Usability Testing Contracts in England

Usability Testing
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England requiring Usability Testing skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Usability Testing over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 405 466 531
Rank change year-on-year +61 +65 -42
Contract jobs citing Usability Testing 80 76 122
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.33% 0.20% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.36% 0.24% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 54 88
10th Percentile £330 £325 £381
25th Percentile £366 £384 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £425 £525
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% -19.05% +2.44%
75th Percentile £575 £539 £588
90th Percentile £650 £571 £641
UK median daily rate £483 £488 £524
% change year-on-year -1.03% -6.92% +4.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £55.54 - -
25th Percentile £61.23 - £82.50
Median hourly rate £73.29 - £85.00
75th Percentile £86.18 - £87.50
90th Percentile £92.36 - -
UK median hourly rate £73.29 - £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +160.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Usability Testing 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 England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 22,202 32,193 45,529
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 91.16% 86.56% 90.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,534 21,105 31,969
10th Percentile £310 £300 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £750 £765
UK median daily rate £520 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 921 2,246 1,592
10th Percentile £14.42 £12.92 £10.87
25th Percentile £18.20 £16.01 £16.25
Median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%
75th Percentile £63.75 £60.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.50 £75.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £35.65 £37.30
% change year-on-year -18.65% -4.42% +49.20%

Usability Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Usability Testing in England

Usability Testing
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Usability Testing in England

Usability Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Usability Testing in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Usability Testing in England

Usability Testing
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Usability Testing in England

Usability Testing
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Usability Testing in England over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Usability Testing in England

Usability Testing
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 Usability Testing within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
London +55 63 £488 -2.50% 84
South West +50 5 £375 -48.28% 6
North West +13 5 £357 +1.86% 12
North of England +6 5 £357 +1.86% 16
Midlands +22 3 £322 -19.50% 3
South East +42 2 £650 +15.56% 19
East Midlands - 2 £318 -
West Midlands +12 1 £515 +28.75% 2
East of England - 1 £363 - 2
Usability Testing
UK

Usability Testing
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 4 (5.00%) Confluence
1 4 (5.00%) nginx
2 1 (1.25%) CMS
2 1 (1.25%) Drupal
Applications
1 21 (26.25%) Adobe XD
1 21 (26.25%) Sketch
2 8 (10.00%) InVision
3 6 (7.50%) Autodesk Smoke
4 3 (3.75%) UserZoom
5 1 (1.25%) Chatbot
5 1 (1.25%) Microsoft Office
5 1 (1.25%) UXPin
5 1 (1.25%) Zeplin
Cloud Services
1 40 (50.00%) Figma
2 11 (13.75%) SaaS
3 5 (6.25%) AWS
3 5 (6.25%) Google Analytics
4 3 (3.75%) Miro
Development Applications
1 9 (11.25%) Axure RP
2 6 (7.50%) JIRA
3 2 (2.50%) Balsamiq
4 1 (1.25%) Appium
4 1 (1.25%) Postman
4 1 (1.25%) Selenium
General
1 41 (51.25%) Social Skills
2 18 (22.50%) Finance
3 16 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 15 (18.75%) Public Sector
5 12 (15.00%) Presentation Skills
6 6 (7.50%) Marketing
6 6 (7.50%) Wearables
7 4 (5.00%) Retail
8 3 (3.75%) Banking
9 2 (2.50%) Influencing Skills
9 2 (2.50%) Legal
9 2 (2.50%) Local Government
10 1 (1.25%) Aviation
10 1 (1.25%) Electronics
10 1 (1.25%) Financial Institution
10 1 (1.25%) Games
10 1 (1.25%) Humanities
10 1 (1.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.25%) Manufacturing
10 1 (1.25%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 39 (48.75%) Designer
2 20 (25.00%) UX Designer
3 15 (18.75%) User Researcher
4 11 (13.75%) Senior
5 8 (10.00%) Product Designer
6 7 (8.75%) Interaction Designer
6 7 (8.75%) Lead
7 6 (7.50%) Product Owner
7 6 (7.50%) UI Designer
7 6 (7.50%) UI/UX Designer
7 6 (7.50%) User Experience Researcher
7 6 (7.50%) Visual Designer
8 5 (6.25%) Developer
8 5 (6.25%) Digital Designer
8 5 (6.25%) UX Developer
9 3 (3.75%) Senior Developer
9 3 (3.75%) Senior UI Developer
9 3 (3.75%) Senior User Experience Researcher
9 3 (3.75%) Senior UX Developer
9 3 (3.75%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 24 (30.00%) CSS
1 24 (30.00%) HTML
2 7 (8.75%) React
3 3 (3.75%) AngularJS
4 2 (2.50%) CSS3
4 2 (2.50%) HTML5
4 2 (2.50%) RESTful
4 2 (2.50%) Vue
5 1 (1.25%) Framer.js
Miscellaneous
1 22 (27.50%) Product Ownership
2 6 (7.50%) IoT
3 5 (6.25%) Mobile App
3 5 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (5.00%) Analytical Mindset
5 3 (3.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (1.25%) Animation
6 1 (1.25%) Data Protection Act
6 1 (1.25%) e-Learning
6 1 (1.25%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (1.25%) Legacy Systems
6 1 (1.25%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.25%) Onboarding
6 1 (1.25%) Sports Betting
6 1 (1.25%) Virtual Team
6 1 (1.25%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.75%) Android
1 3 (3.75%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 64 (80.00%) User Experience
1 64 (80.00%) User Research
2 46 (57.50%) UX Design
3 30 (37.50%) Wireframes
4 27 (33.75%) Agile
5 26 (32.50%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
6 22 (27.50%) Problem-Solving
7 19 (23.75%) Analytics
8 18 (22.50%) Prototyping
9 16 (20.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
9 16 (20.00%) Responsive Web Design
10 15 (18.75%) Interaction Design
10 15 (18.75%) Qualitative Research
11 12 (15.00%) Quantitative Research
11 12 (15.00%) UX Research
12 11 (13.75%) Actionable Insight
13 10 (12.50%) Collaborative Working
13 10 (12.50%) E-Commerce
13 10 (12.50%) Front End Development
14 9 (11.25%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 22 (27.50%) JavaScript
2 2 (2.50%) Python
2 2 (2.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (13.75%) Security Cleared
2 9 (11.25%) Degree
2 9 (11.25%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (1.25%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (32.50%) Accessibility
2 7 (8.75%) WCAG
3 5 (6.25%) Actionable Recommendations
4 1 (1.25%) QA
System Software
1 5 (6.25%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 26 (32.50%) Adobe
2 3 (3.75%) CA Agile Central
3 2 (2.50%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.25%) Google
4 1 (1.25%) Hotjar
4 1 (1.25%) IBM
4 1 (1.25%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.25%) SAP
4 1 (1.25%) ServiceNow