Psychology Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Psychology
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Psychology skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 128 138
Rank change year-on-year +13 +10 +56
Contract jobs citing Psychology 4 1 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.23% 0.047% 0.30%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.052% 0.33%
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
Central London median daily rate £500 £563 £525
% change year-on-year -11.11% +7.14% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,647 1,941 2,723
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.17% 91.90% 90.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,095 1,225 1,883
10th Percentile £321 £375 £363
25th Percentile £415 £470 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £701
90th Percentile £764 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 16 16
10th Percentile £17.08 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.75 £20.00 £16.02
Median hourly rate £28.15 £27.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.26% +8.00% -41.52%
75th Percentile £56.75 £82.19 £44.87
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £28.33 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -19.07% +34.62% -38.10%

Psychology
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for Psychology in the City of London

Psychology
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Psychology.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Psychology

Psychology
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Psychology in the City of London over the 6 months to 20 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Psychology in the City of London

Psychology
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Psychology.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Psychology

Psychology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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