Psychology Contract Job Trends in the South East

Psychology
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Psychology skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 - 204
Rank change year-on-year - - +66
Contract jobs citing Psychology 4 0 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.11% - 0.090%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% - 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile - - £523
25th Percentile - - £556
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £200 - £625
Median % change year-on-year - - +25.00%
75th Percentile £300 - £656
90th Percentile £360 - £668
England median daily rate £405 £450 £525
% change year-on-year -10.11% -14.29% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £70.07
England median hourly rate - - £77.54
% change year-on-year - - +86.83%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 3,108 3,819 4,956
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 89.11% 82.59% 89.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,937 2,283 3,316
10th Percentile £220 £255 £250
25th Percentile £375 £406 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £518
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -1.14% +1.45%
75th Percentile £598 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £688 £700
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 304 254 252
10th Percentile £13.33 £16.08 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.50 £31.44 £23.06
Median hourly rate £21.00 £57.35 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -63.38% +9.24% +64.53%
75th Percentile £50.00 £71.86 £66.00
90th Percentile £69.65 £78.75 £75.67
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%

Psychology
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing Psychology as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for Psychology in the South East

Psychology
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Psychology
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Psychology in the South East over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Psychology in the South East

Psychology
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

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 Psychology within the South East region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
Berkshire - 2 £400 - 3
Hampshire - 2 £200 -
Thames Valley - 2 £400 - 3
Psychology
England

Psychology
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) SAP Commerce Cloud
General
1 2 (50.00%) Marketing
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Executive
1 2 (50.00%) E-Commerce Executive
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Systems Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
2 1 (25.00%) Service Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) Analytics
1 2 (50.00%) CRM
1 2 (50.00%) Data-Driven Decision Making
1 2 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (50.00%) E-Commerce
1 2 (50.00%) Email Marketing
1 2 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (25.00%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (25.00%) ANOVA
2 1 (25.00%) Contextual Inquiry
2 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
2 1 (25.00%) Diary Studies
2 1 (25.00%) Ethnography
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Qualitative Research
2 1 (25.00%) Quantitative Research
2 1 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (25.00%) Storytelling
2 1 (25.00%) Strategic Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Capita