Psychology Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Psychology
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Psychology skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 102 - 52
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Psychology 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 0.10% - 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.11% - 0.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - £400
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median daily rate £575 - £400
% change year-on-year - - -27.14%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 925 323 380
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 92.78% 96.13% 89.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 615 212 221
10th Percentile £351 £221 £356
25th Percentile £413 £397 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £489 £475
Median % change year-on-year -0.26% +2.89% -13.64%
75th Percentile £550 £577 £588
90th Percentile £675 £650 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £489 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +2.89% - -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 12
10th Percentile £15.27 - £10.90
25th Percentile £15.29 £15.22 £12.19
Median hourly rate £16.67 £16.19 £13.23
Median % change year-on-year +2.96% +22.37% +24.46%
75th Percentile £18.67 £17.16 £23.75
90th Percentile £19.07 - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £23.19 £21.69 £13.50
% change year-on-year +6.93% +60.67% +27.00%

Psychology
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Psychology job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Psychology
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Psychology

Psychology
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 25 March 2026. 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
Sheffield - 1 £575 -
Psychology
Yorkshire

Psychology
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 (100.00%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (100.00%) MS Visio
General
1 1 (100.00%) Marketing
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Cyber Defence
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centric Approach
1 1 (100.00%) Customer-Centricity
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) Project Management
1 1 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft