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 27 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 569 674 788
Rank change year-on-year +105 +114 -99
Contract jobs citing Human Factors 17 33 70
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.040% 0.058% 0.079%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.046% 0.065% 0.088%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 14 35
10th Percentile - £333 £413
25th Percentile £325 £367 £497
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £501 £530
Median % change year-on-year -30.17% -5.42% +0.95%
75th Percentile £394 £580 £554
90th Percentile £433 £679 £595
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% -1.82%
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 36,645 50,890 79,933
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.73% 89.71% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,625 35,239 56,102
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £640
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £485
% change year-on-year - +3.09% +8.99%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,484 1,674 1,897
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.75 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.02 £36.40 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year -1.02% +41.73% +9.28%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.75 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.86% +75.00% -4.99%

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 27 May 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 9 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 27 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
England +95 13 £350 -38.22% 41
UK excluding London +38 11 £350 -35.19% 36
North of England +38 7 £350 -37.28% 4
North West - 6 £350 - 3
Work from Home +98 3 £350 -35.19% 14
London +92 2 £388 - 6
South East +13 2 - - 10
South West +8 2 - - 8
Yorkshire +13 1 - - 1

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 1 (5.88%) Adobe XD
1 1 (5.88%) InVision
1 1 (5.88%) Sketch
1 1 (5.88%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (5.88%) Axure RP
General
1 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (11.76%) Public Sector
1 2 (11.76%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.88%) Advertising
2 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) User Researcher
2 3 (17.65%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (11.76%) Designer
3 2 (11.76%) Service Designer
4 1 (5.88%) Senior
4 1 (5.88%) Senior User Researcher
4 1 (5.88%) User Experience Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (100.00%) Ergonomics
2 12 (70.59%) Agile
2 12 (70.59%) User Research
3 11 (64.71%) Ethnography
3 11 (64.71%) Usability Testing
3 11 (64.71%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 9 (52.94%) Actionable Insight
4 9 (52.94%) Design Persona
4 9 (52.94%) Service Design
5 8 (47.06%) User Experience
6 7 (41.18%) Data Science
6 7 (41.18%) Focus Group
6 7 (41.18%) Front End Development
6 7 (41.18%) Guerrilla Testing
6 7 (41.18%) Market Research
6 7 (41.18%) Mentoring
6 7 (41.18%) Qualitative Research
6 7 (41.18%) Quantitative Research
6 7 (41.18%) Requirements Gathering
6 7 (41.18%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) Security Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (11.76%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) DV Cleared
2 2 (11.76%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (41.18%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (17.65%) Accessibility
3 1 (5.88%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Adobe
1 1 (5.88%) EMC