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 11 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 125 169
Rank change year-on-year -20 +44 +31
Permanent jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 10 18 5
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.28% 0.86% 0.16%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.34% 0.89% 0.17%
Number of salaries quoted 6 8 3
10th Percentile - - £51,080
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £52,700
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £58,800
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% -2.21% -9.54%
75th Percentile £53,438 £75,000 £86,100
90th Percentile £53,750 £104,250 £100,440
Central London median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £58,800
% change year-on-year -13.04% -2.21% -9.54%

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 2,945 2,018 2,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 82.68% 95.96% 91.96%
Number of salaries quoted 2,075 1,513 2,476
10th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £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 £97,500 £97,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £120,000 £113,750
Central London median annual salary £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
% change year-on-year +6.67% +1.69% -1.67%

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 (10.00%) CMS
1 1 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Adobe Analytics
2 3 (30.00%) Contentsquare
2 3 (30.00%) Figma
3 2 (20.00%) ClickUp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 4 (40.00%) Games
1 4 (40.00%) Law
2 1 (10.00%) Legal
2 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) User Researcher
2 3 (30.00%) Lead
3 2 (20.00%) Designer
3 2 (20.00%) UI Designer
3 2 (20.00%) UI/UX Designer
3 2 (20.00%) UX Designer
4 1 (10.00%) Content Manager
4 1 (10.00%) Digital User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) CSS
1 2 (20.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (30.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Agile
2 9 (90.00%) User Research
3 8 (80.00%) Analytics
3 8 (80.00%) Storytelling
4 7 (70.00%) User Experience
5 6 (60.00%) Diary Studies
6 4 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (40.00%) AI
6 4 (40.00%) Critical Thinking
6 4 (40.00%) Customer Experience
6 4 (40.00%) Digital Customer Experience
6 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (40.00%) Product Roadmap
6 4 (40.00%) Roadmaps
6 4 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
6 4 (40.00%) Usability Testing
7 2 (20.00%) E-Commerce
7 2 (20.00%) Prototyping
7 2 (20.00%) Qualitative Research
7 2 (20.00%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (10.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Adobe
2 2 (20.00%) Hotjar