User-Centered Design (UCD) Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

User-Centered Design (UCD)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring User-Centered Design (UCD) skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 79 44 55
Rank change year-on-year -35 +11 +24
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 1 5 6
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 0.099% 0.93% 0.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 1.08% 0.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 5
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £581 £356 £550
Median % change year-on-year +63.20% -35.27% -2.22%
England median daily rate £475 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -9.52% - -7.69%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

User-Centered Design (UCD) falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 844 465 617
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 83.56% 86.92% 79.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 463 302 423
10th Percentile £199 £200 £190
25th Percentile £360 £318 £281
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 £425 £419
Median % change year-on-year +5.18% +1.43% -6.89%
75th Percentile £545 £517 £550
90th Percentile £625 £588 £650
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 22 65
10th Percentile £13.84 £13.89 £11.85
25th Percentile £16.35 £16.33 £14.00
Median hourly rate £18.87 £22.05 £17.71
Median % change year-on-year -14.40% +24.48% +5.23%
75th Percentile £24.86 £24.54 £26.50
90th Percentile £25.77 £33.55 £51.50
England median hourly rate £30.00 £34.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -13.04% +6.15% -8.84%

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing User-Centered Design (UCD) relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands.

User-Centered Design (UCD) job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing User-Centered Design (UCD).

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing User-Centered Design (UCD)

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 East Midlands region over the 6 months to 10 March 2026. 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
Lincolnshire - 1 £581 - 5
User-Centered Design (UCD)
England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Designer
1 1 (100.00%) Service Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Co-Creation
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusive Design
1 1 (100.00%) Information Security
1 1 (100.00%) Journey Map
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Service Design
1 1 (100.00%) Strategic Roadmap
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility