User-Centered Design (UCD) Jobs

User-Centered Design (UCD)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 8 November 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 519 493 422
Rank change year-on-year -26 -71 +169
Permanent jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 278 280 1,086
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.37% 0.49% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.52% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 104 232 371
10th Percentile £41,625 £34,000 £38,258
25th Percentile £47,500 £42,500 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,800 £57,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.82% -3.75% +9.09%
75th Percentile £68,125 £80,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £85,125 £95,436 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,800 £47,500 £55,197
% change year-on-year +23.79% -13.94% +0.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 63,716 53,794 130,301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 84.35% 94.21% 96.03%
Number of salaries quoted 30,127 38,774 76,095
10th Percentile £34,462 £32,500 £34,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £43,867 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.35%
75th Percentile £78,000 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,250 £97,500 £98,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,439 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year +3.69% - +5.00%

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Vacancy Trend

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the UK

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) over the 6 months to 8 November 2024.

Salary histogram for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the UK

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Top 16 Job Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 8 November 2024. 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 -42 228 £58,800 -0.34% 99
UK excluding London -9 167 £58,800 +23.79% 60
Work from Home +60 153 £59,115 +1.05% 62
North of England +5 91 £59,430 +39.84% 35
London +2 84 £62,215 -17.05% 38
North West -32 43 £58,150 +143.82% 17
Yorkshire +34 33 £69,402 +46.11% 16
South East -26 21 £55,000 -5.98% 2
Scotland +15 16 £58,800 +41.69% 1
North East -22 15 £59,430 +3.73% 4
South West -5 14 £53,750 +13.89% 14
West Midlands -23 13 £59,115 +39.09% 3
Midlands -57 13 £59,115 +18.23% 7
Wales +21 8 £54,400 -1.09%
Northern Ireland - 3 £59,430 -
East of England -48 1 - - 3

