User-Centered Design (UCD) Jobs in Scotland

User-Centered Design (UCD)
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 127 230 208
Rank change year-on-year +103 -22 +15
Permanent jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 22 53 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.78% 0.79% 0.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.85% 0.85% 0.22%
Number of salaries quoted 2 7 5
10th Percentile £41,500 £46,000 £39,456
25th Percentile £43,750 £50,000 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £58,800 £46,157
Median % change year-on-year -19.22% +27.39% +4.79%
75th Percentile £51,250 £70,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £53,500 - -
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,965 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.51% -3.39% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,584 6,258 4,474
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 92.12% 92.83% 94.27%
Number of salaries quoted 1,340 2,424 2,253
10th Percentile £31,250 £28,750 £32,490
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,500 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £57,654
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -8.94% +9.82%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £73,875
90th Percentile £83,739 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

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

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Salary Trend in Scotland

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in Scotland over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Locations in Scotland

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 Scotland region over the 6 months to 2 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
Lanarkshire - 6 - -
Glasgow +146 3 £40,000 - 5
Edinburgh +2 2 - - 3
Renfrewshire - 2 - - 3
West Lothian - 2 - - 1
South Lanarkshire - 2 - -
User-Centered Design (UCD)
UK

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

Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) Figma
2 1 (4.55%) AWS
2 1 (4.55%) ChatGPT
Development Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Vite
General
1 19 (86.36%) Banking
2 18 (81.82%) Finance
3 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 18 (81.82%) Developer
2 17 (77.27%) UX Developer
3 10 (45.45%) Senior
4 9 (40.91%) Senior Developer
4 9 (40.91%) Senior UX Developer
5 2 (9.09%) Designer
5 2 (9.09%) Lead
6 1 (4.55%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 1 (4.55%) Lead Designer
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Designer
6 1 (4.55%) Senior UX Designer
6 1 (4.55%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.55%) CSS
1 1 (4.55%) GraphQL
1 1 (4.55%) HTML
1 1 (4.55%) JSON
1 1 (4.55%) JWT
1 1 (4.55%) React
1 1 (4.55%) RESTful
1 1 (4.55%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.55%) Graphic Design
1 1 (4.55%) Product Ownership
1 1 (4.55%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) User Experience
1 22 (100.00%) UX Design
2 20 (90.91%) Agile
3 19 (86.36%) Design Thinking
3 19 (86.36%) Project Management
3 19 (86.36%) User Research
3 19 (86.36%) UX Research
4 18 (81.82%) Journey Map
4 18 (81.82%) Prototyping
4 18 (81.82%) Stakeholder Management
4 18 (81.82%) Usability Testing
4 18 (81.82%) Wireframes
5 2 (9.09%) Mentoring
5 2 (9.09%) Storytelling
6 1 (4.55%) Creative Thinking
6 1 (4.55%) Digital Optimization
6 1 (4.55%) Front End Development
6 1 (4.55%) Human-Centred Design
6 1 (4.55%) Interaction Design
6 1 (4.55%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.55%) JavaScript
1 1 (4.55%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (86.36%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (4.55%) Adobe