Human Factors Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Human Factors
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Human Factors 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 186 - 194
Rank change year-on-year - - +57
Contract jobs citing Human Factors 1 0 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.025% - 0.079%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.028% - 0.089%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £542
25th Percentile - - £545
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £313 - £549
Median % change year-on-year - - +1.67%
75th Percentile - - £554
90th Percentile - - £556
England median daily rate £507 £366 £575
% change year-on-year +38.29% -36.30% -

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 3,557 3,514 4,505
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 89.04% 84.03% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,288 2,090 3,013
10th Percentile £268 £313 £285
25th Percentile £375 £404 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £501
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% -0.10% +0.10%
75th Percentile £556 £585 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 207 207 204
10th Percentile £13.15 £11.63 £15.73
25th Percentile £17.44 £15.09 £17.75
Median hourly rate £22.63 £31.50 £27.74
Median % change year-on-year -28.16% +13.55% +38.70%
75th Percentile £43.39 £51.44 £46.18
90th Percentile £71.87 £69.15 £57.17
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +53.90%

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
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Human Factors.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Human Factors

Human Factors
Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Human Factors.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Human Factors

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 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
North West - 1 £313 - 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 (100.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) InVision
1 1 (100.00%) UserZoom
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Axure RP
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Legal
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (100.00%) Co-Creation
1 1 (100.00%) Cognitive Psychology
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Experience
1 1 (100.00%) Ethnographic Research
1 1 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 1 (100.00%) Guerrilla Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Human-Centred Design
1 1 (100.00%) Inclusive Design
1 1 (100.00%) Interaction Design
1 1 (100.00%) Prototyping
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 1 (100.00%) Task Model
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
1 1 (100.00%) User Research
1 1 (100.00%) User Stories
1 1 (100.00%) UX Research
1 1 (100.00%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) CA Agile Central