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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

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

6 months to
10 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 100 49 -
Rank change year-on-year -51 - -
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 5 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in Sheffield 0.47% 1.06% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 1.12% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 2 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £306 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £650 -
Median % change year-on-year -51.92% - -
75th Percentile £364 - -
90th Percentile £446 - -
South Yorkshire median daily rate £313 £650 -
% change year-on-year -51.92% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 954 356 374
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield 89.16% 94.68% 90.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 644 232 214
10th Percentile £366 £286 £378
25th Percentile £425 £388 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -14.89%
75th Percentile £561 £553 £588
90th Percentile £675 £642 £638
South Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £480
% change year-on-year +5.26% -1.04% -12.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 8
10th Percentile £14.02 £18.10 -
25th Percentile £14.51 £18.20 £10.90
Median hourly rate £16.67 £18.69 £17.38
Median % change year-on-year -10.81% +7.57% -15.24%
75th Percentile £18.67 £18.87 £22.44
90th Percentile £19.07 - £23.75
South Yorkshire median hourly rate £16.59 £18.69 £12.83
% change year-on-year -11.26% +45.67% +20.70%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in Sheffield over the 6 months to 10 June 2026.

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (20.00%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Google Analytics
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Dreamweaver
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (80.00%) Public Sector
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
1 3 (60.00%) Performance Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (20.00%) Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Graphic Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Graphic Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior Technical Writer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior UI Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior UI/UX Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Senior UX Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Writer
2 1 (20.00%) UI Designer
2 1 (20.00%) UI/UX Designer
2 1 (20.00%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile
1 4 (80.00%) Interaction Design
2 3 (60.00%) Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Coaching
2 3 (60.00%) Dashboard Development
2 3 (60.00%) Digital Analytics
2 3 (60.00%) Mentoring
2 3 (60.00%) Multivariate Testing
2 3 (60.00%) Performance Analysis
2 3 (60.00%) Performance Metrics
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) User Research
2 3 (60.00%) Web Analytics
3 1 (20.00%) Kanban
3 1 (20.00%) Project Management
3 1 (20.00%) Service Delivery
3 1 (20.00%) Service Management
3 1 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (20.00%) Time Management
3 1 (20.00%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (20.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Google