User-Centered Design (UCD) Contracts in the North West

User-Centered Design (UCD)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for User-Centered Design (UCD) skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited User-Centered Design (UCD) over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 109 136 146
Rank change year-on-year +27 +10 -36
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 24 13 35
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.90% 0.42% 0.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.05% 0.47% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 6 28
10th Percentile - £350 £400
25th Percentile £325 - £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £400 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -23.81% +5.53%
75th Percentile £638 £438 £550
90th Percentile £643 £525 £641
England median daily rate £525 £550 £518
% change year-on-year -4.55% +6.28% +8.95%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

User-Centered Design (UCD) is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,277 2,793 3,592
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 85.86% 90.24% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,451 1,960 2,613
10th Percentile £308 £313 £240
25th Percentile £405 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £689 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 253 138 169
10th Percentile £10.96 £16.25 £10.63
25th Percentile £13.50 £22.44 £14.25
Median hourly rate £24.19 £35.02 £23.06
Median % change year-on-year -30.92% +51.88% +26.48%
75th Percentile £46.18 £48.56 £50.78
90th Percentile £62.50 £66.00 £75.00
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.54 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.11% +46.16% +8.70%

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in the North West.

Daily rate trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the North West

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in the North West over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the North West

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in the North West.

Hourly rate trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the North West

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contract Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) within the North West region over the 6 months to 20 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +30 21 £375 -6.25% 15
Lancashire - 2 £650 - 4
Cumbria - 1 - - 1
User-Centered Design (UCD)
England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (4.17%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.17%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (4.17%) Unit4 Business World
Cloud Services
1 2 (8.33%) Azure
2 1 (4.17%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.17%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.33%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 1 (4.17%) JIRA
General
1 5 (20.83%) Public Sector
2 2 (8.33%) Finance
2 2 (8.33%) Health Technology
3 1 (4.17%) Billing
3 1 (4.17%) Military
Job Titles
1 9 (37.50%) Designer
2 8 (33.33%) User Researcher
3 6 (25.00%) Interaction Designer
4 4 (16.67%) Senior
5 3 (12.50%) Delivery Manager
5 3 (12.50%) Senior Designer
6 2 (8.33%) Architect
6 2 (8.33%) Senior UI Designer
6 2 (8.33%) Senior UI/UX Designer
6 2 (8.33%) Senior UX Designer
6 2 (8.33%) UI Designer
6 2 (8.33%) UI/UX Designer
6 2 (8.33%) UX Designer
7 1 (4.17%) Analyst
7 1 (4.17%) Billing Analyst
7 1 (4.17%) Business Analyst
7 1 (4.17%) Content Designer
7 1 (4.17%) Senior Interaction Designer
7 1 (4.17%) Senior User Researcher
7 1 (4.17%) User Experience Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (16.67%) CSS
1 4 (16.67%) HTML
2 2 (8.33%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.33%) NHS
1 2 (8.33%) Virtual Team
2 1 (4.17%) BYOD
2 1 (4.17%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (4.17%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (62.50%) User Research
2 14 (58.33%) Agile
3 10 (41.67%) User Experience
4 9 (37.50%) UX Design
5 8 (33.33%) Front End Development
5 8 (33.33%) Service Design
6 7 (29.17%) Actionable Insight
6 7 (29.17%) Interaction Design
6 7 (29.17%) Prototyping
6 7 (29.17%) Requirements Gathering
6 7 (29.17%) Usability Testing
7 6 (25.00%) Data Science
7 6 (25.00%) Design Persona
7 6 (25.00%) Ergonomics
7 6 (25.00%) Focus Group
7 6 (25.00%) Guerrilla Testing
7 6 (25.00%) Human Factors
7 6 (25.00%) Mentoring
7 6 (25.00%) Qualitative Research
7 6 (25.00%) Quantitative Research
Programming Languages
1 4 (16.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.17%) Degree
1 1 (4.17%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (29.17%) Actionable Recommendations
2 4 (16.67%) Accessibility
3 1 (4.17%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 2 (8.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 1 (4.17%) Microsoft
1 1 (4.17%) Workday