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 permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 157 181
Rank change year-on-year +16 +24 +38
Permanent jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 16 17 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.50% 0.59% 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.58% 0.61% 0.16%
Number of salaries quoted 14 2 5
10th Percentile - £54,000 £54,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £63,750 £60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £87,500 £85,000
Median % change year-on-year -42.86% +2.94% +30.77%
75th Percentile £52,500 £116,250 £107,500
90th Percentile £53,375 £129,000 £109,000
London median annual salary £52,500 £67,869 £60,000
% change year-on-year -22.64% +13.11% -7.69%

All Process & 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 2,755 2,787 3,160
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 85.64% 96.14% 92.91%
Number of salaries quoted 1,964 1,737 2,737
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,000 £40,000
25th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - -
75th Percentile £100,000 £97,500 £96,250
90th Percentile £109,625 £118,750 £115,000
London median annual salary £75,000 £76,000 £72,500
% change year-on-year -1.32% +4.83% -3.33%

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

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

User-Centered Design (UCD) job vacancy trend 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)
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 5 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
City of London +4 15 £50,000 -42.86% 21
City of Westminster - 2 - - 13
West End of London - 1 - - 1
User-Centered Design (UCD)
London

User-Centered Design (UCD)
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Central London 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:

Applications
1 1 (6.25%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 2 (12.50%) ClickUp
1 2 (12.50%) Figma
2 1 (6.25%) Adobe Analytics
2 1 (6.25%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.25%) Broadband
Development Applications
1 2 (12.50%) JIRA
General
1 12 (75.00%) Law
2 1 (6.25%) Games
2 1 (6.25%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) User Researcher
2 7 (43.75%) Designer
3 5 (31.25%) Consultant
3 5 (31.25%) Service Designer
4 2 (12.50%) UI Designer
4 2 (12.50%) UI/UX Designer
4 2 (12.50%) UX Designer
5 1 (6.25%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Digital User Researcher
5 1 (6.25%) Lead
5 1 (6.25%) Service Delivery Manager
5 1 (6.25%) Service Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) CSS
1 2 (12.50%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (37.50%) Product Ownership
2 1 (6.25%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Agile
2 15 (93.75%) User Experience
2 15 (93.75%) User Research
3 13 (81.25%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (75.00%) Critical Thinking
4 12 (75.00%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (56.25%) Analytics
6 8 (50.00%) Diary Studies
6 8 (50.00%) Scrum
6 8 (50.00%) Storytelling
6 8 (50.00%) UX Design
7 7 (43.75%) Actionable Insight
7 7 (43.75%) UX Research
8 5 (31.25%) Design Sprint
8 5 (31.25%) Design Thinking
8 5 (31.25%) Ideation Sessions
8 5 (31.25%) Inclusive Design
8 5 (31.25%) Service Design
8 5 (31.25%) User Stories
8 5 (31.25%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.25%) C
Qualifications
1 12 (75.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
3 1 (6.25%) PMI Certification
3 1 (6.25%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (37.50%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Hotjar
2 1 (6.25%) Adobe