Human Factors Contracts in the UK excluding London

Human Factors
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Human Factors skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Human Factors over the 6 months to 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 376 432 479
Rank change year-on-year +56 +47 -66
Contract jobs citing Human Factors 12 21 28
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.059% 0.089% 0.092%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.069% 0.100% 0.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 11 27
10th Percentile - £320 £413
25th Percentile £325 £363 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -35.19% +2.86% +5.00%
75th Percentile £375 £594 £544
90th Percentile £385 £900 £605
UK median daily rate £350 £501 £534
% change year-on-year -30.17% -6.09% +1.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - £58.43 -
25th Percentile £52.50 £59.44 -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £72.40 -
Median % change year-on-year -24.03% - -
75th Percentile £57.50 £84.85 -
90th Percentile - £84.94 -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £72.40 £54.00
% change year-on-year -24.03% +34.07% +68.75%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Human Factors is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,300 21,032 27,102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.45% 89.50% 89.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,314 14,532 18,929
10th Percentile £250 £256 £235
25th Percentile £380 £400 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £653
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,056 1,281 1,348
10th Percentile £12.32 £11.00 £12.25
25th Percentile £15.25 £15.44 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.26 £65.00 £47.05
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.75 £60.92
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%

Human Factors
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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

Job vacancy trend for Human Factors in the UK excluding London

Human Factors
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Human Factors in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Human Factors in the UK excluding London

Human Factors
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Human Factors in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Human Factors in the UK excluding London

Human Factors
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 12 May 2024. 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
North of England +27 8 £350 -37.28% 7
North West - 6 £350 - 6
Yorkshire +18 2 £400 -28.32% 1
South East +14 2 - - 13
South West +13 2 - - 10
Human Factors
UK

Human Factors
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

General
1 1 (8.33%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) User Researcher
2 3 (25.00%) Systems Engineer
3 1 (8.33%) Senior
3 1 (8.33%) Senior User Researcher
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (100.00%) Ergonomics
2 9 (75.00%) Agile
3 7 (58.33%) Actionable Insight
3 7 (58.33%) Data Science
3 7 (58.33%) Design Persona
3 7 (58.33%) Ethnography
3 7 (58.33%) Focus Group
3 7 (58.33%) Front End Development
3 7 (58.33%) Guerrilla Testing
3 7 (58.33%) Market Research
3 7 (58.33%) Mentoring
3 7 (58.33%) Qualitative Research
3 7 (58.33%) Quantitative Research
3 7 (58.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 7 (58.33%) Service Design
3 7 (58.33%) Usability Testing
3 7 (58.33%) User Experience
3 7 (58.33%) User Research
3 7 (58.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
3 7 (58.33%) UX Design
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) DV Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 2 (16.67%) Security Cleared
2 1 (8.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (58.33%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (8.33%) EMC