Human-Centred Design Job Trends

Human-Centred Design
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Human-Centred Design skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 604 694 649
Rank change year-on-year +90 -45 +363
Permanent jobs citing Human-Centred Design 34 12 52
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.057% 0.021% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.069% 0.024% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 17 3 43
10th Percentile £40,870 £74,000 £46,500
25th Percentile £48,750 £76,250 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £80,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.25% +33.33% +8.11%
75th Percentile £73,750 - £97,163
90th Percentile £75,700 - £106,237
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 - £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +12.24%

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 48,923 50,285 45,331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 82.61% 89.72% 93.38%
Number of salaries quoted 28,723 25,244 34,703
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.91% +4.76% -2.78%

Human-Centred Design
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Human-Centred Design job vacancy trend in the UK

Human-Centred Design
Salary Trend

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

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

Human-Centred Design
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Human-Centred Design over the 6 months to 23 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Human-Centred Design in the UK

Human-Centred Design
Top 12 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 23 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
England +90 19 £58,750 -26.56% 104
UK excluding London +69 17 £47,500 - 101
London +50 9 £70,000 -12.50% 27
Work from Home +57 8 £70,000 -12.50% 62
Northern Ireland - 7 - -
Midlands +27 4 £53,750 - 12
West Midlands +37 3 £53,750 - 6
Scotland +8 2 £47,500 - 16
North West - 2 £42,384 - 12
South East - 2 £52,500 - 17
North of England - 2 £42,384 - 29
East Midlands - 1 - - 5

Human-Centred Design
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (5.88%) CICS
Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Adobe XD
1 2 (5.88%) Sketch
2 1 (2.94%) Camtasia
Cloud Services
1 4 (11.76%) AWS
1 4 (11.76%) Figma
2 3 (8.82%) Azure
3 2 (5.88%) SaaS
4 1 (2.94%) Azure AI
4 1 (2.94%) GCP
4 1 (2.94%) Vyond
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.88%) DB2
1 2 (5.88%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 2 (5.88%) Cypress.io
1 2 (5.88%) Git
General
1 15 (44.12%) Finance
2 12 (35.29%) Legal
2 12 (35.29%) Social Skills
3 9 (26.47%) Retail
4 8 (23.53%) Banking
4 8 (23.53%) Public Sector
5 7 (20.59%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (5.88%) Digital Health
7 2 (5.88%) Manufacturing
7 2 (5.88%) Marketing
8 1 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (20.59%) Designer
1 7 (20.59%) Digital Product Manager
1 7 (20.59%) Product Manager
2 6 (17.65%) Senior
3 5 (14.71%) Digital Product Owner
3 5 (14.71%) Product Owner
3 5 (14.71%) Senior Product Owner
4 4 (11.76%) Developer
4 4 (11.76%) Graduate
4 4 (11.76%) Product Designer
5 3 (8.82%) Consultant
5 3 (8.82%) Identity Management Manager
5 3 (8.82%) Managing Consultant
5 3 (8.82%) Strategy Consultant
5 3 (8.82%) Transformation Consultant
6 2 (5.88%) Service Designer
6 2 (5.88%) UI Designer
6 2 (5.88%) UI/UX Designer
6 2 (5.88%) UI/UX Developer
6 2 (5.88%) UX Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.88%) CSS
1 2 (5.88%) Framer.js
1 2 (5.88%) GraphQL
1 2 (5.88%) GreenSock GSAP
1 2 (5.88%) Jest
1 2 (5.88%) React
1 2 (5.88%) Redux
1 2 (5.88%) REST
1 2 (5.88%) Sass
1 2 (5.88%) Tailwind CSS
1 2 (5.88%) Vue
1 2 (5.88%) Vuex
1 2 (5.88%) WebSockets
1 2 (5.88%) Zustand
2 1 (2.94%) .NET
2 1 (2.94%) Node.js
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Product Ownership
2 4 (11.76%) e-Learning
2 4 (11.76%) Onboarding
3 2 (5.88%) Graphic Design
3 2 (5.88%) Mainframe
3 2 (5.88%) VSAM
4 1 (2.94%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.88%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (85.29%) Agile
2 20 (58.82%) User Experience
3 17 (50.00%) User Research
4 14 (41.18%) UX Design
5 12 (35.29%) Backlog Management
6 10 (29.41%) Market Research
7 9 (26.47%) Customer Experience
7 9 (26.47%) Design Thinking
7 9 (26.47%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
8 8 (23.53%) Customer-Centricity
9 7 (20.59%) AI
9 7 (20.59%) Backlog Prioritisation
9 7 (20.59%) Coaching
9 7 (20.59%) Data-Driven Decision Making
9 7 (20.59%) Product Backlog
9 7 (20.59%) Product Management
9 7 (20.59%) Product Strategy
9 7 (20.59%) Servant Leadership
9 7 (20.59%) Telematics
9 7 (20.59%) Usability Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (8.82%) C#
1 3 (8.82%) TypeScript
2 2 (5.88%) COBOL
2 2 (5.88%) Java
2 2 (5.88%) JCL
2 2 (5.88%) Python
3 1 (2.94%) JavaScript
3 1 (2.94%) R
Qualifications
1 7 (20.59%) Degree
1 7 (20.59%) Security Cleared
2 2 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (2.94%) AWS Certification
3 1 (2.94%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (32.35%) Accessibility
2 4 (11.76%) WCAG
3 2 (5.88%) QA
System Software
1 2 (5.88%) RACF
Systems Management
1 2 (5.88%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
Vendors
1 6 (17.65%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.88%) Adobe
3 1 (2.94%) Automation Anywhere
3 1 (2.94%) Google