User-Centered Design (UCD) Contracts in the North of England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring User-Centered Design (UCD) skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited User-Centered Design (UCD) over the 6 months leading up to 20 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 142 143 159
Rank change year-on-year +1 +16 -35
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 43 59 94
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.89% 1.08% 1.32%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.06% 1.20% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 39 74
10th Percentile - £420 £409
25th Percentile £325 £453 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £550
90th Percentile £648 £670 £575
England median daily rate £533 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.18% +4.76% +7.42%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,055 4,902 6,324
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 83.69% 90.08% 88.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,411 3,372 4,591
10th Percentile £300 £300 £241
25th Percentile £400 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year - +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £575
90th Percentile £669 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 395 209 251
10th Percentile £11.09 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.55 £15.75 £13.57
Median hourly rate £21.00 £25.00 £19.09
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +30.96% +7.43%
75th Percentile £46.18 £43.39 £34.00
90th Percentile £63.75 £56.38 £63.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing User-Centered Design (UCD) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the North of England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the North of England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in the North of England over the 6 months to 20 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the North of England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the North of England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
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 User-Centered Design (UCD) within the North of England region over the 6 months to 20 June 2024. 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 +20 24 £375 -18.92% 11
Yorkshire -10 13 £425 -22.73% 6
North East +12 6 £575 +16.16% 4
User-Centered Design (UCD)
England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (2.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 2 (4.65%) Adobe Illustrator
1 2 (4.65%) InVision
1 2 (4.65%) Photoshop
2 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.33%) MS Visio
2 1 (2.33%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 1 (2.33%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 2 (4.65%) Azure
1 2 (4.65%) Figma
1 2 (4.65%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (2.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.33%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 2 (4.65%) Axure RP
2 1 (2.33%) JIRA
General
1 9 (20.93%) Public Sector
2 6 (13.95%) Finance
2 6 (13.95%) Social Skills
3 2 (4.65%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (4.65%) Health Technology
3 2 (4.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 2 (4.65%) Local Government
3 2 (4.65%) Military
4 1 (2.33%) Billing
4 1 (2.33%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 19 (44.19%) Designer
2 12 (27.91%) User Researcher
3 7 (16.28%) Senior
4 6 (13.95%) Interaction Designer
5 5 (11.63%) Senior Designer
5 5 (11.63%) Service Designer
6 4 (9.30%) UI Designer
6 4 (9.30%) UX Designer
7 3 (6.98%) Consultant
7 3 (6.98%) Delivery Manager
7 3 (6.98%) Senior Service Designer
7 3 (6.98%) User Experience Consultant
8 2 (4.65%) Analyst
8 2 (4.65%) Architect
8 2 (4.65%) Business Analyst
8 2 (4.65%) Content Designer
8 2 (4.65%) Digital Transformation
8 2 (4.65%) UI/UX Designer
9 1 (2.33%) Senior UI/UX Designer
9 1 (2.33%) Senior UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.95%) CSS
1 6 (13.95%) HTML
2 2 (4.65%) OAuth
3 1 (2.33%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.30%) Product Ownership
2 3 (6.98%) Mobile App
2 3 (6.98%) NHS
3 2 (4.65%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.33%) Enterprise Cloud
4 1 (2.33%) Greenfield Project
4 1 (2.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (60.47%) User Research
2 23 (53.49%) Agile
3 22 (51.16%) User Experience
4 15 (34.88%) Mentoring
4 15 (34.88%) UX Design
5 14 (32.56%) Interaction Design
6 13 (30.23%) Prototyping
7 12 (27.91%) Service Design
8 8 (18.60%) Actionable Insight
8 8 (18.60%) Ethnography
8 8 (18.60%) Front End Development
8 8 (18.60%) Usability Testing
9 7 (16.28%) Coaching
9 7 (16.28%) Focus Group
9 7 (16.28%) Requirements Gathering
10 6 (13.95%) Data Science
10 6 (13.95%) Design Persona
10 6 (13.95%) Guerrilla Testing
10 6 (13.95%) Qualitative Research
10 6 (13.95%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.30%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 5 (11.63%) Degree
2 4 (9.30%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.65%) HND
3 2 (4.65%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.93%) Accessibility
2 8 (18.60%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (2.33%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 2 (4.65%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (6.98%) Microsoft
2 2 (4.65%) Adobe
3 1 (2.33%) Brio
3 1 (2.33%) Workday