Cognitive Science Contract Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Cognitive Science
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Cognitive Science skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - - 426
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Cognitive Science 0 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London - - 0.009%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - 0.010%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £254
25th Percentile - - £295
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £377
75th Percentile - - £445
90th Percentile - - £478
UK median daily rate - - £377
% change year-on-year - - -28.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Cognitive Science 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 UK excluding London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,680 14,814 19,198
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 89.21% 82.92% 88.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,228 8,594 12,672
10th Percentile £235 £250 £261
25th Percentile £368 £390 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - -
75th Percentile £575 £600 £600
90th Percentile £660 £688 £688
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,416 1,236 1,262
10th Percentile £14.00 £14.50 £14.25
25th Percentile £16.95 £17.95 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.50 £43.00 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -47.67% +7.50% +73.91%
75th Percentile £42.18 £66.15 £65.00
90th Percentile £67.13 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% +1.18% +46.55%

Cognitive Science
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Cognitive Science as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Cognitive Science in the UK excluding London

Cognitive Science
Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cognitive Science.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Cognitive Science