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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South 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 3 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 152 141
Rank change year-on-year +7 -11 -10
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 8 10 24
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.25% 0.29% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.33% 0.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 20
10th Percentile £441 £446 £343
25th Percentile £503 £460 £422
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £606 £505 £531
Median % change year-on-year +20.05% -4.94% +18.06%
75th Percentile £720 £581 £581
90th Percentile £836 £679 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South 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 South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,669 3,041 3,269
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 82.20% 89.41% 88.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,686 2,207 2,346
10th Percentile £225 £313 £300
25th Percentile £401 £425 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +5.37%
75th Percentile £625 £650 £600
90th Percentile £700 £725 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £545
% change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 361 314 205
10th Percentile £13.86 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £29.75 £15.29 £21.25
Median hourly rate £55.00 £59.90 £48.48
Median % change year-on-year -8.18% +23.56% +7.73%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.30 £63.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £83.07 £68.81
England median hourly rate £37.50 £37.15 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.94% +48.60% +11.11%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in the South West over the 6 months to 3 June 2024.

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contract Job Locations in the South 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 South West region over the 6 months to 3 June 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
Wiltshire +6 5 £875 +59.09% 1
Bristol +13 3 £575 +29.94% 3
User-Centered Design (UCD)
England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South 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 (12.50%) Confluence
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Big Data
General
1 1 (12.50%) Health Technology
1 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (37.50%) Designer
2 2 (25.00%) Interaction Designer
2 2 (25.00%) User Researcher
3 1 (12.50%) Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Product Owner
3 1 (12.50%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Architect
3 1 (12.50%) Technical Solutions Architect
3 1 (12.50%) UI Designer
3 1 (12.50%) UI/UX Designer
3 1 (12.50%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (12.50%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Project Delivery
2 3 (37.50%) User Research
3 2 (25.00%) Agile
3 2 (25.00%) Interaction Design
3 2 (25.00%) Service Design
3 2 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (12.50%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (12.50%) Data Transformation
4 1 (12.50%) Decision-Making
4 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (12.50%) Human-Centred Design
4 1 (12.50%) Minimum Viable Product
4 1 (12.50%) Product Vision
4 1 (12.50%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Risk Management
4 1 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
4 1 (12.50%) User Stories
4 1 (12.50%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) SC Cleared
1 5 (62.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) Accessibility