User-Centered Design (UCD) Jobs in England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for User-Centered Design (UCD) skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited User-Centered Design (UCD) over the 6 months to 23 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 476 536 445
Rank change year-on-year +60 -91 +124
Permanent jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 389 437 1,137
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.45% 0.50% 0.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.52% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 241 246 326
10th Percentile £40,988 £41,250 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £65,603 £80,000 £72,696
90th Percentile £73,750 £87,500 £82,500
UK median annual salary £57,965 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.39% - +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 73,974 83,734 131,985
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.66% 95.60% 95.89%
Number of salaries quoted 54,131 49,663 73,196
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,324 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,125 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,000 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in England.

Salary trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in England over the 6 months to 23 May 2024.

Salary histogram for User-Centered Design (UCD) in England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) within the England region over the 6 months to 23 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +141 167 £57,965 -7.26% 35
North West +54 84 £57,965 -10.82% 20
London -2 80 £57,500 -11.54% 56
Yorkshire +115 57 £57,965 +5.39% 9
South West +10 49 £60,000 +9.09% 7
Midlands +8 47 £57,965 +5.39% 8
South East +2 31 £31,750 -52.96% 18
West Midlands +12 29 £58,800 +6.91% 5
North East +12 26 £57,965 +21.59% 7
East Midlands +7 18 £38,750 - 3
East of England -29 13 £46,110 -26.22% 1
User-Centered Design (UCD)
UK

