Hybrid/Remote Human-Centred Design Contract Job Trends

Human-Centred Design
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work 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 286 276 339
Rank change year-on-year -10 +63 +131
Contract jobs citing Human-Centred Design 21 37 29
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.21% 0.32% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.36% 0.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 27 26
10th Percentile £400 £338 £400
25th Percentile £406 £410 £446
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £463 £470
Median % change year-on-year -1.84% -1.60% -
75th Percentile £564 £494 £520
90th Percentile £633 £571 £585
UK median daily rate £546 £473 £470
% change year-on-year +15.43% +0.64% -1.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 1
Median hourly rate £71.45 £33.54 £70.07
Median % change year-on-year +113.03% -52.13% -
UK median hourly rate £50.73 £32.21 £70.07
% change year-on-year +57.49% -54.04% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,293 10,351 14,727
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 90.79% 89.32% 88.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,131 6,505 10,043
10th Percentile £331 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £619 £638 £638
90th Percentile £725 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 327 209 359
10th Percentile £15.44 £17.98 £19.84
25th Percentile £20.50 £22.00 £28.32
Median hourly rate £43.00 £35.25 £53.50
Median % change year-on-year +21.99% -34.11% -6.96%
75th Percentile £65.00 £64.10 £70.98
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £87.50
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 for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Human-Centred Design and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Human-Centred Design job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Human-Centred Design
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Human-Centred Design.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Human-Centred Design

Human-Centred Design
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Human-Centred Design over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Human-Centred Design daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Human-Centred Design
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Human-Centred Design.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Human-Centred Design

Human-Centred Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 2 (9.52%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.76%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 9 (42.86%) Figma
2 6 (28.57%) Miro
3 2 (9.52%) SaaS
4 1 (4.76%) AWS
4 1 (4.76%) Azure
4 1 (4.76%) GCP
4 1 (4.76%) Google Analytics
4 1 (4.76%) IaaS
4 1 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (4.76%) OneDrive
4 1 (4.76%) PaaS
4 1 (4.76%) Power Automate
4 1 (4.76%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (4.76%) Power BI
1 1 (4.76%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) JIRA
General
1 6 (28.57%) Finance
1 6 (28.57%) Public Sector
2 2 (9.52%) Banking
2 2 (9.52%) Legal
2 2 (9.52%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Marketing
3 1 (4.76%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 15 (71.43%) Designer
2 8 (38.10%) Service Designer
3 6 (28.57%) Senior
4 5 (23.81%) Senior Designer
5 4 (19.05%) Product Designer
5 4 (19.05%) UX Designer
6 3 (14.29%) Architect
6 3 (14.29%) Senior UX Designer
7 2 (9.52%) Lead
7 2 (9.52%) Lead Architect
7 2 (9.52%) Lead Security Architect
7 2 (9.52%) Lead Solutions Architect
7 2 (9.52%) Security Architect
7 2 (9.52%) Security Solutions Architect
7 2 (9.52%) Senior Service Designer
7 2 (9.52%) Solutions Architect
8 1 (4.76%) Digital Designer
8 1 (4.76%) Digital Service Designer
8 1 (4.76%) Technical Product Manager
8 1 (4.76%) UX Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.76%) CSS
1 1 (4.76%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Onboarding
2 1 (4.76%) Algorithms
2 1 (4.76%) Data Structures
2 1 (4.76%) IVR
2 1 (4.76%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (61.90%) Service Design
2 11 (52.38%) User Experience
3 9 (42.86%) Journey Map
4 8 (38.10%) Agile
4 8 (38.10%) Design Thinking
5 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (33.33%) Roadmaps
6 6 (28.57%) Co-Creation
6 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 5 (23.81%) Analytics
7 5 (23.81%) Decision-Making
7 5 (23.81%) UX Design
7 5 (23.81%) UX Research
8 4 (19.05%) Ergonomics
8 4 (19.05%) Ethnography
8 4 (19.05%) Inclusive Design
8 4 (19.05%) Product Strategy
8 4 (19.05%) User Journey Map
8 4 (19.05%) User Research
8 4 (19.05%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 4 (19.05%) Degree
1 4 (19.05%) SC Cleared
1 4 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) Accessibility
2 3 (14.29%) WCAG
3 2 (9.52%) Data Quality
4 1 (4.76%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Adobe
1 2 (9.52%) ServiceNow
2 1 (4.76%) Genesys
2 1 (4.76%) Google
2 1 (4.76%) Hotjar
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Salesforce
2 1 (4.76%) UiPath