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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 119 156 167
Rank change year-on-year +37 +11 +17
Permanent jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 14 10 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 0.82% 0.35% 0.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 0.38% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 14 4 18
10th Percentile - - £49,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,400 £53,602
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,745 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.36% -21.57% +28.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,914 £95,000
90th Percentile £89,250 £112,366 £114,125
Central London median annual salary £57,500 £62,745 £80,000
% change year-on-year -8.36% -21.57% +28.00%

All Process and 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 1,646 2,653 3,308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 95.92% 93.19% 95.17%
Number of salaries quoted 1,302 1,822 2,972
10th Percentile £40,000 £43,750 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £122,500 £112,500 £116,250
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £72,500 £73,000
% change year-on-year +3.45% -0.68% +0.69%

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

Job postings citing User-Centered Design (UCD) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) 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)
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in the City of London over the 6 months to 16 September 2025.

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Adobe XD
1 5 (35.71%) InVision
1 5 (35.71%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Figma
2 2 (14.29%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Axure RP
General
1 12 (85.71%) Law
2 5 (35.71%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (85.71%) Consultant
2 8 (57.14%) Designer
3 7 (50.00%) Service Designer
4 5 (35.71%) Developer
4 5 (35.71%) User Experience Consultant
4 5 (35.71%) UX Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Lead
5 1 (7.14%) Lead Designer
5 1 (7.14%) Lead Product Designer
5 1 (7.14%) Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (35.71%) CSS
1 5 (35.71%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.14%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Agile
2 13 (92.86%) User Experience
2 13 (92.86%) User Research
3 12 (85.71%) Inclusive Design
3 12 (85.71%) User Stories
3 12 (85.71%) Workshop Facilitation
4 8 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (57.14%) UX Design
5 7 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
5 7 (50.00%) Design Sprint
5 7 (50.00%) Design Thinking
5 7 (50.00%) Ideation Sessions
5 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (50.00%) Scrum
5 7 (50.00%) Service Design
5 7 (50.00%) UX Research
6 6 (42.86%) Prototyping
7 5 (35.71%) Wireframes
8 2 (14.29%) Analytics
9 1 (7.14%) Business Strategy
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 9 (64.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (85.71%) Accessibility
2 5 (35.71%) WCAG
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Adobe