User-Centered Design (UCD) Contracts in Scotland

User-Centered Design (UCD)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 93 102
Rank change year-on-year -7 +9 -23
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 19 31 54
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 1.15% 1.45% 2.02%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.23% 1.67% 2.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 23 48
10th Percentile £260 - £366
25th Percentile £400 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £425 £472
Median % change year-on-year +23.53% -9.86% -9.33%
75th Percentile £610 £488 £564
90th Percentile £646 £575 £588
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £543
% change year-on-year +2.50% -7.83% +3.58%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,549 1,859 2,465
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 93.48% 87.24% 92.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 894 1,152 1,723
10th Percentile £263 £219 £251
25th Percentile £370 £363 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £461 £463 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.38% -2.53% -
75th Percentile £538 £566 £550
90th Percentile £600 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 49 96 54
10th Percentile £16.00 £12.30 £10.63
25th Percentile £17.30 £15.53 £11.25
Median hourly rate £19.97 £19.34 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year +3.28% +33.34% -61.26%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.94 £35.00
90th Percentile £61.00 £60.75 £66.09
UK median hourly rate £27.85 £36.50 £36.77
% change year-on-year -23.70% -0.73% +43.19%

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

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

Job vacancy trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in Scotland

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in Scotland

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in Scotland over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User-Centered Design (UCD) in Scotland

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 31 May 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
Edinburgh +1 11 £531 +11.84%
Glasgow -13 8 £400 - 1
User-Centered Design (UCD)
UK

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 (5.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (21.05%) Sketch
2 3 (15.79%) Spreadsheet
3 2 (10.53%) Adobe XD
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 4 (21.05%) Figma
2 3 (15.79%) Azure
2 3 (15.79%) Google Analytics
2 3 (15.79%) Google Data Studio
3 2 (10.53%) SaaS
4 1 (5.26%) AWS
4 1 (5.26%) GCP
4 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (15.79%) Tableau
2 2 (10.53%) MongoDB
3 1 (5.26%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (5.26%) Git
General
1 11 (57.89%) Public Sector
2 4 (21.05%) Social Skills
3 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Banking
4 1 (5.26%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Finance
Job Titles
1 13 (68.42%) Designer
2 8 (42.11%) Service Designer
3 7 (36.84%) Senior
4 6 (31.58%) UX Designer
5 5 (26.32%) Senior Designer
6 4 (21.05%) Senior UX Designer
7 3 (15.79%) Analyst
7 3 (15.79%) Lead
7 3 (15.79%) Performance Analyst
8 2 (10.53%) Senior Service Designer
8 2 (10.53%) Senior User Researcher
8 2 (10.53%) User Researcher
8 2 (10.53%) UX Service Designer
9 1 (5.26%) Content Designer
9 1 (5.26%) Developer
9 1 (5.26%) Digital Developer
9 1 (5.26%) Google Analytics Analyst
9 1 (5.26%) Senior Content Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (15.79%) Node.js
1 3 (15.79%) React
2 1 (5.26%) CSS
2 1 (5.26%) HTML
2 1 (5.26%) RESTful
2 1 (5.26%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Product Ownership
2 2 (10.53%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) Android
1 2 (10.53%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (68.42%) User Research
2 12 (63.16%) Service Design
2 12 (63.16%) User Experience
3 11 (57.89%) UX Design
4 8 (42.11%) Agile
4 8 (42.11%) Usability Testing
5 7 (36.84%) Analytics
6 6 (31.58%) Data Security
6 6 (31.58%) Journey Map
6 6 (31.58%) Prototyping
6 6 (31.58%) Workshop Facilitation
7 4 (21.05%) Design Thinking
7 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (21.05%) Project Management
7 4 (21.05%) Wireframes
8 3 (15.79%) Data Analytics
8 3 (15.79%) Digital Analytics
8 3 (15.79%) Line Management
8 3 (15.79%) Microservices
8 3 (15.79%) Performance Metrics
Programming Languages
1 5 (26.32%) Python
2 1 (5.26%) JavaScript
2 1 (5.26%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (36.84%) Accessibility
2 4 (21.05%) Disclosure Scotland
3 3 (15.79%) WCAG
4 1 (5.26%) GDPR
Vendors
1 3 (15.79%) Google
2 2 (10.53%) Adobe
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft