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 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 | 343 | 373 | 278 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +30 | -95 | +34 |
| Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) | 236 | 342 | 868 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.55% | 0.60% | 0.99% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.65% | 0.67% | 1.09% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 169 | 253 | 614 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £389 | £400 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £456 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £550 | £518 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +6.28% | +9.41% |
| 75th Percentile | £573 | £619 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £638 | £675 | £628 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £475 | £494 | £504 |
| % change year-on-year | -3.80% | -1.94% | +18.47% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £21.85 |
| 25th Percentile | £41.51 | £46.25 | £23.88 |
| Median hourly rate | £41.68 | £47.50 | £45.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -12.26% | +5.56% | +20.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £41.84 | £48.75 | £65.00 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | - | - | £23.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | - | -22.35% |
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 | 36,537 | 50,741 | 79,365 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 85.91% | 89.71% | 90.64% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 23,555 | 35,132 | 55,704 |
| 10th Percentile | £300 | £325 | £345 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £439 | £431 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £535 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | +2.80% | +8.08% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £638 |
| 90th Percentile | £750 | £750 | £738 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £500 | £500 | £483 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +3.63% | +9.66% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2,471 | 1,680 | 1,899 |
| 10th Percentile | £12.75 | £10.63 | £12.50 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.00 | £15.74 | £15.50 |
| Median hourly rate | £36.00 | £36.00 | £25.68 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +40.19% | +7.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £60.00 | £65.00 | £49.56 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £75.00 | £65.00 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £37.75 | £35.00 | £20.00 |
| % change year-on-year | +7.86% | +75.00% | -4.99% |
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 23 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 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 Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | +18 | 156 | £525 | -4.55% | 101 |
| Work from Home | +65 | 101 | £520 | -5.45% | 56 |
| UK excluding London | +22 | 99 | £475 | -3.80% | 61 |
| London | +34 | 80 | £525 | -9.48% | 42 |
| North of England | +19 | 42 | £400 | -25.93% | 36 |
| Scotland | +13 | 29 | £425 | -10.53% | 6 |
| North West | +33 | 24 | £375 | -6.25% | 19 |
| South East | +24 | 14 | £550 | -14.73% | 3 |
| Yorkshire | -3 | 13 | £425 | -22.73% | 11 |
| Midlands | +34 | 8 | £550 | -2.22% | 7 |
| South West | +11 | 8 | £606 | +20.05% | 7 |
| East Midlands | +18 | 5 | £550 | -15.38% | 2 |
| North East | +14 | 5 | £575 | +16.16% | 7 |
| West Midlands | +12 | 3 | £650 | +15.56% | 5 |
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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