User-Centered Design (UCD) Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 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 96 55 -
Rank change year-on-year -41 - -
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 5 4 0
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.43% 0.92% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.48% 0.97% -
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 - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £519 £513 £425
% change year-on-year +1.22% +20.59% -22.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,045 414 426
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 89.09% 94.74% 86.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 679 268 246
10th Percentile £363 £280 £360
25th Percentile £425 £384 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -1.04% -12.73%
75th Percentile £558 £558 £586
90th Percentile £675 £638 £624
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 6 20
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.10 £10.90
25th Percentile £13.52 £18.20 £12.55
Median hourly rate £16.59 £18.69 £12.83
Median % change year-on-year -11.26% +45.67% +20.70%
75th Percentile £21.00 £18.87 £15.42
90th Percentile £24.08 - £23.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.81 £21.24 £13.50
% change year-on-year +7.39% +57.33% +27.00%

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD) job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

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

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

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

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 10 June 2026. 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
Sheffield -51 5 £313 -51.92% 5
User-Centered Design (UCD)
Yorkshire

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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