Human-Centred Design Contract Job Trends in Tyne and Wear

Human-Centred Design
North East > Tyne and Wear

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear requiring Human-Centred Design skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Human-Centred Design 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Tyne and Wear 1.42% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.58% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £375 - -
25th Percentile £399 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £440 - -
75th Percentile £454 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North East median daily rate £440 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Tyne and Wear

Human-Centred Design 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 Tyne and Wear.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 316 200 149
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear 89.52% 91.32% 85.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 103 102
10th Percentile £182 £305 £191
25th Percentile £363 £352 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £454 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.88% -4.42% -13.64%
75th Percentile £524 £588 £579
90th Percentile £581 £650 £720
North East median daily rate £450 £488 £450
% change year-on-year -7.69% +8.33% -18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 14 3
10th Percentile £14.05 £13.75 £15.65
25th Percentile £16.75 £14.83 £15.88
Median hourly rate £36.00 £16.00 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +125.00% -8.57% -22.22%
75th Percentile £53.75 £19.25 £18.75
90th Percentile £54.50 £19.93 -
North East median hourly rate £36.00 £18.50 £17.50
% change year-on-year +94.59% +5.71% -22.22%

Human-Centred Design
Job Vacancy Trend in Tyne and Wear

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Human-Centred Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Tyne and Wear.

Human-Centred Design job vacancy trend in Tyne and Wear

Human-Centred Design
Daily Rate Trend in Tyne and Wear

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Human-Centred Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tyne and Wear citing Human-Centred Design

Human-Centred Design
Contract Job Locations in Tyne and Wear

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Human-Centred Design within the Tyne and Wear region over the 6 months to 24 December 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
Newcastle upon Tyne - 5 £440 - 9
Human-Centred Design
North East

Human-Centred Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tyne and Wear 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 1 (20.00%) Figma
1 1 (20.00%) Lucidchart
1 1 (20.00%) Miro
General
1 2 (40.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Designer
1 5 (100.00%) Service Designer
2 2 (40.00%) UX Designer
2 2 (40.00%) UX Service Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Design Thinking
1 5 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 5 (100.00%) Service Design
2 4 (80.00%) Ethnography
2 4 (80.00%) User Journey Map
2 4 (80.00%) Workshop Facilitation
3 3 (60.00%) Agile
3 3 (60.00%) Co-Creation
3 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (60.00%) User Research
4 2 (40.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 2 (40.00%) Backlog Management
4 2 (40.00%) Ergonomics
4 2 (40.00%) Ethnographic Research
4 2 (40.00%) Human Factors
4 2 (40.00%) Storytelling
4 2 (40.00%) Usability Testing
4 2 (40.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (40.00%) UX Design
4 2 (40.00%) UX Research
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
1 2 (40.00%) WCAG