Cognitive Psychology Contract Job Trends in the South East

Cognitive Psychology
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Cognitive Psychology skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 177 - 217
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cognitive Psychology 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.051% - 0.019%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.058% - 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £364 - £500
England median daily rate £364 - £500
% change year-on-year - - -9.09%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

Cognitive 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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,442 3,473 4,816
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 87.92% 84.94% 89.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,182 2,124 3,140
10th Percentile £219 £258 £217
25th Percentile £388 £402 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £520
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.44% +1.46%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £615
90th Percentile £653 £688 £695
England median daily rate £508 £525 £547
% change year-on-year -3.33% -4.02% -0.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 377 167 247
10th Percentile £14.00 £17.72 £16.34
25th Percentile £16.17 £28.88 £25.00
Median hourly rate £20.71 £57.54 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.01% +9.60% +20.69%
75th Percentile £34.83 £70.00 £66.34
90th Percentile £69.11 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -30.14% -19.10% +27.14%

Cognitive Psychology
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Cognitive Psychology job vacancy trend in the South East

Cognitive Psychology
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cognitive Psychology.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Cognitive Psychology

Cognitive Psychology
Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Cognitive Psychology within the South East region over the 6 months to 12 November 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
Hampshire - 2 £364 -
Cognitive Psychology
England

Cognitive Psychology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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:

Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) User Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Insight
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Design Persona
1 2 (100.00%) Ergonomics
1 2 (100.00%) Ethnography
1 2 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 2 (100.00%) Human Factors
1 2 (100.00%) Market Research
1 2 (100.00%) Psychology
1 2 (100.00%) Qualitative Research
1 2 (100.00%) Quantitative Research
1 2 (100.00%) Requirements Gathering
1 2 (100.00%) Service Design
1 2 (100.00%) Usability Testing
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
1 2 (100.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) Actionable Recommendations