User-Centered Design (UCD)
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 10 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 348 | 384 | 268 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +36 | -116 | +34 |
| Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) | 244 | 355 | 890 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.57% | 0.61% | 1.02% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.66% | 0.68% | 1.13% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 173 | 260 | 624 |
| 10th Percentile | £342 | £400 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £457 | £445 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £550 | £513 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +7.32% | +9.04% |
| 75th Percentile | £563 | £638 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £681 | £625 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £495 | £503 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.04% | -1.59% | +18.35% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £20.37 |
| 25th Percentile | £41.51 | £46.25 | £20.46 |
| Median hourly rate | £41.68 | £47.50 | £23.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.26% | +106.52% | -38.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £41.84 | £48.75 | £35.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £53.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | £21.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -29.10% |
All Process and Methodology Skills
UK
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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills | 37,090 | 51,996 | 79,100 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 86.26% | 89.82% | 90.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23,884 | 36,030 | 55,497 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £343 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £438 | £427 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £530 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +3.77% | +8.72% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £475 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +5.26% | +8.57% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,438 | 1,721 | 1,893 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £11.00 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £16.13 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £36.25 | £25.68 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.69% | +41.16% | +4.82% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.00 | £49.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £38.06 | £35.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.74% | +75.00% | -6.98% |
User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing User-Centered Design (UCD) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD).
User-Centered Design (UCD)
Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.
User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD).
User-Centered Design (UCD)
Top 14 Contract Locations
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 UK over the 6 months to 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +25 | 163 | £525 | -6.25% | 127 |
| Work from Home | +53 | 101 | £508 | -7.73% | 66 |
| UK excluding London | +23 | 101 | £475 | -4.04% | 93 |
| London | +30 | 84 | £525 | -10.45% | 41 |
| North of England | +31 | 45 | £400 | -27.27% | 50 |
| Scotland | +4 | 29 | £425 | -15.00% | 6 |
| North West | +36 | 26 | £375 | -6.25% | 29 |
| South East | +28 | 15 | £550 | -14.06% | 6 |
| Yorkshire | +3 | 14 | £413 | -27.18% | 13 |
| Midlands | +26 | 8 | £550 | +7.32% | 16 |
| South West | +17 | 6 | £513 | +11.41% | 8 |
| East Midlands | +24 | 5 | £550 | -15.38% | 4 |
| North East | +16 | 5 | £575 | -2.13% | 10 |
| West Midlands | +13 | 3 | £650 | +26.83% | 12 |
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:
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