User-Centered Design (UCD) Contracts with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

User-Centered Design (UCD)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work 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 232 246 305
Rank change year-on-year +14 +59 -104
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 72 99 176
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.73% 0.65% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.80% 0.73% 0.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 53 74 143
10th Percentile £333 £378 £413
25th Percentile £425 £458 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £545 £550
Median % change year-on-year -8.26% -0.91% +9.24%
75th Percentile £556 £550 £621
90th Percentile £588 £636 £680
UK median daily rate £513 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +2.50% -9.09% +7.32%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £89.68 - -
Median hourly rate £93.08 - -
75th Percentile £96.49 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £57.75 £41.68 £47.50
% change year-on-year +38.57% -12.26% +106.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,021 13,483 23,229
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 91.08% 87.87% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,191 8,996 16,418
10th Percentile £340 £325 £363
25th Percentile £419 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year - -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £650
90th Percentile £763 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 224 579 532
10th Percentile £14.20 £15.17 £19.00
25th Percentile £19.56 £25.25 £30.54
Median hourly rate £39.52 £43.00 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.09% -21.82% +57.14%
75th Percentile £66.13 £60.00 £68.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £75.25 £80.23
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing User-Centered Design (UCD) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

User-Centered Design (UCD) trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing User-Centered Design (UCD).

User-Centered Design (UCD) daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing User-Centered Design (UCD) over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

User-Centered Design (UCD) daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing User-Centered Design (UCD).

User-Centered Design (UCD) hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Application Platforms
1 12 (16.67%) Confluence
2 2 (2.78%) Drupal
Applications
1 9 (12.50%) Sketch
2 5 (6.94%) Adobe XD
2 5 (6.94%) Trello
3 1 (1.39%) InVision
3 1 (1.39%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.39%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 16 (22.22%) Figma
2 8 (11.11%) AWS
3 7 (9.72%) SaaS
4 4 (5.56%) Miro
5 3 (4.17%) Azure
5 3 (4.17%) Slack
6 2 (2.78%) IaaS
6 2 (2.78%) Power Platform
7 1 (1.39%) Azure DevOps
7 1 (1.39%) GCP
7 1 (1.39%) GitHub
7 1 (1.39%) Google Analytics
7 1 (1.39%) Google Data Studio
7 1 (1.39%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (1.39%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.39%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
7 1 (1.39%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (6.94%) MongoDB
1 5 (6.94%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.39%) Power BI
2 1 (1.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 12 (16.67%) JIRA
2 7 (9.72%) Axure RP
3 5 (6.94%) Git
4 2 (2.78%) ScriptRunner
5 1 (1.39%) Balsamiq
General
1 38 (52.78%) Public Sector
2 31 (43.06%) Social Skills
3 18 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.56%) Banking
4 4 (5.56%) Finance
5 2 (2.78%) Local Government
5 2 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.78%) Welsh Language
6 1 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.39%) Electronics
6 1 (1.39%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.39%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.39%) Marketing
6 1 (1.39%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (1.39%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (1.39%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 25 (34.72%) Designer
2 13 (18.06%) Analyst
3 12 (16.67%) Business Analyst
4 11 (15.28%) Service Designer
5 10 (13.89%) Senior
6 8 (11.11%) Product Manager
7 6 (8.33%) User Researcher
8 5 (6.94%) Developer
8 5 (6.94%) UX Designer
9 4 (5.56%) Interaction Designer
9 4 (5.56%) Lead
9 4 (5.56%) Product Designer
9 4 (5.56%) Senior Designer
9 4 (5.56%) UI Designer
10 3 (4.17%) Agile Business Analyst
10 3 (4.17%) Agile Delivery Manager
10 3 (4.17%) Delivery Manager
10 3 (4.17%) Senior Product Designer
10 3 (4.17%) UI/UX Designer
11 2 (2.78%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (19.44%) CSS
2 8 (11.11%) HTML
3 5 (6.94%) Alpine.js
3 5 (6.94%) Laravel
3 5 (6.94%) Tailwind CSS
4 3 (4.17%) React
5 1 (1.39%) AngularJS
5 1 (1.39%) Flask
Miscellaneous
1 13 (18.06%) Product Ownership
2 2 (2.78%) Management Information System
2 2 (2.78%) NHS
3 1 (1.39%) Hackathon
3 1 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (1.39%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.39%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.39%) Public Cloud
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (77.78%) Agile
2 34 (47.22%) User Research
3 30 (41.67%) User Experience
4 26 (36.11%) Problem-Solving
5 23 (31.94%) Service Design
5 23 (31.94%) UX Design
6 17 (23.61%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 16 (22.22%) Workshop Facilitation
8 14 (19.44%) Continuous Improvement
8 14 (19.44%) Stakeholder Management
8 14 (19.44%) Usability Testing
9 12 (16.67%) Wireframes
10 11 (15.28%) Interaction Design
10 11 (15.28%) Prototyping
11 10 (13.89%) Sprint Planning
11 10 (13.89%) User Stories
12 9 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
12 9 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
13 8 (11.11%) Product Strategy
13 8 (11.11%) Sprint Retrospective
Programming Languages
1 9 (12.50%) JavaScript
2 5 (6.94%) PHP
2 5 (6.94%) SQL
3 2 (2.78%) Groovy
4 1 (1.39%) Python
4 1 (1.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 18 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 16 (22.22%) SC Cleared
3 6 (8.33%) Degree
4 3 (4.17%) Master's Degree
5 2 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
6 1 (1.39%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (29.17%) Accessibility
2 6 (8.33%) WCAG
3 3 (4.17%) QA
4 1 (1.39%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 2 (2.78%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (2.78%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (9.72%) Adobe
2 2 (2.78%) Atlassian
2 2 (2.78%) Salesforce
3 1 (1.39%) Google
3 1 (1.39%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.39%) SAP