Usability Testing Contract Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

Usability Testing
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne requiring Usability Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 41 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Usability Testing 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 1.13% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile £510 - -
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 238 163 132
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne 89.47% 92.61% 87.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 150 73 96
10th Percentile £169 £306 £244
25th Percentile £352 £358 £398
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £440 £485
Median % change year-on-year +2.27% -9.28% -11.82%
75th Percentile £548 £538 £600
90th Percentile £603 £650 £720
Tyne and Wear median daily rate £450 £450 £475
% change year-on-year - -5.26% -13.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 20 7
10th Percentile £14.13 £13.75 £16.40
25th Percentile £17.23 £15.44 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.25 £17.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -10.26% +14.71%
75th Percentile £51.50 £50.00 £26.13
90th Percentile £53.75 £70.00 £32.70
Tyne and Wear median hourly rate £19.25 £17.50 £19.50
% change year-on-year +10.00% -10.26% +39.29%

Usability Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Usability Testing relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Usability Testing job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Usability Testing
Daily Rate Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Usability Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne citing Usability Testing

Usability Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Cucumber
1 1 (33.33%) Gatling
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) JMeter
1 1 (33.33%) Selenium
1 1 (33.33%) TestRail
General
1 1 (33.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Designer
1 1 (33.33%) QA Automation Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) QA Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) QA Test Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Test Automation Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Test Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) User Researcher
1 1 (33.33%) UX Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Gherkin
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Sprint Retrospective
2 2 (66.67%) User Research
3 1 (33.33%) Acceptance Criteria
3 1 (33.33%) BDD
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) High-Fidelity Prototypes
3 1 (33.33%) Low-Fidelity Prototypes
3 1 (33.33%) Performance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Refactoring
3 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Scrum
3 1 (33.33%) Security Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) Test Management
3 1 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (66.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (33.33%) Actionable Recommendations
2 1 (33.33%) QA
2 1 (33.33%) WCAG