Human Factors Contract Job Trends in London

Human Factors
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Human Factors skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 357 392 439
Rank change year-on-year +35 +47 +143
Contract jobs citing Human Factors 3 4 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.022% 0.025% 0.022%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.024% 0.028% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 0
10th Percentile £628 £358 -
25th Percentile £631 £360 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £366 -
Median % change year-on-year +84.30% - -
75th Percentile £706 £370 -
90th Percentile £710 £370 -
England median daily rate £675 £366 £567
% change year-on-year +84.30% -35.35% -1.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £62.50
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
75th Percentile - - £67.50
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £77.50 £59.25
% change year-on-year - +30.80% +264.62%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,457 14,510 20,287
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.60% 89.17% 90.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,237 9,749 14,729
10th Percentile £325 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £696
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £508 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 181 229
10th Percentile £17.00 £17.25 £18.43
25th Percentile £25.00 £23.80 £22.25
Median hourly rate £31.75 £35.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -9.29% -12.50% +7.79%
75th Percentile £48.94 £55.00 £64.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £71.88 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.75
% change year-on-year -41.51% +0.58% +47.41%

Human Factors
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Human Factors as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Human Factors in London

Human Factors
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

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

Human Factors
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

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

Human Factors
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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:

General
1 2 (66.67%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Artificial Intelligence Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Deployment Specialist
1 1 (33.33%) Designer
1 1 (33.33%) Product Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Ergonomics
2 2 (66.67%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (66.67%) Machine Learning
2 2 (66.67%) User Research
3 1 (33.33%) Cyber Resilience
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Edge AI
3 1 (33.33%) Human-Centred Design
3 1 (33.33%) Interaction Design
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Red Team
3 1 (33.33%) Regulatory Compliance
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design
3 1 (33.33%) Thought Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (33.33%) UX Design
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
3 1 (33.33%) Verification and Validation
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) DV Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (66.67%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) EU AI Act
1 2 (66.67%) ISO/IEC 42001
2 1 (33.33%) NIST
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Palantir