Human Factors Contract Job Trends in Hampshire

Human Factors
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hampshire requiring Human Factors skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 104 77 97
Rank change year-on-year -27 +20 +4
Contract jobs citing Human Factors 3 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in Hampshire 0.16% 0.11% 0.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.13% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £364 - -
South East median daily rate £407 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile £68.50 - -
25th Percentile £70.00 - £76.25
Median hourly rate £75.00 - £77.50
75th Percentile £80.00 - £78.75
90th Percentile £81.50 - -
South East median hourly rate £75.00 - £77.50
% change year-on-year - - +32.48%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Hampshire

Human Factors 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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,473 770 1,433
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 80.05% 85.37% 81.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 953 533 818
10th Percentile £363 £326 £375
25th Percentile £475 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year - -6.42% +11.95%
75th Percentile £645 £613 £675
90th Percentile £726 £665 £738
South East median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -0.49%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 56 160
10th Percentile £13.45 £18.87 £13.93
25th Percentile £16.00 £25.15 £25.84
Median hourly rate £39.13 £46.25 £57.35
Median % change year-on-year -15.41% -19.35% +9.24%
75th Percentile £57.50 £60.03 £70.00
90th Percentile £66.94 £75.00 £77.63
South East median hourly rate £55.00 £24.00 £50.00
% change year-on-year +129.17% -52.00% -

Human Factors
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Human Factors relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire.

Human Factors job vacancy trend in Hampshire

Human Factors
Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Human Factors.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Human Factors

Human Factors
Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Human Factors.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hampshire citing Human Factors

Human Factors
Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Human Factors within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 9 July 2026. 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
Portsmouth -4 2 £364 - 1
Basingstoke - 1 - - 1
Human Factors
South East

Human Factors
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hampshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Figma
General
1 2 (66.67%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
2 1 (33.33%) Military
2 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Human Factors Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Senior
1 1 (33.33%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Ergonomics
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 2 (66.67%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 2 (66.67%) UX Design
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) Cognitive Psychology
3 1 (33.33%) Design Persona
3 1 (33.33%) Error Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Ethnography
3 1 (33.33%) Front End Development
3 1 (33.33%) Human-Centred Design
3 1 (33.33%) Quantitative Research
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (33.33%) Safety Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design
3 1 (33.33%) Situational Awareness
3 1 (33.33%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) User Research
3 1 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Wireframes
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility
1 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
1 1 (33.33%) Def Stans
1 1 (33.33%) WCAG
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe