User-Centered Design (UCD) Job Trends in South London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
London > South London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South London requiring User-Centered Design (UCD) skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 5 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in South London 0.86% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £40,925 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,050 - -
75th Percentile £53,175 - -
90th Percentile - - -
London median annual salary £52,500 £70,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -25.00% +16.67% -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South 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 South London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 476 651 676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South London 81.93% 98.64% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 190 179 401
10th Percentile £28,000 £27,600 £27,965
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,292 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £58,000 £56,650
Median % change year-on-year -22.41% +2.38% +3.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £86,250 £83,750
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year - +3.45% -3.33%

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD) job vacancy trend in South London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Salary Trend in South London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South London citing User-Centered Design (UCD).

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South London citing User-Centered Design (UCD)

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Locations in South 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 South London region over the 6 months to 10 March 2026. 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
Croydon - 2 £47,050 -
Merton - 2 - -
Bromley - 1 - - 21
User-Centered Design (UCD)
London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South London 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:

Applications
1 1 (20.00%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Adobe Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Broadband
General
1 4 (80.00%) Games
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Lead
2 2 (40.00%) User Researcher
3 1 (20.00%) Digital User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) User Research
2 4 (80.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) AI
2 4 (80.00%) Analytics
2 4 (80.00%) Customer Experience
2 4 (80.00%) Digital Customer Experience
2 4 (80.00%) Product Roadmap
2 4 (80.00%) Roadmaps
2 4 (80.00%) Storytelling
3 3 (60.00%) DesignOps
4 2 (40.00%) Empathy Maps
4 2 (40.00%) Journey Map
4 2 (40.00%) Service Design
4 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Map
4 2 (40.00%) Systems Thinking
4 2 (40.00%) Usability Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Workshop Facilitation
5 1 (20.00%) Line Management
5 1 (20.00%) Qualitative Research
5 1 (20.00%) SEO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (20.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Adobe