Human Factors Contracts

Human Factors
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 572 685 781
Rank change year-on-year +113 +96 -128
Contract jobs citing Human Factors 22 31 74
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.051% 0.052% 0.083%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.059% 0.058% 0.092%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 14 39
10th Percentile - £333 £433
25th Percentile £325 £367 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £501 £530
Median % change year-on-year -20.20% -5.42% +3.41%
75th Percentile £425 £580 £566
90th Percentile - £810 £605
UK excluding London median daily rate £350 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -35.19% +2.86% +5.00%
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 excluding London median hourly rate £55.00 £72.40 -
% change year-on-year -24.03% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,383 53,667 80,409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.90% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,097 37,244 56,431
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,426 1,746 1,925
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.13% +80.00% -8.51%

Human Factors
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Human Factors in the UK

Human Factors
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Human Factors in the UK

Human Factors
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Human Factors over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Human Factors in the UK

Human Factors
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Human Factors in the UK

Human Factors
Top 8 Contract Locations

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 UK over the 6 months to 28 April 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
England +112 16 £350 -39.13% 41
UK excluding London +57 12 £350 -35.19% 36
North of England +38 10 £350 -37.28% 9
North West - 6 £350 - 7
London +107 4 £425 - 5
Yorkshire +23 4 £425 -23.84% 2
Work from Home +107 3 £350 -35.19% 8
South West +15 2 - - 9

Human Factors
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 (22.73%) Adobe XD
1 5 (22.73%) InVision
1 5 (22.73%) Sketch
1 5 (22.73%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 5 (22.73%) Figma
Development Applications
1 5 (22.73%) Axure RP
General
1 5 (22.73%) Public Sector
2 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (9.09%) Social Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Advertising
3 1 (4.55%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 12 (54.55%) User Researcher
2 6 (27.27%) Designer
2 6 (27.27%) Service Designer
3 4 (18.18%) Senior
3 4 (18.18%) Senior User Researcher
4 1 (4.55%) Systems Engineer
4 1 (4.55%) User Experience Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Ergonomics
2 19 (86.36%) Agile
2 19 (86.36%) User Research
3 18 (81.82%) Ethnography
3 18 (81.82%) Usability Testing
3 18 (81.82%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 16 (72.73%) Service Design
5 12 (54.55%) Actionable Insight
5 12 (54.55%) Design Persona
6 11 (50.00%) User Experience
7 10 (45.45%) Data Science
7 10 (45.45%) Focus Group
7 10 (45.45%) Front End Development
7 10 (45.45%) Guerrilla Testing
7 10 (45.45%) Market Research
7 10 (45.45%) Mentoring
7 10 (45.45%) Qualitative Research
7 10 (45.45%) Quantitative Research
7 10 (45.45%) Requirements Gathering
7 10 (45.45%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Degree
2 3 (13.64%) Security Cleared
3 2 (9.09%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (9.09%) DV Cleared
3 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (45.45%) Actionable Recommendations
2 7 (31.82%) Accessibility
3 5 (22.73%) WCAG
Vendors
1 5 (22.73%) Adobe
2 1 (4.55%) EMC