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 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 127 171
Rank change year-on-year -5 +44 0
Permanent jobs citing User-Centered Design (UCD) 4 16 13
As % of all permanent jobs in Central London 0.14% 0.83% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.17% 0.86% 0.43%
Number of salaries quoted 0 16 3
10th Percentile - - £56,752
25th Percentile - £47,500 £58,780
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £50,000 £66,690
Median % change year-on-year - -25.03% -16.64%
75th Percentile - £70,000 £100,609
90th Percentile - £83,750 £118,244
London median annual salary £66,250 £52,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +26.19% -19.23% -13.33%

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 2,348 1,850 3,038
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Central London 82.24% 95.85% 93.74%
Number of salaries quoted 1,683 1,474 1,963
10th Percentile £45,000 £40,747 £43,750
25th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £80,000 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% - +3.45%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £105,000 £120,000 £114,750
London median annual salary £75,000 £75,000 £75,000

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 8 October 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 -14 4 - - 16
City of Westminster - 4 - - 3
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 4 (100.00%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Adobe Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Contentsquare
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) Broadband
General
1 4 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Lead
2 3 (75.00%) User Experience Researcher
2 3 (75.00%) User Researcher
3 1 (25.00%) Digital User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Behavioural Analytics
1 4 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 4 (100.00%) Diary Studies
1 4 (100.00%) Digital Customer Experience
1 4 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 4 (100.00%) Product Roadmap
1 4 (100.00%) Qualitative Research
1 4 (100.00%) Quantitative Research
1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 4 (100.00%) Storytelling
1 4 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 4 (100.00%) User Research
2 3 (75.00%) User Experience
2 3 (75.00%) UX Research
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Adobe