Human-Centred Design Jobs

Human-Centred Design
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Human-Centred Design skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Human-Centred Design over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 676 872 909
Rank change year-on-year +196 +37 +45
Permanent jobs citing Human-Centred Design 26 35 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.047% 0.034% 0.062%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.050% 0.040% 0.064%
Number of salaries quoted 4 12 12
10th Percentile £70,375 £46,000 £52,875
25th Percentile £70,938 £51,813 £57,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £57,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.26% -14.81% +10.53%
75th Percentile £80,000 £74,230 £100,375
90th Percentile £84,500 £104,173 £109,150
UK excluding London median annual salary £85,000 £57,500 £100,000
% change year-on-year +47.83% -42.50% +97.63%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 52,256 87,133 91,481
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.58% 84.04% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25,854 60,896 54,581
10th Percentile £28,822 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,000 £55,000 £60,899
Median % change year-on-year +3.64% -9.69% +1.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,564 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.13% -9.09% +4.76%

Human-Centred Design
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Human-Centred Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Human-Centred Design in the UK

Human-Centred Design
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Human-Centred Design.

Salary trend for Human-Centred Design in the UK

Human-Centred Design
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Human-Centred Design over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Human-Centred Design in the UK

Human-Centred Design
Top 7 Job Locations

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 over the 6 months to 31 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
England +156 20 £73,750 +28.26% 90
London +107 18 £72,500 -16.10% 37
Work from Home +121 15 £80,000 +17.96% 34
UK excluding London +168 4 £85,000 +47.83% 59
North of England +39 2 £85,000 +33.86% 33
North West +3 2 £85,000 +33.86% 13
Scotland - 2 - - 1

Human-Centred Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 1 (3.85%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Adobe XD
1 1 (3.85%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 1 (3.85%) Figma
1 1 (3.85%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (23.08%) GIS
Development Applications
1 1 (3.85%) Git
General
1 6 (23.08%) Local Government
2 4 (15.38%) Social Skills
3 3 (11.54%) Banking
3 3 (11.54%) Finance
3 3 (11.54%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (11.54%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
4 2 (7.69%) Tech for Good
5 1 (3.85%) Health Technology
5 1 (3.85%) Legal
5 1 (3.85%) Marketing
5 1 (3.85%) Multimedia
5 1 (3.85%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.85%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (46.15%) Lead
2 6 (23.08%) Technical Leader
3 5 (19.23%) Designer
3 5 (19.23%) UX Designer
4 2 (7.69%) Head of AI
4 2 (7.69%) Head of Design
4 2 (7.69%) Senior
4 2 (7.69%) Senior Designer
4 2 (7.69%) Senior UX Designer
5 1 (3.85%) Content Designer
5 1 (3.85%) Digital Product Owner
5 1 (3.85%) Product Designer
5 1 (3.85%) Product Owner
5 1 (3.85%) Senior Content Designer
5 1 (3.85%) Senior Product Designer
5 1 (3.85%) Senior UI Designer
5 1 (3.85%) Senior UI/UX Designer
5 1 (3.85%) Transformation Consultant
5 1 (3.85%) UI/UX Designer
5 1 (3.85%) WordPress Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (3.85%) Bootstrap
1 1 (3.85%) CSS
1 1 (3.85%) HTML
1 1 (3.85%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 5 (19.23%) e-Learning
2 3 (11.54%) Graphic Design
3 2 (7.69%) Onboarding
3 2 (7.69%) Virtual Team
4 1 (3.85%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (26.92%) Android
1 7 (26.92%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (57.69%) User Experience
2 8 (30.77%) Agile
2 8 (30.77%) Design Thinking
2 8 (30.77%) Service Design
2 8 (30.77%) Storytelling
3 7 (26.92%) Project Management
3 7 (26.92%) UX Design
4 6 (23.08%) Asset Management
4 6 (23.08%) Collaborative Culture
4 6 (23.08%) Collaborative Working
4 6 (23.08%) Decision-Making
4 6 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (23.08%) Strategic Planning
5 5 (19.23%) Continuous Improvement
5 5 (19.23%) Customer Experience
5 5 (19.23%) Development Roadmap
5 5 (19.23%) Interaction Design
5 5 (19.23%) Roadmaps
6 4 (15.38%) Analytics
6 4 (15.38%) Coaching
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.85%) JavaScript
1 1 (3.85%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (7.69%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (46.15%) Accessibility
2 7 (26.92%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (3.85%) Adobe
1 1 (3.85%) Microsoft