Human-Centred Design Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Human-Centred Design
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 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 371 318 351
Rank change year-on-year -53 +33 +71
Contract jobs citing Human-Centred Design 21 34 49
As % of all contract jobs in the UK excluding London 0.11% 0.23% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% 0.26% 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 24 41
10th Percentile £400 £433 £400
25th Percentile £413 £453 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £473 £470
Median % change year-on-year -0.63% +0.64% +1.08%
75th Percentile £600 £494 £538
90th Percentile £630 £676 £601
UK median daily rate £546 £473 £470
% change year-on-year +15.43% +0.64% -1.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile £34.15 £27.62 -
25th Percentile £40.36 £29.43 -
Median hourly rate £50.73 £32.21 £70.07
Median % change year-on-year +57.49% -54.04% -
75th Percentile £61.09 £47.66 -
90th Percentile £67.31 £73.06 -
UK median hourly rate £50.73 £32.21 £70.07
% change year-on-year +57.49% -54.04% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,689 12,960 17,106
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 85.83% 87.26% 88.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,582 7,621 11,014
10th Percentile £220 £239 £250
25th Percentile £375 £381 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £476 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.80% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £675 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,758 745 1,210
10th Percentile £14.38 £15.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £20.00 £17.72
Median hourly rate £23.54 £31.50 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.28% -30.00% +42.45%
75th Percentile £50.00 £64.10 £65.00
90th Percentile £68.03 £73.14 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £43.90
% change year-on-year -22.62% -25.97% +25.43%

Human-Centred Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Human-Centred Design relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Human-Centred Design job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Human-Centred Design
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Human-Centred Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Human-Centred Design

Human-Centred Design
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Human-Centred Design in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Human-Centred Design in the UK excluding London

Human-Centred Design
Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Human-Centred Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Human-Centred Design

Human-Centred Design
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Human-Centred Design in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Human-Centred Design in the UK excluding London

Human-Centred Design
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London 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
North of England - 11 £454 - 27
North West - 6 £600 - 10
North East - 5 £440 - 9
Scotland -21 4 £508 +7.86% 14
South East - 3 £454 - 12
South West -4 2 £725 -21.62% 7
West Midlands -25 2 - - 3
Midlands -43 2 - - 8
East of England -15 1 £550 - 6
Human-Centred Design
UK

Human-Centred Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (19.05%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (4.76%) Marvel
2 1 (4.76%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 10 (47.62%) Figma
2 5 (23.81%) Miro
3 3 (14.29%) Power Automate
3 3 (14.29%) Power Platform
3 3 (14.29%) SaaS
4 2 (9.52%) Amazon S3
4 2 (9.52%) AWS
4 2 (9.52%) AWS CloudFormation
4 2 (9.52%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (9.52%) OpenShift
4 2 (9.52%) Serverless
5 1 (4.76%) AWS CodePipeline
5 1 (4.76%) AWS Step Functions
5 1 (4.76%) Lucidchart
5 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (4.76%) OneDrive
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (14.29%) Power BI
1 3 (14.29%) Tableau
2 2 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (4.76%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (4.76%) Amazon RDS
3 1 (4.76%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Axure RP
1 1 (4.76%) Cypress.io
1 1 (4.76%) GitLab
General
1 8 (38.10%) Finance
2 3 (14.29%) Banking
2 3 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (4.76%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (66.67%) Designer
2 6 (28.57%) Service Designer
2 6 (28.57%) UX Designer
3 3 (14.29%) Architect
3 3 (14.29%) Senior
3 3 (14.29%) Senior Designer
3 3 (14.29%) Visual Designer
4 2 (9.52%) Senior UX Designer
4 2 (9.52%) Service Design Architect
4 2 (9.52%) UX Service Designer
5 1 (4.76%) Business Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Business Process Architect
5 1 (4.76%) Data Engineer
5 1 (4.76%) Head of Design
5 1 (4.76%) Head of Digital
5 1 (4.76%) Lead
5 1 (4.76%) Product Designer
5 1 (4.76%) Senior Visual Designer
5 1 (4.76%) Technical Leader
5 1 (4.76%) Usability Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) AWS CDK
2 1 (4.76%) CSS
2 1 (4.76%) HTML
2 1 (4.76%) Next.js
2 1 (4.76%) PostGIS
2 1 (4.76%) React
2 1 (4.76%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (19.05%) Onboarding
2 3 (14.29%) IVR
2 3 (14.29%) Mobile App
3 1 (4.76%) Derivative
3 1 (4.76%) Embedded Systems
3 1 (4.76%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Service Design
2 12 (57.14%) User Experience
3 11 (52.38%) Agile
4 8 (38.10%) Journey Map
5 7 (33.33%) UX Design
6 6 (28.57%) Analytics
6 6 (28.57%) Design Thinking
6 6 (28.57%) UX Research
7 5 (23.81%) Interaction Design
7 5 (23.81%) Prototyping
7 5 (23.81%) Roadmaps
7 5 (23.81%) Service Delivery
7 5 (23.81%) Storytelling
8 4 (19.05%) AI
8 4 (19.05%) Change Management
8 4 (19.05%) Co-Creation
8 4 (19.05%) Community of Practice
8 4 (19.05%) Ethnography
8 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (19.05%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) JavaScript
1 1 (4.76%) Python
1 1 (4.76%) SQL
1 1 (4.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (9.52%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (9.52%) Degree
1 2 (9.52%) SC Cleared
1 2 (9.52%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (52.38%) Accessibility
2 3 (14.29%) WCAG
3 1 (4.76%) Data Quality
3 1 (4.76%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 1 (4.76%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (9.52%) Grafana
Vendors
1 4 (19.05%) Adobe
1 4 (19.05%) ServiceNow
2 3 (14.29%) Genesys
2 3 (14.29%) Salesforce
2 3 (14.29%) UiPath
3 1 (4.76%) Microsoft