User-Centered Design (UCD)
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 3 (1.08%) CMS
1 3 (1.08%) WordPress
2 1 (0.36%) Confluence
2 1 (0.36%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (0.36%) Strapi
2 1 (0.36%) Umbraco
Applications
1 39 (14.03%) Sketch
2 24 (8.63%) Adobe XD
3 13 (4.68%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (4.68%) Photoshop
4 12 (4.32%) Adobe Illustrator
5 8 (2.88%) InVision
6 5 (1.80%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 5 (1.80%) Camtasia
7 3 (1.08%) Zeplin
8 2 (0.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.72%) Trello
9 1 (0.36%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 30 (10.79%) NEC Housing
2 1 (0.36%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (0.36%) SDL Web 8
Cloud Services
1 55 (19.78%) Figma
2 19 (6.83%) AWS
3 14 (5.04%) dbt
4 9 (3.24%) Azure
5 7 (2.52%) Google Analytics
6 6 (2.16%) Miro
6 6 (2.16%) SaaS
7 5 (1.80%) Pendo
8 4 (1.44%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (1.44%) GCP
8 4 (1.44%) GitHub
9 3 (1.08%) Power Platform
10 2 (0.72%) Contentful
11 1 (0.36%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 1 (0.36%) PaaS
11 1 (0.36%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.36%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (1.80%) Relational Database
2 4 (1.44%) SQL Server
2 4 (1.44%) SQLite
3 3 (1.08%) Big Data
3 3 (1.08%) Power BI
3 3 (1.08%) Tableau
4 2 (0.72%) MySQL
4 2 (0.72%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (0.72%) Snowflake Schema
4 2 (0.72%) Star Schema
5 1 (0.36%) Metadata
5 1 (0.36%) Mixpanel
5 1 (0.36%) Neo4j
Development Applications
1 10 (3.60%) Git
2 9 (3.24%) Axure RP
3 6 (2.16%) JIRA
4 4 (1.44%) Visual Studio
4 4 (1.44%) Visual Studio Code
4 4 (1.44%) Vite
5 2 (0.72%) CircleCI
6 1 (0.36%) Artifactory
6 1 (0.36%) GitLab
6 1 (0.36%) TeamCity
General
1 96 (34.53%) Social Skills
2 76 (27.34%) Finance
3 64 (23.02%) Public Sector
4 30 (10.79%) Local Government
4 30 (10.79%) Marketing
4 30 (10.79%) Police
5 21 (7.55%) Legal
6 17 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
7 16 (5.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 7 (2.52%) Law
8 7 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
9 5 (1.80%) Manufacturing
10 4 (1.44%) Retail
11 3 (1.08%) Advertising
11 3 (1.08%) Military
12 2 (0.72%) Games
12 2 (0.72%) Organisational Skills
12 2 (0.72%) Publishing
13 1 (0.36%) Aviation
13 1 (0.36%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 116 (41.73%) Designer
2 101 (36.33%) Senior
3 64 (23.02%) Senior Manager
4 62 (22.30%) UX Designer
5 42 (15.11%) Product Manager
6 39 (14.03%) Service Designer
7 38 (13.67%) Senior Product Manager
8 25 (8.99%) Senior Designer
9 19 (6.83%) UI Designer
10 18 (6.47%) UI/UX Designer
10 18 (6.47%) User Researcher
11 17 (6.12%) Senior Support Manager
11 17 (6.12%) Support Manager
12 12 (4.32%) Lead
13 11 (3.96%) Bid Writer
13 11 (3.96%) Senior Bid Writer
13 11 (3.96%) Senior Service Designer
14 10 (3.60%) Delivery Manager
14 10 (3.60%) Developer
14 10 (3.60%) Senior UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 40 (14.39%) HTML
2 33 (11.87%) CSS
3 14 (5.04%) Web Services
4 11 (3.96%) .NET
5 10 (3.60%) React
6 8 (2.88%) JSON
7 5 (1.80%) Node.js
7 5 (1.80%) RESTful
7 5 (1.80%) XML
8 4 (1.44%) .NET Framework
8 4 (1.44%) GraphQL
8 4 (1.44%) JWT
8 4 (1.44%) LINQ
8 4 (1.44%) Next.js
8 4 (1.44%) Tailwind CSS
8 4 (1.44%) WPF
9 3 (1.08%) Framer.js
9 3 (1.08%) Vue
10 2 (0.72%) GatsbyJS
10 2 (0.72%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 36 (12.95%) Product Ownership
2 19 (6.83%) Management Information System
3 16 (5.76%) Mobile App
4 13 (4.68%) NHS
5 12 (4.32%) Public Cloud
6 7 (2.52%) Hybrid Cloud
7 6 (2.16%) Graphic Design
7 6 (2.16%) W3C
8 5 (1.80%) Social Media
9 4 (1.44%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (1.44%) Virtual Team
10 3 (1.08%) Blockchain
10 3 (1.08%) Blog
11 2 (0.72%) Analytical Mindset
11 2 (0.72%) Cloud Native
11 2 (0.72%) Social Gaming
12 1 (0.36%) Onboarding
12 1 (0.36%) PropTech
12 1 (0.36%) Smart City
12 1 (0.36%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.36%) Android
1 1 (0.36%) Apple iOS
1 1 (0.36%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 167 (60.07%) Agile
2 118 (42.45%) User Experience
3 113 (40.65%) User Research
4 84 (30.22%) UX Design
5 73 (26.26%) Mentoring
6 69 (24.82%) Prototyping
7 62 (22.30%) Coaching
8 59 (21.22%) Roadmaps
9 54 (19.42%) Service Design
10 52 (18.71%) Continuous Improvement
11 47 (16.91%) Project Management
11 47 (16.91%) Wireframes
12 42 (15.11%) Stakeholder Management
13 38 (13.67%) Product Strategy
14 37 (13.31%) Product Roadmap
14 37 (13.31%) Usability Testing
15 33 (11.87%) Product Management
16 31 (11.15%) Problem-Solving
17 28 (10.07%) Community of Practice
18 24 (8.63%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 31 (11.15%) JavaScript
2 9 (3.24%) C#
3 8 (2.88%) Python
4 5 (1.80%) Java
4 5 (1.80%) TypeScript
5 4 (1.44%) SQL
6 3 (1.08%) Go
6 3 (1.08%) PHP
7 2 (0.72%) Bash
8 1 (0.36%) R
8 1 (0.36%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 51 (18.35%) Degree
2 41 (14.75%) Security Cleared
3 35 (12.59%) SC Cleared
4 33 (11.87%) DBS Check
5 7 (2.52%) BPSS Clearance
6 4 (1.44%) HND
7 3 (1.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 2 (0.72%) IIBA
8 2 (0.72%) Master's Degree
9 1 (0.36%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (26.26%) Accessibility
2 19 (6.83%) QA
3 1 (0.36%) Actionable Recommendations
3 1 (0.36%) Data Quality
3 1 (0.36%) GDPR
3 1 (0.36%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (0.72%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.36%) Consul
Vendors
1 34 (12.23%) Adobe
1 34 (12.23%) NEC
2 21 (7.55%) Microsoft
3 6 (2.16%) Google
4 5 (1.80%) ANSYS
4 5 (1.80%) Hotjar
5 4 (1.44%) EMC
5 4 (1.44%) F5
6 2 (0.72%) Netlify
6 2 (0.72%) SAP
7 1 (0.36%) Mercator
7 1 (0.36%) Sitecore
7 1 (0.36%) Splunk