Usability Testing Contract Job Trends in the Midlands

Usability Testing
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring Usability Testing skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 August 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 136 129 141
Rank change year-on-year -7 +12 +45
Contract jobs citing Usability Testing 5 3 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.20% 0.11% 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.22% 0.14% 0.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 6
10th Percentile £314 - £206
25th Percentile £315 £306 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £318 £313 £294
Median % change year-on-year +1.60% +6.38% -31.37%
75th Percentile £320 £319 £453
90th Percentile £321 - £488
England median daily rate £450 £473 £525
% change year-on-year -4.91% -9.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £25.00 - -
England median hourly rate £25.00 - £85.00
% change year-on-year - - +319.96%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,235 2,192 2,546
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.48% 81.55% 85.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,446 1,455 1,755
10th Percentile £235 £256 £250
25th Percentile £360 £375 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.50% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £572 £612 £600
90th Percentile £650 £695 £706
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 176 85 93
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.75 £13.27
25th Percentile £16.17 £14.70 £20.00
Median hourly rate £21.39 £21.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +1.86% -23.64% +52.78%
75th Percentile £26.69 £37.50 £51.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +53.90%

Usability Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Usability Testing in the Midlands

Usability Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing Usability Testing

Usability Testing
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 Usability Testing within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 29 August 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 - 3 - - 1
East Midlands -5 2 £318 +1.60% 3
Usability Testing
England

Usability Testing
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Adobe XD
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Figma
General
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Automotive
2 1 (20.00%) Influencing Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Legal
2 1 (20.00%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Designer
1 3 (60.00%) UX Designer
2 2 (40.00%) UI Designer
2 2 (40.00%) UI/UX Designer
2 2 (40.00%) User Researcher
3 1 (20.00%) Digital User Researcher
3 1 (20.00%) Junior
3 1 (20.00%) Junior Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Junior UI/UX Designer
3 1 (20.00%) Junior UX Designer
3 1 (20.00%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) CSS
1 2 (40.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Driving Licence
1 1 (20.00%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
2 4 (80.00%) User Experience
2 4 (80.00%) User Research
2 4 (80.00%) UX Design
3 3 (60.00%) Analytics
3 3 (60.00%) Project Management
3 3 (60.00%) Prototyping
3 3 (60.00%) Wireframes
4 2 (40.00%) A/B Testing
4 2 (40.00%) Actionable Insight
4 2 (40.00%) Agile
4 2 (40.00%) Content Strategy
4 2 (40.00%) Contextual Inquiry
4 2 (40.00%) Data Analysis
4 2 (40.00%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
4 2 (40.00%) Information Architecture
4 2 (40.00%) Interaction Design
4 2 (40.00%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
4 2 (40.00%) Typography
4 2 (40.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (20.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Adobe