Psychology Contract Job Trends in Central London

Psychology
London > Central London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Central London requiring Psychology skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 124 129 154
Rank change year-on-year +5 +25 +49
Contract jobs citing Psychology 4 1 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.21% 0.043% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.047% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 5
10th Percentile £381 - £514
25th Percentile £416 £556 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £525
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £525 £569 -
90th Percentile - - £540
London median daily rate £425 £503 £525
% change year-on-year -15.55% -4.14% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

Psychology falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Central London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,820 2,138 2,901
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 93.72% 91.96% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,220 1,377 2,014
10th Percentile £316 £363 £357
25th Percentile £418 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £775 £787 £813
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 31 26 17
10th Percentile £18.87 £17.25 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.25 £23.69 £16.61
Median hourly rate £28.50 £35.00 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.57% +34.62% -38.82%
75th Percentile £50.75 £42.13 £42.32
90th Percentile £63.75 £115.00 £59.30
London median hourly rate £31.75 £35.00 £37.75
% change year-on-year -9.29% -7.28% +4.86%

Psychology
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing Psychology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for Psychology in Central London

Psychology
Daily Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Psychology.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Psychology

Psychology
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Psychology in Central London over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Psychology in Central London

Psychology
Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Psychology.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Central London citing Psychology

Psychology
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Psychology within the Central London region over the 6 months to 19 September 2025. 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
City of London +14 4 £500 -11.11% 4
Psychology
London

Psychology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London 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 (25.00%) SPSS
1 1 (25.00%) Stata
Cloud Services
1 3 (75.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) Mixpanel
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 3 (75.00%) Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Finance
3 1 (25.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Conversion Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (50.00%) CSS
1 2 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (25.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 1 (25.00%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (25.00%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 4 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience
2 3 (75.00%) A/B Testing
2 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Cohort Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
2 3 (75.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
2 3 (75.00%) Customer-Centricity
2 3 (75.00%) Dashboard Development
2 3 (75.00%) E-Commerce
2 3 (75.00%) Funnel Analysis
2 3 (75.00%) Journey Map
2 3 (75.00%) Product Marketing
3 2 (50.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (50.00%) Customer Journey Map
3 2 (50.00%) Storytelling
3 2 (50.00%) UX Design
3 2 (50.00%) Web Development
4 1 (25.00%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (25.00%) R
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Amplitude
1 3 (75.00%) Google
1 3 (75.00%) Hotjar
1 3 (75.00%) Optimizely