Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Design Thinking
3 1 (20.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
3 1 (20.00%) Infographics
3 1 (20.00%) Interaction Design
3 1 (20.00%) Prototyping
3 1 (20.00%) Service Design
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) Accessibility
2 4 (80.00%) WCAG
3 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Adobe