Usability Testing Contract Job Trends in the South East

Usability Testing
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Usability Testing skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 167 - 207
Rank change year-on-year - - +57
Contract jobs citing Usability Testing 3 0 8
As % of all contract jobs in the South East 0.083% - 0.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.093% - 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile £488 - £366
25th Percentile £511 - £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £573 - £675
Median % change year-on-year - - +42.11%
75th Percentile £636 - £700
90th Percentile £659 - -
England median daily rate £450 £466 £550
% change year-on-year -3.33% -15.32% -4.35%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 the South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,222 3,588 4,902
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 88.61% 84.21% 89.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,025 2,175 3,258
10th Percentile £219 £260 £225
25th Percentile £393 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £623
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 335 183 255
10th Percentile £13.35 £16.25 £15.50
25th Percentile £16.17 £30.00 £23.00
Median hourly rate £20.71 £58.30 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -64.48% +11.05% +47.89%
75th Percentile £36.62 £70.00 £66.25
90th Percentile £68.75 £75.00 £76.53
England median hourly rate £25.15 £41.16 £44.50
% change year-on-year -38.89% -7.52% +27.14%

Usability Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Usability Testing job vacancy trend in the South East

Usability Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Usability Testing
Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Usability Testing in the South East over the 6 months to 22 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Usability Testing in the South East

Usability Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

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

Usability Testing
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 Usability Testing within the South East region over the 6 months to 22 October 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 £650 - 11
Thames Valley - 2 £650 - 14
West Sussex - 1 £495 -
Usability Testing
England

Usability Testing
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Lead
1 2 (66.67%) User Researcher
2 1 (33.33%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) User Research
2 2 (66.67%) Qualitative Research
2 2 (66.67%) Quantitative Research
2 2 (66.67%) User Experience
3 1 (33.33%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (33.33%) ANOVA
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Contextual Inquiry
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Diary Studies
3 1 (33.33%) Guerrilla Research
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Prototyping
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design
3 1 (33.33%) Storytelling
3 1 (33.33%) Strategic Thinking
3 1 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 1 (33.33%) Wireframes
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) Accessibility