Human-Centred Design Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Human-Centred Design
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Human-Centred Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 489 561 509
Rank change year-on-year +72 -52 +267
Permanent jobs citing Human-Centred Design 17 3 29
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.040% 0.008% 0.10%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.050% 0.009% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 7 0 24
10th Percentile £40,022 - £44,653
25th Percentile £40,870 - £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 - £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +12.24%
75th Percentile £56,250 - £61,250
90th Percentile £59,750 - £80,627
UK median annual salary £55,000 £80,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -31.25% +33.33% +8.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Human-Centred Design 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,806 33,408 26,747
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 80.20% 88.00% 92.49%
Number of salaries quoted 19,379 15,528 19,886
10th Percentile £27,694 £31,250 £28,500
25th Percentile £32,750 £41,250 £38,272
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +4.76% -3.67%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Human-Centred Design
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Human-Centred Design relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Human-Centred Design job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Human-Centred Design
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Human-Centred Design.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Human-Centred Design

Human-Centred Design
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Human-Centred Design in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 24 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Human-Centred Design in the UK excluding London

Human-Centred Design
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Human-Centred Design within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 24 December 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
Northern Ireland - 7 - -
Midlands +25 4 £53,750 - 8
West Midlands +41 3 £53,750 - 3
Scotland +2 2 £47,500 - 14
North West - 2 £42,384 - 10
South East - 2 £52,500 - 12
North of England - 2 £42,384 - 27
East Midlands - 1 - - 4
Human-Centred Design
UK

Human-Centred Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (11.76%) CICS
Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Camtasia
Cloud Services
1 4 (23.53%) AWS
2 3 (17.65%) Azure
3 2 (11.76%) Figma
4 1 (5.88%) Azure AI
4 1 (5.88%) GCP
4 1 (5.88%) Vyond
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) DB2
1 2 (11.76%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Git
General
1 9 (52.94%) Legal
2 5 (29.41%) Finance
3 3 (17.65%) Retail
4 2 (11.76%) Banking
4 2 (11.76%) Digital Health
4 2 (11.76%) Manufacturing
4 2 (11.76%) Marketing
5 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
5 1 (5.88%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (41.18%) Digital Product Manager
1 7 (41.18%) Product Manager
2 4 (23.53%) Designer
3 3 (17.65%) Identity Management Manager
4 2 (11.76%) Developer
4 2 (11.76%) Digital Product Owner
4 2 (11.76%) Product Designer
4 2 (11.76%) Product Owner
4 2 (11.76%) Senior
4 2 (11.76%) Senior Product Owner
4 2 (11.76%) UI Developer
4 2 (11.76%) UI/UX Developer
4 2 (11.76%) UX Developer
5 1 (5.88%) Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Artificial Intelligence Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Automation Architect
5 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing Engineer
5 1 (5.88%) Service Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) .NET
1 1 (5.88%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.76%) Mainframe
1 2 (11.76%) Product Ownership
1 2 (11.76%) VSAM
2 1 (5.88%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 2 (11.76%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (70.59%) Agile
2 11 (64.71%) User Experience
3 9 (52.94%) Backlog Management
3 9 (52.94%) UX Design
4 8 (47.06%) User Research
5 7 (41.18%) Data-Driven Decision Making
5 7 (41.18%) Market Research
5 7 (41.18%) Product Management
5 7 (41.18%) Product Strategy
5 7 (41.18%) Telematics
6 5 (29.41%) Analytics
6 5 (29.41%) Budget Management
6 5 (29.41%) Cybersecurity
6 5 (29.41%) Identity Access Management
6 5 (29.41%) Performance Metrics
6 5 (29.41%) Performance Monitoring
6 5 (29.41%) Product Roadmap
6 5 (29.41%) Roadmaps
7 4 (23.53%) Coaching
7 4 (23.53%) Customer Experience
Programming Languages
1 3 (17.65%) C#
2 2 (11.76%) COBOL
2 2 (11.76%) Java
2 2 (11.76%) JCL
2 2 (11.76%) Python
3 1 (5.88%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.88%) R
3 1 (5.88%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) AWS Certification
System Software
1 2 (11.76%) RACF
Systems Management
1 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Automation Anywhere
1 1 (5.88%) Google
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft