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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 356 | 363 | 284 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +7 | -79 | +26 |
| Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) | 230 | 361 | 847 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.53% | 0.64% | 0.97% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.62% | 0.72% | 1.07% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 159 | 269 | 605 |
| 10th Percentile | £363 | £388 | £404 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £450 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £543 | £525 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -7.83% | +3.33% | +10.99% |
| 75th Percentile | £575 | £625 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £675 | £638 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £475 | £509 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -6.59% | +19.65% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £33.00 |
| 25th Percentile | £41.51 | £46.25 | £45.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £41.68 | £47.50 | £65.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.26% | -26.92% | +73.33% |
| 75th Percentile | £41.84 | £48.75 | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | £25.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -15.60% |
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 | 36,802 | 50,277 | 79,372 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 85.47% | 89.69% | 90.61% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23,632 | 34,811 | 55,790 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £345 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £438 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £538 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +2.33% | +7.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £644 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +2.56% | +9.18% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,530 | 1,673 | 1,868 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £10.63 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £15.72 | £15.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.50 | £36.25 | £25.68 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +0.69% | +41.16% | +9.74% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.75 | £65.00 | £50.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £38.12 | £35.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +8.91% | +75.00% | -4.76% |
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 1 June 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 15 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 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -16 | 150 | £533 | -3.18% | 93 |
| Work from Home | +55 | 102 | £520 | -5.45% | 44 |
| UK excluding London | -1 | 101 | £475 | - | 49 |
| London | +20 | 75 | £540 | -6.90% | 43 |
| North of England | +7 | 43 | £375 | -28.57% | 20 |
| Scotland | +11 | 31 | £425 | -10.53% | 6 |
| North West | +26 | 24 | £375 | -18.92% | 14 |
| South East | +14 | 13 | £550 | +15.79% | 6 |
| Yorkshire | -6 | 13 | £425 | -22.73% | 5 |
| South West | +4 | 8 | £606 | +20.05% | 7 |
| Midlands | +22 | 7 | £550 | -2.22% | 9 |
| North East | +15 | 6 | £575 | +16.16% | 1 |
| East Midlands | +13 | 4 | £550 | -15.38% | 2 |
| West Midlands | +9 | 3 | £650 | +15.56% | 7 |
| Wales | +15 | 1 | - | - | 2 |
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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