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

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 146 162
Rank change year-on-year +23 +16 +51
Permanent jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 13 16 7
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.58% 0.60% 0.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.63% 0.26%
Number of salaries quoted 13 1 7
10th Percentile - - £56,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £112,500 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £125,000 £90,000
Median % change year-on-year -60.00% +38.89% +38.46%
75th Percentile £52,500 £137,500 £101,250
90th Percentile - - £108,500
Central London median annual salary £50,000 £125,000 £90,000
% change year-on-year -60.00% +38.89% +38.46%

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 1,943 2,536 2,693
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 86.28% 95.55% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,422 1,623 2,410
10th Percentile £42,500 £47,000 £40,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,125 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.33% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £96,250
90th Percentile £113,750 £117,500 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year +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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) ClickUp
1 1 (7.69%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (7.69%) JIRA
General
1 12 (92.31%) Law
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) User Researcher
2 6 (46.15%) Designer
3 5 (38.46%) Consultant
3 5 (38.46%) Service Designer
4 1 (7.69%) UI Designer
4 1 (7.69%) UI/UX Designer
4 1 (7.69%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) CSS
1 1 (7.69%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (38.46%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (100.00%) Agile
1 13 (100.00%) User Experience
1 13 (100.00%) User Research
2 12 (92.31%) Critical Thinking
2 12 (92.31%) Problem-Solving
2 12 (92.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (53.85%) Actionable Insight
3 7 (53.85%) Analytics
3 7 (53.85%) Diary Studies
3 7 (53.85%) Storytelling
4 6 (46.15%) Scrum
4 6 (46.15%) UX Design
4 6 (46.15%) UX Research
5 5 (38.46%) Design Sprint
5 5 (38.46%) Design Thinking
5 5 (38.46%) Ideation Sessions
5 5 (38.46%) Inclusive Design
5 5 (38.46%) Service Design
5 5 (38.46%) User Stories
5 5 (38.46%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 12 (92.31%) Security Cleared
2 5 (38.46%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (38.46%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Hotjar