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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 18 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 68 | - | 67 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | +10 |
| Contract jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the East Midlands | 0.25% | - | 0.23% |
| As % of the Processes & Methodologies category | 0.30% | - | 0.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £439 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £474 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £322 | - | £533 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | -6.92% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £591 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £627 |
| England median daily rate | £498 | £575 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -13.48% | +4.55% | +2.09% |
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 | 675 | 658 | 737 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands | 85.55% | 82.87% | 86.40% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 470 | 410 | 533 |
| 10th Percentile | £223 | £263 | £213 |
| 25th Percentile | £341 | £360 | £360 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £410 | £450 | £490 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.89% | -8.16% | +5.38% |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £575 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £626 | £625 | £700 |
| England median daily rate | £510 | £525 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.86% | -4.55% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 57 | 34 | 48 |
| 10th Percentile | £15.25 | £12.75 | £12.70 |
| 25th Percentile | £17.87 | £15.03 | £16.56 |
| Median hourly rate | £18.87 | £17.66 | £27.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.85% | -35.78% | +48.65% |
| 75th Percentile | £25.15 | £41.61 | £53.75 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £50.00 | £70.00 |
| England median hourly rate | £25.15 | £43.00 | £43.90 |
| % change year-on-year | -41.51% | -2.05% | +51.38% |
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.
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).
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 18 September 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 | - | 1 | £322 | - | 3 |
| Nottinghamshire | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| User-Centered Design (UCD) England |
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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: