User-Centered Design (UCD) Contracts in the East Midlands

User-Centered Design (UCD)
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the East Midlands requiring User-Centered Design (UCD) skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited User-Centered Design (UCD) over the 6 months leading up to 14 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 68 75
Rank change year-on-year +5 +7 +22
Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 5 1 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands 0.68% 0.12% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.79% 0.15% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 4
10th Percentile £316 - £486
25th Percentile £320 - £591
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £436 £550 £650
Median % change year-on-year -20.73% -15.38% +26.83%
75th Percentile £550 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%

All Process and 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 631 660 855
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 85.97% 78.20% 86.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 424 434 649
10th Percentile £227 £213 £213
25th Percentile £334 £340 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £411 £445 £475
Median % change year-on-year -7.58% -6.32% +5.56%
75th Percentile £500 £567 £600
90th Percentile £599 £622 £700
England median daily rate £514 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.10% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 58 58 51
10th Percentile £13.81 £11.75 £13.00
25th Percentile £15.15 £12.75 £20.11
Median hourly rate £18.87 £16.82 £35.03
Median % change year-on-year +12.22% -52.00% +62.93%
75th Percentile £25.11 £26.15 £53.75
90th Percentile £25.15 £50.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £40.00
% change year-on-year -34.02% -4.70% +53.85%

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

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

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

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

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in the East Midlands.

Daily rate trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the East Midlands

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

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 14 July 2025.

Daily rate histogram for User-Centered Design (UCD) in the East Midlands

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 14 July 2025. 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
Northamptonshire - 2 £318 -
Nottinghamshire - 1 - - 1
User-Centered Design (UCD)
England

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the East Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) SAN
1 2 (40.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (20.00%) PostgreSQL
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Designer
2 2 (40.00%) Python Developer
2 2 (40.00%) UI Designer
2 2 (40.00%) UI/UX Designer
2 2 (40.00%) UX Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Full-Stack Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Junior
3 1 (20.00%) Junior Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Junior UI/UX Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Junior UX Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Linux Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) CSS
1 2 (40.00%) HTML
2 1 (20.00%) Next.js
2 1 (20.00%) Node.js
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Debian
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
1 2 (40.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Prototyping
2 3 (60.00%) User Research
3 2 (40.00%) A/B Testing
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Analytics
3 2 (40.00%) Configuration Management
3 2 (40.00%) Content Strategy
3 2 (40.00%) Contextual Inquiry
3 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
3 2 (40.00%) Data Engineering
3 2 (40.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (40.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
3 2 (40.00%) Interaction Design
3 2 (40.00%) ITIL
3 2 (40.00%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
3 2 (40.00%) Matrix Organization
3 2 (40.00%) Project Management
3 2 (40.00%) Typography
3 2 (40.00%) User Experience
3 2 (40.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (40.00%) Python
2 1 (20.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) DV Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Adobe
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (40.00%) Red Hat
1 2 (40.00%) VMware