User-Centered Design (UCD) Contracts in the South East

User-Centered Design (UCD)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 155 187 213
Rank change year-on-year +32 +26 +26
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 4 18 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.13% 0.32% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.38% 0.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 14 8
10th Percentile - £506 £440
25th Percentile £625 £517 £528
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% +17.65%
75th Percentile £688 - £650
90th Percentile £695 £557 £653
England median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £88.50 - -
Median hourly rate £92.00 - -
75th Percentile £95.50 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £57.75 £41.68 £47.50
% change year-on-year +38.57% -12.26% +129.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,757 4,716 5,181
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.59% 84.85% 89.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,756 2,743 3,594
10th Percentile £256 £243 £250
25th Percentile £400 £400 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £508
Median % change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
75th Percentile £600 £621 £619
90th Percentile £675 £700 £700
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 171 434 219
10th Percentile £13.85 £13.00 £18.25
25th Percentile £15.79 £18.23 £23.83
Median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%
75th Percentile £62.50 £62.49 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.83
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the South East

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the South East

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the South East

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contract Job Locations in the South East

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 South East region over the 6 months to 1 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
Berkshire +32 2 £700 - 2
Thames Valley +30 2 £700 +27.27% 6
East Sussex - 2 £650 - 1
User-Centered Design (UCD)
England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Figma
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Solutions Architect
2 1 (25.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (25.00%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Data Structures
1 1 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Agile
1 2 (50.00%) Service Design
2 1 (25.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 1 (25.00%) Content Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
2 1 (25.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (25.00%) Front End Development
2 1 (25.00%) Inclusive Design
2 1 (25.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (25.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft