Usability Testing Contract Job Trends in the Thames Valley

Usability Testing
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 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 116 - 132
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Usability Testing 2 0 7
As % of all contract jobs in the Thames Valley 0.11% - 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.13% - 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 5
10th Percentile - - £442
25th Percentile £625 - £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 - £700
75th Percentile £675 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £573 - £675
% change year-on-year - - +42.11%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,576 1,874 2,370
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 90.21% 86.76% 90.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 983 1,071 1,572
10th Percentile £270 £300 £248
25th Percentile £401 £413 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £510 £513
Median % change year-on-year -1.96% -0.49% +2.50%
75th Percentile £588 £625 £625
90th Percentile £650 £675 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 71 95
10th Percentile £14.75 £18.50 £16.40
25th Percentile £15.91 £27.00 £24.17
Median hourly rate £25.15 £57.50 £51.06
Median % change year-on-year -56.26% +12.62% +168.71%
75th Percentile £40.65 £62.85 £66.84
90th Percentile £72.00 £74.87 £75.67
South East median hourly rate £20.71 £58.30 £52.50
% change year-on-year -64.48% +11.05% +47.89%

Usability Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

Usability Testing job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

Usability Testing
Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Usability Testing.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Usability Testing

Usability Testing
Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Usability Testing.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Usability Testing

Usability Testing
Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley 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
Usability Testing
South East

Usability Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 (50.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Figma
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Leader
2 1 (50.00%) User Researcher
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) User Research
2 1 (50.00%) Agile
2 1 (50.00%) ANOVA
2 1 (50.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (50.00%) Business Strategy
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 1 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 1 (50.00%) Ethnography
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Psychology
2 1 (50.00%) Qualitative Research
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (50.00%) Statistics
2 1 (50.00%) Storytelling
2 1 (50.00%) Strategic Planning
2 1 (50.00%) Technology Enablement
2 1 (50.00%) UX Design
2 1 (50.00%) UX Research
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility