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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Portsmouth requiring User-Centered Design (UCD) skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 2 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Portsmouth 0.69% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £364 - -
Hampshire median daily rate £364 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £67.50 - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - -
75th Percentile £72.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Hampshire median hourly rate £70.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 204 123 227
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Portsmouth 70.83% 73.21% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 109 64 93
10th Percentile £350 £368 £400
25th Percentile £459 £418 £455
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £575
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.70% +15.00%
75th Percentile £616 £616 £675
90th Percentile £682 £671 £820
Hampshire median daily rate £550 £550 £588
% change year-on-year - -6.42% +11.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 50 28 92
10th Percentile £13.48 £29.42 £51.06
25th Percentile £46.25 £38.99 £53.40
Median hourly rate £53.71 £50.00 £58.18
Median % change year-on-year +7.43% -14.05% +1.17%
75th Percentile £63.97 £58.75 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.55 £62.88 £76.86
Hampshire median hourly rate £39.13 £46.25 £57.35
% change year-on-year -15.41% -19.35% +9.24%

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

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Daily Rate Trend in Portsmouth

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

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

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

Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Figma
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 2 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) Cognitive Psychology
2 1 (50.00%) Design Persona
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
2 1 (50.00%) Ethnography
2 1 (50.00%) Front End Development
2 1 (50.00%) Market Research
2 1 (50.00%) Qualitative Research
2 1 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Service Design
2 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 1 (50.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (50.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe