Human Factors Contracts in the South West

Human Factors
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 3 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 107 142 169
Rank change year-on-year +35 +27 -
Contract jobs citing Human Factors 7 2 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.42% 0.063% 0.055%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.46% 0.075% 0.062%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £563
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £447 - £575
75th Percentile - - £588
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £486 £350 £575
% change year-on-year +38.86% -39.13% +6.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - -
Median hourly rate £70.00 - £85.00
75th Percentile £80.00 - -
90th Percentile £86.00 - -
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
South West

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 South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,522 2,654 3,248
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 90.33% 83.02% 89.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 967 1,694 2,395
10th Percentile £235 £220 £313
25th Percentile £400 £405 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £516 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.73% -4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £650
90th Percentile £688 £700 £723
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 148 336 332
10th Percentile £18.42 £13.86 £9.80
25th Percentile £20.08 £27.50 £16.89
Median hourly rate £62.75 £54.00 £61.50
Median % change year-on-year +16.20% -12.20% +26.52%
75th Percentile £68.00 £70.00 £70.30
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.31
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.34
% change year-on-year -19.25% -3.59% +53.69%

Human Factors
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Human Factors in the South West

Human Factors
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Human Factors in the South West.

Daily rate trend for Human Factors in the South West

Human Factors
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Human Factors in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for Human Factors in the South West

Human Factors
Hourly Rate Histogram in the South West

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Human Factors in the South West over the 6 months to 3 May 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Human Factors in the South West

Human Factors
Contract Job Locations in the South West

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 South West region over the 6 months to 3 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
Bristol - 2 - - 2
Devon - 2 - - 2
Gloucestershire - 2 £447 - 3
Wiltshire +34 1 - - 2
Human Factors
England

Human Factors
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Rational DOORS
2 1 (14.29%) Axure RP
2 1 (14.29%) Rational Rhapsody
General
1 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 1 (14.29%) Aerospace
2 1 (14.29%) Law
2 1 (14.29%) Military
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Human Factors Engineer
1 2 (28.57%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Architect
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Ergonomics
2 2 (28.57%) Systems Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) CAD
3 1 (14.29%) Data Modelling
3 1 (14.29%) Human-Centred Design
3 1 (14.29%) Knowledge Transfer
3 1 (14.29%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Prototyping
3 1 (14.29%) Quality Management
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Assessment
3 1 (14.29%) Risk Management
3 1 (14.29%) Situational Awareness
3 1 (14.29%) SysML
3 1 (14.29%) Use Case
Qualifications
1 6 (85.71%) Security Cleared
2 5 (71.43%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Def Stans
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) IBM
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft