Psychology Contracts in England

Psychology
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Psychology skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Psychology over the 6 months to 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 524 614 678
Rank change year-on-year +90 +64 -138
Contract jobs citing Psychology 25 32 101
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.068% 0.065% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.079% 0.072% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 51
10th Percentile £321 £506 £405
25th Percentile £352 £554 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £390 £600 £550
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +9.09% +13.75%
75th Percentile £399 £641 £599
90th Percentile £500 £697 £699
UK median daily rate £413 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -28.26% +4.55% +13.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 9
10th Percentile - - £35.35
25th Percentile - £82.50 £41.00
Median hourly rate - £85.00 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year - +68.32% +10.53%
75th Percentile - £87.50 £57.50
90th Percentile - - £63.99
UK median hourly rate £86.40 £65.00 £50.50
% change year-on-year +32.92% +28.71% +20.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Psychology 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 31,794 44,158 63,636
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.49% 90.16% 90.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,826 30,977 45,197
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £445 £426
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,249 1,562 1,739
10th Percentile £12.91 £10.64 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.18 £37.50 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -0.85% +50.00% +6.38%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +4.82%

Psychology
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Psychology in England

Psychology
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Psychology in England

Psychology
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Psychology in England over the 6 months to 10 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Psychology in England

Psychology
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Psychology in England

Psychology
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 Psychology within the England region over the 6 months to 10 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
London +88 12 £378 -37.08% 28
East of England - 7 - - 4
North of England +29 4 £400 -28.32% 6
North West +24 2 - - 4
Yorkshire +16 2 £400 -27.14% 1
West Midlands - 1 £700 - 11
Midlands - 1 £700 - 16
Psychology
UK

Psychology
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.00%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft Office
1 7 (28.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 7 (28.00%) Photoshop
2 2 (8.00%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 4 (16.00%) SaaS
2 2 (8.00%) SurveyMonkey
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (12.00%) Big Data
General
1 16 (64.00%) Social Skills
2 9 (36.00%) Finance
3 7 (28.00%) Mandarin Language
3 7 (28.00%) Telecoms
4 3 (12.00%) Games
4 3 (12.00%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (8.00%) Health Technology
5 2 (8.00%) Marketing
6 1 (4.00%) Advertising
6 1 (4.00%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (4.00%) German Language
6 1 (4.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (4.00%) Manufacturing
6 1 (4.00%) Public Sector
6 1 (4.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 8 (32.00%) Senior
2 6 (24.00%) Designer
3 5 (20.00%) Senior Designer
4 4 (16.00%) User Experience Researcher
5 3 (12.00%) Games Designer
5 3 (12.00%) Senior Games Designer
6 2 (8.00%) Senior UI Designer
6 2 (8.00%) Senior UI/UX Designer
6 2 (8.00%) Senior UX Designer
6 2 (8.00%) UI Designer
6 2 (8.00%) UI/UX Designer
6 2 (8.00%) UX Designer
7 1 (4.00%) Change Manager
7 1 (4.00%) Content Designer
7 1 (4.00%) Lead Designer
7 1 (4.00%) Marketing Specialist
7 1 (4.00%) Quantitative Researcher
7 1 (4.00%) Senior User Experience Researcher
7 1 (4.00%) Senior User Researcher
7 1 (4.00%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (12.00%) Unity (Game Engine)
1 3 (12.00%) Unreal Engine
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) Management Information System
2 2 (8.00%) Virtual Team
3 1 (4.00%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (40.00%) User Experience
2 7 (28.00%) Actionable Insight
2 7 (28.00%) Document Management
2 7 (28.00%) Focus Group
2 7 (28.00%) Qualitative Research
2 7 (28.00%) Quantitative Research
2 7 (28.00%) Sociology
2 7 (28.00%) UX Design
2 7 (28.00%) UX Research
3 6 (24.00%) Anthropology
3 6 (24.00%) Computer Science
3 6 (24.00%) Data Science
4 5 (20.00%) Data Analysis
4 5 (20.00%) Data Collection
4 5 (20.00%) Data Interpretation
4 5 (20.00%) Decision-Making
5 4 (16.00%) CRM
6 3 (12.00%) Agile
6 3 (12.00%) Service Design
6 3 (12.00%) Usability Testing
Qualifications
1 19 (76.00%) Degree
2 6 (24.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (4.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (4.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (4.00%) Data Quality