User-Centered Design (UCD) Jobs in England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring User-Centered Design (UCD) skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited User-Centered Design (UCD) over the 6 months leading up to 12 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 503 478 516
Rank change year-on-year -25 +38 -48
Permanent jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 189 394 454
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.39% 0.46% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.41% 0.54% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 117 239 245
10th Percentile £44,140 £40,988 £42,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,965 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.51% -7.26% +4.17%
75th Percentile £73,750 £65,603 £80,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £89,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £57,965 £60,000
% change year-on-year -0.80% -3.39% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 45,933 73,419 85,900
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.08% 85.47% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 24,038 53,988 50,920
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,308
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £101,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in England.

Salary trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in England over the 6 months to 12 May 2025.

Salary histogram for User-Centered Design (UCD) in England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) within the England region over the 6 months to 12 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +141 110 £62,500 +8.70% 169
North of England -66 34 £52,500 -9.43% 58
South West +77 19 £68,525 +14.21% 7
Yorkshire +31 17 £52,500 -9.43% 13
North West -76 12 £52,500 -9.43% 33
Midlands +33 10 £62,500 +7.82% 17
West Midlands +41 8 £72,500 +22.05% 9
South East +73 7 £52,500 +65.35% 36
North East +26 5 £50,000 -13.74% 12
East of England +36 3 £65,000 +40.97% 2
East Midlands +25 2 £31,000 -27.06% 6
User-Centered Design (UCD)
UK

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (5.29%) WordPress
2 9 (4.76%) CMS
3 5 (2.65%) Confluence
4 4 (2.12%) CICS
5 3 (1.59%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.06%) Drupal
Applications
1 25 (13.23%) Adobe XD
2 17 (8.99%) Sketch
3 7 (3.70%) InVision
4 5 (2.65%) Trello
5 4 (2.12%) Adobe After Effects
5 4 (2.12%) Adobe Illustrator
5 4 (2.12%) Photoshop
6 3 (1.59%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 2 (1.06%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 2 (1.06%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 42 (22.22%) Figma
2 18 (9.52%) AWS
3 14 (7.41%) Azure
4 9 (4.76%) Google Analytics
4 9 (4.76%) Power Platform
5 7 (3.70%) Stripe
6 6 (3.17%) GCP
6 6 (3.17%) SaaS
7 4 (2.12%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 4 (2.12%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (2.12%) ChatGPT
7 4 (2.12%) GitHub
7 4 (2.12%) Miro
8 3 (1.59%) Anthropic Claude
8 3 (1.59%) Google Workspace
8 3 (1.59%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.59%) Microsoft Copilot
8 3 (1.59%) Slack
9 2 (1.06%) Google Tag Manager
9 2 (1.06%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.53%) Intranet
1 1 (0.53%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.76%) Power BI
2 8 (4.23%) PostgreSQL
3 6 (3.17%) Relational Database
4 5 (2.65%) Tableau
5 4 (2.12%) DB2
5 4 (2.12%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.59%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.59%) SQLite
7 2 (1.06%) Metadata
8 1 (0.53%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.53%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.53%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.53%) MySQL
8 1 (0.53%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 12 (6.35%) Axure RP
2 11 (5.82%) JIRA
3 10 (5.29%) Git
4 8 (4.23%) Jenkins
5 7 (3.70%) Balsamiq
6 6 (3.17%) GitLab
7 4 (2.12%) Postman
8 3 (1.59%) JUnit
8 3 (1.59%) Mockito
8 3 (1.59%) Visual Studio
9 2 (1.06%) Bitbucket
9 2 (1.06%) IntelliJ
9 2 (1.06%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.53%) Burp Suite
10 1 (0.53%) Gatling
10 1 (0.53%) JMeter
10 1 (0.53%) Locust
10 1 (0.53%) Metasploit
10 1 (0.53%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.53%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 64 (33.86%) Social Skills
2 43 (22.75%) Public Sector
3 36 (19.05%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (12.17%) Marketing
5 21 (11.11%) Law
6 19 (10.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 18 (9.52%) Finance
8 14 (7.41%) Legal
9 11 (5.82%) Publishing
10 9 (4.76%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (4.23%) Manufacturing
12 7 (3.70%) Electronics
12 7 (3.70%) Organisational Skills
13 6 (3.17%) Advertising
13 6 (3.17%) Automotive
13 6 (3.17%) Tech for Good
14 4 (2.12%) Telecoms
15 2 (1.06%) Banking
15 2 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
16 1 (0.53%) Retail
Job Titles
1 58 (30.69%) Designer
2 44 (23.28%) Product Manager
3 26 (13.76%) Developer
4 22 (11.64%) Lead
5 21 (11.11%) UX Designer
6 19 (10.05%) Service Designer
7 18 (9.52%) Digital Product Manager
8 17 (8.99%) Senior
9 15 (7.94%) User Researcher
10 14 (7.41%) Consultant
11 10 (5.29%) Junior
12 9 (4.76%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
12 9 (4.76%) Junior Designer
12 9 (4.76%) UI Designer
12 9 (4.76%) UI/UX Designer
12 9 (4.76%) UX Developer
13 8 (4.23%) Senior Designer
13 8 (4.23%) Software Engineer
13 8 (4.23%) Web Developer
14 7 (3.70%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (19.58%) CSS
2 36 (19.05%) HTML
3 13 (6.88%) RESTful
4 11 (5.82%) React
5 8 (4.23%) Node.js
6 7 (3.70%) Next.js
7 6 (3.17%) AngularJS
7 6 (3.17%) JSON
8 4 (2.12%) .NET
8 4 (2.12%) Express.js
8 4 (2.12%) OAuth
8 4 (2.12%) OAuth2
8 4 (2.12%) Spring
8 4 (2.12%) Spring Boot
8 4 (2.12%) Tailwind CSS
9 3 (1.59%) Hibernate
9 3 (1.59%) Kafka
9 3 (1.59%) SOAP
9 3 (1.59%) Vue
9 3 (1.59%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 27 (14.29%) Product Ownership
2 11 (5.82%) NHS
3 9 (4.76%) Mobile App
4 8 (4.23%) Housing Association
5 7 (3.70%) Learning Management System
6 6 (3.17%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.65%) Social Media
8 4 (2.12%) Digital Media
8 4 (2.12%) N-Tier
9 3 (1.59%) Animation
9 3 (1.59%) Onboarding
9 3 (1.59%) Video Editing
10 2 (1.06%) Client/Server
10 2 (1.06%) Cloud Native
10 2 (1.06%) Educational Technology
10 2 (1.06%) Graphic Design
10 2 (1.06%) Hackathon
10 2 (1.06%) IBM Mainframe
10 2 (1.06%) Mainframe
11 1 (0.53%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 4 (2.12%) Windows
1 4 (2.12%) zOS
2 2 (1.06%) Android
2 2 (1.06%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.06%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (57.14%) Agile
2 90 (47.62%) User Experience
3 76 (40.21%) User Research
4 50 (26.46%) UX Design
5 49 (25.93%) Roadmaps
6 42 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (22.22%) Usability Testing
7 39 (20.63%) Wireframes
8 38 (20.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 32 (16.93%) Scrum
10 31 (16.40%) Analytics
10 31 (16.40%) Prototyping
11 29 (15.34%) Business Analysis
11 29 (15.34%) Decision-Making
12 25 (13.23%) Mentoring
12 25 (13.23%) Product Management
12 25 (13.23%) Service Design
12 25 (13.23%) Workshop Facilitation
13 24 (12.70%) Stakeholder Management
14 22 (11.64%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 31 (16.40%) JavaScript
2 13 (6.88%) SQL
3 7 (3.70%) PHP
4 6 (3.17%) Java
4 6 (3.17%) TypeScript
5 4 (2.12%) COBOL
6 3 (1.59%) C#
6 3 (1.59%) Python
7 2 (1.06%) Bash
8 1 (0.53%) JCL
Qualifications
1 35 (18.52%) Security Cleared
2 31 (16.40%) Degree
3 25 (13.23%) SC Cleared
4 7 (3.70%) BPSS Clearance
5 6 (3.17%) DV Cleared
6 5 (2.65%) CSPO
6 5 (2.65%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.12%) DBS Check
8 3 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
8 3 (1.59%) HND
8 3 (1.59%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 3 (1.59%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.53%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.53%) AWS Certified Developer
9 1 (0.53%) Azure Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (34.39%) Accessibility
2 21 (11.11%) WCAG
3 9 (4.76%) QA
4 2 (1.06%) GDPR
5 1 (0.53%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.53%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.53%) HIPAA
5 1 (0.53%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.53%) NCSC
5 1 (0.53%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (2.12%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.12%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.59%) CA Endevor
3 1 (0.53%) MAINVIEW
3 1 (0.53%) Nessus
Vendors
1 33 (17.46%) Adobe
2 18 (9.52%) Microsoft
3 14 (7.41%) Google
4 6 (3.17%) Mercator
5 5 (2.65%) SAP
6 4 (2.12%) IBM
7 3 (1.59%) EMC
8 2 (1.06%) Splunk
9 1 (0.53%) BMC
9 1 (0.53%) Databricks
9 1 (0.53%) Hotjar
9 1 (0.53%) Salesforce