User-Centered Design (UCD) Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring User-Centered Design (UCD) skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 53 53 50
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 +12
Permanent jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 3 10 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.52% 1.87% 1.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 2.07% 1.33%
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 5
10th Percentile £60,710 - -
25th Percentile £61,008 £71,837 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,038 £73,805 £41,774
Median % change year-on-year -13.23% +76.68% -35.73%
75th Percentile £67,035 £75,772 £75,772
90th Percentile £67,314 - £76,059
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £64,038 £73,805 £41,774
% change year-on-year -13.23% +76.68% -35.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 461 483 377
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 79.62% 90.11% 89.34%
Number of salaries quoted 357 198 326
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,750 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,750 £40,188 £37,594
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,028
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.78% -7.22%
75th Percentile £70,000 £74,444 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £95,000 £77,500
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing User-Centered Design (UCD) relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

User-Centered Design (UCD) job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing User-Centered Design (UCD).

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing User-Centered Design (UCD)

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Figma
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) User Researcher
2 1 (33.33%) Designer
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior User Researcher
2 1 (33.33%) User Experience Researcher
2 1 (33.33%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
1 2 (66.67%) Interaction Design
1 2 (66.67%) Qualitative Research
1 2 (66.67%) Quantitative Research
1 2 (66.67%) Service Design
1 2 (66.67%) Usability Testing
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
1 2 (66.67%) User Research
2 1 (33.33%) Coaching
2 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
2 1 (33.33%) Journey Map
2 1 (33.33%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
2 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile First
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
2 1 (33.33%) Storyboarding
2 1 (33.33%) UX Research
2 1 (33.33%) Wireframes
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
1 2 (66.67%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe