Human-Centred Design
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Human-Centred Design skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Human-Centred Design over the 6 months to 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 849 915 952
Rank change year-on-year +66 +37 -45
Permanent jobs citing Human-Centred Design 35 60 295
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.035% 0.060% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.041% 0.063% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 13 12 82
10th Percentile £46,000 £52,875 £42,750
25th Percentile £53,750 £57,188 £49,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £67,500 £61,069
Median % change year-on-year -14.81% +10.53% +3.95%
75th Percentile £74,230 £100,375 £74,688
90th Percentile £100,846 £109,150 £78,625
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £100,000 £50,600
% change year-on-year -42.50% +97.63% +6.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Human-Centred Design 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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,108 95,066 155,930
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.18% 95.58% 95.78%
Number of salaries quoted 59,794 56,135 83,138
10th Percentile £29,071 £34,000 £33,645
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%

Human-Centred Design
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Human-Centred Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Human-Centred Design in the UK

Human-Centred Design
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Human-Centred Design.

Salary trend for Human-Centred Design in the UK

Human-Centred Design
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Human-Centred Design over the 6 months to 20 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Human-Centred Design in the UK

Human-Centred Design
Top 12 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Human-Centred Design within the UK over the 6 months to 20 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
England +80 35 £57,500 -14.81% 17
UK excluding London -18 20 £57,500 -42.50% 9
London +104 15 £86,410 +28.01% 9
Work from Home +62 15 £67,820 +4.34% 11
South East +17 8 - - 3
Midlands -5 6 £49,000 -
East Midlands -16 4 £49,000 -
South West -20 4 £57,500 - 1
North of England +32 2 £64,250 -
West Midlands +13 2 - -
North West -4 1 £63,500 -
North East - 1 £65,000 -

Human-Centred Design
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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (11.43%) Apache Spark
2 3 (8.57%) CMS
3 1 (2.86%) Jetty
Applications
1 8 (22.86%) Spreadsheet
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (11.43%) Sketch
3 1 (2.86%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (31.43%) SaaS
2 8 (22.86%) Figma
3 4 (11.43%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 4 (11.43%) AWS
4 3 (8.57%) AWS CloudFormation
4 3 (8.57%) AWS CodeBuild
4 3 (8.57%) Azure
4 3 (8.57%) Azure DevOps
5 2 (5.71%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
6 1 (2.86%) Salesforce Service Cloud
6 1 (2.86%) SAP Fieldglass
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 3 (8.57%) Jenkins
General
1 14 (40.00%) Legal
2 12 (34.29%) Finance
3 10 (28.57%) Social Skills
4 7 (20.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 7 (20.00%) Marketing
5 5 (14.29%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (14.29%) Presentation Skills
5 5 (14.29%) Public Sector
6 3 (8.57%) Law
7 2 (5.71%) Automotive
8 1 (2.86%) Banking
8 1 (2.86%) Retail
8 1 (2.86%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 11 (31.43%) Lead
1 11 (31.43%) Product Manager
2 9 (25.71%) Senior
3 7 (20.00%) User Researcher
4 5 (14.29%) Designer
5 4 (11.43%) Consultant
5 4 (11.43%) Data Scientist
5 4 (11.43%) Lead Data Scientist
5 4 (11.43%) Research Consultant
5 4 (11.43%) Senior Consultant
5 4 (11.43%) Senior Data Scientist
5 4 (11.43%) Senior User Researcher
5 4 (11.43%) UX Designer
6 3 (8.57%) Developer
6 3 (8.57%) Lead Product Manager
6 3 (8.57%) Senior Developer
7 2 (5.71%) Applications Manager
7 2 (5.71%) Digital Product Manager
7 2 (5.71%) Mobile Product Manager
8 1 (2.86%) Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (28.57%) Web Services
2 4 (11.43%) CSS
2 4 (11.43%) HTML
3 3 (8.57%) Node.js
3 3 (8.57%) RESTful
4 1 (2.86%) AngularJS
4 1 (2.86%) Apache CXF
4 1 (2.86%) Mustache
4 1 (2.86%) React
4 1 (2.86%) Spring
4 1 (2.86%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 15 (42.86%) Algorithms
2 11 (31.43%) Data Structures
3 4 (11.43%) Product Ownership
4 3 (8.57%) Blog
4 3 (8.57%) NHS
4 3 (8.57%) Public Cloud
4 3 (8.57%) Team-Oriented Environment
5 2 (5.71%) Graphic Design
5 2 (5.71%) Management Information System
5 2 (5.71%) Mobile App
5 2 (5.71%) Robotics
6 1 (2.86%) 3D Graphics
6 1 (2.86%) Driving Licence
6 1 (2.86%) Photography
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (68.57%) User Experience
2 21 (60.00%) UX Design
3 20 (57.14%) Agile
3 20 (57.14%) Service Design
4 18 (51.43%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (42.86%) Analytics
5 15 (42.86%) Data Analysis
5 15 (42.86%) Scrum
5 15 (42.86%) Visualisation
6 14 (40.00%) Business Analytics
7 12 (34.29%) Business Development
7 12 (34.29%) DevOps
8 11 (31.43%) Data Cleansing
8 11 (31.43%) Data Management
8 11 (31.43%) Data Visualisation
8 11 (31.43%) Economics
8 11 (31.43%) ETL
8 11 (31.43%) Kanban
8 11 (31.43%) Performance Management
8 11 (31.43%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (22.86%) SQL
2 4 (11.43%) Python
3 2 (5.71%) TypeScript
4 1 (2.86%) Java
4 1 (2.86%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 19 (54.29%) Degree
2 9 (25.71%) Master's Degree
2 9 (25.71%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (8.57%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.86%) GDPR
2 1 (2.86%) QA
System Software
1 3 (8.57%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (8.57%) Kubernetes
1 3 (8.57%) Terraform
Vendors
1 5 (14.29%) Adobe
2 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
3 3 (8.57%) Atlassian
3 3 (8.57%) Salesforce
4 2 (5.71%) SAP
5 1 (2.86%) Ariba