User-Centered Design (UCD) Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

User-Centered Design (UCD)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 292 395 436
Rank change year-on-year +103 +41 -24
Permanent jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 122 201 255
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 0.82% 0.59% 0.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.88% 0.65% 0.62%
Number of salaries quoted 58 158 185
10th Percentile £42,625 £40,988 £38,100
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,965 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.11% +0.81% -4.17%
75th Percentile £75,772 £60,741 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,750 £71,978 £83,600
UK median annual salary £60,000 £57,965 £60,000
% change year-on-year +3.51% -3.39% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,938 31,020 41,026
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.13% 91.65% 96.09%
Number of salaries quoted 9,733 23,575 28,496
10th Percentile £30,000 £33,800 £37,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.57% +2.50%

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing User-Centered Design (UCD) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

User-Centered Design (UCD) trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing User-Centered Design (UCD).

User-Centered Design (UCD) salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing User-Centered Design (UCD) over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

User-Centered Design (UCD) salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 10 (8.20%) CMS
1 10 (8.20%) WordPress
2 2 (1.64%) CICS
2 2 (1.64%) Drupal
3 1 (0.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 12 (9.84%) Adobe XD
2 7 (5.74%) Sketch
3 6 (4.92%) Trello
4 2 (1.64%) InVision
5 1 (0.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 17 (13.93%) Figma
2 10 (8.20%) AWS
3 8 (6.56%) Azure
4 7 (5.74%) Power Platform
4 7 (5.74%) Stripe
5 5 (4.10%) GCP
5 5 (4.10%) Google Analytics
6 4 (3.28%) Miro
7 3 (2.46%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.64%) Google Tag Manager
8 2 (1.64%) Serverless
9 1 (0.82%) Adobe Creative Cloud
9 1 (0.82%) AWS IoT
9 1 (0.82%) Azure Monitor
9 1 (0.82%) GitHub
9 1 (0.82%) GitHub Actions
9 1 (0.82%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (0.82%) MQTT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.74%) Power BI
2 6 (4.92%) Tableau
3 4 (3.28%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.46%) MongoDB
5 2 (1.64%) DB2
5 2 (1.64%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.82%) Big Data
6 1 (0.82%) MySQL
6 1 (0.82%) Snowflake Schema
6 1 (0.82%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.82%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 9 (7.38%) Git
2 7 (5.74%) JIRA
3 6 (4.92%) Axure RP
3 6 (4.92%) Balsamiq
3 6 (4.92%) Jenkins
4 3 (2.46%) GitLab
4 3 (2.46%) JUnit
4 3 (2.46%) Mockito
4 3 (2.46%) Postman
5 2 (1.64%) SoapUI
5 2 (1.64%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.82%) Gatling
6 1 (0.82%) JMeter
6 1 (0.82%) Locust
6 1 (0.82%) Vite
General
1 33 (27.05%) Social Skills
2 28 (22.95%) Finance
3 27 (22.13%) Public Sector
4 26 (21.31%) Banking
5 17 (13.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 14 (11.48%) Analytical Skills
7 13 (10.66%) Marketing
8 11 (9.02%) Publishing
9 8 (6.56%) Law
9 8 (6.56%) Legal
9 8 (6.56%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (4.92%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (4.92%) Tech for Good
11 3 (2.46%) Games
11 3 (2.46%) Influencing Skills
11 3 (2.46%) Manufacturing
12 2 (1.64%) Electronics
12 2 (1.64%) Telecoms
13 1 (0.82%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 36 (29.51%) Developer
