Human Factors Contracts in the North of England

Human Factors
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England requiring Human Factors skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Human Factors over the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 164 179 215
Rank change year-on-year +15 +36 +16
Contract jobs citing Human Factors 2 10 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.061% 0.21% 0.069%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.067% 0.25% 0.076%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 3
10th Percentile - - £544
25th Percentile - £325 £549
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 £350 £558
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% -37.28% +3.33%
75th Percentile - £400 £579
90th Percentile - £425 £592
England median daily rate £486 £350 £575
% change year-on-year +38.86% -39.13% +6.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £46.18 £55.00 -
Median % change year-on-year -16.04% - -
England median hourly rate £70.00 £55.00 £72.40
% change year-on-year +27.27% -24.03% +34.07%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,970 4,081 5,270
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 89.97% 85.83% 90.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,907 2,497 3,663
10th Percentile £263 £300 £304
25th Percentile £380 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £684
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 151 357 205
10th Percentile £13.70 £11.04 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.31 £12.50 £15.75
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.72 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +62.25% -36.03% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.59 £44.74 £45.05
90th Percentile £83.41 £55.40 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.15 £35.96 £37.50
% change year-on-year -18.93% -4.12% +53.06%

Human Factors
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Human Factors as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Human Factors in the North of England

Human Factors
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Human Factors in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Human Factors in the North of England

Human Factors
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Human Factors in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Human Factors in the North of England

Human Factors
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 2 May 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
North West +9 1 £313 -10.57% 12
North East - 1 - - 2
Human Factors
England

Human Factors
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) InVision
1 1 (50.00%) UserZoom
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Axure RP
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Systems Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Ergonomics
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Co-Creation
2 1 (50.00%) Cognitive Psychology
2 1 (50.00%) Ethnographic Research
2 1 (50.00%) Ethnography
2 1 (50.00%) Guerrilla Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Human-Centred Design
2 1 (50.00%) Interaction Design
2 1 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Rapid Prototyping
2 1 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (50.00%) Task Model
2 1 (50.00%) Usability Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) User Stories
2 1 (50.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) CA Agile Central