User-Centered Design (UCD) Job Trends in Bedfordshire

User-Centered Design (UCD)
East of England > Bedfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Bedfordshire requiring User-Centered Design (UCD) skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 29 - 48
Rank change year-on-year - - +42
Permanent jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 12 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Bedfordshire 2.69% - 0.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.81% - 0.29%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 - £70,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +16.67%
75th Percentile £68,125 - -
90th Percentile £69,250 - -
East of England median annual salary £70,600 £65,000 £46,110
% change year-on-year +8.62% +40.97% -26.22%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Bedfordshire

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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Bedfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 315 307 341
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedfordshire 70.63% 93.60% 77.50%
Number of salaries quoted 173 117 242
10th Percentile £29,800 £31,250 £25,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £32,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -14.53%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £76,000 £91,250
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedfordshire

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

User-Centered Design (UCD) job vacancy trend in Bedfordshire

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Salary Trend in Bedfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing User-Centered Design (UCD).

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Bedfordshire citing User-Centered Design (UCD)

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Locations in Bedfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) within the Bedfordshire region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Bedford - 3 £65,000 - 1
Luton - 3 - -
Shefford - 1 - - 1
Dunstable - 1 - -
Henlow - 1 - -
User-Centered Design (UCD)
East of England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bedfordshire 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 2 (16.67%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 8 (66.67%) Adobe Analytics
2 2 (16.67%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 8 (66.67%) Broadband
General
1 8 (66.67%) Games
2 4 (33.33%) Finance
3 3 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Lead
2 3 (25.00%) Senior
2 3 (25.00%) Senior Delivery Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Senior Manager
2 3 (25.00%) Systems Manager
3 2 (16.67%) User Experience Researcher
4 1 (8.33%) Product Manager
4 1 (8.33%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 8 (66.67%) Social Media
2 3 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Agile
2 9 (75.00%) Customer Experience
3 8 (66.67%) AI
3 8 (66.67%) Analytics
3 8 (66.67%) Digital Customer Experience
3 8 (66.67%) Product Roadmap
3 8 (66.67%) Roadmaps
3 8 (66.67%) Storytelling
3 8 (66.67%) User Research
4 6 (50.00%) DesignOps
5 5 (41.67%) Inclusive Design
5 5 (41.67%) Product Strategy
5 5 (41.67%) Prototyping
6 4 (33.33%) Coaching
6 4 (33.33%) Community of Practice
6 4 (33.33%) Mentoring
6 4 (33.33%) Project Delivery
7 3 (25.00%) Backlog Refinement
7 3 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
7 3 (25.00%) Sprint Retrospective
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (100.00%) Accessibility
2 5 (41.67%) WCAG
Vendors
1 8 (66.67%) Adobe