2 28 (22.95%) Designer
3 27 (22.13%) Product Manager
4 22 (18.03%) Senior
5 21 (17.21%) UX Developer
6 19 (15.57%) Lead
7 11 (9.02%) Senior Developer
7 11 (9.02%) Senior UX Developer
8 10 (8.20%) Digital Product Manager
8 10 (8.20%) UX Designer
9 8 (6.56%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 8 (6.56%) Senior Designer
9 8 (6.56%) Web Developer
10 7 (5.74%) Content Designer
10 7 (5.74%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
10 7 (5.74%) Lead Product Manager
10 7 (5.74%) Website Developer
11 6 (4.92%) Service Designer
12 5 (4.10%) Junior Content Designer
12 5 (4.10%) Junior Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (13.93%) CSS
1 17 (13.93%) HTML
2 6 (4.92%) RESTful
3 5 (4.10%) AngularJS
4 4 (3.28%) React
5 3 (2.46%) Hibernate
5 3 (2.46%) JSON
5 3 (2.46%) Kafka
5 3 (2.46%) OAuth
5 3 (2.46%) OAuth2
5 3 (2.46%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (2.46%) Spring
5 3 (2.46%) Spring Boot
5 3 (2.46%) Vue
6 2 (1.64%) ISPF
6 2 (1.64%) SOAP
6 2 (1.64%) Web Services
6 2 (1.64%) XML
7 1 (0.82%) .NET
7 1 (0.82%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 13 (10.66%) Product Ownership
2 9 (7.38%) NHS
3 8 (6.56%) Housing Association
4 7 (5.74%) Learning Management System
5 3 (2.46%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.64%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.64%) Educational Technology
6 2 (1.64%) Graphic Design
6 2 (1.64%) IBM Mainframe
6 2 (1.64%) Mainframe
6 2 (1.64%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.64%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (1.64%) Social Gaming
7 1 (0.82%) Cloud Native
7 1 (0.82%) Distributed Architecture
7 1 (0.82%) IoT
7 1 (0.82%) Online Games
7 1 (0.82%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (1.64%) Windows
1 2 (1.64%) Windows Vista
1 2 (1.64%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (59.02%) User Experience
2 66 (54.10%) Agile
3 48 (39.34%) UX Design
4 45 (36.89%) User Research
5 40 (32.79%) Project Management
6 36 (29.51%) Usability Testing
7 35 (28.69%) Prototyping
8 31 (25.41%) Continuous Improvement
8 31 (25.41%) UX Research
8 31 (25.41%) Wireframes
9 30 (24.59%) Journey Map
10 26 (21.31%) Design Thinking
10 26 (21.31%) Stakeholder Management
11 24 (19.67%) Analytics
12 23 (18.85%) Roadmaps
13 20 (16.39%) Problem-Solving
14 17 (13.93%) Coaching
14 17 (13.93%) Mentoring
14 17 (13.93%) Product Vision
15 16 (13.11%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 15 (12.30%) JavaScript
2 7 (5.74%) PHP
3 4 (3.28%) SQL
4 3 (2.46%) Java
4 3 (2.46%) TypeScript
5 2 (1.64%) COBOL
5 2 (1.64%) JCL
Qualifications
1 27 (22.13%) Degree
2 21 (17.21%) Security Cleared
3 18 (14.75%) SC Cleared
4 5 (4.10%) CSPO
4 5 (4.10%) Microsoft Certification
5 4 (3.28%) DBS Check
6 3 (2.46%) BPSS Clearance
6 3 (2.46%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (2.46%) Master's Degree
7 2 (1.64%) DV Cleared
8 1 (0.82%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.82%) AWS Certified Developer
8 1 (0.82%) IIBA
8 1 (0.82%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 59 (48.36%) Accessibility
2 14 (11.48%) WCAG
3 5 (4.10%) QA
4 1 (0.82%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (0.82%) GDPR
4 1 (0.82%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.82%) PMO
System Software
1 3 (2.46%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.46%) Kubernetes
2 2 (1.64%) CA Endevor
2 2 (1.64%) MAINVIEW
Vendors
1 14 (11.48%) Adobe
2 12 (9.84%) Microsoft
3 7 (5.74%) Google
4 3 (2.46%) SAP
5 2 (1.64%) BMC
5 2 (1.64%) IBM
5 2 (1.64%) Mercator
6 1 (0.82%) dotdigital
6 1 (0.82%) Hotjar
6 1 (0.82%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.82%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
6 1 (0.82%) Splunk
6 1 (0.82%) TippingPoint