User-Centered Design (UCD) Job Trends in the City of London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring User-Centered Design (UCD) skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 142 129 163
Rank change year-on-year -13 +34 +20
Permanent jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 9 15 9
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.22% 0.77% 0.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.81% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 1 15 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51,250 £47,500 £55,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £65,000 £66,690
Median % change year-on-year -19.23% -2.53% -1.20%
75th Percentile £53,750 £70,000 £110,000
90th Percentile - £94,500 £122,000
Central London median annual salary £52,500 £65,000 £66,690
% change year-on-year -19.23% -2.53% -1.20%

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,309 1,863 2,857
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.20% 96.13% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 2,420 1,431 2,324
10th Percentile £46,250 £41,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile - £122,500 £114,625
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% +3.45% -3.33%

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

User-Centered Design (UCD) job vacancy trend in the City of London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Salary Trend in the City of London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing User-Centered Design (UCD).

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing User-Centered Design (UCD)

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of 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 1 (11.11%) CMS
1 1 (11.11%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (66.67%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 8 (88.89%) Adobe Analytics
2 7 (77.78%) Contentsquare
3 2 (22.22%) Figma
4 1 (11.11%) ClickUp
Communications & Networking
1 8 (88.89%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 8 (88.89%) Games
2 1 (11.11%) Legal
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Lead
2 4 (44.44%) User Researcher
3 3 (33.33%) User Experience Researcher
4 2 (22.22%) Digital User Researcher
5 1 (11.11%) Content Manager
5 1 (11.11%) Designer
5 1 (11.11%) UI Designer
5 1 (11.11%) UI/UX Designer
5 1 (11.11%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) CSS
1 1 (11.11%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (77.78%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Agile
2 8 (88.89%) AI
2 8 (88.89%) Analytics
2 8 (88.89%) Customer Experience
2 8 (88.89%) Digital Customer Experience
2 8 (88.89%) Product Roadmap
2 8 (88.89%) Roadmaps
2 8 (88.89%) Storytelling
2 8 (88.89%) User Research
3 7 (77.78%) Usability Testing
4 6 (66.67%) Behavioural Analytics
4 6 (66.67%) Diary Studies
4 6 (66.67%) Ethnography
4 6 (66.67%) Qualitative Research
4 6 (66.67%) Quantitative Research
5 5 (55.56%) User Experience
6 4 (44.44%) UX Research
7 1 (11.11%) Empathy Maps
7 1 (11.11%) Journey Map
7 1 (11.11%) LLM
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (88.89%) Accessibility
2 1 (11.11%) WCAG
Vendors
1 8 (88.89%) Adobe
2 1 (11.11%) Hotjar