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 24 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 112 166 159
Rank change year-on-year +54 -7 +53
Permanent jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 11 6 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.63% 0.21% 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.68% 0.22% 0.49%
Number of salaries quoted 11 1 13
10th Percentile - - £52,500
25th Percentile £47,500 - £53,136
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £130,000 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -61.54% +52.94% +36.00%
75th Percentile £52,500 - £107,500
90th Percentile - - £121,000
Central London median annual salary £50,000 £130,000 £85,000
% change year-on-year -61.54% +52.94% +36.00%

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 1,611 2,697 2,880
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 92.32% 94.57% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1,222 1,769 2,599
10th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £41,150
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
75th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £119,950 £115,000 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

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)
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 24 November 2025.

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

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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) SaaS
General
1 10 (90.91%) Law
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Designer
2 5 (45.45%) Consultant
2 5 (45.45%) Service Designer
2 5 (45.45%) User Researcher
3 1 (9.09%) Lead
3 1 (9.09%) Lead Designer
3 1 (9.09%) Lead Product Designer
3 1 (9.09%) Product Designer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (45.45%) Product Ownership
2 1 (9.09%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Agile
1 11 (100.00%) User Experience
1 11 (100.00%) User Research
2 10 (90.91%) Critical Thinking
2 10 (90.91%) Problem-Solving
2 10 (90.91%) Stakeholder Management
3 6 (54.55%) Analytics
3 6 (54.55%) UX Design
4 5 (45.45%) Actionable Insight
4 5 (45.45%) Design Sprint
4 5 (45.45%) Design Thinking
4 5 (45.45%) Diary Studies
4 5 (45.45%) Ideation Sessions
4 5 (45.45%) Inclusive Design
4 5 (45.45%) Scrum
4 5 (45.45%) Service Design
4 5 (45.45%) Storytelling
4 5 (45.45%) User Stories
4 5 (45.45%) UX Research
4 5 (45.45%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 10 (90.91%) Security Cleared
2 5 (45.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (45.45%) Accessibility