Human Factors Contracts in England

Human Factors
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Human Factors skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Human Factors over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 527 639 765
Rank change year-on-year +112 +126 -169
Contract jobs citing Human Factors 14 22 34
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.038% 0.044% 0.048%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.044% 0.049% 0.053%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 7 23
10th Percentile - £415 -
25th Percentile £325 £549 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £575 £540
Median % change year-on-year -39.13% +6.48% +2.86%
75th Percentile £413 £750 £588
90th Percentile £425 £910 £645
UK median daily rate £400 £501 £538
% change year-on-year -20.20% -6.74% +4.88%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 4
10th Percentile - £58.43 £25.80
25th Percentile £52.50 £59.44 £40.88
Median hourly rate £55.00 £72.40 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -24.03% +34.07% +68.75%
75th Percentile £57.50 £84.85 £65.30
90th Percentile - £84.94 £77.10
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £72.40 £54.00
% change year-on-year -24.03% +34.07% +68.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Human Factors is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,929 45,052 64,584
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.59% 90.19% 90.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,948 31,615 45,896
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.04%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £763 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,243 1,590 1,753
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.99 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.33 £36.40 £24.35
Median % change year-on-year -0.18% +49.47% +3.62%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK median hourly rate £35.95 £35.80 £25.00
% change year-on-year +0.42% +43.20% +2.04%

Human Factors
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Human Factors as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Human Factors in England

Human Factors
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Human Factors in England.

Daily rate trend for Human Factors in England

Human Factors
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Human Factors in England.

Hourly rate trend for Human Factors in England

Human Factors
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Human Factors within the England region over the 6 months to 5 May 2024. 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
North of England +35 8 £350 -37.28% 9
North West - 6 £350 - 8
London +113 4 £425 - 5
South West +23 2 - - 11
Yorkshire +17 2 £400 -28.32% 1
Human Factors
UK

Human Factors
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (21.43%) Adobe XD
1 3 (21.43%) InVision
1 3 (21.43%) Sketch
1 3 (21.43%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 3 (21.43%) Figma
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) Axure RP
General
1 1 (7.14%) Advertising
1 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
1 1 (7.14%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) User Researcher
2 3 (21.43%) Designer
2 3 (21.43%) Service Designer
3 1 (7.14%) Senior
3 1 (7.14%) Senior User Researcher
3 1 (7.14%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (7.14%) User Experience Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Ergonomics
2 12 (85.71%) Agile
3 11 (78.57%) Usability Testing
3 11 (78.57%) User Research
4 10 (71.43%) Ethnography
4 10 (71.43%) Service Design
4 10 (71.43%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 8 (57.14%) User Experience
6 7 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
6 7 (50.00%) Data Science
6 7 (50.00%) Design Persona
6 7 (50.00%) Focus Group
6 7 (50.00%) Front End Development
6 7 (50.00%) Guerrilla Testing
6 7 (50.00%) Market Research
6 7 (50.00%) Mentoring
6 7 (50.00%) Qualitative Research
6 7 (50.00%) Quantitative Research
6 7 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
6 7 (50.00%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) Degree
1 2 (14.29%) DV Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) SC Cleared
1 2 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (50.00%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (21.43%) Accessibility
2 3 (21.43%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Adobe
2 1 (7.14%) EMC