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 20 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 109 160 168
Rank change year-on-year +51 +8 +9
Permanent jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 17 9 17
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 1.07% 0.33% 0.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.11% 0.35% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 17 2 16
10th Percentile - £62,860 £52,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £74,050 £54,534
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £94,400 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -47.03% +18.00% +28.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £113,050 £98,125
90th Percentile £81,000 £123,220 £116,875
Central London median annual salary £50,000 £94,400 £80,000
% change year-on-year -47.03% +18.00% +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 1,528 2,583 3,006
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 95.92% 93.76% 95.10%
Number of salaries quoted 1,240 1,696 2,699
10th Percentile £40,000 £46,250 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £75,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year - +1.35% -1.33%
75th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £116,250
Central London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +3.45% -

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 20 October 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:

Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Adobe XD
1 3 (17.65%) InVision
1 3 (17.65%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 3 (17.65%) Figma
2 2 (11.76%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Axure RP
General
1 15 (88.24%) Law
2 3 (17.65%) Public Sector
3 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (64.71%) Consultant
2 9 (52.94%) Designer
3 8 (47.06%) Service Designer
4 4 (23.53%) User Researcher
5 3 (17.65%) Developer
5 3 (17.65%) User Experience Consultant
5 3 (17.65%) UX Developer
6 1 (5.88%) Lead
6 1 (5.88%) Lead Designer
6 1 (5.88%) Lead Product Designer
6 1 (5.88%) Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (17.65%) CSS
1 3 (17.65%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (47.06%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.88%) Mobile App
2 1 (5.88%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Agile
2 16 (94.12%) User Experience
2 16 (94.12%) User Research
3 13 (76.47%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (70.59%) Critical Thinking
4 12 (70.59%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (64.71%) Inclusive Design
5 11 (64.71%) User Stories
5 11 (64.71%) Workshop Facilitation
6 9 (52.94%) UX Design
7 8 (47.06%) Design Sprint
7 8 (47.06%) Design Thinking
7 8 (47.06%) Ideation Sessions
7 8 (47.06%) Scrum
7 8 (47.06%) Service Design
7 8 (47.06%) UX Research
8 6 (35.29%) Analytics
9 4 (23.53%) Actionable Insight
9 4 (23.53%) Prototyping
9 4 (23.53%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (88.24%) Security Cleared
2 10 (58.82%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (64.71%) Accessibility
2 3 (17.65%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (17.65%) Adobe