User-Centered Design (UCD) Contracts with Work from Home Options

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

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 245 295 196
Rank change year-on-year +50 -99 +43
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 100 162 589
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.68% 0.66% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.77% 0.73% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 132 418
10th Percentile £378 £413 £400
25th Percentile £449 £459 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £550 £510
Median % change year-on-year -7.73% +7.84% +12.09%
75th Percentile £550 £600 £575
90th Percentile £636 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £500 £550 £515
% change year-on-year -9.09% +6.80% +8.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £33.00
25th Percentile - - £45.00
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £41.68 £47.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -12.26% +90.00% -33.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,973 22,093 40,138
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.88% 89.67% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,721 15,633 29,139
10th Percentile £325 £363 £362
25th Percentile £425 £450 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £545 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.58% +3.71% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 566 507 534
10th Percentile £14.94 £18.63 £14.08
25th Percentile £24.44 £26.25 £20.56
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £39.50
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +32.91% +64.58%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £80.00 £71.75
UK median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +7.00%

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

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing User-Centered Design (UCD) as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

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

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

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing User-Centered Design (UCD).

User-Centered Design (UCD) daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing User-Centered Design (UCD) over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

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

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

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing User-Centered Design (UCD).

User-Centered Design (UCD) hourly rate 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 3 (3.00%) CMS
2 2 (2.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 13 (13.00%) Sketch
2 8 (8.00%) Adobe XD
3 4 (4.00%) UserZoom
4 3 (3.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (1.00%) InVision
5 1 (1.00%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 20 (20.00%) Figma
2 5 (5.00%) Azure
3 4 (4.00%) SaaS
4 2 (2.00%) Miro
5 1 (1.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (1.00%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 11 (11.00%) SAN
1 11 (11.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (5.00%) MySQL
1 5 (5.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.00%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 6 (6.00%) JIRA
2 2 (2.00%) Axure RP
3 1 (1.00%) Balsamiq
General
1 41 (41.00%) Social Skills
2 34 (34.00%) Public Sector
3 12 (12.00%) Presentation Skills
4 11 (11.00%) Finance
5 8 (8.00%) Analytical Skills
6 5 (5.00%) Publishing
7 2 (2.00%) Banking
7 2 (2.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 2 (2.00%) Law
7 2 (2.00%) Military
7 2 (2.00%) Police
8 1 (1.00%) Games
8 1 (1.00%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 42 (42.00%) Designer
2 19 (19.00%) User Researcher
3 16 (16.00%) Developer
4 12 (12.00%) Interaction Designer
5 11 (11.00%) Python Developer
6 10 (10.00%) Senior
6 10 (10.00%) Service Designer
7 9 (9.00%) UX Designer
8 8 (8.00%) Content Designer
9 6 (6.00%) Architect
9 6 (6.00%) Lead
10 5 (5.00%) .NET Developer
10 5 (5.00%) Analyst
11 4 (4.00%) Backend Developer
11 4 (4.00%) Business Analyst
12 3 (3.00%) Project Manager
12 3 (3.00%) Senior User Researcher
12 3 (3.00%) Technical Leader
13 2 (2.00%) Senior Developer
13 2 (2.00%) Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (7.00%) CSS
1 7 (7.00%) HTML
1 7 (7.00%) React
2 6 (6.00%) AngularJS
3 5 (5.00%) .NET
3 5 (5.00%) RESTful
3 5 (5.00%) Vue
4 2 (2.00%) OAuth
5 1 (1.00%) SwiftUI
5 1 (1.00%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.00%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.00%) NHS
3 2 (2.00%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.00%) BYOD
4 1 (1.00%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 11 (11.00%) Debian
1 11 (11.00%) Linux
1 11 (11.00%) Ubuntu
2 3 (3.00%) Android
3 2 (2.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (52.00%) Agile
2 42 (42.00%) User Research
3 35 (35.00%) User Experience
4 31 (31.00%) Prototyping
5 25 (25.00%) Usability Testing
6 21 (21.00%) UX Design
7 20 (20.00%) Interaction Design
8 18 (18.00%) Wireframes
9 16 (16.00%) Service Design
10 14 (14.00%) Problem-Solving
11 12 (12.00%) Customer Service
12 11 (11.00%) Actionable Insight
12 11 (11.00%) Configuration Management
12 11 (11.00%) Continuous Improvement
12 11 (11.00%) Data Engineering
12 11 (11.00%) Data Modelling
12 11 (11.00%) ITIL
12 11 (11.00%) Matrix Organization
12 11 (11.00%) Workshop Facilitation
13 10 (10.00%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 13 (13.00%) Python
2 6 (6.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 34 (34.00%) Security Cleared
2 33 (33.00%) SC Cleared
3 14 (14.00%) Degree
4 11 (11.00%) DV Cleared
5 5 (5.00%) BPSS Clearance
5 5 (5.00%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (34.00%) Accessibility
2 10 (10.00%) QA
3 8 (8.00%) WCAG
4 4 (4.00%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.00%) Disclosure Scotland
5 1 (1.00%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (2.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 12 (12.00%) Adobe
2 11 (11.00%) Microsoft
2 11 (11.00%) Red Hat
2 11 (11.00%) VMware
3 2 (2.00%) Civica
4 1 (1.00%) Aprimo