User-Centered Design (UCD) Jobs in the North of England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 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 288 232 388
Rank change year-on-year -56 +156 -39
Permanent jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 35 167 55
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.32% 0.96% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 1.15% 0.32%
Number of salaries quoted 27 105 34
10th Percentile £42,400 £40,988 £43,250
25th Percentile £45,950 £47,500 £47,942
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £57,965 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% -10.82% +30.00%
75th Percentile £75,772 £60,741 £79,688
90th Percentile - £70,000 £95,000
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
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,456 14,500 16,951
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 94.66% 83.75% 96.88%
Number of salaries quoted 5,821 11,137 8,097
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £39,500 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +9.62%
75th Percentile £63,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £82,500
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 the North of England

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Salary Trend in the North of England

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Salary Histogram in the North of England

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England 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
Yorkshire +43 18 £53,750 -7.27% 5
North West -55 12 £52,500 -9.43% 17
North East +29 5 £50,000 -13.74% 7
User-Centered Design (UCD)
England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 2 (5.71%) CICS
2 1 (2.86%) CMS
2 1 (2.86%) Confluence
Applications
1 6 (17.14%) Adobe XD
2 4 (11.43%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 7 (20.00%) Figma
2 3 (8.57%) AWS
2 3 (8.57%) GitHub
3 2 (5.71%) Google Analytics
4 1 (2.86%) Miro
4 1 (2.86%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.57%) SQL Server
1 3 (8.57%) SQLite
2 2 (5.71%) DB2
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Visual Studio
2 2 (5.71%) Git
2 2 (5.71%) Jenkins
2 2 (5.71%) Postman
2 2 (5.71%) SoapUI
2 2 (5.71%) Visual Studio Code
3 1 (2.86%) JIRA
General
1 13 (37.14%) Social Skills
2 6 (17.14%) Public Sector
3 4 (11.43%) Finance
4 3 (8.57%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (8.57%) Automotive
4 3 (8.57%) Electronics
4 3 (8.57%) Manufacturing
4 3 (8.57%) Marketing
5 2 (5.71%) Banking
6 1 (2.86%) Law
6 1 (2.86%) Publishing
6 1 (2.86%) Retail
6 1 (2.86%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 11 (31.43%) Designer
2 9 (25.71%) Product Manager
3 6 (17.14%) Lead
3 6 (17.14%) Lead Product Manager
3 6 (17.14%) Service Designer
3 6 (17.14%) Software Engineer
4 4 (11.43%) UI Designer
4 4 (11.43%) UI/UX Designer
4 4 (11.43%) UX Designer
5 3 (8.57%) Agile Delivery Manager
5 3 (8.57%) Delivery Manager
5 3 (8.57%) Developer
5 3 (8.57%) Senior
6 2 (5.71%) Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Healthcare Manager
6 2 (5.71%) Mainframe Software Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Performance Analyst
6 2 (5.71%) Senior Software Engineer
6 2 (5.71%) Shopify Developer
6 2 (5.71%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (22.86%) HTML
2 5 (14.29%) CSS
2 5 (14.29%) JSON
3 4 (11.43%) .NET
4 3 (8.57%) LINQ
4 3 (8.57%) Next.js
4 3 (8.57%) Node.js
4 3 (8.57%) WPF
5 2 (5.71%) ISPF
5 2 (5.71%) SOAP
5 2 (5.71%) Web Services
5 2 (5.71%) XML
6 1 (2.86%) AngularJS
6 1 (2.86%) RESTful
6 1 (2.86%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.57%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.71%) IBM Mainframe
2 2 (5.71%) Mainframe
2 2 (5.71%) NHS
3 1 (2.86%) Client/Server
3 1 (2.86%) Educational Technology
3 1 (2.86%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.71%) Windows
1 2 (5.71%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (60.00%) Agile
2 12 (34.29%) User Experience
2 12 (34.29%) User Research
3 11 (31.43%) Roadmaps
4 10 (28.57%) Coaching
4 10 (28.57%) Mentoring
5 8 (22.86%) Performance Metrics
5 8 (22.86%) UX Design
6 7 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
6 7 (20.00%) Customer Experience
6 7 (20.00%) Product Roadmap
6 7 (20.00%) Prototyping
6 7 (20.00%) Software Engineering
7 6 (17.14%) Service Design
8 5 (14.29%) Analytics
8 5 (14.29%) Stakeholder Management
8 5 (14.29%) Usability Testing
9 4 (11.43%) DevOps
9 4 (11.43%) OO
9 4 (11.43%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (8.57%) C#
3 2 (5.71%) COBOL
3 2 (5.71%) JCL
3 2 (5.71%) SQL
4 1 (2.86%) Java
4 1 (2.86%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (8.57%) HND
2 2 (5.71%) Degree
3 1 (2.86%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.86%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.43%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.86%) GDPR
2 1 (2.86%) HIPAA
Systems Management
1 2 (5.71%) CA Endevor
1 2 (5.71%) MAINVIEW
Vendors
1 6 (17.14%) Adobe
2 3 (8.57%) EMC
3 2 (5.71%) BMC
3 2 (5.71%) Google
3 2 (5.71%) IBM