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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Reading requiring User-Centered Design (UCD) skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 68 99
Rank change year-on-year -4 +31 -6
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 3 6 2
As % of all contract jobs in Reading 0.37% 0.77% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.42% 0.82% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £250 £500
Median % change year-on-year +107.60% -50.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £520 - -
90th Percentile £520 - -
Berkshire median daily rate £519 £408 £500
% change year-on-year +27.36% -18.50% -16.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 717 730 1,044
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Reading 87.55% 93.35% 92.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 506 390 635
10th Percentile £313 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £409 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £620 £638 £615
90th Percentile £670 £663 £688
Berkshire median daily rate £500 £510 £500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +2.00% -0.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 43 6 35
10th Percentile £29.40 £27.63 £20.17
25th Percentile £58.00 £37.14 £54.70
Median hourly rate £82.00 £62.46 £61.65
Median % change year-on-year +31.29% +1.31% -5.16%
75th Percentile £98.75 £72.33 £66.75
90th Percentile £107.00 £76.03 £86.78
Berkshire median hourly rate £59.50 £61.50 £60.14
% change year-on-year -3.24% +2.25% -7.01%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Viva Engage
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Lead
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 3 (100.00%) Focus Group
1 3 (100.00%) Identity Access Management
1 3 (100.00%) User Experience
1 3 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft