User-Centered Design (UCD) Jobs in London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 290 419 400
Rank change year-on-year +129 -19 +10
Permanent jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 110 83 234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.86% 0.35% 0.66%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.90% 0.38% 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 62 53 157
10th Percentile £45,075 £46,500 £45,000
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £48,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.54% +6.90%
75th Percentile £75,185 £71,219 £80,000
90th Percentile £82,000 £75,000 £90,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,965 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.51% -7.26% +4.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,242 21,582 33,665
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.05% 91.32% 95.37%
Number of salaries quoted 7,472 16,066 24,126
10th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £43,465
25th Percentile £56,250 £52,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £123,750 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

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

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Salary Trend in London

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in London over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 4 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
Central London +37 25 £65,000 +3.59% 15
User-Centered Design (UCD)
England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 6 (5.45%) CMS
2 4 (3.64%) Confluence
3 3 (2.73%) CICS
3 3 (2.73%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.91%) WordPress
Applications
1 14 (12.73%) Adobe XD
2 7 (6.36%) InVision
2 7 (6.36%) Sketch
3 5 (4.55%) Trello
4 4 (3.64%) Adobe After Effects
4 4 (3.64%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (3.64%) Photoshop
5 2 (1.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 2 (1.82%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 24 (21.82%) Figma
2 8 (7.27%) Power Platform
3 7 (6.36%) AWS
4 5 (4.55%) Azure
4 5 (4.55%) SaaS
5 4 (3.64%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 4 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (3.64%) ChatGPT
6 3 (2.73%) Anthropic Claude
6 3 (2.73%) Google Workspace
6 3 (2.73%) Microsoft 365
6 3 (2.73%) Microsoft Copilot
6 3 (2.73%) Miro
6 3 (2.73%) Slack
7 2 (1.82%) GCP
7 2 (1.82%) Google Analytics
8 1 (0.91%) Amazon CloudWatch
8 1 (0.91%) Azure Sentinel
8 1 (0.91%) GitHub
8 1 (0.91%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.82%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.27%) Power BI
2 5 (4.55%) Tableau
3 3 (2.73%) DB2
4 2 (1.82%) Metadata
4 2 (1.82%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.91%) MySQL
5 1 (0.91%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.91%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 11 (10.00%) Axure RP
2 10 (9.09%) JIRA
3 6 (5.45%) Balsamiq
4 4 (3.64%) Jenkins
5 3 (2.73%) GitLab
5 3 (2.73%) Postman
6 2 (1.82%) Bitbucket
6 2 (1.82%) Git
6 2 (1.82%) IntelliJ
7 1 (0.91%) Burp Suite
7 1 (0.91%) Gatling
7 1 (0.91%) JMeter
7 1 (0.91%) Locust
7 1 (0.91%) Metasploit
7 1 (0.91%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.91%) SoapUI
General
1 39 (35.45%) Social Skills
2 28 (25.45%) Public Sector
3 25 (22.73%) Analytical Skills
4 19 (17.27%) Law
5 18 (16.36%) Marketing
6 14 (12.73%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 11 (10.00%) Finance
8 10 (9.09%) Publishing
9 8 (7.27%) Legal
9 8 (7.27%) Presentation Skills
10 7 (6.36%) Advertising
11 4 (3.64%) Electronics
11 4 (3.64%) Manufacturing
11 4 (3.64%) Telecoms
12 2 (1.82%) Influencing Skills
13 1 (0.91%) Banking
13 1 (0.91%) Multimedia
13 1 (0.91%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 36 (32.73%) Designer
2 23 (20.91%) Product Manager
3 15 (13.64%) Senior
4 14 (12.73%) Consultant
5 12 (10.91%) User Researcher
6 11 (10.00%) Digital Product Manager
6 11 (10.00%) Service Designer
7 9 (8.18%) Developer
8 8 (7.27%) Lead
8 8 (7.27%) UX Designer
9 7 (6.36%) Senior Designer
9 7 (6.36%) User Experience Consultant
9 7 (6.36%) UX Developer
10 6 (5.45%) Content Designer
10 6 (5.45%) Junior
10 6 (5.45%) Junior Designer
10 6 (5.45%) Product Owner
11 5 (4.55%) Digital Designer
11 5 (4.55%) Junior Content Designer
12 4 (3.64%) Senior User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (14.55%) CSS
1 16 (14.55%) HTML
2 5 (4.55%) RESTful
3 4 (3.64%) React
4 2 (1.82%) AngularJS
4 2 (1.82%) CSS3
4 2 (1.82%) HTML5
4 2 (1.82%) JSON
4 2 (1.82%) MobX
4 2 (1.82%) Redux
4 2 (1.82%) SOAP
4 2 (1.82%) Web Services
4 2 (1.82%) WSDL
5 1 (0.91%) EDI
5 1 (0.91%) JWT
5 1 (0.91%) Node.js
5 1 (0.91%) OAuth
5 1 (0.91%) OAuth2
5 1 (0.91%) REST
5 1 (0.91%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 24 (21.82%) Product Ownership
2 5 (4.55%) NHS
2 5 (4.55%) Social Media
3 4 (3.64%) Digital Media
3 4 (3.64%) Housing Association
4 3 (2.73%) Mobile App
4 3 (2.73%) Onboarding
5 2 (1.82%) Graphic Design
5 2 (1.82%) Hackathon
5 2 (1.82%) Smart City
6 1 (0.91%) Client/Server
6 1 (0.91%) Cloud Security Posture
6 1 (0.91%) DataPower
6 1 (0.91%) Distributed Architecture
6 1 (0.91%) Educational Technology
6 1 (0.91%) IBM Mainframe
6 1 (0.91%) Mainframe
6 1 (0.91%) Security Posture
6 1 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.73%) zOS
2 2 (1.82%) Android
2 2 (1.82%) Apple iOS
2 2 (1.82%) Windows
2 2 (1.82%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (60.00%) Agile
2 58 (52.73%) User Experience
3 49 (44.55%) User Research
4 31 (28.18%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (27.27%) UX Design
6 29 (26.36%) Roadmaps
7 26 (23.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 26 (23.64%) Wireframes
8 25 (22.73%) Decision-Making
9 24 (21.82%) Scrum
9 24 (21.82%) Usability Testing
10 23 (20.91%) User Stories
10 23 (20.91%) Workshop Facilitation
11 21 (19.09%) Business Analysis
12 20 (18.18%) Product Management
13 18 (16.36%) Analytics
13 18 (16.36%) UX Research
14 17 (15.45%) Service Design
15 16 (14.55%) Product Strategy
15 16 (14.55%) Prototyping
Programming Languages
1 15 (13.64%) JavaScript
2 3 (2.73%) COBOL
2 3 (2.73%) Java
2 3 (2.73%) SQL
3 2 (1.82%) Bash
3 2 (1.82%) Python
4 1 (0.91%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 25 (22.73%) Degree
1 25 (22.73%) Security Cleared
2 15 (13.64%) SC Cleared
3 7 (6.36%) BPSS Clearance
4 6 (5.45%) DV Cleared
5 5 (4.55%) CSPO
5 5 (4.55%) Microsoft Certification
6 3 (2.73%) ISTQB
6 3 (2.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (1.82%) Master's Degree
8 1 (0.91%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (0.91%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (40.91%) Accessibility
2 12 (10.91%) WCAG
3 9 (8.18%) QA
4 1 (0.91%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (0.91%) GDPR
4 1 (0.91%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.91%) NCSC
System Software
1 1 (0.91%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (1.82%) CA Endevor
2 1 (0.91%) Kubernetes
2 1 (0.91%) Nessus
Vendors
1 21 (19.09%) Adobe
2 10 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 6 (5.45%) Google
3 6 (5.45%) Mercator
4 4 (3.64%) SAP
5 3 (2.73%) IBM
6 2 (1.82%) Splunk