User-Centered Design (UCD) Jobs in the North West

User-Centered Design (UCD)
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 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 210 263 272
Rank change year-on-year +53 +9 -43
Permanent jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 88 30 65
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.82% 0.41% 0.68%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.02% 0.43% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 47 20 26
10th Percentile £40,988 £32,850 -
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £38,037
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,965 £62,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.26% +30.21% -4.00%
75th Percentile £61,470 £80,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £70,000 £87,500 £76,250
England median annual salary £57,965 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -7.26% +4.17% +9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North 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 permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,616 7,048 9,188
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 80.75% 95.36% 95.48%
Number of salaries quoted 6,399 3,818 5,301
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £38,947
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 £81,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

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

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the North West

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in the North West over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Salary histogram for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the North West

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Locations in the North West

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 North West region 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +43 58 £57,965 -9.43% 11
Merseyside - 14 £58,035 - 1
Lancashire - 13 £57,965 - 1
Cheshire -12 3 £27,500 +22.22% 1
User-Centered Design (UCD)
England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North 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 6 (6.82%) Confluence
Applications
1 16 (18.18%) Sketch
2 4 (4.55%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (4.55%) MS Visio
2 4 (4.55%) Photoshop
2 4 (4.55%) Trello
3 3 (3.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 3 (3.41%) InDesign
4 2 (2.27%) Adobe XD
4 2 (2.27%) InVision
4 2 (2.27%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 20 (22.73%) Figma
2 14 (15.91%) Miro
3 13 (14.77%) Heroku
4 3 (3.41%) Azure
5 2 (2.27%) Google Analytics
5 2 (2.27%) SaaS
6 1 (1.14%) AWS
6 1 (1.14%) dbt
6 1 (1.14%) GCP
6 1 (1.14%) Pendo
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.27%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 7 (7.95%) JIRA
2 2 (2.27%) Axure RP
General
1 32 (36.36%) Public Sector
2 16 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 9 (10.23%) Finance
4 5 (5.68%) Retail
5 4 (4.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.41%) Marketing
7 2 (2.27%) Legal
8 1 (1.14%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.14%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 47 (53.41%) Designer
2 36 (40.91%) Senior
3 18 (20.45%) Interaction Designer
4 14 (15.91%) Senior Designer
5 11 (12.50%) User Researcher
6 10 (11.36%) UX Designer
7 9 (10.23%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
7 9 (10.23%) Service Designer
8 8 (9.09%) Senior UI Designer
8 8 (9.09%) Senior UI/UX Designer
8 8 (9.09%) Senior UX Designer
8 8 (9.09%) UI Designer
8 8 (9.09%) UI/UX Designer
9 7 (7.95%) Product Designer
10 6 (6.82%) Senior Interaction Designer
10 6 (6.82%) Senior User Researcher
11 4 (4.55%) Analyst
11 4 (4.55%) Business Analyst
11 4 (4.55%) Consultant
11 4 (4.55%) User Experience Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (14.77%) HTML
2 5 (5.68%) CSS
3 1 (1.14%) Framer.js
3 1 (1.14%) React
Miscellaneous
1 7 (7.95%) Product Ownership
2 3 (3.41%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.27%) Taxonomies
4 1 (1.14%) Public Cloud
4 1 (1.14%) Social Media
4 1 (1.14%) Tandem
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (48.86%) User Experience
2 39 (44.32%) Agile
3 37 (42.05%) User Research
4 36 (40.91%) Prototyping
5 32 (36.36%) Coaching
6 26 (29.55%) Actionable Insight
6 26 (29.55%) Mentoring
7 24 (27.27%) Customer Experience
7 24 (27.27%) Interaction Design
8 23 (26.14%) UX Design
9 20 (22.73%) Design Patterns
9 20 (22.73%) Workshop Facilitation
10 18 (20.45%) Digital Customer Experience
10 18 (20.45%) Service Design
11 17 (19.32%) Problem-Solving
12 16 (18.18%) Analytics
13 15 (17.05%) Stakeholder Management
14 13 (14.77%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
14 13 (14.77%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
15 10 (11.36%) Qualitative Research
Programming Languages
1 6 (6.82%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 30 (34.09%) Security Cleared
2 26 (29.55%) SC Cleared
3 7 (7.95%) Degree
4 3 (3.41%) DV Cleared
5 1 (1.14%) BC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (54.55%) Accessibility
2 29 (32.95%) WCAG
3 2 (2.27%) PMO
4 1 (1.14%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 5 (5.68%) Adobe
2 3 (3.41%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.27%) Cadence
3 2 (2.27%) Google
4 1 (1.14%) Hotjar