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 21 (5.40%) Confluence
2 7 (1.80%) Microsoft Exchange
2 7 (1.80%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.77%) WordPress
Applications
1 57 (14.65%) Sketch
2 37 (9.51%) Adobe XD
3 15 (3.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 15 (3.86%) Trello
4 14 (3.60%) MS Visio
5 10 (2.57%) Photoshop
6 9 (2.31%) Adobe Illustrator
7 8 (2.06%) InDesign
8 6 (1.54%) Microsoft Office
9 4 (1.03%) InVision
10 2 (0.51%) Adobe After Effects
10 2 (0.51%) Final Cut Pro
10 2 (0.51%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 3 (0.77%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 72 (18.51%) Figma
2 48 (12.34%) Miro
3 33 (8.48%) Azure
3 33 (8.48%) Heroku
4 26 (6.68%) AWS
5 16 (4.11%) SaaS
6 13 (3.34%) Power Platform
7 10 (2.57%) PaaS
8 8 (2.06%) Azure Stack
8 8 (2.06%) IaaS
9 7 (1.80%) Google Analytics
9 7 (1.80%) Microsoft 365
9 7 (1.80%) PowerApps
10 6 (1.54%) SurveyMonkey
11 5 (1.29%) Stripe
12 4 (1.03%) dbt
12 4 (1.03%) WhatsApp
13 3 (0.77%) GCP
14 2 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 1 (0.26%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 7 (1.80%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (2.06%) Tableau
2 7 (1.80%) Relational Database
3 6 (1.54%) Big Data
3 6 (1.54%) Power BI
3 6 (1.54%) Snowflake Schema
3 6 (1.54%) Star Schema
4 2 (0.51%) Metadata
4 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 2 (0.51%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 33 (8.48%) JIRA
2 18 (4.63%) Axure RP
3 13 (3.34%) Balsamiq
4 1 (0.26%) Git
4 1 (0.26%) Visual Studio
General
1 92 (23.65%) Public Sector
2 80 (20.57%) Social Skills
3 42 (10.80%) Marketing
4 40 (10.28%) Finance
5 37 (9.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 34 (8.74%) Presentation Skills
7 24 (6.17%) Analytical Skills
8 19 (4.88%) Legal
9 16 (4.11%) Retail
10 12 (3.08%) Banking
11 10 (2.57%) Law
12 9 (2.31%) Games
13 8 (2.06%) Investment Banking
13 8 (2.06%) Manufacturing
13 8 (2.06%) Pharmaceutical
14 6 (1.54%) Social Science
15 4 (1.03%) Publishing
16 2 (0.51%) iGaming
16 2 (0.51%) Influencing Skills
16 2 (0.51%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 160 (41.13%) Senior
2 159 (40.87%) Designer
3 63 (16.20%) UX Designer
4 59 (15.17%) Senior Designer
5 48 (12.34%) UI Designer
6 47 (12.08%) Interaction Designer
7 44 (11.31%) UI/UX Designer
8 39 (10.03%) User Researcher
9 31 (7.97%) Senior UI Designer
10 28 (7.20%) Lead
10 28 (7.20%) Senior Manager
10 28 (7.20%) Senior UI/UX Designer
10 28 (7.20%) Senior UX Designer
11 27 (6.94%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
12 26 (6.68%) Senior User Researcher
13 24 (6.17%) Service Designer
14 22 (5.66%) Analyst
15 21 (5.40%) Business Analyst
16 20 (5.14%) Consultant
16 20 (5.14%) User Experience Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (17.48%) HTML
2 39 (10.03%) CSS
3 14 (3.60%) React
4 5 (1.29%) .NET
5 4 (1.03%) RESTful
6 3 (0.77%) .NET Core
6 3 (0.77%) AngularJS
6 3 (0.77%) ASP.NET
6 3 (0.77%) jQuery
6 3 (0.77%) Vue
7 2 (0.51%) Blazor
8 1 (0.26%) ASP.NET Web API
8 1 (0.26%) Django
8 1 (0.26%) Flask
8 1 (0.26%) Node.js
8 1 (0.26%) OpenAPI
8 1 (0.26%) REST
8 1 (0.26%) SVG
8 1 (0.26%) Swagger
Miscellaneous
1 70 (17.99%) Product Ownership
2 19 (4.88%) Onboarding
3 10 (2.57%) Cloud Native
4 7 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (1.80%) Biopharmaceutical
4 7 (1.80%) Mobile App
4 7 (1.80%) Social Media
5 4 (1.03%) Graphic Design
5 4 (1.03%) Life Science
6 3 (0.77%) Public Cloud
6 3 (0.77%) Robotics
6 3 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
7 2 (0.51%) Animation
7 2 (0.51%) Digital Signage
7 2 (0.51%) Driving Licence
7 2 (0.51%) NHS
7 2 (0.51%) Photography
7 2 (0.51%) PMI
7 2 (0.51%) Taxonomies
8 1 (0.26%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 187 (48.07%) Agile
2 172 (44.22%) User Experience
3 159 (40.87%) User Research
4 123 (31.62%) Coaching
5 122 (31.36%) Prototyping
6 120 (30.85%) UX Design
7 102 (26.22%) Actionable Insight
8 101 (25.96%) Mentoring
9 80 (20.57%) Problem-Solving
9 80 (20.57%) Workshop Facilitation
10 78 (20.05%) Customer Experience
11 77 (19.79%) Interaction Design
12 72 (18.51%) Design Patterns
13 71 (18.25%) Service Design
14 65 (16.71%) Analytics
14 65 (16.71%) Wireframes
15 63 (16.20%) Digital Customer Experience
16 60 (15.42%) Usability Testing
17 55 (14.14%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
17 55 (14.14%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 40 (10.28%) JavaScript
2 11 (2.83%) SQL
3 7 (1.80%) Python
3 7 (1.80%) T-SQL
4 6 (1.54%) C#
4 6 (1.54%) R
5 3 (0.77%) Scala
6 1 (0.26%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 113 (29.05%) Security Cleared
2 93 (23.91%) SC Cleared
3 72 (18.51%) Degree
4 20 (5.14%) Microsoft Certification
5 18 (4.63%) Master's Degree
6 9 (2.31%) BPSS Clearance
7 7 (1.80%) Azure Certification
8 6 (1.54%) IIBA
9 5 (1.29%) DV Cleared
10 3 (0.77%) PMI Certification
11 2 (0.51%) MBA
12 1 (0.26%) DBS Check
12 1 (0.26%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 179 (46.02%) Accessibility
2 106 (27.25%) WCAG
3 9 (2.31%) QA
4 7 (1.80%) PMO
5 4 (1.03%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 44 (11.31%) Adobe
2 37 (9.51%) Microsoft
3 9 (2.31%) Google
4 7 (1.80%) Cadence
5 6 (1.54%) Qualtrics
6 4 (1.03%) Salesforce
7 3 (0.77%) Mercator
8 1 (0.26%) Databricks
8 1 (0.26%) DevExpress
8 1 (0.26%) Hotjar
8 1 (0.26%) SAP
8 1 (0.26%) Xamarin