Psychology Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Psychology
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Psychology skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 119 -
Rank change year-on-year -40 - -
Contract jobs citing Psychology 2 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in the Midlands 0.064% 0.13% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.074% 0.15% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £450 -
England median daily rate £425 £406 £525
% change year-on-year +4.62% -22.62% -4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

Psychology 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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,707 1,980 2,201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 86.40% 86.16% 84.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,690 1,249 1,512
10th Percentile £250 £250 £259
25th Percentile £376 £375 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £481
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +4.06% -2.93%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £594
90th Percentile £650 £700 £688
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 203 68 96
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.70 £13.13
25th Percentile £16.35 £17.00 £16.97
Median hourly rate £20.00 £22.50 £23.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -2.17% +36.66%
75th Percentile £25.15 £33.59 £51.50
90th Percentile £31.00 £52.50 £67.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.70%

Psychology
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Psychology relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Psychology job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Psychology
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Psychology.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Psychology

Psychology
Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Psychology.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Psychology

Psychology
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Psychology within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 18 December 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
West Midlands -33 2 - - 6
Psychology
England

Psychology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 2 (100.00%) Public Sector
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (50.00%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Customer Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Cognitive Psychology
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Insight
2 1 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 1 (50.00%) Design Persona
2 1 (50.00%) Ergonomics
2 1 (50.00%) Ethnography
2 1 (50.00%) Human Factors
2 1 (50.00%) Market Research
2 1 (50.00%) SDLC
2 1 (50.00%) Service Design
2 1 (50.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 1 (50.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Data Quality