User-Centered Design (UCD) Job Trends in Central London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Central London requiring User-Centered Design (UCD) skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 128 170 178
Rank change year-on-year +42 +8 +27
Permanent jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 14 13 19
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 0.70% 0.40% 0.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.43% 0.54%
Number of salaries quoted 14 4 18
10th Percentile - - £49,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £55,400 £53,602
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,745 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.36% -21.57% +28.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £85,914 £95,000
90th Percentile £89,250 £112,366 £114,125
London median annual salary £52,500 £59,430 £72,500
% change year-on-year -11.66% -18.03% +11.54%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

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 permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,917 3,053 3,536
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 96.04% 93.22% 94.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,515 2,048 3,181
10th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,250
25th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £73,000 £74,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.74% -1.35% +2.07%
75th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £120,000 £112,500 £115,000
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000
% change year-on-year - - +7.14%

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

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

Job vacancy trend for User-Centered Design (UCD) in Central London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Salary Trend in Central London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing User-Centered Design (UCD).

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing User-Centered Design (UCD)

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Salary Histogram in Central London

Salary distribution for jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) in Central London over the 6 months to 17 September 2025.

Salary histogram for User-Centered Design (UCD) in Central London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) within the Central London region over the 6 months to 17 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +42 14 £57,500 -8.36% 40
User-Centered Design (UCD)
London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 5 (35.71%) Adobe XD
1 5 (35.71%) InVision
1 5 (35.71%) Sketch
Cloud Services
1 5 (35.71%) Figma
2 2 (14.29%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Axure RP
General
1 12 (85.71%) Law
2 5 (35.71%) Public Sector
3 1 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (7.14%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 12 (85.71%) Consultant
2 8 (57.14%) Designer
3 7 (50.00%) Service Designer
4 5 (35.71%) Developer
4 5 (35.71%) User Experience Consultant
4 5 (35.71%) UX Developer
5 1 (7.14%) Lead
5 1 (7.14%) Lead Designer
5 1 (7.14%) Lead Product Designer
5 1 (7.14%) Product Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (35.71%) CSS
1 5 (35.71%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.14%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.14%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Agile
2 13 (92.86%) User Experience
2 13 (92.86%) User Research
3 12 (85.71%) Inclusive Design
3 12 (85.71%) User Stories
3 12 (85.71%) Workshop Facilitation
4 8 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (57.14%) UX Design
5 7 (50.00%) Critical Thinking
5 7 (50.00%) Design Sprint
5 7 (50.00%) Design Thinking
5 7 (50.00%) Ideation Sessions
5 7 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (50.00%) Scrum
5 7 (50.00%) Service Design
5 7 (50.00%) UX Research
6 6 (42.86%) Prototyping
7 5 (35.71%) Wireframes
8 2 (14.29%) Analytics
9 1 (7.14%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 12 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 9 (64.29%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (85.71%) Accessibility
2 5 (35.71%) WCAG
Vendors
1 5 (35.71%) Adobe