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 8 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 133 123 159
Rank change year-on-year -10 +36 +18
Permanent jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 7 13 11
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.22% 0.75% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.78% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 0 13 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £47,500 £55,400
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £65,000 £62,745
Median % change year-on-year - +3.59% -21.57%
75th Percentile - £70,000 £85,914
90th Percentile - £92,000 £112,366
Central London median annual salary - £65,000 £62,745
% change year-on-year - +3.59% -21.57%

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 2,610 1,665 2,560
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 80.48% 95.97% 92.82%
Number of salaries quoted 1,892 1,307 1,843
10th Percentile £47,500 £40,000 £43,125
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £54,414
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £72,500 £74,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.34% -2.68% -0.67%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile - £122,500 £112,500
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 (14.29%) CMS
1 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Applications
1 5 (71.43%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) Adobe Analytics
2 6 (85.71%) Contentsquare
3 1 (14.29%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 7 (100.00%) Broadband
General
1 7 (100.00%) Games
2 1 (14.29%) Legal
2 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Lead
2 3 (42.86%) User Experience Researcher
2 3 (42.86%) User Researcher
3 1 (14.29%) Content Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Digital User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 6 (85.71%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) AI
1 7 (100.00%) Analytics
1 7 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 7 (100.00%) Digital Customer Experience
1 7 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 7 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 7 (100.00%) Storytelling
2 6 (85.71%) User Research
3 5 (71.43%) Behavioural Analytics
3 5 (71.43%) Diary Studies
3 5 (71.43%) Ethnography
3 5 (71.43%) Qualitative Research
3 5 (71.43%) Quantitative Research
3 5 (71.43%) Usability Testing
4 4 (57.14%) User Experience
5 3 (42.86%) UX Research
6 1 (14.29%) Funnel Analysis
6 1 (14.29%) Journey Map
6 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Map
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (100.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (14.29%) WCAG
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Adobe