Usability Testing Contracts in England

Usability Testing
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Usability Testing skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Usability Testing over the 6 months to 24 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
24 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 459 544 490
Rank change year-on-year +85 -54 -71
Contract jobs citing Usability Testing 77 116 311
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.21% 0.23% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.24% 0.25% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 82 177
10th Percentile £325 £372 £413
25th Percentile £391 £450 £439
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £525 £520
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% +0.96% +4.00%
75th Percentile £541 £584 £586
90th Percentile £568 £636 £650
UK median daily rate £488 £500 £503
% change year-on-year -2.50% -0.50% +3.40%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £25.55
25th Percentile £71.25 £82.50 £40.25
Median hourly rate £72.50 £85.00 £50.50
Median % change year-on-year -14.71% +68.32% -1.94%
75th Percentile £73.75 £87.50 £57.38
90th Percentile - - £62.40
UK median hourly rate £72.50 £65.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +11.54% +160.00% -51.46%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Usability Testing 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 32,208 45,878 64,835
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.52% 90.28% 90.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,179 32,145 45,991
10th Percentile £300 £325 £330
25th Percentile £413 £445 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £535
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £744
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,233 1,631 1,786
10th Percentile £12.86 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.95 £16.74 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £38.35 £24.00
Median % change year-on-year -8.74% +59.79% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.23
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.19
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +50.00% -

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 24 April 2024.

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
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 24 April 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 +76 47 £500 -9.09% 20
North of England +45 18 £350 -37.28% 4
Yorkshire +27 9 £425 -22.59% 2
North West +24 9 £350 -41.67% 2
South East +6 6 £563 +18.42% 3
Midlands +36 3 £400 -15.79% 5
West Midlands +31 3 £400 -15.79% 1
South West +12 1 £725 +61.11% 7
Usability Testing
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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 1 (1.30%) SAS
Applications
1 18 (23.38%) Sketch
2 15 (19.48%) Adobe XD
3 9 (11.69%) InVision
4 8 (10.39%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 5 (6.49%) Zeplin
6 4 (5.19%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (5.19%) Photoshop
7 2 (2.60%) UserZoom
8 1 (1.30%) Adobe Captivate
8 1 (1.30%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 34 (44.16%) Figma
2 7 (9.09%) Azure
2 7 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (9.09%) Miro
3 3 (3.90%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.60%) PowerApps
5 1 (1.30%) AWS
5 1 (1.30%) npm
5 1 (1.30%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.30%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 10 (12.99%) Axure RP
2 2 (2.60%) SpecFlow
2 2 (2.60%) webpack
3 1 (1.30%) Babel
3 1 (1.30%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.30%) ESLint
3 1 (1.30%) Git
3 1 (1.30%) Selenium
3 1 (1.30%) Vite
General
1 35 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 7 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (9.09%) Public Sector
3 6 (7.79%) Finance
3 6 (7.79%) Marketing
4 4 (5.19%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (2.60%) Health Technology
6 1 (1.30%) Advertising
6 1 (1.30%) Arabic Language
6 1 (1.30%) Automotive
6 1 (1.30%) Banking
6 1 (1.30%) Cantonese Language
6 1 (1.30%) Games
6 1 (1.30%) Manufacturing
6 1 (1.30%) Multimedia
6 1 (1.30%) Police
6 1 (1.30%) Spanish Language
6 1 (1.30%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 46 (59.74%) Designer
2 26 (33.77%) UX Designer
3 14 (18.18%) Service Designer
4 13 (16.88%) Senior
4 13 (16.88%) User Researcher
5 9 (11.69%) Senior Designer
6 8 (10.39%) Senior UX Designer
7 5 (6.49%) Lead
8 4 (5.19%) Test Leader
8 4 (5.19%) UI Designer
8 4 (5.19%) User Experience Researcher
9 3 (3.90%) Head of User Experience
9 3 (3.90%) Senior User Researcher
10 2 (2.60%) Developer
10 2 (2.60%) Product Designer
10 2 (2.60%) Senior Product Designer
10 2 (2.60%) Technical Tester
10 2 (2.60%) Tester
10 2 (2.60%) UI Developer
10 2 (2.60%) UI/UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (12.99%) CSS
1 10 (12.99%) HTML
2 2 (2.60%) React
2 2 (2.60%) REST
2 2 (2.60%) Vue
3 1 (1.30%) ADO
3 1 (1.30%) D3.js
3 1 (1.30%) Jest
3 1 (1.30%) Material-UI
3 1 (1.30%) Parceljs
3 1 (1.30%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 13 (16.88%) Mobile App
2 8 (10.39%) Graphic Design
3 4 (5.19%) Product Ownership
3 4 (5.19%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.30%) BYOD
4 1 (1.30%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.30%) Infotainment
4 1 (1.30%) Life Science
4 1 (1.30%) NHS
4 1 (1.30%) Podcast
4 1 (1.30%) Smartphone
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (59.74%) User Research
2 45 (58.44%) User Experience
3 40 (51.95%) UX Design
4 39 (50.65%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 36 (46.75%) Agile
6 24 (31.17%) Problem-Solving
6 24 (31.17%) Wireframes
7 23 (29.87%) Service Design
8 17 (22.08%) Workshop Facilitation
9 16 (20.78%) Prototyping
10 15 (19.48%) Actionable Insight
11 13 (16.88%) Ergonomics
11 13 (16.88%) Human Factors
11 13 (16.88%) Journey Map
12 12 (15.58%) Data Analysis
12 12 (15.58%) Design Thinking
12 12 (15.58%) Ethnography
13 11 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
14 10 (12.99%) Interaction Design
14 10 (12.99%) Qualitative Research
Programming Languages
1 7 (9.09%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 15 (19.48%) Degree
2 3 (3.90%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (3.90%) Master's Degree
3 2 (2.60%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.60%) Security Cleared
4 1 (1.30%) DV Cleared
4 1 (1.30%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (24.68%) Accessibility
2 8 (10.39%) WCAG
3 7 (9.09%) Actionable Recommendations
4 2 (2.60%) QA
5 1 (1.30%) SLA
Vendors
1 24 (31.17%) Adobe
2 4 (5.19%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.30%) Brio
3 1 (1.30%) Pega
3 1 (1.30%) SAP